‘The Lesbian Art Show’ in Oregon, USA

Lesbian art was on display in Fontanelle Art Gallery downtown Portland, Oregon, USA, during the Portland pride in June 2009. The exhibition ‘Lesbian Art show’, which can be seen on the Fontanelle Gallery’s website now, is made by the artists Mary McAlister, Azsa West and Aubree Bernier-Clarke. Mary explained recently…

Queer ‘Threads’ at Somarts Gallery, San Francisco

Queer Cultural Center has invited an amazing international group of talented visual/media artists for the queer arts exhibition of the 12th Annual National Queer Arts Festival in California USA. The title of the exhibition is ‘Threads’. Threads is not just about fashion and costume, but also how queerness weaves the…

A Conversation in Re-Memory of Bernice Bing

A free event in California, USA: A Conversation in Re-Memory of Bernice Bing (1936-1998), Monday, March 23rd, 2009, 7-9pm, Timken Lecture Hall, CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, San Francisco campus, 1111 Eighth Street (at 16th & Wisconsin St.) Speakers: Moira Roth, Trefethen Chair of Art History, Mills College Kim Anno,…

Cut And Paste – Hannah Höch’s Photomontages

Sorry the slideshow has expired! Slideshow with Hannah Höch’s works of art Hannah Höch (1889 – 1978) was a German Dada artist. She studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Charlottenburg and at School of the Royal Museum of Applied Arts in Berlin. In 1919 she became a member of the Dada movement. Hannah is best…

Print Dyke Action Machine’s Posters And Plaster Your Neighborhood

Lesbian Americans, poster by DAM! 1998 A New Public Artproject by DAM! Dyke Action Machine! (DAM!) is a two-person public art project founded in 1991 by artist Carrie Moyer and photographer Sue Schaffner. Their campaign posters incorporated lesbian images into recognizably commercial contexts, revealing how lesbians are and are not…

Feminine Moments Presents Queer Photographer Anastasia Kuba

Anastasia Kuba is a San Francisco based photographer originally from Russia. She moved to United States on her own at the age of 20 in 2003. Partially because Anastasia felt lost in cultural and language differences, she turned to visual art as a universal way of self expression and communication….

The Winners Of The 2008 Astraea Lesbian Visual Arts Fund

The winners of the 2008 Astraea Lesbian Visual Arts Fund (USA) are Jess Dunn, Elaine Gan and Amey Gee. The Astraea Lesbian Visual Arts Fund promotes the work of contemporary lesbian visual artists. Grants are awarded to artists working in an array of media including sculpture, painting, prints, mixed media…

Maxine Fine Retrospective Opens Soon

Art historian Flavia Rando, founding member of the Astraea Lesbian Visual Arts Committee, has curated a retrospective exhibition of works of art by late lesbian artist Maxine Fine (1942-2003). Maxine was one of the pioneering members of the Lesbian Art Movement in USA. Her work was published in the 1977 Lesbian issue…

"BustED" an Exhibition Celebrating The Bosom

“BustED: art about breast health” is a group show of art celebrating the lovely and erotic nature of the bosom, while reminding everyone of the way breast cancer affects our lives. Transplant (Step 1) and (Step 2) – Talia Greene The group show includes works of art by Annie Sprinkle,…

Catherine Opie at The Guggenheim Museum

If you are planning a trip to New York this autumn, I think that a visit to Catherine Opie’s exhibition “Catherine Opie: American Photographer” at the Guggenheim Museum is a must for any lesbian. Queer photographer Catherine Opie’s mid-career retrospective gathers works from many of Opie’s well known series, starting…