Friday, May 16

Queer Activism in Kansas City

4 Part series on queer activism in Kansas City

By Kansas City Artists Coalition

Select date and time

Friday, May 16 · 5:30 - 6:30pm CDT

Location

Kansas City Artists Coalition

3200 Gillham Kansas City, MO 64109

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

Event lasts 1 hour

Kansas City has a rich and surprising tradition of LGBTQ activism. Join Stuart Hinds, co-founder of the Gay and Lesbian Archive of Mid-America, as we explore this history in a 4-part lecture series looking at queer activism from the 1960s through the 1990s.

5:30-6:30 on the following dates, featuring the accompanying decades:

May 9th – 1960s
May 16th – 1970s
May 23 rd– 1980s
May 30th – 1990s

Organized by

Kansas City Artists Coalition

The Kansas City Artists Coalition was created to change the lives of artists living in Kansas City, Missouri.

On March 5, 1975 a large group of artists gathered in the studio of local artists Philomene Bennett and Lou Marak to address “How the Artist Can Benefit from Centralization.” Overwhelmingly the group felt a self-initiated organization was the only alternative to isolation, elitism, apathy, and ignorance. The ultimate result of that meeting was the incorporation of the Kansas City Artist Coalition in August 1976.

The Kansas City Artists Coalition (KCAC or Artists Coalition) is an artist-centered, artist-run alternative space that presents a variety of exhibitions of contemporary artists' work in its galleries.