Created by GLBT Historical Society
Jun 9, 2017 at 7:00 pm
GLBT Historical Society, Market Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
Opening reception for "Picturing Kinship: Portraits of Our Community," a new exhibition curated by Tirza True Latimer that offers a 35-year overview of portraits in painting and photography by San Francisco artist Lenore Chinn. Her work depicts a wide spectrum of women and men, people of color and the LGBTQ community.
The subjects are largely individuals who have contributed to San Francisco's cultural landscape in fields ranging from poetry to visual and performing arts, film, rock music, academia and the LGBTQ movement. They have been pioneers in creating visibility for queer communities - and Chinn's portraits of them constitute a reflection of LGBTQ experience that has been largely invisible in mainstream narratives of contemporary art.
The opening will feature comments from the artist and the curator. Light refreshments will be served. "Picturing Kinship" runs through September 18 at the GLBT History Museum.
LOCATION
The GLBT History Museum
4127 18th St., San Francisco
www.glbthistory.org/museum
ADMISSION
$5.00; free for members
ABOUT THE ARTIST
To learn more about Lenore Chinn and her work, visit her website:www.lenorechinn.com
San Francisco's "queer Smithsonian," the GLBT Historical Society houses one of the world's largest collections of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender historical material.
