From poets to film screenings – 2018's trans and intersex art fest wows By Sarah Marloff, 10:00AM, Fri. Sep. 28, 2018 Tweet print write a letter Take everything you know about a queer arts festival and pack it away for this weekend’s Gender Unbound. The (now expanded) two day art fest will display visual artwork created by trans, nonbinary, and intersex visual artists from all over, but it's far more than just eye candy. This year’s fest features performance art, music, drag, burlesque, film screenings – and even some queer lovin’ yoga with Kelly Marshall. Writer and mixed-media performance artist Alok Vaid-Menon (Photo provided by Alok Vaid-Menon) While we’re v excited for the whole shebang, I was extra stoked to steal a few minutes of time from New York-based mixed-media performance artist and writer Alok Vaid-Menon and filmmaker Lisa Donato to find out what brings their work to Gender … [Read more...] about Alok Vaid-Menon and Lisa Donato Showcase Their Art at Gender Unbound
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Sugar City Celebrates 10 Years of DIY Arts in Buffalo
Sugar City, Buffalo’s beloved DIY arts collective, is celebrating ten years of hosting/promoting the indie music scene, the arts, countless DIY activities, festivals, workshops, etc. Looking back at Sugar City over the years, we’ve seen the arts collective get its start in Allentown, before heading over to Niagara Street to join the resurgence in that neck of the woods. The move allowed Sugar City to expand its offerings, which include everything from its heralded Zine Fair to the ever-delightful Fun-A-Day event. It’s hard to think where Buffalo would be, culturally speaking, without Sugar City. On Friday, October 12, the community will have a chance to say “thank you” to this celebrated DIY art institution, by attending Sugar City’s 10 Year Anniversary Party. All of the sensational details are below: Sugar City’s 10 Year Anniversary Party Friday October 12, 2018 7PM Sugar City | 1239 Niagara Street | Buffalo, NY $10 admission // All-Ages … [Read more...] about Sugar City Celebrates 10 Years of DIY Arts in Buffalo
Unfurled: Supports/Surfaces to bring art inspired by the Paris riots to the MOCAD
Courtesy photo “Supports-Surfaces”, Exposition at the Musée d’Art Moderne de La Ville de Paris, 1974. “The French are bored,” Le Monde, France’s leading newspapers, proclaimed in March 1968. The French were bored, according to Le Monde, because they had not lent their participation in the protests that had engulfed the rest of the world. Bored because their youth had provided them with a faulty moral compass, which absolved them of their civic duties unlike their counterparts in Spain or Italy. Bored further because they had deserted those worldly principles that were inspiring youth protests across seas in Japan and the United States. Mai 68, spread to French universities, and eventually, millions of labor workers. The French economy was paralyzed. The New York Review of Books on Mai 68’s 50th anniversary. Almost a year prior, the chaos that struck Paris had unfolded in the streets of Detroit. The Detroit riots in … [Read more...] about Unfurled: Supports/Surfaces to bring art inspired by the Paris riots to the MOCAD
Meghan Markle visits opening of Royal Academy art exhibition
In the new documentary about Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of the World, the Duchess of Sussex shared some interesting facts about her wedding attire, specifically her iconic veil.The event, which celebrated artworks from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and the Kingdom of Tonga, was the flawless fit for the Duchess, as she and Harry will be visiting the region next month.But she managed to compose herself along the way, as she met with Kiwi guests at the opening of "Oceania" at the Royal Academy of Arts including New Zealand's high commissioner Sir Jerry Mateparae and his wife Janine.Meghan and Harry are due to tour Australia, Tonga, Fiji and New Zealand in October and the duchess will be shown art from the four countries during her exhibition viewing.Chris Jackson via Getty Images She loves a belted look - and Givenchy.Meghan Markle and Prince Harry got active on Monday!Meghan revealed that she had a piece of fabric from the dress she wore on her and Harry's first date stitched into her … [Read more...] about Meghan Markle visits opening of Royal Academy art exhibition
Beyond the GeoDome: Art Objects by Buckminster Fuller
Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller (1895-1983) achieved superstar status in his lifetime, and the cultlike legend of his career in architecture, philosophy and sustainable design has only grown in the decades following his death. His innovative modes of thinking about pressing societal concerns of housing, transportation, communications, technology and resource allocation have become increasingly acknowledged as prescient as the world he envisioned has, for better and for worse, come into being at the dawn of the 21st century. But even amid all the accolades and hero worship, his parallel practice as an artist — sculptor, printmaker, graphic designer — has been rarely known or exhibited. Until now. EXPAND Buckminster Fuller, Geodesic Structures — Monohex, 1981, left; Dymaxion Dwelling House — Wichita House; from Inventions portfolio, 1981 Courtesy Edward Cella Art & Architecture The exhibition "R. Buckminster Fuller: Inventions and Models" is … [Read more...] about Beyond the GeoDome: Art Objects by Buckminster Fuller