Felt paintings, yarn drawings, quilted tapestries, as well as crocheted sculptures -- necessities su...

1. Using Craft Art To Explore Contemporary LGBTQ Culture
Felt paintings, yarn drawings, quilted tapestries, as well as crocheted sculptures -- necessities such
as types of masterpieces that exist in the craft world, marked by simply possibly their decorative,
DIY or perhaps conventional flair. Created of the things coming from macramé for you to
needlepoint, these handmade objets d'art aren't exactly the really first stuff that pop into one's mind
when discussing your complex and also varied whole world of contemporary LGBTQ concerns inside
art. yet they are usually the topic regarding "Queer Threads: Crafting Identity & Community," a
fresh exhibition at the Leslie-Lohman Museum associated with Gay and also Lesbian Art.
Allyson Mitchel, Queer Un-Nation, 2012, Yarn as well as felt, 36 x 48 in. Function and also image
courtesy of the artist.
"Queer Threads" brings collectively international figures renowned within the craft communities
who've utilized specific craft media for you to explore their own individual as well as collective
queerness. Via the gigantic, ceiling-to-floor-sized pride flag to some cross-stitched interpretation
regarding RuPaul's "Supermodel" video, your show includes a mesmerizing swath regarding textiles,
lace and embroidery that will fill the museum's halls starting January 17, 2014.

2. L.J. Roberts, the Queer Houses associated with Brooklyn within the 3 Towns regarding Breukelen,
Boswyck,and Midwout during the 41st year in the Stonewall Era, (based on a 2010 drawing by
simply Daniel Rosza Lang/Levitsky using 24 illustrations by Buzz Slutzky upon printed pin-back
buttons), 2011, Poly-fill, acrylic, rayon, Lurex, wool, polyester, cotton lame, sequins, and also
blended fabrics, 138 x 114 x 108 in. Courtesy in the Smithsonian American art Museum, Gift
involving Elaine Reuben. Photo credit: The Actual Smithsonian American Artwork Museum.
Nathan Vincent's crocheted men's locker room -- made in order to scale -- sits near Allyson Mitchell's
discovered afghans adorned with phrases such as "Pride is actually a Pyramid Scheme." And Also
that could forget L.J. Roberts' "The Queer Houses of Brooklyn within the three Towns of Breukelen,
Boswyck along with Midwout throughout the 41st Yr in the Stonewall Era," any wild multi-media

3. installation forged via knitting, embroidery along with quilting? That references both the actual
AIDS Memorial Quilt and also ACT UP, piecing familiar bits of LGBTQ iconography in any single 138
simply by 114 by simply 108 inch blended fabric explosion.
"Using craft to celebrate and critique identity along with community is extremely queer in most
senses associated with the phrase -- unusual, political, and personal,"curator John Chaich explained
in the statement in regards to be able to the exhibition.
Rebecca Levi, two Ladies, 2007, Cotton floss embroidered upon cotton fabric, 20 x twenty in.
Courtesy of the artist. Photo credit: Rebecca Levi.
With the prosperity of past collections such as the Smithsonian's "40 Beneath 40: Craft Futures," it's
no surprise folks similar to Chaich are usually turning an eye to the craft movement. Nevertheless it
seems like that "Queer Threads" is actually seeking in order to prove in which notions of association

4. and representation are infiltrating your "canvases" associated with craft artists quicker compared to
we could whip with each and every other successfully curated exhibitions. Via your United States
Regarding America along with Argentina to become able to Canada along with South Africa, artists
are usually mapping queerness as well as challenging identity using time-honored craft techniques
coming from almost all different demographics. Just as classic quilts might help art historians
understand the role involving feminism in art-making, thus may contemporary craft assist us to
reflect about the ever-changing landscape associated with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender along
with queer issues.

5. James Gobel, The Actual Installing No. 1, 2007, Felt, yarn along with acrylic upon canvas, 84 x 72 in.
Collection regarding Costello & Tagliapietra. Photo credit: courtesy regarding Kravits/Wehby.
Scroll through a preview of Leslie-Lohman's upcoming exhibition here as well as let's realize your
thoughts on the display in the comments.
John Thomas Paradiso, Leather Pansy II, 2010, Leather, thread, as well as plastic hoop upon wood
panel, ten x ten x 1.5 in. Courtesy associated with Elisabeth Jacobsen. Photo credit: John Thomas
Paradiso.

6. Aubrey Longley-Cook along with 34 community
participants, RuPaul Cross Stitch Animation
Workshop - Front View, 2013, Animated cross
stitch, frame 17. Courtesy of the Artist. Photo
Credit: Aubrey Longley-Cook.

7. Chiachio & Giannone, Familia GuaranÃ, 2009, Hand embroidery using cotton threads, jewelry
threads and also rayon in fabric, 51 x 48 in. Courtesy of artist. Photo credit: Daniel Kiblisky.

9. Nathan Vincent, Locker room (installation view), 2011, Yarn, 144 x 228 in. Courtesy of the artist.
Photo credit: Stephen Miller.