2019 FEB: SF DATE BOOK
"Artists often move back in time for inspiration; they connect with ancestors in the process of creation. Queer people have queer ancestors, too, of course. But for a variety of reasons, the connections aren’t always so strong.Queer history, if it wasn’t outright suppressed, was never particularly well recorded until more recently. This is especially true when it comes to the visual record — particularly for queer people of color and transgender people. The Queer Ancestors Project changes this, one class at a time over several months, by connecting artists to the LGBTQ people who came before them"
"Artists often move back in time for inspiration; they connect with ancestors in the process of creation. Queer people have queer ancestors, too, of course. But for a variety of reasons, the connections aren’t always so strong.Queer history, if it wasn’t outright suppressed, was never particularly well recorded until more recently. This is especially true when it comes to the visual record — particularly for queer people of color and transgender people. The Queer Ancestors Project changes this, one class at a time over several months, by connecting artists to the LGBTQ people who came before them"