Category Archives: Critical Non-Fiction
Reports From the Field: Works In Progress in Visual and Critical Studies, March 30th
I will be presenting my work as a featured alumni speaker at the event, “Reports From the Field: Works in Progress in Visual and Critical Studies” at California College of Arts. I am presenting alongside my former classmate and friend, … Continue reading
Artist Bloc No. 1, Is Art Labor?
The Artist Bloc No. 1 zine is in circulation! This publication takes up the question of whether or not art is labor and considers the contribution of artists to the current Occupy Movement and social justice movements, in general. It … Continue reading
Swimming Lessons and the Red Scare at Vox Populi Gallery
One more Philadelphia talk scheduled! See below: Moles Not Molar Reading & Performance Series presents Friday, September 23 @ 8pm Vox Populi Gallery, 319 North 11th Street, 3rd Floor SUE LANDERS (Brooklyn) Sue Landers is the author of 248 mgs, … Continue reading
Swimming Lessons and the Red Scare, Press Release
In 1953, at the height of the McCarthy Era, 9 leaders of the American Communist Party were arrested in Philadelphia in violation of the Smith Act and tried for conspiracy to overthrow the United States government. Over 50 years later, … Continue reading
Philadelphia Research, Part 3: Protest
Picket outside Federal Building in Philadelphia on October 15, 1949 in opposition of indictments against Communist leaders. Reproduction of protest sign, demanding rights to freedom of speech for political organizations and individuals.
Philadelphia Research, Part 2: Sherman Labovitz
Sherman Labovitz is the only surviving defendant of the Philadelphia Smith Act, a former professor at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, and author of the book, Being Red in Philadelphia, A Memoir of the McCarthy Act. He is … Continue reading
Philadelphia Research, Part 1: The Archives
August 4, 2011: Communist Party Archives, Tamiment Library, New York University, NY August 10, 2011: The Urban Archives, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Where We Are Not Known, Queer Imagination and the Photograhy of Kirstyn Russell in Make/Shift, Issue 9
Kirstyn Russell’s photographs are haunting, beautiful and oftentimes, comical portraits of place framed through her queer lens. After working with Kirstyn on the exhibition Suggestions of A Life Being Lived, I felt compelled to spend more time with her project, … Continue reading
Performance, Act, Ritual: Art and Mourning, panel discussion at Performance Art Institute
Performance, Act, Ritual: Art and Mourning An interdisciplinary panel discussion moderated by Maria Porges April 9, 1-3pm 575 Sutter Street, San Francisco Panelists: Cooley Windsor Adrienne Skye Roberts Julia Goodman The Performance Art Institute invites you to join us for … Continue reading
SFMOMA Open Space, Collection Rotation
I am the March contributor for the Collection Rotation feature of SFMOMA’s Open Space! Each month Suzanne Stein at SFMOMA asks someone to organize a “mini-exhibition” from the museum’s collection. My contribution marks the beginning of an exploration into the … Continue reading
