NATIONAL QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL 2014
17th Annual
The theme of the 2014 NQAF is The Body Politic/s. Co-founder, website, media, communications and visual arts & humanities director, Rudy Lemcke said it best:
“It encompasses the idea of the body as sensuous, sentient organism as well as the site of cultural signification and political power. What is it to be in a body, perhaps the “wrong” body; to move, to feel, to desire as well as to be desired or to be objectified or fetishized? What is it like to inhabit a body that others think is “wrong:” Too fat, too thin, too old, too young, too imperfect or too perfect?
The Body Politic/s also focuses on the traditional definition: a group of people considered as a collective unit; a metaphor in which a nation or group is thought to be a corporate entity, being likened to a human body. What is it to be collectively labeled as deviant and at the same time use this collectivity as a liberating force and political power?”
Join us for the thrilling artistic performances, readings, circus and comedy that arose from those words! I can promise you a unique experience…and some serious fun.
Pamela Peniston, Artistic Director
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Glitter Bomb Exhibition, 2015
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Take it Back Manifesto | June 27
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NQAF 2014 Funders and Sponsors
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About NQAF 2014
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NQAF Venues 2014
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Love Is Queer! An American Songbook
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AIRspace Residency | June 11 – 21
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Tomboy – Opening Reception | June 5
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Bodies Curators’ Tour | June 14
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The Mayor of Folsom Street | June 6
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Queer Rebels of the Harlem Renaissance, 2014
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Creating Queer Community Meeting | June 30
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Pride March | June 29, 2014
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Dyke March | June 28, 2014
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Trans March | June 27, 2014
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For Sizakele
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LEXhibition – Opening Reception | June 24
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When Gertrude Met Susan
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Turning Poison into Medicine | June 22
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Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble, 2014
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Topsy Turvy | June 20 & 21
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Fresh Meat, 2014
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Frameline | June 19 – 29
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Queer Prophesies
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Cuentamelo
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Un(Dis)sing Our Ability | June 18
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Queeriosity | June 13
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Queer Youth Self Portraits
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Queer Women of Color Film Festival, 2014
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Vixen Noir DANGEROUS CD Release Show
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Still Here | June 11 & 12
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Bead by Bead: Contemporary Native Writing
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Breaking Code: Intersections of Queerness and Madness
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515 Clues
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Queer Comicon | June 8
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Second Helpings: Art Opening and Performances
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Body, body, bodies – Opening Reception | June 7
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Blood Story, Bone Memory, Skin Legacy: A Ritual in Corporealities
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Brouhaha: QTPOC Activist-Comics Rise Up, 2014
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The Cha Cha Files
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Radar Superstar | June 4
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The News | June 3
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Spirit – Day 2 Films & Panel | June 1
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Passage and Place | June 1
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Spirit – Day 1 | May 31
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Homo File | May 30 – June 15
CQC, CQC 2014, NQAF 20142014 QCC STAFF
Pamela Peniston, Artistic Director
Kevin Seaman, General Manager
Rudy Lemcke, Communications Director
Jeff Jones, Financial Director
Sarah Guerra, Production Manager
LaVette Virden, Finance Manager
DENDESIGN, Graphic Design
PS Print, Festival Printing
Curators: Body, body, bodies…
Josh Faught
Jacqueline Francis
Rudy Lemcke
Matt McKinley, Exhibit Designer
Pamela Peniston
Tina Takemoto
Amanda N. Simons, Exhibition Coordinator
BOARD
Cheryl Dunye
Jacqueline Francis
Raquel Gutierrez
Jeff Jones
Jordy Jones
Juba Kalamka
Rudy Lemcke
Pratibha Parmar
Mia Nakano
Pamela Peniston
Tina Takemoto (President)
Advisory Member
Dr. Marcy Adelman