Uniting to Fight with Political Graphics

Uniting to Fight with Political Graphics 
A Panel Discussion & Exhibition Tour

September 12, 2010
2:30 - 4:30 pm

at the ONE Archives Gallery & Museum
626 N. Robertson Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
(entrance on El Tovar)

Center for the Study of Political Graphics presents a panel discussion with local LGBTQ activists who use political graphics to educate about the critical issues their communities face and to inspire and propel organized movements forward and into a broader public view.

For more than 40 years, political posters have been one of the primary art forms to challenge the oppression of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer individuals and communities. From the fight to expose inadequate healthcare for HIV/AIDS patients and end the AIDS crisis in the 80s & 90s; to the ongoing battles to end discriminatory laws; to efforts raising awareness of how LGBTQ communities are alienated by institutionalized racism and hate crimes…panelists will discuss the past and recent history of posters and graphics displayed in CSPG’s current exhibition, Out of the Closet & Into the Street: Posters of LGBTQ Struggles & Celebrations.
Organizations represented by the panelists include ACTUP/LA, Queer Nation, Critical Resistance, and INCITE.

After the panel discussion there will be an exhibition tour. Out of the Closet & Into the Street: Posters of LGBTQ Struggles & Celebrations is  on display at the ONE Archives Gallery & Museum through September 26, 2010.