Wed Jun 19 | 4pm | led by Elwood Jimmy |
Curator Elwood Jimmy leads tour for LGBT2S youth to see their identities reflected in art, organized in partnership with Broadway Youth Resource Centre and Directions Youth Services.
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Wed Jun 19 | 4pm | led by Elwood Jimmy |
Wed Jun 19 | 7pm | Literary Readings | Pay What you Can
Danny Ramadan brings his much-loved nights of readings to the Queer Arts Festival. Featuring Kai Cheng Thom, Mey Rude, Tash McAdam, Monica Meneghetti and Michael V. Smith.
A Night of Storytelling is back for its fourth year, showcasing the talented LGBTQ2+ voices in the CanLit scene. Danny Ramadan brings prominent voices from the Queer and trans community of words to the stage to read from their art as they explore their identities through adult fiction, nonfiction, poetry and YA novels.
Each author will be reading from their own work, centering the stage around their talents, and framing their public art through their personal lens, before joining each other for an open conversation on representation of the LGBTQ2+ community in the Canadian scene, and presenting an authentic and genuine image of queer and trans lives under a literary examination.
Mon Jun 17 – Wed Jun 26 | Visual Art Exhibition |
Guest curator Elwood Jimmy
We often think of revolution in relation to ways of knowing, but we rarely think about revolution in relation to our colonial habits of being – how our habits are dependent on, maintained and enabled by colonization. A revolution of being is not about what we say, how we look, how we perform, or how we trade in the different economies of colonial modernity. A revolution of being invites us to change our desires, our hopes, how we hope, how we sense, how we love, and above all, regenerate and recalibrate our relationships with each other, with the land, with time, with form and with space. In this recalibration of being, time and revolution are not linear. A radically different and tender way of being is necessary to face the violence on particular bodies – the human and non-human – that keep colonial systems in place, and to not lose sight of what we do not want to see. It is the cultivation and maintenance of practices – artistic, spiritual, life – that gesture towards a reimagining of a different way of being, of sitting with the complexities that we collectively face in an increasingly polarized world. In this exhibition, we look towards practices and processes that move towards generative ways of being. – Curator Elwood Jimmy
Tue Jun 18 | 7pm | Free
Gala Opening Reception
Join us for the Queer Arts Festival’s opening Art Party!, where art and conviviality converge at the grand opening.
Art Party! marks the opening night of QAF’s curated exhibition, Relational rEvolutions, curated by Elwood Jimmy; the Pride in Art Community Exhibition; and is the kick off for the incredible exhibitions, performances, and Satellite Academy outreach initiatives that make up the Queer Arts Festival.
Our opening night galas are one of Vancouver’s best attended visual arts events, making this a party you don’t want to miss!
SUM Gallery, Canada’s only queer multidisciplinary gallery, is honored to host Adrian Stimson’s debut of their most recent work for the gallery’s second exhibition of the year, Naked Napi.
Adrian Stimson: Naked Napi
Exhibition Dates: Sept 8, 2018 to Dec 8, 2018 – Tuesday to Saturday, 12 to 6pm – by donation
Artist Talk: Sept 6, 2018 – 7pm to 9pm, in Full Circle studio, suite #416
Exhibition Opening: Sept 8, 2018 – 2 to 4pm, in SUM gallery, suite #425
Curated by SD Holman
Presentation partner: Full Circle – First Nations Performances
About the Exhibition
Napi is a character from traditional stories of the Siksika (Blackfoot) nation. Often referred to as the “Old Man” who came from the sun, Napi alongside the “Old Woman” are known as quasi-creators in these stories.
Naked Napi presents Adrian Stimson’s new site specific installation.
Through this collection, Naked Napi reimagines the traditional tales of Napi in the present. Where the intersections of indigeneity, sexuality and Two-Spirit identities are drawn to the forefront in this retelling. It is a display of reclamation that challenges the colonial erasure of Indigenous bodies, power and sexual histories.
Read more about the works presented and the artist at: https://queerartsfestival.com/adrian-stimson-naked-napi/
ACCESS & ACCESSIBILITY
The address is 268 Keefer St, between Main St and Gore Ave. The SUM gallery is located on the 4th floor, suite 425.
