Complete listings of upcoming exhibitions and events brought to you by QAF 2023: Queers in Space:
ArtParty!
Sat Jun 17 | 7pm Roundhouse Exhibition Hall - 181 Roundhouse Mews Join us as QAF 2023: Queers in Space officially launches into orbit! This year, ArtParty! returns to the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre's Exhibition Hall for the first time since 2019. Party amidst our signature Visual Art...
bumfuzzled monachopsis: innerspace out
Curated Visual Art Exhibition Sat Jun 17 - Wed Jun 28 Mon - Fri 9am - 9pm Sat - Sun 9am - 5pm Roundhouse Exhibition Hall - 181 Roundhouse Mews ———— Zandi Dandizette , Curator bumfuzzled monachopsis: innerspace out Free Guided Curator Tour with Zandi Dandizette Sat Jun 24 ,...
Cosmic Connections: Queer Indigenous Astronomy (A View From Above and Below)
Preston Buffalo AR works Sat Jun 17 - Wed Jun 2 8 9am to 9pm daily Roundhouse Exhibition Hall - 181 Roundhouse Mews Augmented Reality artist Preston Buffalo secretly brings the Roundhouse to life with Indigiqueer pasts and futures – including a creation story of how the Cree People originated...
Love After the End: Joshua Whitehead & Friends
QAF + Talking Stick Festival: a day in celebration of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Artists Sun Jun 18 | 3pm Free cinq-à-sept reception to follow at 5pm Roundhouse Performance Centre – 181 Roundhouse Mews Joshua Whitehead, Curator Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction is an...
Virago Nation Burlesque
QAF + Talking Stick Festival: a day in celebration of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Artists Sun Jun 18 | 7pm Roundhouse Performance Centre – 181 Roundhouse Mews Our day-long slate of events centred on Two-Spirit & Indigiqueer art concludes with breathtaking burlesque brought to you by the badass babes of Virago...
Queers in Space: Pride in Art Community Show
Mon Jun 19 - Sat Jul 8 Exhibition open Tue thru Sat, 12 - 6pm The James Black Gallery – 144 E 6th Ave . Opening Reception: Mon Jun 19, 7pm Long regarded as the bedrock of the Queer Arts Festival, the Pride in Art Community Show honours the legacy...
Kiss & Tell Collective: Lesbian Imagery & Sexual Identities
Thu Jun 22 | 5:30pm Or Gallery - 236 E. Pender St. In this community presentation and Q&A, Dr. Kristen Hutchinson discusses the history and impact of the pioneering Vancouver-based Lesbian artist collective Kiss & Tell. Presented in partnership with Or Gallery. Where do you draw the line between censorship...
New Yams Festival
Odera Igbokwe solo exhibit Thu Jun 22 - Fri Jul 2 8 Exhibition is open Tue-Sat, 12 to 6pm SUM gallery - #425-268 Keefer St. New Yams Festival Opening reception with Odera Igbokwe Thu Jun 22, 7pm SUM gallery - #425-268 Keefer St. Buy Tickets on Eventbrite Register for opening...
Sujit Vaidya: Breathe In The Fragrance
Fri Jun 23 | 7pm Roundhouse Performance Centre – 181 Roundhouse Mews Breathe In The Fragrance is Sujit Vaidya 's celebration of erotic ritual — of taste, of smell, of song, of dance, of sensations awakened by Jasmine — to make space for the in-betweenness of things to exist. Combining...
Witch Prophet
Sun Jun 25 | 5:30pm šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl'e7énḵ Square - Vancouver Art Gallery North Plaza - 750 Hornby St. Queer Arts Festival partners with Vancouver International Jazz Festival for the second year in a row to present Witch Prophet : the evolution of Toronto based singer-songwriter Ayo Leilani . Think Erykah...
Hymnen an die Nacht:
Claude Vivier Retrospective Tue Jun 27 | 7pm Roundhouse Performance Centre - 181 Roundhouse Mews In 1983, Canada’s queerest and most cosmic composer, Claude Vivier, shockingly left this world at the age of 34, murdered by a rent boy in Paris. In this retrospective, we commemorate the 40th anniversary of...
Glitter is Forever
Wed Jun 28 | 7pm Roundhouse Exhibition Hall — 181 Roundhouse Mews Our 16th Queer Arts Festival comes home to dock in spectacular fashion, featuring drag performances by the "only nationally acclaimed All-Asian drag family," House of Rice and music by DJ Bella Sie! Take in our curated visual art...