It’s Pride Month and we are thrilled to announce that Art after Stonewall, 1969-1989 has officially been extended to October 4, 2020, so more of you will have the opportunity to experience the exhibition. PFW provided Sponsorship for this Exhibition
This Pride Month, we are thinking about the life and legacy of Marsha P. Johnson, the pioneering black transgender activist and performer whose resistance to police harassment sparked the Stonewall Uprising on June 28th, 1969. Johnson is among the heroes of CMA’s exhibition Art after Stonewall, 1969-1989, the first major museum show to examine the impact on visual culture of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) liberation movement. According to ARTnews, Art after Stonewall, 1969-1989 is among the “essential shows from the past decade that have had lasting impact. They have shifted how art history is conceived, and shown what can happen when diverse voices are afforded new prominence and deep consideration.” Although too many queer and trans artists of color remain undervalued in the museum world, I am proud of CMA’s contribution to a more equitable and trans-inclusive history of American art and culture through our Art After Stonewall exhibition – the first of many such exhibitions we hope to share with our community in the future.