The gallery is open Tuesday – Saturday 12 – 6pm, closed on Sunday, Monday and stat holiday.
Transit access:
Skytrain: Main Street-Science World or Stadium-Chinatown;
Bus: 22 on Gore; 03, 08, 19 on Main; 14, 16, 20 on Hastings.
– There is a paid parkade as part of the building, that unfortunately closes at 7pm. After 7pm, we recommend people to park at EasyPark at Keefer and Quebec St or street parking.
Accessibility: This location has not yet had an accessibility audit.
– Building entrance is street level with no steps at front entrance. The front doors of the building are locked at 7:00 pm, so call 778-323-3593 to be let in after that.
– There is a ramp with a hand rail to reach the elevator.
– Washrooms are accessible & non gendered, doors will be propped open.
– The front door of our suite has an automatic door operator.
– The gallery space has no windows.
– Our events are scent reduced.
– There will be ASL interpretation.
– BC Artscape is dog-friendly, so you may encounter some furry friends in common areas and elevators and in our suite.
Please let us know if you have any requests or need more information events@queerartsfestival.com
Opening: May 12 2 – 4pm
Exhibition: May 12 – August 18 (Tuesday – Saturday 12-6pm)
Curated by Paul Wong and SD Holman
Presentation Partner: On Main Gallery
Queer-sum a “Chinglish” translation and play on the words Queer Love, alludes to queer attraction that people experience, even though they believe themselves to be straight identified – or queer-sum (sum=heart=love).
Photo Credit: Chick Rice
QueerSUM心 presents three of Karin Lee’s media works: a 2-channel remix of her classic 16mm film My Sweet Peony Remix, a fantastical drama shot in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Gardens; Portrait of a Girl, a documentary shot in Beijing; and Small Pleasures, a period drama set in Barkerville BC.
The works not only investigate sentiments of being “Queer-sum,” but pay tribute to Vancouver’s Chinatown—where Lee spent her childhood—and examine the underlying racism which contributed to the very creation of “Chinatowns” amidst the colonization of Indigenous peoples.
Read more about the works presented and the artist at: http://queerartsfestival.com/queersum-show-karin-lee/
ACCESS & ACCESSIBILITY
The address is 268 Keefer St, between Main St and Gore Ave. The SUM gallery is located on the 4th floor, suite 425.
Transit access:
Skytrain: Main Street-Science World or Stadium-Chinatown;
Bus: 22 on Gore; 03, 08, 19 on Main; 14, 16, 20 on Hastings.
– There is a paid parkade as part of the building, that unfortunately closes at 7pm. After 7pm, we recommend people to park at EasyPark at Keefer and Quebec St or street parking.
Accessibility: This location has not yet had an accessibility audit.
– Building entrance is street level with no steps at front entrance
– There is a ramp to reach the elevator
– Washrooms are accessible & non gendered, doors will be propped open
– The automatic door operators haven’t arrived yet but the main doors will be propped open.
– Our events are scent reduced.
– ASL interpretation will be provided.
Please let us know if you have any requests or need more information.
Note that BC Artscape is dog-friendly, so you may encounter some furry friends in common areas and elevators and in our suite.
Opening: May 12 2 – 4pm
Artist talk: May 17 7 – 9pm
Exhibition: May 12 – August 18 (Tuesday – Saturday 12-6pm – closed on stat holidays)
Presentation Partner: On Main Gallery
Come join filmmaker Karin Lee and curators Paul Wong and SD Holman on May 17 for an informal artist talk around QueerSUM心
Photo Credit: Chick Rice
QueerSUM心 presents three of Karin Lee’s media works: a 2-channel remix of her classic 16mm film My Sweet Peony Remix, a fantastical drama shot in the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Gardens; Portrait of a Girl, a documentary shot in Beijing; and Small Pleasures, a period drama set in Barkerville BC.
The works not only investigate sentiments of being “Queer-sum,” but pay tribute to Vancouver’s Chinatown—where Lee spent her childhood—and examine the underlying racism which contributed to the very creation of “Chinatowns” amidst the colonization of Indigenous peoples.
Read more about the works presented and the artist at: http://queerartsfestival.com/queersum-show-karin-lee/
ACCESS & ACCESSIBILITY
The address is 268 Keefer St, between Main St and Gore Ave. The SUM gallery is located on the 4th floor, suite 425.
