January Programs at the Archives of American Art

Out Front with Us: Documenting Solidarity is a panel that brings archival collections into conversation with artists today to explore mutual support between LGBTQ+ and disability activism in the McEvoy auditorium at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture on Friday, January 23 at 1pm ET.  

 

Featuring photographers Joan E. Biren, Lola Flash, and Leigh Mosley along with painter and writer Riva Lehrer, the discussion will draw on oral histories from the Archives of American Art, the world's largest collection of interviews related to the visual arts, as well the artists' decades of experience documenting community activism.  

 

Highlighting collections including the oral history of John Dugdale, a photographer who lost his vision, as well as Biren, Flash, and Lehrer's own oral histories, the program participants will reflect on how recording the past emboldens our shared future.