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One Amazing Summer is the Subject of “69/19: Woodstock, Stonewall & the Moon Landing” in Upstate New York

By Trey Speegle on July 20, 2019 6:31 am

Matthew Sporzynski, Paper Moon, 2019

The summer of 1969 was almost unprecedented in terms of historic events.

50 years ago today, on July 20, 1969, the U.S. landed a man on the moon. I’m from Houston, South Houston specifically, and my school mates had parents working at NASA which was very nearby. My friend Ronnie Cook‘s father worked there on the Moon Landing, specifically and packed the moon flag. (Btw, there was no atmosphere on the moon, so it had a built-in armature like an an umbrella so it opened didn’t just hang there.) And the very first word spoken from the moon? My hometown,

“Houston.

Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.”

In June, the Stonewall riots in New York City began the modern LGBTQ movement. As a gay man living in NYC for decades, this events importance cannot be overstated. We just saw the city transformed for the month of June for #WorldPride.

And in August the Woodstock concert celebrated with 3 days of peace, love and music. It’s just minutes from my Gallery 52, which is housed in a converted gas station, that likely fueled cars going to and from Bethel, NY (where the concert was held. Not Woodstock, NY)

So, I feel personally connected to these events, as many Americans do.

I asked fellow artists Alan Belcher, Jack Early, Danielle Krysa, Scooter LaForge, Adrian Milton, Ruben Natal-San Miguel, Martha Rich and Matthew Sporzynski to interpret any or all of these events for this historic exhibit, 69/19: Woodstock, Stonewall & the Moon Landing.

It runs through Sept. 1 at Gallery 52 in Jeffersonville, NY. which is a member of Artsy where you can view more work, details and purchase work.

Alan Belcher, Luna, 2018
Jack Early, 69, 2014
Trey Speegle, Get High, 2019
Adrian Milton, Those Who See Any Difference (Oscar Wilde), 1996
Danielle Krysa, Love was free, but for some fucked up reason,
that would not be the fate of THE NIPPLE, 2019
Martha Rich, Magnificent Desolation, 2019
Scooter Laforge, Jerome in a Forest Fire, 2019
Ruben Natal-San Miguel, Stonewall Inn, 2015

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