John Jarboe: The Rose Garden

Overview

The more you search the more you find in this coming-of-age interactive exhibition that reimagines artist John Jarboe’s gender journey. Make your way through a multi-room domestic maze filled with Surrealist-inspired video, music, sculptures, and memories exploring trans identity and belonging.

About the Artist

American, born 1986. Lives and works in Philadelphia, PA.

John Jarboe (she/her) is a director, performer, curator, and writer. As the founder of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret company and its Artistic Director, Jarboe has produce original works for Opera Philadelphia, Eastern State Penitentiary, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a BFA in Theatre.

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