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JUN 10 - DEC 1, 2020
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![Chitra Ganesh’s (@chitraganeshbkny) iteration of #QUEERPOWER, our annual site-specific public art installation, extends the artist’s ongoing commitment to femininity and social formations that are ofter overlooked or excluded from mainstream discourses around queerness, feminism, and race. Leading up to the unveiling on October 18, Ganesh offers a weekly window into her research and process by sharing formative archival images and publications. Some of these works include zines and minor literature which were important in creating space for developing queer, feminist, punk, and anarchic subcultures before the internet. Publications like “Bamboo Girl” (1995), “Angry Women” (1991), and “The Persistent Desire: A Femme Butch Reader”(1992) represented the effort and serpentine wayfinding necessary to seek them out, as well as to seek out the physical spaces of bookstores, cafes bars, live performances and festivals where these would circulate. While these publications reflect a vastly different and less developed representational landscape than what we live in today, they also reflected concurrent narratives around feminism and femme identity that have always existed. Ganesh has been deeply considering the impact of these publications and similar ones while creating the narrative imagery for the facade installation. And #funfact, the figure of Bamboo Girl makes an appearance in one of the windows!
1. “Bamboo Girl” (1995-2005) by Sabrina Margarita, was a feminist zine that “confront[ed] racism, sexism, and homophobia from the Filipina/API/Asian mutt feminist point of view”, states Margarita.
2. “Angry Women” (1991). Published Re/Search, the periodical expanded the vision of what feminism could be. It included topics ranging from “menstruation, masturbation, vibrators, S&M & spanking to racism, failed Utopias and the death of the Sixties”, reads the back cover.
3. “The Persistent Desire: A Femme Butch Reader”(1992), edited by Joan Nestle. Drawing on oral history, fiction, poetry, and fantasy the anthology surveys the meaning and value of butch-femme relations.
Curious to learn more? Listen to Ganesh’s talk with the scholar Amber Musser via the link in our profile.](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/120054413_831253924348873_3339831982595062474_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=hT6G593dPfgAX9cifxz&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=43c1c5d0a152187820f30e2911d1cec9&oe=5F934CFA)
![Happy #NationalVoterRegistrationDay! 🗳️ Are you ready to vote? LGBTQ+ people, especially transgender, gender nonbinary, and gender fluid folks are more likely to face barriers and voter suppression at the polls. “Trans people may face barriers—both because of difficulties in obtaining an ID that’s accepted, or because they might run into bias or misunderstandings of the law when it comes to their gender”, warns the National Center for Transgender Equality. Voting is a vital part of our civic participation and it is our right regardless of gender identity, sex, race, or socioeconomic status.
For New Yorkers the deadline to register to vote is October 9! The deadline to request a mail-in ballot is October 27, and Early voting begins October 24 through November 1. Here is a checklist to help you prepare your voting plan:
1. Register to vote if you haven't already.
2. Verify your registration if you have any doubt.
3. Check your absentee status if you aren't sure. Set a reminder in case you forget.
For more information and resources about trans voting rights, follow the link in our profile.
[Image: Bettye Lane, “Gay Rights, Register to vote: Billboards at the corner of Christopher St. and Seventh Ave., Greenwich Village, New York”, 1978. @nypl]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/120150817_116792516684571_4331883250498680468_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=KljekJKcxkIAX-BWHAE&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=c3fb0194677768cc6b475b2585bb6e34&oe=5F9154EB)
![RIP Ruth Bader Ginsburg 💔Thank you for your commitment to justice and equality, your strength and hope, and your authentic conviction. Rest in power!
"Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you." - #RuthBaderGinsburg
[Image: Irving Penn, “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, New York”, August 9 1993, printed May 2002. @metmuseum ]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/119637556_114452430405569_6529526991252040412_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=md1-oU7oR20AX_KW1SY&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=87ae63b788be42976fe15e3e6de5015a&oe=5F94D97B)
![Have you registered for our online conversation with Chitra Ganesh (@chitraganeshbkny) and Amber Musser (@a_jamilla)? Join us #tomorrow, Wednesday, September 16, from 6:30-8 PM to hear Ganesh and Musser discuss queer femininity, racial equity, and Ganesh's ongoing practice.
