Portals - curated visual exhibitions
Portals are gateways to transformation—liminal spaces of transition, possibility, and change. For the 2025 Queer Arts Festival, Portals explores queer and trans experiences of crossing thresholds, stepping into new identities, and imagining futures beyond imposed boundaries. Presented in partnership with Centre A, this year’s curated visual exhibition also examines diasporic journeys, highlighting the intersections of queerness, migration, and belonging. In a time of rising anti-trans and anti-queer rhetoric, Portals is a call to reimagine the world, celebrating art’s power to forge new paths, challenge oppression, and open doors to liberation. Step through—what’s on the other side?
Featured Visual Art Exhibitions:
Varied Editions | On Main Gallery | June 6–28
Our queer printmakers exhibition returns, featuring Paul Wong, Tajliya Jamal, Zoë Grace-Ann Laycock, Juneau McPhee and curators Cheryl Hamilton & Edward Fu-Chen Juan. Opens with a special reception June 6, 6 - 9pm, and includes printmaking and zine workshops at Malaspina Printmakers Society. Tue - Sat | 12 - 6 pm.On Main Gallery - Free
QAF Community Art Show | SUM gallery | June 14–28
The heart and soul of QAF, this exhibition showcases a dizzying diversity of 2SLGBTQIA+ visual artists from across our communities. Opening reception June 14, 5–8pm. Tue - Sat | 12 - 6 pm.Sum Gallery - Free
Portals | Centre A | June 21–August 23 Co-curated by Mark Takeshi McGregor & Diane Hau Yu Wong, this year’s curated visual exhibition examines diasporic journeys, highlighting the intersections of queerness, migration, and belonging. Featuring Arkah, Evan Matchett-Wong, Sena Cleave, Miles Saraswat, Christian Yves Jones, and Naomi Leung 梁珮恩. Wed - Sat | 12 - 6 pm.
Center A
