Queer Cultural Center
@queerculture.bsky.social
Queer Cultural Center promotes social justice through the artistic and financial development of queer art and culture. Queer Cultural Center stewards artists whose programs nourish, connect, and mobilize trans & queer communities in the SF Bay area.
What's one thing you're excited for with your art this year? Starting a poetry practice? Leveling up your circus act? Trying a new medium? Share one thing you're excited for with us!
We know we're excited to see what our incredibly creative community will create this year!
#QueerArt #TransArt
We know we're excited to see what our incredibly creative community will create this year!
#QueerArt #TransArt
January 16, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Did you know QCC's work extends way beyond just the National Queer Arts Festival. Our cultural incubator program has provided administrative and fundraising support to dozens of QTBIPOC and LGBTQ2S+ arts organizations over our three decades of protecting queer arts. givebutter.com/QCC2025
January 12, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Did you know QCC's work extends way beyond just the National Queer Arts Festival. Our cultural incubator program has provided administrative and fundraising support to dozens of QTBIPOC and LGBTQ2S+ arts organizations over our three decades of protecting queer arts. givebutter.com/QCC2025
It's been a challenging year, and QCC's response was just to spread more QTBIPOC art and joy! Huge thanks to all who made it happen, from the artists on our stages to every donor and every single person who shows up for the art made by our amazing community. Happy new year!
December 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
It's been a challenging year, and QCC's response was just to spread more QTBIPOC art and joy! Huge thanks to all who made it happen, from the artists on our stages to every donor and every single person who shows up for the art made by our amazing community. Happy new year!
Queer art is a lifeline. Every donation to QCC protects our present and secures our future. Shield queer art. Donate today. givebutter.com/QCC2025
December 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Queer art is a lifeline. Every donation to QCC protects our present and secures our future. Shield queer art. Donate today. givebutter.com/QCC2025
It's been a busy year for QCC as we continue to work hard to protect QTBIPOC arts and artists in an environment of increasing censorship and erasure.
Help us do this important work by donating to our end of year campaign at givebutter.com/2025
Help us do this important work by donating to our end of year campaign at givebutter.com/2025
December 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
It's been a busy year for QCC as we continue to work hard to protect QTBIPOC arts and artists in an environment of increasing censorship and erasure.
Help us do this important work by donating to our end of year campaign at givebutter.com/2025
Help us do this important work by donating to our end of year campaign at givebutter.com/2025
QCC has been serving Bay Area LGBTQ+ artists for more than three decades, and we need your help to serve for three more. Help us sustain our essential artists development and cultural production programs by making a donation as part of our year-end campaign.
Link to donate in our bio!
Link to donate in our bio!
December 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
QCC has been serving Bay Area LGBTQ+ artists for more than three decades, and we need your help to serve for three more. Help us sustain our essential artists development and cultural production programs by making a donation as part of our year-end campaign.
Link to donate in our bio!
Link to donate in our bio!
There's still a week left to submit your art to be the key art for 2026's National Queer Arts Festival. This means you would have your art featured on QCC's posters, flyers, and website for the event! Plus, you get a $500 stipend! Learn more and apply through the link in our bio.
December 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
There's still a week left to submit your art to be the key art for 2026's National Queer Arts Festival. This means you would have your art featured on QCC's posters, flyers, and website for the event! Plus, you get a $500 stipend! Learn more and apply through the link in our bio.
QCC has been shielding Bay Area LGBTQ+ artists from censorship and erasure for three decades. Help us keep that shield strong in a moment when it's sorely needed. Donate through the link in our bio.
December 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
QCC has been shielding Bay Area LGBTQ+ artists from censorship and erasure for three decades. Help us keep that shield strong in a moment when it's sorely needed. Donate through the link in our bio.
On Giving Tuesday, protect the spaces that protect us. Use the link in our bio to donate today. All gifts given through the Givebutter platform receive a 1% match, so be sure to donate before midnight!
December 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
On Giving Tuesday, protect the spaces that protect us. Use the link in our bio to donate today. All gifts given through the Givebutter platform receive a 1% match, so be sure to donate before midnight!
As part of our month of gratitude, we want to thank our former fiscally sponsored project, ABO Comix! Thank you ABO Comix, your work elevating the artistic works of our siblings impacted by the carceral system is transformative!
