Queerly Yours: Community Art-Making

Come join us for Queerly Yours: Community Art-Making Studio - a celebration and honouring of all things Queer and artsy! 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) --- 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 the studio. *There are no chairs in the space, if you would like a chair to sit on, please bring your own camp/fold chair. If you do not have one, please reach out to Lex and they can accomodate. *There are no stairs to access space. *Gender-neutral bathroom available. *Free parking available in parking lot of the studio. **Location: Steel City Slither Studio - 455 Barton St Stoney Creek ( !! NOT !! 455 Barton St E -> GPS may try to take you here so please double check that you have the right location before making your trip) ---- 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.