MAXINE LEU

Dear Pen Pal, is a drop-by event where the community is encouraged to recall the temperature of connecting with people they love by sending a physical message, letting people have a pause from their busy lives through creative activities, and giving people an experience of illustration to imagine the world. This community engagement project has three sections, Post Hugs Here, The Mailing Box Installation and the two-solo exhibition by Maxine Leu and Corina Willette at Worlds End Comics.

The Fuller Moon Arts Festival is presented by Wickham Works, Warwick Dance Collective, & the Orange County Arts Council, it celebrates the convergence of performance, art and nature with a one-day festival featuring live music and dance, interactive art installations, and short plays. In this project, Maxine Leu was commissioned by Wickham Works and created a group of outdoor Dandelion sculptures. 

D.R.A.W. celebrated the 52nd Earth Day with the first Eco Arts Week April 9th-16th, 2022. This is a week of Arts-driven exploration into sustainability, ecology and upcycling practices through workshops, lectures, and exhibits for the community. Collaboration between: Lara Giordano, PUGG, Beth Humphrey, Julia Palmer and Lisa Kelley at D.R.A.W. Kingston, co-host Maxine Leu, and teaching artists: Roberta Ziemba, Linda Weintraub, Kate Patterson at Little Mountain Books, Kelly McGrath, Lara Giordano, Sergey Jivetin, Luke Sarrantonio, Amanda Heidel at Mushroom Shed, Emily Puthoff and Elena Sniezek at Hudson Valley Bee Habitat, Lujiang Li and Maxine Leu.

Habitat For Artists (HFA) a collective project created by Simon Draper in 2007. The “habitats” are small, temporary, 6’ by 6’ studios that made from reclaimed material, installed at a variety of locations. HFA 2021, the collaboration between: ArtPort Kingston, the contact committee, Michael Asbill and Beth Humphrey, the 18 HFA 2021 residency artists and volunteer interview video producer Maxine Leu. 

HFA 2021@ArtPort Kingston

HFA Residency interviews | @hfaeast

Rye’sAbove, a public art project and fundraiser led by The Rotary Club of Rye and The Rye Arts Center. Maxine Leu as one of the 34 selected artists, their goal is to uplift the community through the arts while supporting educational programs in the region. 

Community of Peace Art Project, a public art project and fundraiser led by Stone Wave Yoga, Sunflower Art Studio, Roost Studio, and New Paltz Chamber of Commerce. The selected artists repurposed wood into a peace sign, peace pole or sculpture. All projects spread positive, uplifting, focusing on messages that knit the community together. All proceeds go to a future artist scholarship fund in the region. 

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The collaborative team of Michael Asbill and Maxine Leu built sculptures to honor the Surrealism painter, Kurt Seligmann at Seligmann Art Center in Sugar Loaf, NY. The project was commissioned by Orange County Citizens Foundation and SunCommon.

Contemporary sculptor, Megumi Naganoma focus on rape awareness art. Naganoma and Leu published the four minutes intro video about her work, Listen to them in the versions of English, Spanish and Chinese.

The SUNY New Paltz Narwhal team, Prof. Emily Puthoff, Megumi Naganoma, Joseph Kattou and Maxine Leu made the sculpture, Multi-Species Commons for pollinators in Sculpture Space in Utica, NY, USA.

Performance artist, Amanda Heidel and Maxine Leu combined the new technology and interactive devices into the new conductive performance.

Maxine Leu and Prof. Sheng-fa Yang who teaching Eastern Art History in TUT, Tainan, Taiwan helped to find out the identity of the 19-century Chinese painter, Ke-chang Dai for Samuel Dorsky Museum at SUNY New Paltz.