#QueerCulturalCenter #MonthofGratitude
#QueerCulturalCenter #MonthofGratitude
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
As part of our month of gratitude, we want to thank our former fiscally sponsored project, ABO Comix! Thank you ABO Comix, your work elevating the artistic works of our siblings impacted by the carceral system is transformative!
#QueerCulturalCenter #MonthofGratitude
#QueerCulturalCenter #MonthofGratitude
We want to celebrate Vienna twice during our month of gratitude! Vienna has been working with QCC longer than any other staff as QCC's Production Manager. All of those fabulous queer and trans shows you get to see with QCC are largely thanks to her! Thank you!
#QueerCulturalCenter #MonthofGratitude
#QueerCulturalCenter #MonthofGratitude
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
We want to celebrate Vienna twice during our month of gratitude! Vienna has been working with QCC longer than any other staff as QCC's Production Manager. All of those fabulous queer and trans shows you get to see with QCC are largely thanks to her! Thank you!
#QueerCulturalCenter #MonthofGratitude
#QueerCulturalCenter #MonthofGratitude
The second artist performing at this year's National Queer Arts Festival's Emerging Artists Showcase was Rai Dang. Rai Dang presented her project Blood 4 Rain: Animist grief alchemy alongside Inéz Nuñez de Arco, combining live drums, siku, quena, guitar, gong, and analog electronics.
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The second artist performing at this year's National Queer Arts Festival's Emerging Artists Showcase was Rai Dang. Rai Dang presented her project Blood 4 Rain: Animist grief alchemy alongside Inéz Nuñez de Arco, combining live drums, siku, quena, guitar, gong, and analog electronics.
There would be no Queer Cultural Center without our board of directors. So, we're doing a HUGE shout of gratitude to QCC's Board. Your efforts and commitment to an equitable, joyful, unified world, ensures QCC’s work continues. We literally couldn't do it without you!
#MonthofGratitude
#MonthofGratitude
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
There would be no Queer Cultural Center without our board of directors. So, we're doing a HUGE shout of gratitude to QCC's Board. Your efforts and commitment to an equitable, joyful, unified world, ensures QCC’s work continues. We literally couldn't do it without you!
#MonthofGratitude
#MonthofGratitude
Our month of gratitude is continuing into November! Big thanks to Darice Jones, QCC's interim executive director! Darice, your joyful approach to leadership and arts direction has helped QCC continue to serve local LGBTQ+ artists and creators! Drop some love to Darice in the comments!
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Our month of gratitude is continuing into November! Big thanks to Darice Jones, QCC's interim executive director! Darice, your joyful approach to leadership and arts direction has helped QCC continue to serve local LGBTQ+ artists and creators! Drop some love to Darice in the comments!
We're looking back at this year's National Queer Arts Festival Emerging Artists Showcase! These images are from the first performance of that night, by Landyn Endo.
November 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
We're looking back at this year's National Queer Arts Festival Emerging Artists Showcase! These images are from the first performance of that night, by Landyn Endo.
We're continuing our Month of Gratitude with celebrating Apollo Rydzik, QCC's Operations and Finance Manager. Apollo, thank you! Your clarity, skill, and commitment to personal excellence
makes QCC better every day!
Drop some love for Apollo in the comments so we can keep the gratitude flowing!
makes QCC better every day!
Drop some love for Apollo in the comments so we can keep the gratitude flowing!
October 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
We're continuing our Month of Gratitude with celebrating Apollo Rydzik, QCC's Operations and Finance Manager. Apollo, thank you! Your clarity, skill, and commitment to personal excellence
makes QCC better every day!
Drop some love for Apollo in the comments so we can keep the gratitude flowing!
makes QCC better every day!
Drop some love for Apollo in the comments so we can keep the gratitude flowing!
We're continuing our month of gratitude by thanking Djérae Lucas, QCC's Programs Manager. Djérae, your community-driven, accessibility-focused work consistently uplifts Queer artists, allowing them to deepen their practice! Thank you so much for all of your work for QCC and our community!
October 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We're continuing our month of gratitude by thanking Djérae Lucas, QCC's Programs Manager. Djérae, your community-driven, accessibility-focused work consistently uplifts Queer artists, allowing them to deepen their practice! Thank you so much for all of your work for QCC and our community!
QCC is celebrating our brilliant community and team with a month of gratitude! To start off, we're thanking Vienna Alvarez, QCC's Production Manager. Vienna, your intuitive approach to artist and event producer development makes a huge difference in the lives of Bay Area Queer artists!
