Queer Joy

(artist drop off & pick up info at bottom of page)

November 13 - December 4, 2026

Opening Reception: Friday, November 13, 5-7p

Dedicated Gallery Hours:

    Tuesday, November 17 & 24, 11a-1p

    Wednesday, November 18 & December 2, 11a - 1p

Writers Salon featuring Queer Joy reading: Thursday, November 19, 7:30p

At the Wilber Mansion 

11 Ford Avenue, Oneonta

Queer Joy is a group exhibit that invites participating artists and writers to consider what it means to find, create, share, and sustain joy within queer communities. The exhibition explores the many dimensions of queer life, including love, identity, belonging, chosen family, resilience, celebration, and community. It also recognizes that queer joy exists alongside the realities that can make it difficult to access, including discrimination, isolation, exclusion, barriers, and other forms of hardship. 

Queer Joy celebrates queer experiences, confronts the barriers that can make joy elusive, and holds both realities at once.

Participating artists and writers include Bailey Bee, Sarah Bullard, Spencer Cox, Charlie Foster, Allison Holmberg, Kylee Hosmer, Dorene Ireland, Maddy Kehoe, Kerri O’Keefe, Sam Pahucki, Tattyana Perkins, Amanda Price, Etta Roebig, Stelar Joaquín Romero, Sabrina Silverio, Amir Singh, and Amber Townsend. Their work spans several creative mediums including painting, textile, digital media, and poetry.

The public is invited to attend the Opening Reception of Queer Joy on Friday, November 13 at 5p. In addition, written pieces featured in the Queer Joy exhibit will be read at CANO’s Writers Salon program on Thursday, November 19 at 7:30p. Both events are free and open to all.

Additional details for participating artists:

Artwork Drop Off: Tuesday, November 3, 11a-2p and Thursday, November 5, 4-7p

Artwork Pick-Up: Tuesday, December 8, 11a-2p and Thursday, December 10, 4-6p