Changing hearts and minds is an ongoing struggle in and of itself. For black and Hispanic gays, the fight is bracketed with so much marginalization (race, gender, class) that it has become easier to sit outside the gay rights mainstream in favor of tackling the everyday battles of existing within our own neighborhoods.
Read MoreMy Collages in the “Living in Color” Exhibition
“Living in Color” features an exhibition of photography, acrylic paintings, ink drawings, mixed-media, water colors, collages and even a toy theater. The exhibit opens June 11 from 6 pm to 9 pm and will run daily from noon to 4 pm through June 30, 2011.
Read MoreToni Morrison's Commencement Address to Rutgers University Class of 2011
"There is serious work, truly serious work, for you to do. I know you have been blasted with media designed to change you from citizens to consumers, and most recently, simply tax payers; from a community of engaged civic life, to individuals with hundreds of electronic friends; from a yearning for maturity to a desire for eternal childhood."
Read MoreFinding Ghazal
Today, as I carefully laid out my paints, water, X-acto knife, glue and paper it was with an intense sense of purpose, of knowing exactly what I wanted to convey. My collages so far have always tied into the larger world, be it some form of social injustice, suffering, or rage. The way I feel about the world is in my collages, but I am not.
Read MoreWangechi Mutu: Hunt Bury Flee
Yesterday, my friend Leila and I went over to the Gladstone Gallery in Chelsea to see Wangechi Mutu’s newest collages, curated under the the title “Hunt Bury Flee”. It was the first time I’d seen a Mutu collage in the flesh, up close. I was floored and moved.
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