Queensborough Community College Art Gallery

Oakland Building
718-631-6396
QCC Art Gallery Website
E-mail: FQuintanilla@qcc.cuny.edu

Dr. Faustino Quintanilla, Executive Director and Curator

The QCC Art Gallery is a vital educational and cultural resource for the College, the Borough of Queens, and the surrounding communities. Located in the historic 1920s Oakland Building, formerly the Club House for the Oakland Country Club, the QCC Art Gallery reopened on October 24, 2004, following an extensive renovation project. The resulting state-of-the-art facility maintains the original architectural elements of the building.

As a complement to the College Library, the Gallery has a research library, which serves as fertile ground for intellectual stimulation, while documenting the growth and development of the Permanent Collections. It contains a significant collection of African research material, exhibition catalogs, and an interactive library providing access to works of art and the voices of their creators, as well as relevant commentaries from critics and historians. The Art Gallery Library’s holdings are listed in the online catalog for all CUNY libraries and in WorldCat. Books do not circulate.

Reflecting the full range of ethnic diversity of both the College and community, the Gallery presents quality exhibits and publications of local, national, international, and historical interest, thus broadening the appreciation and understanding of art and artist-as-interpreter. Some of the more memorable exhibitions are: An American Odyssey: Debating Modernism 1945-1980 (2004); Andy Warhol: Graphic Works (2006); Picasso Printmaker: A Perpetual Metamorphosis (2008); Shangaa: Art of Tanzania (2013); Powerful Arts of Cameroon: The Amadou Njoya Collection (2014); and Rewoven: Innovative Fiber Art (2017); and the Art of Yaka and Suku (2023). Every year, during the spring semester, the QCC Art Gallery presents a Juried exhibit by QCC Art and Design students.

Although most recognized for African Art, the QCC Art Gallery’s Permanent Collection encompasses a variety of traditional art including Pre-Columbian and East Asian ceramics. The Gallery also holds a vast collection of modern and contemporary works by accomplished artists such as John Coplans, Gustav Klimt, Sol Lewitt, Louise Nevelson, Kenzo Okada, Richard Pousette-Dart, and Man Ray.

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