Date
Thursday, 25 Feb 2016 7:00 PM
https://www.facebook.com/events/1681500955456349/
A discussion about the role queer political art should play, featuring:
Koomah
Bill Arning
Andy Campbell
Selven Jarmon
Lovie Olivia
Eesha Pandit
Stephanie Saint Sanchez
Hosted by:
Nick Vaughan & Jake Margolin
On Thursday, Feb 25th while the Republican presidential candidates convene at University of Houston to do their thing, we’ll be on the other side of town gathering at Art League Houston for our own little debate, by which we mean, a discussion about the role of queer political art in Houston in the wake of the defeat of HERO, its place in the rapidly changing broader political climate, and utopian visions of the queer, artistic future that we all want to live in.
Please join this brilliant panel of artists, activists, writers, thinkers, and curators at Art League Houston as we celebrate past intersections of queer art and politics; discuss what lessons we should take from the stinging defeat of HERO; examine what is (and isn’t) happening in queer political art now; and dream up a utopian future for queer political art in Houston and beyond.
Inspired by Lois Weaver’s “Long Table” format we will be inviting those in attendance to join us in this conversation, which means . . . bring your thoughts, you’ll be invited (though not required) to share them!
The panelists:
Koomah is an intersex-bodied trans/queer multidisciplinary grassroots artist, performer, filmmaker, LGBTQI educator and part-time hermaphrodite unicorn. https://www.facebook.com/Koomah/
Bill Arning is the Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, former curator at MIT’s List Visual Arts Center, and writer on art and culture. http://camh.org/about/directors-letter
Andy Campbell is an art historian and a Critic in Residence at the MFAH’s Core Program. http://www.mfah.org/fellowships/core-program/core-critics-residence/
Lovie Olivia is an interdisciplinary artist who creates paintings, objects, installations and discourse around issues of gender, sexuality, race, class and power. http://www.lovieolivia.com/
Selven Jarmon is a fashion designer and visual artist who’s work incorporates social consciousness. http://www.uh.edu/class/ctr-arts-leadership/profiles/jarmon.php
Eesha Pandit is a Houston-based writer, activist and consultant for social justice organizations. http://www.eeshapandit.com/
Stephanie Saint Sanchez is an artist, filmmaker, and founder of Texas’ first Latina film festival Señorita Cinema.
http://www.senoritacinema.com/
Nick Vaughan & Jake Margolin are interdisciplinary artists who’s work deals with LGBTQ2 histories. http://nickandjakestudio.com/