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Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Trans History Month
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans History Month takes place in the UK every February to celebrate the lives and achievements of members of the LGBT community. There will be a range of events marking the month across the campus of the University of Birmingham, including several at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts.
The Love Trail III
From a Venetian dandy to a Pre-Raphaelite Muse
Available from 14 February
Join us for the latest in our popular Love Trail series of self-guided tour leaflets, this time looking at lovers’ secrets. Discover what lies behind the mask of Gustavus Hamilton, a young dandy in full carnival attire – and learn about the intimate nature of Countess Golovine’s knowing gaze and her relationship with the painter of her portrait, Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun. Take heed of the disastrous consequences of the illicit kiss between Paolo and Francesca, and read more Rossetti’s top-secret affair with his muse, Fanny Cornforth, in The Blue Bower…
You’ll be amused and entertained as you wander through the galleries, hand-in-hand with your special someone.
FREE
In Love with Film
Tuesday 14 February
6pm – 8pm
As part of LGBTQ History Month, join us for a romantic evening of short films and animations exploring love and desire across boundaries in lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, queer and straight relationships with KINO10. A firm believer in cinematic showmanship and building an event around film exhibition, Birmingham moving image exhibition project KINO 10 strives to create an alternative filmic experience through specially-curated programming and screening in unusual places. Wine and chocolates will be served along with a love trail tour and talk throughout the galleries.
£5, booking advisable*
Lunchtime Gallery Talk
Rosalba Carriera - Portrait of Gustavus Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Boyne
Thursday 23 February
1.15pm
Tess Radcliffe, the Barber’s Learning & Access Officer, highlights Rosalba Carriera’s beautiful pastel and looks at the equally colourful life of its sitter, Irish peer and politican Gustavus Hamilton, 2nd Viscount Boyne. The painting is only the third major work by a woman artist to enter the Barber collection – alongside paintings by the late 18th-century French portraitist, Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, and the early 20th-century British artist, Gwen John.
FREE
SPECIAL LECTURE
Judith “Jack” Halberstam
Gaga Feminism: Pregnant Men, Heteroflexible Women and the End of Normal
Thursday 19 April
6.30pm - 8pm
Professor of English and Director of the Center for Feminist Research at University of Southern California, Judith “Jack” Halberstam is one of the world’s leading gender and queer theorists. Author of the widely-known Female Masculinity and The Drag King Book, Judith will offer a map to the new terrain of gender, sexuality and pleasure in a post-marriage, post-feminist, post-heterosexual, post-gay world and considers popular culture during the 21st century from the world’s ‘first pregnant man’ to musical icon Lady Gaga.
In association with Birmingham LGBT.
£7, booking essential*
*For more information or to book a place please contact 0121 414 2261 or education@barber.org.uk.
To find out what other events and activities will be happening elsewhere on campus during LGBT History Month, please click here www.equality.bham.ac.uk/lgbt2012.shtml