Queer|Art: The Annual Party

A New York City non-profit dedicated tosupporting thecreative and professional development of LGBTQ+ artists across generations and disciplines.

Queer|Art

CART/captioning and Audio Description is available for this event---Blakk is back! And she’s got a few things to say about the upcoming election that you’re gonna want to hear. America’s favorite drag queen for President Joan Jett Blakk (aka, Terence Smith) will make her first public appearance in decades at the 2020 Queer|Art Annual Party on Thursday, October 22. So grab a wig and get your platforms ready, darling - let's do Election Day the gay way and celebrate a year in queer resilience with Queer|Art!The Queer|Art Annual Party honors the graduating Fellows of Queer|Art|Mentorship and occasions the ceremony for the Queer|Art|Prize, a national award program presenting two $10,000 awards to LGBTQ+ artists: one for Sustained Achievement and the other for Recent Work. After winning last year’s Queer|Art|Prize for Sustained Achievement, Joan Jett Blakk/Terence Smith has been hard at work behind the scenes getting ready to reemerge in all her presidential glory just in time for Election Day. For our Annual Party this year, Blakk, at last, will give life to our dream of waking up in America with a drag queen for President!This year, Queer|Art|Prize honors Julie Tolentino for Sustained Achievement, for her decades-long commitment to an interdisciplinary performance installation practice and its intimate relationship to her underrecognized work as a caregiver, club organizer, and activist. The night will also feature performances by 2020 Queer|Art|Mentorship Fellows Raja Feather Kelly and Sarah Sanders, readings by multi-year Queer|Art|Mentorship mentor Pamela Sneed, video work by 2018 Queer|Art|Prize Recent Work winner, performance artist Xandra Ibarra, performing as La Chica Boom in a work that was previously censored by city officials in a group exhibition in San Antonio, TX; and a live performance by multimedia performance artist Keijaun Thomas. So get your tickets now and come party with your friends and family at Queer|Art!____________________Ticket Note:Tickets for the event are suggested donation. Ticket purchases of $250 or more: You will receive a special publication of our Queer|Art Prize Community Portrait Project (soon to be announced).Ticket purchases of $1000 or more: You will receive invitations throughout the year ahead to Queer|Art|Excursions: private tours, collection visits, studio visits, and other once-in-a-lifetime adventures led by celebrated artists and curators in our extended community.____________________The Queer|Art Prize and Ceremony is made possible with generous support from HBO.

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