Len and Cub
Jan. 9 - Feb. 1, 2025
Leonard "Len" Keith (1891-1950) and Joseph "Cub" Coates (1899-1965) were two young men living in the rural village of Havelock, New Brunskwick, who formed a relationship during the early 20th century. While keeping their attraction for each other hidden, they privately captured their relationship via photographs, producing one of the oldest known surviving photographic records of a same-sex couple in the Maritimes. These remarkable archival images, held at the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, are as important socially and historically as they are unique in the photographic canon of eastern Canada.
Len and Cub is curated by Meredith J. Batt and Dusty Green and organized by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery and the Queer Heritage Initiative of New Brunswick.
Opening Reception
Jan. 9, 7 pm
Please consider yourselves warmly invited to the opening reception for the exhibition. At 7 pm, opening remarks will be delivered, and the curators will give a talk via Zoom, projected in the gallery.
Refreshments will be provided.
Mulroney Hall, room 2002, 2333 Notre Dame Ave, Antigonish, NS B2G 2W5
Jan. 9 - Feb. 1
Wed. 2:30 – 6:30 pm
Thrs. 2:30 – 6:30 pm
Fri. 12:00 – 4:00 pm
Sat. 12:00 – 4:00 pm
Thrs. Jan. 9, 2:30 – 9:00 pm
Contact
Mulroney Hall, room 2002
2333 Notre Dame Ave
Antigonish NS B2G 2W5
Canada