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This submission form is for The Queer Experience and The Queer Narratives Festival, two LGBTQ+ visual art and performance shows spanning June - August 2023.

All PERFORMANCE SUBMISSIONS must be received by April 16th, 2023. 

All VISUAL ART SUBMISSIONS must be received by May 1st 2023

The visual exhibition will be co curated by Robb Gann of Habit Contemporary Gallery

Submission does not guarantee admission into the show.

This year, No Divide KC and InterUrban ArtHouse have partnered to present both the Queer Narratives Festival and the Queer Experience Exhibition throughout June, July and August! Visual Artists can submit their work to the Queer Experience to have their work considered for the June/July exhibition at the InterUrban ArtHouse. Performing Artists will submit their work to the Queer Narratives Festival to perform at the festival in August. All artists will have the opportunity to lead workshops, panels, open mics and other programming that will take place throughout the summer. 

• The Queer Experience welcomes all visual artists in the LGBTQ+ community to tell their stories and share their experiences with the world. What has your experience been? What lenses do you see the world through? How do you interpret what you see, and in what ways do you express this through your art?

• The Queer Narratives Festival presents the highest quality LGBTQ+ performing artists in Kansas City. Known for its celebratory and inclusive energy, the Queer Narratives Festival features artists at all stages in their arts practice and represents all artistic mediums and queer identities. 

Artists and performers in the LGBTQ, Non Binary, and Asexual community are welcome and encouraged to submit work.

The visual exhibition is directed toward local artists in the Kansas City, Kansas and Missouri regions. Out of area artists are welcome to apply, but will be responsible for all shipping costs and materials, both to and from the gallery.

Visual:  

• Please submit up to 5 high res, cropped images and rename them to include title, dimensions, and price (ex: Lastname_title_16x20-200). Priority will be given to pieces that are for sale.

• If pieces are still in conceptual form, please include a description/example and 5 images of past work.

* While we support all forms of art, we serve an all ages population. Nudity is fine, but we are unable to display pornographic images.

DUE DATES AND TIMELINE:

➔ SUNDAY, April 16th, 11:59pm – Performance Submission deadline.

➔ MONDAY, May 1st , 11:59pm — Visual Art Submission Deadline

➔ (VISUAL ) FRI (10-6pm) & SAT (12-4pm), JUNE 2nd AND 3rd - Deliver artwork to InterUrban ArtHouse, 8001 Newton Street, OVERLAND PARK, KS 66204; labeled with your name, title, date, & price; wired and ready to hang (please include any special hanging instructions).

➔ FRIDAY, JUNE 16TH, 5-8PM - Queer Experience Visual Exhibition opening reception at InterUrban ArtHouse, 8001 Newton St, Overland Park, KS 66204

➔ FRI, JULY 28th (10AM-6PM), AND SAT, JULY 29TH (12-4PM) - Pick up work

➔ AUGUST 4TH AND 5TH - Queer Narratives Festival (Performances) at The Black Box Theater in the West Bottoms, 1060 Union Ave. Kansas City, MO 64101

This show is open to all Kansas City regional artists. Artists from out of state/country are welcome to apply, but must cover all shipping costs, to and from the gallery, of selected works.