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Welcome to Art is Awesome, the show where we talk with an artist or art worker with a connection to the San Francisco Bay Area. In this Episode, Emily chats with "The Button Man", Harlem artist Beau McCall, an artist renowned for his unique use of buttons in wearable and visual art. McCall's work is featured in prominent collections such as New York's Museum of Arts and Design and London's Victoria and Albert Museum. McCall recounts his upbringing in Philadelphia, his move to Harlem, and his early inspirations. He explains how his fascination with buttons began with his mother's collection and grew through various craft classes. McCall shares memories of his artistic evolution, his experiences with the Harlem community, and the personal significance of his work, including tributes to friends lost to AIDS. The episode concludes with McCall's advice to aspiring artists and a nod to his ongoing support from his mother.About Artist Beau McCall :Drawing inspiration from the vast button collection of his mother and family, Beau McCall creates wearable and visual art by applying clothing buttons onto mostly upcycled fabrics, materials, and objects. With deliberate focus the buttons are arranged to stimulate one's curiosity and imagination, while simultaneously drawing attention to the unique history of buttons. Thereby McCall's work generates a discussion surrounding many topics such as pop culture and social justice.McCall began his professional career in Harlem in the 1980s after arriving from his native, Philadelphia with nothing more than a few hundred dollars, a duffel bag, and buttons. Circa 1988 he made his critically acclaimed wearable art debut at The Harlem Institute of Fashion (HIF) show for HARLEM WEEK. McCall went on to become an established force within HIF's Black Fashion Museum collective presenting at their shows consecutively through circa 1995, as well being featured in their museum exhibitions and prestigious events. During this time, McCall's visually captivating work was featured in the fashion bible Women's Wear Daily, on the PBS version of George C. Wolfe's The Colored Museum (1991), and in the award-winning film Quartier Mozart (1992), directed by Jean-Pierre Bekolo. The film won prizes at film festivals in Cannes, Locarno, and Montreal and was nominated, in 1993, for a British Film Institute award.McCall eventually applied his mastery of the button to visual art. Since then, he's been proclaimed by American Craft magazine as “The Button Man.” His visual and wearable art has been included in exhibitions at The Museum at FIT, Nordstrom, the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Houston Museum of African American Culture, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Stax Museum of American Soul Music, the Langston Hughes House in partnership with the inaugural Columbia University Wallach Art Gallery Uptown triennial and StoryCorps, and Rush Arts Gallery. McCall's work is held in the permanent collection of public institutions and by private individuals including the Museum of Arts and Design (New York), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia), Victoria and Albert Museum (London), The Museum at FIT (New York), Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (New York), Amistad Research Center (New Orleans), The Museum of Modern Art Library (New York), Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (New York), Stonewall National Museum & Archives (Fort Lauderdale), and The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Library (San Francisco), Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Residence, Debbie Harry of Blondie, Jeffrey Gibson, and Cristina Grajales. McCall has also been commissioned by the Museum of Arts and Design, Columbia University, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. And his wearable art can be found in gift shops including the Newark Museum of Art. McCall has been featured in the NY Times, Associated Press, NPR, L.A. Times, and more. In addition, he has served as a teaching artist at the Newark Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, and the Harlem Arts Alliance. McCall has also created a wearable art line called, Triple T-shirts. For these pieces, he upcycles three T-shirts by combining them into one flowing garment that can be worn in six different ways. Each style—from poncho to hoodie to shawl and beyond—brings dynamic versatility to traditional T-shirts. The shirts are curated to form a narrative about various socially-conscious and lighthearted themes.In 2021, McCall released his debut artists' book titled, REWIND: MEMORIES ON REPEAT, commissioned and published by SHINE Portrait Studio@ Express Newark, Rutgers University-Newark. The book honors the legacy of ten of McCall's deceased friends through collages composed of archival photos and images from his button artwork. The collages capture the late 1970s to the mid-1980s, from Philadelphia to New York, during the LGBTQ+ rights movement, the height of disco music and the AIDS crisis.In 2024, McCall debuted his first-ever retrospective and exhibition catalog titled, Beau McCall: Buttons On! at Fuller Craft Museum. The exhibition is currently on a nationwide tour.Through his work, McCall remains committed to channeling and contributing to the universal cultural legacy one button at a time.Visit Beau's Website:  BeauMcCall.ComFollow Beau on Instagram: @Beau_McCallFor more on Beau's exhibit "Buttons On!" CLICK HERE--About Podcast Host Emily Wilson:Emily a writer in San Francisco, with work in outlets including Hyperallergic, Artforum, 48 Hills, the Daily Beast, California Magazine, Latino USA, and Women's Media Center. She often writes about the arts. For years, she taught adults getting their high school diplomas at City College of San Francisco.Follow Emily on Instagram: @PureEWilFollow Art Is Awesome on Instagram: @ArtIsAwesome_Podcast--CREDITS:Art Is Awesome is Hosted, Created & Executive Produced by Emily Wilson. Theme Music "Loopster" Courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 LicenseThe Podcast is Co-Produced, Developed & Edited by Charlene Goto of @GoToProductions. For more info, visit Go-ToProductions.com

We were devastated when we heard of Nikki Giovanni's passing earlier this week. Her poetry evokes life on Earth and in the universe in such a beautiful, thoughtful and inclusive way. We are in the process of sharing our favorite episodes from the past and felt it was fitting to bring you back our QueerSpace episode featuring Nikki among other futurist artists.  When researching QueerSpace, we repeatedly saw creators blending themes of space and themes of queerness in their art. Many of these artists use their art to envision new futures. Futurist thinking uses the experience of the past and present to contextualize and reimagine what the future could be, often creating a future that's more equitable and radically different than what we have now.Thanks to our guests in this Episode: Nikki Giovanni, Futurist Artist Lola Flash, Futurist Artist Stamatina Gregory, Chief Curator and Director of Exhibitions and Collections at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art AirSpace Season 10 is just around the corner! Stay tuned through December as we revisit team favorites. New episodes drop starting January 9.Sign up here for the monthly AirSpace newsletter

Alyssa Nitchun, Director of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of art in New York, talks to Patrick O'Donnell about the colours of her life from her New York apartment. She shares tales of her candyfloss pink childhood passion for dressing up, her pitch black youth as a goth and she describes the bright red of her defining decade as a queer DJ and advocate for queer art and expression. She says, ‘I chose red for my defining decade because I think I was hungry for everything. But right now my colour is arsenic green because I'm in a time where I'm kind of harnessing that energy.'Learn about the colours featured in each episode hereSee the colours of Alyssa's life hereFollow Alyssa on Instagram hereFollow us on Instagram here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's episode, artist and writer, Zach Grear, tells us about a summer day spent day-drinking through Brooklyn that ends with a live New Order concert and a makeout sesh!Check out Zach on InstagramHave fun like ZachDonate to The Leslie-Lohman Museum of ArtThis week's Rachel's Recs: US Open & Saraghina CaffeWhat did you think of this week's episode?They Had Fun on Instagram, YouTube, and our website

David Anaya Maya was born in Bogot. D.C., raised in rural Colombia, and currently lives and works in New York City. After graduating as ‘Maestroʼ from Los Andes University in 2004, Anaya Maya has shown their work internationally and has explored an extensive range of materials, mediums and concepts. As an artist, curator, writer, teacher and art collective organizer, Anaya Maya has expanded seminal interconnections between peoples, bodies, identities, species, and ecosystems. They have been awarded with fellowships and residencies in Colombia, The Banff Centre in Canada, The Drawing Center in New York, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Four of their drawings are part of the collection of the Leslie Lohman Museum of Art. Providentia installation, High Noon “Kikuyu,” 2023, oil on linen reinforced with epoxy resin, 10” x 7.5” “Coat of Arms,” 2023, oil and bronze powder on linen reinforced with epoxy resin, 10” x 17” x 2" “National Flower,” 2023, oil paint on dried linseed oil reinforced with epoxy resin, 1.25” x 1.75”

We meet curator and writer Gemma Rolls-Bentley to discuss her exciting new book Queer Art, recorded in front of a live audience at the Turner Contemporary in Margate.Gemma's debut book Queer Art; From Canvas to Club and the Spaces Between is out now. With nearly 200 artworks selected by leading LGBTQI+ curator Gemma Rolls-Bentley, this book mixes the high-brow with the low, gallery stalwarts with Instagram stars, and the racy with the fabulous. This is a unique celebration of queer life – a must-have for the LGBTQI+ community, art lovers and anyone interested in the culture surrounding queer identity. The twentieth century saw key shifts for the LGBTQI+ community across the western world: from the Stonewall uprising to the first pride parades and homosexuality law reforms. The years following these milestone moments have seen queer life face new challenges, celebrations, injustices and liberations. As ever, this journey has been closely mapped by art and culture. Artists working across all mediums from painting, performance, digital and beyond have captured key moments, from the HIV/AIDS crisis and the rise of drag, to marriage equality and the fight for trans liberation.Gemma was born and raised in South Yorkshire. She spent her early years living on a farm and then in a village on the Yorkshire/Derbyshire border at the edge of Sheffield, where her parents still live. She left when she was 18 to go to Edinburgh University to study Maths & A.I. but graduated with a degree in Art History instead. When she moved to London to do an MA at the Courtauld Institute of Art she discovered that everyone in the art world was posh. She changed her surname to Rolls-Bentley on Facebook as a joke and it stuck. Gemma curated her first exhibition when she was a student in Edinburgh, a group show of fine art students in an abandoned travel agents. She's been curating ever since.She's spent almost two decades working passionately to champion diversity in the field. Curating exhibitions and building art collections internationally, her curatorial practice amplifies the work of female and queer artists as well as providing a platform for art that explores LGBTQ+ identity.Gemma is a creative consultant and advisor for brands, organisations, and cultural projects, in addition to teaching at numerous institutions including the Royal College of Art, the Glasgow School of Art, and Goldsmiths. She spent a decade working at the intersection of art and technology, holding positions of Chief Curator at Avant Arte and Curatorial Director at Artsy. Prior to that she spent 6 years working at Damien Hirst's studio, where she learned a lot about the art world (and what she wanted to help change).She co-chairs the board of trustees for the charity Queercircle, and sits on the Courtauld Association Committee. She was previously a trustee for Deptford X. In 2011, Gemma launched the arts arm of the East London Fawcett Group and ran their 2012-2013 Art Audit campaign.Recent curatorial projects include Tschabalala Self's first public art project at Coal Drops Yard in London, the Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival, and the Brighton Beacon Collection, which is the largest permanent display of queer art in the UK. In 2023, she curated the group exhibition Dreaming of Home at Leslie Lohman Museum of Art in NYC, and she is the host of the museum's new podcast series.Follow @GemmaRollsBentley Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“The thing that I am fighting against is the same thing that I think that the impulse to found the Lesbian Herstory Archives in 1974 was. We are in a life struggle project, which is to stop erasure and build stronger coalitions with people that are battling a lot of repression. And I think that liberatory projects absolutely depend on intergenerational knowledge sharing.” Ariel GoldbergLast year, the Jewish Museum of Maryland presented an exhibition titled Material/Inheritance: Contemporary Work by New Jewish Culture Fellows. Curated by Leora Fridman and presented in partnership with the New Jewish Culture Fellowship, this groundbreaking show featured 30 Jewish artists dealing with themes like chosen and biological family, queer and trans identities, embodiment and sexuality, diasporic homes, ritual reinventions, activist movements, political histories, and so much more.One of the artists featured in Material/Inheritance, Ariel Goldberg, contributed to the exhibition by creating an episode of the Disloyal podcast with co-hosts Mark Gunnery and Naomi Rose Weintraub. Ariel Goldberg is a writer, curator, and photographer based in New York City who curated a show titled Images on which to build, 1970s-1990s. That exhibition, which is on view at the Chicago Cultural Center through August 4, 2024, explores photographic documentation of activism, education, and media production within lesbian, trans, queer, and feminist grassroots organizing from the 1970s through the 1990s. It was commissioned by the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati as part of the 2022 FotoFocus Biennial, and was on view at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in New York City last year. On this episode of Disloyal, Goldberg talks about their research into the Lesbian Herstory Archives (LHA) traveling slideshows, reading texts related to that project, and playing audio from interviews they did with the LHA's Joan Nestle and Alexis Danzig. They also spoke to Disloyal hosts Mark Gunnery and Naomi Rose Weintraub about queer imaging practices, the importance of intergenerational knowledge sharing in queer communities, and ways that images and education fit into social movements. You can see Ariel Goldberg on Tuesday, May 14, on Zoom or at the Center for New Jewish Culture in Brooklyn, New York, where they will be hosting an event called Abundant, Rich Lives: Returning to the Lesbian Herstory Archives Slideshow. Ariel will be in conversation with longtime activists Alexis Danzig and Deborah Edel about the Lesbian Herstory Archives slideshow, and they will screen clips of a recently digitized version of it. The panel will also reflect on media production within lesbian, queer, and trans grassroots organizing of the recent past and its relevance for today's social movement struggles.

