Our Story
VISION
To be a home for queer art, artists, scholars, activists and allies, and a catalyst for discourse on art and queerness.
MISSION
The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art provides a platform for artistic exploration through multi-faceted queer perspectives. We embrace the power of the arts to inspire, explore, and foster understanding of the rich diversity of LGBTQI+ experiences.
ABOUT
Created by our founders to preserve LGBTQ identity and build community, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art acts as a cultural hub for the LGBTQ community. Our roots trace back to 1969 when Charles Leslie and Fritz Lohman held an exhibit of gay artists for the first time in their SoHo loft. Throughout the 1970s, they continued to collect and exhibit gay artists while supporting the SoHo art community. During the AIDS pandemic of the 1980s, the collection continued to grow as they rescued the work of dying artists from families who, out of shame or ignorance, wanted to destroy it. This led to the formation of the Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation in 1987. In recognition of its importance in the collection and preservation of LGBTQ history, the organization was accredited as a museum in 2016. With a collection of over 30,000 objects, the Museum hosts six major exhibitions annually, offers several public programs throughout the year, publishes an arts newsletter, and maintains a research library of over 3,000 volumes. The Museum examines the juxtaposition between art and social justice in ways that provoke thought and dialogue.
Image: Photo: (c) Kristine Eudey, 2019, JEB (Joan E. Biren), BEING SEEN MAKES A MOVEMENT POSSIBLE, Facade Installation, Leslie-Lohman Museum.
Comments
Are you actually still in business, as you do not communicate?
Trying to find an email to make contact. Maybe I'm just totally inept but...…..
I have some material that I just came across related to George Dudley and I wanted to post it on Facebook for Gay Pride Month.
It's a postcard Dudley copyrighted in 1979 called America The Beautiful and is a photograph taken by my friend Bill Bernardo.
Please contact me.
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I have some erotic lesbian art I need to give away. I have shown at your gallery a few times. I have no room and I know my work would have to be thrown away. Do you have any room for a box of small sculptures and a shopping bag of framed art?
A highlight of Detroit Art Week, Young Curators, New Ideas V captures the cultural, artistic, social, and political transformations brought to life by artists and curators identifying as women, black, people of color, LGBTQ+, and gender-nonconformists.
Before Stonewall, few gay writers dared to venture out of the closet. Fifty years later, we’re in a new struggle to keep those closet doors open. Bookstr has selected 5 LGBTQ books to honor the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. Please check them out!
Best wishes for your show opening today. Such a great collection of work to display for people to take in. Have a most awesome day. Cheers!
Will the space for the reception for JEB's work be wheelchair accessible? Joan E. Biren
CALL FOR ART ENTRIES / DEADLINE
LAST DAY APRIL 12th
The Greater Erie Alliance for Equality (GEAE) is pleased to present a juried art exhibit of works by LGBTQ artists during Pride month, June 1-30, 2019, at the Erie Art Gallery.