Wall adorned with colorful queer and trans artists flyers

Queer Trans Power Unity

Unity at the Initiative is a multi-site exhibition and in-home experience celebrating the work of Jeffrey Cheung and Queer/Trans artists of color in Philadelphia.

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A photo of 1223 skate park, with a quarter pipe ramp against the back wall, foregrounded by skate rails and another smaller ramp. Unfinished walls are covered in posters.

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Meet the Unity contributors

Jeffrey Cheung inside his capsule exhibition of queer and trans empowering drawings and banners

Jeffrey Cheung

Lead Artist
Work Included in Care Package
Diagonal shot of Alex Shen sitting on an old couch wearing headphones

Alex Shen

Curator
Work Included in Care Package
Sunlit photo of Dongyi Wu against a bright green hedge

Dongyi Wu

Curator
The FORTUNE team is adorned in gold and red clothing and decor, arm in arm and smiling in celebration. Connie and Andra stand facing the camera, while Heidi crouches down looking upwards at the two standing.

FORTUNE

Partner
Work Included in Care Package
Risograph print of Carta Monir's face buried in her hand

Carta Monir

Participant
The artist sits on a stoop, holding a coffee mug

Christo Johnson

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Photo of the artist smiling at the camera

Dwight Dunston

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Portrait of the artist seated against a white backdrop.

Felicia Blow

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Portrait of the artist Golden Collier smiling at the camera against a blue background.

Golden Collier

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Portrait of the artist on stage wrapped in a red feather boa.

Icon Ebony Fierce

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Portrait photograph of the artist Jeremiah Jordan

Jeremiah Jordan

Participant
Surrealist collage of the artist

JK Chang

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Cut paper artwork by the artist.

Khari Johnson-Ricks

Participant
Portrait of the artist, hand over mouth, looking at the camera

Kilamanzego

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Portrait of the artist facing away from the camera, featuring a Kirby's Dreamland patch on the jacket.

Kirby Reiko McKenzie

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Mixed media work by the artist, entitled "No Keeper"

Lucia Garzón

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Portrait photograph of Malachi Lily

Malachi Lily

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Black and white portrait of the artist in front of a garden fence.

Marria Nakhoda

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Portrait of the artist Moor Mother against a blue wall.

Moor Mother

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Portrait of the artist speaking amongst raised bed gardens.

Naima Merella

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
The artist Olivia Neutron-John sites in a billowing white robe against a black backdrop. Their dark hair is parted down the middle and drawn back, they wear rectangular dark sunglasses to shade their eyes, their mouth is set as they gave pensively forward.

Olivia Neutron-John

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Artist Owen Taylor / TrueLove Seeds stands in front a deep red paneled wall, he wears dark denim work jeans and a short-sleeved workshirt. Owen leans to the side, one hand on his hip and the other balancing a clear mason jar filled with seeds. Owen smiles confidently at the camera.

Owen Taylor

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
The artist Rachel Ishikawa sits in the grass outside against a clear blue sky. Her hair is a in a low braid over her shoulder, bangs falling in her face as she turns to look at the camera. She is wearing dark t-shirt dress with a floral design.

Rachel Ishikawa

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Portrait photograph of Ramona Córdova in a wintery field

Ramona Córdova

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Portrait of the artist standing against a brick wall.

Rana Ransom

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Studio portrait of Rashid Zakat with yellow background

Rashid Zakat

Partner
Portrait of the artist sitting next to a sewing machine.

Serena Hocharoen

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Portrait of the artist in movement.

Shanel Edwards

Participant
Selection of portrait illustrations from artist Soleil Summer.

Soleil Summer

Participant
Print by the artist.

Toshiro Kamihira

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Portrait of the artist Vitche-Boul Ra. Photographed by Shanel Edwards for Femme Noire Movement Collective (FNMC).

Vitche-Boul Ra

Participant
Portrait of the artist with blue lipstick against a blue background.

Wit López

Participant
Work Included in Care Package
Artist Zsa Zsa Dali gazes off camera to the right, wearing a dark v neck against a blue-black backdrop. they are wearing rectangular wire glasses, and their light brown curly hair is cut close, matching their cropped beard and mustache.

Zsa Zsa Dali

Partner

Find Us Around Philly

Asian Arts Initiative Building

Asian Arts Initiative

1219 Vine St, Philadelphia, 19107

Exhibits: Unity Within the Initiative, Video Display, 1223 Vine Skate Park and Wheatpaste Gallery
The corner of the Giovanni's Room/Philly AIDS Thrift building on a bright sunny day

Philly AIDS Thrift at Giovanni's Room

345 S 12th St, Philadelphia, PA 19107

Exhibits: Wheatpaste Gallery, Window Display
Photo of a street parade outside of the Attic Youth Center

The Attic Youth Center

255 S 16th St, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Exhibit: Muraling
Photo of Mina's World shop's yellow tiled counter/coffee bar. "Mina's World" is tiled in black on a white mosaic inlay, welcoming wooden floors gleam in the sun, and shelves of ingredients hang on the wall behind the bar.

Mina's World

511 S 52nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19143

Exhibit: Wheatpaste Gallery
Front of the William Way Center, a red door is housed under a white facade, inlaid in an all-brick historical building. Tall trees flank and arch over the entrance.

William Way

1315 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA, PA 19107

Exhibit: Wheatpaste Gallery
Panoramic view of E Poplar Skate Park. A column adorned in graffiti fills the center of the image, and various graffiti'ed ramps and skate obstacles take over in the mid and background of the image.

E Poplar Skate Park

899 N 9th St, Philadelphia, PA 19123

Exhibit: Muraling
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Jeffrey Cheung skates Unity at the Initiative

Queer Skate Forever! Jeffrey Cheung at the Municipal Services Building in Center City Philadelphia, shot by Rashid Zakat.

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Jeffrey Cheung paints Unity at the Initiative

Check out our capsule exhibition Unity within the Initiative at the Pearl Street Gallery!

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Unity at the Initiative Video Exhibition

Watch our contributing artists' films online, also viewable from outside the Asian Arts Initiative Building!

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