LIC Arts Open

05/17/2026

05/17/2026

Mussel Memory artists talk with

40-20 22nd st, LIC
Lower level

05/16/2026

Meet the Artist . Clare Stokolosa
Open Studios, May 16 & 17, 12pm-6pm
Studio 34
Studio 34 - 34-01 38th Ave
#434

I am working on my NYC Faces in Motion, an interdisciplinary project expanding upon my watercolor portrait series, NYC Faces. These larger-than-life paintings capture subway riders — strangers of all backgrounds who share the public space. I chose a bright color palette. I expanded the series from the train to other venues and images, including bridges and bicycles, iconic symbols of living together, sharing the public space. This body of work transcends and continues to grow in different forms and multimedia. The new multi-sensory art series transforms the original paintings into an immersive AR experience. Accompanying the paintings are hand drawn pastels on New York Times newsprint that highlight objects carried by subway riders; Environmental sounds of raindrops on nylon, music through earbuds, and pages turning, are linked by QR codes for viewers to see videos on my YouTube, /shorts and invite comments.

05/16/2026

Check out work by Janet Bruesselback at 43-01 21st Street, LIC NY
Studio 122a
May 16 & 17, 12pm -6pm

Bruesselbach uses figurative oil painting toward speculative realism, melding human intimacy with radical relationships to technology. The artist’s imaginative experiment seeks cyborg feminism, representing embodied subjects, captured during conversational live poses, within non-representational, generative spaces. Its influences manifest as emphatic lucidity and pulp surrealistic excess moderated with pragmatic humor. Movements evade dominant narratives, aiming to celebrate q***r humans and q***rer concepts with diverse community engagement. Compositions often deliberately challenge expectations of spatial orientation, setting, consistency, and aesthetic values, driven by sensual exuberance.

05/16/2026

Stop by 43-01 22nd street to see in every size. Open 12-6 PM as part of LICAO Open Studios!

05/16/2026

Stop by 40-08 22nd street today from 12-6 PM to see ’s studio. You might even get a chance to read your fortune!

05/16/2026

Stop by 43-01 22nd street today from 12-6 PM to see some incredible work by and other LIC artists!

05/16/2026

LICAO Open Studios is today from 12-6 PM! Come see ’s art cave at 10-10 44th Ave, in the building.

05/16/2026

Join us for Open Studios as part of the 2026 LIC Arts Open! will be opening his doors from 12-6 PM on May 16th. Stop by 21-07 Borden Ave to see some meditative abstract art!