Upcoming events

  • Wednesday, May 6, 6-10pm

    Life World, 563 Johnson Ave, Brooklyn NY 11237 (2nd Floor)

    As a part of Trans Art Fest 2026, Trans Film Collective and Baby Teeth Film Festival invite you to an evening of trans cinema. Cocktail hour from 6-7pm, screening and Q&A from 7-8:30pm and a mixer from 8:30-10pm!

    RSVP & ticket link coming soon.

  • Thursday, May 7, 6:30 - 8:30pm
    Puffin Brooklyn, 227 5th Ave, Brooklyn NY 11215

    Join us for a special program that highlights a vibrant selection of family-friendly, youth-inspired films created by trans filmmakers and artists. This short film screening is presented by Trans Film Collective x Baby Teeth Film Festival at the Puffin Foundation, featured as part of the Trans Art Fest lineup.

    ​After the screening, stay for a free talkback conversation with participating artists, an opportunity to engage, reflect, and celebrate trans storytelling together.

    Registration is required, RSVP HERE

    ​Funding has been made possible by the Puffin Foundation, LTD

  • Friday, May 8, from 6-8pm

    UrbanGlass: 647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217

    Join glass artist Lucky Kernan and a group of trans artists of all mediums to discuss and explore “queer mediums.”

    Topics may include:
    What are or are not queer mediums?
    Is glass a queer medium? Why?
    What does it mean to work in a queer medium?
    What other practices or artistic mediums can be queer, or queered?
    And more.

    Queer and trans artists of all kinds are invited to join the roundtable, bring questions of their own, and contribute to the discussion.

    RSVP HERE

  • Saturday May 9th, 4 PM

    Established Gallery: 75 B 6th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217 

    Join the artist Khae Haskell for a casual gallery walk-through of their exhibition "Radiant Remains", where they will talk about their process and inspiration.  

    Free and open to all!

  • May 9, 1:00 - 2:00PM
    Coil & Cord Studio
    200 6th Street, Suite 2B, Brooklyn 11215

    Izzy Li Kostrzewa: Workshop + Artist Talk

    Kostrzewa is a featured artist in the (a)mending, (at)tending group exhibition, which runs from April 16 through May 23 at Coil & Cord Studio.

    This artist talk + workshop is free and open to the public.

    RSVP at the link above!

  • Thursday, May 14, 6-9pm
    Studio 9D, 508 W. 26th St 9D

    club magic & Trans Art Fest are proud to present restraint—an extra-special pop-up exhibition at Studio 9D, 508 West 26th Street in Chelsea.

    restraint features 12 emerging trans artists whose materially-driven practices reach for an understanding of what it means to live in this world, at this time, in a trans body.

    Featuring artists: Ale Buenahora, Kaden Bard Dawson, Imani Noel Ford, Nils Hammerand, Jane Love, Fe Lugo, H Peters, Nass Reda-Fathmi, Jacob Romm, myer roze, Lijah Schnei, & bea willemsen

  • Friday, May 15th at 8:30pm
    C’mon Everybody
    325 Franklin Ave, Brooklyn NY 11238

    TRANS FATS is a all fat and trans performance show that happens at C’mon Everybody and is produced by me, RuAfza, a fat immigrant drag queen.

    Performers lineup and tickets coming soon.

  • May 16 at Coil & Cord Studio
    200 6th St, Suite 2B, Brooklyn 11215

    Learn about the process and practice of artists in (a)mending, (at)tending — the current show at Coil & Cord:

    2:00PM - 3:00PM: Lillian van Veen Artist Talk
    4:00 - 5:00PM: Flo Low Artist Talk

    RSVP at the links above!

  • Saturday, May 16, 3-5pm

    Target Brooklyn Community Garden
    931 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn NY 112-5

    Join us for a special outdoors edition of World Transsexual Forum! Featuring a poetry reading open mic and panel discussion featuring Feminist Press author, Alice Stoehr.

    3:00 pm open mic sign up | 3:30 pm readings | 4 pm panel

    Free, no RSVP required

    [Rain Date: May 17, 3-5 pm]

  • May 16, 8pm
    Shirley Project Space: 609 Washington Ave, Brooklyn NY 11238

    Join us for Trans Art Jest, a standup comedy night at hosted by Brooklyn-based comedian Kendall Allison.

