Public Programs in Conjunction with the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising at the Jewish Museum

New York, NY, February 13, 2019 – To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, one of the most important moments in gay civil rights history, the Jewish Museum is joining dozens of non-profit and cultural organizations as part of the Stonewall 50 Consortium, paying tribute through a year of programming, while highlighting works of art from the Jewish Museum's collection that explore themes of gender and identity.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Dialogue and Discourse: Eric Marcus in Conversation with Ross Bleckner and Deborah Kass
Thursday, March 7, 6:30 pm
Free with Pay-What-You-Wish Admission; RSVP Recommended
Artists Ross Bleckner and Deborah Kass, both in the collection of the Jewish Museum, will discuss their work in the context of LGBTQ history and Jewish identity in a conversation moderated by Eric Marcus, creator and host of the Making Gay History podcast.

Writers and Artists Respond: Adam Eli
Thursday, May 30, 6:30 pm
Free with Pay-What-You-Wish Admission; RSVP Recommended
Community organizer and writer Adam Eli highlights some of his favorite pieces in Scenes from the Collection, the Jewish Museum’s collection exhibition, addressing the intersection of queer identity and Jewish culture. This program will feature ASL interpretation.

Gallery Talks
Fridays, June 21 and 28 at 2 pm
Free with Museum Admission; RSVP Recommended
Explorations of select works of art in Scenes from the Collection.

Friday, June 21
Scenes from the Collection: Queer Painting
What is queerness and how is it explored in painting? Chris Gartrell, Associate Manager of Adult Programs, examines these questions through works in the Jewish Museum’s collection by Ross Bleckner, Gert Wollheim, and Deborah Kass.

Friday, June 28
Scenes from the Collection: The Legacy of the Zip
What happens when painting is pared down to its most formal elements? And how do artists infuse those formal motifs with new content in later generations? Jenna Weiss, Manager of Public Programs, explores the legacy of Barnett Newman’s ‘zip’ in works by Ross Bleckner and others.

Further program and ticket information is available by calling 212.423.3337 or online at TheJewishMuseum.org/TalksPerformances. All programs are at the Jewish Museum, Fifth Avenue and 92nd Street, Manhattan.

Additional information about Stonewall 50 programs at the Jewish Museum can be found on the Museum’s Medium page.

Support
Public programs are made possible by endowment support from the William Petschek Family, the Trustees of the Salo W. and Jeannette M. Baron Foundation, Barbara and Benjamin Zucker, the late William W. Hallo, the late Susanne Hallo Kalem, the late Ruth Hallo Landman, the Marshall M. Weinberg Fund, with additional support from Marshall M. Weinberg, the Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation, Inc., the Saul and Harriet M. Rothkopf Family Foundation, and Ellen Liman. Additional support is provided through public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.