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'Queer Moments' exhibit highlights legacy, work of LGBTQ artists

'Queer Moments' exhibit highlights legacy, work of LGBTQ artists | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Light Work uses photography to expand perceptions of LGBTQ life in ‘Queer Moments’ exhibit.

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Queer artists of color installing two murals at prominent Castro & Duboce Triangle locations

Queer artists of color installing two murals at prominent Castro & Duboce Triangle locations | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Two new murals from queer, Black and Latinx artists will be completed soon at prominent locations in the Castro and Duboce Triangle neighborhoods.

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Jade Warrick's creating art to amplify Black lives

Jade Warrick's creating art to amplify Black lives | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Warrick, 29, who identifies as a queer illustrator-artist, is a sought-after local artist with a rising reputation. Her work can be seen in large murals on both sides of the Hudson, from a six-story creation along Broadway in downtown Albany and at the Troy Farmers’ Market.

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Laura Aguilar Turned Her Searing Lens on Herself, and Shaped the Future

Laura Aguilar Turned Her Searing Lens on Herself, and Shaped the Future | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

A powerful voice for marginalized groups, Laura Aguilar frankly and poetically portrayed Latino and lesbian communities.

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A Tribute to Keith Haring: The Magnificent Artist and LGBTQ Icon

A Tribute to Keith Haring: The Magnificent Artist and LGBTQ Icon | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Keith Haring - a firm believer in art for the masses, as he saw the benefits of commercialism instead of the downsides in an ever-growing materialistic society.

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San Francisco Giving Away $1,000 To 130 Struggling Artists

San Francisco Giving Away $1,000 To 130 Struggling Artists | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

San Francisco is guaranteeing $1,000 for more than 130 artists per month for six months. Artists can apply by April 15 at 11:59 PT.

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NJ LGBTQ artists reflect on a year of crisis and what comes next

NJ LGBTQ artists reflect on a year of crisis and what comes next | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Artforms including painting, music, drag and film were shaped by 2020's year of national crisis. What comes next for NJ's LGBTQ arts community?

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Halifax artist shortlisted to propose design for LGBTQ monument in Ottawa

Halifax artist shortlisted to propose design for LGBTQ monument in Ottawa | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

A Halifax artist who has received international attention for their art installation honouring chosen family and kinship recently made the shortlist to propose designs for a national monument memorializing the discrimination faced by LGBTQ people in Canada.

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Artist Talk Series Gives Visibility to LGBTQ Artists

Artist Talk Series Gives Visibility to LGBTQ Artists | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

With concerts, plays, and movie-making seemingly non-existent, the art community is struggling amid the pandemic.

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Portrait Campaign Celebrates New York City’s LGBTQ Seniors

Portrait Campaign Celebrates New York City’s LGBTQ Seniors | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The stories of queer elders are often hidden in mainstream media, but a new portrait campaign is looking to bring these histories to light. Debuting to the public at the Watermark at Brooklyn Heights on January 19, “Not Another Second” reveals the stories, contributions, and ongoing challenges facing queer seniors. The portraits feature a former …

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Portraits of young gay men by Gilbert Lewis influenced by Virginia Woolf's gender-fluid Orlando

Portraits of young gay men by Gilbert Lewis influenced by Virginia Woolf's gender-fluid Orlando | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

"But time, unfortunately, though it makes animals and vegetables bloom and fade with amazing punctuality, has no such simple effect on the mind...

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Fall Arts Preview: Tampa Bay’s visual art scene proves to be resilient

Fall Arts Preview: Tampa Bay’s visual art scene proves to be resilient | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

No one could have predicted that a pandemic would force museums to shut down earlier this year. But it did, and Tampa Bay museums pivoted to keep their audiences engaged online, establishing content to feed art lovers’ souls while it was impossible to get that fix in person. Now that museums are back open, or will reopen soon, the way the pandemic affected their exhibition schedules i

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Warhol exhibit explores roles of gender and sexuality in his life and art

Warhol exhibit explores roles of gender and sexuality in his life and art | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The Andy Warhol retrospective at London’s Tate Modern aims to unearth Warhol the person from the facade of Warhol the icon.

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LGBTQ and LatinX Artists of Houston

LGBTQ and LatinX Artists of Houston | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Bold colors and magical personalities are some of the traits that these creatives are known for. In the midst of adversities with their identities, art has always been the healing rainbow to overcome their difficulties. With a supportive community as their stem, their arts and personalities have been able to blossom.

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SF LGBT Center replacing fnnch honey bears with 'Queeroes' mural

SF LGBT Center replacing fnnch honey bears with 'Queeroes' mural | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The new project is an opportunity to start a new chapter after controversy over fnnch art.

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10 Queer Indigenous Artists on Where Their Inspirations Have Led Them

10 Queer Indigenous Artists on Where Their Inspirations Have Led Them | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

While wide-ranging in scope and style, these pieces are alike in their power and depth.

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Urbana's Art Coop creates welcoming space through social media, themed art kits

Urbana's Art Coop creates welcoming space through social media, themed art kits | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

As the last remaining independent art store in the Midwest, Urbana’s Art Coop aims to serve all customers’ art needs. Located in Lincoln Square Mall, Art Coop is run by a close-knit and progressive staff who strive to create a welcoming space for all their diverse patrons.

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Adedamola Odetara's portraits celebrate the strength of queer Lagosians

Adedamola Odetara's portraits celebrate the strength of queer Lagosians | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

"We need to get more stories out. It is important that people see that, amidst all the chaos, queer Nigerians are still able to find ways to thrive."

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Art & Politics in San Francisco, 2021: Portraits of a City in Upheaval, Again

Art & Politics in San Francisco, 2021: Portraits of a City in Upheaval, Again | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Bay Area artist and teacher, Miranda Bergman, knows by heart the most famous lines in The Tempest. She ought to. Her Old Left parents named her after Shakespeare’s feisty heroine who exclaims, “How amazing! How many wonderful creatures there are here! Mankind is so beautiful! Oh, what a wonderful new world that has such people More

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Steamboat Creates to launch project focusing on LGBTQ community and mental health

Steamboat Creates to launch project focusing on LGBTQ community and mental health | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Sylvie Piquet has turned to art and creative expression as a way to support Routt County residents through the pandemic.

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JEB’s Radical Portraits of Lesbian Life and Love in the 1970s

JEB’s Radical Portraits of Lesbian Life and Love in the 1970s | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

The American photographer’s intimate images – featuring lesbians of all ages, races and backgrounds – are a vital document of LGBTQ+ history

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Farah Mirzayeva photographs Switzerland queer community

Farah Mirzayeva photographs Switzerland queer community | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

“We might be good at producing watches, and our trains might be on time, but ironically we’re always late.”

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Photo Essay: Then and Now — The Gay Community of San Francisco

Photo Essay: Then and Now — The Gay Community of San Francisco | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

Mirroring the past with the present

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Gabriella Grimes showcases the vastness of queer identity highlighting that “it’s safe to be this way”

The Philadelphia-based illustrator and artist’s work provides countless queer people with validation they can’t find elsewhere.

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Activism through art: How Jeremy Novy spreads messages of inclusion, helps others

Activism through art: How Jeremy Novy spreads messages of inclusion, helps others | #ILoveGay | Scoop.it

California-based street artist Jeremy Novy is teaming up with ABC7 to design a t-shirt for the Feed SoCal campaign.

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