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"50 Years of Lesbian Art: Sinister Wisdom’s Creative Legacies" exhibit opens on October 17 and brings together visual artists who have contributed to Sinister Wisdom across its 50-year history.

Participating artists include KT Abadir-Mullally, Laura Aguilar, Cass Arrington, Ayirani Balachanthiran, Bell Beecher Pitkin, Chrystos, Tee Corinne, Pico del Hierro-Villa, Morgan Gwenwald, Drewe Haddox, Happy Hyder, JEB, Kimani Johnson, Verlena Johnson, Lenn Keller, Safak Sule Kemancı, Ellen Oppenheimer, Mariam Pessah, Sudie Rakusin, Emerald Repard-Denniston, Juno Rosenhaus, Mi Ok Song, Mandy Fitzhugh Wallace, Judith Waterman, jean WEISINGER, and Rainbow Williams.

This exhibition honors Sinister Wisdom's legacy by showcasing works spanning the journal’s five decades of publication through a multigenerational lens. It brings together artists from the early years of Sinister Wisdom with radical voices of the 1990s and contemporary artists who continue to expand the horizons of lesbian art today. It seeks to inspire future generations and affirm the continuing presence, and necessity, of lesbian art in our collective cultural landscape.

For more information and to learn about related events, visit the exhibit page on the Dyke+ ArtHaus website and follow on Instagram and Facebook @dykearthaus.


"Empowerment comes from ideas."

Gloria Anzaldúa

“And the metaphorical lenses we choose are crucial, having the power to magnify, create better focus, and correct our vision.”
― Charlene Carruthers

"Your silence will not protect you."

Audre Lorde

“It’s revolutionary to connect with love”
— Tourmaline

"Gender is the poetry each of us makes out of the language we are taught."

― Leslie Feinberg

“The problem with the use of language of Revolution without praxis is that it promises to change everything while keeping everything the same. “
— Leila Raven