“You can call me ‘she’ today. Ask me again tomorrow.” This is the concluding line of Cell Lust | a body |, a one-hour performance art piece exhibited at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH). Cell Lust, in its transitory existence, shares enlightenment on the topics of our cosmic bodies (and their requests for relational discourse between sex, gender, and nonbinary identities) through an intense, invasive experience. Its two creators, Houston-based artists Emilý Æyer and Traci Lavois Thiebaud, compacted narrated…
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5 Southern Queer Artists That Defy Your Definition of Art
Posted on September 6, 2018Queer artists are often expected to produce just that: queer art. As art lovers, we anticipate these artists’ visual masterpieces to reverberate with the queer lived experiences of their creators. Subsequently, we forget that, while queer art is an extension of the artist, it is not limited to a single facet of the maker’s identity.…
BeVisible Pride Wall Unveiling Photos
Posted on April 11, 2018A grand unveiling of the new #BeVisible Pride Wall was held on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at the Jenni’s Noodle House in the Houston Heights. Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the historic Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case that legalized nationwide marriage equality, was in attendance to speak on the importance of LGBTQ visibility.…
Muscle Panic: Interdisciplinary Artist Fuses Sports, Queerness at Art League Houston
Posted on February 23, 2018Situated next to Inversion Coffee in Montrose, Art League Houston is now presenting Muscle Panic, an interdisciplinary piece developed by Toronto-based artist Hazel Meyer. “I make installations that performance happens in and, within these installations, there are sculptures that also function as tools and as props,” says Meyer, describing her work. “I’m interested in the slipperiness of these objects, and in the tools that extend us.”…
Embracing Joterías: Queer San Antonio Artist Launches Playful Pride-Inspired Merch
Posted on January 26, 2018After causing a stir in the Texas art scene with his participation in Mexic-Arte Museum’s annual Young Latino Artist exhibition (Young Latino Artists 22: ¡Ahora!) in Austin, Jose Villalobos is shifting his energies from the world of fine art to the creation of a brand new line of LGBTQ Pride-themed novelty items. For those of us who may not be able to afford museum-quality artworks, this line of merchandise allows the perfect opportunity to support the arts while showing a bit of pride. The…
Episode 7: And We’re LIVE! Zine Fest, Pt. 2
Posted on November 23, 2017In this season finale, the Veer Queer crew hosts a live show at Zine Fest Houston! Mai, Endy, and Julien interview one of the event's organizers and chat with local artists at the fest.…
Tex-Kan Artist Retreat: Queer Creators Explore Grassroots Artistry in Rural Kansas
Posted on July 28, 2017“Hey, Toto! We are in Kansas!” I shouted out the open car window as we crossed the state line. Yeah, I had been saving that cornball comment ever since I signed up for the Tex-Kan Artist Retreat—a yearly retreat that sends Texas artists to Kansas to experience local grassroots art, explore family farming, and work with rural artists.…