Tammy Rae Carland

Tammy Rae Carland
Tammy Rae Carland in her studio, Oakland CA, 2014
Born	Tammy Rae Carland (1965-01-27) January 27, 1965 (age 51) Portland, Maine, United States
Nationality	American
Education	BA, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA ; MFA, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA ; Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York, NY
Known for	Photography, Video art
Notable work	Lesbian Beds, Odd Girl Out
Movement	feminism

Tammy Rae Carland (born January 27, 1965), is a photographer, video artist, zine editor, current provost at California College of the Arts (CCA), and former co-owner of the independent lesbian music label Mr. Lady Records and Videos. Her work has been published, screened, and exhibited around the world in galleries and museums in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berlin, and Sydney.

Carland was born in Portland, Maine in 1965. She grew up with 4 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 The 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, who 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.