San Francisco: Queer Ecologies – A Gallery Event

The Arcus Endowment at the College of Environmental Design & QCC present Queer Conversations on Culture and the Arts: QUEER ECOLOGIES: A Gallery Event and Conversation Featuring Kim Anno and Adrian Parr Kim Anno: Water City, Berkeley (Film 2013) Adrian Parr: So To Speak (Spoken Word Performance) September 11, 5pm…

Artwork by Debbie McCarthy

 Invitation by Debbie McCarthy Press photo: image of the panel piece which Debbie McCarthy has created for the show 2014 Benefit Exhibition for Ballet X. It is with great pleasure that I share with you my participation in the following benefit exhibition: 2014 Benefit Exhibition for Ballet X September 5…

Dorothée Smith: Entre (deux) fantômes

Press photo courtecy of Dorothee Smith Festival Jerk Off 2014 presents Entre (deux) fantômes Solo exhibition by Dorothée Smith September 12 2014 – January 4 2015 at Pavillon Vendôme, Centre d’Art Contemporain in Clichy, France Opening September 11 at 18:00 as part of the opening of Festival Jerk Off 2014….

Beth Stephens Talking About Her Art

Interview with Beth Stephens, 2013. Published by Nada Miljkovic. Beth Stephens is a UCSC Professor, Sex-Ecologist, Artist that came on to Artist on Art in 2013 to talk about her art and her environmental work.

Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle on Artists on Art

In 2013 performance artists, sexecologists, eco-artists, and long-term collaborators, Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens came onto Artist on Art at UCSC’s KZSC to talk about the West Coast Premiere of their movie, Goodbye Gauley Mountain, an Ecosexual Love Story.

Annihilated

Press release by c4 projects c4 projects, Dybbølsgade 60, 1721 Copenhagen V, Denmark, presents: Annihilated an exhibition by Henriette Hellstern-Kjøller Fernissage: Friday September 12th 5-9 pm Exhibition period: 13th-26th September Opening hours: Thursdays & Fridays 3-6 pm, Saturdays & Sundays 2-5 pm You have always stood with your back turned,…

North American Tour – BUTCH: Not like the other girls

Press release by SD Holman Photo-based artist SD Holman’s acclaimed solo show BUTCH: Not like the other girls continues the Fall leg of its North American tour, with exhibition and book signing dates booked in San Francisco, Toronto and Wellesley College. BUTCH is a photographic exploration of the liminal spaces…

Agnes Noyes Goodsir (1864 – 1939) A Lesbian Painter

The Parisienne by Agnes Goodsir Painting by Agnes Goodsir Girl on couch by Agnes Goodsir, 1915 Agnes Noyes Goodsir (1864 – 1939) Agnes Noyes Goodsir, born in Australia was encouraged to go to Paris to study paintings in 1899 by her family. She remained there until 1905. Returning to Europe…

Grace Crowley ‘Abstract painting’ 1947

Video and text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2010. Grace Crowley – Australian Artist and Modernist Painter ‘Grace Crowley (1890 – 1979), also known as ‘Smudge’, is believed to have been in a relationship with Anna Dangar between about 1915 and 1929. Anna Dangar studied and then taught at…

Margaret Preston (1875–1963)

Slideshow with photos by Australian painter Margaret Preston. Margaret Preston (1875–1963) Margaret Rose McPherson (later Margaret Preston) was born in Adelaide, Australia in 1875. She studied art at the prestigious National Gallery of Victoria Art School in 1889. And then she went on to further her studies at Adelaide’s School…

Gay Iranian-American Artist Najva Sol

The panel debate took place in 2010. The video excerpt was published in 2014. Gay Iranian-American Artist Challenges Cultural Barriers. Artist and photographer Najva Sol discusses the profound culture clash that she has experienced as a gay Iranian-American.

Vivienne Binns and Australian Feminist Art

Speakers in the COFA video (2013) include: Vivienne Binns, artist, senior lecturer, Canberra School of Art, Bec Dean, Co-Director, Performance Space and Andrew Frost, founder, The Art Life. Artist Talk By Vivienne Binns Watch the first 22 minutes of the above video! This COFA talk features Vivienne Binns artist, senior…

Maree Azzopardi in Sweden 2008

Video: Sydney-based artist Maree Azzopardi at Galleri Tapper-Popermajer, Sweden in 2008. The exhibition was curated by Jonathan Turner. Visual artist Maree Azzopardi features in Lesbian Art – An Encounter With Power by Elisabeth Ashburn, (Craftsman House 1996). In 2010 Maree Azzopardi was one of 14 acclaimed artists from 7 countries…

LGBT Art: Our Common Wealth art exhibition

Press release by QCC Queer Cultural Center – Special Event Queer Cultural Center(QCC) and the Commonwealth Club present: LGBT Art: Our Common Wealth art exhibition Opening Reception and Walk-Through Tuesday, July 29, 2014 5:00pm The Commonwealth Club 595 Market Street, second floor San Francisco Join the Commonwealth Club and members…

Dolly Wilde’s Picture-Show

Artist statement by Rebecca Nesvet “And still they come and go: and this is all I know– That from the gloom I watch an endless picture-show…” Siegfried Sassoon, “Picture-Show” (1920) Playwrite Rebecca Nesvet about her Dolly Wilde’s Picture-Show When I read Sassoon’s ‘Picture-Show’, the poem doesn’t call up only the…

The Unstraight Museum Celebrates Pride in Sweden

Press Release by The Unstraight Museum WELCOME TO AN UNSTRAIGHT PRIDE! Come celebrate an unstraight Pride together with us at The Unstraight Museum. We invite you to a talk with gay police from Russia and a talk about queering the world of museums. We also want your best advice on…

Finland: Jeppis Pride 2014

Photo from the series HETERO by Fredrika Bistöm Heidi Lunabba – Studio Vilgefortis Jeppis Pride 2014 at Galleri Gro, Campus Allegro, Runebergsgatan 8, 68600 Jakobstad, Finland Opening: July 25 at 18.00 – 20.00 hrs. Jeppis Pride 2014, a queer group exhibition. It runs from July 25 through August 16 2014…

Nest by Coral Short

Artist statement by Coral Short Nest by Coral Short. Photos courtesy of the artist. Description: Nest is an interactive sculpture that is about caring for our community’s cultural workers and activists. I encouraged the audience at The Hemispheric Institute Encuentros to unwind by finding my large, human-sized nest on wheels…