Ithaca College

Handwerker Gallery’s latest exhibition—Strange Bedfellows—will feature a series of events across the next four weeks, including an opening reception this Thursday, March 20, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the gallery’s main lobby.

On display at the Handwerker from March 17—April 11, Strange Bedfellows is a nationally traveling exhibition and catalogue exploring collaborative practice in queer art making. The exhibition is curated by San Francisco art historian Amy Cancelmo and is fiscally sponsored by the Queer Cultural Center (San Francisco). 

This exhibition offers a multiplicity of perspective on the queer experience and a variety of strategies for collaboration including political organizing, empathy, intersubjective identity, appropriation, familial relations, and romantic partnership.

Following the curatorial talk Tuesday evening, and the opening reception this Thursday, Strange Bedfellows events will also feature artist talks with five of the exhibition artists, including Amos Mac, Chris Vargas, Greg Youmans, Sean Fader, and Tara Mateik.

Exhibition Events:

• March 20, 4:30 p.m. | Opening Reception – light refreshments will be served in the gallery’s main lobby.
• March 27, 6:30 p.m. | Artist talk with Amos Mac
  
• April 1, 6:30 p.m. | Artist talk with Chris Vargas & Greg Youmans      
• April 2, 6:00 p.m. | Artist talk with Sean Fader
• April 10, 6:00 p.m. | Artist talk with Tara Mateik
• April 11, 12:00 p.m. | Army of Revolt production with Tara Mateik 

Exhibition Artist:
Bren Ahearn & Jesse Kahn
E.G. Crichton, Barbara McBane & Susan Working
Sean Fader
Alexander Hernandez & RUDE House
Sarah Hirneisen
Amos Mac & Juliana Huxtable LaDosha
Tara Mateik
Dutes Miller & Stan Shellabarger
billy ocallaghan
PosterVIRUS/Jordan Arseneault
Adrienne Skye Roberts
Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens
Julie Sutherland
Tina Takemoto & Angela Ellsworth
Chris Vargas & Greg Youmans
Joe Varisco & QUEER LEXICON
Angie Wilson & Amber Straus

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All Handwerker Gallery events are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.; Thursday, 10.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m.; and weekends, noon to 5.00 p.m.. The gallery is closed to the public on Tuesdays unless otherwise specified for an event but can accommodate group or class visits by appointment. Like us on Facebook! 

For further information or individuals with disabilities requiring parking accommodations, please contact Mara Baldwin at mbaldwin@ithaca.edu or 607.274.3548. Please make requests for accommodations as far in advance as possible.

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Image Credit: Amos Mac with Juliana Huxtable LaDosha