0-99 The Art of a Rainbow Life: Still Here, Still Becoming
an intergenerational exhibition celebrating queer life, resilience, transformation, memory, and becoming across generations.
Be a part of the journey..
The Couch Project is an intimate intergenerational storytelling and conversation series inviting LGBTQIA+ community members of all ages to gather over tea and share lived experiences, memories, wisdom, questions, grief, joy, survival, identity, and hope.
Centered around a couch installation within the exhibition space, the project creates a welcoming environment where generations can connect through honest dialogue and active listening. Youth, elders, and everyone in between are invited to sit together, exchange stories, and reflect on what it means to grow, survive, love, and continue becoming within queer life.
The couch becomes more than furniture it becomes:
A living archive
A place of witnessing
A chosen family living room
A soft space for truth-telling and healing
A bridge between generations
Tea is offered as a grounding ritual of care, comfort, slowness, and hospitality.
Contact: Shannon Fortner - Shannon.fortner@fabaf.org
Join us! Two exhibitions to explore our LGBTQIA+ stories
Sarasota Arts MuseumAugust 8, 2026 Opening Reception 3-5pm
1001 S Tamiami Trail Sarasota, Florida 34236925 Maddox Gallery Studios + CenterAugust 22, 2026 Opening Reception 6-10pm
925 North Lime Ave Sarasota, Fl 342370–99 The Art of a Rainbow Life: Still Here, Still Becoming
The Fabulous Arts Foundation invites artists of all ages to submit work for 0–99 The Art of a Rainbow Life: Still Here, Still Becoming, an intergenerational exhibition celebrating queer life, resilience, transformation, memory, and becoming across generations.
This exhibition honors the beauty, complexity, and evolution of LGBTQIA+ lives from youth to elderhood. Through visual art, sound, movement, storytelling, installation, and experimental practices, “0–99” creates space for generations to connect through shared histories, chosen family, healing, survival, joy, and imagination.
We are seeking works that explore:
Queer identity across generations
Aging within LGBTQIA+ communities
Youth expression and discovery
Chosen family and lineage
Memory, grief, healing, and resilience
Transformation and self-realization
Legacy and futurity
The ongoing process of becoming
This exhibition centers the truth that queer and trans life does not exist in a single moment we are continuously growing, surviving, dreaming, and redefining ourselves.
We Welcome Submissions From:
LGBTQIA+ artists of all ages
Emerging and established artists
Youth and elder creators
Collaborative intergenerational works
Allies creating alongside queer community members
Accepted Mediums:
Painting
Photography
Fiber art
Sculpture
Installation
Video and sound
Performance
Poetry
Mixed media and experimental work
Call to artists:
Community Partners: