Sara Swaty: IN-BETWEEN & OUTSIDE

Press release Kinsey, 2011, fine art giclee print, 40×30″, by Sara Swaty IN-BETWEEN & OUTSIDE Photographs by Sara Swaty WINDOW GALLERY Leslie & Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art 26 Wooster Street New York, NY 10013, USA June 26 – November 6, 2012 Artist Reception: Friday, October 5, 6-8pm…

Photographer Åsa Johannesson

Video interview by Self Publish, Be Happy Interview, 2010. Åsa Johannesson talks about her book ‘The Boy and The Twins‘, which she published in 2010.  Pieces from Åsa’ works Portraits of Her and Portraits of Him are included in the exhibition TRANSportraits in Israel: TRANSportraits September 20 – November 1 2012…

The Evolving Aesthetics of Lesbian Cinema

BARBARA HAMMER AU JEU DE PAUME, France 2012 American filmmaker Barbara Hammer talks about her avant-garde films, the aesthetics of lesbian cinema and her work of moving cinema away from the screen. Related Link Barbara Hammer’s website Barbara Hammer’s videostream at Vimeo

Clarity Haynes – The Breast Portrait Project

Sorry the pomotional fundraising video for the Breast Portrait Project by Artist Clarity Haynes published by Martha Shane on Vimeo (2011) has been deleted by the owner. This project was successfully funded a year ago. Making Herstory Sorry, this video has also been deleted. Video description: Clarity Haynes discusses her…

UCSC Professor Elizabeth Stephens

UCSC Professor Elizabeth Stephens – videointerview published by DobroFilms, May 2012. UCSC Art Professor and former Chair of the Art Department, UC David PhD Candidate, wife to Annie Sprinkle, performance artist, sculptor, Elizabeth Stephens talked with Nada Miljkovic for KZSC’s Artist on Art about her work as an eco-activist and…

Catherine Opie: Cleveland Clinic

Catherine Opie: Cleveland Clinic, published by Art21.org To engage with a real work of art can be magical and healing. American visusal artist and queer art pioneer Catherine Opie believes that art needs to be public. In this video she talks about a permanent installation, which she has made for…

Bologna – Zanele Muholi Visual ARTivist

Poster – Zanele Muholi Visual ARTivist, Bologna Photography exhibition – Zanele Muholi Visual ARTivist September 21 – October 20, 2012 QUADRIPORTICO CHIOSTRO EX OSPEDALE RONCATI via Sant’Isaia, 90, Bologna Related Link Zanele Muholi’s online portfolio

All That is Banned is Desired

World Conference on Artistic Freedom of Expression to Oslo. ‘All That is Banned is Desired’.  A World Conference on Artistic Freedom of Expression The Fritt Ord Foundation, Oslo, and Freemuse – The World Forum on Music & Censorship, Copenhagen, will organize the first world conference on artistic freedom of expression…

StressHat – a hat never goes out of fashion!

Press Release by NLHspace, Copenhagen Stress-hat by Henriette Hellstern-Kjoeller StressHat – a hat never goes out of fashion! by Henriette Hellstern-Kjoeller October 6 – 30 2012 (can be experienced from the street all day/night) at NLHspace Vesterfaelledvej 63 1750 Copenhagen V Opening: Friday, October 5th 5:20 pm. The artist Henriette…

Caroline Smith: Locating Your Inner Bird FREE

Hi there, I’m very excited to announce my Locating Your Inner Bird FREE open workshops to kickstart my residency for the RSPB on Wallasea Island. This project is the first of two dazzlingly new art initiatives as I leave the University of Greenwich after ten years!! Hope to see you…

Zanele Muholi in Europe

Press release South African photographer and visual activist “Zanele Muholi’s Documenta works will show at the Goethe-Institut, Johannesburg, in November/December. Muholi exhibits at the Rencontres d’Arles festival in France, where she was nominated for the Discovery Award, from 2 July to 23 September. Muholi is included on the 12th Gjon…

Del LaGrace Volcano: A Mid-Career Retrospective

Del LaGrace Volcano, Self Portrait Collaboration with Gerard Rancinan, Paris, 2004, 24 x 24 in., digital c-print Del LaGrace Volcano: A Mid-Career Retrospective at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in New York City Curated by Jonathan David Katz and Julia Haas September 19-November 11, 2012 Opening Reception: Wednesday,…

Kim Leutwyler – Artist Statement

Kim Leutwyler: I create large scale figure paintings of LGBTQ-identified women, most recently focusing on those who have impacted my life in some way…

Women, Art and Society, 5th Edition

Press Release by Lenore Chinn “Women, Art and Society, 5th Edition” by Whitney Chadwick to be published September 10, 2012 I am happy to announce that I am included in Women, Art and Society, 5th Edition by Whitney Chadwick to be published September 10, 2012. Book Description Publication Date: September…

Brooklyn Museum Artist Talk: Ulrike Müller

Gallery Talk and Off-Site Excursion: Ulrike Müller’s Herstory Inventory Saturday, September 8, 3:30 p.m. Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn NY 11238-6052, USA To mark the closing of Ulrike Müller’s Raw/Cooked exhibition, the artist will lead a discussion on the topic of queer archives with scholar Ann Cvetkovich. Afterwards, visitors…

Subverting the Heteronormative frame in UK Public Museums

Text: Maria-Anna, UK I’m Maria-Anna and I’m currently at the final year of my PhD research. My general interests in museums relate to minority and disadvantaged groups’ representation, not only in terms of visitation but also in terms of cultural inclusion of them in collections. However, my PhD thesis focuses…

Adopt-a-Painting Project

Kim Leutwyler, USA has launched a kickstarter project to raise money for her new queer art project, a series of 12 paintings of queer people to be made and exhibitied in Australia.

Femina Potens receives a Creating Public Value Grant

Press release Femina Potens receives a Creating Public Value Grant from the Arts Council. Funding supports arts organizations in rural and underserved communities. The California Arts Council announces that Femina Potens will receive a 2011-12 Creating Public Value grant of $8,500. Femina Potens, located in San Francisco, was one of…