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Friday January 25th, 6:30-8pmat Local Project Join us for an evening of art and discussion with Jody Wood and Drew Elizabeth Barnes. Wood will screen a new video work in progress marking her first exploration of in-home care, and will share her recently completed community-based project, Choreographing Care. Drew Elizabeth Barnes, LMSW, will share her background working with in-home care agencies, her creative community-engagement projects, and her current work with Concerts in Motion.  Supported […]

FROM YOU TO ME: CREATIVITY IN CARE WORK 01/25/19


Opening Tuesday Dec. 11th 6-8pm  Dream (Almost) presents new work by Nada Shalaby on the relationship between memory and urban space. This includes a series reflecting on loss, transformation and sites of trauma in the city of Cairo, and an installation of Two-Worlds, a project soliciting stories from New York residents on spaces in the city that spark a memory of another place they have experienced. […]

Dream (almost) 12/11/18


Local Project is proud to announce its second Art and Handmade Winter Market Sale, which will take place at 11-27 44 Rd. Long Island City, Queens December 8th from 12 noon ‘until 7pm. Local Project, a non profit Arts Organization that is been doing projects for the community since 2003, will bring an amazing variety of local Art and Handmade goods created by artists from […]

Winter Market 12/08/18



Sat December 1, 7 – 9:30 PM Noumena: She Universe, the Local Project Art Space Event in NYC, invites the public to the evening of Performance Art exploring magic and shamanism. Featured artists: Kate Hamberger, Abbey Jasmine Rose, Megwyn White, Maya-Lin Green. Video art: Katie Cercone, Siw Laurent & Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow. Curated by Jana Astanov as part of Creatrix Cult exhibition. In this event NOUMENA: […]

Noumena: She Universe 12/01/18


Local Project Art Space presents Creatrix Cult by Jana Astanov from November 21 to December 1. The exhibition features an installation consisting of photography sculpture, video, performative objects and poetry. The environment grounded in the concept of art as spiritual practice transforms the gallery into a place of worship celebrating the feminine and its connection to the natural world. The focus on performance art that […]

Creatrix Cult by Jana Astanov 11/28/18


 ¿Tres Marias Donde esta mi Felicidad? New works by Maria Liebana November 1 to 17 Opening Reception Nov 1, 6-9pm Where Did My Happiness Go?) asks the three stars in Orion’s Belt: Where did my happiness go? Historically, the Three Sisters, also known as Las Tres Marias, have been timekeeping markers as well as guides for orientation. In this installation of new works, Liebana questions […]

Maria Liebana Solo Show 11/1/18