The Wildcrafting Our Queerness ProjectMain MenuThe Wildcrafting Our Queerness ProjectMain PageArtExplore the art of queer AppalachiansTheory BlogSome major theories grounding queer Appalachian artQueer Appalachian Reading ListResources for further learningAboutLearn more about the project, oral histories, and the project's creator, Maxwell CloeMaxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
Queerness
1media/A_woman_alone_in_the_woods_sees_her_own_reflection_hall.jpg2020-09-30T21:44:32+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d112Art which engages with what it means to be queer, both in Appalachia and in the world more broadlystructured_gallery2021-06-24T19:03:12+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dUnsurprisingly, the art of LGBTQ+ Appalachians often reflects their experiences with existing outside the dominant norms of gender and sexuality. In some cases, the representation of queerness appears as the straightforward representation of queer people, symbols, and actions. An extension of this representational approach is the art-archive, in which the work of art documents or contains specific queer histories and/or people. Other times, these artists "queer" certain understandings of the body, gender, desire, nature, or the artistic process itself by using their art to blur lines between conventionally rigid categories and imagining new egalitarian futures. In every case, this art disrupts the narrative that Appalachia is a region void of any LGBTQ+ culture and that any queer person in the area is undoubtedly suffering.
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1media/20190608_161058.jpgmedia/Raina Kudzu.jpg2020-09-18T05:23:03+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dThemesMaxwell Cloe16Explore art in this project by themes and motifsvisual_path2022-10-05T17:46:30+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
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12020-11-11T19:15:27+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d2020 Visions Series5Photography and Projection *audio available*visual_path2020-11-24T01:37:22+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12021-04-11T19:10:07+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dBody Study in Acrylic on Paper1Acrylic on watercolor paper (2020) *audio available*plain2021-04-11T19:10:07+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12020-11-19T21:31:20+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dCorn Boy8Acrylic on canvas (2020) *audio available*visual_path2021-02-02T14:28:18+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12020-10-21T04:09:27+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dEcosexuality3Art and Political Movement (2005-present) *audio available*visual_path2020-11-24T00:32:41+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12020-10-21T04:04:48+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dEcosex Wedding to the Appalachian Mountains6performance, music, and costumes (2010) *audio available*visual_path2020-11-24T00:28:23+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12020-11-14T06:52:25+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dFires of Pangea1Mixed media assemblageplain2020-11-14T06:52:25+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12020-11-11T16:49:46+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dFriends3Photography and Digital Editing *audio available*visual_path2020-11-24T01:38:21+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12021-04-11T01:13:59+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dLoose Study on the Body2Acrylic on watercolor paper (2020) *audio available*plain2021-04-11T01:15:42+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12021-06-16T19:22:50+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dOut of Hiding3series of 17 photographs *audio available*plain2021-06-23T20:08:58+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12020-11-14T06:38:14+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dPangean Youth4Mixed media assemblage (2011) *audio available*plain2020-11-14T06:55:24+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12021-04-11T19:35:58+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dPortrait Study1Acrylic on watercolor paper (2020) *audio available*plain2021-04-11T19:35:58+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12020-10-27T05:15:21+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dPride Moth Pins3Plastic pin and metal backingvisual_path2020-10-27T05:18:00+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12020-11-11T16:48:17+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dSelf Portrait4Photography and Digital Editing *audio available*visual_path2020-11-24T01:37:43+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12021-04-02T02:48:05+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dSkin (or Glow)4Acrylic on watercolor paper (2020) *audio available*plain2021-04-02T02:52:34+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12020-10-19T06:20:44+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dSt. Sebastiane1acrylic on paper (2019)plain2020-10-19T06:20:44+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12020-10-19T06:22:08+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dThe Conception of Ishmael; The Visage Fantastic of a Dirty Man, Clean6acrylic on shower curtain liner and stretched with scrap wood (2018) *audio available*visual_path2020-11-24T01:35:53+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12020-11-14T07:01:08+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dThe Jackal1Mixed media assemblageplain2020-11-14T07:01:08+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12020-10-19T06:23:11+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dThe Red Tulips6acrylic on scavenged poster frame and scrap wire (2018) *audio available*visual_path2020-11-24T01:36:54+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12021-06-16T19:16:51+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dSalt5series of 26 polaroid photographs *audio available*plain2021-06-23T20:08:09+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12021-04-11T01:19:08+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dWhat Will You Promise Me1Acrylic on watercolor paper (2020) *audio available*plain2021-04-11T01:19:08+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d
12020-11-23T21:23:28+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30dWild Ramp and Morel Mushrooms are Girlfriends3Plastic pins and metal backing (2019) *description available*visual_path2020-11-23T21:29:35+00:00Maxwell Cloed8840c620fc20aeee2b1f40a1e54c0e3967fa30d