Winning Mural Design – The Liberation Ball
Art of Pride, a program of San Diego Pride, is excited to announce an upcoming mural on the San Diego Pride building, a vibrant, powerful tribute to our LGBTQIA+ community.
Heartfelt gratitude for those who submitted for putting in the time and effort into creating their unique designs for this project.
After a thoughtful selection process, we are excited to announce the winning design is: “The Liberation Ball” by Blue Lotus and German Rojas!
This mural, designed and painted by talented local queer artists, will celebrate the resilience, diversity, and strength of our community. To bring this vision to life, we’re seeking community donations to raise $3,000 to cover essential project costs.
Artists Statement:
“We aimed to create a mural that celebrates pride, liberation, diversity, joy, and local history, featuring key moments of San Diego’s LGBTQIA+ history. With the help of Lambda Archives, we sourced images from past Pride events to showcase the beauty of our diverse community.
By highlighting moments of joyful celebration and self-expression in the same space as resilience through pain, oppression, and discrimination, this mural symbolizes not only what our community has endured but also reminds us that we still have more work to do for our future existence. With the support of loved ones and the unified strength in our community, we are stronger than ever to oppose bigotry, ignorance, and injustices.”
“Nuestro objetivo era crear un mural que celebrara el orgullo, la liberación, la diversidad, la alegría y la historia local, presentando momentos clave de la historia LGBTQIA+ de San Diego. Con la ayuda de Lambda Archives, obtuvimos imágenes de eventos anteriores del Orgullo para mostrar la belleza de nuestra diversa comunidad.
Al resaltar momentos de celebración alegre y autoexpresión en el mismo espacio que la resiliencia a través del dolor, la opresión y la discriminación, este mural simboliza no solo lo que nuestra comunidad ha soportado sino que también nos recuerda que todavía tenemos más trabajo por hacer para nuestra existencia futura. Con el apoyo de nuestros seres queridos y la fuerza unificada de nuestra comunidad, somos más fuertes que nunca para oponernos a la intolerancia, la ignorancia y las injusticias.”
Images of Pride
Photography Exhibition: Making History Now
Open reception Friday November 8, 5:30-8:30pm
Show Run till January 10, 2025
Each year, Art of Pride hosts the Images of Pride Exhibit; a photography exhibition that reflects the diversity, community, pageantry, excitement, and emotion of the San Diego Pride Festival, Parade, Rally, and other San Diego Pride events and celebrations. This fantastic (and free!) event is taking place at the San Diego Pride office in the heart of North Park.
Light snacks and refreshments will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!
Youth Leadership Academy
Nov 16, 2024, 8:45 am – 3:30 pm
SSDCCE ECC Campus: 4343 Ocean View Blvd San Diego, CA 92113
San Diego Pride is proud to host the annual Pride Youth Leadership Academy (YLA). YLA was created to bring LGBTQIA2+ youth together from across the region to engage, educate, and inspire our next generation of leaders. Folks who attend YLA come away with the practical skills and committed passion to become agents of change within their own schools and communities.
YLA is a fun, inclusive, and intense academy that includes historical context, LGBTQIA2+ resource education, organizing skills, panel discussions, and team-building activities that inform and motivate participants to be successful in all they do.
San Diego Pride se enorgullece de albergar la Academia de Liderazgo Juvenil Pride (YLA) anual. YLA se creó para reunir a jóvenes LGBTQIA2+ de toda la región para involucrar, educar e inspirar a nuestra próxima generación de líderes. Las personas que asisten a YLA obtienen las habilidades prácticas y la pasión comprometida para convertirse en agentes de cambio dentro de sus propias escuelas y comunidades.
YLA es una academia divertida, inclusiva e intensa que incluye contexto histórico, educación sobre recursos LGBTQIA2+, habilidades de organización, paneles de discusión y actividades de formación de equipos que informan y motivan a los participantes a tener éxito en todo lo que hacen.