E. Lesh aka Eric Lesh is a queer portrait and figurative artist and is about to follow his dream and open his very own ART GALLERY in PROVINCETOWN. His artwork depicts queer subjects, capturing form and expression in as few lines as possible. Lesh is also a lawyer who worked for Lambda Legal and was recognized as one of the 40 Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 by the National LGBT Bar. He talked with Queerguru about the line connecting his legal and artistic work which is a passion for justice and a desire to celebrate queer bodies and lives.
Established by artist/director Stiofan O’Ceallaigh in 2016 in response to the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, and named after the hood/headwear that obscures the face/identity and associated perhaps most powerfully with terrorism – and more recently with Pussy Riot – Balaclava.Q is an International Queer Art Project & Collective focused on connecting, promoting and creating … Continue reading
Queer|Art|Pride 2021—the fifth annual edition of the summer festival celebrating work by the organization’s vibrant community of more than 200 LGBTQ+ artists. Queer|Art|Pride convenes a diverse network of artists, performers, writers, and creatives to offer a fabulous array of public programs, both virtual and in-person, throughout the entire months of June and July. The Queer|Art|Pride … Continue reading
Missing out on being able to go to galleries and museums to check art? So are we, but London’s National Portrait Gallery are doing their best to ensure we can at least get a ‘fix’ during Lockdown They invited Talk Art hosts, Brit heartthrob actor Russell Tovey and Gallerist Robert Diament to discuss some … Continue reading
Pride in London has mounted Fifty-Two, a digital exhibition featuring dynamic and thought-provoking work from a wide range of LGBT+ visual artists. Selected by a team of panellists and curated by queer-artist extraordinaire Dusty O, Fifty-Two brings together artworks from a variety of mediums to showcase the raw emotion and challenging stories at the heart of the queer … Continue reading
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E. Lesh aka Eric Lesh is a queer portrait and figurative artist and is about to follow his dream and open his very own ART GALLERY in PROVINCETOWN. His artwork depicts queer subjects, capturing form and expression in as few lines as possible. Lesh is also a lawyer who worked for Lambda Legal and was recognized as one of the 40 Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 by the National LGBT Bar. He talked with Queerguru about the line connecting his legal and artistic work which is a passion for justice and a desire to celebrate queer bodies and lives.