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Public Opening Reception for Cast of Characters

June 15, 2018 @ 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Free--RSVP required

 

Cast of Characters

An Immersive Exhibition by Liz Collins
June 14 – September 16, 2018

Download the press release for Cast of Characters.

Donors reception
Thursday, June 14, 2018, 6-9 PM
(for donors of $85 or more to Cast of Characters Kickstarter campaign)

Kickstarter campaign ended–successfully!!!–on May 31st. Thanks to all who donated!!!
Public opening reception:
Friday, June 15, 2018, 6-9 PM
RSVP required for Public Opening Reception.
This event is free, but donations to support the Bureau’s work are much appreciated!

Please RSVP here.

 

Exhibition
Bureau of General Services—Queer Division
Room 210, LGBT Community Center

VIP Donors Reception (June 14) and Public Reception (June 15)
Room 101, LGBT Community Center
208 West 13th Street

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 95 LGBTQ artists. 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.

In order to attend the VIP Donors Preview and Opening Reception for Cast of Characters please donate $85 or more to the Cast of Characters Kickstarter campaign by the deadline of Thursday, May 31, 2018. Please select the appropriate reward in order to attend. Thank you for your support! Kickstarter campaign ended–successfully!!!–on May 31st. Thanks to all who donated!!!

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
  • Bobbi 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

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.

Image credit:
Wallpaper designed by Liz Collins, produced by 4Spaces
Portraits by:
top row: Shelley Marlow, Cassils, Lani Asuncion
middle row: Dietmar Busse, Martine Gutierrez, Zanele Muholi
Bottom row: Nao Bustamante, Hannah Barrett, Paula Allen

 

 

Details

Date:
June 15, 2018
Time:
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Cost:
Free--RSVP required

Venue

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Organizer

Bureau of General Services—Queer Division
Email
contact@bgsqd.com
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