Pride Month Capitol Hill Art Walk: Visual Art and Poetry Reading by CAConrad and more!
Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 6 PM – 9 PM
Ingersoll Gender Center
517 E Pike St, Seattle, Washington 98122
In celebration of 2015 Pride month, Gay City Health Project and Ingersoll Gender Center are hosting a special multi-media event for the Capitol Hill Art Walk. The show will feature art representing some of the many wonderful LGBTQ organizations in Seattle, including art and literature by many talented people. Art! Reading! Drinks! PARTY!
Works by artists from participating organizations will be on display for the month in the Ingersoll trans* space and on Gay City’s art wall outside Gay City’s Michael C. Weidemann LGBTQ Library.
Featuring: Entre Hermanos, Seattle Counseling Service, Gender Diversity , The Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan, U.T.O.P.I.A Seattle, Social Outreach Seattle (SOS…ea), Lambert House, Lgbtq Allyship, The Northwest Network of Bi, Trans, Lesbian, and Gay Survivors of Abuse, Lion’s Main Art Collective, City of Seattle LGBT Commission, P.O.W.! (Proud, Out and Wonderful!), QLaw Foundation GLBT Legal Clinic, Equal Rights Washington, Out In Front and Seattle PFLAG.
The reading (poetry and prose, beginning at 7:30 pm) will feature renowned trans* writers CA Conrad (http://caconrad.blogspot.com/), Sarah Galvin and Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore! Visit Mattilda’s website here: http://mattildabernsteinsycamore.com/ Read about Sarah Galvin in City Arts Magazine: http://www.cityartsonline.com/articles/funniest-book-poetry-world Jaimee Garbacik, author of Gender & Sexuality for Beginners, will MC the reading. Check out her website: http://jaimeegarbacik.com/
This FREE celebration will provide an excellent opportunity to network with members of local LGBT organizations, and an opportunity for participating organizations to increase visibility within the larger community.