Scherben invites you to Lesbian Legacies # 3 The Butch is Here to Stay a group exhibition with artists Ella C Bernhard, Dana DeGiulio, Risk Hazekamp, Ottilie Roederstein, Toni Schmale and Anne Schmidt. The Butch is Here to Stay is the second exhibition of the three-part exhibition project Lesbian Legacies which is curated by Scherben and Birgit Bosold. The Butch is Here to Stay will open on November 14 2025, and be on view until Dezember 14. 2025.

12.12. 7pm

Fem(me) Fire & Butch Power – Joan Nestles erotic legacy:

Joan Nestle is one of the major voices of the lesbian underground: a Jewish fem from the working class, radically queer, unabashedly lesbian, firmly feminist, uncompromisingly sex-positive, and staunchly anti-fascist. She is a co-founder of the legendary Lesbian Herstory Archives in New York, as well as an activist, community organizer, and author of groundbreaking texts that show how pleasurable politics can be – and how political pleasure truly is. As part of the exhibition series “Lesbian Legacies”, Lara Ledwa and Birgit Bosold talk about Joan Nestle’s commitment to lesbian history, about the community-building power of archives, and about their fascination with the erotic energy of butch–femme relationships.

An event in cooperation with etece Verlag.

14.12. 7pm

Artist talk Dana DeGiulio:

Dana DeGiulio (*1978, Chicago) lives and works in Brooklyn. She studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA 2007). In her practice, which spans painting, drawing, video, installation, writing, and teaching, she explores materiality beyond traditional representation and questions the aims of artistic means themselves. DeGiulio has held numerous solo and two-person exhibitions, including at the California Museum of Photography (Riverside, CA), Carrie Secrist Gallery (Chicago), and PPOW Gallery (New York). She is Associate Professor of Painting at RISD.

The public program is supported by Kemmler Foundation.