Sunday, October 18  3pm to 6pm
Queen’s Museum
New York City Building Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Perimeter Rd, Queens, NY 11368

Join us for the opening reception for the exhibitions Zhang Hongtu and Catalyst: New Projects by Meredith James, Kameelah Rasheed, and Casey Tang.

3:30-4pm: Exhibition Play on Zhang Hongtu’s piece Ping Pong Mao with Tal Leibovitz with Estee Ackerman

Leibovitz has won the Gold Medal in the Para Pan Am games and is Queens resident. Estee Ackerman is now ranked 6th for Cadet girls (15 years and under) for table tennis in the United States. They will demonstrate their skills on Ping Pong Mao, Zhang Hongtu’s signature piece in which an image of Chairman Mao has been cut out of a ping pong table, as well as a conventional table. Leibovitz will also announce an upcoming Ping Pong Mao table tennis competition on November 21, 2015 in which he will act as Master of Ceremonies.

4pm: Zhang Hongtu Gallery Tour with exhibition curator Luchia Meihua Lee

5pm: Curatorial Walkthrough and artist discussion of Catalyst: New Projects by Meredith James, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, and Casey Tang

Queens Museum Director of Exhibitions Hitomi Iwasaki leads an exhibition tour and discussion with the artists about the evolution of their Jerome Fellowship Projects on view.

There will be a shuttle from Willets Point/CitiField Stop and the Queens Museum between 2:30-6:30pm.

Tickets and information at: http://www.queensmuseum.org/