Queering the Collection
About
As a verb, to “queer” is to challenge or subvert normative ideas of gender and sexuality. Join museum educator Sam Nehila and Nacho Amor, Executive Director of GRID Gallery, to “queer” an object on view in our galleries. The discussion will focus on how artists and makers of the past and present explore their identities in ways that are meaningful to our own experiences today.
Registration required. Space is limited.
Free with admission. Museum members and artists members, along with college & university member institutions’ students, faculty, and staff always receive free admission. Check for your college here. Learn more about Museum membership options here.
Admission is paid day-of at a Visiter Services desk prior to the start time of the program.
Upcoming Queering the Collection sessions on Saturdays, March 15, April 19, and May 10, 3:00-4:15 pm along with Thursday, June 12, 6:30-7:45 pm.
Nacho Amor is a Queer Mexican-American still life photographer and Executive Director of GRID Gallery, a 501(c)3 non-profit; GRID Gallery champions the work of Queer BIPOC photographers, providing educational and professional development opportunities.
Amor has held experience digitizing the collections of cultural heritage institutions such as the Smithsonian, Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Brown University. When not working behind the lens, Amor previously served as Vice President of Folsom Street East, a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in New York City, which celebrates and supports the fetish, kink, and LGBTQIA+ communities by creating safe spaces and awarding grants to other nonprofits serving these communities.
Sam Nehila wears many hats in the art world of Providence, RI. He is a tour guide for Gallery Night Providence, a museum educator for K-12 student visits at the RISD Museum, and working on his personal practice of printing stone lithographs in his Providence studio. He received a BA in Art History and a minor in Printmaking from Rhode Island College, and a MA in the History of Art and Architecture from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is a co-organizer of PVDPrintmakers (@pvdprintmakers), an online and in-person community group working to support and connect printmakers across Rhode Island.