For the Love of Us All
About the Exhibit
Presented by the Victoria Pride Society and the Esquimalt Community Arts Hub, the exhibit will run from July 14 - 30, 2021 at the arts hub.
Gallery Hours
Daily 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fridays 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Sundays - by reservation
To learn more about getting here, accessibility, COVID protocols and location visit our Contact page.
Reservations are not required to view the exhibit, however if you would like a private viewing time with your friends & family (up to 6 people), please use our reservation tool.
For the Love of Us All is a Queer art exhibit that explores community, love, pride and diversity.
The exhibit is overseen by a team of four community curators.
A central theme of the exhibit is exploring intersectionality within the Queer community. Intersectionality is a concept that recognizes that social factors such as ethnicity, socio-economic status, class, gender, sexual orientation, age and ability overlap and create amplified experiences of marginalization.
Within the exhibit, the curatorial team will create space, place and belonging for those with interconnected identities.
Glynn Morrissey | Always Be True To You | 18x24” | Acrylic Ink on canvas | $1,100
Elizabeth Litton | 100 Days of Seeking Kindness | 52x7 | Crochet cotton | $15,000
Aja Dawson | Co-dependant comfort creatures | 6 x 9 | Gouache and ink on paper | Not for Sale
Kelly Langham | Glow Up | 18" x 24" x 2" deep | Acrylic on canvas | $250.00
Gord Gordon | Deconstructed Reality | 40x16 | Acrylic no canvas | $600
Gord Gordon | Wings for Love | 12x22 | Acrylic no canvas | $250.00
John Manson | Her Makeup is Terrible | 24 x 30 | acrylic and graphite on wood | $450
Kelly Langham | Joy | 18" x 24" x 2" deep | Acrylic on canvas | $250.00
Kegan McFadden | LOVE POEM | 139 x 48 | Digital print on vinyl, vinyl lettering | $2,000
Les Chan | Pride Cock | 24 x 24 | Needlepoint Fabric Art | $180
Matilde Cervantes | Queer Spherical Journey | 30.4 CM X 60.9 CM | Acrylic on canvas | $77
Satya Pal | spirit st. | 17 x 6 | digital print | Not for Sale
Silke Staffeldt-Jost | Beauty in the Aimless | 3.4 x 2.2 | Acrylic and sharpie on playing card | $30
Tori Jones | Untitled (Column 2) | 22.5x30 | Oil on prepared Arches paper | $3,000
Luvy Vishek | The Dance of Life and Sexuality | 8.5 X 11 | Mixed-media collage | $20
Silke Staffeldt-Jost | Perform for Me | 3.4 x 2.5 | Acrylic on playing card |
Dana Burback | "Love" | 20 x 16 | Acrylic | $150.00
Dana Burback | "Inclusion" | 31 x 39 | Acrylic | $350.00
Aja Dawson | Who are you? | 8.5 x 6.5 | Gouache and coloured pencil on paper | Not for Sale
Glynn Morrissey | As One | 36 x 36 | Acrylic on canvas | $1,100
Silke Staffeldt-Jost | This Isn't a Mistake | 2.5 x 3.5 | Acrylic on playing card |
Silke Staffeldt-Jost | By Extension | 3.5 x 2.5 | Acrylic and sharpie on playing card | $30
Silke Staffeldt-Jost | Create a Fictional Character | 3.4 x 2.2 | Acrylic and sharpie on playing card | $35
Silke Staffeldt-Jost | Me, Myself & Eye | 3.5 x 2.5 | Acrylic and sharpie on playing card | $50
Supporting local Queer artisans in the ECAH shop.
As part of the exhibit, we will feature a selection of local Queer makers and artisans in the ECAH shop.
Thanks to support from the Victoria Pride Society, we are able to waive our standard commission from all sales. The maker will retain 100% of the purchase price of their items.
Community Curators
Our Curatorial team is responsible for the design, jurying and curation of the exhibit.
Glynn Morrissey
Glynn was born in St.John’s Newfoundland and raised in North River, NL. He has been living on Vancouver Island since 2010. Glynn has been surrounded by art his entire life and was very culturally influenced by much of the Newfoundland art scene whether it was music or the visual arts. It is very present in his current works and is easily recognized by those familiar with art from the region.
He has been involved in the art scene of Victoria and is a mixed media painter. His art is considered impressionistic realism and dabbles in folk art. Glynn, produces mostly commissioned works, giclee prints and art cards. Currently he is working on a collection of childhood memories for a solo show in the future.
Glynn, has exhibited in many galleries in Victoria such as Madrona Gallery, The Slide Art Gallery, Martin Bachelor Gallery, Windrush Gallery and The Fifty Fifty Arts Collective.
He curated the Pride Exhibit: Pride in Art- The Queer Truth and Nothing But in 2014 which showed the works of Carollyne Yardley, Blythe Scott, Brad Pasutti, Bruce Dean, Dale Robert’s, Elizabeth Litton, Ethan Lester, Jason Stovall and Daphne Shaed to name a few. He was also a member of the Federation of Canadian Artists.
Ashlyn Fairbridge
Ashlyn Yuan Fairbridge is a student at Esquimalt High School passionate about social justice and political reform. Ashlyn works mainly in abstract mixed media, clay, and loves exploring and experimenting with the human form.
“I’d like to think of myself as an expressive welcoming individual and am passionate about creating safe, inclusive spaces for the sake of creativity and connection. This exhibit has been an amazing experience for me to learn from all the insights the people from the Queer community around me have had to offer. If anyone would ever like to reach out to me about involvement in projects or events please do so because I would love to support your creative endeavours in whatever way I can!”
Artemis Fire
Artemis Fire is Métis, with roots in the Red River, Dakota territory and Western Europe and is a visitor to the unceded territories of the Lkwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples. She is passionate about supporting children, youth, families and communities on their journeys.
Artemis, a queer, cisgendered educator (she/her), believes that we are all on a learning journey and we all have something to teach. She values experiential education. Her areas of study and work include: Indigegogy, child and youth work, community work, inclusion & equity, child welfare, Indigenous leadership, social/environmental and Indigenous justice, languages, fine arts and holistic counselling and wellness. Artemis highly values the teachings she has received from Indigenous knowledge keepers, Old Ones (Elders) and young people.
A lover of art, of community art, the intersection of social justice and art, and the use of art as Medicine, she looks forward to this next project.
Luca Apel
Luca is a self taught artist and recent UVic graduate who focuses on realism and painting beyond the canvas. His work showcases nature and the tiny creatures our hectic lives often overlook. He is a long time artist and volunteer with the Victoria Arts Council, and sells stickers of his original paintings at ECAH and Subtext at UVic. Outside of art, Luca is a queer and trans advocate, law student, and doting cat dad.
Victoria Pride is a not-for-profit organization of volunteers that is dedicated to supporting Greater Victoria’s LGTBQIA2S+ communities. VPS creates opportunities for visibility, collaboration, ongoing conversations and celebration as we work towards equality for all people of diverse gender and sexual identities.
