Queer Art and Opera – Queer Disabilities Arts Activism
Queer Art and Opera – Queer Disabilities Arts Activism
This month are some great featured artists from queer disability arts activist for your enjoyment. Check them out soon!
Time-Lapse: Posthumous Conversations — A Geoff McMurchy Retrospective
At the Sum Gallery and Online
OCTOBER 29th – JANUARY 23rd
The Sum Gallery is hosting a memorial exhibition of visual art by Geoff McMurchy, “a storm force fag who blew open disability art in Canada and whose legacy includes a generation of disabled artists who thrived under his mentorship”.
McMurchy was a pioneer in disabilities arts communities and a founding director of Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture. He died at the age of 65 in July 2015.
The restrospective is curated by Yuri Arajs, SD Holman and Persimmon Blackbridge in partnership with Kickstart and All Souls at Mountainview Cemetery.
The exhibition may be viewed online, via a curated video or via in person appointments. Tickets for the closing reception on Sat Jan 23rd | 12 pm – 6 pm may be reserved through eventbrite
Robin Hahn – opera soprano
Robin Hahn, a queer opera singer and stage director known for reinterpreting heteronormative stories in her productions, has just launched a new YouTube channel: She just released a new video in December called ‘11 ways to add LGBTQ+ representation to your next opera production’.
Robin Hahn is a “an operatic lyric soprano, disability advocate, and queer YouTuber making videos crossing all those spaces.” You can view Robin's videos at https://www.youtube.com/c/robinhahnsopran/
Other queer arts productions on offer this new year:
VIRTUAL HUMANITY
A Zee Zee Theatre Production - Inspired the Human Library created by Stop The Violence (Copenhagen) - Presented with the Vancouver Public Library. Saturdays & Sundays in March, 12 pm – 3pm via Zoom
