LIC Arts Open 2016 Update 5/16

It seems impossible to think that our 5th Festival was a year ago and that another LIC Arts Open is upon us. Every year presents fresh challenges and this year’s preparations have been very tough but what always sustains the team is the palpable excitement and passionate commitment of the artists, sponsors and community.

We hope you enjoy the incredible amount of art on display at over 65 venues and spaces. The LIC Arts Open always features pop-up galleries and this year we have several Outdoor exhibitions, rooftop concerts, large scale murals broadening the range of work on offer. Walk the labyrinthine corridors of Reis emerge to 22nd Street to see the dramatic murals of 43-01 21st [Former Wills] or perhaps visit the Diego Salazar Roof Deck to catch some jazz before hitting the exhibition trail.

In another of our signature locations at the Falchi and The Factory you will find over 100 artists on display in 6 different spaces in the two buildings.

There are individual galleries such as W3, Resobox and Jeffery Leder, which will reward the determined art explorer.

I have such a great team but I want to give special thanks to Carolina PeĂąafiel who joins me again for the second year as Festival Events and Exhibitions Co-Coordinator, and, of course, to the entire LIC community and our sponsors.

Richard Mazda Executive Director, LIC Arts Open