Presented By: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)
In Conversation: Men That Got Away: Chasing Queer Masculinities in the Hergott Shepard Collection
This program is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Please register to secure your place by emailing umma-program-registration@umich.edu.
Growing up a queer boy in the Midwest, Jim Leija has spent a lifetime chasing (evading) the (elusive)(captivating)(terrifying) dream of American masculinit(y)(ies). In this interpretive journey through the exhibition of HE: The Hergott Shepard Photography Collection, Leija mashes up song, dance, memoir, sparkle, high heels, and perhaps a few quizzes from the internet to get to the heart of the matter: when the man gets away, where does he go? Questions will be plentiful; answers, but a few. Jim Leija is a performer, artist, and arts educator, and currently serves as the Director of Education & Community Engagement for UMS.
Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the University of Michigan Health System. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Vice Provost for Equity, Inclusion, and Academic Affairs, Department of the History of Art, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Institute for the Humanities, and Residential College, and the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund.
Growing up a queer boy in the Midwest, Jim Leija has spent a lifetime chasing (evading) the (elusive)(captivating)(terrifying) dream of American masculinit(y)(ies). In this interpretive journey through the exhibition of HE: The Hergott Shepard Photography Collection, Leija mashes up song, dance, memoir, sparkle, high heels, and perhaps a few quizzes from the internet to get to the heart of the matter: when the man gets away, where does he go? Questions will be plentiful; answers, but a few. Jim Leija is a performer, artist, and arts educator, and currently serves as the Director of Education & Community Engagement for UMS.
Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Provost and the University of Michigan Health System. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Office of the Vice Provost for Equity, Inclusion, and Academic Affairs, Department of the History of Art, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Institute for the Humanities, and Residential College, and the Katherine Tuck Enrichment Fund.
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