ABOUT CHRYSALIS / QUEER ANCESTORS PROJECT
![Queer-Ancestors-Feature-Image Wood block prints of James Baldwin, Miss Major, and Bill T. Jones](https://queerculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Queer-Ancestors-Feature-Image.jpg)
The Queer Ancestors Project, a program of Chrysalis, is devoted to forging sturdy relationships between LGBTQI people and our ancestors. Using history as a linchpin, we build community by providing Queer and Trans artists, age 18 to 26, free interdisciplinary workshops in printmaking, writing, and Queer history. Public exhibitions and readings of their work provide a window on the past through which the larger community can glimpse our collective future.
QUEER ANCESTORS PROJECT
NATIONAL QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL ARCHIVE
![Line drawing Illustration of curvy person with short curly hair and large palm leaf text says Queer Ancestors Project 2020 Unapologetic anthology reading](https://queerculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020-05-Queer-Ancestors-Anthology.jpg)
Sat, May 16 at 7pm
![Sarria Ovalle](https://queerculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/SarriaEvaOvalle500-1.jpg)
![Bill T. Jones](https://queerculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/JonesbyJones500-1.jpg)
![Nina Simone](https://queerculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/SimoneAmmanDesai500-1.jpg)
![Baldwin](https://queerculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/BaldwinJoanChen500-1.jpg)
![David Wojarnovicz](https://queerculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/WojarnoviczSasha500-1.jpg)
![Corey Brown](https://queerculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/TheStarCoreyBrown500-1.jpg)
![ancestral shifts](https://queerculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/JorgeFlores500-1.jpg)
![Katie Gilmartin](https://queerculturalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ReflectionGilmartin500-1.jpg)
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