    Featuring Ericka Pérez, Jessica Henderson, Dizzy, Emma Dalenberg, Achille Vann Ricca, Adrienne Hunter, & Kendall Allison

    Get Tickets Here

  • Opening Reception: May 17, 6-9pm at Pushup Gallery: 94 Bogart Street

    After the opening, the exhibition will move to Third Story Gallery, 349 Suydam St, 3R, Brooklyn NY, 11237
    for the rest of the month.

    Hearth and Home brings together six different artists whose work reframes the conception of a home: from a place to inhabit, to a thing that is practiced or embodied instead of occupied. It is born of the people we love, the communities that we build and maintain, and the rituals that we inherit, amend, and begin. Featuring artists: Rory Brabham, Aly Fraser Diaz, Lily Hearne Morrey, Micah Sweezie, Claire Violet, and bea willemsen. Curated by Goldfinch Bolton.

    RSVP for the opening here

  • Sunday, May 17, 2pm-8pm
    Drop in any time, stay for any portion of the ambient performances

    Cord & Coil Studio: 200 6th St, Suite 2B

    A Coil & Cord performance event, featuring rope/shibari performance art by trans performers

    Performers include:

    • Soft Daddy

    • Salem

    • Silhouette Knitter

    • Parker RopeBoi

    • Lee

    • prettyboy_ropes & makesyoushiver

    • and more to be announced!

    This performance event is ticketed: Purchase your ticket here

  • Sunday, May 17 from 5:00 - 6:30pm at Puffin Brooklyn
    227 5th Ave Brooklyn, NY 11225

    Performances and readings by gender expansive youth

    Presented in collaboration with Chrysalis Magazine, BAX, POGEK (Parents of Gender Expansive Kids) & Hive Mind Books. Zines, posters, books, and gender-expansive resources will be provided!

    Free admission, RSVP Required

  • Sunday, May 17, 7-9pm

    Target Brooklyn Community Garden
    931 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn NY 11205

    Join us for a movie night and discussion in the garden, featuring short films by Christy DeGallerie, Brezaja Monet, Nwao, Forest Smotrich-Barr, J Dellecave, Aviva Jaye, Julia C Liu, and Zavé Martohardjono

  • Brooklyn Pride Center, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225

    May 21, 5:45 - 7:45PM

    Brooklyn Community Pride Center hosts a monthly LGBTQ+ Nude Figure Drawing workshop on the fourth Thursday of the month, generously facilitated by Charrow of Sketchy Queers (@sketchyqueersdraw)

    Sketchy Queers is a figure drawing event for and by the LGBTQ community. It is traditional figure drawing and most of the models are untrained.

    Charrow is asking participants for a voluntary donation between $15 - $30. This is to pay the model, and to cover the cost of materials; however, no-one is turned away for lack of funds! Please email justcharrow@gmail.com to request accommodations.

    Registration is required - link to register coming soon.

  • Sunday, May 24, 3:30-5:30pm

    Eleventh Hour Art, West Gallery
    59 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11201

    Join us for an artist walkthrough of A Tender Touch, curated by Nic Caldwell. The artists will talk about their processes, inspiration for their works, and take questions from the curator, and from the audience.

    Come at 3:30 to take in the show; the talk will start at 4pm sharp!

    Free and open to all.

    A Tender Touch is an exhibition featuring all Black trans artists, focusing on themes of love - self love, love of community and nature, and expansive romantic love.

  • World Transsexual Form is a monthly open mic and refined intellectual symposium for trans artists, every fourth Monday of the month at

    Franklin Park, 618 St Johns Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11238

    May 25, 2026 7:30pm open mic sign-up | 8pm readings | 9pm panel

    Featured writer to be announced!

    Open to all to attend. No registration required.

  • Basketdolls- In Transition
    A One Day Art Exhibition

    May 30th - Open at 3pm, games at 4pm

    The Basketball Court at Thomas Boyland Park: 27 Furman Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11207

    Join us to celebrate this one day art show! The art will be strung up on the fence, Basketdolls will be playing a game, and we’ll celebrate the end of Trans Art Fest and the beginning of Pride.

 PAST events

  • Affordable Art Fair NYC
    Starrett-Lehigh Building, 601 West 26th Street, New York, NY 10001

    March 18, 6-9PM

    We’re previewing the festival and spreading the word with a partnership booth at the Affordable Art Fair NYC! Trans Art Fest presents a selection of work by Earth Ængel. Work will be on view the entire festival (March 18-22).

    Tickets Here

    Accessibility note from AAF: “The Starret-Lehigh Building is fully accessible for people with reduced mobility. We also have a wheelchair available on-site. If you have a specific accessibility query, please do get in contact with us at hello@affordableartfair.com.”

