6:00 - 7:30
Six QTBIPOC artists and writers present work inspired by the Hormel Center’s archive and book collections, following a six-week residency. Get ready for a night of writing, LGBTQ history, and BIPOC resplendence!
Nabil A. is a writer and tech worker living in San Francisco. He is interested in the bittersweet interactions of spirit and flesh; elegant representations of data; biohackers and their luminescent cats; and trans Arab politics.
Amalee B. is a writer, poet, and curator of generative, creative communal spaces. Their work spans poetry, creative nonfiction/essays, science fiction, fiction, curation, and travel and art writing. She draws on a diverse set of formal disciplines – including the study of religion, law, and political sociology – as
well as personal experiences as a blackqueer person to write work that embraces a multifaceted vocality. Her work has been published in The Ana.
Victoria C. is a queer Chinese American artist and educator who currently resides in Yelamu (also known as San Francisco as a result of colonialism). Their art practice revolves around identity, exploration, and healing through the mediums of printmaking, fiber arts, ceramics, and mixed media. Victoria enjoys customizing their clothes, painting her feelings, and sharing stories over food.
Yaminah A-R. (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist, poet, activist, and educator from Oakland, California. Her work centers the everyday mysticism of Black life and the multiplicitous meanings of liberation.
B. G. (they/them) is an emerging writer and visual artist tending to tiny transformations. Born in SF and growing up in the South of Market, they're working to honor beings of past, present, and future who shape the parts of the city they treasure. Their work cherishes imperfections as openings for living through and beyond the numbing destruction of empire.
London P. is a writer, editor, and educator. She received an MFA from San Francisco State University and is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Ana. For her efforts she was awarded the Debra Plousha Moore Scholarship, which recognizes her work in supporting the literary advancement of women, the Black community, and their intersections. Her work can be read in various places, including The Fem, Black Warrior Review, and in the anthology NonWhite & Woman.
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