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Muff n’ Stuff

Divianna Ingravallo

November 2-3 & 9-10, 1990 Performances by lesbian artists curated by Phranc and Cheri Gaulke. Artists featured: Divianna Ingravallo, Terry Galloway, Shelly Mars, Girls in the Nose, Karen Williams ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1990-1994, LACE, Performance Tagged With: 1990, Cheri Gaulke, Divianna Ingravallo, Girls in the Nose, homosexuality, Judy Grahn, Karen Williams, lesbian, Muff n' Stuff, perforamance, Phranc, Shelly Mars, Terry Galloway

All But The Obvious

November 2 - December 23, 1990 An exhibition of fifteen lesbian artists from Los Angeles, New York, New Hope, Penn., and London. This show examines the construction of lesbian identity, offering a ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1990-1994, Exhibition, LACE, Screening, Video Tagged With: 1990, Abigail Child, All But The Obvious, Azian Nurudin, Beverly Rhoads, Catherine Lord, Catherine Opie, Catherine Saalfield, Cecilia Dougherty, Collier Schorr, Della Grace, Ellen Spiro, Exhibition, film, Gaye Chan, homosexuality, Jackie Woodson, Janet Cooling, Julie Zando, Kaucyila Brooke, Laura Aguilar, Laurel Beckman, lesbian, Mary Ann Capehart, Millie Wilson, Monica Majoli, Nancy Rosenblum, Pam Gregg, Pratibha Parmar, Screening, Silvana Afram, Susan Silton, Tommie Saeli, Tracy Mostovoy, Video

The Undead

September 6-9 & 13-16, 1990 The Undead was a story of six gay men in their twenties whose lives are hurled along parallel social trajectories. Written by Dennis Cooper and featured Ishmael ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1990-1994, LACE, Performance Tagged With: 1990, Christopher Blande, Curtis York, Dennis Cooper, homosexuality, Ishmael Houston Jones, Keith Levy, Luis Alfaro, performance, Peter Brosius, play, Robert Flynt, Scot Goetz, Steven Craig, The Undead, theater, Tom Recchion

Virus and Representation

February 3, 1990 John Greyson's and Matias Viegener's lecture presented a docu-fiction about the affair between Randy Shilts and David Leavitt, examining the use of documentary for creating the ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1990-1994, LACE, Video Tagged With: 1990, documentary, film, homosexuality, identity, John Greyson, lecture, Matias Viegener, Video, Virus and Representation

Against Nature

January 6 - February 12, 1989 Curatorial Statement: Against Nature: EXHIBITION of performance, video, drawing, painting, sculpture, and photography curated by Dennis Cooper and Richard ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1985-1989, Exhibition, LACE Tagged With: 1988, Against Nature, Aids, Arch Connelly, Arnold Fern, Bruno Cuomo, Carter Potter, David Bussel, Dennis Cooper, Doug Ishcar, Exhibition, group show, homosexuality, Hudson and Steve Lafreniere, John de Fazio, Johnny Pixchure, Kevin Wolff, Larry Johnson, Marc Romano, Michael Tidmus, Mike Glass, Nayland Blake, Richard Hawkins

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As part of a special Mother’s Day celebration in As part of a special Mother’s Day celebration in 1990, Freshly Wrapped Candies headlined a two-night celebration of motherhood at LACE, featuring an eclectic group of artists, musicians, poets, and performers. 

Among them was Anna Homler (@homlerian), who will be performing with Jeff Schwartz and David Javelosa (@microwave_buddha) during “ENDURANCE” next Sunday, May 17. 

Pictured here: Freshly Wrapped Candies performing; swipe to see the event’s flyer. Wishing a lovely weekend to all the moms and mother figures!
Printed Matter’s 2025 LA Art Book Fair is happen Printed Matter’s 2025 LA Art Book Fair is happening soon at the ArtCenter College of Design! From May 15-18, stop by Booth C13 to say hi to the LACE team and browse our publications. 

LAABF (@printedmatter_artbookfairs) features artists and collectives, small presses, institutions, galleries, and much more. Check out their website for a full calendar of events. We hope to see you there! @printedmatterinc
Happening May 16 and 17, “ENDURANCE” presents Happening May 16 and 17, “ENDURANCE” presents performance art and interdisciplinary work by elder artists. 🔶 

Pictured here is “BLACK GOLD/FEVER,” a 2011 multi-media performance by Ulysses Jenkins. The performance called back to the artist’s 1980 piece, also performed at LACE, entitled “Columbus Day: a doggerel.” Utilizing dance, video projections, music, and spoken word, “BLACK GOLD/FEVER” measured the toll placed upon the environment and Indigenous peoples. 

See Ulysses Jenkins and the Dark Bob as part of “ENDURANCE.” This event is free to attend with RSVP. Tickets are going quickly, and LACE has created a wait list to accommodate interest. Click the link in our bio for more information. 

Please note: Because seating is very limited for this program, we ask that if you can no longer attend, you release your ticket so someone else may attend. Performance line-up subject to change.
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