What is Creating Queer Communities? Creating Queer Communities (CQC) is a professional development training program for queer and trans artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. For over 25 years, […]
Mark your calendars for this year’s 28th Anniversary Spring National Queer Arts Festival, taking place May 22 to June 13, 2025 and in-person for all events. It’s time for some ‘Pleasure in the Storm’! We have five innovative and immersive cultural experiences for you created by the artists who have been going through QCC’s Creating Queer Communities Level Two program!
QCC is excited to amplify the perspectives of diverse queer artists through our National Queer Arts Festival. We need YOU to help keep this community treasure thriving. This is a great opportunity to support QCC’s important cultural work while reaching new audiences for your business or organization. Check out our sponsorship deck for all your options!
QCC is seeking visual art pieces that align with our “Pleasure in the Storm” theme for our SNQAF25 festival poster and catalog. This call is open to Bay Area visual […]
After more than two years of service, Queer Cultural Center’s (QCC) Executive Director Anand Kalra has announced he will be transitioning from the organization at the end of November 2024. As members of the Board of Directors, we express our immense gratitude for the incredible hard work and deep care Anand has shown in his stewardship of the organization.
What is Creating Queer Communities? Queer Cultural Center is thrilled to announce the next round of Creating Queer Communities, our beloved professional development training program for Queer and Trans artists […]
This is an exciting moment – we are announcing the first Creating Queer Communities (CQC) Level 2 cohort, designed to help local LGBTQ2IA+ artists advance their technical and creative production skills. This is our first ever level 2 cohort, a new aspect of our artists development program designed to help local LGBTQ2IA+ artists hone their ability to devise and produce original artworks for our community. We’re excited to welcome Deon Brown, Tiara Amar, Esotérica Tropical, Grupo Chuqui Chinchay, Lyn Patterson, Sagaree, and Yanni Brumfeld. Read their full bios through the link!
Queer Cultural Center will select 5-7 applicants for the CQC2 cohort. CQC2 cohort members will receive professional development workshops and will produce an individual cultural event as part of QCC’s 2025 Spring Queer Arts Festival.
The artistic theme for the 2025 Spring Queer Arts Festival is “Pleasure in the Storm”. We invite projects that address queer approaches to sustaining ourselves and our communities through cultivating inner joy, community connection, and sensory pleasures amid the ongoing political, cultural, public health, and climate crises that shape our current material conditions.
We invite artists and creatives of all disciplines to join us on March 16th as we walk through the most important parts of drafting a budget for your upcoming project or production.
We want to give a warm welcome to our new Creating Queer Communities Level 1 Cohort <3!