Gemma Rolls-Bentley is a curator, creative consultant & writer who has been at the forefront of contemporary art for nearly two decades. Curating exhibitions and building art collections internationally, her curatorial practice amplifies the work of female and queer artists and provides a platform for art that explores LGBTQIA+ identity. Her debut book Queer Art: From Canvas to Club, and the Spaces Between is being published by Quarto in May 2024. Most recently she curated ‘A Million Candles: Illuminating Queer Love & Life' at the London Art Fair. In 2023 she curated the group exhibition ‘Dreaming of Home' at Leslie Lohman Museum of Art in NYC and the Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival in London. She curated the Brighton Beacon Collection, the largest permanent display of queer art in the UK. Gemma is a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art and has taught at numerous institutions including Goldsmiths and Glasgow School of Art. She co-chairs the board of trustees for the charity Queercircle and sits on the Courtauld Association Committee. Learn more about Gemma Rolls-Bentley here.  Learn more about the podcast and podcast host here. 

I'm a thousand different people—Every one is real is a new exhibition from the Leslie Lohman Museum of Art in Soho. Through various media and representational styles, this series aims to highlight the multidimensionality of the LGBTQ+ experience. Curator Stamatina Gregory, and artists Angela Dufresne and Carlos Motta join us to discuss the exhibition.*This segment is guest-hosted by Kousha Navidar 

This is a special drop to end a beautiful Black History Month. We are coming to you with an interview featuring Raquel Willis. Anna DeShawn had the opportunity to sit down with Raquel and discuss her new book "The Risk It Takes To Bloom". They talk about her career being an out Black trans woman in the media and the journey she took to write her memoir. We hope you enjoy it.  You can purchase "The Risk It Takes To Bloom" here In The Risk It Takes to Bloom, Raquel Willis recounts with passion and candor her experiences straddling the Obama and Trump eras, the possibility of transformation after the tragedy, and how complex moments can push us all to take necessary risks and bloom toward collective liberation.  More About Raquel Willis  Raquel Willis is an award-winning activist, journalist, and media strategist dedicated to collective liberation, especially for Black trans folks. She is an executive producer with iHeartMedia's first-ever LGBTQ+ podcast network, Outspoken, and the host of Afterlives, a podcast centering the lives and legacies of trans folks lost too soon to violence. She is also the author of The Risk It Takes to Bloom: On Life and Liberation. Raquel has held groundbreaking posts, including director of communications for Ms. Foundation for Women, executive editor of Out magazine, and national organizer for Transgender Law Center. She co-founded Transgender Week of Visibility and Action with civil rights attorney Chase Strangio. She is the president of the Solutions Not Punishments Collaborative's executive board and serves on the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art board. She published the GLAAD Media Award-winning “Trans Obituaries Project,” in 2022, she executive-produced and hosted “The Trans Youth Town Hall” with Logo. The work was nominated for the GLAAD Awards and won Gold distinction in the Shorty Awards. She was also honored as a 2023 ADCOLOR Advocate. Her writing has been published in Black Futures by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham, Bulgari Magnifica: The Power Women Hold edited by Tina Leung, The Echoing Ida Collection edited by Kemi Alabi, Cynthia R. Greenlee, and Janna A. Zinzi, and Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha Blain. She has also written for Essence, Bitch, VICE, Buzzfeed, The Cut, and Vogue. Raquel is a thought leader on gender, race, and intersectionality. She's experienced in online publications, organizing marginalized communities for social change, non-profit media strategy, and public speaking while using digital activism as a major tool of resistance and liberation.  

Ep.183 features Leasho Johnson. Born in 1984, he is a visual artist working primarily in painting, installation, and sculpture. He was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, and raised in Sheffield, a small town on the outskirts of Negril. Johnson uses his experience growing up Black, gay, and male to explore concepts around identity within the post-colonial condition. Working at the conjunction of painting and drawing, Leasho combines charcoal, homemade paints, and dyes straddling the line between fluidity and chance, as well as precision and improvisation. Johnson makes characters that live on the edge of perception, visible and invisible simultaneously. His work's intent is to disrupt historical, political, and social expectations of the Black queer experience. Leasho Johnson was a fellow of the Jamaica Art Society in 2022 and a Leslie Lohman Museum fellow in 2021. He was recipient of the New Artist Society Scholarship from the School of Art Institute Chicago (SAIC) 2018 - 2020. His recent residencies include Ruby Cruel in London, 2023 and Fountainhead Residency, Miami, 2022. Leasho has shown his work in his home country at several National Gallery of Jamaica exhibitions, including the Jamaica Biennial 2012, 2014, 2017, and 2022. His recent solo exhibitions include “Somewhere between the eyes and the heart”, Western Exhibitions, 2023 “The Love of Men and the Fear of Stones,” Harpers Gallery, New York, 2022 “A Deep Haunting,” TERN Gallery, Nassau Bahamas, 2022 Internationally, Leasho has exhibited in ‘Fragments of Epic Memory' at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada 2021, 'Resisting Paradise', Puerto Rico and Montreal, 2019, ‘Jamaican Pulse: Art and Politics from Jamaica and the Diaspora', Bristol, UK 2016, ‘Jamaican Routes', Oslo, Norway 2016, ‘Jamaica Jamaica', Philharmonie, Paris France and Brazil, 2017 and 2018. His work is in the Public Collections of the Pérez Art Museum Miami, the Art Gallery Ontario, and ON National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston Jamaica Leasho is currently based in Chicago, where he works and Lectures at the School of Art Institute Chicago part-time. His work is also part of various notable private collectors, as well as museum permanent collections. Photo credit: TERN Gallery Bahamas Artist https://www.leashojohnson.com/ Western Exhibitions Somewhere between the eyes and the heart – Western Exhibitions Chicago Reader https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/unveiling-the-depths-leasho-johnson-western-exhibitio ns/ Frieze https://www.frieze.com/article/leasho-johnson-interview-2023 Tern Gallery https://www.terngallery.com/exhibitions/a-deep-haunting Vogue On The Importance Of Social Revolutions: How Three Black Creatives Are Straddling Culture And Craft | Vogue Italia AMFM http://www.amfm.life/?p=2288 Marsha Pearce http://marshapearce.com/qanda/anansi-as-the-path-home/ Contemporary Art Matters https://contemporaryartmatters.com/leasho-johnson/ Kavi Gupta https://kavigupta.com/artists/159-leasho-johnson/ Artist Alliance https://www.artistsallianceinc.org/leasho-johnson/ University of Chicago https://afterlives.hum.uchicago.edu/leasho-johnson/ Repeating Islands https://repeatingislands.com/2022/06/17/art-exhibition-leasho-johnsons-a-deep-haunting/ Art Plugged https://artplugged.co.uk/leasho-johnson-a-deep-haunting/ Anthurium https://anthurium.miami.edu/articles/10.33596/anth.496 AXA Art Prize https://www.axaartprize.com/johnson

