EXPLORE
ART + QUEER CULTURE
Explore A+Q is a creative platform offered by visual artist and art educator Damon Arhos
About Explore A+Q
My name is Damon Arhos, and I am an artist and educator who lives and works in the Washington DC-Baltimore area. My artworks present portraits of identity as they reflect both queer experiences and cultural dichotomies. I invite you to visit my About page to read my biography, artist statement, and curriculum vitae.
Explore A+Q evolved from my desire to offer, in association with my art practice, an online resource for art + queer culture. Over many months, I have collected, organized, and published links to various sources for LGBTQIA+ information. I also have created an infrastructure for presenting this content in an organized way. I consider Explore A+Q as art in and of itself. I intend for this project to live and grow alongside my more traditional artistic endeavors.
This collection includes content categories (such as Museums & Galleries) that specifically access contemporary art as it relates to queer culture. However, it also maintains sets of information (such as Advocacy) that align with the conceptual intent of artists who work or have worked in this genre. Undoubtedly, the framework for presentation of Explore A+Q will evolve and change as new suggestions emerge and more knowledge is published.
My most ambitious desire for this process: to support the needs, activities, and aspirations of those seeking to elevate art + queer culture with positivity and optimism. I hope you find Explore A+Q entirely useful as you explore the many critical issues the collection presents. I also invite you to share any feedback or links as we collectively advance QResources in support of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Disclaimers
Explore A+Q is an online project by Damon Arhos Studio LLC that collects links for art + queer culture. The information contained in Explore A+Q is for general information purposes only.
Damon Arhos Studio LLC assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in the contents of Explore A+Q. In no event shall it be liable for any special, direct, indirect, consequential, or incidental damages or any damages whatsoever, whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tort, arising out of or in connection with the use of Explore A+Q or its contents. We reserve the right to make additions, deletions, or modifications to the contents on Explore A+Q at any time without prior notice.
Damon Arhos Studio LLC does not warrant that Explore A+Q is free of viruses or other harmful components.
Explore A+Q contains links to external websites that are not provided or maintained by or in any way affiliated with Damon Arhos Studio LLC. Please note that we do not guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of any information on these external websites.
The information given by Explore A+Q is for general guidance on matters of interest only. Even if Damon Arhos Studio LLC takes every precaution to ensure that the content of Explore A+Q is both current and accurate, errors can occur. Plus, given the changing nature of laws, rules and regulations, there may be delays, omissions or inaccuracies in the information contained on Explore A+Q. Damon Arhos Studio LLC is not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of this information.
Damon Arhos Studio LLC may use copyrighted material which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. It is making such material available for criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research. It believes this constitutes a "fair use" of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the United States Copyright law. If you wish to use copyrighted material from Explore A+Q for your own purposes that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.
Explore A+Q may contain views and opinions which are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any other author, agency, organization, employer or company, including Damon Arhos Studio LLC. Comments published by users are their sole responsibility and the users will take full responsibility, liability and blame for any libel or litigation that results from something written in or as a direct result of something written in a comment. Damon Arhos Studio LLC is not liable for any comment published by users and reserves the right to delete any comment for any reason whatsoever.
The information on Explore A+Q is provided with the understanding that Damon Arhos Studio LLC is not herein engaged in rendering legal, accounting, tax, or other professional advice and services. As such, it should not be used as a substitute for consultation with professional accounting, tax, legal or other competent advisers. In no event shall Damon Arhos Studio LLC or its suppliers be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages whatsoever arising out of or in connection with your access or use or inability to access or use Explore A+Q.
All information in Explore A+Q is provided "as is" with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, timeliness or of the results obtained from the use of this information, and without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to warranties of performance, merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Damon Arhos Studio LLC will not be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information given by Explore A+Q or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
Applications are pending for Explore A+Q and Explore art + queer culture with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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