Celebrate Gender Euphoria

Gender Euphoria is a semester-long celebration featuring queer artists and artmaking. Created by Stamps Professor Holly Hughes, it is a collaborative initiative that provides many opportunities for the campus and community to take part in performances, exhibitions, and conversations. 

As Hughes explains in this video, the series of events aims to explore and celebrate gender, identity and sexuality through contemporary art and design.

Gender Euphoria Events include:

• The Butch Closet — Artist Phranc’s installation is hosted by the Institute for the Humanities gallery, is a retrospective exhibition spanning more than 40 years of her life as a queer artist and Cardboard Cobbler. It runs through Oct. 22.

• Killjoy’s Kastle Unplugged Performances — A performative artist talk by Detroit-based and Canadian artists Allyson Mitchell and Deidre Logue, featuring Lola Von Miramar; Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes, professor of American Culture, of romance languages and literatures, and of women’s and gender studies in LSA; and other community members and performers. 

• Nayland Blake’s Gender ​“Discard” — A Nov. 21 participatory artist talk by the renowned artist Nayland Blake, exploring gender identity through creative expression.

• Long Table Discussions — Open panel where audience members can join the conversation with artists and scholars.

• Book Launch Party — Celebrates the publication of“Jill Johnston in Motion: Dance, Writing, and Lesbian Life”by Clare Croft and ​“My Butch Career” by Esther Newton.

• Freaky Fibers and Crochet Spider Webs — presented by Leah Crosby, U‑M Arts Initiative Creative Careers Resident.

Gender Euphoria is being presented in partnership with the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, the Center for World Performance Studies, the Institute for the Humanities, the Stamps Gallery, the Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series, and the State Theatre.