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Join us for a walk reflecting on 50 years of art history in Jamaica, led by Damali Abrams, Sherese Francis, and Rejin Leys, local artists and members of the Southeast Queens Artist Alliance. Starting at the York College campus, home to a significant public art collection, including works by Houston Conwill and Martin Puryear, the tour will proceed to York’s Health and Physical Education building, previously the site of artist Tom Lloyd’s Store Front Museum, the borough’s first art museum. The Store Front Museum operated from 1971 to 1988 as a museum of Black history, culture, and art and community space. After a half-mile walk through the central business district, the tour will end at Queens Public Library’s Central Library, where participants are invited to join a follow-up creative workshop and artist roundtable with the tour leaders.