2013 schedule
Qouleur 2013 Festival: August 16-23
August 16-23
Qouleur art exhibition: Race, Sexuality, and Hair
Rats 9 Gallery, Room 530, 372 Ste. Catherine Street West (Belgo building)
(Place-des-arts metro). Wheelchair accessible.
1 pm - 6 pm (closed Sunday and Monday)
Artists featured: Momoko Allard, nyx zierhut & Yvette Choy, Jérôme Havre, Pauline Johnson, Hideki Kawashima, mihee-nathalie lemoine / kimura byol, Elisha Lim, Zavé Martohardjono, Candace Mooers
Co-curated by Wai-Yant Li and Jenny Lin
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
Friday, August 16
Qouleur vernissage
Rats 9 Gallery, Room 530, 372 Ste. Catherine Street West (Belgo building)
Wheelchair accessible.
6pm - 9 pm
Live performance in the gallery by Hideki Kawashima at 7:30 pm
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
Saturday, August 17
Indigeneity and Sexuality: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Centre for Gender Advocacy
#404, 1500 de Maisonneuve West
wheelchair accessible
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
A closed workshop for Two-Spirited and LGBTTQ Indigenous people.
Facilitators: Gina Baun Metallic and Paige Isaac
In English and French. Whisper translation provided
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
Saturday, August 17
Brillance: Qouleur performance night
Café L'Artère
7000 ave. du Parc (metro Parc)
Wheelchair accessible (except for washrooms)
8 pm - 10 pm
A night of spoken word, slam poetry, and performance art.
Artists featured:
Kama La Mackerel, Shaunga Tagore, Kavita, Laila, Shahir Omar, Danik Yopp, Alvis Choi, Sherry Huang
Emcees: Lady Sin and Karine-Myrgianie Jean-François
In English and French
Admission: Pay what you can (suggested price: $7)
Sunday, August 18
Unabashedly Queer Sexual Reclamation
Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
32 Beaubien East
3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Workshop on how to have good queer sex.
Facilitators: Dana McKnight and Seth Girod
In English. Whisper translation available.
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
Sunday, August 18
Qouleur Qompilation CD launch party
Club Peopl
390 Notre Dame West (Ste Hélène St. entrance)
8 pm - 3 am
A concert and dance party to celebrate the release of the first-ever CD compilation featuring music solely by Two-Spirited and LGBTTQ Indigenous and racialized people/people of colour in Montreal and beyond. Concert will feature hip hop, R&B, and Indie pop, rock, and folk.
Featured artists: Athena Holmes, Charlie Rose, Dirty Boots, Hua Li, Kimberly Sunstrum, ManChyna, Michael Perry, MLK RDDD, Sarah Bernard, Vanessa Dorvily, and Zara Ahmed, followed by DJ sets from Mark Vicente and The Salivation Army.
Emcees: Vanessa Dorvily and Kama La Mackerel
In English and French
Admission: $10 (purchase at the door)
Monday, August 19
Self-Expression as Self-Recovery: A Workshop on Art and Healing for Queer People of Colour
Centre for Gender Advocacy
#404, 1500 de Maisonneuve West, wheelchair accessible
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
This closed workshop is a space for self-identified Two-Spirited and LGBTTQ Indigenous and racialized people/people of colour to explore the healing power of art. The workshop is guided by queer of colour, Two-Spirited, and women of colour feminist theories that help provide an understanding of how art constitutes an act of resistance and empowerment. Participants will explore how images and stories produced by, for, and about queer people of colour have the capacity to help them heal from multiple systems of oppression that have worked to silence and deny them access to their whole selves. Art produced by Two-Spirited and LGBTTQ Indigenous and racialized people/people of colour will be positioned as an act of resistance to this silencing.
Facilitator: Colleen Young
In English. Whisper translation provided.
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
Tuesday, August 20
Qouleur Talks: The Artists’ Perspectives
Rats 9 Gallery
Room 530, 327 Ste Catherine St. West, (metro Place-des-Arts) wheelchair accessible
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Artists featured in the Qouleur exhibit will discuss their projects in-depth with the public.