Transit access:
Skytrain: Main Street-Science World or Stadium-Chinatown;
Bus: 22 on Gore; 03, 08, 19 on Main; 14, 16, 20 on Hastings.
– There is a paid parkade as part of the building, that unfortunately closes at 7pm. After 7pm, we recommend people to park at EasyPark at Keefer and Quebec St or street parking.
Accessibility: This location has not yet had an accessibility audit.
– Building entrance is street level with no steps at front entrance
– There is a ramp to reach the elevator
– Washrooms are accessible & non gendered, doors will be propped open
– The automatic door operators haven’t arrived yet but the main doors will be propped open.
– Our events are scent reduced.
– ASL interpretation will be provided.
Please let us know if you have any requests or need more information.
Note that BC Artscape is dog-friendly, so you may encounter some furry friends in common areas and elevators and in our suite.
In this chamber symphonic work, classically-trained Allegra Chamber Orchestra follows the lead of The Chippewa Travellers’ Powwow drum, as they create new forms of music in cellist/composer Cris Derksen’s Orchestral Powwow. Bringing Indigenous music to the centre of the European model, Cris Derksen, The Chippewa Travellers, hoop dancer Nimkii Osawamick, and percussionist Jesse Baird perform this Juno-nominated composition outdoors as part of the 2017 Queer Arts Festival.
“Using older classical tools with Powwow groups is a way I can express the intersections between the old and the new. It brings together both parts of who I am as a Half-Cree, Half- Mennonite Classically Trained Cellist.”
— Cris Derksen
with the support of
Sponsored by
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Community Partner: The Canadian Music Centre
This is a free, outdoor event. If you clicked here planning to buy a ticket, please consider supporting this event by donating instead. To make your tax-deductible charitable donation, please click HERE .
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Scent Reduced:
This event is scent-reduced. Please help us keep this a welcome space for everyone and refrain from wearing scented products while attending QAF events.
Mobility Accessibility:
This event is fully wheelchair accessible.
Click HERE for a full accessibility audit of the space by Radical Access Mapping Project. To learn more about Radical Access Mapping Project, visit their website at radicalaccessiblecommunities.wordpress.com
QAF takes place on the traditional, unceded territory of the Coast Salish people, in particular the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwəta? (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. We recognize their sovereignty, as there are no treaties on these lands, and we are dedicated to building a new relationship between our nations based on respect and consent.
Emerging Artists Program
Join us at SUM for FREE workshops on Technology in the Arts!
Technology in the arts can provide us with incredible opportunities to take our creations to the next level. However, knowledge on how to use and install equipment can keep us from exploring and achieving the potential of our artistic visions. Workshops are FREE and available for all Queer and Allied Emerging Artists!
Technology in Performing Arts with Sammy Chien
Ever wondered… How does technology facilitate the way we create art? What are the dramaturgical perspectives on video projections?
How does the role of arts and technology implicate with our artistic expression and our spiritual health?
Friday May 4 from 3-5pm come and learn from cutting edge interdisciplinary media artist Sammy Chien, the official selected mentor for the audiovisual performance software Isadora from the creator of the software Mark Coniglio.
This workshop will focus on introducing audiovisual technologies and demonstrating its applications to inspire the participants’ creative possibilities working with sound, video and new media/technologies.
Intro to Media Art Installation with Bobbi Kozinuk
On Wednesday May 9 from 2-6pm, join media artist extraordinaire Bobbi Kozinuk at SUM gallery for an intro to Media Art Installation!
In this workshop you will learn about:
- Sources: DVD, media players, computers, looping and auto start, file types, compression, synchronization.
- Projectors: aspect ratio, image resolution, brightness, care and setup, orientation, zoom and throw.
- Signals and Cables: hdmi, dvi, VGA, video, sdi, wifi. Cable length.
