Tammy Rae Carland

Tammy Rae Carland studied at University of California, Irvine and Evergreen State College. The field of work recorded is photography, gender and marginalisation. Residence is recorded at Oakland. Employment is recorded with California College of the Arts. Work by Tammy Rae Carland is recorded in the collections of Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Kadist Art Foundation, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and SFO Museum.

• Name — Tammy Rae Carland • Birth Name — Tammy Rae Carland • Born — 27 January 1965 • Birthplace — Portland, Maine, United States • Field — Photography, Video art • Education — BA, Evergreen State College MFA, University of California, Irvine • Movement — feminism • Works — Lesbian Beds, Odd Girl Out

Carland was born in Portland, Maine in 1965. She grew up with four siblings and was raised by her single mother. She was the first in her family to graduate from high school.

In the late 1980s, while she was studying photography at Evergreen State College, Carland co-founded the independent art gallery Reko Muse (a.k.a. wreck-o-muse) in Olympia, Washington with fellow photography student, Kathleen Hanna and another friend, Heidi Arbogast. They formed a band, Amy Carter, which performed during art exhibitions. Kathleen Hanna often did spoken word performances at the gallery. Local band, Nirvana, led by Kurt Cobain, periodically played benefit shows to support the gallery. After Amy Carter broke up, Carland remained friends with Hanna. She collaborated on the record art for Hanna’s band, Bikini Kill. Carland is also the namesake of the Bikini Kill song "For Tammy Rae" off the album Pussy Whipped. She also collaborated on album art for bands such as The Fakes and The Butchies. Hanna contributed to Carland’s next project, the independently produced fanzine I (heart) Amy Carter. Other contributors included Donna Dresch of the queercore band Team Dresch. Carland’s zine writings have been republished in A Girl's Guide to Taking Over the World edited by Karen Green and Tristan Taormino and The Riot Grrrl Collection edited by Lisa Darms. After the zine's demise, Carland turned her focus to photography and filmmaking. Excerpts from her film Lady Outlaws and Faggot Wannabes are included in the documentary film She's Real, Worse Than Queer by Lucy Thane, and Carland is also interviewed in this film. She has also been a contributor to Joanie4Jackie, a film compilation zine created by Miranda July, which featured Dear Mom and Becky 1977 in the first and second issues respectively. Her videos Live From Somewhere, Odd Girl Out, and Lady Outlaws and Faggot Wannabes have screened nationally and internationally. From 1997-2005, Carland ran, in partnership, Mr. Lady Records and Videos. Mr. Lady was an independent record label and video distribution company dedicated to promoting feminist and queer culture. Mr. Lady released recordings by The Butchies, Kaia Wilson (Carland's ex-partner and Mr. Lady co-founder), and Le Tigre. Carland's name appears in the lyrics of the Le Tigre song "Hot Topic."