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ARTS & CULTURAL PROGRAMS

The Center is your cultural home base, and has been at the heart of New York City’s LGBT community since our earliest days. From our long-running Second Tuesday lecture series to premieres, panels and performances, we attract notable public figures from the arts, politics and academia to create, connect and celebrate with you.

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For avid arts and culture enthusiasts, learn more about volunteering at Center arts and culture events. The Center’s arts and cultural programming is made possible with support from The Kors Le Pere Foundation.

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Upcoming Events

QUEER|ART|MENTORSHIP ANNUAL EXHIBITION: ARCANUM
ON EXHIBIT OCTOBER 29, 2020 TO JANUARY 7, 2021

This exhibition features new and ongoing work by the graduating Fellows of the celebrated Queer|Art|Mentorship (QAM) program, and comprises interactive multimedia installations and events focused on revitalizing the intergenerational and interdisciplinary art of storytelling.

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CENTER READS “LEAVES OF GRASS” BY WALT WHITMAN
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2020, 7 P.M. ET

Read this classic and join in on the discussion! In 1855, Walt Whitman published—at his own expense—the first edition of “Leaves of Grass,” a visionary volume of twelve poems.

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CREATIVITY AND COLLABORATION THROUGH SHRINES
DECEMBER 1-6, 2020

In the Creativity and Collaboration Through Shrines workshop, participants will help create life-size shrines of each character in “Dust Vanishes Away,” a new play by theater collective People of the Chaotic Period.

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VISUAL AIDS’ DAY WITH(OUT) ART 2020: TRANSMISSIONS
DECEMBER 1-31, 2020

The Center is proud to partner with Visual AIDS for Day With(out) Art 2020 by presenting TRANSMISSIONS, a program of six new videos considering the impact of HIV and AIDS beyond the United States.

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VISIONS OF HIV: HOW WE SEE HIV/AIDS IN THE MEDIA
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2020, 6:30 P.M. ET

This is a special panel discussing how HIV and AIDS are represented in mainstream media. We’ll talk with community members Johnny Guaylupo (Housing Works Assistant Director), Michelle Lopez (Healthy Aging Specialist at GMHC) and writer & actor Charles Sanchez about their experiences with HIV and AIDS in the media and art, and how that impacts their work.

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SECOND TUESDAY: AIDEN THOMAS TALKS “CEMETERY BOYS” WITH LEAH JOHNSON
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2020, 6:30 P.M. ET

Two of young adult (YA) fiction’s acclaimed writers, Aiden Thomas and Leah Johnson, come together to discuss the release of Thomas’ debut novel “Cemetery Boys,” queer pop culture and more.

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ONLINE EXHIBITION: CAN YOU SAVE SUPERMAN?
JUNE 10-DECEMBER 1, 2020

The Center is proud to co-present, with the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, this special online exhibit by artist Jordan Eagles as part of our month-long virtual Pride celebration.

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