** You can come to one, the other or both workshops. No registration required. **
PAID INTERNSHIPS OPPORTUNITY The Queer Arts Festival is offering emerging artists a rare opportunity to receive an honorarium while working and learning alongside professional artists. Through a mentorship and training program, you will learn the skills necessary to work towards a career in the arts and technology. Please see the job descriptions for details on the available positions. QAF Emerging Artist program works to equip you with new skills and experience through mentorship, to offer you the resources and techniques to engage new technologies as a means to further your career, develop leadership skills, and build the necessary abilities for further employment in arts and technology. These mentorship positions will provide you with introductory experiences in the arts as well as on-the-job training. Previous experience or knowledge is not required. Read the job descriptions below: EA Job Description_ Assistant Stage ManagerEA Job Description_ Media Art Installation TechnicianApplication forms available at the workshops. *ASL interpretation available upon request. Please contact us directly with any accessibility needs at info@prideinart.ca
ACCESS AND ACCESSIBILITY
The address is 268 Keefer St, between Main St and Gore Ave. The SUM Gallery is located on the 4th floor, suite 425.
We respectfully acknowledge that this event will take place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded Indigenous territories of the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. We recognize their sovereignty, as there are no treaties on these lands, and we are dedicated to building a new relationship between our nations based on respect and consent. We would also like to acknowledge that this event is taking place in Chinatown, which is home to low income and Chinese immigrant communities. We are thankful and consider it a privilege to be able to do our sharing here.
Transit access:
Skytrain: Main Street-Science World or Stadium-Chinatown;
Bus: 22 on Gore; 03, 08, 19 on Main; 14, 16, 20 on Hastings.
There is a paid parkade as part of the building, that unfortunately closes at 7pm. After 7pm, we recommend people to park at EasyPark at Keefer and Quebec St. or street parking.
Light snacks and beverages provided.
Accessibility: This location has not yet had an accessibility audit.
– Building entrance is street level with no steps at front entrance
– There is a ramp to reach the elevator
– Washrooms are accessible & non gendered, doors will be propped open
– The automatic door operators haven’t arrived yet but the main doors will be propped open.
– Our events are scent reduced.
– ASL interpretation can be provided upon request.
Please let us know if you have any requests or need more information.
Note that BC Artscape is dog-friendly, so you may encounter some furry friends in common areas and elevators.
Contact:
Alecska alecska@queerartsfestival.com or Emily ebailey@queerartsfestival.com
This event is supported by the Telus Community Board.
Come to a party at our Annual General Meeting. We’ll be providing updates on new developments at Pride in Art Society, and giving a sneak peek into this year’s festival.
Not only does the AGM provide us the opportunity to hang out with you in advance of this year’s festival, but AGM attendance is a key factor for some of our funders (so please show up!).
ASL Interpretation will be provided. Pride in Art Society’s 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held: Thursday May 31, 2018 7pm SUM Gallery 425 – 268 Keefer St, Vancouver All members invited to attend. Membership renewal and signup for new members will take place before formal business.
RSVP at info@queerartsfestival.com with AGM in the subject line.
Can’t come, but still want to support? If you are unable to attend the AGM, please consider appointing a proxy by filling out this Proxy Form and sending it to Kimberly Sayson.
ACCESS and ACCESSIBILITY
The address is 268 Keefer St., between Main St. and Gore Ave. The SUM gallery is located on the 4th floor, suite 425. We respectfully acknowledge that this event will take place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded Indigenous territories of the ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations. We recognize their sovereignty, as there are no treaties on these lands, and we are dedicated to building a new relationship between our nations based on respect and consent. We would also like to acknowledge that this event is taking place in Chinatown, which is home to low income and Chinese immigrant communities. We are thankful and consider it a privilege to be able to do our sharing here. Transit access: Skytrain: Main Street-Science World or Stadium-Chinatown; Bus: 22 on Gore; 03, 08, 19 on Main; 14, 16, 20 on Hastings. – There is a paid parkade as part of the building, that unfortunately closes at 7pm. After 7pm, we recommend people to park at EasyPark – Lot 7 and the address is 180 Keefer Street; or street parking. Accessibility: This location has not yet had an accessibility audit. – Building entrance is street level with no steps at front entrance. – There is a ramp with a hand rail to reach the elevator. – Washrooms are accessible & non gendered, doors will be propped open. – The front door of our suite has an automatic door operator. – Our events are scent reduced. – ASL interpretation will be provided. BC Artscape is dog-friendly, so you may encounter some furry friends in common areas and elevators and in our suite. Food will be provided: dim sum and pastries from local shops, some with meat products and some vegetarian options. There will be alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Please let us know if you have any requests or need more information.