Painters Christina Quarles and Jenna Gribbon join curator and host Gemma Rolls-Bentley in discussing their methods for constructing queerness in their lives and artworks, the importance of holding a viewers gaze, lesbian intensity, and CAMP! This episodes title is a line from “School Note,” a poem by Audre Lorde.Jenna Gribbon's oil paintings constitute an important new entry in the long lineage of figurative art, extending its narrative possibilities to explore the act of looking. Her vivid portraits, frequently nudes or partial nudes, depict those closest to her, and sometimes the artist herself, in candid poses, during uncanny moments. Her recent work most prominently features her partner, Mackenzie Scott, whose recurrence both personalizes and simultaneously establishes her as a kind of avatar; shifting the focus of the painting away from the figure and toward the way the figure is framed. By painting otherwise fleeting scenes, the artist adds texture, depth, and a sense of permanency to these temporal images, highlighting themes of pleasure, joy, and expanding the lexicon of queer iconography. Recent exhibitions include Living Histories: Queer Views and Old Masters, The Frick Collection, New York (2022); and I will wear you in my heart of heart, FLAG Art Foundation, New York (2021); and Paint, also known as Blood: Women, Affect and Desire in Contemporary Painting, Warsaw Museum of Modern Art, Poland (2019). Find her on IG @jennagribbon.Christina Quarles lives and works in Los Angeles. She received an M.F.A. from the Yale School of Art in 2016 and holds a B.A. from Hampshire College. Quarles was a 2016 participant at the Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture. She was the inaugural recipient of the 2019 Pérez Art Museum Miami Prize and in 2017 she received the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant. In 2021 Quarles joined the board of trustees of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Learn more about her practice at www.christinaquarles.com. Find her on IG @cequarles.Christina's work in the exhibition, Tilt/Shift, is acrylic on canvas, see the work here.Jenna's works, Me looking at her looking at me, and To share a common memory, are two of three pieces in the exhibition.A full transcript of the episode is available here.This podcast series is produced by the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. Dreaming of Home is on view September 7–January 7, 2024. Learn more about the show at leslielohman.org/exhibitions/dreaming-of-homeShow music: Fantasy Island Obsession by Tom Rasmussen ft. Kai-Isaiah Jamal, with thanks to Globe Town Records. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The image is the least important thing about what went on." Photographers Rene Matić and Clifford Prince King explore the risks and rewards of photography, lenses of love and connection, and the power of preserving community through imaging à la Nan Goldin and Catherine Opie, with host Gemma Rolls-Bentley.Clifford Prince King is an artist living and working in New York and Los Angeles. He documents his intimate relationships in traditional, everyday settings that speak on his experiences as a queer black man. In these instances, communion begins to morph into an offering of memory; it is how he honors and celebrates the reality of layered personhood. Within Clifford's images are nods to the beyond. Shared offerings to the past manifest in codes hidden in plain sight, known only to those who sit within a shared place of knowledge. Learn more about his practice at www.cliffordprinceking.com. Find him on IG at @cliffordprinceking.Rene Matić is a London-based artist and writer whose practice spans across photography, film, and sculpture, converging in a meeting place they describe as "rude(ness)" - an evidencing and honouring of the in-between. Rene draws inspiration from dance and music movements such as Northern soul, Ska, and 2-Tone as a tool to delve into the complex relationship between West Indian and white working-class culture in Britain, whilst privileging queer/ing intimacies, partnerships and pleasure as modes of survival. Learn more about their practice at www.renematic.com. Find them on IG at @rene.matic.A full transcript of the episode is available here.Rene's exhibition kiss them from me runs until December 9, 2023, at Chapter, NY. Their new commission Mid Land is on view at The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum as a part of Coventry Biennial 2023.Clifford's exhibition keep a place for me, with Ryan Patrick Krueger, is on view at Rivalry Projects, Buffalo, NY, through December 20, 2023.This podcast series is produced by the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. Dreaming of Home is on view September 7–January 7, 2024. Learn more about the show at leslielohman.org/exhibitions/dreaming-of-homeShow music: Fantasy Island Obsession by Tom Rasmussen ft. Kai-Isaiah Jamal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do we reclaim traditions of home for our queer futures? Artists Leilah Babirye and Chiffon Thomas and host Gemma Rolls-Bentley discuss reconstructing the self, the permanence of lineage, and the historic weight of the heirlooms and materials they gravitate to in their sculptures.Chiffon Thomas is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, incorporating embroidery, collage, drawing, and sculpture to explore the self as split, fractured, and transforming. Thomas contends with the crafted body in his work, examining wider issues of gender, race, and sexuality. Thomas holds an MFA from Yale University and a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work is currently on view at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum for his first solo museum exhibition, The Cavernous, and at the Hammer Museum for Made in LA 2023. Learn more about his practice at www.chiffonthomas.com. Find him on IG @c.chroniclesThe multidisciplinary practice of Leilah Babirye (b. 1985, Kampala) transforms everyday materials into objects that address issues surrounding identity, sexuality and human rights. The artist fled her native Uganda to New York in 2015 after being publicly outed in a local newspaper. In spring 2018, Babirye was granted asylum with support from the African Services Committee and the NYC Anti-Violence Project. Composed of debris collected from the streets of New York, Babirye's sculptures are woven, whittled, welded, burned and burnished. Her choice to use discarded materials in her work is intentional – the pejorative term for a gay person in the Luganda language is ‘ebisiyaga', meaning ‘sugarcane husk'. ‘It's rubbish,' explains Babirye, ‘the part of the sugarcane you throw out.' Learn more about her practice at www.stephenfriedman.com/artists/66-leilah-babirye. Find her on IG @babiryesculptorChiffon's piece Rosenwald is made of cement blocks, bible skins, and thread, see the work here.Leilah's piece Nansamba O'we Ngabi from the Kuchu Antelope Clan is one of three works in the exhibition, made of glazed ceramic and found objects, see the work here.A full transcript of the episode is available here.This podcast series is produced by the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. Dreaming of Home is on view September 7–January 7, 2024. Learn more about the show at leslielohman.org/exhibitions/dreaming-of-homeShow music: Fantasy Island Obsession by Tom Rasmussen ft. Kai-Isaiah Jamal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Zackary Drucker and Amos Mac join the show to discuss swimming upstream as queer kids in the 90s, the resurrection of revisiting a home, and the abundance of trans stories yet to be told.Two photographs from their work, Distance is Where the Heart is, Home is Where You Hang Your Heart, are part of the Dreaming of Home exhibition, as well as Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art's permanent collection, comprised of over 30,000 works.Zackary Drucker is an American multimedia artist, director, and producer who has dedicated her work to telling stories that expand our cultural understanding of difference. Los Angeles-based Drucker is a trans woman and activist who often works collaboratively to share narratives about gender-expansive people and women to humanize the impact of transphobia and misogyny. She seeks to reach the broadest possible audience to liberate the maximum number of people. Follow her on Instagram @zackarydrucker, and view her portfolio at zackarydrucker.com.AMOS MAC is an out trans artist and screenwriter originally from Augusta, GA, and Philadelphia, PA with a history that includes a career as a photographer, magazine editor and indie publisher. Amos is a proud WGA West member who has written and produced on shows including two seasons of GOSSIP GIRL for HBO Max, Y: THE LAST MAN on FX , and most recently on the upcoming Norman Lear comedy – CLEAN SLATE for Amazon Freevee. He co-wrote the award-winning process documentary, NO ORDINARY MAN, focusing on the life and death of jazz musician and unlikely trans icon, Billy TIpton. Follow him on Instagram @amosmac, and view his portfolio at amosmac.com.Stream Zackary's recent documentaries, Queenmaker: The Making of an It Girl, on Hulu, and HBO's The Stroll, co-directed with Kristen Lovell.A full transcript of the episode is available here.This podcast series is produced by the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. Dreaming of Home is on view September 7–January 7, 2024. Learn more about the show at leslielohman.org/exhibitions/dreaming-of-homeShow music: Fantasy Island Obsession by Tom Rasmussen ft. Kai-Isaiah Jamal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Artists Whiskey Chow and Charmaine Poh join host Gemma Rolls-Bentley in a conversation on the legacy of home for queer Asian diaspora. We discuss how they developed their transformative works, the history that informs artmaking, and how we create a shared playground and queer homeland with each other, for each other.Whiskey Chow is a London-based artist, activist and Chinese drag king. Chow's practice engages with political issues and related topics: from queer(ing) masculinity, problematizing the nation-state across geographic boundaries, interrogating stereotypical projections of Chinese/Asian identity, to enabling empowerment by queer-reading ancient Chinese myth. Her work is interdisciplinary: performance, moving image, experimental sound, installation, and experimental printmaking. As artist-curator with activism ambitions, Chow launched, curated and performed in ‘Queering Now 酷兒鬧' since 2020; a curatorial programme amplifying and championing queer Chinese/Asian diaspora voices in the West. Learn more about her practice at https://www.whiskeychow.com/.Charmaine Poh is an artist working across media and performance to peel apart, interrogate, and hold ideas of agency, repair, and the body across worlds. Her current focus, THE YOUNG BODY UNIVERSE, is a series of enactments considering the potentialities of the feminist techno-body. She is based between Berlin and Singapore. She is a co-founder of longform magazine, Jom, and a PhD candidate at the Freie Universität Berlin. Learn more about her practice at https://charmainepoh.com/.How They Love explores the complexities of performing queer feminine identity in Singapore, see the works here.you must everywhere wander 你必顧盼 is an imaginative queer masculine body-scape, see the work here.Referenced at 17:10, kin is a short film by Charmaine Poh that looks at the notion of home, queerness, and belonging.Referenced at 36:00, in the shadow of the cosmic is a lecture-performance by Charmaine Poh exploring the avatar and techno-orientalism.Referenced at 34:25, SOFT & HARD: Beyond Recognition and Queer Coding is an exhibition curated by Whiskey ChowReferenced at 35:10, Queering Now 酷兒鬧 is an artist-led curatorial programme featuring works by 16 Sino queer artists, directed by Whiskey Chow.A full transcript of the episode is available here.This podcast series is produced by the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. Dreaming of Home is on view September 7–January 7, 2024. Learn more about the show at leslielohman.org/exhibitions/dreaming-of-homeShow music: Fantasy Island Obsession by Tom Rasmussen ft. Kai-Isaiah Jamal, with thanks to Globe Town Records. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Catherine Opie's 1993 photograph Self-Portrait/Cutting serves as the starting point to the Dreaming of Home exhibition. From this seminal work, the show highlights the dissonances experienced by queer people in their desires to live and thrive, alongside the routine restrictions imposed by wider society.This year marks the 30th anniversary of Opie's seminal work. Gemma Rolls-Bentley joins Opie in discussing the queer body in history, the importance of poking at the "why?", what she loves about being an artist, and how home has evolved for her from the little house she carved three decades ago.Catherine Opie (b. 1961, Sandusky, OH), is an artist working with photography, film, collage, and ceramics. She was a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow recipient and the Robert Mapplethorpe Resident in Photography at the American Academy in Rome for 2021. Opie's work has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States and abroad and is held in over 50 major collections throughout the world. Her first monograph, “Catherine Opie,” was published by Phaidon in 2021. Opie received a B.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute, and an M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts in 1988, and lives and works in Los Angeles.A full transcript of the episode is available here.Christina Quarles' Tilt shift, referenced at 14:37: https://www.pilarcorrias.com/artists/26-christina-quarles/works/8918/Catherine Opie's Walls, windows, blood, referenced at 18:35: https://www.thomasdanegallery.com/news/626This podcast series is produced by the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. Dreaming of Home is on view September 7–January 7, 2024. Learn more about the show at leslielohman.org/exhibitions/dreaming-of-homeShow music: Fantasy Island Obsession by Tom Rasmussen ft. Kai-Isaiah Jamal, with thanks to Globe Town Records. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For many queer and trans people, family won't involve children, but instead explores an array of nurturing intergenerational relationships and familial bonds that extend beyond the biological. But for others, having children is part of the journey and a key part of our home life. What do support networks look like for queer parents? Where can queer parents and kin find support? What do we hope to see these look like in the future?Gemma Rolls-Bentley talks queer parenting with two Leslie-Lohman Museum staff: Head Curator, Stamatina Gregory and Director of External Affairs, Aimée Chan-Lindquist.This podcast series is produced by the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. Dreaming of Home is on view September 7–January 7, 2024. Learn more about the show at leslielohman.org/exhibitions/dreaming-of-homeShow music: Fantasy Island Obsession by Tom Rasmussen ft. Kai-Isaiah Jamal, with thanks to Globe Town Records.Transcript of this episode is available here.USA data from 2019: https://www2.census.gov/cac/nac/meetings/2017-11/LGBTQ-families-factsheet.pdf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the search for home, and in conjunction with her exhibition Dreaming of Home on view at the Leslie-Lohman Museum, curator and host Gemma Rolls-Bentley explores queer people's hope for a happy, healthy future and the restrictions imposed by wider society on our dreams, our relationships, our families and our bodies. Alongside artists in the group exhibition and Leslie-Lohman Museum art workers, Gemma asks: Where can we feel at home; in our skin, in each other's embrace, amongst our chosen families? Where are our queer and trans bodies safe, housed, and free to be themselves?This is Dreaming of Home. Check back for episode 1.This podcast series is produced by the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art. Dreaming of Home is on view September 7–January 7, 2024. Learn more about the show at leslielohman.org/exhibitions/dreaming-of-home.Transcript of this teaser available here.Show music: Fantasy Island Obsession by Tom Rasmussen ft. Kai-Isaiah Jamal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Month On Arts In The City… Andrew Falzon visits the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, the world's only dedicated LGBTQIA+ art museum; Carol Anne Riddell gets a lesson in dessert making at CUNY's City Tech; Donna Hanover chats with sculptor Ann Gillen; Barry Mitchell sits down with comedian LeClerc Andre; Lisa Both Kovetz learns how actor Patricia Scanlon channeled her creativity during the pandemic; and we check out an inspiring choral performance at Brooklyn College!

Visual AIDS partnered with the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art on the final public program for "Images on which to build, 1970s-1990s," curated by Ariel Goldberg. This event celebrated two pivotal AIDS-related projects: Electric Blanket, a public projection created by Nan Goldin, Allen Frame, and Frank Franca with Visual AIDS in the 1990s, and the work of ART+ Positive, an artist collective that included Lola Flash, Julie Tolentino, Aldo Hernández, Hunter Reynolds, Leon Mostovoy, and Ray Navarro–among others. Moderated by curator Ariel Goldberg, this event provided space for New York based members of these two groups, Lola Flash, Allen Frame, Frank Franca, and Aldo Hernández, to reflect on endurance and resilience, collective organizing in their art practice, and the material realities of these works.

