Beth Schindler

Beth Schindler (she/her) is an artist, curator, and organizer living and working in Austin, TX. Working in textiles, video, film and found materials, Schindler creates ephemeral installations for performance. Deeply committed to centering lesbians in inclusive spaces for all queers, she focuses on crafting creative and liberating experiences to connect in person, and to learn from and reimagine our history. Her recent, Lesbian Mapping Project has become an international success, and has programmed events like Power Snatch, Hickeys & HJs, Plum Crazies, Dyke Bar, Lesbian Wedding, Lesbian Touch, Gay Dregs, Austin Dyke March, and more. In January of 2025, she curated Toxic Masculinity: The Old Reliable World Of David Hurles, an archival show of gay porn photographer and diarist David Hurles at MASS Gallery in Austin, TX. She is the President of the non-profit MASS Gallery in Austin, TX, and focused on making it the gayest community art space in town.