Media Relations
Press Release:
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Carol
Lewis
561-297-0245,
clewis36@fau.edu
FAU and Stonewall Library & Archives Host ‘The Harlem Renaissance: As Gay as it was Black’ Exhibition
WHAT:
Florida Atlantic University Libraries
and Stonewall Library & Archives will
host “The Harlem Renaissance: As Gay as
it was Black,” an exhibition that spotlights
the leading gay participants in the Harlem
Renaissance during the 1920s and 1930s,
and surveys the artistic movement that
defined black culture in Harlem during
that period.
WHEN:
Exhibition runs from Tuesday, May 11 through
Wednesday, June 30
WHERE:
Florida
Atlantic University
Wimberly
Library Atrium Lobby
777
Glades Road
FAU Boca Raton campus
COST:
Exhibition is free and
open to the public
CONTACT:
To arrange a group tour or for more information,
contact Sara Landset at 561-297-3921 or
slandset@fau.edu,
or
jackrutland@stonewall-library.org
or 954-763-8565.
“The Harlem Renaissance: As Gay As It was
Black” highlights such writers as Langston Hughes and Zora
Neale Hurston; singers Ethel Waters, Ma Rainey and Bessie
Smith; dancer Josephine Baker; maps with locations of buffet
flats, speakeasies and night clubs; and
Fire magazine, a short-lived literary publication that
offered an outlet for many of the Harlem Renaissance writers. The
exhibition notes that few of the artists profiled in the exhibit
could be considered “out” or “gay” in the
modern sense and not all the artists in the Harlem Renaissance
were gay.
The exhibition, which commemorates Gay and Lesbian Pride Month in June, was organized by Stonewall Library & Archives in Fort Lauderdale, whose funding is provided in part by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council, and supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, The Stella Fund and the Community Foundation of Broward.
“The Harlem Renaissance” can be viewed during library hours, which can be found at www.library.fau.edu/geninfo/hours.htm?boca or by calling 561-297-3770.
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About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 10 colleges: College of Architecture, Urban & Public Affairs, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science, the College of Business, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Graduate College, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. For more information, visit www.fau.edu .
