Curatorial Work

By the Force of Our Presence: Highlights from the Lesbian Herstory Archives. May 2019-December 2019.

As part of a curatorial team including Flavia Rando, Saskia Scheffer, and Ashley-Luisa Santangelo, Bakaitis coordinated the exhibit By The Force of Our Presence: Highlights from the Lesbian Herstory Archives, featured at the New-York Historical Society between May 24 andDecember 1, 2019. They also worked on the previously traveling exhibit Graphic Activism (Ace Hotel, The Graduate Center Library, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts), in 2016-17, featuring posters, zines, and visual ephemera from the Lesbian Herstory Archives’ collections.

Part of a trio of Stonewall 50 exhibits at the New-York Historical Society, By the Force of Our Presence focused on the activism of queer women, showcasing 100 years of lesbian history. Among the Stonewall 50 openings in New York City in 2019, this exhibit was the only one to focus on the achievements of LGBTQ women.

Thousands of Ghostly Sheaves: A History of Queer Studies at CUNY. October 2018-October 2019. In collaboration with Katherine Pradt. The Graduate Center Library. New York, New York.

Founded in 1991, under the leadership of Martin Duberman, CLAGS holds the unique distinction of being the first academic LGBTQ research center in the United States. Thousands of Ghostly Sheaves presents a curated selection of articles from the CLAGS newsletter (published semiannually from 1991 to 2013), as well as accompanying conference posters and programs.

Zines as Creative Resistance. January 2017-June 2018. In collaboration with Wanett Clyde. The Graduate Center, City University of New York. New York, New York. 

Zines as Creative Resistance explores the political side of zines: quirky, handmade publications with a low print run, no advertisements, and often a sole creator.

Graphic Activism – Traveling Exhibit 

Graphic Activism: Posters from the Lesbian Herstory Archives. June-December 2016. In collaboration with Flavia Rando, Ann Pachner, Collette Montoya-Sloan. The Graduate Center, City University of New York. New York, New York.

Graphic Activism: The Lesbian Herstory Archives at Blackburn 20/20. February 23-March 27, 2016. In collaboration with Flavia Rando, Ann Pachner, Collette Montoya-Sloan. The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. New York, NY.

Out/Reach: Selections from the Lesbian Herstory Archives. June, 2015. In collaboration with Flavia Rando, Ann Pachner, Collette Montoya-Sloan. Ace Hotel. New York, New York.