Queer Arts Festival 2010 at the Yaletown Roundhouse

On Tuesday July 27th, the 2010 Queer Arts Festival in Vancouver kicked off at the Yaletown Roundhouse Community Centre. The first week is held within Vancouver Pride Week 2010, the Queer Arts Festival by Pride in Art extends beyond Pride Week and goes all the way up until August 14th, 2010. Tickets available at Little Sisters, Rhizome Café and Banshee Clothing

The remaining tickets available at the door (Cash Only). Amongst the great performances, I noticed one by Morgan Brayton, whom I absolutely adore. On Thursday 12 August at 7:30pm, One + One: James Howell & Morgan Brayton Solo Show Double Bill at the Exhibition Hall & Performance Centre. These two solo shows of edgy comedy: Morgan Brayton’s Raccoonery! and James Howell’s Take Down Your Panties on Main Street, look like they’ll be a lot of fun.

The other thing I am totally looking forward is the Chosen Family exhibit:

Saturday 14 Aug 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Chosen Family Portraits
Exhibition Hall
ADMISSION FREE

Since 2007, celebrating and documenting the history of our chosen family has been the guiding purpose of the Queer History Project. We believe that our stories and our genealogies are best shared through artistic vision and community participation.

We are pleased to introduce you to our next Queer History Project community-based creation: Chosen Family Portraits with Artist-in-Residence, photographer Sarah Race.

Chosen Family Portraits is a photography project that invites you—our Festival audience and dynamic communities—to model with your chosen family. Pose with your partner(s), your best friends, the folks you celebrate your birthday with, or the folks whose shoulders you cry on. Share your own chosen family history. These portraits will be unveiled at a special Queer History Project celebration in Summer 2011 in partnership with Pride in Art, Xtra! West, Qmunity and the 2011 Vancouver Out Games.

During our eleven-day Festival, Queer History Project will host a mobile portrait studio at various venues. For more information or make an appointment at the chosen family portrait studio, please email
chosenfamily@outonscreen.com. Co-presented with the Vancouver Queer Film Festival

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