  • March 31, 12 - 8pm.

    Location: Haus of Collectives, 2 Henshaw St, New York, NY 10034

    NOIR RENAISSANCE in partnership with Trans Art Fest present: METAMORPHIC

    An all day-long celebration of music, art, poetry, vendors and history on Trans Visibility Day, March 31st from 12 pm - 8 pm.

    METAMORPHIC is an all-day art show celebrating all those who identify as Trans. The trans human experience exists in a world that doesn’t understand the courage, beauty, and fire it takes to be yourself. Transgender individuals have been a constant presence throughout history, making leading contributions to art, music, activism, and beauty. Trans artists influence culture and change the world; we are necessary and METAMORPHIC!

    TICKETS HERE: Tickets start at $5. Cis individuals are encouraged to pay $10. A portion of the proceeds will go to Black Trans Liberation Kitchen. 

  • Join us on Saturday, April 11, for 2 opening receptions at Eleventh Hour Art:

    Alchemists, a group show, opening 4-7pm at 61 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn NY 11201
    Curated by Carter Shocket

    A Tender Touch, a group show, opening 7-9pm at 59 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11201
    Curated by Nic Caldwell

    Eleventh Hour Art: 59-61 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11201

  • Black Body Productions welcomes you to Body Talk 1, a 2-hour somatic healing workshop grounded in creativity, mindfulness, movement, and more. This iteration is open to all queer and trans folks.

    Sunday April 12 from 10am - 12pm at Eleventh Hour Art, opening soon at 59 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11201.

    REGISTER HERE (Registration required - free)

    These workshops invite queer and trans adults into spaces of deep intimacy that ground our liberation work in collective somatic healing.

    Signature Body Talks support participants to:

    1. Begin an intuitive dialogue between body and mind and their relationship with creativity and space.

    2. Cultivate healing collaboration between the left-side brain (speech, abstract thinking) and right-side brain (image processing, spatial thinking).

    3. Engage the spiritual and somatic aspects of healing trauma simultaneously.

    4. Practice slow, progressive somatic engagement with the nervous system (titration) through several artistic mediums. 

    5. Reconnect with embodied, ancestral knowledge and wisdom.

    Body Talks are educational spaces. We share ourselves, our creativity, and embodied wisdom as resources for collective mental and somatic liberation.

  • Thursday, April 16, 6-9pm at
    Coil & Cord Studio
    200 6th Street, Suite 2B, Room 1

    Join us for an opening reception of (a)mending, (at)tending, a group show of mixed media work by all trans artists.

    Featurin

  • Join us for three daytime opening receptions taking place a short walk apart!

    Saturday April 18, 1-4pm

    These openings are free, open to all, and kid friendly.

    Gender Mend, at the Textile Arts Center - 505 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215 (between 3rd & 4th Ave)

    Starling Skies, at The Puffin Foundation - 227 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215

    Kinetic Kin, at Warren St Marks Community Garden- 623 Warren Street between b/w 4th & 5th Avenue
    *Opening from 2-4pm

    4th Ave Yarn Collective - Yarn Mural, installed at 4th & President Street

    Plus, stop by Coil & Cord to see (a)mending, (at)tending, a group show on view from 1-6pm. 200 6th Street, Suite 2B.

  • Brooklyn Pride Center, 1561 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225

    April 23, 5:45-7:45PM

    Register here

    Brooklyn Community Pride Center hosts a monthly LGBTQ+ Nude Figure Drawing workshop on the fourth Thursday of the month, generously facilitated by Charrow of Sketchy Queers (@sketchyqueersdraw)

    Sketchy Queers is a figure drawing event for and by the LGBTQ community. It is traditional figure drawing and most of the models are untrained.

    Charrow is asking participants for a voluntary donation between $15 - $30. This is to pay the model, and to cover the cost of materials; however, no-one is turned away for lack of funds! Please email justcharrow@gmail.com to request accommodations.

  • April 24, 7-9pm at Established Gallery: 75 B 6th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217

    Join us to celebrate the opening of Radiant Remains, a solo exhibition by Khae Haskell.

  • Black Body Productions welcomes you to Body Talk 2, a 2-hour somatic healing workshop grounded in creativity, mindfulness, movement, and more. This iteration is open to all Black queer and trans folks.

    Sunday, April 26 from 7pm to 9pm at Eleventh Hour Art, 59 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11201.

