home//made is queer creation in action - funded entirely by sales from this shop, donations and eventually grants. all handmade items have been created by other queer + trans makers
home//made is queer creation in action - funded entirely by sales from this shop, donations and eventually grants. all handmade items have been created by other queer + trans makers

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PORTLAND,OREGON 2025
'Framing Our Presence’ is a curated exhibition highlighting the works of queer artists working in photographic image nationwide. Curated and produced by Esther Godoy, this exhibition confronts the divide between queer art and ‘content’, encouraging audiences to engage more critically with the visual narratives presented.
By positioning photography as both art and archive, this exhibition underscores the crucial role of visual and documentary arts in preserving and articulating queer histories. At the same time, it challenges modern days fast-paced consumption of queer creativity, asserting these photographers as artists and cultural documentarians rather than ‘content creators’.
The core collection features the works of A. Klass (Transnormativity), Amina Cruz, EPLI, Esther Godoy, and Liam Woods (AnalogPapi) —a group of nationally recognized queer artists—this exhibition offers a collective' portrait of contemporary queer experience that spans the United States.
At the heart of the show is a rejection of the commercialization of queer culture. The works on display resist the censored lens of algorithm-driven platforms, centering authentic narratives told by those who live them.
This event is a call to engage with queer culture beyond the container of our screens—to experience it fully, embodied and intentional. It is a space where queer creators own their stories and where audiences are invited to bear witness to the complexity, power, and reverence embedded in queer lives and artistry.
As the exhibition travels local artists from each host city, will be invited to submit work adding a dynamic, site-responsive layer that grounds the core collection in the lived realities of the local queer community.
