Join USC-Roski School of Art and Design’s Associate Professor Andy Campbell (he/him) and elementary educator Skye Tooley (they/them) to explore LGBTQ+ lives, art, and design through LACMA’s collections of photographs and prints as well as the unique resources of One Institute, community partner to ONE Archives at USC Libraries, the largest collection of LGBTQ+ material in the world.
With Polly Apfelbaum’s 2006 series Flags of Revolt and Defiance, works by Claude Cahun and Weegee, and the digitized poster collections of ONE Archives, we’ll address how symbols such as the rainbow and trans pride flags have come to represent LGBTQ+ community, and how they are emblematic of making and living outside of the lines of societal expectation. At a moment when such content is being actively challenged within national, state, and local political arenas, we’ll discuss strategies for illuminating LGBTQ+ artists’ lives and works with the possibilities of DIY print and iterative media.
