"STONEWALL @ 50."

An Art exhibition of LGBTQ Artists in Celebration of Stonewall

Co-Curators: David Acosta & Janus Ourma

On June 28th, 1969 – the Stonewall Riots marked a pivotal moment in the fight for queer liberation in the United States. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Drexel University’s Pearlstein Gallery will present Stonewall @ 50 - an exhibition gathering 50 LGBTQ+ philadelphia based artists. The exhibition gathers 110 artworks including painting, drawing, photography, video, sculpture, fiber work, performance and installation. Performances by Vitche Boul-Ra and Wit López and a tableaux vivant by Jonas Dos Santos will take place during the opening reception on Friday, June 28 from 5-8 p.m. On Wednesday, July 10 a reading by Philadelphia LGBTQ poets will also take place at the gallery from 6-7 p.m. 

Featured artists:

alkotó, Linda Lee Alter, Keenan Bennett, Marcus Branch, Keith Breitfeller, Danny Cappello, Corliss Cavalieri, Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Alden Willard Cole, Ebony Malaika Collier, Vicente Ortiz Cortez, Daniel De Jesús, Brian David Dennis, Susan DiPronio,  Jonas Dos Santos, Thom Duffy, Edith Emerson, Uta Fellechner, Aaron Feltman, Santiago Galeas, Rami George, Ralfka Gonzalez, Laureen Griffin, Cat Gunn, Andrew Sedgwick Guth, Link Harper, H.D. Ivey, Michael Jicha, Willard Johnson, Aaron Kalinay, Tristan Kravitz, Gilbert Lewis, Malachi Lily, Wit López, Rob Lybeck, Virgil Marti, Amy Eileen Martin, Gabriel Martinez, Shereen Masoud-Jointe, Natalie Hope McDonald, Rayla Meshawn, Kara Mshinda, Warren Muller, Nyela, Violet Oakley,Heather Raquel Phillips, Chanthaphone Rajavong, Devon Reiffer, Eddy Rhenals-Narvaez, Jordi Sabaté, Gerard Silva, Emily Satis Smith, Chad States, Brandon Straus, Noemi Charlotte Thieves, Julien Tomasello, Rochelle Toner, Vitche-Boul Ra, Eva Wǒ, Pedro Zagitt.

Curatorial Statements:

Janus Ourma

"Stonewall is alive and well with Queer-Americans resisting the repression and violence of our contemporary society. The Queer-AmericanCommunity was established with the Stonewall Riots for Independence and self-determination"

David Acosta

"Stonewall represents the beginning of an unalterable consciousness that was informed by the social zeitgeist of the time, movements for freedom and self determination that made it clear: no individual should be treated as a second class citizen. We stand in the shadow of amazing individuals who risked it all to pursue equality, fair treatment and the right to love freely."