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New Season 17!!! For the first episode of our NEW SEASON we meet the legendary photographer and activisit AJAMU X, at his studio on Railton Road, South London.Ajamu X (1963, Huddersfield, UK) is a photographic artist, scholar, archive curator and radical sex activist best known for his imagery that challenges dominant ideas around black masculinity, gender, sexuality, and representation of black LGBTQ people in the United Kingdom.He is the co-founder of rukus! Federation and the rukus! Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer + Archive and one of a few leading specialists on Black British LGBTQ+ history, heritage, and cultural memory in the UK. In 1997, Ajamu was the Autograph x Lightwork artist-in-residence in Syracuse, USA developing a series of self-portraits during his residency. He studied at the Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht, The Netherlands, and is currently an PhD candidate at Royal College of Art, London. In 2022 Ajamu was canonised by The Trans Pennine Traveling Sisters as The Patron Saint of Darkrooms in his hometown Huddersfield and he received an honorary fellowship from the Royal photographic society.Ajamu's works have been shown in exhibitions in museums, galleries, and alternatives spaces across globally since the 1990s, his recent solo exhibitions include Archival Senoria at Cubitt Gallery, 2021. As well as included in several thematic group Very Private? at Charleston House, 2022; Fashioning Masculinities, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2022; Kiss My Genders, Hayward Gallery, 2019; Get Up, Stand Up Now, Somerset House, 2019; On our Backs: The Revolution Art of Queer Sex Work, Leslie Lohman Museum, 2019. Ajamu's works are held in collections including Tate, London; Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow; Autograph, London; Neuberger Museum of Art, New York amongst others. His second monograph AJAMU: ARCHIVE was published in 2021.Ajamu X: The theoretical provocations, politics, and aesthetic qualities of my work unapologetically celebrate black queer bodies, the erotic, sex. pleasure and play. The work also poses the imagination/fiction in opposition to the constant framing of our complex and nuanced experiences from with a sociological framework, which constitutes a paradigm based on deficit. As a fine art studio-based and darkroom led photographer working with both digital/large format cameras and early analogue printing processes, my practice privileges process over outcome. The tangible/tactile sensuous elements of fine art photography are essential to my visual-photographic philosophy.In tandem with this, the work explores the ‘thingness; of the photographic print as well as the sensual, material attributes of both print and image, without allowing the usual flattening -out of the photographic image to simple notions of representation to enter the frame.Follow @AjamuStudios and visit his major solo exhibition in London: https://autograph.org.uk/exhibitions/ajamu-the-patron-saint-of-darkroomsAjamu: The Patron Saint of Darkrooms runs until Saturday 2nd September 2023, Free entry! @AutographABP Gallery address: Autograph, Rivington Place, London EC2A 3BA, UK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jessica Yatrofsky is a NYC-based artist and activist, known for film and photographic work exploring body politics, beauty, and gender. After receiving her MFA from Parsons the New School for Design, she published her first photography monograph, I Heart Boy, with powerHouse Books in 2010, and her second photography monograph, I Heart Girl, in 2015 with her accompanying film "I Heart Girl - Video Screen Tests," capturing over 100 women featured in her series. The film premiered with i-D Magazine in 2016. Her photographic work has been exhibited internationally in addition to book signings with Barnes&Noble and Strand Books in NYC. In 2015, her film SUN IN MY MOUTH received an Honorable Mention in the LGBTQ “All Out Arts” Fresh Fruit Festival as well as screened during the Northside Film Festival in Brooklyn, New York. In 2016, Yatrofsky was featured in the cover story THE NEW PROGRESSIVES for the “Activists Issue” in Interview Magazine. Her work was featured in the NSFW:Female Gaze group exhibition at the Museum of Sex in NYC from 2017-2018. Yatrofsky's work is part of the permanent collection at the Leslie-Lohman Museum for Gay and Lesbian Art. In 2016, Yatrofsky founded the NY FEM FACTORY, a feminist collective that has hosted and curated literary readings, art exhibitions, and live immersive events in North America and Europe coinciding with the release of her debut book of poetry Pink Privacy. Yatrofsky and the NY FEM FACTORY recently completed a residency at the experimental Institut fur Alles Mogliche in Berlin including collaborations with Soho House Berlin and the German woman's publication, Libertin Magazine. In 2017, Yatrofsky and NY FEM FACTORY curated a live activation for “Performance is Alive” in the Satellite Art Show during Art Basel Miami. In 2018, Yatrofsky and the NY FEM FACTORY curated a reading featuring local female poets hosted with the Ace Hotel in NYC. This winter Yatrofsky and NY FEM FACTORY will cohost the YCC in Miami Beach, FL at the PULSE Art Fair that includes a live performance and curated installation for PULSE PROJECTS. Yatrofsky has curated panel discussions and hosted literary events with The Battery in San Francisco, CA, The Standard in both West Hollywood, CA and Miami, FL as well as participated in artist lectures for the Camera Club of New York, The Robert Giard Foundation, and the International Center for Photography in NYC. From 2016-2017, the Soho House hosted her touring conversation series “Gender Beauty & the Camera.” In 2019, Yatrofsky moderated a PULSE PERSPECTIVES panel discussion on “Art, Mindfulness & the Power of Community” in conversation with SAG actor Tiffany Lighty. Tune in for this in-depth conversation which focuses on all things in the creative process! 1:02-I am an artist 4:36-Inspiration Behind the Lens 7:38-Observing The Surroundings11:11-Art Style-Giving Everyone A Voice 14:57-Being A Film Movie Lover 19:29-3 tips for Artists 20:20-Upcoming Projects 24:04-I am Tell and Tell Secret:I am a solid speed cuber. I solve the rubik's cubeTell and Tell Secret: "I have been cutting my own hair since I was 16 years old"Follow Jessica: Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/jyatrofsky Follow Shawn Zanotti at http://www.thejourneytold.com or http://www.exactpublicity.com Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/publicistshawn Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/shawnzanottihttps://www.thejourneytold.com/Facebook: https://www,facebook.com/thejourneytoldshowInstagram:...

photo of the artist by Frederick Aranda Joey Terrill is a formative figure in the Los Angeles Chicano art movement and AIDS cultural activism. Painting and making art since the 1970s, Terrill has always explored the intersection of Chicano and gay male identity (where they overlap and where they clash) as a strategy for much of his art production. A native Angeleno, he attended Immaculate Heart College and lists influences as diverse as Pop Art, Corita Kent, David Hockney, Mexican retablos, and 20th-century painters ranging from Romaine Brooks to Frida Kahlo. His work conveys the energy, politics and creative synergy of Chicano and queer art circles in Los Angeles. His works from the 1970s and 80s are considered pioneering examples of a queer sensibility and Latinx identity. He has been living with HIV sine 1980. His work was featured in Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A. which opened at MOCA LA in 2015 and toured to venues in NY, Denver, Las Vegas , Houston, Massachusetts and Ohio  with its final iteration at moCa Cleveland in 2021. Some selected exhibits he has been in include: Drama Queer, Queer Arts Festival, Vancouver, BC -2016. Forging Territories: Afro & Latinx Queer Contemporary Art, San Diego Art Institute -2019, LA Memo: Chicana/o Art from 1972 -1989, La Plaza de Cultura y Artes, Los Angeles -2022 . His work is in the collections of the MoMA, The Whitney, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, MOCA, The Hammer, SFMOMA and the George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (opening 2025) "Mi Casta es Su Casta- Portrait of Rudy Garcia"  2018 Robert Resting After Work -1988-89 acrylic on canvas Orlando Waiting for Toast - 1999-2000 acrylic on canvas

Artist Scooter LaForge is a delight. To be honest, I somehow felt like connecting with him on this show was healing for me-now who's the shrink!? Scooter's work is amazing and so instinctual- he cannot not do it. Even though he's worked with big names like he is as humble as can be. So much to learn from his perspective—growing up as a gay man in a tiny town in Arizona. I have to say I was envious hearing of all the free-range outdoor time he had, but alas the town, it's sounds really small and devoid of gays which means a pretty homogenous group of people (boring!) Scooter is the best of what an artist is—someone fueled by their work and satisfied because of it. He complimented me a lot, so I'm going to give him an A as a guest rating. Follow and learn more about Scooter HERE: https://www.scooter-laforge.com/ Instagram @scooterlaforge @scooter_laforge_a_life_of_art/ BIO: Scooter Laforge began his love affair with art at a very young age while growing up in the small town of Las Cruces, New Mexico. His burning desire to render things beautifully began with his singer/songwriter mother, and his landscape painting father; both equally inspired his creativity and lust for art. Laforge's work can be characterized as Pop Art partnered with abstract expressionism and Dutch classicism. His paintings and drawings are portraitures, landscapes, and objective subject matter, utilizing his special painting techniques and incorporating his homoerotic, in your face, non-apologetic lifestyle.  Like Golden Books on acid, his work employs a 50's illustrated storybook technique, modernized by 70's color palettes and are influenced heavily by gay pornography, cute fluffy animals, and sometimes iconic cartoons (i.e. SpongeBob Square Pants, The Cookie Monster, and Popeye and Brutis) which are reoccurring characters and themes within his work.  LaForge earned his BFA from the University of Arizona in 1993,[5] and began his career as a painter in San Francisco.[6] He moved to New York City in 2001,[3] where he attended the Cooper Union School of Art under a fellowship.[8] His art is in the collections of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art[9] and Beth Rudin DeWoody.[10] LaForge has a line of hand-painted, unique clothing items that are sold through fashion stylist Patricia Field.[11] He has twice collaborated with Belgian fashion designer Walter Van Beirendonck.[12][13] His clothing has been worn by Susanne Bartsch,[14] Sandra Bernhard,[15] Beyoncé,[8] Miley Cyrus,[6] Boy George,[3] Debbie Harry,[8] Nicki Minaj,[3] Madonna,[8] Iggy Pop,[3] Rihanna,[6] and Lil Wayne.[3]

Anyone who's observed the Milky Way or has seen a beautiful Hubble image can understand how space and space imagery can be a source of creative inspiration. When researching QueerSpace, we repeatedly saw creators blending themes of space and themes of queerness in their art. Many of these artists use their art to envision new futures. Futurist thinking uses the experience of the past and present to contextualize and reimagine what the future could be, often creating a future that's more equitable and radically different than what we have now. In this episode of QueerSpace, Stamatina Gregory from the Leslie-Lohman Museum helps to contextualize the origins of this intersection of space, queerness, and futurism in art. And we hear from photographer Lola Flash and poet Nikki Giovanni on their art, inspiration, and visions of the future. QueerSpace is made possible by the generous support of Olay. Did you know we have a monthly AirSpace newsletter? Sign up here!

Episode No. 511 features author Laura Raicovich. Raichovich is the author of "Culture Strike: Art and Museums in the Age of Protest," which was published by Verso. The book examines the ways in which art museums have too often insisted on policies and presentations that are allegedly neutral and centrist. Raicovich argues that in working to maintain a broad status quo, too many art museums have failed to prioritize investigation and truth, details the protest movements that have urged museums to be truer to their missions and ideals, and offers some ways forward. "Culture Strike" is available from Indiebound and Amazon for $23-27. Raicovich is the former director of the Queens Museum and held leadership positions at Creative Time and the Dia Art Foundation. Most recently, she was the interim director of the Leslie Lohman Museum of Art.

