Bask in the Light: Art from LGBTQ+ Incarcerated Folks Across Michigan art exhibit centers the work of individuals incarcerated across the state of Michigan who identify across the LGBTQ+ spectrum and/or who identify as living with HIV/AIDS. Black and Pink at the School of Public Health welcomes the Michigan community to learn more about this project at our opening event on Thursday, April 13, 2023 from 6-7:30pm in the Kalamazoo room in the Michigan League. The art will remain on display at the first floor of the Michigan League until the end of April 2023. Through their work, participating artists engage with the poetics of longing for community and connection, desire for healing and repair, and visual resistance to punitive and heteronormative logics. Their resilience is evident not just in their words and images, but also in the ways they have subverted institutional processes and materials in their creations. The title of the show, Bask in the Light, comes from the work of artist LÄdi Dä, reflecting the strength and beauty of transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex individuals trapped in the prison industrial complex.
Black and Pink at SPH, Adelante Lab (Dr. Bill Lopez)Bask in the Light: Art from LGBTQ+ Incarcerated Folks Across Michigan
April 13, 2023
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Kalamazoo Room, Michigan League
Sponsored by: Black and Pink at SPH, Adelante Lab (Dr. Bill Lopez)
Contact Information: Meghna Singh (Adelante Lab Manager), mssingh@umich.edu
This program or event is open to the alumni community
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Bask in the Light: Art from LGBTQ+ Incarcerated Folks Across Michigan art exhibit centers the work of individuals incarcerated across the state of Michigan who identify across the LGBTQ+ spectrum and/or who identify as living with HIV/AIDS. Black and Pink at the School of Public Health welcomes the Michigan community to learn more about this project at our opening event on Thursday, April 13, 2023 from 6-7:30pm in the Kalamazoo room in the Michigan League. The art will remain on display at the first floor of the Michigan League until the end of April 2023. Through their work, participating artists engage with the poetics of longing for community and connection, desire for healing and repair, and visual resistance to punitive and heteronormative logics. Their resilience is evident not just in their words and images, but also in the ways they have subverted institutional processes and materials in their creations. The title of the show, Bask in the Light, comes from the work of artist LÄdi Dä, reflecting the strength and beauty of transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex individuals trapped in the prison industrial complex.
