RADAR is a Bay Area queer literary arts organization creating and supporting a community of queer artists through commissioning, developing and presenting ground-breaking literary work. Our programs include SHOW US YOUR SPINES a monthly residency with the Hormel Center at the SFPL; The legendary Sister Spit tour and a yearly literary and visual arts collaboration with local community spaces.
Programs
SISTER SPIT TOUR Now in its 22nd year, the annual Sister Spit Tour invites 7 artists to travel the US for 2 weeks each Spring.
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SHOW US YOUR SPINESShow Us Your Spines is a collaboration with the James Hormel LGBTQ+ Center in the San Francisco Public Library.
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Visual Arts CollaborationIn our latest collaboration, The Bathroom Line, we invited artists to consider the intimate political space that is the bathroom.
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Upcoming Events
october 2020▶ October 15 // Show Us Your Spines September Residents Reading
SHOW US YOUR SPINES is a month-long writer residency + reading in collaboration with the SF Public Library’s Hormel Center. Despite the closure of the SF Public Library, RADAR is determined to make space for creatives, so the residency lives on in the virtual world with the assistance of our Program Manager and SUYS co-conspirator, Mason J. For a month QTBIPOC writers work 1-on-1 with Mason, digital archives, and QTBIPOC community members around a queer theme of their choice; writing/producing/directing pieces to be shared the following month. Join us in celebrating their work at their Resident Reading on October 15th! Join us on Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 6pm via TWITCH TV FEATURING: Gabriel Christian, Azura Tiyabji, Yvonne Onakeme Etaghene and Troy Rockett |
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