THE QUEER ANCESTORS PROJECT






The Queer Ancestors Project is devoted to forging sturdy relationships between LGBTQI people and our ancestors. Using history as a linchpin, we build community by providing Queer and Trans artists, age 18 to 26, free interdisciplinary workshops in printmaking, writing, and Queer history. Public exhibitions and readings of their work provide a window on the past through which the larger community can glimpse our collective future.
For workshop information please visit our Workshops page, and for updates join our mailing list.
Queer Ancestors Project 2023 Artist Reception

Altar for My Inner Child
by Jess Jiang
Featuring Prints by Queer and Trans Emerging Artists:
Ayoade, Arina Sarwari-Stadnyk, Baylee, Clara Medina, Jam,
Jasmine Liang, Jess Jiang, Karishma Johnson, Mar Valle, Sandy Capacio Campbell,
with creative director Katie Gilmartin
Artist Reception, Print Sale, & Button-Making
Saturday February 4, 2023, 7-9:25 pm*
Strut: 470 Castro Street, SF
Free limited capacity event, masks required. Wheelchair accessible.
*Tickets have sold out, but there will be room for walk-ins!
Ticket holders: please arrive by 7:30 pm to secure your space.
Non-ticket-holders: We will allow limited entry starting at 7:45 pm. No one is guaranteed entry once capacity is filled. Please be kind to the folks managing entry for our collective good health. Thank you for working with us to uphold COVID safety as we celebrate art & community.
Queer Ancestors Project 2023 Artist Panel
Featuring Prints by Queer and Trans Emerging Artists:
Ayoade, Arina Sarwari-Stadnyk, Baylee,
Clara Medina, Jam, Jasmine Liang, Jess Jiang,
Karishma Johnson, Mar Valle, Sandy Capacio Campbell,
with creative director Katie Gilmartin
Artist Panel
Friday March 10, 2023, 7-9 pm
Strut: 470 Castro Street, SF
Free limited capacity event, masks required. Wheelchair accessible. ASL Interpretation provided.
If sold out, please try again later as some tickets may open up due to cancellations.

buwaya
by Sandy Capacio Campbell
The Queer Ancestors Project 2023 Exhibition
Featuring Prints by Queer and Trans Emerging Artists:
Ayoade, Arina Sarwari-Stadnyk, Baylee, Clara Medina, Jam, Jasmine Liang,
Jess Jiang, Karishma Johnson, Mar Valle, Sandy Capacio Campbell,
with Creative Director Katie Gilmartin


Time Traveling Chinese Cowboys of Vis Valley
by Jasmine Liang
there's no hell on wheels like dykes on bikes
by Karishma Johnson
Our programs are generously supported by the California Arts Council, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, Alliance for California Traditional Arts, Queer Cultural Center, SOMArts, STRUT, Chrysalis Studio, & Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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