You’re invited to our fifteenth anniversary party! The grand celebration will begin at 6 PM on Saturday, November 21st at Performance Space New York.

The evening will be hosted by 2025 QAM Mentor Erin Markey, and will include dinner and drinks by Queer Aperitivo. Throughout the night, we’ll be awarding a grand total of $95K in prizes to queer & trans artists, including filmmaker Cheryl Dunye (2026 winner of Queer|Art|Prize for Sustained Achievement), interdisciplinary artist Marcelline Mandeng Nken (2026 winner of the Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists), and the two inaugural winners of the newly launched Queer|Art Design Grant. We will also be announcing live the 2026 winner of Queer|Art|Prize for Recent Work. Finally, the gathering will include a celebration of the 2026 Queer|Art|Mentorship Fellows and Mentors.

Afterwards, stick around for the official afterparty, featuring DJ sets by The Illustrious Blacks and Ushka!

RSVP below by October 28 to save your seat. We hope you’ll join us!

The evening is made possible by UGG, VISU Contemporary, and The Cohen Family Foundation.
You can read more about venue accessibility here.