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An introductory project exhibition was presented by the Brooklyn Academy of Music from February to June 2024 in the BAM Harvey Theatre Rudin Family Gallery, titled
LGBTQ+ NYC Artists Archive Project - 1st Draft
This exhibition recognized LGBTQ+ downtown NYC artists who continue to flourish while having had an indelible impact on New York City’s culture over the past 50+ years. Five Lesbian Brothers (5-member collective Moe Angelos, Babs Davy, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey, Lisa Kron), Ain Gordon, Ishmael Houston- Jones, John Kelly, Richard Move, Lola Pashalinski, and Carmelita Tropicana, form this introductory look at a generation that blossomed during a period that could be regarded as the last gasp of physical bohemia–a rich and highly influential era–whichlater coincided with the AIDS pandemic devastating the generation’s collective voices.​
EVENTS​
Dramatist Guild Event, November 16, 2023
Breaking Boundaries The Enduring Legacy of the Five Lesbian Brothers​
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The LGBTQ+ Artists Archive Project – 1st draft
Exhibition BAM Harvey Theatre, Rudin Family Gallery, February 4 - June 30, 2024​
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LA MAMA ETC Coffeehouse Chronicles: #174: Lola Pashalinski Mar 30, 2024
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More about the project
The LGBTQ+ NYC Artists Archive Project, facilitated/ managed by the Pick Up Performance Co. and project Co-directors/producers Linda S. Chapman and Alyce Dissette, is a response to the challenges of preservation that have plagued avant-garde artists. Too often, the caretaking of these legacies is left, by default, to logistically and economically ill-equipped friends and family with devastating results, erasing vital contributions.
The process and methods of these pilot projects for queer elders will be shared with the field to be examples for all artists considering how to preserve and make publicly accessible their legacies. We will continue to have public events to build a network of community-sharing methodologies for living artist-driven archiving in the 21st century.
We are fortunate to have a group of Advisors that are working to realize this complex and ambitious project.
Thank you to:
Project collaborators: Youth Arts New York - Sandra Parker Archival Fellowship
BAM for the introductory exhibit Feb – June 2024.
And start-up funding from
For more information:
Co-directors
Linda Chapman lindanyn@pupcs.org
Alyce Dissette alyce@pupcs.org
and
Donations of any size will make a difference!