Dear colleagues,

Queens College Art Center (part of the Kupferberg Center for the Arts www.KupferbergCenterArts.org ) is very pleased to invite you to its new exhibition, our grand finale of the 2008/2009 season and no. 146 in the Benjamin S. Rosenthal Library, Anna Matoušková: Places: Abstract Paintings, Drawings, and Glass Sculpture; Homage to Leo Kraft.  Five years ago, Matoušková, a Czech artist, and Leo Kraft, an American composer and music professor at Queens College, met in Prague. The two spent hours talking about art and music, and through a continuing dialogue, discovered that while their media and backgrounds differ, their artistic concerns and creative processes are aligned. Reflecting on Prof. Kraft’s compositions, Matoušková created most of the pieces in this show, which she dedicates to his 85th birthday.

The exhibition will be on view April 9 – July 10. It will open on Wednesday, April 9, at 5 pm with a gallery talk by the artist and music, followed by a reception until 8 pm. On Monday, April 14, 12:15–1:30 pm, Artist’s talk Two Places: New York and Prague and Concert for Leo Kraft will take place in Aaron Copland School of Music, Choral Room 264. The lectures and concerts will explore inspired crossings between art and music.

Cosponsored by the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College; Czech Center New York, Chappell Gallery, New York City; and Amálie Maurer, Prague, the exhibition and its related programs are part of the Crossing the BLVD: strangers, neighbors, aliens in a new America, a collaborative project of the Kupferberg Center for the Arts. Hours: Mondays – Thursdays, 9 am – 8 pm, Fridays, 9 am – 5 pm (closed on holidays, open April 21–24 and May 27–July 10 from 9 am–5 pm; after May 23, summer hours). Information: 718 997-3770 and http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/Library/art/calendar.html

We look forward to welcome you in the Queens College Art Center.

Suzanna, Alexandra, Tara & Mollie

Suzanna Simor                        Alexandra de Luise                        
Director                                Curator
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Tara Mathison                         Mollie Moskowitz
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Suzanna Simor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Coordinator of Art and Music Library Services
Director, Queens College Art Center
Queens College/CUNY
Flushing, NY 11367
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