The Newsletter of the Queer Caucus for Art Vol. 21, No. 1 January 2009 The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Caucus for Art, Artists & Historians AIDS/ART/WORK the Graduate Center of CUNY (CLAGS), Visual AIDS, and the Australian Conference at CLAGS, Research Council. The short synopsis CUNY, New York City, above does no justice to the value of the conference. I would personally like to May 30, 2008 thank the conference sponsors for a day The AIDS/ART/WORK conference that was not only informative, but well held Friday, May 30, brought together organized (plus the food was good!). a distinguished group of pro fessionals The important work of AIDS awareness from the art world, queer world, and and prevention, much of which has been AIDS activist/prevention world. a result of AIDS art, must go on. The first session presented a historical Larry Schulte, NYC artist overview of AIDS, including art that was made in response to the AIDS crises. As Tee A. Corinne Exhibition one who lived in NYC in the 80s, the history was not only thoroughly presented, and Celebration at but was also a moving remembrance of University of Oregon “Beverly”, 2006, SCARS Project, © Tee Corinne those years. There is a Tee Corinne Exhibition/ Papers, University of Oregon Libraries The second session dealt with art and Celebration at the University of Oregon University faculty and graduate students activism in the age of AIDS ranging Libraries in Eugene! I know she would and others on the topic of lesbian culture from militant art to art that expresses have been profoundly happy about the and representation. Following the dis- grief. It also covered the early years up exhibition and symposium at the home cussion, there will be a slide show of Ruth to current AIDS art. of her collected works. Mountaingrove’s photographs, which are also housed in Special Collections The third session dealt with collaborations WomanLove: The Life, Art, and Legacy of Tee and University Archives. and the futures. How do we effectively Corinne was on view from September 29 continue the fight to prevent AIDS, on through December 31 in Knight Library. The exhibition and symposium events both a local and a global level? The exhibition includes both photographs are sponsored by the UO Libraries, the These sessions were followed by a round- and writings. All works are from Special Center for the Study of Women in table discussion. One of the participants, Collections and University Archives. Society, and the Women’s and Gender Marilyn Martin, of the Iziko Museums There will be a short symposium about Studies Program at UO. They are curated of Cape Town, showed slides of moving Tee’s life and work (and about lesbian by Linda Long ([email protected]), contemporary art—which was a poignant culture and representation) on Monday, Manuscripts Librarian, who worked reminder to me that the AIDS crises still December 8 and Tuesday, December 9. with Tee very closely for years on the acquisition of her work by the library. exists as a matter of life and death in many On December 8 at 7pm, there will be a parts of the world. I am questioning my keynote address by Tirza Latimer. She’s a All these events are open to the public. This memory, but I believe she said that 1,000 distinguished queer scholar, a professor is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate people die every day in South Africa as of art history at the California College Tee Corinne’s life and art, and a fabulous a result of AIDS. of the Arts and a dear friend of Tee’s. reason to have a party in her honor! The conference was sponsored by The On Tuesday, December 9 in the morning Laurie Toby Edison Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at there will be a panel discussion with Tirza, [email protected] From the Co-Chairs Dear Queer-Arters, CALL for Happy New Year 2009! While this is our first Co-Chair communiqué in a few months, The Durbin Gallery of Birmingham- we have both been busy behind the scenes, moving various QCA projects forward. Southern College seeks entries for In late February CAA will meet in Los Angeles and we have several of our own Visibilities: the Art of Negotiating activities lined up: the QCA business meeting takes place on Thursday, February 26, ARTISTSIdentity, an invitational exhibition to at 5:30 pm; after our confab—always a great place to greet old friends and meet new be held October 2- 31, 2009. The colleagues—we hope folks will proceed directly to the “closing event” for the exhibition will explore the constantly QCA-organized exhibition queercraft, curated by Joon Oluchi Lee, on view at the evolving definition of gay, lesbian, LA Gay & Lesbian Center. On Friday, February 27, Jenni Sorkin is heading up a bisexual, trans gendered, and