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Art Exhibit: Visibility & Remembrance

***Visibility & Remembrance: Standing with the Trans* Community***

Art Exhibition curated by the USF Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the USF Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Alumni Group (UWAG)

Dates of Exhibition: November 17, 2021 - April 1, 2022; virtual exhibit is still viewable.

About: Visibility & Remembrance: Standing with the Trans* Community is an international art exhibit that centers trans* people as it invites artists to create and submit work that stands in solidarity with the trans* community. The exhibit runs from November 17, 2021 to April 1, 2022; these dates were chosen to honor two annual international events – Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20) and Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31).

The exhibit celebrates and makes trans* people’s experiences more visible as we seek to combat their exclusion and erasure from various aspects of society, while we also remember the courage and resilience members of the trans* community have shown in the face of various institutions and systems of oppression.

Visibility & Remembrance asks artists to reflect on the experiences, representations, identities, and/or politics of being trans*. The thirty-two artists selected for the exhibit reflect a diversity of perspectives and experiences from nine countries – Canada, France, Germany, India, Nigeria, Poland, Switzerland, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Their work includes two-dimensional and three-dimensional art, film, and poetry.

Past Events:

To view recordings of most of these events, visit the WGSS Youtube channel.

V&R Opening Reception and Artists in Conversation, on November 17, 2021
The Power of Art in Social Change: A Conversation with Kalki Subramaniam, on January 18, 2022
From the Olympics to Personal Fitness: A Conversation on Decolonizing Sports with Dr. Katrina Karkazis and Roc, on February 8, 2022
Meditations on Blackness and Gender Nonnormativity: A Lecture and Conversation with Professor Marquis Bey, on February 24, 2022
Intersex Care with Dr. David Rubin on March 10, 2022 at 6:00pm EST

Opening remarks by Finn Lefevre, from the V&R Opening Reception on November 17, 2021.