This program is co-hosted by the Museum and IPCNY (@ipcny), it is free and open to the public. ASL interpreting service will be provided. Please RSVP via the link in our profile.
#LeslieLohmanMuseum #IPCNY #ChitraGanesh #AmberMusser
[Image 1: Chitra Ganesh. Courtesy of Chitra Ganesh. Image 2: Amber Musser, photo by Maureen Catbagan, 2019.]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/119368210_316096783049790_4226769117340699486_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=19g5E_oa87sAX_8EOMt&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=f087863ad4c3c3351423549d4f68d23d&oe=5F94D55C)
![As summer is winding down in #NYC, some cultural spaces are opening up. For now, to ensure the safety of our audiences and community, the Leslie-Lohman Museum will remain physically closed. Please continue to follow our digital platforms for upcoming virtual programs, our ongoing “Knowledge of Wounds“ social media takeover, a new #QueerPower facade by artist Chitra Ganesh (@chitraganeshbkny), our 2020 Gala, and more. We look forward to having you back at the Museum for in-person visits in the future. #leslielohmanmuseum
[Image: JEB (Joan E. Biren) (@jebmedia), “Being Seen Makes a Movement Possible” 2019. site-specific façade installation. 📸 @kristineeudey]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/119646409_772352256951765_5854591814105987214_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=MRfrZonM75IAX9Oxnfl&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=1e18cf7a0455f0f27474e147f648746f&oe=5F9387C0)
![Participating in the 2020 Census is a powerful civic act to help represent yourself and the community you are a part of to ensure federal funding. Each individual form submitted in New York equates to $6,255 that goes towards different federally funded assistance programs. Historically, however, certain marginalized population groups have been underrepresented in the census leading to unequal political representation and access to vital public and private resources. Journalist Mona Chalabi (@monachalabi) created this amazing graphic to explain how each individual counted in the Census translates into real investments for our communities. Census forms are powerful. Let’s make sure our voices are heard!
Follow the link in our profile to fill out the census today! #2020Census
[Image: Mona Chalabi, 2020. Sources “Counting for Dollars 2020: The Role of the Decennial Census in the Geographic Distribution of Federal Funds,” Federal Funds Information for States.]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/119066901_319400806035912_1184329461166538583_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=BRKZk3B4X3sAX9CHDuD&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=8ce17a83161142b248d59560bd0a5afd&oe=5F94B4E1)
![Chitra Ganesh’s (@chitraganeshbkny) iteration of #QUEERPOWER, our annual site-specific public art installation, imagines a queer space and futurity that is abundant and temporally layered. Incorporating both historical and speculative imagery, this installation celebrates the queer and transgender histories of downtown Manhattan and the neighborhoods adjacent to the Museum’s #Soho location. Ganesh transports the viewer into the past and beyond, including imagery drawn from researching architectures of 19th-century Black settlements Seneca Village and little Africa, as well as 17th-century Lenape settlements and structures that have since been destroyed or erased, alongside flora and fauna indigenous to #NYC. This work extends the artist’s ongoing commitment to femininity and social formations that are overlooked or excluded from mainstream discourses around queerness and race, to highlight the vibrant queer Asian & South Asian communities that have been influential for the artist. Ganesh's QUEERPOWER facade grounds this future in our present moment, including images of those trans and gender nonconforming people who have been violently murdered this year, as well as historic queer and trans activists, including those who were lost to COVID this past year.
Leading up to the facade unveiling in mid-October, Ganesh will share images and media that have influenced her research and process. For the inaugural post, the artist offers us a view of some historic queer sci-fi and fantasy comic imagery that have been influential to the installation.
