Friday, May 15, 2015, 6:00-8:00pm, QCA’s 3rd Space program will feature “The Worker’s Art Coalition of New York City,” a documentary by Astoria filmmaker Setare Arashloo presented by the LIC Labor Lyceum and Astoria Historical Society.
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This is a documentary artist Setare Arashloo, MFA student at Queens College, of the Worker’s Art Coalition (WACNYC), an informal coalition of construction workers and artists. Inspired by the 1939 World’s Fair unbuilt Worker’s Pavilion, WAC did a large scale installation for the Open Engagement Conference at the Queens Museum in May, 2014. This is a documentary on their effort. After the film Ms. Arasloo and the WAC members will discuss the project and issues of concern uniting labor and artists.
Friday, May 15, 2015, 6:00-8:00pm
Queens Council on the Arts
37-11 35th Avenue, Entrance on 37th St
Astoria, NY 11101
Admission is $10. RSVP required*
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Setare Arashloo is a painter by training, but uses an array of media including animation, video and installation to investigate, explore and expand on issues that are very personal while engaging larger social issues. She has been working with Workers Art Coalition as a documentarian and exhibited the video at Queens Museum. Another product of her collaboration with musicians and sound designers was an animation which was screened as part of a music performance at Tenth and Gibson, Adelaide, Australia.
Setare was born and raised in Tehran, graduated with a BA in Painting from the University of Tehran, and received a post baccalaureate certificate in Fine Art at Maryland Institute College of Art. She is currently pursuing her MFA at Queens College, CUNY, New York and works professionally as a freelance animator and editor. She also teaches art and language at bilingual school programs. Her works have been exhibited in Iran, US, Afghanistan and Australia. Setare believes that her collaborative art project and individual art practices inform and inspire each other and help artistic and conceptual dialogues shape in different and enriching level.
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