Screening: Queer Identities and Histories of American Art

Join us to watch a recorded panel discussion exploring the ways in which queer identity has been encoded and explored in American art by artists throughout history.

Featuring:

Jonathan D. Katz, PhD | Professor of Practice, History of Art and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, University of Pennsylvania

Anna O. Marley, PhD | Chief of Curatorial Affairs, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Ksenia M. Soboleva, PhD | Andrew W. Mellon Gender and LGBTQ+ History Fellow, New-York Historical Society

Originally organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Art Students League of New York, in October 2023, this recorded panel discussion is offered in conjunction with Making American Artists: Stories from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1776-1976.

Making American Artists: Stories from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1776-1976, Photo: Jamie Young

Making American Artists: Stories from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1776-1976 is co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Lead support was provided to PAFA by the William Penn Foundation, with additional support from the Richard C. von Hess Foundation and donors to PAFA’s Special Exhibitions Fund. In-Kind support is provided by Christie’s and Gill & Lagodich Fine Period Frames, New York.

Making American Artists: Stories from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1776-1976 is the inaugural Ilene C. Siegler & Charles D. Edelman Exhibition. Additional support provided by William Hutchens. The Everson is supported by the Dorothy and Marshall M. Reisman Foundation; the General Operating Support program, a regrant program of the County of Onondaga with the support of County Executive, J. Ryan McMahon II, and the Onondaga County Legislature, administered by CNY Arts; and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.