    Registration here: REGISTER HERE(Registration required - free)

    These workshops invite queer and trans adults into spaces of deep intimacy that ground our liberation work in collective somatic healing.

    Signature Body Talks support participants to:

    1. Begin an intuitive dialogue between body and mind and their relationship with creativity and space.

    2. Cultivate healing collaboration between the left-side brain (speech, abstract thinking) and right-side brain (image processing, spatial thinking).

    3. Engage the spiritual and somatic aspects of healing trauma simultaneously.

    4. Practice slow, progressive somatic engagement with the nervous system (titration) through several artistic mediums. 

    5. Reconnect with embodied, ancestral knowledge and wisdom.

    Body Talks are educational spaces. We share ourselves, our creativity, and embodied wisdom as resources for collective mental and somatic liberation.

  • World Transsexual Form is a monthly open mic and refined intellectual symposium for trans artists, every fourth Monday of the month at

    Franklin Park, 618 St Johns Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11238

    April 27, 2026 7:30pm open mic sign-up | 8pm readings | 9pm panel

    Featured writer to be announced!

    Open to all to attend. No registration required.

  • Thursday, April 30 at 7pm
    Mercury Store: 131 8th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215

    Arts Gowanus presents an evening of Trans Storytelling, hosted by Murray Hill.

    Featuring an all trans lineup of storytellers. To our trans community: come with a silly or uplifting story under 5 mins and you can put your name in the hat to be called up onstage! Names will be pulled after our scheduled storytellers.

    RSVP HERE

  • Friday, May 1, 6-8pm

    UrbanGlass
    647 Fulton St, Brooklyn, NY 11217

    Hot Glass Hangout at UrbanGlass is a free monthly demo series starring a multi-talented team of studio technicians, administrators and teaching artists doing what they love to do. 

    On May 1, join Lucky Kernan and more trans glass artists for a live demo! See the skills and teamwork that go into shaping molten glass, meet friendly local artists and shop a pop-up Studio Sale featuring beautiful glassware and jewelry crafted by the UrbanGlass community. Soft drinks and snacks are on the house.

    This month’s featured artist: Lucky Kernan & more trans glass artists, to be announced!

    Cost: Free! Or, if you’d like to support free programs like this at UrbanGlass, please consider purchasing a $10 ticket.

  • Friday, May 1, 6 - 9pm

    Gallery 198, 198 24th Street Brooklyn, NY 11232

    Join us for the opening reception of ARTxText, curated by Elliot Rockart

    Featuring artists: Jay Saper, Lavender Thomas, Jäger Nachreiner, Lane Bestold, Annesley Bug, James Schaffer, Ren Liu, Zooey Kim Connor, M. Morrisey, and Elliot Rockart

  • Saturday, May 2
    Coil & Cord Studio
    200 6th St, Suite 2B, Brooklyn NY, 11215

    Learn about the process and practice of artists in (a)mending, (at)tending — the current show at Coil & Cord:

    2:00 - 3:30PM: Juno Soleil Viera Artist Talk
    4:00 - 5:30PM: Pheonix Amadi Odo Sound Bath + Artist Talk

    RSVP at the links above!

  • Sunday, May 3rd, 12-3 PM
    Gallery 198: 198 34th St, Brooklyn, NY

    Chrysalis Magazine is hosting a zine-making workshop for trans youth at Gallery 198. The workshop takes place during “ARTxTEXT,” a zine-centered exhibition curated by Elliot Rockart as part of Trans Art Fest.

    The workshop is open to participants ages 13-18, who will be introduced to the vibrant culture of queer zine making, and guided through the process of creating their own! All materials will be provided.

    Register here

    $0-20 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds

  • Join us for Body Talk: A Healing Movement Workshop led by Black Body Productions.

    May 3, 12PM - 2PM
    Target Brooklyn Community Garden, 931 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY
    Open to all Queer & Trans Folk
    Free

    Body Talks involve slow, progressive, somatic engagement with the nervous system (titration). We build intimacy with ourselves and one another through movement, art making, meditation, music, and self-reiki.

    This Body Talk incorporates aspects of the signature body talk sequence, but this is all about integrating texture play, outdoor sculpture, and somatics. Come ready to write, scavenge the garden for found objects, move, and play in some soil!

    Dress comfortably, to get dirty, and for potential sweat.

  • May 3rd, 12-5pm: Workshops in the Garden, produced by Neptune in June

    Target Brooklyn Community Garden931 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, New York

    Rain Date: May 10, 12-5 pm

    See Neptune in June for Details