QUEER is a multi-venue event in Glendale, California.
Opening reception: June 8, 2018 – 6:00-9:00 pm
QUEER is being presented at the following venues:
ace/121 Gallery
121 N. Kenwood St, Glendale, CA 91206
“A word becomes a slur becomes a culture. For some, Queer remains too painful to embrace. For others, it’s a culture that extends beyond the LGBT community, allowing for broader inclusiveness. In LGBT normative Century 21, what is Queer anymore? “
This show was an open call invitation to submit one piece, one paragraph: What makes you QUEER?
ALSO: On June 28 from 7:30 – 9:00 pm, ace/121 and Homo-Centric will present an evening of readings revolving around the paragraphs that examine the evolution of a word and how LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ alike identify with it today.
Abril Books/Roslin Art Gallery
415 E Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205
GALAS (Gay and Lesbian Armenian Society), Abril Books, and Roslin Art Gallery are presenting QUEER in both gallery work and a month of programming.
“Experiences of queerness and otherness have been shared by the Armenian and LGBTQIA+ community. Both have been targeted and oppressed throughout history in different contexts. In a diverse city such as Los Angeles, the experience of being queer or other is constantly evolving. This is a call to all artists of Armenian backgrounds, whether or not you identify as LGBTQIA+, to submit artwork that expresses your experience of queerness or otherness.”
Additionally, Abril Books has about half a dozen related events programmed for the month of June.
Gauchos Village – AFTERPARTY!
135 N Maryland Ave, Glendale, CA 91206
Gauchos Village is a Brazilian steak house and bar that is a gay-owned and gay-friendly venue for all LGBTQ events. They are hosting the after-party and providing free nibbles.
All three venues are within walking distance of each other and this will be a very easy artwalk in DTGlendale. Glendale has a broad but mostly invisible and therefore unacknowledged LGBTQ community. QUEER is an endeavor to not only look at the evolution of a word and a culture, but to do so in what will be Glendale’s first ever LGBTQ-based art exhibit and Gay Pride Event. This is a very big night for Glendale, its LGBTQ residents, and everyone who lives with the sense of Other.
QUEER is made possible through the support of the Eisner Foundation and the California Arts Council. It is produced by ace/121 Gallery, Abril Books/Roslin Art Gallery, Gauchos Village, EngAGE and GALAS.
Please visit the ace/121Facebook page and follow @ace121gallery on Instagram for visual updates.
Contact benevans.engage@gmail.com for more information.