Hi everyone. I hope you are well wherever you are as we are mid-way through August. Summer seems to have come and gone. At least it has for me. I have been mostly preparing for my classes in the fall and for a show I'll be having in November. Otherwise, I have nothing new to report. But for this week, I have a great artist to present to you, so let's get to the introductions.For today, I am interviewing Camilo Godoy, an artist and educator born in Bogotá, Colombia and based in New York City. His multidisciplinary projects are concerned with political histories and memories. Camilo's work engages with the intersection of history, race, gender, and sexuality and is informed by Queer, Latinx, Feminist, and Black perspectives. Camilo got his BFA at Parsons and is currently completing an MFA at Columbia University, which we discuss in greater detail the politics surrounding elite institutions and academia in the art world. We also get into how Camilo mines archival materials for his work, the role of an educator, the joy of art interviews, and his most recent solo show at OCD Chinatown. Camilo is also part of the group shows at the Leslie Lohman Museum in New York City and at Momentum 11 in Norway. I had a lot of fun talking with Camilo and I hope you appreciate what he has to say as well! In the meantime, stay safe, stay healthy, and enjoy the show.Hi everyone. I hope you are well wherever you are as we are mid-way through August. Summer seems to have come and gone. At least it has for me. I have been mostly preparing for my classes in the fall and for a show I'll be having in November. Otherwise, I have nothing new to report. But for this week, I have a great artist to present to you, so let's get to the introductions.For today, I am interviewing Camilo Godoy, an artist and educator born in Bogotá, Colombia and based in New York City. His multidisciplinary projects are concerned with political histories and memories. Camilo's work engages with the intersection of history, race, gender, and sexuality and are informed by Queer, Latinx, Feminist, and Black perspectives. Camilo got his BFA at Parsons and is currently completing an MFA at Columbia University, which we discuss in greater detail the politics surrounding elite institutions and academia in the art world. We also get into how Camilo mines archival materials for his work, the role of an educator, the joy of art interviews, and his most recent solo show at OCD Chinatown. Camilo is also part of the group shows at the Leslie Lohman Museum in New York City and at Momentum 11 in Norway. I had a lot of fun talking with Camilo and I hope you appreciate what he has to say as well! In the meantime, stay safe, stay healthy, and enjoy the show. Links Mentioned:Camilo's WebsiteCamilo's InstagramAmigxs Show at OCD ChinatownLeslie Lohman Museum's Omniscient: Queer Documentation in an Image CultureMomentum 11 - House of CommonsBrooklyn Museum's Nobody Promised You Tomorrow: Art 50 Years After StonewallJosé Limón's The Moor's PavaneFélix González-TorresBarbara KrugerJenny HolzerGran FuryMichel Foucault's Friendship As A Way of LifeSarah Schulman's The Gentrification of the MindJia TolentinoAmerican Friends Service CommitteeNew York Immigration CoalitionClaudia Tate's Black Women Writers at WorkFollow Seeing Color:Seeing Color WebsiteSubscribe on Apple PodcastsFacebookTwitterInstagram

I sat down with Leah DeVun to discuss her book, The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance. We talk about how widespread thinking and writing about non-binary individuals was during the first centuries of the CE and again in the C12th-14th, and the way non-binary bodies actually shaped the way a host of categories and boundaries (not just gender) were demarcated. We talk in detail about the shift in the C12th/13th and the way non-binary sex shaped the project of establishing a non-human other, justifying violence towards Jews and Muslims, and determining who could live in a Christian territory. We also talk about the figures of "Adam androgyne" and the "Jesus hermaphrodite", and how they function as "anchors of eschatological time." Finally, Leah discusses how this study can inform our present, not only by showing that the consideration of non-binary, trans*, and intersex bodies are not novel to our period, but how this consideration cuts through claims of 'natural and immutable' in our own day. Buy the book.Leah DeVun is Associate Professor of History and Vice Chair for Undergraduate Education at Rutgers University. Leah DeVun focuses on the history of gender, sexuality, science, and medicine in pre-modern Europe, as well as on contemporary queer and transgender studies. DeVun's new book, The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance, is forthcoming from Columbia University Press (in spring 2021). DeVun is also the author of Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time, winner of the 2013 John Nicholas Brown Prize, and co-editor (with Zeb Tortorici) of Trans*historicities, a special issue of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly (2018) devoted to transgender history before the advent of current categories and terminologies of gender. DeVun has also written articles for GLQ, WSQ, Osiris, Journal of the History of Ideas, postmedieval, and Radical History Review, among other publications. DeVun is the recipient of fellowships and grants from the National Science Foundation, Huntington Library, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, American Philosophical Society, and Stanford Humanities Center. DeVun is also a multi-media artist and curator whose work explores queer, feminist, and gender nonconforming history. DeVun's artwork has been featured in Artforum, People, Huffington Post, Slate, Art Papers, Hyperallergic, and Modern Painters, and at venues including the ONE Archives Gallery and Museum at the University of Southern California, Houston Center for Photography, Blanton Museum, Leslie-Lohman Museum, and Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College. DeVun has curated exhibitions and programs at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum, NYU's Fales Library and Special Collections, and other venues. Find More episodes: www.loverinserepeat.com/podcast Follow the show on Twitter: @RinseRepeatPod // Follow me: @liammiller87 Love Rinse Repeat is supported by Uniting Mission and Education, part of the Uniting Church in Australia Synod of NSW/ACT

Leah DeVun is an Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University. Leah DeVun focuses on the history of gender, sexuality, science, and medicine in pre-modern Europe and on contemporary queer and transgender studies. Her first book Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time won the 2013 John Nicholas Brown Prize for an outstanding first book on medieval history. She has published articles in the GLQ, WSQ, Journal of the History of Ideas, among others, and co-edited Trans Historicities, a special issue of the Transgender Studies Quarterly in 2018. Leah is also an artist and curator whose work explores queer, feminist, and gender nonconforming history. Her work has appeared in the ONE Archives Gallery, the Leslie-Lohman Museum, and the Houston Center for Photography, among other venues. This episode discusses Leah's second book The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance published in 2021 by Columbia University Press and which sold out of its first printing. Leo Valdes is a Ph.D. student in the History department at Rutgers University. They study 20th century Black American and Latinx history centering trans and gender variant people's politics and resistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leah DeVun is an Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University. Leah DeVun focuses on the history of gender, sexuality, science, and medicine in pre-modern Europe and on contemporary queer and transgender studies. Her first book Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time won the 2013 John Nicholas Brown Prize for an outstanding first book on medieval history. She has published articles in the GLQ, WSQ, Journal of the History of Ideas, among others, and co-edited Trans Historicities, a special issue of the Transgender Studies Quarterly in 2018. Leah is also an artist and curator whose work explores queer, feminist, and gender nonconforming history. Her work has appeared in the ONE Archives Gallery, the Leslie-Lohman Museum, and the Houston Center for Photography, among other venues. This episode discusses Leah's second book The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance published in 2021 by Columbia University Press and which sold out of its first printing. Leo Valdes is a Ph.D. student in the History department at Rutgers University. They study 20th century Black American and Latinx history centering trans and gender variant people's politics and resistance.

Leah DeVun is an Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University. Leah DeVun focuses on the history of gender, sexuality, science, and medicine in pre-modern Europe and on contemporary queer and transgender studies. Her first book Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time won the 2013 John Nicholas Brown Prize for an outstanding first book on medieval history. She has published articles in the GLQ, WSQ, Journal of the History of Ideas, among others, and co-edited Trans Historicities, a special issue of the Transgender Studies Quarterly in 2018. Leah is also an artist and curator whose work explores queer, feminist, and gender nonconforming history. Her work has appeared in the ONE Archives Gallery, the Leslie-Lohman Museum, and the Houston Center for Photography, among other venues. This episode discusses Leah's second book The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance published in 2021 by Columbia University Press and which sold out of its first printing. Leo Valdes is a Ph.D. student in the History department at Rutgers University. They study 20th century Black American and Latinx history centering trans and gender variant people's politics and resistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

Leah DeVun is an Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University. Leah DeVun focuses on the history of gender, sexuality, science, and medicine in pre-modern Europe and on contemporary queer and transgender studies. Her first book Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time won the 2013 John Nicholas Brown Prize for an outstanding first book on medieval history. She has published articles in the GLQ, WSQ, Journal of the History of Ideas, among others, and co-edited Trans Historicities, a special issue of the Transgender Studies Quarterly in 2018. Leah is also an artist and curator whose work explores queer, feminist, and gender nonconforming history. Her work has appeared in the ONE Archives Gallery, the Leslie-Lohman Museum, and the Houston Center for Photography, among other venues. This episode discusses Leah's second book The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance published in 2021 by Columbia University Press and which sold out of its first printing. Leo Valdes is a Ph.D. student in the History department at Rutgers University. They study 20th century Black American and Latinx history centering trans and gender variant people's politics and resistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

Leah DeVun is an Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University. Leah DeVun focuses on the history of gender, sexuality, science, and medicine in pre-modern Europe and on contemporary queer and transgender studies. Her first book Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time won the 2013 John Nicholas Brown Prize for an outstanding first book on medieval history. She has published articles in the GLQ, WSQ, Journal of the History of Ideas, among others, and co-edited Trans Historicities, a special issue of the Transgender Studies Quarterly in 2018. Leah is also an artist and curator whose work explores queer, feminist, and gender nonconforming history. Her work has appeared in the ONE Archives Gallery, the Leslie-Lohman Museum, and the Houston Center for Photography, among other venues. This episode discusses Leah's second book The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance published in 2021 by Columbia University Press and which sold out of its first printing. Leo Valdes is a Ph.D. student in the History department at Rutgers University. They study 20th century Black American and Latinx history centering trans and gender variant people's politics and resistance.

Leah DeVun is an Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University. Leah DeVun focuses on the history of gender, sexuality, science, and medicine in pre-modern Europe and on contemporary queer and transgender studies. Her first book Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time won the 2013 John Nicholas Brown Prize for an outstanding first book on medieval history. She has published articles in the GLQ, WSQ, Journal of the History of Ideas, among others, and co-edited Trans Historicities, a special issue of the Transgender Studies Quarterly in 2018. Leah is also an artist and curator whose work explores queer, feminist, and gender nonconforming history. Her work has appeared in the ONE Archives Gallery, the Leslie-Lohman Museum, and the Houston Center for Photography, among other venues. This episode discusses Leah's second book The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance published in 2021 by Columbia University Press and which sold out of its first printing. Leo Valdes is a Ph.D. student in the History department at Rutgers University. They study 20th century Black American and Latinx history centering trans and gender variant people's politics and resistance. Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies

Leah DeVun is an Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University. Leah DeVun focuses on the history of gender, sexuality, science, and medicine in pre-modern Europe and on contemporary queer and transgender studies. Her first book Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time won the 2013 John Nicholas Brown Prize for an outstanding first book on medieval history. She has published articles in the GLQ, WSQ, Journal of the History of Ideas, among others, and co-edited Trans Historicities, a special issue of the Transgender Studies Quarterly in 2018. Leah is also an artist and curator whose work explores queer, feminist, and gender nonconforming history. Her work has appeared in the ONE Archives Gallery, the Leslie-Lohman Museum, and the Houston Center for Photography, among other venues. This episode discusses Leah's second book The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance published in 2021 by Columbia University Press and which sold out of its first printing. Leo Valdes is a Ph.D. student in the History department at Rutgers University. They study 20th century Black American and Latinx history centering trans and gender variant people's politics and resistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

Leah DeVun is an Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University. Leah DeVun focuses on the history of gender, sexuality, science, and medicine in pre-modern Europe and on contemporary queer and transgender studies. Her first book Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time won the 2013 John Nicholas Brown Prize for an outstanding first book on medieval history. She has published articles in the GLQ, WSQ, Journal of the History of Ideas, among others, and co-edited Trans Historicities, a special issue of the Transgender Studies Quarterly in 2018. Leah is also an artist and curator whose work explores queer, feminist, and gender nonconforming history. Her work has appeared in the ONE Archives Gallery, the Leslie-Lohman Museum, and the Houston Center for Photography, among other venues. This episode discusses Leah's second book The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance published in 2021 by Columbia University Press and which sold out of its first printing. Leo Valdes is a Ph.D. student in the History department at Rutgers University. They study 20th century Black American and Latinx history centering trans and gender variant people's politics and resistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Leah DeVun is an Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University. Leah DeVun focuses on the history of gender, sexuality, science, and medicine in pre-modern Europe and on contemporary queer and transgender studies. Her first book Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time won the 2013 John Nicholas Brown Prize for an outstanding first book on medieval history. She has published articles in the GLQ, WSQ, Journal of the History of Ideas, among others, and co-edited Trans Historicities, a special issue of the Transgender Studies Quarterly in 2018. Leah is also an artist and curator whose work explores queer, feminist, and gender nonconforming history. Her work has appeared in the ONE Archives Gallery, the Leslie-Lohman Museum, and the Houston Center for Photography, among other venues. This episode discusses Leah's second book The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance published in 2021 by Columbia University Press and which sold out of its first printing. Leo Valdes is a Ph.D. student in the History department at Rutgers University. They study 20th century Black American and Latinx history centering trans and gender variant people's politics and resistance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

