QUEER|ART|PRIDE is an annual summer festival celebrating work by the organization’s vibrant community of more than 200 LGBTQ+ artists.

Queer|Art is excited to present Queer|Art|Pride 2021—the fifth annual edition of the summer festival celebrating work by the organization’s vibrant community of more than 200 LGBTQ+ artists. Queer|Art|Pride convenes a diverse network of artists, performers, writers, and creatives to offer a fabulous array of public programs, both virtual and in-person, throughout the entire months of June and July. 

The Queer|Art|Pride Book & Print Fair (June 1-July 30)—the online marketplace with work available for sale this year by 60+ participating artists—is the largest yet and remains the centerpiece of Queer|Art|Pride. The Fair will be activated once again through our popular online Show ‘N’ Tell series (June 29, July 12, July 26), where artists read, perform, and otherwise demonstrate the variety of work they have for sale. You can learn more and see the full schedule of Show ‘N Tell events here, and RSVP here.

Queer|Art|Pride 2021 (June 1- July 31)

SCHEDULE OF PROGRAMS

Tuesday, June 1- Saturday, July 31
**Opening of the Queer|Art|Pride Digital Book & Print Fair (June 1-July 31)**

Sunday, June 13
6:30pm-6:45pm EST | Keioui Keijaun Thomas performs Can You Do Me A Favor? 
All Day | Candystore presents Pubic Access
@ Rashid Johnson’s Red Stage, Astor Place (presented in partnership with Creative Time)

Monday, June 28
8pm-9pm EST | Queer|Art|Film Club: Torrey Peters presents Let the Right One In
Digital Zoom Event

Tuesday, June 29
6pm-7:30pm EST | Queer|Art|Pride Book & Print Fair SHOW ‘N’ TELL
Digital Zoom Event

Monday, July 12
6pm-7:30pm EST | Queer|Art|Pride Book & Print Fair SHOW ‘N’ TELL
Digital Zoom Event

Monday, July 19
8pm-9pm EST | Queer|Art|Film Club: Julie Tolentino presents Beau Travail
Digital Zoom Event

Monday, July 26
6pm-7:30pm EST | Queer|Art|Pride Book & Print Fair SHOW ‘N’ TELL
Digital Zoom Event

Queer|Art|Pride 2021 participating artists include: Seyi Adebanjo, Brian Alarcon, Garth Amundson, Eames Armstrong, Andi Avery, Omololu Babatunde, Christopher Behroozian, Danielle Benedict, KS Brewer, Rachel Britton, E.C. Buckley, Jessica Buie, Joshua Cabello, Jibz Cameron, Hannah Cauhépé, Catherine Chen, Phyllis Christopher, Courtney Coles, Marco DaSilva, Michael DeCristo, Shasha Dothan, Kerry Downey, Sokari Ekine, Echo Eraso, Shawn Escarciga, Chitra Ganesh, bree gant, Rami George, Camilo Godoy, GOODW.Y.N, Pierre Gour, Jennifer Harge, Emily Hashimoto, Marie Hinson, J Houston, Jordiana, Miatta Kawinzi, Mario Kiesenhofer, Joseph Liatela, Zefyr Liswoski, Dakotah Malisoff, Luis Marciliano, Felicita “Felli” Maynard, Iris McCloughan, Sahil Mehta, Rodrigo Moreira, Jordie Oetken, Marc Ohrem-Leclef, Sky Olson, Sarah Panzer, Torrey Peters, jess pretty, Christina Quintana, Carly Ries, Alex Rodabaugh, Pamela Sneed, Jeanette Spicer, Amelia Spitler, Stacy Szymasek, Keioui Keijaun Thomas, Natalie Tsui, Alison Viana, Tobaron Waxman, Erica Wessmann, Derick Decario Ladale Whitson, Brendan Williams-Child, Chiu-Yi Hannah Anna Ezra Yukon, and Zhidong Zhang

Queer|Art|Pride 2021 spotlights a broad range of work by artists of Queer|Art’s vast network and is organized by Queer|Art’s Travis Chamberlain (Executive Director), Río Sofia (Programs & Operations Director), Dani Brito (Programs & Operations Assistant), and Andrius Alvarez-Backus (Design and Social Media Assistant).

