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    Henry Art Gallery
    Sunday, January 22, 2017, 2:00 PM — 3:00 PM

    Conversation with Chris E. Vargas

    Join Chris E. Vargas, exhibition curator and executive director of the Museum of Transgender Hirstory and Art, for a talk about Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects. This program immediately follows Esdras Parra’s Este suelo secreto (To Be Human Once More), a reading of Parra’s poetry by micha cárdenas, whose work is featured in Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects. Vargas will expand upon themes of intergenerational connection raised in this reading and also speak to the process of bringing past and present together within the exhibition.
    Chris E. Vargas is a video maker and interdisciplinary artist based in Bellingham, WA, who received his MFA in the Department of Art Practice at the University of California, Berkeley in 2011. In collaboration with Greg Youmans, he created the web-based trans/cisgender sitcom Falling In Love ... with Chris and Greg (2008 - 2013). With Eric Stanley, Vargas co-directed the film Homotopia (2006) and its feature-length sequel Criminal Queers (2015).
    ADMISSION

    Free

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    Chris E. Vargas. Courtesy of the artist.

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    <p>Jamie Berrout. Courtesy of the artist.</p>
    Talks & Performances

    Este suelo secreto (To be human once more)

    January 22, 2017
    <p>Museum of Transgender Hirstory &&nbsp;Art</p>
    Exhibitions

    MOTHA and Chris E. Vargas present: Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects

    August 13, 2016 – June 4, 2017