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Thursday, October 9, 2008, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, 11-03 45th Ave., Long Island City
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Panelists
Taryn Drongowski, Executive Director of Astoria Performing Arts Center
Taryn Drongowski became the Executive Director of the Astoria Performing Arts Center in August 2005. There, she oversees programmatic activities, development and external relations. Taryn graduated from Kenyon College with a BA in Political Science, after studying film and literature at Oxford University. In 2003, she completed a training program at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School. Prior to joining APAC, Taryn worked on the Program on the Arts at the Social Science Research Council, an academic not-for-profit research organization in Manhattan; she continues to do project management work there. Originally from Ohio, Taryn currently resides in Astoria, Queens. She is especially grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the the arts in the neighborhood she loves; Astoria is a place for story-telling.
Richard Mazda, Artistic Director of The Queens Players & The Secret Theatre
Richard is an actor, director, producer, writer, film director and musician who immigrated to the US in 2004. Following his move to New York he founded a non union repertory company The Queens Players and has written a wide range of material for the group including All The Wild Horses, The Poacher’s Game, Home James, Pirate Pete’s Parrot, Touch of Death, The Bloomsbury Butcher, Double Crossed, The Good Death, Cinderella and 7 Stories. The Queens Players were originally based at The Creek in LIC for approximately 18 months before a change of ownership forced a move to The Jackson, one block away on Jackson Ave, LIC. After another year it was decided that the company deserved a permanent home. We signed a lease for a 1200 sq ft. loft space on the ground floor of The Long Island City Art Center and custom built our own theatre space. The Secret Theatre opened its doors to the public in Sept 2007 after a 3 month construction period and is now entering its second season. The theatre is a very flexible black box style space with capacity for 50+ seats. Although we refer to the space as a ‘black box’ we have mounted successful productions as Proscenium, Transverse, ‘In The Round’, and other environmental situations which have produced an amazing array of differing stylistic approaches.
Sam Farnsworth, Director of Repetti Gallery
Founded on a derelict 14,000ft Long Island City industrial floor in 2003, Repetti is an artist run gallery that facilitates the working practices of emerging contemporary artists. Founding director Sam Farnsworth previously studied at The New York Studio School where he won their Painting Prize in 2002. Repetti follows several artist cooperative spaces Sam helped establish in San Francisco from 97-01.
Moderator
Dianne Debicella, Fiscal Sponsorship Program Director, Fractured Atlas
Dianne Debicella joined Fractured Atlas as an Administrative Assistant in December of 2006. Within months she was promoted to Program Associate and began helping to support and grow the fiscal sponsorship program. Since March of 2008, Dianne has served as Fractured Atlas's Program Director for Fiscal Sponsorship. Dianne helps over 1,200 sponsored artists and emerging organizations, representing all artistic disciplines, find funding and other resources to support their work. She received her B.F.A. in photography from Massachusetts College of Art and is an alumna of The Woodhull Institute. Dianne completed her Master's of Professional Studies with distinction from Pratt Institute's Arts and Cultural Management program. Dianne previously worked as a Project Coordinator for a restoration painting studio and as a Manager of Site Development for Planet Aid. While at home, she grows vegetables, cooks them, takes pictures of them, and composts the scraps.
Registration
Admission is free. Registration is required. Space is limited.
To register, please email your name, address, telephone number, and artistic discipline to mblouin@queenscouncilarts.org
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