Qu’ART is an arts collective of Ottawa-based arts professionals. Our goal is to heighten LGBTQ2S+/ queer artistic activity and broaden intersectional discourse in Ottawa throughout 2019, through increased visibility and programming opportunities for under-represented queer-identified artists, within allied arts organizations and festivals.

Qu’ART works with established festivals or existing events in order to promote integration of LGBTQ2S+/ queer artists, while striving to help Ottawa arts organizations better realize the inherent advantage and potential available for both the queer community and their own audience development. Qu’ART also promotes relevant and important community arts events, through this website, in order to support the work of the Ottawa Queer community.

Our intention is to foster increased opportunities for queer and trans artists, activists, allies, and cultural influencers to cross-pollinate socially and creatively through supporting residencies, workshops, performances, panel discussions, and community projects that will connect people across generations and artistic disciplines.

Qu’ART works to help re-queer the local arts ecology in order to turn moments of commemoration or past conflict within the queer community into catalyst for new opportunities and daring creations.

We believe that intergenerational knowledge-sharing being is a key tool for community- building, and we encourage intersectional approaches to social justice themes in the arts.

Qu’ARTS Partners and collaborators

2019-2024

Ottawa International Writers Festival

MAX Ottawa

Storytelling Ottawa

Bruce House
Ottawa Dance Directive,

SPAO -School For the Photographic Arts: Ottawa

Undercurrents Festival

Saefty

Ottawa Chamberfest

SAW Video

Carleton University Art Gallery