Name: Queernesseseseses Mural Dedication Party!
Start: 2025-10-24T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-24T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Bmore Liberated

Queernesseseseses Mural Dedication Party!

Be a part of a huge LGBTQIA+ mural dedication, on the wall of a queer therapy organization in this celebration for everybody!
About this Event

Join in the fun and build your community! On October 24, we dedicate our giant LGBTQIA+ mural on the Fayette Street wall of Bmore Liberated! LGBTQ+ Mental Health resources w/ RestEasyBby, collective of over 10 Black teachers committed to healing racial trauma and centering wellness in social justice movements. Caricature drawings by local youth muralist, Shae. Queer Mini Market featuring Sesasi Roots, Lilia Torres, and more. It's a party, y'all! Suggested $5-100 donation to support materials and artists.

Want your donation to be tax-deductible? Donations are tax-deductible through our project's fiscal agent, Fractured Atlas: https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/art-of-solidarity/general_support

Community-made:

Maria Gabriela Aldana, director of Art of Solidarity, partners with Bmore Liberated LLC, CASA , YouthWorks, and Patterson Park Neighborhood Assocation to combat homophobia by creating new public arts and mental health events in Patterson Park North. Funded by the Public Arts Across Maryland grant of the Maryland State Arts Council, they create opportunities for folx of all ages and backgrounds to strengthen connections between youth, gay, lesbian, queer, trans, non-binary, immigrant, Latinx, Black, indigenous, neurodivergent, straight, fluid, and questioning adults as well as non-profits.

"Queernesseseseses" project started in 2024 thanks to a planning grant of the Maryland State Art Council. Ms. Aldana served as a creative consultant to lead a team that recruits, trains, and hires youth to co-lead mural arts workshops that address sexuality and gender identities under the guidance and love of Bmore Liberated therapists. Participants were hosted and guided to create over 80 designs that described their journey of self-love, self-awareness, and sense of community building. The inclusive project expands by including residents, Patterson Park Community Association meetings, in person and virtually for folx to vote, sign up as a volunteer, and build lasting relationships by this summer in 2025.