Soft Spaces presents installations by alumni of the Leslie Lohman Museum of Art Fellowship, an intergenerational program supporting LGBTQIA+ artists of color through mentorship and collective learning. Recent works from three cohorts reflect experimentation and vulnerability across digital media, painting, photography, film, performance, and installation. The “softness” of the exhibitions’ title reflects artists’ experience of the Fellowship as a space for safety in process, experimentation, and vulnerability. Soft Spaces unfolds over time, presenting recent work by 38 artists from the 2019–20, 2020–21, and 2021–22 cohorts. These artists’ practices span digital and media art, painting, photography, filmmaking, performance, and installation.
