"I want to make it clear, this also happened in SoMa, the Tenderloin, and the Polk. There have been queers in all of San Francisco, going back to the Gold Rush. The exhibition centers on local intergenerational queer and trans artistic leadership, and was developed in collaboration with the GLBT Historical Society."
"Conjuring Power shines a special light on artwork from the next generation of local LGBTQ+ creatives. Its broad sweep includes works by Ester Hernández, Serge Gay Jr., Crystal Mason, Tanya Wischerath; along with artifacts, archival films, inventive new prints based on historic protest art; and excerpts from 20 oral histories drawn from De Robertis' work with the acclaimed Elders Project."
"Rents were low even before the Castro became an enclave for queer people. It was a working-class neighborhood with mainly Irish American families. In the 1970s, a proliferation of new gay bars signaled an openness to queer small business owners and their clientele."
Conjuring Power: Roots & Futures of Queer & Trans Movements is a major exhibition at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts running March 13-August 23, curated by Tina V. Aguirre and Caro De Robertis in collaboration with the GLBT Historical Society. The exhibition presents a comprehensive view of San Francisco's queer and trans history beyond the Castro, acknowledging contributions from SoMa, the Tenderloin, and the Polk neighborhoods dating back to the Gold Rush. The show features works by established artists including Ester Hernández and Serge Gay Jr., alongside emerging local LGBTQ+ creatives, archival films, protest art prints, and oral histories from the Elders Project. The exhibition emphasizes intergenerational artistic leadership, cultural resilience, joy, and hope within queer and trans communities.
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