Curious to know more about Ganesh's work and practice? #Savethedate next Wednesday, September 16, 6:30–7:30 PM, the artist will be in conversation with scholar Amber Musser (@a_jamito discuss). RSVP through the link in our profile.
[images: (1) “Empire” Samuel Delaney's Graphic Novel Illustrated by Howard Chakin, 1978. (2) “Worlds Apart: An Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Science Fiction”, 1994 by Camilla Decarnin, Eric Garber, Lyn Paleo. (3)“The Female Man” (a feminist science fiction), by Joannna Russ, 1975.]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/118974259_3307472229346436_7696720292757967737_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=273tF38257YAX8a3s5Y&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=0ff5863dd9217285a00a6148f71a2917&oe=5F92D698)
![Save the date—Wednesday, September 16, 6:30–7:30 PM (EST), "Chitra Ganesh and Amber Musser in Conversation"! Leading up to the unveiling of our #QueerPower public art facade (October 10) by Chitra Ganesh (@chitraganeshbkny), we are excited to announce that the artist will join scholar Amber Musser (@a_jamilla) for a live conversation.
Ganesh is a Brooklyn-based artist whose practice brings to light narrative representations of femininity, sexuality, and power typically absent from canons of literature, history, and art. Musser is a Professor of American Studies at George Washington University and her research focuses on race, sexuality, and aesthetics. Ganesh and Musser will be in conversation to discuss queer femininity, racial equity, and Ganesh's ongoing practice.
This program is co-hosted by the Leslie-Lohman Museum and IPCNY (@ipcny), it is free and open to the public. Please RSVP via the link in our profile.
#LeslieLohmanMuseum #IPCNY #ChitraGanesh #AmberMusser
[📸: (L) Chitra Ganesh. Courtesy of Chitra Ganesh.
(R) Amber Musser, photo by Maureen Catbagan, 2019.]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.2885-15/118710395_3257443084331808_1874583698383560584_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=zFGcN5azkxYAX84NIf_&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=1fd934845b130f86969579e04d94111a&oe=5F93E4DE)
![Women’s Equality Day commemorates the certification of the nineteenth amendment which secured the right to vote for “some” women. In acknowledgment of this day, it is vital to understand how women of color were denied the right to vote long after the nineteenth amendment was passed. In spite of their efforts and contribution to the movement.
Alice Dunbar-Nelson, a Black writer and activist, who is known to have had relations with women and men, was a prominent figure in advocating for Black women’s rights. She worked with the Congressional Union and was part of the National Association of Colored Women and became the first black woman to serve on the Republican State Committee of Delaware. Dunbar-Nelson’s diary describes “a thriving lesbian and bisexual subculture among Black suffragists and clubwomen,” according to the research historian Wendy Rouse.
It is well documented that many #suffragettes held racist ideologies and solely wanted the vote for well off white women. Contemporary Queer and African-American history scholars seek to shed light on the overlooked history of marginalized persons who contributed to the suffragist movement and helped mobilize support for the nineteenth amendment.
Today, many BIPOC folks continue to face systematic disenfranchisement as a result of voter ID laws, voter roll purges, a lack of accessible polling locations, and more. Organizations such as the Washington, DC-based Common Cause (@ourcommoncause) and Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (@flrightsrestore) fight against voter suppression.
Don’t forget to register to vote!
#LeslieLohmanMuseum #WomensEqualityDay #AliceDunbarNelson
[Image: (detail) Photograph of Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Date unknown. MSS 113, Alice Dunbar-Nelson Papers. Special Collections, University of Delaware Library (@udelaware).]](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/118291672_168473848096621_2681936774873230263_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=cKR-gSG6d7AAX_JYk--&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=e036fd5965ccedb8c6f82b8847427de5&oe=5F91D764)
![I acknowledge the unceded lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation that I gratefully occupy. I pay respects to Elders past, present and future. This always was, always will be, Aboriginal land. I am part of the rich Samoan diaspora, both parents are from the island of Upolu, my father hailing from the village of Lufilufi and my mother, the village of Siumu. I pay respects to my multiple lineages of bloodlines, kinlines, chatlines, intersecting, threading, unravelling, making meaning and invigilating purpose.
