Bradbury Art Museum Exhibition Star Children on Display
JONESBORO – Star Children will open in Bradbury Art Museum (BAM) at Arkansas State University Thursday, March 4, and it concludes Thursday, April 1, with a closing reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m.“
Star Children” is an exploration of queerness from artists in the LGBT+ community curated by Melissa Wilkinson, associate professor of art, painting, and Hillary Brooks, curator at BAM.“
This exhibition is intended to affix a celebratory gaze upon members of the LGBTQ+ community and experience. Each artist has been chosen and included by means of honoring and dignifying individual creative expressions of the identity,” Wilkinson explained. “This diverse mix of artists grapples with unique perspectives of queer representation. No longer entirely covert in the west, queer love and expression has made its way into the public consciousness. This visibility, not only of intimate love and experiences, but also of the arc of