Running through April 5, “Performance, Protest and Politics: The Art of Gilbert Baker” is an exhibition at the GLBT Historical Society Museum focusing on the life, artistic oeuvre and activism of Gilbert Baker, the creator of the iconic rainbow flag. The exhibition was co-curated by Joanna Black, the former director of archives and special collections at the GLBT Historical Society. She will lead a special guided tour of the exhibition, explaining her curatorial choices and demonstrating how Baker channeled his artistic skills and larger-than-life personality into his activism, harnessing his unbridled creativity to advocate for positive social change.
SPEAKER
Joanna Black is the archivist at the William E. Colby Memorial Library at the Sierra Club’s National Headquarters in Oakland, California. She was director of archives and special collections at the GLBT Historical Society from 2016 to 2018, and she currently serves as chair of the society’s Archives Working Group. Black holds a B.A. in creative writing from San Francisco State University and a master’s in library and information science from the University of California, Los Angeles.
LOCATION
The GLBT Historical Society Museum, 4127 18th St., San Francisco
ADMISSION
Space is limited; advance tickets recommended. Walk-ins will be accommodated as space allows. Tickets are available here.
ASL INTERPRETATION
ASL interpretation provided upon request. Please write at least three days in advance of event to leigh@glbthistory.org.
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Image credit: Visitors contemplate a photograph of Gilbert Baker’s mile-long rainbow flag in the “Performance, Protest and Politics” exhibition at the GLBT Historical Society Museum; photo by Nalini Elias.