Classic Kink (Part II)
@ Leather Archives & Museum
6418 N Greenview Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
Opening Thursday, May 11th, from 6PM - 8PM
The Smart Museum of Art, Office of LGBTQ Student Life – The University of Chicago, and the Leather Archives & Museum are partnering for a special two-part program that explores classicism in relation to the history of LGBTQ communities.
Part II features a discussion of the history and future of Chicago’s active LGBTQ community and a tour of classically-themed 1960s and 70s physique photography and murals by Chuck Renslow and Etienne at the at the Leather Archives & Museum, which preserves the history and culture of fetish, kink, and leather communities in Chicago. Following the tour, the UChicago student organization RACK (Risk-Aware Consensual Kink) will give a demonstration about the aesthetics and safe practice of contemporary kink.
FREE, but space is limited. Please RSVP in advance.
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Presented by the Smart Museum of Art, the Office of LGBTQ Student Life at the University of Chicago, and the Leather Archives & Museum. Support for this program has been provided by UChicago Arts Grants.
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Image: Guglielmo (Wilhelm von) Plüschow, House of Marcus Lucretius, Pompeii (detail), undated, Albumen print Alma-Tadema Collection, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham, Cat. AT 7988.
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