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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2023)

Whose Rainbow is it Anyways? Queer Art and the Pandemic

Submitted
April 25, 2023
Published
2023-06-12

Abstract

Using autoethnography, this paper analyzes the Queer Environmental Futures pandemic “Isolation” themed art residency at Connexion Artist Run Centre in Fredericton, which took place from May 6th to 15th 2020. Compared to the rest of Canadians, LGBTQIA2S+ people have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic on various levels, including financial, mental, and physical ones. The paper examines how histories of queer community resilience, via community art practices, were mobilized during the COVID-19 pandemic in Fredericton, New Brunswick, and elsewhere.