QUEER|ART|PRIDE
BOOK & PRINT FAIR

Digital Book & Print Fair
Tuesday, June 1st–Saturday, July 31st

Queer|Art|Pride Digital Book & Print Fair Show ‘N Tell Events
Tuesday, June 29th– 6pm-7:30pm EST
Monday, July 12th– 6pm-7:30pm EST
Monday, July 26th– 6pm-7:30pm EST

The Queer|Art|Pride Book & Print Fair returns for its third installment as a digital marketplace, featured on the queer-art.org website for the entire month of June. This year, Book & Print Fair doubles in size, hosting a record 60+ participants from Queer|Art’s artist network. The marketplace will feature an abundance of works for perusal and purchase, including (but not limited to) artist books, novels, zines, poetry chapbooks, drawings, photographs, watercolors, garments, collages, and prints. 100% of the proceeds from the fair directly benefit participating artists. 

The online marketplace will be accompanied by live Queer|Art|Pride Digital Book & Print Fair Show ‘N Tell events, taking place over Zoom on June 29th, July 12th, and July 26th from 6-7:30 pm EST. Artists participating in the digital marketplace will perform readings of excerpted works, offer a show-and-tell of works for sale, and more. You can learn more and see the full schedule of Show ‘N Tell events here, and RSVP here.

Participating artists include: Seyi Adebanjo, Brian Alarcon, Eames Armstrong, Anto Astudillo, Andi Avery, Omololu Babatunde, Lex Barberio, Christopher Behroozian, Chris Behroozian, Danielle Benedict, KS Brewer, Rachel Britton, E.C. Buckley, Jessica Buie, Joshua Cabello, Jibz Cameron, Candystore, Hannah Cauhépé, Tamara Chapman, Catherine Chen, Phyllis Christopher, Courtney Coles, Marco DaSilva, Michael DeCristo, Shasha Dothan, Kerry Downey, Sokari Ekine, Echo Eraso, Shawn Escarciga, Lola Flash, Chitra Ganesh, bree gant, Rami George, Camilo Godoy, GOODW.Y.N, Garth Gour, Jennifer Harge, Emily Hashimoto, Marie Hinson, J Houston, Jordiana, Miatta Kawinzi, Mario Kiesenhofer, Joseph Liatela, Zefyr Liswoski, Luis Marciliano, Jessica Martinez, Felli Maynard, Iris McCloughan, Rodrigo Moreira, Mika Nesher, Jordie Oetken, Marc Ohrem-Leclef, Sky Olson, Sarah Panzer, Coyote Park, Torrey Peters, jess pretty, Christina Quintana, Carly Ries, Alex Rodabaugh, Anthony Rosado, Nelson Santos, Pamela Sneed, Jeannette Spicer, Amelia Spitler, Stacy Szymasek, Keijaun Thomas, Natalie Tsui, Alison Viana, Tobaron Waxman, Erica Wessmann, Derick Whitson, Brendan Williams-Child, and Zhidong Zhang.

QUEER|ART PRESENTS AT
RASHID JOHNSON’S RED STAGE 

Keioui Keijaun Thomas performs Can You Do Me A Favor? (excerpt)
Sunday, June 13 at 6:30pm–6:45pm EST
FREE, @ Astor Place, in partnership with Creative Time

Candystore presents Pubic Access
Sunday, June 13 All Day
FREE, @ Astor Place, in partnership with Creative Time

Through partnership with Creative Time, the celebrated public arts nonprofit, Queer|Art is pleased to present the winner of Queer|Art’s inaugural Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artist, Keioui Keijuan Thomas and Queer|Art|Mentorship alum Candystore of Pubic Access as featured performers at the Red Stage, a large multifunctional sculpture by Rashid Johnson and commissioned by Creative Time, on display at Astor Place this summer.

