An inspiring buzz reigns - as usual - at Salon Arents in March. Throughout the month, Musea Brugge invites guest curators Kim Note (photographer) and Maria Kleopatra (model and DJ) for the arts festival 'Queer Was Here'. With a queer art exhibition and a calendar full of lectures, debates, sessions and parties in and around the salon, we are entering the conversation about the (under)representation of LGBTQ in museums. Neon lights, drag queens and debates at the cutting edge. This is 'Queer Was Here':
4 to 26 March, all day, Salon Arents/Arentshuis
Exhibition at Salon Arents featuring queer art by contemporary queer artists. Expect a mix of photography, installation, drawings, collage, mixed media, poetry,...
Saturday 4 March, 6pm, Salon Arents/Arentshuis
We open the festival with the festive vernissage of the queer art expo in Salon Arents. Drag DJ duo House of Lux will kick off the evening with catchy records and performances. Dj-duo Mutant Transmissions will close the evening.
I.c.w. brUIT and Sprout
Tuesday 7 March, 8pm, Salon Arents/Arentshuis
As content creator at Wel Jong vzw, LGBTQ activist and fashion icon, Joppe De Campeneere is a champion of self-determination, (self)expression and inclusiveness. In their talk, Joppe discusses the sense and nonsense of masculinity and femininity.
I.c.w. Diversiteitsdienst Brugge
Sunday 12 March, 3.30pm, Salon Arents/Arentshuis
A warm reading hour for preschoolers (3-6 years old) by a beautifully dressed drag queen. The booklet, selected by queer bookstore Rokko, brings a story about tolerance, love and inclusiveness.
I.s.m. Rokko
Sunday 12 March, 2pm, Groeninge Museum
We Are What We Are: drawing session with model in the Groeninge Museum, with a touch of queerness.
In collaboration with De Tank and Het Entrepot
Tickets: on sale soon
Thursday 16 March, 8pm, Salon Arents/Arentshuis
An intimate evening of conversation with writer and LGBTQ activist Fleur Pierets, with room for engaging dialogues, pressing questions and topical views.
I.c.w. De Republiek
Sunday 19 March, 11am, Salon Arents/Arentshuis
Welcome to Salon Arents for bagels and a lecture on the representation of homosexuality in late medieval art by historian Jonas Roelens
I.c.w. Blackbird Brugge
Tickets: on sale soon
Sunday 26 March, 2pm, Salon Arents/Arentshuis
We close 'Queer Was Here' with a final debate on the place of queer art in museums and other cultural institutions.
With: Jaouad Alloul, Hind Eljadid, Xavier Taveirne, Elviera Velghe and Sofie Veramme
Sunday 26 March, 8pm, De Snuffel (Ezelstraat 42)
Finish in style with an evening of cabaret with drag, spoken word, vogue, music, burlesque and boylesque in the Snuffel.
Salon Arents is a safe(r) space, a place where everyone can be completely themselves without feeling uncomfortable, unwelcome or unsafe because of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, mobility or religious beliefs. A place where you can come home to like-minded people.