Online Members' talk and Q&A
About
In a context of illegality, erasure, misrepresentation and removal, how do LGBTQ+ lives speak to us across time?
This online Members’ talk looks at coded messages: deliberate ways in which queer people seek and find community or reflect on themselves -- coded in choice subjects, symbols and the language of paint.
Art educator Jon Sleigh takes us up close to paintings and the emotion within them. Look to the dandy, London’s 18th-century queer scene, the erotic works of artists across the centuries, and the specific symbolism imbued in figures like Saint Sebastian and Adonis.
Join us for a moving, warm online space, ask your host questions, share your reflections and enjoy amazing art.
Speaker
Jon Sleigh (he/him) is a freelance Learning Curator, arts educator and art history writer. He works nationally as a specialist in fine art engagement with a diverse portfolio of arts institutions, museum, and heritage sites across the UK. Clients include the National Gallery, The Courtauld, Tate, The National Archives, Historic Royal Palaces, Art Fund, The Government Art Collection DCMS and the Arts Council Collection. Prior to this Jon worked for Birmingham Museums Trust in round one of the acclaimed ACE National Partners Program.
He produces, delivers, and consults on art engagement. Jon has built a national reputation for innovation, applied ethics and delivery of projects reflecting inclusive futures. He has a passion for challenging and underrepresented narratives in art – co-producing with communities to bringing their lived experience to artworks for advocacy.
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Coded messages: LGBTQ+ symbols in art
Online Members' talk and Q&A
Free for Members
This is an online event, exclusive to Members, hosted on Zoom.
Members, please book your free ticket to access this event. You will receive an E-ticket with instructions on how to access your online events, films and resources via your National Gallery account. Only one ticket can be booked per account.
A recording of this event will be made available to all ticket holders in the days following the event.
