Written by  Kaila Johnson, The Ubyssey Bisexual lighting — saturated beams of blue, pink and purple — coated the stage of the Queer Art Festival(QAF)’s  Queerotica: Literary Readings  on July 6 at the Sun Wah Centre. Four different writers shared their work on stage surrounding the theme of “the masc...

Written by  Makyla Smith, The Ubyssey Pride Month 2022 had no shortage of Queer-oriented art; some funky, some flamboyant and some straight from the surreal Salvador Dalí playbook. In Vancouver, the world-renowned  Queer Arts Festival (QAF)  provided all of the above. On June 26, QAF put on a showcase of...

New Delhi’s Adwait Singh curates the fest’s signature art exhibition under creative direction of QAF founding artistic director emeritus, SD Holman BY  GAIL JOHNSON, STIR VANCOUVER Queer Arts Festival presents Vanishing Act in partnership with Centre A: International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, On Main Gallery, and Griffin Art Projects...

By  Steve Newton , Georgia Straight THE IMITATION GAME: VISUAL CULTURE IN THE AGE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE  Exhibition surveys the extraordinary uses (and abuses) of AI in the production of modern and contemporary visual culture around the world.  To Oct 23 ,  Vancouver Art Gallery . KINKY BOOTS  Tony Award–winning...

By Peak Web By: Yasmin Vejs Simsek, Staff Writer The Vancouver  Queer Arts Festival  (QAF) is in the  top three  list of LGBTQ2S+ arts festivals world-wide and features multimedia exhibitions, music, rooftop parties, and more. This year it returns to an in-person programme from June 18–July 8 with the theme “Hauntings.” Artistic director  Mark...

Quebec-born interdisciplinary artist Gabriel Dharmoo unveils a joy-filled full-length drag show BY  ALEXANDER VARTY, STIR VANCOUVER The Queer Arts Festival presents Bijuriya at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre on June 28 at 7 pm. UNLESS YOU’RE FLUENT in Hindi, you’re not going to grasp the full import of...

The musicians perform locally through a Queer Arts Festival and TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival co-presentation BY  EMMA JEFFREY, STIR VANCOUVER Coastal Jazz and Queer Arts Festival present Adria Kain + Janette King on June 24 at 7:30 pm at Performance Works on Granville Island as part of the 2022...

By Maria Diment, Vancouver is Awesome Happy Pride Month! Vancouver is very proud of its 2SLGBTQ+ community and the city is showing support through the big and little things (like having a  2SLGBTQ-only micro-wedding  day at City Hall).  Queer events happen around Vancouver throughout the year, but June and July are special,...

By  Charlie Smith, Georgia Straight We’re coming up on festival season in Vancouver, which sometimes offers a way to take in the arts at bargain prices—or even for free. In this article, we're providing a snapshot of many of the big events. For more information, click the link, which will...

BY  GAIL JOHNSON, STIR VAANCOUVER The fest celebrates its 15th anniversary of summer-arts programming with the theme of Hauntings QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL (QAF) celebrates 15 years of summer-arts programming with QAF 2022: Hauntings, a “playful and profound exploration of Queer existence throughout time and place”. The fest takes place from...

Stuart Derdeyn , The Vancouver Sun Vancouver Queer Arts Festival When : June 18 — July 8, various times Where : Various spaces Tickets/info :  queerartsfestival.com The 15th annual instalment of this artist-run, transdisciplinary arts festival is back for another round of exciting, boundary-expanding artistic expression. Kicking off with the...

Queer-themed Canadian opera makes U.S. premiere at Hampton Opera Center FEBRUARY 2, 2022 BY ANGELA ALLEN, OREGON ARTSWATCH When the Sun Comes Out  opened in 2013 in Canada, commissioned by the  Vancouver Queer Arts Festival. Now, a long eight years later, the new-music opera by Japanese-Canadian  Leslie Uyeda  with a...

Originally commissioned and produced by the Queer Arts Festival, opera explores forbidden love in a nation where homosexuality is banned. BY  JANET SMITH, STIR VANCOUVER A PIONEERING OPERA about oppression and the LGBTQSIA+ community is set to see its American premiere. Vancouver composer, pianist, and conductor Leslie Uyeda’s groundbreaking When...

By:  Brendan Kergin, Vancouver is Awesome An unusual sight lit the city's only cemetery this past weekend. On the evening of Sunday, Oct. 24, a piano was set on fire as a woman in a red (fire-proof) gown played two new songs. This was a piece of transdisciplinary art, though...

BY  JANET SMITH, STIR VANCOUVER The Queer Arts Festival and the Talking Stick Festival present Piano Burning on October 24 at 5 pm at Mountain View Cemetery IT’S A PERFORMANCE that refuses to be extinguished. After seeing postponement due to fire bans on August 8 during the Queer Arts Festival,...

by  Charlie Smith, Georgia Straight  on August 16th, 2021 One of Vancouver's most influential queer arts administrators is going to take a well-deserved respite. SD Holman cofounded the  Queer Arts Festival  14 years ago and in 2018, founded SUM, which is the festival's year-round programming arm. At the close of this year's Queer...

