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June 15, 2022 • View in browserGood morning. 🌤️ Today, graduating students at Seattle Pacific University stage a creative protest against the school's anti-LGBTQ+ policies, a new film presents a queer Asian American twist on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and the first successfully cloned mouse enters the Smithsonian's collection, among other stories. — Hakim Bishara, interim editor-in-chief A Queer Asian American Twist on Pride and PrejudiceIn relocating the Jane Austen classic to a contemporary vacation haven, Fire Island explores intersecting issues of race and class in the gay community. | Dillion Heyck SPONSORED WHAT'S HAPPENING SPU students handed Interim President Pete C. Menjares pride flags upon receipt of their diplomas. (screenshots Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic via SPUisGay) Graduating Seattle Pacific University students staged a creative protest of the school’s ban on hiring LBGTQ+ staff. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has acquired the taxidermy of the first successfully cloned mouse, Cumulina. Forensic Architecture and the Center for Spatial Technologies have partnered on a series of investigations into Russian war crimes in Ukraine.SPONSORED The Bennett Prize’s Call for Entries Is Now Open to Women Figurative Realist PaintersArtists have until October 7 to enter to win $50,000 and a traveling solo exhibition of their work. Learn more. LATEST IN ART Art, With an AsteriskArtists Jami Porter Lara, Erin Mickelson, and Kate Ruck put terms and conditions front and center. | Amanda Curreri SPONSORED UC Davis Humanities Grad Show Shines Light on Art, Music, Political Science, and MoreBack in person after two years, this exhibition at the Manetti Shrem Museum showcases work from 27 arts and humanities students. On view from June 2 to June 19. Learn more. In Venice, a Show Draws Connections Between Colonialism and Marine EcologyThe Soul Expanding Ocean at TBA21–Academy Ocean Space in Venice's Chiesa di San Lorenzo brings together two artists with different but complementary ways of engaging with oceanic histories and ecologies. | Anna Souter Become a member today to support our independent journalism. Become a Member |
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