Queering the Art Museum: Where do we go from here?

Queering the Art Museum explores the complex methodologies for museums to address and engage queer culture in a non tangential manner. Symposium performances, lectures, forums, and workshops will provide both speakers and attendees an opportunity to engage with these themes within an formal and informal context.

10 - 11:00 AM
Community Conversation
Where do we go from here? The future of queer in the museum.

Kris Morrissey Ph. D Museology, University of Washington
Rahul Gairola Ph. D Humanities & Sciences Department, Cornish College of the Arts
Wynne Greenwood - Seattle based artist
Jen Graves – art critic and writer for the Stranger
Jonathan Katz, PhD Chair, Visual Studies Doctoral Program, SUNY

11:30 – 12:00 PM
Question and Answer Conversation

12:00 – 12:30 PM
Lunchtime Performance
Ilvs Strauss – Seattle performance artist

2:30 – 4:00PM
Hide/Seek Exhibition tour with Jonathan D. Katz
Saturday guided tour for students, additional fee of $5.
Tour at the Tacoma Art Museum with co-curator Jonathan Katz

4:00 – 5:00PM
Community Building Workshop at the Tacoma Art Museum
Nicole Robert, PhD candidate at the University of Washington, and Erin Bailey, Master of Arts Candidate at the University of Washington, in a community conversation about the themes and topics covered during the symposium and exhibit.

6:00 – 7:30PM
Dinner Reception
Hide//Seek//Difference//Desire//Northwest
Hosted by The Space (Cost at Door $10)

Join the Space and Queering the Museum project at an art show that responds to Hide/Seek Difference and Desire in American Portraiture at a local level. Dinner and private reception, advance tickets are strongly recommended.

8:00 -11:00 PM
Public Reception
Hide//Seek//Difference//Desire//Northwest and Performances
Co-presenters: Queering the Museum Project and The Space for the free public reception of the exhibit with performances.