Facilitators: Wai-Yant Li and Jenny Lin
In English and French. Whisper translation provided.
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
Wednesday, August 21
Fuck The Script: A Discussion on Consent, Sexuality, and Safe(r) Sex
Rats 9 Gallery
Room 530, 327 Ste Catherine St. West, (metro Place-des-Arts) wheelchair accessible
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
This workshop is all about the people who will be present in the space. What is it that they want to talk about? What is it that they want to know? What does consent, communication, negotiation, disclosure, and safe(r) sex look like in their lives and those of the people they care for? This discussion is a first step at opening space to talk about sex and sexuality in a way in which diverse realities (queer, people of colour/racialized, Indigenous, Two-Spirited, trans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, and asexual, to name a few) are put at the centre of the conversation. This workshop will be co-constructed with the people in the room. At the beginning of the workshop, a list of discussion topics and desire for information will be brainstormed.
Facilitator: Valérie Simon
In French and English. Whisper translation provided.
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
Thursday, August 22
La langue, la race, et la sexualité
Centre for Gender Advocacy
#404, 1500 de Maisonneuve West, wheelchair accessible
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
A closed workshop for Francophone and French-speaking Two-Spirited and LGBTTQ Indigenous and racialized people/people of colour.
Facilitators: Rachel Jean-Pierre and André Ho
In French only.
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
Friday, August 23
Artivism: Deploying Arts and Crafts for Social Change
Rats 9 Gallery
Room 530, 327 Ste Catherine St. West, (metro Place-des-Arts) wheelchair accessible
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
A public discussion on using arts and crafts as a means of engaging with social justice causes and political and social movements, particularly in the form of anti-racist, anti-heterosexist, and anti-misogynist action, among others.
Panel: Wai-Yant Li, Pauline Johnson, Ala’a Jarban, mihee-nathalie lemoine / kimura byol, more TBA.
Facilitator: Kama La Mackerel
In French and English. Whisper translation provided.
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
Qouleur 2013 Festival: August 16-23
August 16-23
Qouleur art exhibition: Race, Sexuality, and Hair
Rats 9 Gallery, Room 530, 372 Ste. Catherine Street West (Belgo building)
(Place-des-arts metro). Wheelchair accessible.
1 pm - 6 pm (closed Sunday and Monday)
Artists featured: Momoko Allard, nyx zierhut & Yvette Choy, Jérôme Havre, Pauline Johnson, Hideki Kawashima, mihee-nathalie lemoine / kimura byol, Elisha Lim, Zavé Martohardjono, Candace Mooers
Co-curated by Wai-Yant Li and Jenny Lin
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
Friday, August 16
Qouleur vernissage
Rats 9 Gallery, Room 530, 372 Ste. Catherine Street West (Belgo building)
Wheelchair accessible.
6pm - 9 pm
Live performance in the gallery by Hideki Kawashima at 7:30 pm
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
Saturday, August 17
Indigeneity and Sexuality: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Centre for Gender Advocacy
#404, 1500 de Maisonneuve West
wheelchair accessible
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
A closed workshop for Two-Spirited and LGBTTQ Indigenous people.
Facilitators: Gina Baun Metallic and Paige Isaac
In English and French. Whisper translation provided
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
Saturday, August 17
Brillance: Qouleur performance night
Café L'Artère
7000 ave. du Parc (metro Parc)
Wheelchair accessible (except for washrooms)
8 pm - 10 pm
A night of spoken word, slam poetry, and performance art.
Artists featured:
Kama La Mackerel, Shaunga Tagore, Kavita, Laila, Shahir Omar, Danik Yopp, Alvis Choi, Sherry Huang
Emcees: Lady Sin and Karine-Myrgianie Jean-François
In English and French
Admission: Pay what you can (suggested price: $7)
Sunday, August 18
Unabashedly Queer Sexual Reclamation
Bar Notre-Dame-des-Quilles
32 Beaubien East
3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Workshop on how to have good queer sex.
Facilitators: Dana McKnight and Seth Girod
In English. Whisper translation available.
