BECKET, Mass. — The Becket Arts Center, in collaboration with Q-MoB and the Berkshire Queer History Project, will host the first Berkshire LGBTQ+ Pride Art Exhibit from June 12 to July 6, 2025. 

 

The exhibit will feature works by 13 local LGBTQ+ artists and include an artists' panel and an opening reception.

 

The exhibit aims to showcase local queer artists and members of the community. 

 

An Artists Panel is scheduled for June 12 from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM, featuring Rachel Kaufmann, Mitchell Sellers, Johanna Merfeld, and Christopher Pierce. 

 

An Opening Reception will follow on June 13 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, where all 13 artists are expected to be present. The artists will discuss their inspirations, experiences as queer artists in the Berkshires, and how their identity influences their work. 

 

Bart Church, Q-MoB's Executive Director, stated, "Throughout history queer artists like Socrates, Leonardo Davinci, Oscar Wilde, Gertrude Stein, K.D. Lang, Melissa Etheridge, David Hockney, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Tracy Chapman, & Robert Mapplethorpe knew that as an artist Silence=Death, and that when the forces of repression rise, queer artists must resist however they can in whatever ways they dare." 

 

The exhibit is partially funded by a grant from the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation's Central Berkshire Fund.