Entry forms for 2012 Festival and Juried Show are now available! Artists requesting booth space are also asked to submit at least one piece into the Juried Show. Click here for the form.
For information of participating in this year's San Diego Pride Festival contact us at artofpride@gmail.com
Art of Pride seeks to promote and support the work of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and LGBT allied artists.
We coordinate a monthly exhibition of the work of rotating artists at the San Diego Pride Offices in North Park. Artists receptions are the second Saturday of each month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., coinciding with Ray at Night.
We coordinate an annual exhibition of featured and juried artists inside the July San Diego Pride Festival in Balboa Park. We seek to provide low cost display space to a variety of LGBT artists and their allies and to provide a relaxing cultural oasis inside the festival grounds.
INTRODUCTION: Beautiful art under San Diego's Blue Skies
For many years San Diego LGBT Pride offered a unique venue to local artisits. They could display their works under the beautiful trees of Balboa Park and promote the mission of San Diego's LGBT Pride Events. Six years ago Judy the Beauty on Duty at the Big Kitchen and Jeane pulled artists together under the name of "Art of Pride". Art of Pride could provide a single area for viewing art offerings. The generousity of San Diego LGBT Pride Organization has allow Art of Pride to offer affordable space to self-representing artists.
We are looking for artists!
Schedule your exhibition at the San Diego Pride offices or start planning your booth for the Festival. Both are great ways to get your work seen.
San Diego Pride Gives Back to San Diego
When you participate in the annual San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Pride celebrations, you are supporting many community organizations that are vital to the health and well-being of the entire LGBT community. San Diego Pride fosters pride in and respect for all LGBT communities, locally and globally by producing the annual Pride parade and festival and through philanthropy in our community. San Diego LGBT Pride is a non-profit organization committed to the goals of civil rights, aging, health and human services, arts and culture, and education in our community.
Since 1996, San Diego LGBT Pride has given over $1.2 million to our community.
The San Diego Pride strategy for charitable contributions includes Grant Funding, providing Direct Community Support, Support of Other Prides, Support of the LGBT Center, and forming Partnerships with community organizations whose membership desire a larger participatory role in the Pride Weekend events.
photo by Robert B. Gould
We gratefully acknowledge the support of Ben, Dwayne, Fern, Mary Jane, Cheli, John and the other Pride Staffers.
The people and organizations associated with the Art of Pride are supportive of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community. Participation in Art of Pride events is not indicative of ones sexual orientation. The Art of Pride does not discriminate based on sexual orientation, gender identity, race, sex, color, religion, creed, or national orientation.
Please direct questions or comments to ArtofPride@gmail.com
