National Queer Arts Festival

National Queer Arts Festival (NQAF) is an annual queer festival in San Francisco organized by the Queer Cultural Center and established in 1998 to coincide with Pride Month.[1][2]

Other organisations which have assisted over the years include the Harvey Milk Institute, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Art and the Center for African and African American Art & Culture.[3]

Jonathan David Katz is the founding artist director of the festival.[4]

Since 1998, NQAF has presented more than 800 different events that have featured more than 2,300 LGBTQ+ artists including Bill T. Jones, Alice Walker, Robert Rauschenberg, Meredith Monk, Adrienne Rich, Marga Gomez, Justin Chin, Thom Gunn, Cherríe Moraga and Dorothy Allison. NQAF is the largest queer arts festival in North America.

Festivals

  1. 1998
  2. June 1, 1999[3][5]
  3. June 1-July 4. 2000[6]
  4. June 1-July 4, 2001[7]
  5. June 1-July 7 [8]
  6. May 31- June 29, 2003.[9]
  7. June 3–27, 2004.[10][11]
  8. June 1–30[12]
  9. 2006, June 1–30 [13][14]
  10. 2007, May 26- June 30[15][16][17]
  11. 2008, June 1–30[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
  12. 2009, May 31 – July 11[26][27][28][29][30][31]

References

  1. ^ "Queer Arts Festivals International". Queer West. Archived from the original on 2010-05-17.
  2. ^ "National Queer Arts Festival 2009 - Events". Queer Cultural Center.
  3. ^ a b "Queer Arts Festival Kicks Off Next Month". San Francisco Chronicle. May 12, 1999.
  4. ^ "Larry Kramer Initiative for Lesbian and Gay Studies at Yale: Jonathan David Katz". Yale.edu (Internet Archive). December 25, 2005. Archived from the original on December 25, 2005. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
  5. ^ Rich Rewards (May 30, 1999). "WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK: EVENTS". San Francisco Chronicle.
  6. ^ David Wiegand (June 18, 2000). "San Francisco Is Party Central -- But There's More". San Francisco Chronicle.
  7. ^ David Wiegand (May 2, 2001). "Is ACT's Perloff heading east?". San Francisco Chronicle.
  8. ^ Erika Milvy (June 16, 2002). "Queer Arts Festival promises the unique". Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
  9. ^ Lord Martine (January 31, 2003). "Photographer studied with greats, traveled the world but kept his sights on his neighborhood". The San Francisco Chronicle.
  10. ^ "JUNE BURSTING WITH PRIDE". San Francisco Chronicle. June 13, 2004.
  11. ^ Michael Wade Simpson (July 5, 2004). "Pretty is beside the point at Dandelion Dancetheater". San Francisco Chronicle.
  12. ^ "Pride 2005 off to good start". San Francisco Chronicle. June 12, 2005.
  13. ^ Joe Brown (June 11, 2006). "The Gayest Place On Earth". The San Francisco Chronicle.
  14. ^ Albert Goodwyn (July 20, 2006). "Playwright Enrique Urueta Speaks Out on Sex and Race". San Francisco Bay Times. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012.
  15. ^ Reyhan Harmanci (June 21, 2007). "Changing culture 'TransForming Community': Performances give life to various aspects of transsexual experience". The San Francisco Chronicle.
  16. ^ Dan Pine (June 15, 2007). "The gay marriage of Figaro: Festival presents queer night". Jweekly.
  17. ^ "Still have time to spare? Linger for lingerie in San Francisco or check out the festival rush, from Filipino culture to beer". San Francisco Chronicle. May 31, 2007.
  18. ^ Tristan Fuge (May 15, 2008). "Gomez, Jones, Maupin, et al. Set for National Queer Arts Festival". Theater Mania.
  19. ^ "See and hear Immerse yourself in the ever-changing world of the stage - from 'Beowulf' in Berkeley to 'Insignificant Others' in S.F." San Francisco Chronicle. June 5, 2008.
  20. ^ "See and hear Immerse yourself in the ever-changing world of the stage - from ' Voice of Magic' to ethnic dance to 'Lucia' at AT&T Park". San Francisco Chronicle. June 19, 2008.
  21. ^ "LITERARY GUIDE". San Francisco Chronicle. June 15, 2008.
  22. ^ "LITERARY GUIDE". San Francisco Chronicle. June 22, 2008.
  23. ^ "GAY PRIDE EVENTS". San Francisco Chronicle. June 22, 2008.
  24. ^ "Freeplay Dance Crew: Hip Hop Dance Auditions". SF Station. January 26, 2008. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012.
  25. ^ Matthew S. Bajko (26 June 2008). "Trans March turns five". Bay Area Reporter.
  26. ^ Andrea Abney (June 4, 2009). "'Dancing @ the Garage': Obstacles be damned". San Francisco Chronicle.
  27. ^ "Fresh Ink". San Francisco Chronicle. June 7, 2009.
  28. ^ "Good Day: June 1, 2009". San Francisco Examiner. May 31, 2009.[permanent dead link‍]
  29. ^ "Good Sunday for June 7". San Francisco Examiner. June 5, 2009. Archived from the original on June 8, 2009.
  30. ^ Robert Sokol (9 July 2009). "Marga-redux!". Bay Area Reporter.
  31. ^ "Good Day: June 12, 2009". San Francisco Examiner. June 11, 2009.[permanent dead link‍]


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