Name: Queers of the FATOSPHERE + BEARPAD
Start: 2022-06-11T18:00:00-07:00
Location: The American Bookbinders Museum

Queers of the FATOSPHERE + BEARPAD

Queer  Cultural Center

QUEERS OF THE FATOSPHERE! Accompanied by visual art installations by BEARPAD.

The American Bookbinders Museum

2022 National Queer Arts Festival

Join us from June 9th to June 23rd, 2022 for the 25th Anniversary of NQAF with a lineup of amazing events and workshops across the Bay in-person and virtually worldwide.

BEARPAD Art Installation Hangout from 6PM to 7PMQUEERS of the FATOSPHERE Performances 7PMQUEERS of the FATOSPHERE + BEARPAD Art Installation! Join Baruch Porras Hernandez, Rawiyah Tariq, Kevin Seaman and the art of the big sexy BEARPAD as they explore the awesomeness and power of being a fat queer sexual queerdo weirdo. This show starts out with queer bear punk amazing visual art, then feeds you spoken word, storytelling, comedy, and super sexy fat queer performances. Artist Bios:BARUCH PORRAS HERNANDEZ (he/him) is a queer Mexican immigrant that has been called a “Multi Hyphenated Artist!”, “Daring, candid, and inventive!” by the San Francisco Chronicle, he is also a writer, solo performer, illustrator and standup comedian who has performed all over the country.RAWIYAH TARIQ (they/them)is a Black, gender non-binary, fat, disabled and neurodivergent artist and kink aware professional. Their roots are in queer, poly-amorous, fat community. Magic, massage, storytelling and performance art are tools they use to liberate, heal and reclaim space for marginalized communities. KEVIN SEAMAN (they/them) is a San Francisco-based artist that creates interdisciplinary work scrutinizing and expanding the complexities of LGBTQIA2S+ identity and culture that has performed all over the world. They are also the artistic director of Diamond Wave, leading MASCellaneous queer masculinities workshops, THEYFRIEND nonbinary performance festival and Artists’ Adaptability Circles grant program.BEARPAD celebrates big queer bodies with large-scale art installations, performances, and apparel. We challenge standards of beauty and intimacy through fun, affectionate representations of radical intimacy and queer connection.Event capacity:75 people total. Accessibility information:The venue is wheelchair accessible.Please request ASL interpretation by May 30th to nqaf@queerculturalcenter.orgCOVID-19 Protocol Masks are strongly encouraged and will be provided by QCC. Vaccination requirement in accordance with latest city, county and state guidelines.

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