Join The Robert Giard Foundation on Thursday, October 4th, for the launch of a limited print edition by artist and Foundation board member Paul Mpagi Sepuya, to benefit the Robert Giard Foundation Fellowship Program for photographers and filmmakers.
 
The FREE event will include a raffle ($20/ticket) for one of the prints. Purchase raffle tickets in advance or in person at the event. Raffle to be drawn at 7:30 p.m. at the October 4th event.
 
Prints from the edition can be purchased for $1000 each at the event or online at
 
https://www.nycharities.org/events/EventLevels.aspx?etid=10827

All proceeds go to support the future of the Robert Giard Foundation Fellowship for photographers and filmmakers.
 
Please join the Board of the Robert Giard Foundation and our host, the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, in room 210 of The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, from 6 – 8 p.m. for drinks and an introduction to the history and importance of Giard’s work, the exceptional Giard Fellowship, and the impact of the fellowship on the LGBTQ community.
 
Where:
Bureau of General Services-Queer Division
 
The Bureau is located in room 210 of
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
208 West 13th Street.
NY, NY 10011
 
When: 6 – 8:30 p.m, raffle at 7:30 pm.
 
Tickets:
 
1) Free RSVP
2) $20 tickets include one raffle for the benefit print, unlimited amount can be purchased per person.
 
For questions and information on purchasing an edition, email robertgiardfoundtion@gmail.com.
 
About the Robert Giard Foundation Fellowship:

The Robert Giard Foundation established the Robert Giard Fellowship in cooperation with the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) at the City University of New York Graduate Center in 2008. The award of $7,500, given annually, supports an emerging, early- or mid-career artist from any country working in photography, photo-based media, video, or moving image, including short-form film or video.. This award supports a directed project, one that is new or continuing and that addresses issues of sexuality, gender, or LGBTQ identity. For information on guidelines, application procedures, and the next deadline, see How To Apply
 

About the artist:

Paul Mpagi Sepuya (b. 1982, San Bernardino, CA) is a Los Angeles-based artist working in photography. His work emerged within the queer zine scene of the 2000s, and was most recently shown in “Being: New Photography 2018” at the Museum of Modern Art. His work is in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, the Guggenheim Museums, The Studio Museum in Harlem, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, among others. Sepuya is currently visiting artist faculty at California Institute of the Arts and has been on the board of the Robert Giard Foundation since 2009.
 
Title of work: Mirror Study, 2017, archival pigment print, 11 x 13 inches (paper size 19 x 21), Edition of 20 with 2 APs.