Come out and sing along to this Academy Award winning musical with an up and coming artist who is making her mark in the queer art community.
WHAT: Kia LaBeija presents FAME
WHEN: Monday, November 23, 8PM
WHERE: IFC Center - 323 6th Ave at W. 3rd St.
FAME
1980. US. 134 min. Directed by Alan Parker.
Everyone remembers FAME’s Oscar-winning title song, but how many of us can recall the brilliant way the film depicts the struggles of developing artists? Over four years, a group of teenage per...
Come out and sing along to this Academy Award winning musical with an up and coming artist who is making her mark in the queer art community.
WHAT: Kia LaBeija presents FAME
WHEN: Monday, November 23, 8PM
WHERE: IFC Center - 323 6th Ave at W. 3rd St.
FAME
1980. US. 134 min. Directed by Alan Parker.
Everyone remembers FAME’s Oscar-winning title song, but how many of us can recall the brilliant way the film depicts the struggles of developing artists? Over four years, a group of teenage performers at NYC’s High School of the Arts deal with issues familiar to anyone in creative fields – from rejection to self-discovery to sacrifice and beyond. Since helping others learn to navigate those waters is part of our mission at Q/A/F, we’re thrilled that our guest presenter, multi-disciplinary artist Kia LaBeija has chosen this wonderful film. Kia writes, “Creativity stimulates minds, forms discipline and shapes well rounded young adults. This film is one of my favorites.”
As always, our screening will be followed by drinks and discussion at Julius Bar (159 West 10th St. at Waverly), the oldest gay bar in New York City!
KIA LABEIJA
Kia LaBeija is a multi-disciplinary artist working in photography, performance and installation. Her work explores the intersections of community, politics and fine art. She is the recipient of the 2014 Visual AIDS Vanguard award for her work as an artist and activist and has been featured in POZ magazine’s POZ 100 list of HIV/AIDS activists under 30, A member of the Iconic House of LaBeija, she is Grand Prize winner of Women's Performance at the 2015 New York Awards Ball and at GMHC's Latex Ball 2014. She is also the recipient of the Hector Xtravaganza Xcellence Award. Her first highly publicized photography series “24” has been prominently featured in the La MaMa exhibition "Ephemera As Evidence” and is currently touring nationally in Art, AIDS, America, curated by Rock Hushka and Jonnathan Katz. A native New Yorker, she is an alumni of the Juilliard School and the Ailey School, where she trained in music and dance at a young age. She is a graduate of The New School University, with a BA in the Arts. Her work is currently being shown amongst Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Robert Mapplethorpe and David Wojnarowicz.
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