Item No. 1: 5"x7" b/w - printed on white paper

Etienne and A. Jay

 

Fey-Way joint exhibition

May 27-June 9 , 1978

 

Flyer with pen and ink drawing by Etienne, the foremost homoerotic gay illustrator along with Tom of Finland.  Dom "Etienne" Orejudos died of AIDS on September 24, 1991.

 

A. Jay (Allen J. Shapiro, 1932-1987) was a popular illustrator and cartoonist from the 1960's to the late '80s. Art editor of the original "Drummer" magazine, he created the "Harry Chess" cartoon strip.

 

Item No. 4: 8.5"x13" b/w - printed on colored paper

Bill Bowers and

Douglas Farmer

 

Fey-Way joint exhibition

July 8-22 , 1978

 

Notice showing pencil and ink drawing titled: 'Finger Licking' by Douglas Farmer.

 

One of Gay photographer Bill Bowers' first exhibitions. In Oct. 1998, Bowers had a 20 year retrospective at San Francisco's LONE STAR bar and in Nov. 2006 remains a productive artist with a SF Live Art Gallery exhibition of his photos, wearable art and wall hangings.

For more of Bill's work, see his QAR gallery.

Item No. 5: "x7.75" b/w - printed on glossy white paper

Bill Bowers and

Douglas Farmer

 

Fey-Way joint exhibition

July 8-22 , 1978

 

Advertisement on the folded back of INTRODUCTIONS 78 poster with ink drawing, dated 1974, by Douglas Farmer. Fey Way Studios is listed as one of the participating art galleries of INTRODUCTIONS 78 -- a precursor of San Francisco's annual Open Studios.

 

In May 2002, Wendy Mukluk, a photographer who exhibited at Harvey Milk's Castro Street camera store in August 1974, informed me that Douglas Farmer had died of unknown cause several years ago.

 

Highly recommended viewing are Wendy Mukluk's photos on her 'memorial to dead friends' page @ http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~mukluk/mem.html