The ISP Curatorial Program at the Whitney is currently running At the Mercy of Others: the Politics of Care through June 25th. Part of this exhibition includes a Danzine Retrospective, curated by Teresa Dulce and Marne Lucas. This retrospective offers some much deserved attention for an organization that provided a decade of critical support for workers of Portland's booming sex industry. From the press release:

"The 'Danzine Retrospective' is an important show celebrating ten years of health care and art through the efforts of the non-profit organization Danzine. The success rate of Danzine's outreach progams stems from the grass-roots design: need based, reality based, risk reduction services that reach a stigmatized population. Danzine mission statement 'Danzine was created by and for sex workers and it is our goal to provide the information and resources we needed to make more informed decisions, personally and professionally.' While the agency served needs of colleagues Portland, Oregon from 1995-2005, the risk reduction mission is timeless and its energy resurfaces as health organizations nationwide take cue from its efficacy and sensitivity to those it served."

The installation itself is a recreation of "Switzerland", the lounge at the Danzine space, packed with ephemera from the organization's archives including a large collection of artwork, publication covers, event posters, pamphlets, postcards and t-shirts. Participating Artists include a number of Portland prolifics: Fishy, Dawn J., Christina LeBlanc-Stanley, Lara Lee, Scott Nasburg, Arnold Pander, Leslie Peterson, Bryan Pollard, Suzanne Shifflett, Stosh, Sean Tejaratchi, Melissa Tremblay, Ernest Truely, Gina Velour, Kristin Yount and more. A video installation by Teresa Dulce includes news footage from live performances at City Hall in 2000, and the Portland Bad Date Line.
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