Portraits of Pride: A Celebration of Queer and Trans Lives in Boston
Tue, March 28, 2023, 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM EDT Free event
George Sherman Union 775 Commonwealth Avenue Boston, MA 02215
Join us to celebrate BU's installation of Portraits of Pride, including a reception and Q&A with three Portrait of Pride honorees.
In October 2022, the Portraits of Pride project was launched to commemorate LGBTQ History Month, with an exhibition of photo portraits highlighting 19 remarkable Boston leaders. The portraits – installed as larger-than-life canvas prints that billowed over Boston Common – were photographed by John Huet and conceived by Creative Director Jean Dolin, who called the project “a love letter” to Boston’s LGBTQIA+ community
Now, four months after the portraits were vandalized, a special edition of the installation is headed to BU.
Join us for a special event to celebrate the installation of Portraits of Pride in the GSU 2nd-floor exhibition space. The event will include a reception and a panel with some of the photo subjects, moderated by WBUR Arts Engagement Producer Arielle Gray.
Panelists:
Shaplaie Brooks, Executive Director, Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth
Jean Dolin, Curator, Portraits of Pride
Dominic “Diggity Dom” Glaude, musician, producer
Ashton Mota, Human Rights Campaign Youth Foundation Ambassador
Moderator:
Arielle Gray, Reporter and Arts Engagement Producer for The ARTery, WBUR Boston
Sponsored by BU Diversity & Inclusion and the LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff