Press photo. Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens: ‘By shifting the metaphor from “Earth as mother” to “Earth as lover” we aim to entice people to develop a more mutual, pleasurable, sustainable, and less destructive relationship with the environment.’ June 21 & June 28, 2015 Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens presents:…
This video is about a group of students in an LGBT cohort who explored these themes via a critical art project called the No Outsiders Classroom. “Social justice is a broad concept with varying interpretations, but generally it means leveling the playing field. It’s not so much about creating opportunities…
We seek contributions for a volume of collected essays related to artist Allyson Mitchell’s Killjoy’s Kastle: A Lesbian Feminist Haunted House. This large-scale installation and performance invites visitors to walk-through an unconventional gallery space designed in the tradition of carnivals, evangelical Christian fright nights, and lesbian feminist direct action aesthetics….
Lesbian Photographers Panelists: Carolyn Sherer, Betsy Kalin and Connie Kurtew. Moderated by Angela Brinskele. They share their inspirations, challenges and motivations that drive their work and honor the lives of men and women they photograph. This panel took place alongside the traveling exhibit: Living In Limbo: Lesbian Families In the…
Lavender Life: Madeleine Lim, Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project by KleisTV.com (2013) In the above video Madeleine Lim, founder of Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project in California, reveals how it all started and she ends the interview by introducing the 2013 programme of the QWOCMAP Film…
Artist Caroly Sherer introduces the exhibition, The Story of Living in Limbo: Lesbian Families of the Deep South. (2012). See the full exhibition summary at YouTube. Living in Limbo: Lesbian Families in the Deep South by Carolyn Sherer is a contemporary fine art photography exhibition honoring the current complexities of…
Article by KASHISH Exhibition view of The 377191 Wall; photo courtesy of KASHISH. The 377191 Wall The month long art exhibition is organized by Gallery Beyond in association with KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. In its 6th edition, KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival is stepping beyond the medium…
This year is the first time that I have promoted Feminine Moments: the international lesbian and queer feminist art blog at my local pride march.
Shu Lea Cheang:’Art, Queer Technologies and Social Interference’ To coincide with an exhibition held by the artist at Furtherfield in London in 2013, The White Building hosted a special talk by Shu Lea Cheang in conversation with curator and writer, Omar Kholeif. – This video was published on YouTube in…
Video (4:26): American ceramic artist Julia Kunin’s one person show, LES GUÉRILLÈRES, at Sandra Gering, NYC. Video by Velvetpark Media (2015).
A copy and paste ‘text collage’ with bits and pieces from QCC’s newsletter and website by Feminine Moments The 18. National Queer Arts Festival: Connections, May 29 – June 29, 2015 Next week, we begin our nearly non-stop journey through the arts that is the 18th Annual National Queer Arts…
Press release From the Washing Line by Ilar Gunilla Persson Washing Line in the Colors of the Rainbow, Nordic Tour Starts at Sápmi Pride in Karasjok, Norway, June 29-31, 2015 Statements against homophobia are needed as the political discussion is getting more aggressive. Washing Line is a community art project…
Article by Lerato Dumse Tick Tock for Deutsche Börse 2015 Prize With less than a week remaining before we are introduced to the winner of the renowned Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2015. Predictions are still pouring in and opinions are shared from far and wide. Everyone wants to see their…
TERESA INANNA Art and Video: Liliana Kleiner Editing: Claudia Medina Music: “Song of Genesis” by Ruth Weider Mangan and Mark Eliyahu Lamamc’e: Marc Eliyahu Voice and Text: Ruth Weider Magan, based on Jewish mystical writings. The video was published in May 2015. Liliana Kleiner says, I showed it in Europe…
Press release by Michèle Pearson Clarke Photograph from Parade of Champions by Michele Pearson Clarke, 2015. About the Exhibition Parade of Champions explores the grief experiences of three black queer people, following the deaths of their mothers. Although grief is borne from loss of any kind, for an adult child,…
Press release The Cover of Romaine Brooks a Life by Cassandra Langer (UW Press, September 2015) Romaine Brooks (1874–1970) The artistic achievements of Romaine Brooks (1874–1970), both as a major expatriate American painter and as a formative innovator in the decorative arts, have long been overshadowed by her fifty-year relationship…
GendErotica 2015 is the necessary and inevitable step after GendErotica 2013: Fem. The visions, contradictions and imaginary that came out from last edition have defined the topics of the coming edition of the festival. It’s clear from the community response related to Queer Feminity is difficult, especially as long as…
“Lesbian artists generally had three main options in regards to how they presented — or hid — their sexuality. The first option was to keep their orientation private and compete with male artists using subject matter that did not relate to their sexuality. The next was to participate in the…
Excerpt from newsletter by RED BIND AKA Gilivanka Kedzior and Barbara Friedman New performance by RED BIND aka Gilivanka Kedzior and Barbara Friedman: [DOUBLE BIND #4: Mother] DUOS May 28, 2015, 18:00 – 22:00 at SOMA Art Gallery, Liegnitzer str 34, 10999 Berlin, Germany “‘Duos’ is the long-term curatorial project…
Trailer of ‘I’D RATHER BE A GODDESS THAN A CYBORG’, a feminist queer art festival, May 2015. COVEN BERLIN presents ‘I’D RATHER BE A GODDESS THAN A CYBORG’, a feminist queer art festival that will present the work of artists of various disciplines with a common focus on feminism and…