Dutch-Style Delft Plates: Flushing Then and Now

Inspired by blue and white Chinese ceramics produced in Delft, Holland and in England, Delftware pottery was later replicated during the 1939 and 1964 Flushing World's Fairs in the form of commemorative souvenir plates. The history of the Dutch settlement in Flushing, named after Holland's city of Vlissingen, will be presented along with contemporary images of the neighborhood. Following a demonstration, students will use paper plates, blue markers, crayons, oil pastels and pencils to combine Dutch imagery with contemporary images of Flushing to create Delft-style plates. A CD of flute music by 17th Century Dutch composer, Jacob van Eyck will be played while participants are creating their work.

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  Mixed media visual artist, composer, curator and writer, Tina Seligman has been a teaching Artist-in-Residence at Flushing Town Hall since 2000 and has served as a FTH Education Representative since 2018. Passionate about integrating art forms, her workshops for visiting classes combine hands-on projects with academic curriculum, art history, and related music to offer a multi-sensory experience focused on critical thinking. She has created and facilitated art programs for CASA, Parents as Art Partners, and NYSCA Artist-in-Residence Mentor grants, as well as for in-school residencies including as a set designer for CASA productions. In 2004, she was invited to serve as a panelist for the Arts in the Schools Grant Program through Queens Council on the Arts.  
  
  In 2020, Tina had solo exhibits at the GAC Gallery in Bayside and in 2018 at Flushing Town Hall.  Her artwork has been exhibited in Manhattan, Queens, and Long Island and her work resides in corporate and private collections. Her video collaboration with Dan Rubin was included as an Experimental Short in the 2016 New York Independent Film Festival. Artist George Xiong used Tina’s composition September Etude for flute, recorded by Jo Brand, as an accompaniment to a video about his series of contemporary Chinese seal paintings. Tina has curated two exhibits at Flushing Town Hall and as an art journalist, she has contributed to Art of the Times magazine and an essay for Duoling Huang’s book The Cultural Landscape. Tina’s poetry has been published on P.S. 1 Contemporary Museum’s website, in The Moon as Text, and in Cicada Haiku Quarterly, among other periodicals. She earned a BA in Art at Queens College and attended the Art Students League.

  Tina Seligman