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    • FALLEN WOMEN
    • Jane Doesn't Need Dick: Origin of Love
    • SUPER DYKES
    • Historical Models of Cultural and/or Biological Performative Identities
    • HILL DISTRICT
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    • The Meaning of Life: A Self Portrait
    • Origin of the Odd
    • SEX OBJECTS
    • I Am Surfacing
    • The Bachmann Overdrive Reparative Conversion-a-tor
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upcoming 2026|​SOLO EXHIBITION: THE MEANING OF LIFE: A SELF PORTRAIT

Current/upcoming exhibitions

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SOLO EXHIBITION:
Queer Before Queer

643 Project Space 
643 N Ventura Avenue
Ventura, CA 93001

643projectspace.com

APRIL 4-26, 2025
Opening Event: April 4, 2025 5pm-7pm
Closing Event: April 26, 2025 7pm-7pm
Gallery visiting hours:
Every Sunday in April from 11AM-4PM.
The  gallery is otherwise open by appointment only! 
Please
email Jo Ann at
[email protected] to set-up an appointment.

Queer Before Queer, Jo Ann Block’s latest solo exhibition, opening receptions is April 4, 2025, from 5-7 p.m. at 643 Project Space in Ventura.

This series is a deeply personal one—it’s about visibility, resilience, and honoring older butch lesbians who have spent their lives defying cultural and societal norms. There will also be a closing reception on April 26 from 5 to 7 p.m. Please join us.
  • HOME
  • COLLAGE / PAINTING
    • PHENOMENA OF THE FIERCE
    • QUEER BEFORE QUEER
    • FALLEN WOMEN
    • Jane Doesn't Need Dick: Origin of Love
    • SUPER DYKES
    • Historical Models of Cultural and/or Biological Performative Identities
    • HILL DISTRICT
    • EARLY COLLAGE
  • SCULPTURE / INSTALLATION
    • The Meaning of Life: A Self Portrait
    • Origin of the Odd
    • SEX OBJECTS
    • I Am Surfacing
    • The Bachmann Overdrive Reparative Conversion-a-tor
    • Creatures
    • RECUPERATING THE HISTORIC: QUEER LIFE BEFORE STONEWALL
  • NEWS
  • ABOUT
  • Contact