Gala Opening Reception | Roundhouse Exhibition Hall
Art and conviviality converge at the grand opening celebrating 10 years of the Queer Arts Festival.
with DJ O’Show!
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Roundhouse Great Hall
This open visual art exhibition honours our founder, Two-Spirit artist Robbie Hong and 20 years of Pride in Art.
Alecska Divisadero
Art Sun-Face
Chris Watson
David Camisa
Edward Bader
Holly Steele
Jeannette Sirois
Julia Wong
Kenneth Freeman
Sakino Sepulveda
Samsa
Tyler Homan
June 16 – 27 — The Roundhouse
DECADEnce visual art exhibition curated by Valérie d. Walker.
Visual artists
AA Bronson
Angela Gabereau & Coral Short & Visionaries
April Sumter-Freitag
Berlynn Beam
Carl Pope Jr.
Chandra Melting Tallow
Dana Claxton
Dayna Danger
Eloisa Aquino
General Idea
Guerrilla Girls
Jenny Lin
Katherine Atkins
Mutya Macatumpag (moo-cha) (maca-toom-pag) – aka. FiND MUTYA
Paul Wong
Raven Davis
Susan Stewart
Syrus Marcus Ware
TJ Norris
What is a mark? In a settler colonial society we have a very solidified perception of what “counts” as worthy of articulating. Programmed in an imperial tradition, we literally count success and attach dates to significant momentous occasions, times in history when someone is said to have “accomplished something” that should be celebrated and then written down to measure its worth, annually. HIStory has tried to erase the Other in its wake of calculating difference, asserting authority, superiority, a bar to be set by systems of power to ensure the success of a single story.
2018 marks 10 years of the Queer Arts Festival and Pride in Art’s 20th year as an artist-led organization. 2018’s curated visual art exhibition DECADEnce remembers the Other marks and interrogates what we collectively choose to celebrate. By engaging queer artists across disciplines DECADEnce explores marks that live beyond the page, numerical devices, and quantitative data; the mark that lives in actions unnoticed, voices unheard, lost stories of self, and races won in forgotten Herstories/Ourstories.
DECADEnce marks a time for us to revisit, and therefore represent and archive, the stories of us by celebrating and honouring our community of trailblazing queer ancestors, the stories untold, the unmeasurable progress, visceral pleasures, tragic loses, the almosts, the push back, the unnamed, the unmarked, the dead, the blood-sweat-and tears. These marks continue to live in and inform our actions, our reality to fuel a discourse that challenges perceptions of success by sharing the stories of how we got here and what sacrifices and struggles it required.
Our marks draw circles, wherein the repeating struggle continues in the company of a rejuvenated resistance, reviving of power and strength through art.
These marks are where we find joy, love, thrive, and create to feed our spirits and develop thick skin. We are time travelers, we have been here before, and will do it again.
Roundhouse Exhibition Hall
Curator Valérie d. Walker discusses DECADEnce with curated artists Berlynn Beam, Eloisa Aquino, Jenny Lin, and Mutya Macatumpag (moo-cha) (maca-toom-pag) – a.k.a. FIND MUTYA the stirring moments of queer time, the inherited legacies of queer ancestors and why public queer art is essential and timely.
Community partner: Contemporary Art Gallery
Unfortunately due to unforeseeable events, today’s event will not include ASL interpretation. Our apologies to anyone who planned on attending and required this resource.
with VIMAF | Roundhouse Performance Centre
Transfixed is a curatorial collection of films that highlights the strategies utilized by Trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming artists to mitigate violence. Each artist within the collective examines the fractals of state violence that is perpetuated onto their bodies. The collective’s works discuss white supremacy, transphobia, violence against femmes, colonialism internationally, and colonialism on the land we are presently on. Transfixed is intensity, urgency, and power.
Curated by Fallon Simard.
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Dayna Danger
Jack Saddleback
Alec Butler
Thirza Cuthand
Jes Sachse
Joshua Vettivelu
Kim Ninkuru
Monica Forrester
Regular 4-Show Flex Passes ($79) and single tickets on sale April 16 at Brown Paper Tickets: