Performance by Susana Cortez

Rainbow Party meets the artist _2012 from Susa Cortez on Vimeo. Susana Cortez Performance piece: The body is social; the body is political by itself. Who we are, where we come from, how we see ourselves, how society and others perceive us is all about body politics. It is all…

California: Bodies Curators’ Tour

June 14, 2014 Bodies Curators’ Tour 11am at SOMArts, San Francisco Each year as part of its National Queer Arts Festival, the Queer Cultural Center presents an international exhibition of cutting edge queer art. This year’s exhibition is titled Body, body, bodies. Curators and exhibiting artists will give a guided…

GenderBlender

GenderBlender, June 6 – Augustus 17, 2014 at MU Emmasingel 20 5611 AZ Eindhoven, Holland “Femininity, masculinity, and everything in between. With GenderBlender MU and guest curators/artists Hanneke Wetzer and Leonie Baauw are focusing on the sliding scale between 100% XX and 100 % XY chromosomes, between male and female.”…

SD Holman

SD Holman Receives YWCA Women of Destiction Award

Press release by Queer Arts Festival, Vancouver, Canada Pride in Art is delighted to announce that Artistic Director SD (Shaira) Holman has been honoured with the YWCA Women of Distinction Award. Recognized nationally as one of Canada’s most prestigious awards, the Women of Distinction Awards honours women whose outstanding achievements…

After Our Bodies Meet: From Resistance to Potentiality

Becoming An Image Performance Still No. 1, (ONE National Archives, Transactivations, Los Angeles), 2012, C-print face mounted to Plexiglas, 45 x 30 in. Photo: Heather Cassils with Eric Charles. Courtesy of the artist and Ronald Feldman Fine Arts. Leslie-Lohman Museum presents an exhibition of queer feminist artists exploring the body…

Photo by Laura Aguilar

After Our Bodies Meet: From Resistance to Potentiality

Laura Aguilar, Grounded #114, 2006. 20 x 16 in. Courtesy of the artist and UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. Leslie-Lohman Museum presents an exhibition of queer feminist artists exploring the body as site of resistance, envisioning a positive queer future. The exhibition features work from Laura Aguilar, Cathy Cade, Heather…

Mikki by Amie LeeKing

Portraits & Wild Pain

A cross-posted INDIEGOGO campaign by Amie LeeKing Mikki by Amie LeeKing, USA Portraits & Wild Pain My INDIEGOGO campaign is to raise funds for my first solo show at NYC’s ION Studio in late June. My background Hi, friends, I’m Amie LeeKing and since the 90’s I always had a…

California: Body, body, bodies

Body, body, bodies June 7, 2014 Opening Reception 2pm-5pm Exhibition June 7–28 SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, USA Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Friday, 12–7pm, Saturday, 12–5pm Artist/Curator Walk Through – Exhibit walk: June 9, 5:30pm Body, body, bodies The National Queer Arts Festival organised by the Queer Cultural Center presents Body, body,…

Vancouver: New Beginnings at Pride in Art

Press Release by QAF The Pride in Art Society is delighted to announce it has been approved for Operating Assistance in the Professional Arts Festivals program at the BC Arts Council. This is a milestone for the Pride in Art Society, and the promotion from project funding to operating funding…

Ariadne and Minotaur

Ariadne and Minotaur by Viola & Veronica, GendErotica 2013, Rome 31 May-2 June 2013 from Viola on Vimeo. Description: “What happens when Ariadne and (the) Minotaur – the secondary characters of an ancient Greek myth – meet each other in the labyrinth? The clip “Ariadne and Minotaur” is an exploration…

Vancouver – QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL 2014: ReGenerations

Press release QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL 2014: ReGenerations An annual three-week artist-run transdisciplinary arts festival, July 23 – August 9, Roundhouse Exhibition Hall and Performance Centre in Vancouver, Canada. The 2014 Theme: ReGenerations Queer Arts Festival (QAF) is delighted to unveil our 2014 theme, ReGenerations. A defiant reframing of the Nazi…