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SUMMARY:VIP and Press Preview and Opening Reception for Cast of Characters
DESCRIPTION:  \nCast of Characters\nAn Immersive Exhibition by Liz Collins\nJune 14 – September 16\, 2018 \nDownload the press release for Cast of Characters. \nDonors reception\nThursday\, June 14\, 2018\, 6-9 PM\n(for donors of $85 or more to Cast of Characters Kickstarter campaign—(campaign ended–successfully!!!–on May 31st) \nPress Preview\n Members of the press will be admitted to the exhibition at 5 PM on Thursday\, June 14th. Please contact Greg Newton at contact@bgsqd.com with the subject line “RSVP for Press Preview of Cast of Characters” and please include your affiliation. \nPublic opening reception:\nFriday\, June 15\, 2018\, 6-9 PM\nRSVP required for Public Opening Reception.\nThis event is free\, but donations to support the Bureau’s work are much appreciated! \nPlease RSVP here.\nEXHIBITION\nBUREAU OF GENERAL SERVICES—QUEER DIVISION\nROOM 210\, LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER \nVIP Donors Reception (June 14) and Public Reception (June 15)\nROOM 101\, LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER\n208 WEST 13TH STREET \nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division and The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center are proud to present Cast of Characters\, a dramatic transformation of the Bureau by artist Liz Collins featuring a salon-style exhibition of portraits by 95 LGBTQ artists. Inspired by lavishly decorated and richly ornamented nineteenth-century libraries and salons\, this immersive installation brings vibrant colors\, dynamic geometric patterns\, and lush textures to the Bureau’s utilitarian aesthetic of plywood and cardboard. The exhibition will transform the Bureau into a warm\, bright lounge\, inspiring contemplation and conversation\, beckoning visitors to linger\, look\, and read. \nMade possible by a grant from The Kors Le Pere Foundation and by individual donations to the Cast of Characters Kickstarter campaign. \nIn order to attend the VIP Donors Preview and Opening Reception for Cast of Characters please donate $85 or more to the Cast of Characters Kickstarter campaign by the deadline of Thursday\, May 31\, 2018. Campaign ended–successfully!!!–on May 31st\,\n \n  \nExhibiting artists \n\nPaula Allen\nLani Asuncion\nAziz + Cucher\nShimon Attie\nHannah Barrett\nNayland Blake\nMarissa Bluestone\nChris Bogia\nJustin Vivian Bond\nDeborah Bright\nNancy Brooks Brody\nDietmar Busse\nNao Bustamante\nJai Carrillo\nAnna Campbell\nCassils\nGeoffrey Chadsey\nCaroline Wells Chandler\nKyle Coniglio\nMarco DaSilva\nNiko Darling\nLeah DeVun\nKatrina del Mar\nKD Diamond\nVincent Dilio\nAngela Dufresne\nNicole Eisenman\nScott Ewalt\nAlesia Exum\nAvram Finkelstein\nC. Finley\nDaphne Fitzpatrick\nLola Flash\nChitra Ganesh\nAndrea Geyer\nGary Graham\nStephanie Gudra\nMartine Gutierrez\nBarbara Hammer\nMichelle Handelman\nJesse Harrod\nClarity Haynes\nKaren Heagle\nMars Hobrecker\nElizabeth Insogna\nRindon Johnson\nJohn Kelly\nAmanda Kirkhuff\nCarmelle La Sirena\nKia LaBeija\nDoron Langberg\nRebecca Levi\nMyles Loftin\nShelley Marlow\nRodolfo Marron III\nAaron McIntosh\nEric McNatt\nBobbi Menuez\nLucas Michael\nTroy Michie\nMidori\nRodrigo Moreira\nCarlos Motta\nZanele Muholi\nEm North\nSamantha Nye\nSig Olson\nAlice O’Malley\nAllison Michael Orenstein\nMaia Cruz Palileo\nAnna Parisi\nVick Quezada\nLJ Roberts\nJason Rodgers\nGabriel García Román\nJD Samson\nPaul Mpagi Sepuya\nM. Sharkey\nLauryn Siegel & Virgil B/G Taylor\nCharan Singh\nSKOTE (Alex P White & Jill Pangallo)\nBuzz Slutzky\nTuesday Smillie\nAllison Smith\nPamela Sneed\nAlexander Stadler\nA.K. Summers\nAarav Sundaresh\nCorinne Teed\nGail Thacker\nMickalene Thomas\nVincent Tiley\nBoris Torres\nNicola Tyson\nConrad Ventur\nMickey Vered\nCourtney Webster & Meg Turner\nKetch Wehr\nMatthew Weinstein\n\n  \n  \nLiz Collins is an artist and designer living and working in Brooklyn\, NY\, and in her work surrounds the viewer in vibrating color and pattern fields to explore the boundaries between painting\, fiber arts and installation. The cacophonic play of optics\, texture\, color and scale recreates her wavering experience of the world as a place of stupendous wonder and cosmic energy. \nCollins has had solo exhibitions at the Tang Museum\, Saratoga Springs\, NY; Heller Gallery\, NY; AMP Gallery\, Provincetown\, MA; and the Knoxville Museum of Art in Tennessee to name a few. Her work has been included in numerous exhibitions including at the ICA/Boston; Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art; the Museum of FIT; the New Museum; the Museum of Arts and Design and MoMA\, and numerous group shows at galleries around the world. Collins’ awards include a USA Fellowship\, a MacColl Johnson Fellowship\, and residencies at AIR Alaska\, Haystack\, MacDowell\, the Siena Art Institute\, Stoneleaf\, Yaddo\, and the Museum of Arts and Design. She is a Queer Art Mentor\, serves on the board of the Fire Island Art Residency\, is a new member of the Exhibitions Committee at the Leslie Lohman Museum\, and is one of the artists in the 2018-2020 Open Sessions program at the Drawing Center. \nThe Bureau of General Services—Queer Division is an independent\, all-volunteer queer cultural center\, bookstore\, and event space that opened in New York City in 2012 and has been hosted by The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center since 2014. We aim to foster a community invested in the values of mindfulness\, intellectual curiosity\, justice\, compassion\, and playfulness. The Bureau seeks to excite and educate a self-confident\, sex-positive\, and supportive queer community by offering books\, publications\, and art and by hosting a wide variety of cultural events\, including readings\, performances\, film screenings\, book discussion groups\, and workshops. We provide local and visiting queers and friends with an open and inclusive space for dialogue and socializing. \n\nEstablished in 1983\, New York City’s Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center empowers people to lead healthy\, successful lives. The Center celebrates diversity and advocates for justice and opportunity. Each year\, The Center welcomes more than 300\,000 visits to our building in the West Village neighborhood of Manhattan from people who engage in our life-changing and life-saving activities. To learn more about our work\, please visit gaycenter.org. \nBureau of General Services—Queer Division\n@The Lesbian\, Gay\, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center\n208 West 13th Street\, Room 210\nNY\, NY 10011 \nHours: Tuesdays—Sundays\, 1-7 PM. Closed Mondays.\nSummer hours (July & August): Wednesdays—Saturdays\, 1-7 PM.\nClosed Mondays\, Tuesdays\, & Sundays. \nImage credit:\nWallpaper designed by Liz Collins\, produced by 4Spaces\nPortraits by:\ntop row: Shelley Marlow\, Cassils\, Lani Asuncion\nmiddle row: Dietmar Busse\, Martine Gutierrez\, Zanele Muholi\nBottom row: Nao Bustamante\, Hannah Barrett\, Paula Allen
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