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Public Sins / Private Desires: Tracing Lesbian Lives in the Archives, 1950 – 1980
June 22, 2012 - August 6, 2012
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Description:
Curated by Karen Stanworth, with the assistance of curatorial intern, Talia Linz, the exhibition is produced with the support of the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, and supporting partner, Special Collections, York University. Karen also receive a Minor Research grant from the Faculty of Fine Arts, York University.
Biographies:
Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman are interdisciplinary artists and award-winning filmmakers, who co-directed the Genie and internationally award-winning documentaries Forbidden Love: Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1992) and Fiction and Other Truths: a Film about Jane Rule (1995).
Karen Stanworth, the curator, is an historian of visual culture at York University and has published on visual culture and feminist cultural history.
Talia Linz, co-curator,and curatorial intern has just completed a collaborative Masters in Curating and Sexual Diversity Studies at the University of Toronto.
The exhibition is produced with the support of the Toronto Arts Council, and with supporting partners, Special Collections, York University.