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:

Kasey (she/they)

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Kasey's Queerly Yours Offering:

Hey! I'm Kasey (she/they). I'm queer and neurodivergent, and I've worked in gender-based violence for over a decade as a counsellor, advocate, researcher and public educator. I love spending time with community and talking about the ways we write our own scripts and traditions as queer folks.

We're always being told to "be our authentic selves," but that's not so simple when being yourself hasn't always felt safe. We'll be decorating boxes together. The outside is how we show up to the world, the inside is how we feel, and then we'll each tuck a little treasure inside. We'll chat about masking, survival, and what it looks like to choose who gets to see inside.

A lot of us learned to follow a script to stay safe. Queer folks, neurodivergent folks and survivors know this really well. This is a space to honor those parts of ourselves, and think about how we can create safety in our communities and within ourselves.

Everyone gets a box to decorate. The outside is how you show up to the world, the inside is how you actually feel, and then you put a little treasure in it. It's about how "just be yourself" isn't that simple when we've experienced harm, are queer or neurodivergent and being yourself hasn't always been safe.

*No stairs to access space. Gender-neutral bathroom. Free parking available in parking lot of office or on the street.

*There are no stairs to access space.

*Gender-neutral bathroom available.

*Free parking available in parking lot of the office

**Light snacks and art supplies available

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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.

Info: Soft start means that we won't officially get started with the event / workshop until 1:15 PM. We'll likely do some light mingling, get to know one another's names and perhaps share what we are hoping to get out of the session.

Info: This is very approximate - we will likely meet everyone and the facilitator, as well as get some information from the instructor on what the session will look like / what we can expect from them and what they may expect from us. Everything is an invitation, so you are always welcome to opt out of practices and exercises, there will also be a low sensory room where you can hangout or take a breather if needed / wanted.

Info: These timelines are very approximate and open to changes based on what is coming up at the day/time of session. 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.

Event venue & nearby stays

987 King St E, 987 King Street East, Hamilton, Canada

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