Friends of Dorothy’s
@ Evanston Art Center
1717 Central St., Evanston, IL, 60201
Opening Sunday, June 1st, from 1PM - 4PM
On view through Sunday, June 29th
The Evanston Art Center (EAC) is excited to welcome the public to Friends of Dorothy’s. Friends of Dorothy’s, curated by Emma Rose Gudewicz, examines what it is to be queer today, underscoring the artists’ individual experience with queerness. This exhibition seeks to uplift and highlight LGBTQIA+ voices in an uncertain world.
The exhibition title Friends of Dorothy’s derives from queer slang in the mid-20th century. At a time when homosexuality was criminalized, many queer individuals used coded language to identify one another safely in public. “Are you a friend of Dorothy?” was a discreet inquiry from one queer individual to another that didn’t risk revealing a queer person’s identity to potentially dangerous people. Amid the regression of societal acceptance and understanding, we reflect on historical queer communities—their unity and resilience—and how their experiences shape the spaces we create today.
Friends of Dorothy’s will be exhibited in the Second Floor Main & Atrium Gallery of the Art Center. The opening reception is free and open to the public.
Featured Artists
Adrienne Elyse Meyers, Adrienne Weiss, Al Krueger, Alexander Proulx, Alexandra Ok, Anna Irving, Daniel Nolan, Doug Stapleton, Ellen Wertheim, Eso Malflor, Jacalin Oser, Jasper Solidago, Jenn Johnson, Kaden Sebastian, Kyle Richer, Larsen Husby, Lauren Kingsley Schoepflin, Madeline Zawada, Marky Salvati, Marina Ross, Mariarosa, McKenzie Fitz, Monica Morris, Olivia Comai, Oriana Koren, Prisma Andrade, Rex Cassidy, Riley Burks, Samuel Schwindt, Saskia Lethin, Spenser Bower, Tina Rose Rea Meister.
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