(NYC) Reception and Talk with Jonathan Katz

When
10 Dec 2011
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location
New York, NY

Yale GALA and FFR/Princeton BTGALA Present...
Reception and Talk with Jonathan Katz, co-curator of Hide/Seek "The Hidden Archive: The LGBT Presence in American Portraiture"
New York, NY

WHEN: Saturday, December 10, 4-7 pm. 4 pm reception, 5 pm talk
WHERE: The Yale Club of NYC, 50 Vanderbilt Ave, New York, NY
Across from Grand Central Station
COST: $15; $5 students (with ID); includes coffee & cookies. (Cash bar for wine, beer & soda)
RSVP required: RSVP and pre-pay at http://yalegalakatzlecture.eventbrite.com

First, mingle with others and enjoy the wonderful signing of the a
capella singing group Duke's Men of Yale. Next, hear Co-Curator
Jonathan Katz speak about Hide/Seek, the first LGBT exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum (2010-2011), which is now showing at the Brooklyn Museum through February, 2012.

Jonathan Katz is a renown art historian and scholar of Queer Studies, and Associate Professor at SUNY Buffalo. In the 1990's, Katz was the first full-time American academic to be tenured in the field of gay and lesbian studies. Katz was previously at SUNY Stony Brook, Smith, Yale University and London's Courtauld Institute. He founded and chaired both the Harvey Milk Institute and the Queer Caucus for Art of the College Art Association. Business casual dress required at the Yale Club.

About Hide/Seek exhibit (with pics):
http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/hideseek/index.html
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/hide_seek/

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