Established in 2015, Queerious is a celebration of art created by the GSRD community that is held at the Edge Gallery and Urban Arts Centre. The event was begun in 2015 by Disa Haldorson and taken over by James Turowski in 2019.[i] While information 2018 is missing, the event appears on artist CVs, indicating that it was held.
History of the Event
Year | Venue | Summary |
2015 | Edge Gallery and Urban Arts Centre | Running from June 11-16, Queerious promoted itself as a “celebration of LGBT* craft, a connection between Winnipeg and its diverse LGBT* community”.[ii] |
2016 | Edge Gallery and Urban Arts Centre | Running from May 27-29, Queerious 2016 featured the artistic works of “Winnipeg’s vibrant LGBTT* artistic community”. Artists were:
Disa Haldorson |
2017 | Unknown | This event was not held in 2017. |
2018 | Unknown | “Queeriosity”[iv] |
2019 | Edge Gallery and Urban Arts Centre | Running May 31-June 4, Queerious 2019 “Getting Queerious” featured the artistic works of “Winnipeg’s LGBT2QIA+ community”. Artists were:
Dallas Cant |
2020 | Edge Gallery and Urban Arts Centre | Held September 4 – 8, “Queerentine – A Queerious Art Exhibition” featured artists:
Azka Ahmed |
2021 | Edge Gallery and Urban Arts Centre | Held from September 3 – 14, “Queer We Go Again” featured the work of artists: lemony b Nix Cristobal Calma Krista CherAshley Davis Dirt Theryn Good Christina Hajjar Vi Houssin Charlie ‘CJ’ Jacobs Laura Lewis Alex McAdams Michelle Eric Plamondom Therese Reyes James Verscheure Cheridan Wazny Cassandra Wolfe[vii] |
2022 | Edge Gallery and Urban Arts Centre | May 27th to June 7th, 2022
“QUEER in the Sun”, a Queerious Art Exhibition featuring “Winnipeg’s 2SLGBTQIA+ artists” “celebrating queer joy in all it’s forms.”[viii] |
[i] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-proud-to-shine-2020-1.5726489
[ii] 2015 Winnipeg Pride Guide, p. 26
[iii] https://lacewinnipeg.wordpress.com/2016/05/10/queerious-art-show/
[iv] https://www.jamesturowski.com/pagecv
[v] https://m.facebook.com/events/the-edge-gallery-and-urban-art-centre/getting-queerious/661397830979369/ and p. 63 of Pride Guide
[vi] https://web.archive.org/web/20200923115641/https://edgevillage.com/event/queerantine-a-queerious-art-exhibition/
[vii] https://www.instagram.com/p/CTSTg9iprK_/
[viii] https://pridewinnipeg.com/programming-artists/#/event/queer-in-the-sun-art-exhibition