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Project Luz participants. Photo: Katherine Abbott

Community Partnerships

The Noguchi Museum is committed to nurturing strong and sustainable relationships with local communities and organizations. Our co-created partnerships prioritize openness, experimentation, and building shared knowledge while learning about the complex and contradictory nature of Isamu Noguchi’s hybrid identity. Our current community partners include Concourse House, Hour Children, Jacob Riis Neighborhood Settlement, Mindful Astoria, Phoenix House, Project Luz, and Sunnyside Community Services.

Organizations interested in collaborating on a program or partnership with The Noguchi Museum should call 718.204.7088 ext 205 or email education@noguchi.org.

About Our Partners

Concourse House
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Concourse House serves women with their children under the age of nine and works to eliminate homelessness by providing families with safe, stable, transitional housing.
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Hour Children
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Hour Children is a leading provider of housing, childcare, job training, and mental health services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and their children in New York State.
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Jacob Riis Neighborhood Settlement
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Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement is a community-based non-profit organization providing comprehensive services and programs to youth, families, immigrants, and older adults in Western Queens.
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Mindful Astoria
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Mindful Astoria is a meditation community based in Queens for anyone interested in practicing meditation and integrating mindfulness practices into their daily life.
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Phoenix House
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Phoenix House is a citywide treatment network committed to supporting individuals, families, and communities challenged by substance use disorders and related mental health conditions.
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Project Luz
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Project Luz, founded by artist and Noguchi Educator Sol Aramendi, uses photography and art as a tool of engagement for immigrant communities to tell their own stories. To learn more, visit: noguchi.org/projectluz
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Sunny Side Community Services
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Sunnyside Community Services is a community-based nonprofit that serves a diverse community of over 16,000 people of all ethnicities and income levels throughout Queens.
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Featured Articles

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Co-creating a sustainable museum partnership for healthcare providers and patients

Queena Ko, Director of Education, details The Noguchi Museum’s long-standing community partnership with the New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medicine Residency Program, and how a focus on personal response, reflection, and conversations with art reduced psychosocial stressors through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read the full article here. 

Upcoming Community Programs