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Applications now open for Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show 2012:
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Monday - Friday, 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Admission is free.

Visiting the Gallery
Visitors may view the gallery during gallery hours without an appointment. To schedule a gallery visit at another time, please call 812-855-7686. Please note that the gallery is closed for all major and federal holidays.

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Due to adult content, visitors should be 18 years of age or older, unless accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Now Showing
Love and War
Anonymous photographer, United States
Two sailors kissing, c.1941-45
Gelatin silver print
January 20 through April 6, 2012

This timely exhibition, drawn entirely from the Kinsey Institute’s art and library collections, features visual material from the American Civil War to the 21st century. Many of the items represent popular culture in America during World War II, as Alfred Kinsey and his colleagues spent those years traveling around the country collecting a variety of research material as well as data for their study of human sexual behavior. Cartoons, propaganda leaflets, postcards, photographs, magazines, pin-up calendars, drawings, prints, and a variety of novelty objects are featured, as well as a selection of contemporary images by Garrie Maguire, Len Prince, Herbert Ascherman, and other photographers whose work addresses war in the modern age.

Opening reception: Friday, January 20, 5:00 - 7:00 pm, The Kinsey Institute Gallery, Morrison Hall. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.

This exhibit will also be open to the public during the Kinsey Institute Open House, Saturday, January 28, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm. This public event is offered in conjunction with the 2012 PRIDE Film Festival at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in downtown Bloomington.

Upcoming Exhibitions
Kinsey Institute Juried Art Show 2012
Juried Art Show 2012 will be on exhibit May 18 to July 21, 2012 at the Grunwald Gallery of Art.
May 18 through July 21, 2012
Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University

Artworks from previous juried shows may be viewed by following the links below:

Other Exhibitions Featuring The Kinsey Institute Collection
These exhibits are hosted by other institutions
Out in Chicago
Chicago History Museum, Chicago
May 21, 2011
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Discover 150 years of urban history through the lens of gender, sexuality, and nonconformity. This exhibition uses four themes—individuals and their bodies, family and home, communities, and political action—to present the city’s diverse LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) history. Out in Chicago is part of a continuing series about the city’s communities.

Items from the Kinsey Collection appearing in Out in Chicago include an Alfred Kinsey letter written on Chicago hotel stationery, an original drawing by Samuel Steward, and two of Steward’s cards for his Chicago tattoo business.
Obscene Diary

The Museum of Sex, New York
July 14, 2011
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In Obscene Diary, the rich sexual documentation of one remarkable individual, a professor, tattoo artist, pornographer and sexual record keeper, Samuel Steward is unveiled. This exhibition features the most comprehensive group of artifacts from the Steward Archive that will ever be made available for public view and asks patrons to reflect on what it would look like if their own sexual histories were documented and what this would say about the times in which we live.

Items from the Kinsey Collection appearing in the exhibit include photographs and a watercolor album, as well as correspondence between Alfred Kinsey and Samuel Steward.

Some of these exhibitions are available to view online.

 


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The Kinsey Institute Gallery showcases selected pieces from the Institute's extensive collection of art, artifacts, and photography. Past exhibitions include Sex Ed, Out of Russia, and Passionate Creatures.

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