Lair Fera is hosting a very special one-night-only pop-up art show featuring work celebrating the 10 year anniversary of the film Maggots and Men and the life of Flo McGarrell.

Saturday March 14th at 9pm @ 93 Montrose Ave in Brooklyn.

The film is screening beforehand atAnthology film archives at 5:45pm.

Join us afterwards at the Lair for snacks, cocktails and works of art related to the films by: 

Amanda Kirkhuff, Ilona Berger, Andrew Wingler,  Heather Rene Russ, Dan Nicoletta, Texas Starr, Nica Ross, Aliza Shapiro, LA Teodosio, Margaret Tedesco.

Set in a mythologized, post-revolutionary Russia, Maggots and Men re-imagines the 1921 uprising of the Kronstadt sailors. 

This fascinating moment in history is re-enacted with an ensemble cast featuring scores of trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming actors.  Directed by Cary Cronenwett.

Want to make a full weekend out of it? Here is a full list of events:

PEACE OF MIND documents the life of American artist, Flo McGarrell, prior to his untimely death in the earthquake that struck Haiti in January of 2010. Through interviews, local artists discuss McGarrell’s impact on the community and the small queer movement that was instigated around the FOSAJ Art Center in Jacmel where he worked.
"It's a special opportunity for me to have these two films play together. I met Flo McGarrell when we collaborated on Maggots and Men -- so brilliant and creative, Flo was truly a pleasure to work with. We formed a strong bond while immersing ourselves in that film, and as a meditation on longing and the loss of our brief friendship, Peace of Mind is the sequel."
- Director, Cary Cronenwett

SUBMERGED

A Group Show

Opening Reception:

Friday Oct. 4, 7-10pm

LAIR FERA – Queer Artist Collective

93 Montrose Ave, Brooklyn

SUBMERGED features new work from LAIR FERA collective members Brother Bramm, Caitlin Rose Sweet, Heather Renée Russ and Stewart Stout. There will be an opening reception on Friday Oct. 4 from 7-10pm.

Brother Bramm is originally from Massachusetts, and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. They are a multimedia artist mainly focusing on composite photography. Their work has been profiled by the San Francisco Bay Guardian and DNA magazine. Their work has been exhibited at SF Cameraworks, Galleria De La Raza, and Grey Area Gallery in San Francisco, CA. This is his premiere show in New York. Their work examines personal intersections between spirituality, queerness, and the subconscious. http://www.brotherbramm.com/

Caitlin Rose Sweet explores the intersections between craft, queerness, and pop culture to position queerness as a site for incessant transformation and possibilities. Her playful work resists assimilation and mastery through an intentional disinvestment in finished work and proper use of materials. Sweet has shown internationally from Portland Or, to San Francisco Bay Area, New York City and Berlin. This includes such exhibitions as Mix 26 (NY 2013), Craftivism (NY 2013), Invisible Landscapes (PDX 2014), and Words as Objects(PDX 2014). Sweet received her MFA in Applied Craft and Design from PNCA/OCAC in 2014 and lives in Brooklyn. http://www.caitlinrosesweet.com/

Heather Renée Russ is an interdisciplinary artist and arts organizer living in Brooklyn, New York who works in photography, video and installation to make work that is about queer femme representation and holding space for queer artists. She works with queer signifiers, organic materials and relational portraiture to create installations about scarcity, displacement and celebration. She received her MFA in Photography, Video and Related Media from School of Visual Arts in New York City where she was the recipient of the Alice Beck-Odette Scholarship and the Thomas Reiss Memorial Award. Heather Reneé’s photography, video and installation work has been exhibited in a wide variety of venues including New York galleries such as Cinders, Space Create, Garner Arts Center as well as in The Guggenheim Stillspotting NYC project and SF Camerawork Gallery in San Francisco. She recently completed a residency on Governors Island in New York City and has forthcoming residencies at Vermont Studio Center and Studios at MASS MoCA. http://www.heatherreneeruss.com/

Stewart Stout is a New York based activist and artist.  Influenced by queer and socialist political thought, he has been working primarily through the lens of sculpture, video and writing to think about the gaps between the utopian and the possible, between individuals and collectives, and between natural and social systems.  He is currently a member of Lair FERA Queer Artist Collective and the Bermuda Triangle, and received his MFA from Hunter College in 2019. http://www.stewartstout.com/

Dear MIX Community,

Please join the MIX board for a necessary, lively, and fun community meeting where we update you on our plans for Mini-MIX 31 (November 2019) and learn how the community will step up to staff our voluntary positions in Communications, Programming, Financial Sustainability, and Ops.

When: Monday, June 10th
Gathering/snacks: 6:30pm
Meeting: 7-9pm
Where: Lair Fera, 93 Montrose Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11206

Indoor and outdoor show featuring works by Amanda Kirchhoff, Caitlin Rose Sweet and Nath Ann Carrera with live performance at 4pm. 

Curated by Lair Fera collaborators Stewart Stout, Heather Renée Russ, Keith Aguilar and Nath Ann Carrera. 

LAIR FERA Opening show

presenting works by Keith Aguilar, Monica Canilao, Donna Dolore, ektor garcia, Heather Renée Russ, Stewart Stout & Xara Thustra

The Lair will also be open to the public for Bushwick Open Studios Saturday and Sunday 11am-5pm.