Invasive Queer Kudzu

Invasive Queer Kudzu Community art project making quilted kudzu leaves from the diverse stories of Southern LGBTQ, collected at community workshops and LGBTQ archives.

Engulfing hills, trees and old buildings in a dense stranglehold, the kudzu vine colonizes and alien landscapes emerge. An “invasive” species, kudzu taps into our fears of otherness, connecting it in many ways to perceptions of q***rness. Such interspecies anxiety is not wholly unlike the persistent fear that a “homosexual agenda” could sweep across the nation if left unchecked. Today, polls show

us that many parts of the U.S. are “naturally” moving towards gay marriage equality and expanded rights for LGBTQ people. Yet, the land of kudzu is often portrayed as a place of entrenched homophobia. Lost in this politicized fray are the lives, memories, stories and histories of Southern qu**rs and their ingenuity contending with the status quo. Invasive, a project for Southern qu**rs and their allies, subverts the negative characterization of invasive species and uses q***r kudzu as a metaphor of visibility, strength and tenacity in the face of presumed “unwantedness”. Traveling across the Southern states, the project will facilitate the collection of stories of LGBTQ people through workshops at community centers and historical documents from archives. Drawing on the preeminence of quilting in Southern folkways and the work of creator Aaron McIntosh, the artist will embed these stories, photographs, and archive documents into quilted leaves that will be sewn onto vines. Eventually forming an overwhelming and undeniable mass of Southern q***rness, the kudzu vines will be exhibited at art centers and public events.

09/27/2019

Thank you all who came & participated in Cookeville & Smithville. If you weren't able to come and still want to just message here.

Hope people can join Invasive Q***r Kudzu as we attend Tennessee Technological University on Sep. 23rd in the Bryan Fine...
09/21/2019

Hope people can join Invasive Q***r Kudzu as we attend Tennessee Technological University on Sep. 23rd in the Bryan Fine Arts Building (9-4) and down at the Appalachian Center for Craft in Smithville, TN on the 24th, 11am (Artist lecture) 12-5 (Workshop in Fiber's studio).

Mark your calendars... Sept. 23rd and 24th... IQK will be in Cookeville and Smithville, TN. Come and join us... Parking ...
09/11/2019

Mark your calendars... Sept. 23rd and 24th... IQK will be in Cookeville and Smithville, TN. Come and join us... Parking will be available for the Cookeville workshop Monday the 23rd in the President's driveway of the University. Please share with Friends and come by.

09/09/2019

Save the Dates Sept. 23rd and 24th... Workshops and Artist Lecture happening with support of Tennessee Tech University... Check out the Events' tab for the Specifics

Happy Baltimore Pride 2017!
06/17/2017

Happy Baltimore Pride 2017!

03/20/2017
Invasive: Harrisonburg is this Saturday 4/23! Please send your friends in VA and surrounding areas!
04/20/2016

Invasive: Harrisonburg is this Saturday 4/23! Please send your friends in VA and surrounding areas!

Printing leaves and making workshop ribbons! 🙌🏽 Getting ready to head out to University of Missouri for 2 days of Invasi...
03/12/2016

Printing leaves and making workshop ribbons! 🙌🏽 Getting ready to head out to University of Missouri for 2 days of Invasive workshops!

Invasive: Warren Wilson
02/25/2016

Invasive: Warren Wilson

Invasive followers + friends -- Please help spread the word about Invasive events in Houston this coming weekend! Oct 16...
10/14/2015

Invasive followers + friends -- Please help spread the word about Invasive events in Houston this coming weekend!

Oct 16, 11-6 - Montrose Center
Oct 17, 11-5 - Fresh Arts Winter Street Studios
Oct 18, 11-5 - Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

09/30/2015

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