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September
Culture Series:
Will Fellows
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GAY BAR
A Closer Look at Helen Branson's Queer Little Book
Helen P. Branson operated a gay bar in Hollywood in the 1950s and her book Gay Bar was published in 1957. Part memoir, part pro-gay testimonial, it was an extraordinary book for its time.
Will Fellows, creator of a new edition of Gay Bar, will discuss the 1957 book's origins, how it was received when it first appeared, and its enduring significance.
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Sunday,September 18, 2011
2:00pm-5:00pm
$5.00 Suggested Donation
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909 W. Adams Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
(213) 741-0094
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Greetings!
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, a Getty funded collaboration, has funded a series of over forty exhibitions across Southern California and ONE Archives is taking part in a huge way. Pacific Standard Time, the largest collaborative project of its kind, aims to uncover the historical record of Southern California art and its emergence as an international center. Read below to learn of ONE's exciting contribution.
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 | CRUISING the ARCHIVE:
Queer Art & Culture in Los Angeles, 1945-1980
| ONE Archives presents an exhibition of artworks and archival items from its unique collections that illuminate the vital role Los Angeles has played in LGBTQ history. Cruising the Archive will open October 1, 2011 at ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives in West Adams and at ONE Archives Gallery & Museum in West Hollywood; and January 11, 2012 at the Doheny Memorial Library at the University of Southern California (USC).
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This exhibition will highlight the work of visionary artists and community organizers who helped lay the groundwork for gay liberation and subsequent queer activism in Los Angeles and beyond.
"Los Angeles has an incredibly rich history of queer community building dating back to the 1940s and even earlier," said co-curator of Cruising the Archive David Frantz. "We really wanted to pay tribute to these artists and activists, many of whom have received little or no attention for their tremendous work."
"One of the driving forces behind Cruising the Archive has been a desire to shed light on the extensive holdings at ONE Archives and to bring these historical materials into dialogue with contemporary artists and scholars," said co-curator Mia Locks. "We hope this is the beginning of many other guest-curated and artist-initiated projects at ONE Archives."
 Cruising the Archive is accompanied by a full-color exhibition catalogue published by ONE Archives. The publication includes essays by Ann Cvetkovich, Vaginal Davis, Jennifer Doyle, Judith "Jack" Halberstam, Catherine Lord, Richard Meyer, Ulrike Müller, and Dean Spade. The publication will be available for purchase October 2011 at ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, select bookstores, and online at cruisingthearchive.org/catalogue. |
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