STICKS + STONES: From Pink Triangles to Gold Medals: Reclaiming Our Identity’ feature a traveling exhibition from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as well as AIDS awareness pins and other thought-provoking items. Roosevelt University’s Gage Gallery, 18 S. Michigan, will host the free exhibit from July 13-Aug. 6.
This unique exhibit, which will be held in conjunction with this summer’s Gay Games, has three sections: ‘Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933–1945,’ a traveling exhibition organized and circulated by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; ‘Red Ribbons: To Remind Us All…,’ an extensive collection of AIDS remembrance pins, buttons, and stamps from Chicagoan Norman L. Sandfield; and ‘Gold Medals,’ selected memorabilia from past Gay Games.
The event is being funded by a private committee and hosted by the Giloury Institute, a Chicago non-profit best known for its theatrical productions as Silk Road Theater Project. Individual donors such as Jeffrey Grinspoon and Jon Foley; Charles Katzenmeyer; and Tracy Baim are spearheading the campaign to bring the exhibit here.
Visit www.sticksandstonesexhibit.com or call 773-871-7610 for sponsorship information.