{"id":147327,"date":"2026-02-27T14:15:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/147327\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:15:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:15:31","slug":"queens-world-film-festival-co-founder-katha-cato-bringing-new-exhibit-to-lic-in-march-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/147327\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens World Film Festival co-founder Katha Cato bringing new exhibit to LIC in March \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1000\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-3.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Items from Katha Cato Reassembled, which launches on March 4. Photo via Katha Cato.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Items from Katha Cato Reassembled, which launches on March 4. Photo via Katha Cato. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t Search our comprehensive guide to <a href=\"https:\/\/events.qns.com\/?utm_source=qns&amp;utm_medium=oneliner&amp;utm_campaign=thingstodo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">things to do in Queens<\/a> for more local events \u2014 or <a href=\"https:\/\/events.qns.com\/add-your-event\/?utm_source=qns&amp;utm_medium=oneliner&amp;utm_campaign=thingstodo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">submit your own<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Katha Cato, an award-winning improvisational theater artist and the co-founder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/2025\/11\/queens-world-film-festival-final-weekend\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Queens World Film Festival<\/a>, has announced a new month-long art exhibit in <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/neighborhoods\/long-island-city\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Island City<\/a> accompanied by an \u201caudience-driven\u201d live performance.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran artist and festival organizer will present Katha Cato: Reassembled at the Local LIC at 6:30 p.m. on March 14, bringing a \u201cfully improvised one-woman performance\u201d to accompany a month-long exhibition of her fabric art and assemblages installed throughout the venue.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition, meanwhile, will run from March 4-31 at the same venue, located at 13-02 44th Ave.\n<\/p>\n<p>Cato said the concept behind the new exhibition is \u201csimple and expansive,\u201d celebrating the \u201clived moments\u201d that make up an individual.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all made up of many pieces,\u201d She said. \u201cOver time, we add new ones, discard others, repair what\u2019s worn, and discover patterns we didn\u2019t know were there. Every lived moment is a unique act of assembly, unrepeatable, responsive and alive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the upcoming live performance are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/katha-cato-reassembled-tickets-1983463996206?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>, starting at $22.60.\n<\/p>\n<p>Cato said the performance represents a return to her roots, noting that she began performing with the improvisational theater company For Play shortly after moving to New York City in the 1980s.\n<\/p>\n<p>She said the company was part of a \u201cpioneering moment\u201d in New York City\u2019s expanding improvisational theater movement, where Cato won the first BackStage Bistro Award for Direction in 1986.<\/p>\n<p>The company also won multiple MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs) Awards throughout the 1980s, becoming renowned for its absurdist one-act plays.\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Cato later brough improvisational theater to New York City classrooms, boardrooms and comedy clubs while also building a separate career in film and the arts.\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Cato, along with her husband Donald Preston Cato, launched the Queens World Film Festival in 2011, screening almost 2,000 films from 98 different nations in the last 15 years.\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The 15th edition of the festival, which took place at the Museum of the Moving Image last November, featured 125 different films from 17 different nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Items from Katha Cato Reassembled, which launches on March 4. 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