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Duncan-Portuondo and community members “disco mosaic rocks”
August 27, 2024

Dr. Alpesh Patel curates an exhibition at Franconia Sculpture Park in Shafer, Minnesota

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

The exhibition, “Queer Geographies”, coincided with the 8th anniversary of the Orlando, Florida shootings at the LGBTQ+ nightclub Pulse. The artist Sebastian Duncan-Portuondo and community members made “disco mosaic rocks”—extant rocks from the park adorned with shards of a disco mosaic ball. The stones were stacked up like a “cairn” (a manmade marker for burial) in the gallery (see picture). Each rock was eventually returned to the park at the end of the show.Patel refers to this piece as “galactic queerness” because the pile of rocks was exhibited in a room set up to mimic stars in the sky. Read More

July 10, 2024

Prof. Alpesh Patel publishes article on teaching

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Alpesh's article, "Forever Becoming: Teaching “Transgender Studies Meets Art History” and Theorizing Trans Joy" was based on the course he taught in Fall 2022. It is available as open-access in Arts. 2024; 13(4):115. https://doi.org/10.3390/arts13040115  Read More

July 1, 2024

Ali Printz (PhD candidate) curates show on Appalachian art at PAFA

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Ali Printz, PAFA Terra Foundation Curatorial Fellow, has curated "Layers of Liberty: Philadelphia and the Appalachian Environment", running at PAFA June 27, 2024-November 3 2024.“In addition to Ali's innovative scholarship that examines American art through an eco-critical lens, Layers of Liberty acts as a test case for our approach to the reinstallation of the permanent collection in 2026,” says PAFA Chief of Curatorial Affairs Anna Marley.  Read More

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