1-5. Brian Fuata, “TEXT-IMAGE DEAD AND LIVING” (2020).
6. Brian Fuata, “Advert in The Albury Border Mail” (2019) Courtesy of artist and Murray Art Museum Albury.
7-8. Brian Fuata, “Apparitional Earth Work” - two clips of many taken by an audience (2015) Courtesy of artist. Video by Benjamin Woods.
9. Brian Fuata, “Apparitional Charlatan Minor Appearances”, NIRIN WIR Biennale of Sydney (2020). Courtesy of artist. Image by Angela Tiatia.
[To learn more about Fuata’s work and practice please visit brianfuata.com or head to the link in the LLM profile.]
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This IG takeover by Knowledge of Wounds centers Indigenous bodies as ongoing sites of queer and ancestral kinstillation. #KnowledgeofWounds #KoWtakeover #LeslieLohmanMuseum](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/118048369_249295459513344_7431732235303437769_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=I5KkDq3C9T4AX8MgQjm&_nc_oc=AQkyBU-ajXlXIHKVJao9OgKnRLGgpIKR9NV26A6YI_f_Kcb9uVsIjxWfVsCWtq4ntxk&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=594fb3b99c23de1aaebeb07687210f5c&oe=5F93EB1B)
![1. devynn emory [Lenape/Blackfoot] (@devynnemory) is a choreographer, dance artist, bodyworker, ceremonial guide, acute care and hospice Nurse currently working as a COVID-19 Nurse. emory’s performance work draws from their multiple in-between states of being, both as a mixed-race indigenous and transgender person, and in holding space for liminal bodies bridging multiple planes of transition. #devynnemory #devynnemorybeastproductions #premiereofdeadbirdcomingsoon!
To visit their website and Vimeo follow the links in the LLM profile.
2. [Billy Mannykin] devynn’s performance research stems from their work with medical mannequins, who they were introduced to in their Nursing school training. These mannequins appear in their current trilogy including their upcoming premiere of “deadbird”.
3. [devynn & Manny Simulation Lab] image of devynn and one of the manny’s of the family, in a closed glass simulation lab, as devynn learns to respond to an emergency medical scenario.
4. [Becoming Manny] Manny and devynn merge.
5. [deadbird1] devynn preparing the body in a ritual performance in process of #deadbird at the @thechocofactry.
6. [deadbird ritual prep] devynn with dancers @AngiePittman and @JulesSkloot preparing manny’s body at a performance process showing in residency at the @thechocofactry.
7. [deadbird feathers] devynn with dancers @AngiePittman and @JulesSkloot preparing manny’s body for transition with feathers and song at a performance process showing in residency at the @thechocofactry.
8. [deadbird dancers] devynn with dancers @AngiePittman and @JulesSkloot at a performance process showing in residency at the @thechocofactry in preparation for the premiere of #deadbird at @danspaceproject April, 2020.
9. [deadbird becoming a film due to COVID-19] devynn with manny in the making of the film of #deadbird at @subcircleresidency, July 2020.
#devynnemorybeastproductions #mymannykinfriends #deadbird #devynnemory
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This IG takeover by Knowledge of Wounds centers Indigenous bodies as ongoing sites of queer and ancestral kinstillation. #KnowledgeofWounds #KoWtakeover #LeslieLohmanMuseum](https://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/117889939_1144853062554260_4668978202684887400_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=IJselSpZGuQAX9it6yA&_nc_oc=AQkm5dKsScDLPVMlXwGyeSFBILjMPocV8XPB-_-RKoZZxT0zx5ilJg3NgnxQjaRgr8k&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=4a03a162537eed1324112f6493760f98&oe=5F91AB08)
