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X-WR-CALNAME:RESISTANCE : Artfully Queer Exhibition &amp\; Arts Program 
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SUMMARY:RESISTANCE : Artfully Queer Exhibition &amp\; Arts Program 2025
DESCRIPTION:Presented by TasPride\n\n\n\nExhibition Dates : Saturday 11 
 - Sunday 26 October 2026Wednesdays - Sundays 10:00am - 4:00pmMondays &am
 p\; Tuesdays CLOSED\n\n\n\nExhibition Opening Event : Friday 10 October 
 2025\, 6:30pm - 8:30pm\n\n\n\nThis year’s theme is RESISTANCE. TasPrid
 e's Artfully Queer Exhibition and Arts Program is a celebration of Tasm
 anian LGBTIQA+ culture and art. The exhibition showcases the talent of T
 asmanian queer creatives responding to the theme of RESISTANCE.Artfully 
 Queer is Tasmania’s longest running and biggest annual LGBTQIA+ commun
 ity art exhibition produced by TasPride and curated by Phoebe Adams. The
  exhibition is open to all Tasmanian queer creatives with works form a w
 ide variety of creative disciplines. \n\n\n\nIt has become an annual cu
 ltural barometer for the Tasmanian LGBTIQA+ community\, with themes sele
 cted to reflect and channel the zeitgeist of the times. This year we fin
 d ourselves in concerning times where major western countries have swung
  politically far to the right. Legal and cultural gains born out of prot
 est\, pride and resistance are being eroded or are under existential thr
 eat. The theme RESITANCE was chosen for this year’s exhibition.\n\n\n\
 nThe arts program component of the exhibition includes a Drag Showcase a
 nd competition for new performers with Pussay Poppins &amp\; Barry Bothw
 ays\, Drag King Karaoke with the Back Door Boyz\, a Kinsey Scales (LGBTI
 QA+ inclusive) Choir rehearsal and features a solo cabaret performance\,
  Asexual Fantasies and Hopeless Aromantics by Sophie Harvey. See www.tas
 pride.com for more details.\n\n\n\nThe Exhibition Opens Friday10 October
  2025. Prizes are awarded for best interpretations of the theme\, RESIST
 ANCE\, in the following categories: Best In Show\, Best 2D\, Best 3D\, B
 est Digital &amp\; Performance Art and the Working It Out Unifying Voice
  Award. Prizes judged by practicing Tasmanian LGBTIQA+ artists\, crafts 
 folk and designers will be announced at the opening event. \n\n\n\nTasP
 ride is a volunteer-led\, member-based LGBTIQA+ community organisation i
 n Lutruwita / Tasmania\, Australia. TasPride aims to support\, unite\, c
 hampion and celebrate Tasmanian LGBTIQA+ lives\, families\, goals\, achi
 evements\, culture and love.\n\n\n\nThis year TasPride’s Artfully Quee
 r is sponsored and supported by New NorFUNK (The Back Door Boyz)\, Archa
 ica Schola\, Artosaurus Studios and Gallery and Working It Out. \n\n\n\
 n\n\nArts Program\n\n\n\nExhibition Opening | Friday 10 October 2025\, 6
 :30pm - 8:30pmArt Prize announcements and opening celebration. FREE even
 t. Prizes are awarded for best interpretations of the theme\, RESISTANCE
 \, in the following categories: Best In Show\, Best 2D\, Best 3D\, Best 
 Digital &amp\; Performance Art and the Working It Out Unifying Voice Awa
 rd. Prizes judged by practicing Tasmanian LGBTIQA+ artists\, crafts folk
  and designers will be announced at the opening event.RSVP requested for
  catering purposes but not required. \n\n\n\nDrag Showcase | Sunday 12 
 October 2025\, 5:00pm - 7:30pmArtfully Queer + Judy’s\, A competition 
 for new performers with Pussay Poppins &amp\; Barry Bothways. 8 performe
 rs will put on a show and one will walk away with the prize. Drinks avai
 lable from the bar.Performer expressions of Interest to judystasmania@g
 mail.com.Tickets : $10 - $15\n\n\n\n\nBUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\
 n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccessibility\n\n\n\nAccessible Toilet (located in 
 the Courtyard)Registered Assistance Animals welcomeWheelchair Accessible
  (via Lift in the Courtyard)
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DTSTAMP:20260512T152541Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251011
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251026
LOCATION:67 Salamanca Place
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