The Addresses Project is presented in Pen + Brush’s downstairs gallery. The works and ephemera presented here highlights important figures that were working in advocacy, some with Michela Griffo, for the past half century in New York City. Pen + Brush, being a 128-year-old non-profit fighting with equity in the arts, feels particularly grateful and close to the subjects pictured here.

What did it feel like to be there?: 12 Portraits from The Addresses Project presents a selection of twelve portraits from a larger multi-disciplinary project by Gwen Shockey with Riya Lerner featuring lesbian and queer women who have dedicated their lives to creating and holding space for women in New York City from the 1950s to today. The individuals included in the series represent a diverse network of community builders engaged with social and political organizing, mental health advocacy, nightlife, music, journalism, visual art, literature, poetry, performance, research, safer sex and kink practices. Each portrait includes a photograph taken in a significant location for the sitter, along with segments from their oral history interview and selected ephemera from their life and work. To see the full project please visit addressesproject.com.

What did it feel like to be there?: 12 Portraits from The Addresses Project

October 13, 2022 – January 21, 2022

Pen + Brush

29 East 22nd Street, New York, NY
Gallery Hours: Tues.-Sat. 12-6pm