BY  JANET SMITH, STIR VANCOUVER THE PRIDE IN Art Society board has announced that SD Holman is stepping down from its helm after 14 years. Musician Mark Takeshi McGregor will take on the role as artistic director of the multidisciplinary queer arts organization. Holman announced the exit on August 13...

by  Craig Takeuchi, Georgia Straight,  on August 6th, 2021 at 1:57 PM A scheduled performance at an East Vancouver cemetery involving fire has been postponed after after facing online comments, criticism, and questions. In response, the Queer Arts Festival (QAF), which began on July 24 and continues until August 13, released a statement...

BY  JANET SMITH, STIR VANCOUVER Updated : THE QUEER ARTS Festival has decided to postpone its Piano Burning concert due to the fire ban. Though the fest had a fire permit, it’s going to comply with the provincial fire ban and delay the performance at Mountain View Cemetery until a...

BY  JANET SMITH, STIR VANCOUVER AS WILDFIRES rage across BC, a timely performance this weekend will ignite discussion—along with a piano Full Circle First Nations Performance and the Queer Arts Festival’s presentation of Piano Burning , in which star musician Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa will play a new piece commissioned from...

Queer Arts Festival presents Language as a Virus: Queer Isolation Stories around False Creek and online, to August 13 BY  GAIL JOHNSON, STIR VANCOUVER MUSIC, SOUND ART, individuals’ recordings, and power transmitters—Language as a Virus: Queer Isolation Stories is an event unlike any other at Queer Arts Festival 2021 Dispersed:...

BY  GAIL JOHNSON, STIR VANCOUVER LIVE MUSIC IS back, and it’s never sounded more joyful than in our (getting-there) post-pandemic world. Here are a few places to find it this summer. Check individual websites for the latest health and safety information. Keep your eye on this page for updates, and...

Pour la première fois de son histoire, le Festival des arts queer de Vancouver propose une programmation hybride qui se déploie aux quatre coins de la ville. Un reportage de Lyne Barnabé. 28 juillet 2021. CBC Radio Canada Ici Télé. ...

BY  GAIL JOHNSON, STIR VANCOUVER Queer Arts Festival 2021 Dispersed: it’s not easy being green runs July 24 to August 13 online and in-person at various venues. It’s not easy being green: a Curated Visual Arts Exhibition runs the same dates at Sun Wah Centre’s lower ground floor, with a tour on...

by  Charlie Smith, Georgia Straight  on July 22nd, 2021 Even though the term two-spirit originated with Indigenous people on the Prairies, it had immediate appeal to Orene Askew, a member of the Squamish Nation council. Askew’s mother is Indigenous and her father is African American, hailing from Gary, Indiana, where his...

Carlito Pablo , Georgia Straight on July 27th, 2021 This year’s Queer Arts Festival marks a homecoming for dancer and choreographer Alvin Tolentino. The founder and artistic director of the Co.ERASGA dance company said that he was one of the original performers in the Vancouver festival when it started as Pride in...

The site-specific performance by Onibana Taiko and Alvin Erasga Tolentino is part of Queer Arts Festival 2021 Sponsored Post by Pride in Art Society · stir · 22 Jul 2021 Ceremony for Rebel Spirits is more than a dance and music performance. It’s an experience where Japanese folk tradition meets...

Amber Turnau · Hello BC Although we can share our pride year-round, Pride Month in June brings us all together to celebrate, advocate for, and support the LGBTQAI2S+ community. Though festivals and celebrations in British Columbia are adapting for the second year in a row, there are still plenty of...

Rebecca Bollwitt · Miss 604 · Jun 8 2021 9:09am PDT Queer Arts Festival – Dispersed  is a three-week eco-apocalyptic exploration of queer experience and artistic expression in the face of an ongoing pandemic and marginalization. Vancouver’s premiere artist-run, multidisciplinary roister of art and culture, Queer Arts Festival (“QAF”) is back...

Annual celebration’s 13th edition returns with some live and outside shows across the Lower Mainland to complement its online offerings Dana Gee · Vancouver Sun · 20 Jul 2021 Last year, when the  COVID-19  pandemic forced the shutdown of live events, people scrambled to find a new way to get...

Charlie Smith · The Georgia Straight · Posted: Jul 21, 2021 9:54 AM PDT Growing up in Winnipeg, visual artist Dayna Danger experienced conflicting identities. With Tio’tia:ke, Métis, and Saulteaux/Anishinaabe heritage, the 34-year-old Montreal-based artist described feeling “really ostracized” as she was raised in Polish Roman Catholic traditions. Danger, who prefers the pronouns  they  and  them...

by  Rebecca Bollwitt, Miss604 blog This weekend Miss604 is proud to sponsor the  Queer Arts Festival , kicking-off Saturday, July 24 and running until August 13 at various venues across the city and online. The  Coquitlam Summer Concert Series  is also launching online, and the  Chilliwack Sunflower Festival  starts on...

