The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division and The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center are proud to present Cast of Characters, a dramatic transformation of the Bureau by artist Liz Collins featuring a salon-style exhibition of portraits by over 95 LGBTQ artists.
Cast of Characters is on view from June 15 – September 16, 2018 at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division.
Click here to download the press release for Cast of Characters.
Image by Regan Wood Studio
Exhibiting artists:
- Paula Allen
- Lani Asuncion
- Aziz + Cucher
- Shimon Attie
- Hannah Barrett
- Nayland Blake
- Marissa Bluestone
- Chris Bogia
- Justin Vivian Bond
- Deborah Bright
- Nancy Brooks Brody
- Dietmar Busse
- Nao Bustamante
- Jai Carrillo
- Anna Campbell
- Cassils
- Geoffrey Chadsey
- Caroline Wells Chandler
- Kyle Coniglio
- Marco DaSilva
- Niko Darling
- Leah DeVun
- Katrina del Mar
- KD Diamond
- Vincent Dilio
- Angela Dufresne
- Nicole Eisenman
- Scott Ewalt
- Alesia Exum
- Avram Finkelstein
- C. Finley
- Daphne Fitzpatrick
- Lola Flash
- Chitra Ganesh
- Andrea Geyer
- Gary Graham
- Stephanie Gudra
- Martine Gutierrez
- Barbara Hammer
- Michelle Handelman
- Jesse Harrod
- Clarity Haynes
- Karen Heagle
- Mars Hobrecker
- Elizabeth Insogna
- Rindon Johnson
- John Kelly
- Amanda Kirkhuff
- Carmelle La Sirena
- Kia LaBeija
- Doron Langberg
- Rebecca Levi
- Myles Loftin
- Shelley Marlow
- Rodolfo Marron III
- Aaron McIntosh
- Eric McNatt
- India Salvor Menuez
- Lucas Michael
- Troy Michie
- Midori
- Rodrigo Moreira
- Carlos Motta
- Zanele Muholi
- Em North
- Samantha Nye
- Sig Olson
- Alice O’Malley
- Allison Michael Orenstein
- Maia Cruz Palileo
- Anna Parisi
- Vick Quezada
- LJ Roberts
- Jason Rodgers
- Gabriel García Román
- JD Samson
- Paul Mpagi Sepuya
- M. Sharkey
- Lauryn Siegel & Virgil B/G Taylor
- Charan Singh
- SKOTE (Alex P White & Jill Pangallo)
- Buzz Slutzky
- Tuesday Smillie
- Allison Smith
- Pamela Sneed
- Alexander Stadler
- A.K. Summers
- Aarav Sundaresh
- Corinne Teed
- Gail Thacker
- Mickalene Thomas
- Vincent Tiley
- Boris Torres
- Nicola Tyson
- Conrad Ventur
- Mickey Vered
- Courtney Webster & Meg Turner
- Ketch Wehr
- Matthew Weinstein
Inspired by lavishly decorated and richly ornamented nineteenth-century libraries and salons, this immersive installation brings vibrant colors, dynamic geometric patterns, and lush textures to the Bureau’s utilitarian aesthetic of plywood and cardboard. The exhibition will transform the Bureau into a warm, bright lounge, inspiring contemplation and conversation, beckoning visitors to linger, look, and read.
Made possible by a grant from The Kors Le Pere Foundation and by individual donations to the Cast of Characters Kickstarter campaign.
Thank you to all who donated to our Kickstarter campaign for Cast of Characters!!! We exceeded our goal by over $200!!!
Liz Collins is an artist and designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY, and in her work surrounds the viewer in vibrating color and pattern fields to explore the boundaries between painting, fiber arts and installation. The cacophonic play of optics, texture, color and scale recreates her wavering experience of the world as a place of stupendous wonder and cosmic energy.
Collins has had solo exhibitions at the Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY; Heller Gallery, NY; AMP Gallery, Provincetown, MA; and the Knoxville Museum of Art in Tennessee to name a few. Her work has been included in numerous exhibitions including at the ICA/Boston; Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art; the Museum of FIT; the New Museum; the Museum of Arts and Design and MoMA, and numerous group shows at galleries around the world. Collins’ awards include a USA Fellowship, a MacColl Johnson Fellowship, and residencies at AIR Alaska, Haystack, MacDowell, the Siena Art Institute, Stoneleaf, Yaddo, and the Museum of Arts and Design. She is a Queer Art Mentor, serves on the board of the Fire Island Art Residency, is a new member of the Exhibitions Committee at the Leslie Lohman Museum, and is one of the artists in the 2018-2020 Open Sessions program at the Drawing Center.
The Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is an independent, all-volunteer queer cultural center, bookstore, and event space that opened in New York City in 2012 and has been hosted by The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center since 2014. We aim to foster a community invested in the values of mindfulness, intellectual curiosity, justice, compassion, and playfulness. The Bureau seeks to excite and educate a self-confident, sex-positive, and supportive queer community by offering books, publications, and art and by hosting a wide variety of cultural events, including readings, performances, film screenings, book discussion groups, and workshops. We provide local and visiting queers and friends with an open and inclusive space for dialogue and socializing.
Established in 1983, New York City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center empowers people to lead healthy, successful lives. The Center celebrates diversity and advocates for justice and opportunity. Each year, The Center welcomes more than 300,000 visits to our building in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan from people who engage in our life-changing and life-saving activities. To learn more about our work, please visit gaycenter.org.
Bureau of General Services—Queer Division
@The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center 208 West 13th Street, Room 210
NY, NY 10011
Hours: Tuesdays—Sundays, 1-7 PM. Closed Mondays.
Summer hours (July & August): Wednesdays—Saturdays, 1-7 PM. Closed Mondays, Tuesdays, & Sundays.
Website: bgsqd.com
Contact: Greg Newton
E-mail: contact@bgsqd.com
