Tag: exhibit
KIMONO: KYOTO TO CATWALK.
The Kimono takes centre stage at the exciting new exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum (London) opening at the end of February. The Kimono is quintessentially a garment that says Japan and could be considered their national dress. Appearing in Japan around the 1660s and originating in China it became an icon of Japanese…
SAFE/HAVEN: Gay Life in the 1950’s Cherry Grove
Since the 1940’s Cherry Grove, New York a small village on FIRE ISLAND has been a vacation paradise for the LGBTQ Community. The Cherry Grove Archives Collection a non-profit organisation was established to record the community’s history and is currently presenting an Exhibit SAFE/HAVEN; GAY LIFE IN THE 1950’s at Stonewall National Museum & Archives in Wilton Manors. Queerguru…
Queerguru is hanging out with Queers on The Pier
Queer the Pier is an exciting new exhibition at Brighton & Hove Museum and Art Gallery. Using genuine artefacts from the pier itself, such as the ghoul mask from the ghost train and a horse from a merry-go-round, this interactive exhibition captures all the fun of the pier to tell the amazing story of…
Looking at HIV : Through Positive Eyes
Over the past decade there has been a major global photo-storytelling project by 130 people living with HIV and AIDS that successfully set out to de-stigmatize the disease. All of them have participated in workshops led by South African photographer Gideon Mendel, with photo educator Crispin Hughes, and David Gere, director of the Art &…
Safe/Haven: Gay Life in 1950s Cherry Grove
Thanks to Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s ‘Lavender Scare’ culture, the 1950s’ became one of the most homophobic times in American history. McCarthy and his people created a world in which gay people were persecuted and ostracized both at work and at home. After President Eisenhower’ issued an Executive ORder “sexual perversion” it became grounds for the investigation…
