Strange Bedfellows

01/14/2016

The call is live for ISO Q***R GODS & THE GODS SURE ARE Q***R-- a project Strange Bedfellows curator Amy Cancelmo and Strange Bedfellows artist billy ocallaghan are excited to be collaborating on. Deadline is Feb. 15th!

Root Division invites q***r artists working in all media to participate in a research based, call and response exhibition and zine project to be presented at Root Division in June of 2016.

ISO Q***R GODS & The Gods Sure Are Q***r Volume 2, will feature up to 30 contemporary q***r artists whose work mines historical religious iconography and responds to the diverse representations of homosexual, transgender and non-binary content which has been preserved through the mythology of world religion. This call is an opportunity for contemporary artists to engage with history and respond to their research with visual and textual content.

This exhibition and publication offer the opportunity to look back and examine the preservation (and erasures) of q***r representation through artifact and mythology, and to look forward to how these histories might manifest visually and conceptually in contemporary q***r experience. This project is intended to broaden the horizons of the limited perspective of western religious iconography, and will ultimately be inclusive of a diverse roster of artists exploring a wide range of historical q***r spiritual significance.

https://rootdivision.org/open-call-exhibition/iso-q***r-gods-gods-sure-are-q***r-vol-2

Root Division invites q***r artists working in all media to participate in a research based, call and response exhibition and zine project to be presented at Root Division in June of 2016.

09/04/2014

Strange Bedfellow's is opening in Miami this Friday! Check it out if you're in the area! Or better yet, come by on Sept. 19th, curator Amy Cancelmo will be onsite in the gallery discussing the exhibition! http://mbus.fiu.edu/events/strangebedfellows/

Please Join the Miami Beach Urban Studios for the Opening Reception of Strange Bedfellows!By: Evan Northup - In: MBUS

05/29/2014

Hey q***r art history enthusiasts (or those who would like to earn the title):

On the weekend of June 7-8, I'll be doing a 2 day "Salon Series" of Lecture/Discussions on Q***r Art History with several other amazing minds (including John Morris, Joshua Saulpaw, Adrienne Skye Roberts, & Jared Ledesma) at an adorable carriage house in Dolores Heights. It's a sliding scale entry fee, reservations in advance, and space is LIMITED! Let me know if you're interested and I'll send you the details!

Ain't no party like a powerpoint party!
ps. lunch included :)

There are 4 sessions and you can sign up for as many as you'd like:


Saturday, June 7th, 11AM to 1PM (Session 1)

“Gay Europe: A Ho******ic Visual Tour of Classical Greece, Rome, and
Renaissance Italy.” (Josh)

“The ‘Modern’ Woman and Le****ns expatriates at the turn of the
century.” (Amy)

Saturday, June 7th, 2 to 4PM (Session 2)

“Sexy Sailors: The Development of an Icon in an Emerging Q***r
Community.” (Josh)

“Publications, Pulp & Fanboys: Le***an Pulp, On our Backs & Original
Plumbing.” (Amy)


Sunday, June 8th, 11 to 1 (Session 3)

“Craft & Confrontation: Le***an art in the 80’s & 90’s.” (Amy)

“Responses to AIDS: The AIDS Memorial Quilt, Keith Haring, Felix
Gonzalez-Torres and others.” (Jared, Josh & John)


Sunday, June 8th 2 to 4 (Session 4)

"Trial and Persecution: Oscar Wilde to Stonewall." (Josh)

Visibility, Activism & the Artist
(Amy & Adrienne Skye-Roberts)

03/23/2014

I had a great time speaking with students and faculty at Ithaca College! Thanks to Mara Baldwin, and the Handwerker Gallery for hosting me!

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03/23/2014

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Here's some great photos from the opening reception of Strange Bedfellows at Ithaca College's Handwerker Gallery.

03/08/2014

March 17-April 11: Strange Bedfellows

Hey UPSTATE NEW YORK! Strange Bedfellows is coming to Ithaca College's Handwerker Gallery!

Join us for one (or all!) of these amazing events!

Tuesday, March 18, 6 p.m.:Curatorial talk with Amy Cancelmo

Thursday, March 20, 4.30-6.30 p.m.: Strange Bedfellows Opening Reception!!

Thursday, March 27, 6 p.m.: Strange Bedfellows: Artist talk with Amos Mac

Tuesday, April 1, 12 p.m.: Department of Art History Roundtable

Tuesday, April 1, 6:30 p.m.: Strange Bedfellows Artist Talk: Chris Vargas & Greg Youmans

Wednesday, April 2, 6 p.m.: Strange Bedfellows Artist Talk: Sean Fader

Thursday, April 10, 6 p.m.: Strange Bedfellows Artist Talk: Tara Mateik

03/07/2014

Strange Bedfellows was presented at the Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery at Columbia College in January & February of 2014 as the sponsored exhibition of the Q***r Caucus for Art at the 2014 College Art Association Conference.

01/22/2014

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/strange-bedfellows-q***r-art-amy-cancelmo-columbia-college/Content?oid=12204043

"Strange Bedfellows," a traveling collection of collaborative work, surveys a subversive genre: q***r art.

01/15/2014

Looking forward to CHICAGO! So excited to be listed as one of the top exhibitions to visit in January by Chicago Magazine!

See you soon!

Catch Ebony G. Patterson's tapestries at Monique Meloche before they leave, drawings by Ed Paschke, and more.

01/15/2014

More love for Strange Bedfellows in Chicago

http://artworldchicago.com/2014/01/06/strange-bedfellows/

Strange Bedfellows is a nationally traveling exhibition and catalogue exploring collaborative practice in q***r art making curated by Amy Cancelmo. The project is fiscally sponsored by the Q***r Cu...

12/21/2013

For those of you who will be in Chicago for the College Art Association Conference, stop by the Strange Bedfellows artist panel!

Q***R CAUCUS FOR ART
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE IN Q***R ART
Time: 2/13/2014, 12:30 PM—2:00 PM
Location: Hilton Chicago, 3rd Floor, Marquette Room

Chair: Cancelmo, Independent Curator

Curator Amy Cancelmo discusses q***r collaborative practice with several of the artists featured in her nationally travelling exhibition Strange Bedfellows, currently on view at Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery, Columbia College, as the sponsored exhibition of the Q***r Caucus.
Artists:

Sean Fader, Fashion Institute of Technology

Tara Mateik, SUNY Staten Island

Tina Takemoto, California College of the Arts

Julie Sutherland, Independent Artist

12/20/2013

What's next for Strange Bedfellows?

http://blogs.colum.edu/press-releases/2013/12/19/columbia-college-exhibition-strange-bedfellows/ #.UrTNNTnD3Ys

CHICAGO (Dec. 19, 2013)—Columbia College Chicago’s Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery presents Strange Bedfellows, curated by San Francisco art historian Amy Cancelmo. Artists from across the United States who range in their gender and sexual identities, politics, and strategies for collaborati...