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…

Oscaria / Oscar by SPIR

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…

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

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…

Betsy Damon: Water Rules Life

Water Rules Life, a visual art media piece by American artist and activist Betsy Damon, shows how art heals environments. Her nonprofit organization, Keepers of the Waters, provides information and technical support for others working to help clean urban waterways and raise water awareness around the globe through large scale…

Environmental Thoughts 2012 by Linda Stein

Artist talk: Environmental Thoughts 2012 by Linda Stein The Fluidity of Gender: Sculptures by Linda Stein Linda Stein is an American artist-activist, lecturer, performer, video artist. The Fluidity of Gender: Sculpture by Linda Stein is a seven-year touring exhibition/lecture/performance traveling to more than twenty-four United States museums and universities through…

Julia Kunin – Artist Talk, 2012

Sorry, the video interview with Julia Kunin has been taken down by the videomaker on Vimeo. However,  the video statement for “Nightwood”, 2012, is still available on the artist’s website. Artist talk: Julia Kunin – New Work from Van Doren Waxter, a New York Gallery. Related Link Julia Kunin’s online…

[ Double Blind # 3 ]

[ DOUBLE BIND #3 ] from [ RED BIND ] on Vimeo. [ DOUBLE BIND #3 ] Performance | 2013 | 26’ Video from the performance | 2013 | 3’50’’ Soundtrack | National Anthem of the Russian Federation (Государственный гимн Российской Федерации) | “Stalker” (Сталкер), Andreï TARKOVSKI (Андрей Тарковский), 1979…

Visiting Artist Talk: Carrie Moyer

Video (1:14:15): Artist talk by Carrie Moyer, January 28, 2014 In the above lecture American painter Carrie Moyer talks about her abstract paintings only and not about her activism. About Carrie Moyer “Carrie Moyer, painter, writer and activist, melds hard graphic shapes with biomorphic forms in expertly handled acrylic, or…