BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Artist Talk + Exhibition Reception

5:00 to 6:00 P.M. ARTIST TALK

Artist Feather Chiaverini discusses the ideas informing his practice, and how the Faulkner Morgan Archive inspired his current exhibition.

6:00 to 7:30 P.M. EXHIBITION RECEPTION

Check out Birds of a Feather, revel in Lexington’s queer histories, try on costumes, celebrate with the artist, and enjoy refreshments!

Birds of a Feather features a new body of work that Feather Chiaverini made in response to Lexington’s LGBTQ+ past. In a celebration of queer joy, history, and community, he has created costumes and objects inspired by photographs found in the Faulkner Morgan Archive, particularly images showing mermaid tails, showgirl headpieces, and other queer ephemera from pride festivals and old parade floats. Imbued with playfulness and constructed out of materials ranging from ostrich feathers, silicone, athletic mesh, and beads, to braided fabric, neoprene, blankets, and other costuming detritus, Chiaverini’s garments come alive with the energy of theater costume shops and the hurried chaos of last-minute extensions and alterations happening behind the curtain.

In partnership with the Faulkner Morgan Archive, Birds of a Feather will showcase Chiaverini’s work alongside the archival photographs and ephemera that inspired them.

Generous funding support for Birds of a Feather has been provided by LexArts through their annual Fund for the Arts campaign, and by a sponsorship from VisitLEX.