June 20th Periwinkle Cinema will be showing First Comes Love as part of a series of queer shorts. More info to come.

Just got an email from Gary Varro from Queer City Cinema in Skekatuan Canada that First Comes Love will be the short film in front of the closing night film! Very excited! The festival is June 7-9. You can keep an eye on QCC website to see the program here http://www.queercitycinema.ca/media2012/

My video installation, Object Number One will be part of the Man as Object show at the Kinsey Institute in April and May. Opens April 13.

http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/services/gallery.html

Upcoming Exhibitions
Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze
Juried Art Show 2012 will be on exhibit May 18 to July 21, 2012 at the Grunwald Gallery of Art.
Eric with Flowers, by Laura Hartford.
April 13 – June 29, 2012

Man as Object presents works of art that examine the visibility of men and masculinity from female/feminist/transgender perspectives. By surveying the ways men are represented in contemporary art by women, this exhibition opens new dialogues regarding the myriad of ways women view men in today’s culture and society. It marks an important development in feminist art, which has long concentrated on images of women meant to challenge stereotypical notions of womanhood. A gallery filled with works depicting men, created by women, actively resists the prevalence of the male gaze in art. This traveling exhibition will be accompanied by a selection of artworks by female artists depicting men that is drawn from the permanent collection of The Kinsey Institute.

Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze was organized by Karen Gutfreund for the Women’s Caucus for Art. Prior to coming to Bloomington, it was shown at the SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco.

An opening reception will be held at The Kinsey Institute on Friday, April 13, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. This event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be provided.

A panel discussion, A Dialog with the Artists on Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze, will be held prior to the show opening, April 13, from 4:00 to 5:00, in Morrison 007 (ground floor).

Object Number One was in a show in January 2012 called Nudes for the New Year at Milk Gallery in Sacramento. The show had great work in it, lots of large pieces. Was really a beautiful space. You should check out the Milk Gallery!

An evening of formal and conceptual video works by: Anne Walsh, Bill Basquin, Dierdre Logue, Tara Mateik and Evie Leder at New Nothing Cinema on March 8, 2012.

There is this show coming up called Man As Object, Reversing the Gaze. It’s featuring all work by women of men. It’s bound to be interesting. Some amazing artists in the show including

Juana Alicia
Nancy Buchanan
Guerrilla Girls On Tour!
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Jill O’Bryan
ORLAN
Carolee Schneemann
Sylvia Sleigh
Annie Sprinkle
Elizabeth Stephens
May Wilson
Melissa P. Wolf

I’ve got a piece in the show, too. Find out more about it here:

http://www.somarts.org/manasobject/