About this Event
We are pleased to welcome Sean Black for an artist talk on Saturday, May 20th, from 12-2pm. Black will give insight to both 'Secretly Pretty', his body of self-portraiture, along with Anthony Friedkin's 'The Gay Essay'. We look forward to seeing you there!
ABOUT SEAN BLACK
Sean Black is a visual artist, university educator and journalist working in the fields of health equity and social justice. Currently working with Emmy-award winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph and her D.I.V.A. Foundation, he is spearheading the launch of a new healthcare and lifestyle publication; The DIVAZine. His decade-long tenure as Senior Editor with A&U: America’s AIDS Magazine allowed him the opportunity of photographing and interviewing numerous luminaries in the fights against HIV/AIDS including Sheryl Lee Ralph, Chloë Sevigny, MJ Rodriguez, Alicia Keys, Kylie Minogue, John Waters, Debra Messing, Greg Louganis and many more; thus growing the publication’s mission of collecting, archiving, publishing and distributing the art, activism, and current events emanating from the AIDS pandemic. His work has been published internationally in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USAToday, People Magazine, Rolling Stone, NBC News, GQ, Marie Claire, Ebony, The New Statesman, Stern Magazine, Playbill, Springer Medizin, HIV Plus/The Advocate, Metrosource, Positively Aware and more. In addition to his MFA, he holds an MA in Photography from California State University San Bernardino (2009) and a BS degree in Information Technology from Barry University (2004). He has lectured and exhibited internationally. He was recently awarded a grant by UNAIDS (The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) an innovative partnership of 11 United Nations (UN) Cosponsors including UNICEF, UNESCO, UN Women, WHO and The World Bank.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Leica Store & Gallery Boston, 74 Arlington Street, Boston, United States
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