October 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
QCC is celebrating our brilliant community and team with a month of gratitude! To start off, we're thanking Vienna Alvarez, QCC's Production Manager. Vienna, your intuitive approach to artist and event producer development makes a huge difference in the lives of Bay Area Queer artists!
TONIGHT is the night for Pleasure in the Storm and our Emerging Artists Showcase (Sunday 10/5 6pm at Counterpulse)! It's the climax of this year's National Queer Arts Festival, so don't miss out on a night that's full of trans and queer community and creativity.
October 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
TONIGHT is the night for Pleasure in the Storm and our Emerging Artists Showcase (Sunday 10/5 6pm at Counterpulse)! It's the climax of this year's National Queer Arts Festival, so don't miss out on a night that's full of trans and queer community and creativity.
TOMORROW NIGHT is our Emerging Artists Showcase and the finale of this year's National Queer Arts Festival, Pleasure in the Storm! Featured artists include: Melissa Charles (@melcharles5), Rai Dang (@rai.dang), Landyn Endo (@smooth_landyn), and Layla Venegas (@t4stemaker).
October 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
TOMORROW NIGHT is our Emerging Artists Showcase and the finale of this year's National Queer Arts Festival, Pleasure in the Storm! Featured artists include: Melissa Charles (@melcharles5), Rai Dang (@rai.dang), Landyn Endo (@smooth_landyn), and Layla Venegas (@t4stemaker).
We're just days away from QCC's Emerging Artists Showcase-the climactic finale of this year's National Queer Arts Festival! We have four supremely talented emerging trans and queer artists who have prepared new work to share with you, their communities. Join us Sunday Oct. 5th at Counterpulse in SF!
October 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We're just days away from QCC's Emerging Artists Showcase-the climactic finale of this year's National Queer Arts Festival! We have four supremely talented emerging trans and queer artists who have prepared new work to share with you, their communities. Join us Sunday Oct. 5th at Counterpulse in SF!
Get ready for some immersive and innovative trans and queer art this Sunday at the Emerging Artists Showcase-the finale of this year's National Queer Arts Festival. Featured artists include: Melissa Charles, Rai Dang, Landyn Endo, and Layla Venegas. Tickets at queerculturalcenter.org.
October 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Get ready for some immersive and innovative trans and queer art this Sunday at the Emerging Artists Showcase-the finale of this year's National Queer Arts Festival. Featured artists include: Melissa Charles, Rai Dang, Landyn Endo, and Layla Venegas. Tickets at queerculturalcenter.org.
Our Emerging Artists Showcase is this Sunday evening, October 5th, at Counterpulse in SF, and we've got some fierce and fabulous new artists who are ready to share their brilliance with you. Read more about them and their performances on our website!
#NationalQueerArtsFestival #NQAF2025 #QueerArt
#NationalQueerArtsFestival #NQAF2025 #QueerArt
October 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Our Emerging Artists Showcase is this Sunday evening, October 5th, at Counterpulse in SF, and we've got some fierce and fabulous new artists who are ready to share their brilliance with you. Read more about them and their performances on our website!
#NationalQueerArtsFestival #NQAF2025 #QueerArt
#NationalQueerArtsFestival #NQAF2025 #QueerArt
The fourth artist presenting at our Emerging Artists Showcase on October 5th at Counterpulse is Layla Venegas (@t4stemaker ). This Showcase is the culmination of month's of work and the finale for this year's National Queer Arts Festival. Get tickets at queerculturalcenter.org
September 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The fourth artist presenting at our Emerging Artists Showcase on October 5th at Counterpulse is Layla Venegas (@t4stemaker ). This Showcase is the culmination of month's of work and the finale for this year's National Queer Arts Festival. Get tickets at queerculturalcenter.org
Another artist being featured as part of NQAF's Emerging Artists Showcase (October 5th at Counterpulse - tickets in bio!) is Melissa Charles (@melcharles5). Melissa (she, her) is an educator-organizer of Haitian and Cuban descent who uses expressive writing as an outlet for healing.
September 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Another artist being featured as part of NQAF's Emerging Artists Showcase (October 5th at Counterpulse - tickets in bio!) is Melissa Charles (@melcharles5). Melissa (she, her) is an educator-organizer of Haitian and Cuban descent who uses expressive writing as an outlet for healing.