San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles welcomes groundbreaking
Queer Threads exhibition, on view May 12-August 20, 2023
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Contact: Chris Salinas chris@sjquiltmuseum.org
April 17, 2023 (SAN JOSE, CA)— The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles opens its highly anticipated Queer Threads exhibition to the public on Friday, May 12, 2023; gallery hours are from 11am-5pm, with a free public reception from 5:30-7pm.
The traveling exhibition is among the first to spotlight how contemporary artists are remixing fiber and textile traditions to explore LGBTQIA+ identities and experiences. For its latest iteration at the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, guest curator John Chaich has assembled an intergenerational, intersectional range of works from 37 emerging and established artists who are working in or rooted in the American West, Northwest, and Southwest, as well as work from the museum’s collection.
Exhibited artists include: AIDS Memorial Quilt, Indira Allegra, April Bey, Tammie Brown, Diedrick Brackens, Chiachio & Giannone, Craig Calderwood, Amanda Curreri, Greg Climer, Lola Corona, Ben Cuevas, Rakeem Cunningham, T.J. Dedeaux-Norris, Jovencio de la Paz, Erika Diamond, Ricki Dwyer, Andrés Payán Estrada, James Gobel, Harmony Hammond, Angela Hennessy, Alexander Hernández, Kang Seung Lee, Aubrey Longley-Cook, dani lopez, Richard Johnathan Nelson, Jasmine Nyende, Ramekon O’Arwisters, Joel Otterson, Maria E. Piñeres, Robb Putnam, RoCoCo, Erik Scollon, Sunny Smith, Molly Vaughan, Nathan Vincent, Angie Wilson, and Mikki Yamashiro.
On View Fri-Sun, 11 am to 5 pm, starting May 12, 2023 - August 20, 2023.
