Fire Island’s Canvas and Beyond: Where Queer Art Finds Its Pulse
Pride Month isn’t just a celebration—it’s a spotlight on the vibrant tapestry of LGBTQ+ artists shaping contemporary art. Take Fire Island, New York: home to the world’s first LGBTQ+ artist residency, where creative voices like Keltie Ferris and Leilah Babirye transform personal histories into bold visual languages. Ferris’s energetic abstractions break boundaries with color and form, while Babirye’s sculptures reclaim discarded materials, echoing the resilience of queer identity in Uganda.
Across continents, artists like Seba Calfuqueo in Chile and Yann Pocreau in Canada weave Indigenous and queer narratives into ceramics, photography, and performance, challenging both cultural erasure and ecological threats. Meanwhile, Jenna Gribbon’s intimate portraits and Qualeasha Wood’s digital-beaded tapestries bring queer domesticity and Black femme identity to the forefront, reframing who gets seen and how.
From New York to Santiago, these artists aren’t just making art—they’re reshaping the lens through which we view identity, love, and community. Pride, in their hands, becomes a living, evolving work of art.
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