For Pride 2020, we bring you this web preview of the first gallery show for Eastside LGBTQIA artists. We are looking forward to bringing you the live gallery show at the Centro Cultural Mexicano at a future date. Stay tuned.
Our Artists
We would like to thank the following Eastside LGBTQIA+ artists for being part of “Rainbow on the Eastside” Pride Art Show.
Aaron Kapilivsky
Pronouns: He/Him/They/Them
Aaron is a hispanic asexual cis man living in Redmond. They are a hobbyist yarncrafter who began learning in 2017.
Amber Duan
Pronouns: She/Her
Amber is a bisexual queer artist who lives in Sammamish. She explores the themes of race and sexuality in her work.
Dahra Perez Mendez
Pronouns: She/Her
Dahra Perez is a bisexual artist living in Redmond. Her work explores landscapes. She likes to experiment with acrylic and gouache painting, incorporating mixed media to push realism in her work.
Gou Qi
Pronouns: They/Them
Gou Qi is a genderqueer immigrant who lives in Redmond. They create digital art inspired by traditional East Asian brush painting
Lily Pezzee
Pronouns: She/Her
Lily is a lesbian student from Woodinville who experiments with portraying difficult topics like mental health. She works primarily with acrylics.
Mary Dispenza
Pronouns: She/Her
Mary Dispenza is a proud lesbian living with her spouse in Bellevue, WA. She is a former member of the LGBTQ+ Childcare Task Force and longtime activist for marriage equality.
Tomás Narvaja
Pronouns: They/Them/He/Him
Tomás is a queer artist living in Bellevue who takes a mixed media approach to art surrounding themes of belonging, representation, and their cat, Magic.
Wing Mui
Pronouns: She/Her/They/Them
Wing is a trans woman who lives in Redmond. She works with many media but got her start in fiber arts.
Pride Month 2020 comes at a time of national mourning and soul-searching. Pride has its roots in the Stonewall rebellion against unjust policing.
With this history in mind, we invite you to learn more about Black-led LGBTQ organizations that continue working to resist injustice in present times, such as the LGBTQ+ Freedom Fund, a organization that posts bail for LGBTQ people held in jail or immigrant detention, and the Marsha P. Johnson Institute, which organizes to protect the rights of black transgender people.
Organizations in the Greater Seattle Area:
- Earth Pearl Collective is a collective of queer women of the African Diaspora dedicated to activating social change through creative collaborations.
- People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) is a black-led multicultural social service agency providing HIV/AIDS prevention while also addressing transphobia, homophobia and other issues that contribute to health disparities.
More Black-led LGBTQ organizations are listed at https://stylecaster.com/black-led-lgbtq-organizations/