For artists who are members of the LGBTQIA+ community, there is often an expectation that our work will be politically driven and tied directly to our experiences of marginalization. We are shouldered with the responsibility of representing, defending, and/or analyzing our identities, and explaining our relationship to the dominant culture. But what do we make for ourselves, when we’re satisfying our own artistic impulses, exploring our medium, or pursuing non-queer specific avenues of creation? What do we have to say when we’re not trying to engage with the heteronormative and cisnormative world? Free Form seeks to unburden queer & trans artists from the pressures of representation while still celebrating and amplifying our marginalized voices.

Free Form is juried by board president Ben S Wallace. This is the second exhibition organized by BLAA at Gallery 263, with the first exhibition,  trans/draw, taking place in 2016.

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