#thearts — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.europesays.com/africa/410616/ Fort Wayne Artists Guild brings show to Angola | Heraldrepublican #angola #art #artist #FortWayne #indiana #SteubenCounty #TheArts #VisualArts #VisualArtsMedia

The #Feminist Who Inspired the #Witches of #Oz

The #untoldstory of #suffragist #MatildaGage, the #woman behind the curtain whose life story captivated her #soninlaw #LFrankBaum as he #wrote his #classic #novel

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #WomensRights #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-feminist-inspired-witches-of-oz-180985334/

Revisiting ‘#Iowa,’ #PatrickMoore’s #neglected #gay #novel

Patrick Moore’s #book is a prime example of overlooked #Midwestern #literature that deserves renewed #attention. Set against the #conservative #backdrop of #Smalltown #Iowa, the #novel explores the #life of a #closeted #gay #teenager navigating #desire, #repression, and #identity in the 1990s.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture

https://littlevillagemag.com/plain-spoken-revisiting-iowa-patrick-moores-neglected-gay-novel/

The Hunt: How #FridaKahlo’s Final #Painting #Vanished Into #Storage

Kahlo's painting traveled from #MexicoCity to #Moscow and #Warsaw, where it ultimately #disappearedwithoutatrace.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Painting #Representation #Culture

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-hunt-wounded-table-kahlo-2461778

#JonathanGroff thought #comingout would make #fame '#impossible.'

Here's why he #cameout anyway. The #Broadway veteran thinks that "everyone that was #closeted at some point" can #relate to his latest #role in #MerrilyWeRollAlong.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #Representation #Culture

https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/jonathan-groff-coming-out-merrily

These 12 Stunning #Autobiographies Will Leave You in #Wonder

#Translating #experience into #language is a #creativeact. #Autobiographies can be #earnest or #irreverent, #playful or #profound.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture

https://www.vogue.com/article/best-autobiographies

#RaMellRoss’s #Poetic #Portrait of #Black #Life in the #American #South.

As his new #book #spell
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA Time, Practice, American, Body" is published by #MACK, the #Oscar-#nominated #filmmaker and #artist talks about his #lifelong #obsession with the American South, and #photography’s “#capacity to #SelfSabotage”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/15283/ramell-ross-interview-spell-time-practice-american-body-mack

#JohnSingerSargent's #portrait of #EnaWertheimer: The #painting that #challenged #sexualnorms.

The #article #discusses how #JohnSingerSargent, in his #circle of #friends and in his #art, #embraced #unconventional and #progressive #individuals, including those who #defied #traditional #gendernorms and #sexualorientations.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts
#Painting #Representation https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20231121-john-singer-sargents-portrait-of-ena-wertheimer-the-painting-that-challenged-sexual-norms?ocid=global_culture_rss

13 #Visually #Stunning #LGBTQ+ #CoffeeTable #Books To Start A #Conversation

If you're trying to add some #queer #literature into the mix (which you should!) here are 13 visually stunning #LGBT #coffeetablebooks that are sure to get a conversation started.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture

https://www.pride.com/lgbtq/queer-coffee-table-books#rebelltitem23

#RehobothBeach #theater announces new #managing #director

#ClearSpace #hires #JoeGfaller after #national #search.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #Representation #Culture

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/09/27/joe-gfaller-clear-space/

#DuaLipa said #homophobia & #transphobia both #stem from the same #source #misogyny (also #Religious #hate and #bigotry

A recent interview with the #Grammy-winning #musician mentioned #RuPaulsDragRace, #queer #allies, and her #stripclub #experience with #lizzo

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Music #Allies #Representation #Culture

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/08/dua-lipa-said-homophobia-transphobia-both-stem-from-the-same-source/

#ViktorTKerney and #WilliamOTyler on the #Black #Queer #Comics #Anthology #WeBelong

#Black #queerness is #everywhere and we use all mediums…Comics especially let us express ourselves in such a palpable and visual way, reaching out to #readers who are feeling the same things.”

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Comics #Reading #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://www.intomore.com/entertainment/comics/viktor-t-kerney-and-william-o-tyler-on-the-black-queer-comics-anthology-we-belong/

It’s Been 50 Years Since #Homosexuality Was #Declassified As A #MentalIllness.

#SICK follows the story of #entertainment #journalist and #gayrights #activist #RonGold, who was subjected to #barbaric #gay #aversiontherapy, including #electroshock #treatments, as a young man.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #History #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #Representation #Culture

https://laist.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/its-been-50-years-since-homosexuality-was-declassified-as-a-mental-illness-a-new-play-tells-the-story

#NeilPatrickHarris #dances around #shirtless while #gettingready in his #dressingroom

He also #spoke #passionately about the #wonders of good #theatre and #slapstick #comedy

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #Entertainment #TheArts #Theatre #TV #Movies #Representation #Culture

https://www.queerty.com/neil-patrick-harris-dances-around-shirtless-while-getting-ready-in-his-dressing-room-20230508

#Quiz: Which #Queer #Short #Story Collection Should You #Read?

Need some bite-sized pieces of queer fiction? Try a short story collection! Whether your interests are #queer #horror, #Indigenous #futurism, or #realist #stories about queer #Black #churchladies, there’s a #book here you will love!

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #Representation #Culture

https://www.autostraddle.com/quiz-which-queer-short-story-collection-should-you-read/

#Author #NeilGaiman hands a #free #history #lesson to those #attacking '#They/#Them' #pronouns.

Neil Gaiman has long been an #ally of #trans and #nonbinary #people, and he poked holes in a '#grammatical' #argument for not using they/them #pronouns

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Representation #Culture #RoleModels
https://scoop.upworthy.com/author-neil-gaiman-gives-a-free-history-lesson-to-those-attacking-they-them-pronouns-556380-556380

I’ve noticed people are listing hashtags of #interests in an #introduction to help find like-minded people, so here goes:
#editing #writing #GraphicDesign #freelancer #AmEditing #ClassicalMusic #ballet #MusicalTheatre #sondheim #linguistics #grammar #language #ArtsMarketing #ArtsAdministration #ArtsManagement #UrbanSketching #watercolour #watercolor #arts #TheArts #orchestras #SymphonyOrchestras #ConcertProgramming #cats #InterwarArchitecture #typography
And I've just edited this toot to include capital letters in multi-word hashtags so as to be screenreader friendly (this is something I know but often forget to do).