In conversation with Seph Rodney, PhD, opinions editor and managing editor of the Sunday Edition for Hyperallergic, author of The Personalization of the Museum Visit, and winner of the 2020 Rabkin Arts Journalism Prize. The interim director of New York's Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, Laura Raicovich is a fierce advocate for museums to be hubs of activism and protest that foster a more engaged and informed public. The former director of the Queens Museum, her 2018 resignation from that institution became one of the latest instances of politicized resignations amongst museum administrators across the U.S. A recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellowship, Raicovich lectures internationally, has created and implemented new museum preservation strategies, and is the author of the books At the Lightning Field and A Diary of Mysterious Difficulties. In Culture Strike, she offers context for historical and contemporary museum controversies, argues that ideological neutrality in museums is a myth, and outlines a plan for improving these institutions to better serve the public. Books available through the Joseph Fox Bookshop (recorded 6/22/2021)

Episode 65 features Doron Langberg. Born in 1985 in Yokneam Moshava, Israel, he currently lives and works in New York City. He received his MFA from Yale University School of Art, holds a BFA from the University of Pennsylvania, a Certificate from PAFA, and attended the Yale Summer School of Music and Art, Norfolk. Langberg has attended the EFA Studio Program, Sharpe Walentas Studio Program, Yaddo artist residency, and the Queer Art Mentorship Program. He is the recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Letters John Koch award for painting, the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, and the Yale Schoelkopf Travel Prize. Langberg’s first solo exhibition at Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, was held in 2019. Works by the artist will feature in the forthcoming exhibitions: Intimacy: New Queer Art from Berlin and Beyond, at the Schwules Museum, Berlin (27 November 2020–25 February 2021); and Breakfast Under the Tree, curated by Russell Tovey and Robert Diament, at Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, Kent (8 November 2020–17 January 2021). Langberg’s work will be included in a major group exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston in 2022. Previously, his work has been shown at institutional venues including the LSU Museum, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Leslie-Lohman Museum and The PAFA Museum. His work is in the collections of The PAFA Museum and RISD Museum. In the public realm, a reproduction of Langberg’s Joe and Edgar, 2020, can currently be seen in New York as part of Public Art Fund’s Art on the Grid, a city-wide initiative featuring 50 emerging artists. Doron has a solo exhibition with Victoria Miro Gallery opening September 2, 2021. Doron’s favorite quotes include ‘Practice is a means of inviting the perfection desired’ ~ Martha Graham Artist website ~ http://www.doronlangberg.com/ Victoria Miro Gallery ~ http://www.doronlangberg.com/ Artforum ~ https://www.artforum.com/print/202009/the-artists-artists-84359 https://www.artforum.com/picks/intimate-companions-83828 Artsy ~ https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-14-artists-portraying-queer-love Artdrunk ~ https://www.artdrunk.art/doron-langberg Art of Choice ~ https://www.artofchoice.co/experience-physical-sensation-through-color-in-doron-langbergs-paintings/ Hyperallergic ~ https://hyperallergic.com/521769/a-dreamy-debut-of-paintings-queer-in-subject-and-form/ The Georgia Review ~ https://thegeorgiareview.com/posts/kaleidoscopic-consciousness/

This episode, we’re honored to be joined by curator, writer, and museum director Laura Raicovich. Laura is currently the interim director of New York’s Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, one of the world’s only museums dedicated to the presentation queer art. Prior to assuming this role, Laura was the President and Executive Director of the Queens Museum in New York, where she was instrumental in transforming the museum to better serve its community, as well as expanding its roster of world-class exhibitions. During her tenure, she oversaw exhibitions of Mel Chin, William Gropper, and a show called Hey! Ho! Let's Go: Ramones and the Birth of Punk, an exploration of the band's punk ethics of resistance and roots in Queens. Before the Queens Museum, Laura spent several years at Creative Time, the Dia: Art Foundation, the Guggenheim Museum, and many other incredible institutions. Laura has also authored and edited several books, including "At the Lightning Field" (Coffee House Press, 2017) and "A Diary of Mysterious Difficulties" (Publication Studio, 2014). This year, she will also be launching a book on museums and the myth of neutrality titled "Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest," published by Verso Books. Some artists (and others) discussed in this episode: Keith Haring Mel Chin Tracy Reese The Ramones William Gropper Rebecca Solnit Duke Riley Mariam Ghani Alfred Jensen Dan Graham Jorge Pardo Gerhard Richter Mierle Laderman Ukeles Elie Wiesel (who wrote, "we must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere") Michelle Alexander (author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness) For images, artworks, and more behind the scenes goodness, follow @artfromtheoutsidepodcast on Instagram.

Photography has always been a uniquely mobile medium, unconfined to an artist’s studio. What happens to the medium when its peripatetic practitioners are locked in place? When they lose access to the world’s photographic face? What happens to photography under lockdown? In this episode, art historian Samuel Shapiro sits down with American photographers Res and Bryson Rand to talk about photography and interiority, about the necessarily inward turn their photography has taken during our collective confinement. They discuss about their practices, the impact of lock down in their photographic work and the general state of the medium today. This episode is presented in conjunction with the online viewing room The World Within: Photography and Interiority. Res earned an MFA from the Yale School of Art in 2017 and has shown all over New York, New Haven, and Florida, where they recently completed a residency with Catherine Opie. Res’s work has been featured in Aperture, Cultured, and W Magazine and a few of their notable recent projects include Pulse, a series made in the aftermath of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in 2015 and Towers of Thanks, a 2017 photobook published by Loose Joints, that explored their mother’s role as the construction manager for Trump Tower. Bryson Rand received an MFA from the Yale School of Art in 2015 and has since also attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He’s shown in galleries from Berlin to Mexico City to New York, where he’s had solo shows at Zeit Contemporary Art and La Mama Galleria and where he participated in an exhibition at the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art. He’s published four books and has lectured at Harvard University, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the School of Visual Arts. Enter Online Viewing Room

Twenty Summers was thrilled to welcome author & journalist Jenna Wortham in residence at the Hawthorne Barn this past September, and to host a virtual conversation with photographer Naima Green. Naima Green’s exhibit Brief & Drenching is on view at Fotografiksa until February 2021, and Jenna Wortham’s Black Futures, co-edited by Kimberly Drew, will be published by Penguin Random House in December 2020.For more virtual arts programming please visit https://www.20summers.org Jenna Wortham is an award-winning journalist for the New York Times and host of the culture podcast "Still Processing." A graduate of the University of Virginia, she worked at Wired before joining the Times in 2008 and more recently, the New York Times Magazine. Wortham is an important voice on digital culture and new technologies, and is a co-author of “Black Futures” with Kimberly Drew, coming out via One World 2020.Jenna Wortham on her current project:  I am working on a collection of linked essays that treat finding the body as a neo-noir thriller as an entry point, and then broadens out into a larger concentric series of inquiries and investigations about how the modern black female queer body functions in space and time. The body is a container for the self, and a vessel for experiences. My book seeks answers to the questions: What does it mean to participate in a body? To unmake and make one while inside one? My book is an investigation on the formation of identity, a blueprint for how to keep it, especially in our newly digitized lives. It’s about discovering the thrill of architecting desire outside of patriarchy, living in blackness and the freedom of exploring life beyond any earth-bound paradigm. I think about this work as a ritual, an unlearning, an unbecoming as a means to unfold. An exorcism in reverse. A repossession. It is a story about identity, and body consciousness, the liminal space between our masculine and feminine sides, digital homogeneity, intimacy and lust.Naima Green is an artist and educator currently living between Brooklyn, NY and Mexico City, Mexico. She holds an MFA in Photography from ICP–Bard, an MA from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a BA from Barnard College. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Smart Museum of Art, MASS MoCA, International Center of Photography, Houston Center for Photography, Bronx Museum, BRIC, ltd los angeles, Gallery 102, Gracie Mansion Conservancy, Shoot the Lobster, the Studio Museum in Harlem, and Arsenal Gallery. Green has been an artist-in-residence at Recess, Mass MoCA, Pocoapoco, Bronx Museum, Vermont Studio Center, and is a recipient of the Myers Art Prize at Columbia University.Her works are in the collections of MoMA Library, the International Center of Photography Library, Decker Library at MICA, National Gallery of Art, Leslie-Lohman Museum, Teachers College, Columbia University, and the Barnard College Library.Share 

This week on Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, Kiernan and Ryan catch-up on their summer adventures, donate to museums in need, and dust off the mics for their new biweekly pandemic-related schedule change. Plus, Kiernan forgets ever recording an episode about how to pack! Things we talked about in today’s podcast: Park Predators https://parkpredators.com/  Leslie-Lohman Museum  https://www.leslielohman.org/  Edward Gorey House https://edwardgoreyhouse.org/  Edward Gorey in his fur coat https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/style/edward-gorey.html  The Gashlycrumb Tinies https://www.brainpickings.org/2011/01/19/edward-gorey-the-gashlycrumb-tinies/  Rick Steves DVD Anthology Set https://shop.pbs.org/WC5782.html?p=1&websource=PBSGOOGLE7&source_code=PBSGOOGLE7&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=Cj0KCQjwnqH7BRDdARIsACTSAdtTgOzHyGAtdEAsrCuWrPUg77sN1YeroAfySL4DAHMQOREpgKohiFUaAij7EALw_wcB  Rick Steves’s “For the Love of Europe” https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/read/travel-news/august-2020/video-of-the-month “Beloved” by Toni Morrison https://www.amazon.com/Beloved-Toni-Morrison/dp/1400033411  “The Underground Railroad” by Colson Whitehead https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01A4ATV0A/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1  Belle Meade Plantation https://bellemeadeplantation.com/journey-to-jubilee/ Austin Street Brewery in Portland, ME https://www.austinstreetbrewery.com/florens 

This episode we have a fantastic conversation with the talented artist Camilo Godoy. Camilo is an artist whose practice is concerned with the construction of political meanings and histories. His work engages with conceptual, photographic, and choreographic strategies to analyze and challenge past and present historical moments to imagine different subversive ways of being. Godoy was born in Bogotá, Colombia and is currently based in New York, United States. He is a graduate of The New School with a BFA from Parsons School of Design, 2012; and a BA from Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, 2013. Godoy was a 2018 Session Artist, Recess; 2018 Artist-in-Residence, Leslie-Lohman Museum; 2018 Artist-in-Residence, coleção moraes-barbosa; 2017 Artist-in-Residence, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP); 2015-2017 Artist-in-Residence, Movement Research; among others. He has presented his work in New York at the Brooklyn Museum, CUE, Danspace Project; Mousonturm, Frankfurt; and Toronto Biennial, Toronto; among others. In his teaching practice he uses inquiry-based, multimodal learning strategies and movement-based techniques to support intellectual and creative curiosity. Godoy has taught various age groups at the Brooklyn Museum, Dedalus Foundation, Leslie-Lohman Museum and Whitney Museum. His teaching philosophy is influenced by the writings of educational theorists, such as John Dewey, Paulo Freire, bell hooks and Corita Kent, who center democracy, love and joy as essential elements for teaching and learning. Some artists mentioned in this episode: Ed Clark Gran Fury Felix Gonzalez-Torres Bob Mizer Robert Mapplethorpe Pepón Osorio Mario Moore For images, artworks, and more behind the scenes goodness, follow @artfromtheoutsidepodcast on Instagram.

Installation artist and Shibari educator Midori joins me for an exploration of some of her most evocative installation pieces and how her work as a bondage educator intersects with her artistic practice.  Midori ( 美登里 ) is a multidisciplinary, social practice artist and activist. A Tokyo native and long-time San Franciscan, she’s known for her durational and interactive performances and engaged installations. She’s shown at the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay Lesbian Art, San Francisco Asian Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, The Open Society Foundations NYC, Root Division San Francisco, Das Arts Amsterdam, Gorilla Gallery Oaxaca Mexico, VN Jaeger & Schwarzwald in Vienna, among others. 

