The “Kaleidoscope Queer Visions” art initiative will take place from May 6 to May 11 at the Boston Figurative Art Center in Somerville

The upcoming queer community art initiative, Kaleidoscope: Queer Visions, sponsored by the Mass Cultural Council, Somerville Local Cultural Commission, and the Boston Figurative Art Center, will take place from May 6 to May 11 at the Boston Figurative Art Center, 285 Washington St., Somerville.

Kaleidoscope is focused on asking and answering the questions, what does a queer, liberated, collective future look like? What does a queer timeline feel like? What are the moments you have missed as a queer person, that you would like to give yourself a version of?

For those who have come into their queerness later in life, or perhaps those who are not yet, or may never be ready, to come out at all, there is a particular kind of grief to carry. Kaleidoscope: Queer Visions honors that grief, and presents a space to catalyze it into something new.

Kaleidoscope extends an invitation to the members of the queer, creative community to set their imaginations free and imagine what they wish might have been, and in turn, create what might be.

The target audience for this is anyone who identifies with the queer and LGBTQIA+ community, across generations and cultures, with a focus on highlighting the experiences of QTBIPOC people. All allies are welcome + encouraged to dream as well.

The gallery will be open from Monday, May 6, through Saturday, May 11, 11:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. each day. A lot of amazing programming is planned for that week. All events are free and open to the public.