(If you haven’t already donated and want to support this invaluable and necessary work, donations can be made here!), as well as protesting, making work, feeding my loved ones, and dancing - as often and as safely possible.Īre there ways you think queer artists and art workers could be better supported? to support Ceyenne Doroshow’s lifesaving and life’s work to secure long-term housing for Black trans people. How are you celebrating Pride Month this time around?īy continuing to fundraise for G.L.I.T.S. Some who come to mind are Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo, Serena Jara, Pamela Sneed, Queer|Art, Río Sofia, Nash Glynn, Indira Allegra, Aaryn Lang, Keijaun Thomas, Edwin Ramoran, Kris Grey, Maya Margarita, Malaya Tuyay, Visual AIDS, Phoebe Osborne, Samantha Espinoza, Ms.
I feel incredibly lucky to be close to or acquaintances with many, many brilliant artists and arts organizations across the country whose work I deeply admire.
(Feel free to shout out other folks or organizations you think are doing important work.) Talk to us about your immediate queer community/support systems. Why does this feel so out of reach in our current time of extreme censorship? This was not long ago - 2012-2016 at the latest! I remember attending SF Pride in my early twenties, and public sex in the streets was commonplace and an honored tradition. We are in an incredibly culturally conservative time, more than I think many may realize. Throwing respectability politics out the window. I’m grateful and proud to have had my practice supported through awards and fellowships from the Zellerbach Family Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, The Wassaic Project, Denniston Hill, California College of the Arts, Columbia University, and the Banff Centre.įavorite ways to celebrate your queerness and community? I’m lucky to have been able to perform/exhibit in small, local community settings, as well as nationally and internationally, including exhibitions at Denniston Hill, Human Resources LA, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions with La Pocha Nostra, Paul Robeson Galleries, The Monmouth Museum, BRIC, and PS122 Gallery. In quarantine, I have been organizing an independent critique group with a few other artists, and have been making new sculptural work about how institutions regulate and shape our bodies. Recently, I finished co-authoring a chapter on trans art and cultural production for the next edition of Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, to be released by Oxford University Press in 2021. Tell us about your greatest achievement or something you’ve done lately that you’re proud of. Joseph Liatela, “Untitled Molecular Prosthesis” (2020)