Host Will Foster interviews Bryan Knight about his long time in the Industry and a lot more. You can find Bryan Knight on his Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, RentMen, or his website. The charity highlighted in today's show is: Leslie-Lohman Museum of ArtThe music of this episode Is by Demize and Bunce Force Trauma. The full song will be out the day following this podcast. It was made for Talk@Will and for Erik Rhodes.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/talkatwill)

On this historic day in American history, as the House of Representatives found itself in “deep yogurt,” we were joined by Friend of Nope Jill Kargman, creator and star of Bravo’s “Odd Mom Out,” author, radio host, comedian and sorceress. We explored the plight of the Undecideds, those special unicorns who have seen all the evidence yet haven’t determined how they are going to vote on impeachment, as well as Rudy Giuliani’s allegation that the Bidens were somehow involved in murdering the same person twice. Also on the docket: we discuss the best holiday gifts, such as personalized potatoes and items from the garbage that are later resold on Amazon. Finally, we take sides in the battle between an eagle and an octopus and attempt to understand how millions of “penis fish” washed ashore in Marin County.    HEAR US ON ITUNES https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-nope/ OVERCAST https://overcast.fm/itunes1312654524/this-week-in-nope  SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/07WFZhd5bgY1l1BspArfRJ STITCHER https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/this-week-in-nope SOUNDCLOUD https://soundcloud.com/user-518735966/tracks POCKET CASTS https://pca.st/SrJY  RADIO PUBLIC https://radiopublic.com/this-week-in-nope-GAOx3N    In this week’s episode:  If you’re looking for the gift for someone who has everything, how about a potato personalized with a headshot?  Alternatively, you can order these perfect hostess gifts designed by our special guest, Jill Kargman. (Follow @jillkargman on Instagram and Twitter.)  Watch an eagle and octopus fight it out at sea.    Big #YUPs to… Terry Gross, for not putting up with Adam Driver’s bullshit.  “On Our Backs,” an exhibition at the Leslie-Lohman Museum in New York, featuring art produced by queer sex workers.  “CATS” and mushrooms (aka watching “CATS” while under the influence of mushrooms.)

In this episode, I interview two dyke soccer players, Yael Malka and Adele Jackson-Gibson, who talk about what it has been like to find community and confidence in their bodies. Dyke Soccer is a community of amateur athletes that meets twice a week for free pickup soccer games in local gyms + parks. Dyke Soccer divines pop-up pickups that encourage queer cruising, promote physical and mental health, and provide a network for queers to find each other. @dykesoccer Yael Malka (b.1990) graduated in 2012 from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Photography and minor in Art History. Solo shows include Almost Touching, at The Rubber Factory and Where’s the Invitation at The Leslie-Lohman Museum and group exhibitions at The Brooklyn Museum Library, The Rubber Factory, Bruce High Quality, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Sikkema Jenkins, ArtBridge and Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, among others. She is currently working on her third book with a series of photos made in Kibbutz Kinneret, Israel. She is a co-founder of the artist initiative Memory Foam which curates exhibitions and live events with artists, produces an artist interview video series and publishes zines. Yael is from the Bronx, NY and currently resides in Brooklyn. @yael_malka Adele Jackson-Gibson is a storyteller and fitness coach who writes about women’s sports, wellness and spirituality. @adelejackson26 LITQB Podcast This is a podcast about the barriers to embodiment and how our collective body stories can bring us back to ourselves. This is a podcast for people who identify as queer or for people who might think of their relationship between their body and confining social narratives as queer. This can feel like an isolating experience. Our wounded bodies need spaces to talk about struggles with nourishment/disordered eating, body image issues, dysphoria, racism, heterosexism, transphobia, xenophobia, substance use/abuse, chronic pain/disability, body changes in parenthood, intergenerational trauma, the medical/wellness/therapy industrial complex and its lack of inclusion of queer bodies and much more. Hopefully this podcast (support) can illustrate the connections, and resonant pain points, that we have with one another. Livinginthisqueerbody.com @livinginthisqueerbody. The Host Asher Pandjiris Psychotherapist/ Podcaster/ Group Facilitator SUPPORT https://www.patreon.com/livinginthisqueerbody Music: Ethan Philbrick and Helen Messineo-Pandjiris Audio Production: ganym3d3.com and https://talkbox.studio/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/asher-pandjiris/message

This week on Work Your Inner Wisdom, I’m thrilled to welcome intuitive artist Tracy Nuñez. Tracy is a spiritual artist, teacher, and mentor who helps her clients build a bond with their higher power to help them tap into their subconscious mind.   In this episode, we talk about how spirituality informs art and how her intuition guides her work and her business. Tracy also shares how she uses a unique creative process called “Conscious Collage” to forge a connection with her Higher Power, and provides guidance on how we can do the same.     LINKS:   Show notes: https://workyourinnerwisdom.com/16/   Tracy’s website: www.tracynunez.com   Tracy’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracynunez4   Leslie Lohman Museum for Gay and Lesbian Art: https://www.leslielohman.org/    ACT on Your Business: https://actonyourbusiness.com/   The Wisdom Library: https://workyourinnerwisdom.com/free   Work Your Inner Wisdom Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/workyourinnerwisdom/

On the occasion of World Pride Month and the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, this episode celebrates Pride and explores the history of LGBTQ+ art-making since Stonewall. The episode opens with an excerpted performance by the artist Sheldon Scott, recorded at UNTITLED, ART Miami Beach 2018. Listeners will also tour the exhibition "Art after Stonewall, 1969-1989" with curators Jonathan Weinberg and Drew Sawyer at the Leslie-Lohman Museum in New York City. This episode also features an introduction to “Nobody Promised You Tomorrow” an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, with curators Lindsay C. Harris and Lauren Argentina Zelaya.

[EPISODE] SOHO and The Beginnings of An Amazing New York Museum On this show we will journey to SOHO, on our second special episode in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion. My guests will be Joyce Gold of Joyce Gold History Tours, and Charles Leslie, longtime SOHO resident (really pioneer) and founder of the Leslie Lohman Museum, the country’s and indeed the world’s pre-eminent museum of LGBTQ art. Segment 1 Jeff kicks off the show by introducing his first guest, Joyce Gold, of Joyce Gold History Tours. Both Jeff and Joyce discuss the shorthand name of South Houston, or SoHo. Joyce talks about how the neighborhood dates back to the mid 1600s, and how it went from a hilly neighborhood to a very leveled place. Joyce continues about how SoHo became one of the most residential places in 1820s, and turned to shopping, industries, and today we know it for art. Joyce continues about the history of shopping in the neighborhood, and mentions the history of the African Grove Theater. Jeff and Joyce go back and forth with other industries that got their start in SoHo. Segment 2 Joyce talks about the tours that she has coming up, including one of the Bowery, a Gilded Age tour, and tour of Greenwich Village. Jeff brings up the architectural structures in SoHo, and Joyce continues about the popular cast iron architecture in the 1850's, and the process it took to create these structures. Joyce brings up the Haughwout building in SoHo, and the excitement around the first elevator. She continues by talking about the evolution of structures in SoHo, and mentions the Puck Building and all it’s been used for. Joyce talks about city planner, Robert Moses, and how artists began to come to the neighborhood. Segment 3 Jeff returns with mentioning sponsors, followed by a plug of Good Morning New York with Vince Rocco. Introduction of second guest, Charles Leslie. Jeff gives a brief overview of Charles’ different contributions to the queer arts communities, and an introduction of Charles himself. Jeff discusses Charles’ inspiration for leaving home and early life to his experience in Europe. Jeff focuses briefly on Charles’ time in Marrakech after the revolution. Charles moved to SoHo after discovering a passion for film editing, as real estate was plentiful and accessible. Charles discusses his impact on zoning of SoHo. Jeff and Charles discuss his interest, collection, and exhibition of gay art, drawing inspiration to greco-roman nudes. The two transition to Charles’ experience with and diffusing of the Stonewall riot. Jeff returns to Charles’ exhibition shows of gay art and the increase in frequency following the events of Stonewall. Culminating in the formation of a commercial art museum (Leslie-Lohman Museum). Segment 4 Returns with the current exhibits at the Leslie-Lohman Museum - record of what happened after stonewall. Jeff transitions to the AIDS crisis and the subsequent temporary closing of the museum. Leslie and Fritz has worked quite successfully to the preservation of endangered gay art. Charles speaks of the popularization of larger canvas work, for commercial purposes, and thus the search for larger spaces to work. Artists would often buy large spaces for not very much money. Jeff and Charles speaks of the current “vibe” of SoHo and the change that brought this new vibe. Charles remarks of how SoHo has become more of a comfortable and clean neighborhood, though there is no clear future of the neighborhood. Jeff and Charles closes with any tips for landlords in the SoHo area - “think twice about retail space”.

Mark Addison Smith is a New York-based artist whose design specialization is typographic storytelling that allows illustrative text to convey a visual narrative through printed matter, artist’s books, and site installations. His work is included within the Brooklyn Museum Artists’ Books Collection, Center for Book Arts, Getty Research Institute, Guggenheim Museum Library and Archives, Joan Flasch Artists’ Books Collection, Kinsey Institute , Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Thomas J. Watson Library, MoMA Franklin Furnace Artists’ Books Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library Artists’ Books Collection, Tate Library and Archives, V&A Museum National Art Library, Whitney Museum Frances Mulhall Achilles Library, and Yale Special Collections. Solo exhibitions include The Bakery (Atlanta) and Center on Halsted (Chicago). Chapter publications include Diversity and Design: Understanding Hidden Consequences (Routledge) and Queering Translation, Translating the Queer: Theory, Practice, Activism (Routledge). He holds a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Communication from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is an Associate Professor in the Art Department at The City College of New York. All images courtesy of the artist Fagget Fucker (sic) Gay Alphabet Documentation photograph, 5x7-inch digital print of bathroom stall intervention, in which queer letterforms generated from found graffiti were arranged to read: “let’s face it, we’re all queer,” and were placed on top of source hate-speech in a Midwestern truck stop men’s bathroom stall, 2007. February 2, 2017: We have reenergized our Twitter account (from the daily You Look Like The Right Type archive) Drawing using India ink pen on Bristol board, 7x11-inch, incorporating direct-quote dialogue from February 2, 2017 and drawn on the same day. We Have Re-Energized Our Twitter Account Limited-edition artist’s book, 6 x 9 x 1 inches, 128 pages, foil-stamped linen cloth on hardback case-bound cover, offset-printed interior pages with Smyth-sewn signatures, featuring 108 drawings sourced in verbatim fragments from the daily You Look Like The Right Type overheard conversation archive and spanning 10 years, 2018 printing. February 23, 2018: This is for Victor Hugo. (from the dailyYou Look Like The Right Type archive) Drawing using India ink pen on Bristol board, 7x11-inch, incorporating direct-quote dialogue from February 23, 2018 and drawn on the same day. November 24, 2018: You spend a lot of time judging yourself through other people’s eyes (from the daily You Look Like The Right Type archive) Drawing using India ink pen on Bristol board, 7x11-inch, incorporating direct-quote dialogue from November 24, 2018 and drawn on the same day. 00:00 - Introduction 00:39 - Mark Addison Smith 02:36 - Hide - Caracol 06:01 - Relationship of Language and Queer - Related Issues 10:36 - The Queer Writing on the Bathroom Wall 26:37 - Disembodied Language 37:43 - Wknd Frnds - The F16’s 41:13 - Outro 41:35 - Finish

Clarity Haynes is a New York-based painter whose work explores the torso as a site for portraiture, revealing themes of healing, trauma and self-determination. Her work can be seen in “The Outwin: American Portraiture Today”,  a traveling exhibition originating at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. Clarity’s work has been exhibited at Invisible-Exports Gallery and The Leslie Lohman Museum of Lesbian and Gay Art, among others. She is the co-host of Magic Praxis, a studio art talks podcast. Note: This Interview with Clarity took place a year ago.  To see Clarity’s paintings, check out her website clarityhaynes.com. Follow her on Instagram @thelesbiangaze

On this week's episode of Category Is, Connie and Peter talk the Season 11 Premiere of RuPaul's Drag Race. Additionally, there is another edition of Drag Event Spotlight (Herstory Edition) with a Donna Gottschalk exhibit at the Leslie-Lohman Museum.

