Loisaida is Proud

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Welcome to a magical world where drag is the standard of common beauty.

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In solidarity with our LGBTQ+ community, Loisaida, Inc. Arts & Cultural Center proudly opens its doors for Pride Month, June 2023 with three different events curated in collaboration with artist Gabriel Torres.

Exhibition Opening: Thursday, June 8th at 6pm Welcome to a magical world where drag is the standard of common beauty.Taking into consideration the current socio political climate of the United States, we felt it was necessary to evaluate the inclusion and representation of our drag community, within the larger ecosystem of our Latinidad.We invite you to examine the relationship between beauty, dragness, and normality through the alter egos created by the artist Ernesto Linnemann. We also invite you to envision a utopian world, in which drag queens can live a regular life, unafraid of violence and abuse.Come into a world with us, as we explore the world of composite photography through Ernesto Linnemann in which drag exists playing soccer, drag exists lifting weights, drag exists at the museum, and drag exists with family and friends. Would you take into consideration the possibility of drag, within daily life? And we wonder whether drag would make it all more fabulous, all the time. Let us explore a world together, a world in which drag means freedom.About the ArtistsErnesto Linnemann is a lens based Colombian indigenous artist. Ernesto has documented their journey as a non-binary indigenous artist in a constant search of beauty within a white world. Ernesto creates and envisions situational landscapes, where they explore their drag and non-binary alter egos, as a constant introspective on their political and social position in the currents of the world. With more than ten years of never exhibited work, Ernesto is excited to present their work at Loisaida.Gabriel G. Torres is a Colombian American interdisciplinary artist and community catalyst. Gabriel’s work has been presented in NYC, Hong Kong, Colombia, and Tel Aviv. During the past years, Gabriel has been working on a series of activations and projects to bring awareness about de-stigmatization of substance abuse in the queer community, aiming at creating new pathways to envision healing communally. This work has been featured in SXSW, Latino Theater Co, The Department of Health in NYC, and more. The initiatives started with support by The Laundromat Project, Stonewall Foundation, and Loisaida, Inc. This year, Gabriel is excited to create space for artists and the community to be part of this conversation with a Lens based exhibition at The Center and Loisaida, Inc., as well as a theater festival at The Tank NYC.

Loisaida is proud. (June 8 - June 30)In solidarity with our LGBTQ+ community, Loisaida Inc. Culture &amp; Arts Center proudly opens its doors to queer artist Gabriel G Torres during Pride Month, June 2023. Torres will curate a series of artistic events with the intent to open a dialogue around the themes of queerness and specially focusing on the culture of drag. This series is one of Loisaida’s efforts to create an inclusive, welcoming and supportive environment for all the members of our artistic and social practice community members.

Agenda

We invite you to examine the relationship between beauty, dragness, and normality through the alter egos created by the artist Ernesto Linnemann. We also invite you to envision a utopian world, in which drag queens can live a regular life, unafraid of violence and abuse. Come into a world with us, as we explore the world of composite photography through Ernesto Linnemann in which drag exists playing soccer, drag exists lifting weights, drag exists at the museum, and drag exists with family and friends. Would you take into consideration the possibility of drag, within daily life? And we wonder whether drag would make it all more fabulous, all the time. Let us explore a world together, a world in which drag means freedom.

Loisaida is Proud (Exhibition)

Artist Ernesto Linnemann invites our community to discover their own drag! In this fun family friendly workshop, 10 people are invited to learn how to do drag make up, and discover their inner queen. At the end of the workshop, the artist will take participants' pictures, and they will be given a portrait as a souvenir.

Drag-U (The Beauty)

An intergenerational Latine Queer & Queer Ally gathering. A power duo of Drag Queens, one queer elder and another queer youth, will guide the audience into the personal and artistic processes of becoming a work of art, aka a Drag Queen. All in all, while introducing the audience to topics of gender justice, inclusive vocabulary and sparkles of loving kindness.

Drag-U (The Sparkle)

Haus of Dust is an interactive installation created with the desire to bring awareness about substance abuse in the Latine queer community. Artist Gabriel Torres invites us to submerge in their journey dealing with substance abuse, immigration and trauma; and how queerness is poignant on their personal healing.

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