Chris E. Vargas
Tuesday, Sep 19 2023,
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM,
Tishman Lecture Hall
Contact:
Visual Arts Lecture Series (VALS)—Fall 2023
Contact:
Visual Arts Lecture Series (VALS)—Fall 2023
Tuesday, Sep 19 2023 7:00 PM
Tuesday, Sep 19 2023 8:00 PM
America/New_York
Chris E. Vargas
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Chris E. Vargas is a video maker and interdisciplinary artist. He earned his MFA from the Art Practice department at Berkeley in 2011. He is the Executive Director of MOTHA, the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art, a critical and conceptual arts & hirstory institution highlighting the contributions of trans art to the cultural and political landscape. His forthcoming book an extension of MOTHA, Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects (2023, co-edited with Christina Linden and David Evans Frantz) brings together a wide-ranging selection of artworks and artifacts that highlight the under-recognized histories of trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming communities.
Tishman Lecture Hall
Bennington College
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Chris E. Vargas is a video maker and interdisciplinary artist. He earned his MFA from the Art Practice department at Berkeley in 2011. He is the Executive Director of MOTHA, the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art, a critical and conceptual arts and hirstory institution highlighting the contributions of trans art to the cultural and political landscape. His forthcoming book, an extension of MOTHA, Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects (2023, co-edited with Christina Linden and David Evans Frantz), brings together a wide-ranging selection of artworks and artifacts that highlight the under-recognized histories of trans, non-binary, and gender-nonconforming communities.