Fine Arts Exhibition
Fine Arts ExhibitionFillmore District
A powerful tribute to Essex Hemphill's legacy exploring ritual, desire, and queer kinship through bold multimedia works by five Bay Area artists. Intimate installations and video art confront self-acceptance, environmental justice, and diasporic community with unflinching honesty.
Tips
February 14 at 8pm
Celebrate Valentine's with champagne and two rarely screened 1960s queer underground films: Mike Kuchar's inventive melodrama starring Red Grooms, and Jack Smith's visionary "Normal Love" with its be-wigged, plotless parade of early gay gestural play.
March 7
Step into the weird and wonderful world of archival fever dreams. Local underground artists spin forgotten footage into gold: Rebecca Barten crafts an emotional montage from her personal archives, David Sherman resurrects rare North Beach beatnik outtakes, and Scott Stark brings a 1950s Tulsa cocktail party back to life in 3-D slides. Expect cosmic animations, Hungarian fencing footage, and delightfully strange treats like "Bat-Men of Trinidad."
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Fine Arts ExhibitionFine Arts ExhibitionA powerful tribute to Essex Hemphill's legacy exploring ritual, desire, and queer kinship through bold multimedia works by five Bay Area artists. Intimate installations and video art confront self-acceptance, environmental justice, and diasporic community with unflinching honesty.
Tips
February 14 at 8pm
Celebrate Valentine's with champagne and two rarely screened 1960s queer underground films: Mike Kuchar's inventive melodrama starring Red Grooms, and Jack Smith's visionary "Normal Love" with its be-wigged, plotless parade of early gay gestural play.
March 7
Step into the weird and wonderful world of archival fever dreams. Local underground artists spin forgotten footage into gold: Rebecca Barten crafts an emotional montage from her personal archives, David Sherman resurrects rare North Beach beatnik outtakes, and Scott Stark brings a 1950s Tulsa cocktail party back to life in 3-D slides. Expect cosmic animations, Hungarian fencing footage, and delightfully strange treats like "Bat-Men of Trinidad."