Pride Month

Celebrating Pride at the AGA

Pride Month is a time for visibility, celebration, and advocacy, highlighting the importance of love, equality, and acceptance for all identities. Join us at the AGA as we celebrate Pride.

Featured Events

Pride Day at AGA

June 26, 4-7pm

Free

This year, we are hosting a cozy and comfortable space for everyone looking to indulge in a little creativity. We’ll have self-guided tours, a drop-in session with local artist, Allison Tunis, a DIY craft creation area and a film screening at 7pm. Bring your own crafts to work on or use our supplies to create something that showcases your true colours.

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Films

Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things (2016)

June 19, 7-8:30pm

$5

Join us for a screening of the compelling documentary Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things. This 2016 Canadian film delves into the history of queer identity among the Inuit, and the complexities that arise while planning and hosting a pride celebration.

This screening is included in the AGA’s annual programming for Indigenous History Month.

About the film: As Nunavut capital, Iqaluit, is planning its annual pride celebration, tensions rise and conversations around Christian missions, Inuit culture, government involvement, colonisation and loss of cultural identity are brought to the forefront. A new generation of community members work to remove the shame from their past and work towards 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion.

“An entire culture’s way of life, their family structures, their spirituality and their sexual practices, were effectively silenced and erased in a single generation. That loss of cultural identity and that shame persist today and that’s why a seemingly simple pride event is anything but simple in a community like Iqaluit.” 

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National Anthem (2023)

June 26, 7-8:30pm

Free

Rated R

This film following a 21-year-old construction worker in New Mexico who joins a community of queer rodeo performers, this film explores the concept of the American Dream and queer culture.

 

Workshops & Tours

Traumatic Times Drop-In Poster Printing with Allison Tunis

June 26, 4-5:30pm

Join local artist and community arts facilitator Allison Tunis (she/they) for a drop-in session to customize and screen print your own 8x10” poster. The poster aligns with the artists’ Pocket Toolkit for Traumatic Times series and will feature a new Pride-themed design outlining the therapeutic technique of bilateral stimulation. Posters can be printed with a choice of two colours of ink and on your choice of coloured cardstock. Expected time commitment is approximately 10 minutes per participant and prints will be available to take home. All experience and ability levels welcomed. Registration not required, time will be allotted on a first come, first served basis. 

A DIY Cozy Craft Creation

June 26, 4-7pm

Free

Have some crafts laying around you’ve been hoping to work on eventually? Or a project you have in mind but don’t have the supplies on hand?

Join us for in our DIY Cozy Craft Creation! Some soft seating, tables, art supplies and good company will be waiting for you.

If you need to stretch your legs, explore the exhibitions currently on display in the gallery!

What a perfect way to celebrate Pride with your chosen family and express yourselves together.