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\u201cArt and Soul\u201d by Eva Mallis, one of the artists featured in the Portraits of America group photography exhibition at Flushing Town Hall, on view through Nov. 10.<\/p>\n
Photos courtesy Garage Art Center<\/p>\n
\t\t Search our comprehensive guide to things to do in Queens<\/a> for more local events \u2014 or submit your own<\/a>!<\/p>\n Flushing Town Hall is presenting Portraits of America<\/a>, a group photography exhibition, which will be on view at the arts center in Flushing<\/a> through Nov. 10. The exhibition will begin with an opening reception this evening from 5 to 7 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n Portraits of America brings together portraits of individuals whose distinct histories, cultural backgrounds and lived experiences reflect the complex and continually evolving idea of American identity.<\/p>\n The exhibition is curated by Stephanie S. Lee, a Queens-based visual artist, curator, educator and founder of the Garage Art Center, a nonprofit community arts organization in Bayside<\/a>.<\/p>\n It features photographers Andreas Rentsch, Eva Mallis, Gina Minielli, Gus Philippas, Jim Richards, Tony Gonzalez and Zachary Shulman, showcasing their distinct approaches to portraiture.\u00a0<\/p>\n Throughout the display, these artists consider a question that is at once personal and collective: What does it mean to be American today?<\/p>\n Presented in Queens \u2014 a borough shaped by generations of migration and cultural coexistence \u2014 the exhibition takes on particular resonance. Individual portraits come together to suggest a broader portrait of America that is layered, varied, continually changing and impossible to contain within a single image.<\/p>\n Aside from this evening\u2019s opening reception, Flushing Town Hall will host an art workshop on Sunday, Oct. 25, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. led by Andr\u00e9 Knights. This accompanying public workshop extends the exhibition\u2019s exploration of portraiture, identity and personal expression through a participatory art-making experience.<\/p>\n Flushing Town Hall will also host a closing reception on Tuesday, Nov. 10, from 5 to 7 p.m. presented in conjunction with Portraits of America. The closing reception will feature a panel discussion from 6 to 7 p.m. with participating artists Minielli, Richards, Gonzalez and Shulman.<\/p>\n For more information about Flushing Town Hall\u2019s exhibits and programs, visit FlushingTownHall.org<\/a>. For more information about art curator Lee and the Garage Art Center, visit StephanieSLee.com<\/a> or GarageArtCenter.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cArt and Soul\u201d by Eva Mallis, one of the artists featured in the Portraits of America group photography…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372093,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-372092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Zachary-Schulman_Ada-Smothers.jpg\")
Ada Smother, photographed by Zachary Schulman.Photos courtesy Garage Art Center<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Tony-Gonzalez_Jaclyn-curtain.jpg\")
Jaclyn, photographed by Tony Gonzalez.Photos courtesy Garage Art Center<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Gus-Philippas_Scrap-Yard-Austin-Texas.jpg\")
A scrap yard in Austin Texas, photographed by Gus Philippas.Photos courtesy Garage Art Center<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Jim-Richards_Kay.jpg\")
Kay, photographed by Jim Richards.Photos courtesy Garage Art Center<\/p>\n