Situated on Astor Place, one of the city’s most historic and iconic plazas, Rashid Johnson’s Red Stage is a public invitation to experiment and create after a year of chronic anxiety. Drawing on histories of conceptual art and speaker’s corners, the alarm-red sculpture is a literal and metaphorical platform for participation and contestation as we build a future within and beyond the pandemic.

Throughout the month of June, artists will respond to the invitation to celebrate and interrogate the necessity of public space through the frameworks of resurgence, assembly, remedy, call and response, civic action, and play. On Sunday June 13th, as part of an all-day program titled Remedy, Keioui Keijaun Thomas performs an excerpt from Can you do me a favor?, a project that aims to rethink, rework and reflect on collective ancestral memory while centering Black healing, joy, and storytelling. Defined as “to set right,” Remedy is an offering of modes of survival and care in the face of our chaotic present. Audiences and passersby can participate in workshops, reading groups, performances, and sound baths with herbalists, apothecaries, and artists. Poet and performer Candystore performs street-side interviews all day at Astor Place, exploring the many offerings and healing opportunities at the Remedy plaza, catching vibes and learning to “set right” from leaders in contemporary and non-traditional care strategies. 

QUEER|ART|FILM

Queer|Art|Film Club: Torrey Peters presents Let the Right One In
Monday, June 29 at 8pm EST

Queer|Art|Film Club: Julie Tolentino presents Beau Travail
Monday, July 19 at 8pm EST

This summer at Queer|Art|Film Club, curators Adam Baran and Jeanne Vaccaro are making a bold assertion: Queers Are Just Better! What, you disagree? You won't after watching our in-depth discussions with our punk AF lineup, including acclaimed author Torrey Peters and NYC icon and recent winner of the Queer|Art|Prize Award for Sustained Achievement, Julie Tolentino. Check out the queer classics that inspired them, then join us for compelling conversations about Swedish trans vampire children and lusty French sailors. There's a whole weird, queer world just under the surface, and we're going to bring its simmering stink into your homes this summer! Log in and queer out! 

About LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
12-year-old Oskar is regularly tormented by bullies at school and fantasizes about revenge at night. Things change when he befriends his mysterious new neighbor Eli, who only comes out after dark, has a very pale complexion, and (surprise) just may be the vampire responsible for a string of deadly local attacks. Could their bloody bond be the key to each of their survival? This 2008 Swedish coming-of-age-horror-drama is a favorite of author Torrey Peters, whose debut novel Detransition, Baby is an absolute must-read book of 2021. She writes, “Let The Right One In is a film that has meant many different things to me, depending on what point in my life I watched it. It is something like a cipher––a film that reflects back at me my current preoccupations... It's been a couple years now since I've watched it, and I'm excited to discover now what it will reveal to me this time about itself, and perhaps, myself."

About BEAU TRAVAIL
Claire Denis created Beau Travail in response to a request by the French government to develop a film on the subject of “being foreign.” Set in Djibouti, Africa, the film follows soldiers in the French Foreign Legion, and is loosely based on Herman Melville’s 1888 Billy Bud. Beau Travail is a movie that marries alterity and difference, tracking the crumbling self-worth of an experienced military leader on one of his last tours. Rendering perplexing and overlapping states of disillusion, the viewer can hardly decipher between dream, fantasy, and memory in the film and Denis toys with these boundaries, shooting in a way to keep these states in constant motion. Our guest presenter, performance artist Julie Tolentino, describes Beau Travail as “the piece [she’s] always wanted to make,” wherein “attractions are tangled with jealousy or envy” and “memory is lost to fantasy.”

PRIDE ARCHIVE