Qpoc Chronicles
Join us for a night of a live storytelling by generations of queers of colour led by Elisha Lim
Wednesday, June 11 at 7 p.m.
ASL will be provided please spread the word as unfortunately we cannot always afford to make our events accessible in this manner!
'Generations of Queer artists, Elisha Lim, will lead an evening of storytelling with LeRoi Newbold, Kama La Mackerel both featured in Elisha's portraits and Deanna Bowen. They will share their experience/participation with qpoc history in Toronto and Montreal. The purpose of the event is to allow us to think beyond a single given perspective, be conversant with one another's cultural histories and value these narratives. Come and lend an ear, or share an experience.
"Those with power in the galleries must demonstrate their commitment to further decolonize their institutions through an ongoing formal process of power-sharing, collaboration and change." - Richard Fung from After Essay - Questioning History, Questioning Art 2002
Deanna Bowen is a descendant of the Alabama and Kentucky born Black Prairie pioneers of Amber Valley and Campsie, Alberta. She is a Toronto based interdisciplinary artist who has received several grants in support of her artistic practice, and whose work has been exhibited internationally in numerous film festivals and galleries. Recent projects such as sum of the parts: what can be named, The Paul Good Papers, Invisible Empires and the Paul Good Papers: Atlanta Reels have been shown at the Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival, Oberhausen Film Festival, Images Festival of Film, Video & New Media, the Nasher Museum of Contemporary Art at Duke University, and the Art Gallery of York University AGYU. www.deannabowen.ca
Kama La Mackerel is a sissy, poet, comedian, dancer and drag artists based in Montreal. La Mackerel's work draws on the themes of feminism, queerness, alienation, displacement and failures. Co-founder of Qouleur, an annual arts festival for and by queer indigenous and radicalized communities, La Mackerel is also the founder and host of GENDER BLENDER, Montreal's unique monthly queer open stage. www.lamackerel.net
Elisha Lim exhibits illustrations and animated shorts internationally, and has advocated against transphobia and racism on United Nations panels and as a director of Montreal's first Racialized Pride Week. Their debut graphic novel 100 Crushes is published by Koyama press and will launch at Onsite [at] OCAD U on June 15th. www.elsihalim.com
LeRoi Newbold is community based visual artists, community organizer and educator. He has most recently shown work as part of QTPOCMontreal and is published in Gay Genius, and anthology of queer comics. LeRoi is a founding member of the St. Emilie Skillshare a community based arts space in Monreal, Les Blues a Black queer and trans performance arts group and is an inaugural staff at Canada's first public Africentric school.
ONSITE [AT] OCAD U
230 Richmond Street West Street level
Onsite has fully accessible entrances. There is a single-user, gender neutral, restroom on the ground level that is wheelchair accessible.
The closest accessible subway is Osgoode Station. Exit the subway at Osgoode Station and walk west on Richmond St W towards Simcoe Street. Its a 3 minute walk to the gallery from Osgoode Station.
Generations of Queer
Robert Flack / John Greyson / Elisha Lim / Kiley May
March 12 to June 28, 2014
Curated by Lisa Deanne Smith
Generations of Queer is an exhibition centred on storytelling, creating a dialogue between the works of two senior artists and two younger artists who have come into queer discourses as beneficiaries of the activism of their predecessors.
[Bios]
Robert Flack 1957-1993 was bron in Guelph, ON, and moved to Toronto to study at York University BFA 1980. He began employment at Art Metropole in 1980 and assisted on General Idea projects. From 1981 his work was shown nationally and then internationally. Public collections include the National Gallery of Canada and the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photograph. Paul Petro Contemporary Art represents the Estate of Robert Flack. www.paulpetro.com
John Greyson is a Toronto based film and video maker who has been politically active in the Toronto queer community for the past 33 years. With short videos and feature films he explores topics ranging from anti-censorship battles, AIDS discrimination, same sex marriage, militarism, the tar sands, Israelie apartheid and the fight for AIDS treatment drugs in Africa and the world. He is recognized for his documentary interviews, historical narratives, opera, found footage and camp. His work reflects many of the legal and politically struggles for queers in the 1980s as well as world politics with a strong queer voice.
Elisha Lim exhibits illustrations and animated shorts internationally, and has advocated against transphobia and racism on United Nations panels and as a director of Montreal's first Racialized Pride Week. Their comic strops Favourite Dating Tales, Sissy, The Illustrated Gentleman and 100 Butches are acclaimed by Autostraddle, Bitch Magazine and New York Times bestselling author Alison Bechdel, and their debut graphic novel 100 Crushes will be published in June 2014 by Koyama Press and launched at Onsite [at] OCAD U. www.elishalim.com
Kiley May is a young Mohawk storyteller, artist, creator and shaman. Kiley is also a two-spirit, trans, queer and genderqueer human being. Their gender pronouns are they/their/them. They work in film, photography, writing, journalism, fashion, dance and performance art.
Lisa Deanne Smith is engaged in a cultural practice that moves between mediums - art, curating, writing and community events - exploring issues of voice, experience and power. She has exhibited internationally including White Columns, The New Museum and Mercer Union. Currently, she is Acting Curator at Onsite [at] OCAD University. Recent curatorial projects include Biological Urbanism: Terreform ONE; No Dull Affairs; Karen Lofgren, Vanessa Maltese and Jillian McDonald; and I Wonder: Marian Bantjes.
The blog:
The Pride Chronicles http://blog.ocad.ca/wordpress/thepridechronicles/
The Queer Pride Chronicles is a forum for LGBTTIQQ2SA communities to add thoughtful content to Pride.
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer/Questioning, 2 Spirited, Allies
Share your story, pictures and/or videos here!
Possible topics to get you writing:
What is Pride?
What was the first Pride celebration you attended?
What is your coming out story?
Have you had a romance, fling or crush that developed at a Pride celebration?
How has queer changed for you over the past 40 years?
What have you learned from a queer family member or close friend?
Why are you proud?
Our stories are important, they are full of power. Please tell us yours!
http://blog.ocad.ca/wordpress/thepridechronicles/
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https://www.facebook.com/ThePrideChronicles
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Onsite [at] OCAD University
230 Richmond Street West, Toronto ON
416-977-6000 ext.265
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Gallery Hours
Tuesday to Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday, noon to 6 p.m.
Free and Open to the General Public.
MORE EVENTS:
Sunday, June 15, 2 to 5 P.M.: Elisha Lim launches their debut graphic novel, 100 Crushes, published by Koyama Press
Monday, June 23, 7 P.M.: Clocked, Don Pyle and Martin Sorrondeguy look at queer content in their punk photographs
Wednesday, June 25, 8 P.M.: DUORAMA, a performance by Paul Couillard Ed Johnson co-presented by Fado Performance Art Centre