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
Sunday, August 18
Qouleur Qompilation CD launch party
Club Peopl
390 Notre Dame West (Ste Hélène St. entrance)
8 pm - 3 am
A concert and dance party to celebrate the release of the first-ever CD compilation featuring music solely by Two-Spirited and LGBTTQ Indigenous and racialized people/people of colour in Montreal and beyond. Concert will feature hip hop, R&B, and Indie pop, rock, and folk.
Featured artists: Athena Holmes, Charlie Rose, Dirty Boots, Hua Li, Kimberly Sunstrum, ManChyna, Michael Perry, MLK RDDD, Sarah Bernard, Vanessa Dorvily, and Zara Ahmed, followed by DJ sets from Mark Vicente and The Salivation Army.
Emcees: Vanessa Dorvily and Kama La Mackerel
In English and French
Admission: $10 (purchase at the door)
Monday, August 19
Self-Expression as Self-Recovery: A Workshop on Art and Healing for Queer People of Colour
Centre for Gender Advocacy
#404, 1500 de Maisonneuve West, wheelchair accessible
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
This closed workshop is a space for self-identified Two-Spirited and LGBTTQ Indigenous and racialized people/people of colour to explore the healing power of art. The workshop is guided by queer of colour, Two-Spirited, and women of colour feminist theories that help provide an understanding of how art constitutes an act of resistance and empowerment. Participants will explore how images and stories produced by, for, and about queer people of colour have the capacity to help them heal from multiple systems of oppression that have worked to silence and deny them access to their whole selves. Art produced by Two-Spirited and LGBTTQ Indigenous and racialized people/people of colour will be positioned as an act of resistance to this silencing.
Facilitator: Colleen Young
In English. Whisper translation provided.
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
Tuesday, August 20
Qouleur Talks: The Artists’ Perspectives
Rats 9 Gallery
Room 530, 327 Ste Catherine St. West, (metro Place-des-Arts) wheelchair accessible
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Artists featured in the Qouleur exhibit will discuss their projects in-depth with the public.
Facilitators: Wai-Yant Li and Jenny Lin
In English and French. Whisper translation provided.
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
Wednesday, August 21
Fuck The Script: A Discussion on Consent, Sexuality, and Safe(r) Sex
Rats 9 Gallery
Room 530, 327 Ste Catherine St. West, (metro Place-des-Arts) wheelchair accessible
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
This workshop is all about the people who will be present in the space. What is it that they want to talk about? What is it that they want to know? What does consent, communication, negotiation, disclosure, and safe(r) sex look like in their lives and those of the people they care for? This discussion is a first step at opening space to talk about sex and sexuality in a way in which diverse realities (queer, people of colour/racialized, Indigenous, Two-Spirited, trans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, and asexual, to name a few) are put at the centre of the conversation. This workshop will be co-constructed with the people in the room. At the beginning of the workshop, a list of discussion topics and desire for information will be brainstormed.
Facilitator: Valérie Simon
In French and English. Whisper translation provided.
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
Thursday, August 22
La langue, la race, et la sexualité
Centre for Gender Advocacy
#404, 1500 de Maisonneuve West, wheelchair accessible
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
A closed workshop for Francophone and French-speaking Two-Spirited and LGBTTQ Indigenous and racialized people/people of colour.
Facilitators: Rachel Jean-Pierre and André Ho
In French only.
Admission: Free (donations welcome)
Friday, August 23
Artivism: Deploying Arts and Crafts for Social Change
Rats 9 Gallery
Room 530, 327 Ste Catherine St. West, (metro Place-des-Arts) wheelchair accessible
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
A public discussion on using arts and crafts as a means of engaging with social justice causes and political and social movements, particularly in the form of anti-racist, anti-heterosexist, and anti-misogynist action, among others.
Panel: Wai-Yant Li, Pauline Johnson, Ala’a Jarban, mihee-nathalie lemoine / kimura byol, more TBA.
Facilitator: Kama La Mackerel
In French and English. Whisper translation provided.
Admission: Free (donations welcome)