"Brian Lantelme’s body of work, centering around Sally’s Hideaway, conveys the intimate connections between Lantelme and the numerous friends and colleagues who transformed Sally’s from merely a nightlife venue into a vibrant community place.  It was within this environment that both performers and patrons discovered a sense of belonging and a chosen family.  Lantelme's photographs possess a profound capacity to evoke and inspire conversations surrounding personal identity, Ballroom Culture, and the interconnectedness of diverse Vogue/House communities, and the pursuit of living authentically.  As Curator of The Brian Lantelme Trust, I develop exhibitions that emphasize individual agency, encourage the recollection of memories, and promote  dialogue regarding both the temporal context and contemporary interpretations of Brian Lantelme’s photographic work." — Miss Tiger

 

Miss Tiger is a non-binary, Visual Anthropologist and Curator whose ethnographic research and exhibitions investigate the interplay between the visual arts and various domains including media, gender performance, sexuality, aesthetics, cultural memory, and the AIDS crisis that devastated the gay community in the 1980s.

 

As the Curator of The Brian Lantelme Trust, Miss Tiger conducts in-depth curatorial and anthropological research that highlights the importance of Sally's Hideaway — a BIPOC/LGBTQ+ place of cultural and symbolic significance, where individuals derived meaning and formed identities through their engagement with the physical surroundings and community of Sally's Hideaway.

 

She is the Founder and Curator of The Blueboy® Archives and Cultural Arts Foundation.  This LGBTQ+ nonprofit organization focuses on preserving Blueboy® magazine archives for historical, educational, and research initiatives.

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Miss Tiger was awarded the Curatorial Research Fellowship from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.  Her curatorial research focuses on Blueboy® magazine, culminating in an exhibition that emphasizes the magazine's principal photography as a form of art, while also exploring the magazine's influence on intricate topics such as cultural identity, community dynamics, and societal structures. 

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Miss Tiger holds a Master of Arts in Visual Anthropology from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in Media, Culture, and Communication from New York University.

 

E-mail: tiger@sallyshideaway.com

 

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