Gallery Conversation | Celebrating LGBTQ+ Artists

Join writer Jane Blunschi for the second in a series of talks that explore the works and lives of LGBTQ+ artists in the museum’s permanent collection. This series will feature one conversation per month beginning with Pride month in June and culminating with Gay History Month in October.

This month, we’ll be celebrating Pride by focusing on the theme of Queer Identity, as seen through the work of painter Julie Mehretu, specifically Retopistics: A Renegade Excavation. We’ll take a close look at the artwork itself, the stories behind it, and discuss the experiences that shape our identities, the dynamic nature of self-discovery, and the ways in which our sense of self is influenced and supported by art.

Free, no tickets required.

About the Speaker

Jane Blunschi’s fiction writing explores issues of spirituality and domesticity through a lens of queerness. Blunschi holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from the University of Arkansas. Her collection of stories Understand Me, Sugar was published in 2017 by Yellow Flag Press, and her work has appeared in Paper Darts, SmokeLong Quarterly, and Foglifter. Blunschi lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.