Queerly Yours: Community Art-Making

Queerly Yours: Community Art-Making Studio

Welcome to Queerly Yours - a celebration of all things 2SLGBTQQIA+! Join us in InnerSpace Art Therapy Studio's beautiful group studio space - cozy vibes, artsy energy and aesthetically pleasing-ness. This event is a safe(r) space for folks to express themselves, meet new people, spend time in community, and get to know themselves through art-making and creativity. Connect with like-minded individuals, share stories, and embrace the diversity that makes us all unique. Let's come together to create a vibrant and inclusive atmosphere that celebrates who we are.

Guest Artist Information:

Jessica

(she/they)

Offering:

Celebration of Asian Heritage Month & Collage

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Jessica's Queerly Yours Offering:

This interactive collage-making activity invites participants to celebrate Asian Heritage Month by reflecting on personal experiences, cultural identities, and connections to community, while engaging critically with histories of colonization, migration, and systemic oppression. Using images, words, colors, and textures, participants will create their own individual collages that express their unique stories, perspectives, and cultural influences.

Once the individual pieces are complete, they will collaboratively be combined into a large collective collage, visually representing how diverse experiences come together to form a vibrant, interconnected community. This process highlights that no community is homogenous, and that every story contributes to the richness of shared identities.

About The Guest Facilitator:

My name is Jessica, and I use she/her and they/them pronouns. I am proud to be Chinese, and I love frogs, video games, and anime. I work as a mental health professional with St. Joseph’s Youthrive program a program led by Black, Indigenous, and Racialized folks to actively address racial trauma and systemic oppression. I’m a Registered Social Worker (RSW) with a Master of Social Work (MSW), and my approach centers community, equity, and honoring the diverse experiences of those I work with. Creating art is one of my greatest passions, and I’m deeply committed to building spaces where everyone can feel seen and valued. I’m so looking forward to meeting new faces and spending time together this Asian Heritage Month!

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Snacks and beverages will be available (included in the pricing), and art supplies / materials will all be made available (also included in the pricing).

If you have any accessibility questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out: [email protected] ; I'm happy to collab in whatever capacity I can to help make events more accessible to folks.

*Accessibility-barrier: There are two flights of stairs to access the location, and no elevator available. If this is a barrier to you and you would be open to attending online, please reach out to [email protected] (we will waive charges due to the accessibility barrier); we are currently in the process of looking for accessible locations to host from and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Info: Soft start means that we won't officially get started with the event / workshop until 1:15 PM. This gives folks a chance to show up and arrive, get oriented to the space, move around the space, reflect and connect with others, grab snacks and beverages, etc.

Info: This is very approximate - but we will go around a meet everyone briefly (you are always welcome to pass or opt out of any sharing or speaking components of the workshop if you don't feel comfy). Lex will officially orient everyone to the space, where to find things, bathroom situations, etc. - as well as extend official invitations for snacks, beverages, freedom to take breaks whenever needed, art supplies. You are always welcome to speak to Lex directly if you are wishing for assistance in accessing anything in the space or have any questions or concerns.

Info: Please see description above for more specifics about the artist and their offerings. Offerings are always an invitation, so if you just wish to sit and listen and do your own thing in the space, you are more than welcome to as long as we are all being respectful of each other's space and the facilitator's capacity / ability to share their information and practice.

Info: Very approximate time frame - we will check in with one another on how the day went, what we learned or want to take from the workshop, and things that came up for us throughout the process. We will make metaphorical offerings to the group and one another in order to close in a good way. Folks are welcome to stick around for a little bit afterwards to chat further.

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