Mosaic: Trans & Genderqueer Show

MOSAIC PROJECT: TRANS & GENDERQUEER SHOW Jun 2-5 / 7pm Free Calamus Auditorium at Gay City The Mosaic project Trans and Genderqueer show will be a multi-genre performance that, among other things, includes comedy, movement, spoken word, music, film and more. Performers include The Lady B, Ebo Barton, Smitty Buckler, L Henderson, Ms. Ryannah Dolls, Olivia Morrow, Lucy Marie Powers, and Jade Dynasty. This show will dazzle, stir, charm and instigate. Don't miss it! RSVP to arts@gaycity.org Part of the Trans Arts Month event series: gaycity.org/transartsmonth Accessibility info: gaycity.org/access PERFORMER BIOS The Lady B is Seattle’s Première TransFabulous, Femtastic, Draglesquing, Sass-Mouthing Negro. She is a visceral story-teller, performance artist, community organizer, activist, twerk facilitator, and a Middlebury College graduate. She investigates how politics are projected onto and performed through the physical body through the lenses of race, sexuality, orientation, gender, and ability – responding through the performance mediums of burlesque, original choreography, Drag, and the spoken word. Ebo Barton is a genderqueer Black and Filipino poet and artist. They are a five-time finalist of the Seattle Poetry Slam Grand Slam, placed 7th in the nation on the Rain City Slam National Team and is director of How to Love THIS Queer Body of Color: An Unapology. Ebo believes in the power of language and art as a tool for revolution. Smitty Buckler is an amalgamation of grey area politicized identities. Enthusiasts of Smitty say among their other qualities, one is phlebotomizing the patriarchy of all its evil blood, replacing it with liquid glitter. This is apparent in their art and the fierceness they bring to intersectional activism. Ms. Ryannah Dolls is an activist by day and a performer at night. She is the Director of Diversity for the Gender Justice League where she strives to be an example and role model for both the Transgender community as well as the LGBTQ, QTPOC, and POC Communities. L Henderson: L is the non-binary panda cub who makes hip hop and bedroom pop. Sad songs mostly put to dance beats or chill bars spit over oddly textured beats- there's just hella feelings involved. L also plays in three other bands, does comedy, produced and created the QTPoC centered comedy show Hella Much, and makes comics and zines. Olivia Morrow: Liv is a queerdo weirdo filmmaker who uses her tender heart and intersectional anger to collaborate, agitate, and bring radical visions to a screen near you. Lucy Marie Powers is a Seattle based poet, writer, artist and organiser. Much of her work centers around themes of survivorship, disability justice, trans liberation, sex workers rights, and challenging systemic inequality regarding race, class, gender and ability. Jade Dynasty is Seattle's favorite green haired Voguing vixen! Member of the HOUSE of DYNASTY, mother of the HOUSE of MARCO MARCO which is one of the first ball houses of Seattle. Slays at nightclubs across Seattle. Jade works in the community as an organizer, advocate, producer and activist for QTPOC being disproportionately impacted by homelessness and HIV/AIDS. ABOUT MOSAIC Mosaic programming exists to create unique opportunities for LGBTQ and allied individuals to pursue community through arts, conversation, and workshops. Many organizations seek social justice and Mosaic goes one step further in pursuing authentic community through the practice of exchange of thoughts, ideas, and more. More info: gaycity.org/mosaic