questioning lunchtime panel entitled “Queering Craft,” whose short talks by four speakers people; and the ways in which artists promises to engender provocative discussion. negotiate the varied and shifting currents Our Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8932588033) of sexual identity, visibility, or invisibility continues to attract new enthusiasts, while the email list-serv connects us all across in their work. All media will be considered. the country and around the world. Keeping your membership current (http:// Submissions are due May 1, 2009. artcataloging.net/glc/glcn993m.html) is a quick and easy way to support the QCA, Please forward name, mailing and email but as an affiliated society dependent on volunteers, we welcome you all to plug in address, 10-20 digital images, and brief as you are able to assist with the myriad administrative tasks that ensure our continued artist statement to Dr. Tim Smith, presence and programming. During the year ahead, you might consider the possibility Department of Art and Art History, of curating a show or putting together a lunchtime panel for CAA in Chicago 2010… Birmingham-Southern College, 900 or throwing your hat into the ring to lead the Queer Caucus for the 2010–2012 term! Arkadelphia Road, Box 549021, Birmingham, AL, 35254; [email protected]; Speaking of which: it is hard to believe that Los Angeles already marks the half-way (205) 226-7875. For complete exhibit point of our tenure as Co-Chairs. It has been a privilege to work with you all to prospectus and more on the Durbin this point and we anticipate an equally productive year ahead. Gallery and Birmingham-Southern Yours in queer visuality, College, see http://www.bsc.edu/ Lacey Jane Roberts and Jonathan F. Walz, Co-Chairs academics/art/durbin.htm Business Meeting hierarchies. The artists featured in the show Date and Time: Thursday, February 26, are not (just) “queer” artists who are 5:30 pm–7:00 pm practicing craft, but artists exploring this Location: Concourse Meeting Room 409AB, tender boundary between queer and craft, Level 2, Los Angeles Convention Center between identity and process, to make queercraft work that inspires us to radicalize our own conceptions of our gendered selves. The Advocate & Gochis Galleries Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center Roundtable: Queering Craft The Village at Ed Gould Plaza Date and Time: Friday, February 27, 1125 N. McCadden Place 12:30 pm–2:00 pm Los Angeles, CA 90038 Location: West Hall Meeting Room 502B, January 22 to February 28, 2009 Level 2, Los Angeles Convention Center Curated by Joon Oluchi Lee Closing event: Thursday, February 26, Chair: Jenni Sorkin, Yale University 6:00 pm–9:00 pm The Feminist Craft Corner, Miki Foster, QCA’s 2009 show, queercraft is a return to University of California, Santa Cruz the origins of “queer,” via the future of “craft.” Faggotstitch, Jesse M. Kahn, The show is predicated upon the idea that independent artist, Boston queerness and craft are fascinatingly, Identity Crisis: Reimagining Craft productively, blurred. “Queer” is not a just Using Queer Tactics, Lacey Jane Roberts, verb or identity, it is a process. “Craft” is independent artist, San Francisco not just process or genre, it is an identity. The two are conceptual twins, separated at Discussant: Julia Bryan-Wilson, birth for the maintenance of functionless University of California, Irvine page 2 of 5 The Newsletter of the Queer Caucus for Art Vol. 21, No. 1 January 2009 News of Members Michael Buitron had two booths in the Visible means at the Duluth Art Museum Tom of Finland is a new flavor of perfume CalArts MFA show in Chinatown, Los (Aug.–Oct. 2008); Tuff stuff at the from Etat Libre d’Orange. Wonder what Angeles. The booths were in David Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe (June it smells like. www.etatlibredorange.com Salow Gallery and in an Elysian Park 20–Sept. 14, 2008); Pink and bent at (short news item in Gay times, Apr. 2008) cruising area; the work in the gallery the Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation, Vagner Whitehead’s video “World music 2” (“Social space 1”) included a parterre- New York (Apr. 28–July 11, 2008); and was featured at the CineSlam GLBT style garden filled with debris scavenged A.I.R. Gallery retrospective: 1972–1979 at Liberation Shorts Film Festival, Kopkind from the park. The work was pictured the Werkstatte Gallery, New York (May Colony, Guilford, Vt. on June 14th and in the review in the Los Angeles Times. 2–June 14, 2008). She will be a visiting his work “Brazilian for rent” was included Laurie Toby Edison’s portrait of Fukazawa artist at Anderson Ranch, Snowmass, CO, in “All hot and bothered,” a group show Junko was awarded “Most Feminist” in September 2009.