Queer Ancestors Project Prints!
This workshop is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, nonbinary, genderqueer, queer, questioning, and intersex people, ages 18-26, who are interested in exploring their Queer and Trans ancestry. We’ll spend 6 fabulous months together studying linocut printmaking and Q/T history. The workshop is free and supplies are included. Throughout the workshop we’ll share our experiences, encourage exploration, support each other’s creativity, and honor one another’s visions. The workshop will culminate in a group exhibition! Each artist who participates will receive a $1000 stipend.
Chrysalis Studio Director Katie Gilmartin will teach the workshop, along with a variety of guest speakers. Katie's goals for the workshop are for artists to develop artistically, build relationships with their ancestors and one another, and be well-supported as Queer and Trans artists.
Upcoming workshop:
August 2025 to Jan 2026
Applications due May 29!
Click here to apply.
Be supported as you develop your creativity, forge
relationships with your ancestors, and build community
with other Queer and Trans artists!
Meets Mondays, 6-9:30pm
August 2025 to January 2026
at Chrysalis Studio in SOMArts, 934 Brannan Street, SF*
Regular attendance is required.
Workshop and events held at wheelchair-accessible locations.
*Masks will be required and other modifications may be in place for our collective good health.
Questions? Contact Katie
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Kaleidoscope Writing Workshop!
Queer Ancestors Project and Still Here SF
Kaleidoscope is a creative space for transgender, queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual, gender nonconforming, questioning, and intersex people, ages 18-26, to explore the lives and stories of our queer/trans ancestors through writing. From May through July, we’ll build community through in person workshops and online writing sessions led by Still Here SF and Foglifter Journal queer/trans BIPOC artists. We’ll dig through the archives, express ourselves in multiple writing genres, support each other’s creative processes, and connect to those who came before.
The workshop will culminate in a public reading and participants will receive a $1000 stipend upon completion!
Kaleidoscope Teaching Artists:
IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS at San Francisco Main Public Library
(with a snack break!)
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Saturday, May 10, 11:30am-5pm
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Sundays 1-5pm May 18, June 1, June 8, June 15 & July 12
REMOTE WRITING SESSIONS
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Tuesdays 6:30-8pm: May 13, May 20, June 3, June 10, June 17
FINAL READING & CELEBRATION: Thursday, July 3
SF Main Public Library, 100 Larkin Street (BART/MUNI & wheelchair accessible)
PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS
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Consistent attendance in weekly in-person workshops and remote writing sessions
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1.5-3 hours per week writing/reading/researching outside of workshop
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COVID-19 vaccination & willingness to wear face masks for mutual health & safety
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Performing in a final public reading
No previous creative writing experience is necessary.
Questions? Contact Lead Artist Tina Bartolome
Applications Due April 5!
Apply here
Queer Ancestors Project
Resists! Printmaking Workshop
This workshop is for transgender, non-binary, lesbian, bisexual, gay, queer, questioning, two-spirit, and intersex people, aged 18 to 26, who are interested in creating prints exploring resistance. We’ll spend 15 weeks together studying linocut printmaking and resistance-oriented images, and supporting one another as we create. The workshop is free and supplies are included, but space is limited. No experience is required. Each participant who completes the workshop will receive a $1000 stipend.
What does the world feel like to you? What’s got to change so you and those you love can bloom? Who are your ancestors and how do they move in you? We’ll gather, explore these questions, and create images that envision the way to a world with justice, peace, and joy. You’ll learn to make linocut prints addressing whatever issues are compelling to you – such as prison abolition, Trans rights, white supremacy, climate change, student debt, poverty, immigration, reproductive justice, healthcare, homelessness – let’s not forget pleasure! – and more. In keeping with QAP's larger mission, you'll be invited to make one print honoring social justice activism from the past that inspires you. Our workshop will culminate in a public printmaking party at SOMArts, where you’ll print your images on t-shirts!
Chrysalis Studio Director Katie Gilmartin (she/they) will teach the workshop, along with guest speakers.
Be supported as you develop your creativity,
create prints about resistance, and build community
with other Queer and Trans artists!
Applications are currently closed!
Join us next year!
Queer Ancestors Project
Comix Workshop
This workshop is for transgender, non-binary, lesbian, bisexual, gay, queer, questioning, two-spirit, and intersex people, aged 18 to 26, who are interested in creating comics exploring resistance. Artists who identify as Black, Latino(a/x/e), Indigenous, Asian-Pacific Islander, or BIPOC are encouraged to apply. Artists with disabilities are also encouraged to apply. A small, cohort of 10 youth participants from diverse creative and cultural backgrounds will spend four Sunday afternoons in March 2025 learning about comics. Together we will make comics in the spirit and tradition of resistance.
Applications are currently closed!
Join us next year!