Imagining Trans Futures Crossdisciplinary Research Cluster is a tri-campus trans studies research cluster at the University of Washington bringing together cross-disciplinary scholars, artists, and leaders in conversation around imagining trans futures and the intersections between critical trans studies and trans knowledge production both inside and outside of the academy.

Imagining Trans Futures Showcase

A series of presentations and performances from our Trans artists and scholars.

Friday, May 19, 2023, 12 – 2 p.m.
Henry Art Gallery & Allen Center for the Visual Arts and Zoom (Registration Required to Attend on Zoom)

Shortened Registration Link: https://bit.ly/ITFshowcase. 

Atlanta Duncan is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and half of the experimental punk band Johnny Ointment. They explore death, desire, folklore and the occult through a queer feminist lens.

Neil Simpkins is an assistant professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington-Bothell.

dana middleton is interested in bim/him/thembos, bodies of water, and what grief looks like. They teach creative writing at UW Bothell and organize with incarcerated trans and nonbinary people.

Cass Garison is a poet and artist with an MFA from UW Seattle, published at Poets.org, Gulf Coast, Bennington Review, Foglifter, and others.

Cassie Mira is an artist, archivist, and curator whose practice explores liminal space, environmental interaction, and transitional experience.

Ching-In Chen is descended from ocean dwellers and author of The Heart’s Traffic as well as recombinant (2018 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Poetry).

phoenix kai is a multimedia writer exploring queer belonging, identity, speculative futures, and mythological retellings.

Accommodation requests related to a disability or health condition should be made by May 5, 2023 to the Simpson Center, 206.543.3920, schadmin@uw.edu.

Imagining Trans Futures Video Archive: