Queer Caucus for Art reception at ONE Archives

February 24, 2012
7-9pm
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
909 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007

In conjunction with the College Art Association 2012 Annual Conference, the Queer Caucus for Art will host a reception at ONE Archives for QCA members and the public. ONE Archives is currently presenting Cruising the Archive, a three-part exhibition as a part of Pacific Standard Time, and To Whom It May Concern, a site-specific installation by artist Catherine Lord.

On view at ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives:

Cruising the Archive: Queer Art and Culture in Los Angeles, 1945-1980 is a three-part exhibition that explores the relationship between artistic practices and LGBTQ histories through artworks, objects, and documents culled from the collections at ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. The most comprehensive exhibition of materials from ONE Archives, Cruising the Archive is presented as a part of Pacific Standard Time.

In conjunction with Cruising the Archive, Catherine Lord has produced a site-specific installation, To Whom It May Concern. Borrowing its title from the dedication of John Cage’s book Silence, To Whom It May Concern explores a network of generosity. Photographs of several hundred book dedications, considerably enlarged, are presented along the mezzanine space above the closed stacks of ONE’s library.

For more information on Cruising the Archive and To Whom It May Concern, please visit
http://cruisingthearchive.org/

Co-sponsored by Queer Caucus for Art subcommittee of the College Art Association and ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives.

It is the purpose of the Queer Caucus for Art: the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Caucus for Art, Artists & Historians to nurture and encourage the study of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender history, theory, criticism, and studio practice in the arts; and to provide, through its various events, better communication among its members, the academic and the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, and the public at large.

ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives is the oldest active LGBTQ organization in the United States and the largest repository of LGBTQ materials in the world. Founded in 1952, ONE Archives became a part of USC Libraries in 2010.