IN AND OUT: Being LBGTQ on Vashon Island
Collagraph lacquer print plate detail from "Anthem" in Let's All Dance series On June 7, 2019 the Vashon Island Heritage Museum will open IN AND OUT: Being LGBTQ 🏳️🌈 on Vashon Island. IN And Out will be an interactive, collaborative exhibit and series of programs that examine and celebrate the long, quiet history of LGBTQ+ people of Vashon-Maury Island. According to the last US census, Vashon-Maury Island reported the greatest per capita population of Gays and Lesbians in Washington State. You might like to participate as a patron of this historic exhibition here- GoFundMe. My contribution to IN AND OUT will be 5 double panel collagraphs printed over monotype backgrounds. Each set of prints will also have a unique sculptural, dance as subject element. I call this series of song sourced images "Let's All Dance".
A song is a personal experience. It may evoke the emotional poignancy or elation of a defining moment. The same song might also b