Blyth Festival Art Gallery opens The Rural Queer Agenda show

June 26, 2025 @ 9:00 amArts & Entertainment, Listowel Banner, Local News, Rural, Wingham Advance Times

Artists, whose pieces are a part of the current Blyth Festival Art Gallery exhibit, pose in front of a quilt-style piece at Bainton Gallery.
From left: artists that submitted work for the Blyth Festival Art Gallery’s The Rural Queer Agenda show stand in front of a quilt coordinate by Mabe Kyle that focused on the experience of queer life. From left: Ally Campbell-Main (she/her), Nicole Campbell (she/her), Gillian VandenHeuvel (she/her), Nathanya Field (she/they)(front), Frankie Field (they/them), Faven Bell-Jerome (they/them), Mabe Kyle (they/them/theirs), Alec Will (he/him) and Kelly Stevenson (she/her). (Denny Scott photo)

BLYTH – In what several participating artists called a necessary and unprecedented idea, the Blyth Festival Art Gallery opened The Rural Queer Agenda show over the weekend, highlighting art from 2SLGBTQIA+ artists from rural communities.  Artists came from near and far, as far away as Norfolk, to have their art displayed alongside their 2SLGBTQIA+ peers,…

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