Editing Long Island City (section)

==Arts and culture==
Long Island City is home to a large and dynamic artistic community.
* Long Island City was the home of [[5 Pointz]], a building housing artists' studios, which was legally painted on by a number of [[graffiti]] artists and was prominently visible near the [[Court Square (IRT Flushing Line)|Court Square]] station on the {{NYCS trains|Flushing}}.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04EFD9173CF93BA3575BC0A9629C8B63 |title=Museum With (Only) Walls |date=August 8, 2004 |last=Bayliss |first=Sarah |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=March 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403053428/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04EFD9173CF93BA3575BC0A9629C8B63 |archive-date=April 3, 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> The 5 Pointz building was painted over and demolished by the property owner, starting in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 10, 2013 |url=http://www.ny1.com/content/news/190230/deal-reached-for--5pointz--development-in-queens |title=Deal Reached For '5Pointz' Development in Queens |publisher=NY1 |access-date=November 19, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131011230245/http://www.ny1.com/content/news/190230/deal-reached-for--5pointz--development-in-queens |archive-date=October 11, 2013}}</ref> The owner was ordered to pay $6.75 million to artists as compensation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NYC Street Artists Won Their Case, Earning "Recognized Stature" for 5Pointz Graffiti {{!}} GWIPEL {{!}} The George Washington University Law School Intellectual Property & Entertainment Brief |url=https://studentbriefs.law.gwu.edu/gwipel/2020/11/01/nyc-street-artists-won-their-case-earning-recognized-stature-for-5pointz-graffiti/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=studentbriefs.law.gwu.edu |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2021, a pair of connected rental towers dubbed 5Pointz<ref>{{Cite web|last=Murray|first=Christian|date=2020-11-30|title=Queens Public Library Offered Space in 5Pointz Development for Court Square Branch|url=https://licpost.com/queens-public-library-offered-space-in-5pointz-development-for-court-square-branch|access-date=2021-09-02|website=LIC Post|language=en-US}}</ref> opened. 
* Culture Lab LIC, operating out of The Plaxall Gallery, is a new nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the development of visual art, theater, music, and art of all disciplines in Western Queens, and providing much-needed community space. The 12,000-square-foot converted waterfront warehouse is donated by Plaxall Inc. and is home to three art galleries, a 90-seat theatre, outdoor event space and is located on the [[Anable Basin]] in Long Island City and over the years has become an important institution for the surrounding artistic community.
* The [[Fisher Landau Center|Fisher Landau Center for Art]] is a private foundation that offers regular exhibitions of contemporary art that closed to the public in November 2017.<ref>[http://www.flcart.org/history/ History of the Center and the Collection] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034540/http://www.flcart.org/history/ |date=December 1, 2017 }}, [[Fisher Landau Center]]. Retrieved November 29, 2017. "The Fisher Landau Center for Art closed on November 20th, 2017, and is no longer open to the public."</ref>
* Across the street from [[Socrates Sculpture Park]] is the [[Noguchi Museum|Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Museum]], founded in 1985 by Japanese-American sculptor [[Isamu Noguchi]].<ref>[[Grace Glueck|Glueck, Grace]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/10/arts/noguchi-and-his-dream-museum.html "Noguchi And His Dream Museum"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216040934/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/10/arts/noguchi-and-his-dream-museum.html |date=December 16, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 10, 1985. Accessed December 13, 2018. "After years of planning, the Japanese-American sculptor has realized a dream, to gather his art in a self-created setting that is also a work of art. The opening tomorrow of his Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum in Long Island City is a feat that surprises no one who knows this dynamic octogenarian, and a very special event in the cultural life of New York."</ref> After undergoing a two-and-a-half-year renovation completed at a cost of $13.5&nbsp;million, the museum reopened in 2004 with newer and advanced facilities.<ref>Vogel, Carol. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/08/arts/the-renovated-noguchi-museum-is-friendlier-but-still-discreet.html "The Renovated Noguchi Museum Is Friendlier but Still Discreet"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926091504/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/08/arts/the-renovated-noguchi-museum-is-friendlier-but-still-discreet.html |date=September 26, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 8, 2004. Accessed December 13, 2018. "Were it not for the workers' putting finishing touches on the museum and garden last week for the reopening on Saturday, it would have been hard to tell that the institution had undergone a two-and-a-half-year $13.5 million renovation."</ref>
* [[MoMA PS1]], an affiliate of the [[Museum of Modern Art]], is the oldest and second-largest non-profit arts center in the United States solely devoted to contemporary art. It is named after the former public school in which it is housed.
* [[SculptureCenter]] is New York City's only non-profit exhibition space dedicated to contemporary and innovative sculpture. SculptureCenter re-located from Manhattan's Upper East Side to a former trolley repair shop in Long Island City, Queens renovated by artist/designer [[Maya Lin]] in 2002. Founded by artists in 1928, SculptureCenter has undergone much evolution and growth, and continues to expand and challenge the definition of sculpture.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History – About |url=https://www.sculpture-center.org/about/6874/history |access-date=2021-10-04 |website=[[SculptureCenter]] |language=en |publication-place=Long Island City}}</ref> SculptureCenter commissions new work and presents exhibits by emerging and established, national and international artists. The museum also hosts a diverse range of public programs including lectures, dialogues, and performances.
* [[Socrates Sculpture Park]] is an outdoor sculpture park located one block from the Noguchi Museum at the intersection of Broadway and Vernon Boulevard.<ref>[https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/socrates-sculpture-park Socrates Sculpture Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035122/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/socrates-sculpture-park |date=December 1, 2017 }}, [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]. Retrieved November 29, 2017.</ref>
* [[See.me]] is web-based arts organization located in Long Island City. The organization is dedicated to supporting artistic talent, harnessing online creative communities, and promoting artists' work.