The Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation

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Leslie/Lohman is proud to announce that it is now accepting submissions for several large group exhibitions in 2008. Read the description of the shows and then the FINE PRINT at the bottom. Happy NEW YEAR!

These shows are open to all LGBTQ artists of any nationality and color with one exception – PINK & BENT, is open to women only.

Deadline for entries is FOUR weeks before opening date for each show.

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PINK & BENT, a large group lesbian show.
Leslie/Lohman encourages the greatest participation possible in the media of painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, printmaking and mixed media (sorry no video).

Run of show: May 21– June 28, 2008

Opening reception: Tuesday, May 20, 6 – 8p

Open only to lesbian artists

Curated by Pilar Gallego & Cora Lambert

Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation presents Pink & Bent, an exhibition of international artwork by queer women. The goal of this art show is to present audiences with an artistic experience that depicts the many threads that sew us together as a community. It is extremely important to note that the term "community" references a group of individuals who share many common characteristics, but come from different backgrounds and are each beautiful and powerful in their own unique way. Pink & Bent hopes to enlighten audiences about the different aspects of being a queer woman within the context of artistic expression and freedom. We look to art with the goal of defining terms such as "queer" through the mediums of photography, painting, and sculpture to describe visually what is too complicated to define through the confines and perimeters of language. Pink & Bent explores topics of masculine/feminine, gender roles, self-identity, and self-representation by depicting ourselves, friends, and lovers. We seek to celebrate the diversity and visibility of queer women artists.

For information about submitting work for this show contact: pilar@leslielohman.org or cora@leslielohman.org

 

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IMAGINARY PORTRAITS: GAY LOVERS IN HISTORY, a large group show. This is a show of imaginary portraits based on known or newly discovered LGBTQ couples from ancient to contemporary society. Since we do not know what many couples looked like these portraits can be completely imagined by you.

Run of show: November 18 – December 20, 2008

Opening reception: November 17, 6 – 8p

Open to all LGBTQ artists

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THE FINE PRINT – PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

• All exhibitions will take place at the Leslie/Lohman Gallery at 26 Wooster Street, New York City (btwn Grand & Canal).
• All works must be original art.
• Work should never before have been exhibited at the Leslie/Lohman Gallery.
• Deadline for entries is four (4) weeks before opening date for each show.
• Work accepted for exhibition must be delivered to the gallery two (2) weeks before opening date.
• Work accepted must be delivered appropriately framed and ready to hang – NO EXCEPTIONS -- this includes wiring for hanging.
• All work accepted for exhibition MUST have the artists name, address, phone, title of work, date of creation, media, edition, and sale price printed neatly and clearly and attached to the back of each piece.
• Slides, CD's, work prints, etc. must be identified with the artist's name, address and phone no. and will NOT be returned to the artist. They will be kept on file for future reference.
• Monies for work sold goes directly to the artist. Leslie/Lohman suggests a 25% donation of a works full price to the Foundation.
• Leslie/Lohman is NOT responsible for cost of shipment or delivery and/or return of art work to artist. (Leslie/Lohman is a non-profit organization with a relatively small budget and cannot afford to pay for shipment of art or framing costs.)
• Work left 30 days after the end of show will be disposed of at the discretion of Leslie/Lohman.
• Leslie/Lohman reserves the right to reject work due to irresolvable disputes between the artist and curators.
• The curators of these shows are the Chief Curator and Director's of Leslie/Lohman.
• Curator's selections are final and work accepted for exhibition in these shows can be used as reproductions for promotional and/or publicity purposes to promote these shows.

All of these shows are unthemed except IMAGINARY PORTRAITS: GAY LOVERS IN HISTORY. Even so, the undercurrent in all of them should be a revelation of the LGBTQ sensibility from the darkest depths to a celebration of a renewed sense of worth and validity, however difficult that is to define.

Hope to see you all at these shows.

Thanks!

 

Women and People of Color Encouraged to Apply

 

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