Pride Arts Showcase

Thanks in part to grants from Cincinnati Pride and the CCM Harmony Fund, Lives United/Vidas Unidas will host a cross-disciplinary event featuring LGBTQIA+ artists of Cincinnati during a one-night extravaganza at the Church of Our Saviour/La Iglesia de Nuestro Salvador on Monday, March 31 at 6 pm. The event will celebrate performing, visual, and culinary LGBTQIA+ artists, most of whom live and work in Cincinnati. Emphasis will be placed on promoting young artists whose art reflects their personal experiences as queer people. The event will begin with an 90-minute performance of these artists’ work. A reception will follow with catering and a visual art installation for attendees to observe and enjoy. Approximately 100 people are expected to attend this event in person, and hundreds more will join our livestream audience on Facebook and YouTube.

In observance of Transgender Day of Visibility, many of the artists invited to perform at this event identify as trans or non-binary. All other artists who do not identify this way will be members of the LGBTQIA+ community or our allies. Artists who are confirmed to participate include musicians from the Poiesis Quartet, Microbat, singer-songwriter Garen Gibson, poet Kay E. Bancroft, visual artist and drag queen Kyle Angel (Crystal Tubes), and drag king Alexander Cameron. Several current and graduate CCM students are confirmed to perform, including clarinetists Marian Mayen and Casey McGuire.

Another special guest artist included in this event is Puerto Rican composer, vocalist, and pianist Victor Cabezas. We recently commissioned Victor to write a new woodwind ensemble piece with a grant from the CCM Harmony Fund. Victor lives in Cincinnati and will join us for a residency in Cincinnati to rehearse the new work and have it premiered at the concert by the New Downbeat & Friends ensemble.

This event is free, ticket reservations are recommended. Ticket information here.