Breaking the Binary through Visual Storytelling
A workshop w/ Edgar-Arturo Camacho-González
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
6–7:30pm PT
About the Workshop
A picture is worth a thousand words. So what do your images say about masculinities?
Join artist Edgar-Arturo (@edgararturoartist) in this workshop about the importance of storytelling as a way to explore masculinities and to break down gender walls. Participants will have opportunities to ask questions about Edgar-Arturo’s visual arts practice, and participate in an activity to reflect on their own relationships with gender.
Participants should bring: a pencil, eraser and paper or digital drawing device as we will be actively drawing in this session. No prior drawing experience is necessary.
This event is for cis and trans men and masculine of center women and non-binary people looking to bro down on queer masculinities.
FREE!
About the Artist
Photo by Reggie Photography
Image Description: Edgar-Arturo stares into the camera, they have brown skin, short dark hair, a short goatee and are wearing stud earrings and a brightly colored shirt.
Edgar-Arturo Camacho-González (they/he) is a Queer Indigenous Xicanx community activist, artist, and poet living on occupied Ohlone land in Vallejo, CA. They are committed to making the communities they are part of safe, vibrant, and welcoming for all by creating work that celebrates who they are without compromising their identity. Their work is a celebratory ode of representation to queer people and people of color. Edgar-Arturo’s work has been published in several anthologies, and they have exhibited throughout the West Coast and is currently the artist-in-residence with the ACLU, NorCal. Edgar-Arturo is a co-founder of El Comalito Collective Cultural Arts Center in Vallejo, CA, and was awarded the “Artists and Cultural Practitioners Grant, 2020” from the California Arts Council.
To Participate
Attendance is free, but donations are welcome by joining our Patreon page or via our fiscal sponsor Intersection for the Arts: Donate Here
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About the Series
MASCellaneous is a creative workshop series exploring queer masculinities. The program seeks to create new queer masculine archetypes, shift existing queer masculine culture, and create affinity amongst cis and trans men and masculine of center women and non-binary people. Learn more →
MASCellaenous is made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities (www.calhum.org), and the Artist Power Convenings program at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.