Queer Ancestors Project 2019-20
Printmaking & Writing Workshops
Are Now Accepting Applications
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.
The LGBTQI community has a limited visual record, or none at all, of significant Queer events before the 1970s, particularly in the histories of Queers of color and transgender people. This lack of imagery makes it harder for LGBTQI people to connect with, learn from, and be inspired by our history. Just as photographs from your early life help to anchor personal memories, a visual record – even an imagined one – can bring historical events to life, creating the kind of indelible connection that enables us to engage deeply with our ancestors.
For information please visit our Workshops page and join our mailing list. You can also like our Facebook page and follow us on Instagram to find additional prints by QAP artists.
This program is generously supported by The San Francisco Arts Commission, The SFAC’s Writers Corps Teaching Artist in Residence Program, SOMArts, Chrysalis Studio, Strut, Horizons Foundation, The Zellerbach Foundation, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Queer Cultural Center, Intersection for the Arts, and the San Francisco Public Library.