CBC reporter and former Olympian Karin Larsen and viaSport CEO Charlene Krepiakevich look ahead to the start of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. We get a tour of Bobbi Kozinuk's sound art installation "Language as a Virus, " and QMUNITY co-executive director of programs and services Anoop Gill discusses maintaining...

Posted on  July 21, 2021  by  jminter , jayminter.com Summer swiftly moves along bringing more activities and adventures to us each week. Stage:  The Arts Club Theatre returns to the stage, with  I, Claudia  opens Thursday. Running until August 15th at the Newmont Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre. Festival:  The ...

WHAT'S ON QUEER BC JULY 9, 2021 2021 Queer Arts Festival (QAF): Dispersed — Vancouver’s QAF announces its first hybrid format festival in it’s not easy being green, opening Jul 24, 2021. Vancouver BC, Jun 8, 2021 | Vancouver’s premiere artist-run, multidisciplinary roister of art and culture, QAF is back...

ART-BC.COM Queer Arts Festival (QAF) is returning for 2021 with  Dispersed – it’s not easy being green ,  opening July 24, 2021. After a digital-only festival last year, the easing of COVID restrictions allows Vancouver’s premiere artist-run festival to return for its first hybrid format festival.  For its 13th year, ...

by  Charlie Smith, Georgia Straight  on June 11th, 2021 estival season is underway in Vancouver, minus the communal feasts that have been a hallmark of events like Greek Day on Broadway and Italian Day on the Drive. Damn that pandemic! However, there is still plenty of sizzle coming at you virtually...

BY  JANET SMITH, STIR VANCOUVER IT’S WHAT everyone in the performing arts community has been waiting for: announcements from theatre companies that stages will reopen. The first out of the gates have released plans to host audiences not just outdoors, but to invite up to 50 back indoors again this...

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Broadway World | July 23, 2020 Recently referred to as "A Showcase of Resilience in the Digital World", the 12th Annual Queer Arts Festival (QAF) continues their digitally re-imagined festival through the weekend with headline performances from critically acclaimed artists such as avant-drag collective The Darlings and internationally acclaimed dancer/choreographer...

xtra | July 23, 2020 What to watch: Life is Easy Queer digital platform Revry creates their own spin on  Freaky Friday  with the new body-swap comedy series,  Life is Easy . The New Zealand-based web series explores the complexities of race, gender, sex and the true meaning of being...

The Peak. | SFU | July 23, 2020 By: Kelly Chia, Features Editor Too Spirited , an Indigenous burlesque show performed for the Queer Arts Festival , was an amazing reminder of why burlesque is so invigorating to watch: it’s all about getting on stage to take ownership of your...

| Peter Knegt  ·  CBC Arts · Posted: Jul 23, 2020 1:15 PM ET | The non-binary quartet are about to offer their most ambitious performance yet | Queeries  is a weekly column by CBC Arts producer Peter Knegt that queries LGBTQ art, culture and/or identity through a personal lens.  There are...

Queer FM | Episode July 7, 2020 8:00am - 10:00am Lynx the trans-identified Toronto based vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer Lynx has a major love of pop music with an edge and has an indie heart making his style truly stand out. Follow him http://www.randomorder.ca www.facebook.com/randomorder  www.randomorder.bandcamp.com  www.twitter.com/randomorderband  Rainbow Glitz...

Queer FM | Episode July 17, 2020 8:00am - 10:00am Anais West is a queer actor, playwright, and producer, as well as a settler of Polish descent. She is the playwright of Underground Absolute Fiction, which has a reading at the Queer Arts Festival, in association with the frank theatre....

Queer FM | July 21, 2020 8:00am - 10:00am Erica Hiroko Isomura 'A Conversation On Queer Mentorship' writer based in Vancouver. Check out programming at Queer Arts Festival. https://qafonline.ca/a-conversation-on-queer-mentorship/ Social media handles @ericahiroko (Twitter and Instagram)  ericahiroko.ca https://www.citr.ca/radio/queer-fm/episode/20200721/ ...

CBC | July 19, 2020 Now in its 12th year, Vancouver's Queer Arts Festival isn't letting physical distancing measures get in the way of its programming, as organizers reimagine the festival for the digital realm.  Thierry Gudel, president of the Pride in Art Society, says the festival it puts on is as...

  CBC Arts · Posted: Jul 16, 2020 11:45 AM ET by Peter Knegt   Vancouver's Queer Arts Festival has gone virtual this year...and this is one event you won't want to miss As it has with pretty much every cultural event over the past four months, the pandemic has made Vancouver's...

Vancouver Sun | Jul 14, 2020  Queer Arts Festival When:  July 16-26, 2020 Where:  Online and some public art Tickets and info:  Register for events and pay by donation at  queerartsfestival.com Like many artists these days, acclaimed dancer/choreographer  Noam Gagnon has had to take a different approach to his work...

Vancouver Sun | Julia Piper | July 15 1. Matthew Good Info:  $20,  sidedooraccess.com When:  July 17, 6 p.m. Info:  $20,  sidedooraccess.com Canadian singer-songwriter Matthew Good performs an acoustic set of songs from his expansive catalogue, from his home. This will be an interactive experience, with Matt answering questions from...