The New York Times Spotlights Aliza Nisenbaum’s Ode To Her Queens Community

Aliza Nisenbaum at the Queens Museum, courtesy of Hiroke Masuike/the *New York Times*

Aliza Nisenbaum at the Queens Museum, courtesy of Hiroke Masuike/the *New York Times*

The New York Times spotlights the debut New York solo show of School of the Art Institute of Chicago alum Aliza Nisenbaum (BFA 2001, MFA 2005), on view through September 10 at the Queens Museum. The exhibition features a series of paintings celebrating residents of Corona, Queens.

A culmination of Nisenbaum’s two-year residency at the museum, Queens, Lindo y Querido spotlights Corona locals, exemplifying a transformation of the role of residency programs from an artist’s bucolic retreat to an immersive and collective experience. During the artist’s over-decade-long time in Corona, she has engaged with locals by running workshops and art classes. Selected works by Nisenbaum’s students exhibited alongside her own paintings embody this reciprocal connection.

One of the exhibited paintings, The Ones who make it run, which depicts 18 airport workers, will be included in the new LaGuardia Airport mosaic mural.