Author Gena Hymowech review the exhibit Brave, Beautiful Outlaws: The Photographs of Donna Gottschalk in the Leslie-Lohman Museum until March 17, 2019. You can find his article in the November issue of The Indypendent or on our website https://bit.ly/2BodC1V To support this podcast and our publication, it´s as easy as visiting our Patreon page and becoming a monthly subscriber. bit.ly/2xsDpR Music by Bensound.com

New York comedian and artist Alex Schmidt has a solo exhibition, “Group Fail Pony Play,” on view through October 28th at Leslie-Lohman Museum. We connected this week to talk about her Midwest roots, loving queer culture enough to satirize it, why they don’t make movies about Chicago anymore, what constitutes an actual family reunion, how breaking a horse is a metaphor for dom/sub relationships, creating IRL spaces for queer connections of all stripes from love to skillshares, her band Las Thumbelinas, pop-up dyke bars, teaching improv to diverse communities, and the upcoming event she’s co-organizing at Leslie-Lohman with Black + Pink on Thursday, October 25th. The outro music is “Willie” by Las Thumbelinas. Learn more about the October 25th event, and RSVP, here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-pink-orientation-and-pen-pal-matching-tickets-50081283467

Joseph Cavalieri is an award-winning native New York artist and educator. His work can be seen in the permanent collection of the Museum of Arts and Design, the Leslie-Lohman Museum, the Italian American Museum, and the Stax Museum. He has exhibited in the US and Europe, most recently a solo show at the Ivy Brown Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Cavalieri has produced private and public art commissions including an MTA Arts for Transit public art installation at the Philipse Manor Train Station in Westchester, New York. Cavalieri works in a material with a powerful spiritual history: painted stained glass. Since 1997, he has taught workshops around the world, and has been invited to over 12 artist residencies. In 2015, he was the keynote speaker for the Glass Society of Ireland and NCAD Glass Conference.Cavalieri's aim is to merge contemporary imagery with the time-honored processes of painted stained glass, a material with a powerful spiritual history. His work is based of historic fables, contemporary pop art and human and architectural icons.

Joseph Cavalieri is an award-winning native New York artist and educator. His work can be seen in the permanent collection of the Museum of Arts and Design, the Leslie-Lohman Museum, the Italian American Museum, and the Stax Museum. He has exhibited in the US and Europe, most recently a solo show at the Ivy Brown Gallery in Chelsea, New York. Cavalieri has produced private and public art commissions including an MTA Arts for Transit public art installation at the Philipse Manor Train Station in Westchester, New York. Cavalieri works in a material with a powerful spiritual history: painted stained glass. Since 1997, he has taught workshops around the world, and has been invited to over 12 artist residencies. In 2015, he was the keynote speaker for the Glass Society of Ireland and NCAD Glass Conference. Cavalieri's aim is to merge contemporary imagery with the time-honored processes of painted stained glass, a material with a powerful spiritual history. His work is based of historic fables, contemporary pop art and human and architectural icons.

Gonzalo Casals is the Director of the Leslie-Lohman Museum. His experience ranges from innovative programming, authentic engagement strategies, and progressive cultural policy. As Vice President of Programs at Friends of the High Line, he led the organization in a transformative process to focus on equitable cultural practices. Gonzalo held various roles at El Museo del Barrio. His tenure was informed by ideas of cultural production as a vehicle to foster empowerment, social capital, and civic participation. Gonzalo continues to explore these concepts as member of the Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts New York (NOCD-NY). Prerana Reddy is the Director of Public Programs & Community Engagement for the Queens Museum. She is also in charge of the museum’s community engagement initiatives that utilize a cultural organizing model to build inclusive civic engagement opportunities in nearby neighborhoods predominately comprised of new immigrants. These include the museum’s offsite immigrant arts & activism center Immigrant Movement International Corona and the collaborative design and ongoing programming of Corona Plaza. She was recently appointed by the Mayor to the NYC Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission, which advises the Department of Cultural Affairs on increasing cultural equity and developing the City’s first comprehensive cultural plan. artWork is FABnyc's podcast exploring at how art works in the world. Launched in 2016, artWork is an ongoing conversation with culture makers on the role arts and culture can play in strengthening communities. artWork is currently produced by FABnyc, hosted by Executive Director Ryan Gilliam with Associate Producer, Michael Hickey. artWork was originally conceived by former Executive Director Risa Shoup and Denise Shu Mei.

In July, David Richard Gallery in Santa Fe will host “ReViewing PowerPlay,” a series of work created in the 1980's examining the construct of masculinity. When Judy began this series, she went to the library to research gender; the only material available then was entirely focused on women, as if only women have gender. It would be another decade before Women’s Studies evolved into Gender Studies and Queer Studies emerged, which created a new context for PowerPlay. Judy is thrilled that the catalog essay will be written by Dr. Jonathan Katz, director of the Visual Studies Doctoral Program at SUNY Buffalo, president of the Board of Directors of the Leslie/Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in New York, and co-curator of the recent (and controversial) exhibition “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture," which premiered at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., where it created quite a stir. In conjunction with the PowerPlay exhibition, Jonathan and Judy will hold a public conversation on Saturday, July 7th, at 3PM at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe. When Jonathan and Judy first discussed the possibility of his writing for the catalog (because, as she told him, he was the perfect person for the job), he told me that even though he thought he was familiar with my work, he knew nothing at all about PowerPlay. When he perused the material, he commented that the series seemed both prescient and powerful, perhaps because it anticipated some of the theories about performing masculinity that would emerge from queer studies. It was interesting to think back about the antics of her male peers in the male-dominated Los Angeles art scene of the 1960's and realize that this is precisely what they were doing, i.e., performing their socialized notions about how a man should act.

On this episode of Expanded Perspectives the guys start the show off talking about space junk. How big is the problem and what are we going to do about it. Few humans have ever stepped foot in space but as a species we've already managed to make a mess of Earth's backyard. Space junk from satellites and rockets is crowding out spacecraft and telecommunication satellites in Earth's orbit, and putting humans at risk. It's a big problem, and getting bigger every day. Then, robots can be terrifying all on their own, but stick a human being inside and give them control of the mechanical muscles that provide superhuman strength and you've got a recipe for a horror movie. South Korean robotics firm Hankook Mirae Technology has done exactly that, and its Method-2 robot just took its first steps towards world domination this week. The robot is just one year into development, but it's already a hulking beast that could give anyone nightmares. The bot stands over 13 feet tall and weighs over one and a half tons. Its sturdy metal arms weigh nearly 300 pounds each, and with its human-like hands it's a spitting image of the intimidating militarized robot suits that play a starring role in the sci-fi flick Avatar. Then, Greg Newkirk over on the Week In Weird posted a very interesting encounter a man had with the legendary "Hat Man" all the way back in 1969 somewhere in Northern Virginia. Then, a 12-year-old boy on Wednesday said he saw an unidentified biped he believes was a “Bigfoot” creature. The middle school student, who provided his identity but was kept anonymous as per the standard code of journalism ethics regarding disclosure of the identity of a minor, said he his brother were at a friend’s orchad in Beaverton when they allegedly spotted the animal. “It was probably around 6:30 p.m.,” he said. “The sun was going down and when I saw it, he pointed it out too.” The eyewitness claims he wasn’t sure what it was until he realized the familiar outline of a primate. “I think it was a Bigfoot. It was very large, about 7 feet tall. From where I was standing, it looked very tall.” After the break Cam and Kyle talk about the incredible Ingo Swann. INGO SWANN (September 14, 1933 - January 31, 2013) was internationally known as an advocate and researcher of the exceptional powers of the human mind, and as a leading figure in governmental and scientific projects to investigate and identify the scope of subtle human perceptions. Since 1970, his name and work have been incorporated into most contemporary books about PSI and the "paranormal." He was featured in four volumes of Time-Life's bestselling series entitled Mysteries of the Unknown. His contributive work has achieved broad media notice and been featured in every major American/British television documentary on the subject of PSI phenomena and Remote Viewing. Swann has been interviewed and/or profiled in dozens of magazines, including Time, Reader's Digest, Smithsonian and Newsweek. Swann's early work in parapsychology, as a noted and highly successful "guinea pig," made him a psychic superstar in that field. His subsequent research on behalf of American intelligence interests, including that of the CIA, won him top PSI-spy status. His involvement in government research projects required the discovery of innovative approaches toward the actual realizing of subtle human energies. He viewed PSI powers as only parts of the larger spectrum of human sensing systems. Swann was the author of over ten books. His publisher, Crossroad Press, is reissuing many titles as ebooks, audio books and paperback books, among them, Penetration: The Question of Extraterrestrial and Human Telepathy; Purple Fables; Psychic Sexuality; The Great Apparitions of Mary; The Wisdom Category; and Star Fire, with more to come. Ingo Swann was also a visionary artist and his exquisite works can be found at The American Visionary Art Museum, The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.), The Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, and ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries. His extensive data base of writings on what he considered the Superpowers of the Human Biomind are available on this website in the Researcher section, while his collection of research, books and correspondences is housed within Special Collections, Ingram Library at the University of West Georgia. Thanks for listening to Expanded Perspectives! Show Notes: Space junk: How big is the problem and what are we going to do about it? This giant manned robot might patrol the North Korean border The Phantom Hat Man Came to Virginia, and He Brought Noisy Ghosts  A 12-year-old boy on Wednesday said he saw an unidentified biped he believes was a “Bigfoot” creature. Ingo Swann Write a Review for Expanded Perspectives  Sponsors: GAIA Music: All music for Expanded Perspectives is provided by Pretty Lights. Purchase, Download and Donate at www.prettylightsmusic.com. Songs Used: Pretty Lights vs. Led Zeppelin Lost and Found Starlit Skies All I've Ever Known

The I.O.S. welcomes famed artist Robert W. Richards - who has designed album covers for music luminaries like Peggy Lee, Lena Horne and Peter Allen - to talk about his new book "Seduction," a stunning collection of erotic illustrations. Richards regales us with stories of seeing Bette at the Baths, running away to Las Vegas with Dinah Washington, and his important work with the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art. Also, Justin wishes the membership a great Pride and tells us about his new comedy album "The Gay Agenda."

Stacy and Jonny interview Matt Limb, a graduate student in the School of Art and Design at SIU, who interned for the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in NYC this past summer. If you are a fan of this podcast, please support our radio station host, WDBX. This community radio station is in dire need of funds and may have to close its doors, likely ending shows (and podcasts) like "Isn't It Queer." If you are able and willing, please consider helping the station out either at the station website (http://www.wdbx.org/) or at this GoFundMe account: http://www.gofundme.com/cset1c

Stacy and Jonny interview Matt Limb, a graduate student in the School of Art and Design at SIU, who interned for the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in NYC this past summer. If you are a fan of this podcast, please support our radio station host, WDBX. This community radio station is in dire need of funds and may have to close its doors, likely ending shows (and podcasts) like "Isn't It Queer." If you are able and willing, please consider helping the station out either at the station website (http://www.wdbx.org/) or at this GoFundMe account: http://www.gofundme.com/cset1c