Published in Vancouver Sun, June 4, 2014 Shaira Holman recognized as Woman of Distinction. By Matthew Robinson Shaira (SD) Holman, a photographic artist and a driving force behind Vancouver’s Queer Arts Festival, accepted a YWCA Women of Distinction award Tuesday for her work at the trans-disciplinary arts festival. “Shaira’s vision has transformed the festival from […]
Published in Xtra, June 4, 2014 By Natasha Barsotti Shaira (SD) Holman, artistic director of the Queer Arts Festival, has won the 2014 Women of Distinction Award from the YWCA, under the arts, culture and design category. The award, which recognizes outstanding women whose achievements contribute to the community’s well-being and future, was presented to Holman […]
Celebrate the closing of another thrilling festival season with Loud and Queer! Our final fiesta, join us for a delectable evening of choice edibles, effervescent refreshments, spellbinding performances, and two silent auctions featuring the latest treats, swag bags and accoutrements from local queer artists and businesses. Revel in the scintillating voices of young, loud, and […]
Join the BC Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf (BCRAD) and the Queer Arts Festival as we embark on a collaboration to explore the dynamics of Deaf-Queer identities! Our facilitator and four panelists from various backgrounds of Deafness explore the intersections of Deaf and queer culture, deliver heavy-hitting personal treatises on ableism and accessibility, and answer […]
Meet the people who make QAF happen, learn about the submissions process, and help brainstorm the theme for 2015. Pride in Art welcomes artists and art-lovers of all ages, orientations, backgrounds and abilities to participate in QAF’s ongoing planning and preparation. QAF is brought to you by the Pride in Art Society (PiA), a registered […]
Co-presented with the grunt gallery and Dazibao Co-presented with the grunt gallery Initiated by the filmmaker Rodrigue Jean, Épopée is a collection of short films written and made in collaboration with male drug addicts and sex trade workers in Montreal. Set in the district known to residents as “the box,” an area bounded by the streets […]
Co-presented with the Vancouver Pride Society Join the Bobbers’ all-queer improv comedy troupe for a special edition of QueerProv! The well-loved weekly improv show at Heaven’s Door moves on up to the Roundhouse for Pride. Featuring local performers in a fabulous showcase Vancouver’s LGBTQ comedic talent. QueerProv: Special Pride Show is a 105 minute comedy […]
3rd of 3 sessions: July 26, 27 and August 2, 1 – 3pm A Memoir Writing Workshop for trangressive voices led by author Amber Dawn, Tough Language, Tender Wisdoms invites participants to write under-told and boundary-pushing stories from their personal experience, and to develop strategies to creating safe and celebratory spaces for these stories to […]
Co-presented with the Kickstart Society for Disability Culture and REVERB: a queer reading series The dog days in August bring languid evenings, raw mornings, hot afternoons. This year, as part of the Queer Arts Festival, they also bring an alchemical collaboration between Kickstart Disability Arts and REVERB: A Queer Reading Series, with words from communities […]
Co-presented with the Vancouver Men’s Chorus The perfect post-parade pairing — round out your Pride Sunday with a Queer Arts Festival’s mainstay, Big Gay Sing!, a festive, participatory, music-making spectacle led by the Vancouver Men’s Chorus. Described as “Karaoke with Glitter,” this post-parade sing-a-long is one of our most popular annual events now in its […]
Co-presented with the Erato Ensemble Just in time for Pride weekend, Erato Ensemble’s I Sing the Body Electric celebrates the Queer spirit of Walt Whitman and the Beat Generation, who dared to express an individual language and lifestyle in the midst of the conservative social mores of their times, changing our culture forever. Walt Whitman’s poetry is […]
NEW START TIME 7:30PM With event partner Genderfest ASL Interpretation provided by BCRAD Tentacles wrestle the sexual status quo; secret identity exposes itself; and the Empire is challenged by authentic expression in a work that mixes whimsy, savage poetry, heartbreaking vulnerability and B-movie joy. Get your alien on in this transdisciplinary evening for the Queer Arts […]