Queer community gets art space

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Queer community gets art space

By Andrew Beale | Daily Lobo
Last updated: 6 hours ago

http://www.dailylobo.com/index.php/article/2010/11/queer_community_gets_art_space

A new gallery at UNM focuses on LGBTQ community art.
Alma Rosa Silva-Banuelos, the center's program coordinator, said the gallery is Albuquerque's only permanent showcase for non-hetero artists.

"I think there's a different appreciation when the LGBTQ community comes out to see art that is created for and by the queer community," she said. "It reflects the LGBTQ perspective in art, and really it showcases another aspect of our culture that normally you don't get to see, because we get diluted amongst other artists."

The gallery's first exhibit, "Gender: Transgression and Identity," was provided by the Harwood Art Center. It's located inside the LGBTQ Resource Center.