Art Activation: Celebrating Queer Black Joy with Willie Thomas

Join P4L HOMEPLACE Artist, Willie Thomas, for a hands-on creative workshop! Come celebrate and create Queer Black Joy with us! Calling our beautiful queer and gender-expansive community and their tribe (allies, friends, chosen family, and beloved) to spend an inspiring evening with featured HOMEPLACE artist Willie Thomas for an interactive art activation focused on celebrating Queer Black joy. Growing up as a young Black boy in Compton, Willie used art as a vital avenue for self-expression and navigating his identity. During this gathering, Willie will share his story, inspiration, and artistic process. Afterwards, you will be guided through a hands-on artmaking activity to express your own creativity. Whether you consider yourself an artist or are picking up a paintbrush for the first time, come ready to learn, connect, and create! Your ticket purchase/donation covers all art materials provided for the hands-on crafting activity. Tickets Parenting for Liberation believes that Black parents and families deserve access to creative and healing spaces without the barrier of cost. We believe in reducing and eliminating barriers to our program offerings when possible, and we also believe in equity and resource sharing. Tickets to our 10 year programming allows us to continue serving our community in the long-term. Please see the descriptions below to determine which ticket level is best for you. Complimentary tickets - Supports our community members that want to attend but simply don’t have the means at the moment. We encourage folks to sign up early since there are a limited amount available for the event. Community Pricing - Supports our community members that are unable to afford the General admission price, but are still able to contribute to the cost. General Admission - Supports our community members that can cover the cost for the type of event. Pay it Forward - Supports our community members that are able to cover their own costs, and a little extra for another community member.