The Queer Art Collective

**Contains information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors** Join us as we come back to our recordings with artist Alice Kay Waller who's "/200" series is now installed in our gallery through until October 6th.

Join us for our fifth episode as we sit down to talk with QAC featured artist, Becka Shertzer, about what makes their art so powerful and inspiring and how they navigate the world as a queer artist. Find Becka on Instagram @beckaboo11 and come in to our gallery to view it all in person! **Becka wanted to note that they identify "as a radically queer trans gender non conforming punk artist fierce love art warrior" Thank you for listening!

Unravelling some queer art history and striking up conversations about the difference between Queer Content and Queering. We discuss how the art of an 18th century artist has made its way into 21st century queer culture (and as a meme no less) and how we perceive everyday "queering". As always, the Queer Art Collective is a Providence, Rhode Island based art gallery that's committed to putting queer artists at the forefront and debunking heteronormative ideals for what art "should" be....Sources:https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/truth-coming-out-of-her-well-meme/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_Coming_Out_of_Her_Well

Unravelling some queer art history and striking up conversations about the difference between Queer Content and Queering. We discuss three artists from history, Marie Høeg, Bolette Berg, and Sascha Schneider, their lives, and how their work reflects the theory of Queer Content.As always, the Queer Art Collective is a Providence, Rhode Island based art gallery that's committed to putting queer artists at the forefront and debunking heteronormative ideals for what art "should" be....Sources:Marie Høeg and Bolette Berghttps://flashbak.com/marie-hoeg-and-bolette-berg-mocked-gender-roles-in-these-private-end-of-the-19th-century-photographs-374522/ (See their amazing photos here.)https://www.queerarthistory.com/https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_private_photographs_of_marie_heg_and_bolette_berg_questioning_gender_rohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_H%C3%B8eghttps://nbl.snl.no/Marie_H%C3%B8egSascha SchneiderQuoted article: https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/art/artist-spotlight/2013/09/14/artist-spotlight-sascha-schneider?pg=fullhttps://artblart.com/tag/sascha-schneider-the-anarchist/https://www.henrymillerfineart.co.uk/blog/2020/10/6/artist-focus-sascha-schneider-german-1870-1927http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/02/03/the-art-of-sascha-schneider-1870-1927/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sascha_Schneider#Workshttps://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/art/artist-spotlight/2013/09/14/artist-spotlight-sascha-schneider?pg=full

Join us for our very first episode as we sit down to talk with QAC featured artist, Darrion Rose, about what makes her art so unique and how she navigates the world as a queer artist. Find Darrion on Instagram @overgrownroses or email her at darrionrosema@gmail.com

Find out what to expect from our show and get a sneak-peek at our first two episodes!