In the beginning, everything was trans. In the beginning, everything was queer. The fifth iteration of Emily Lucid’s curatorial series EDEN- founded and curated by Lucid and guest co-curated by Matthew Brannon, will feature a group of artists working across disciplines. Thematically the work exhibited will branch around notions of intersections of transness, queerness, the divine and the organic. EDEN is a collaborative benefit for The Trans Latin@ Coalition, an organization dedicated to advocating for and directly supporting transgender people of color as well the trans community at large. Through imagining the start, one delineates their vision for the future. In a moment of shutting down, boarding up, locking doors, delusional nostalgia, and conservatism, In a cultural moment of facing the end of transness and queerness as we know it; EDEN is a meditation on potential beginnings. EDEN blooms with the delicate rage of the flowers .with art by E-D-E-N• E-D-E-N› E-D-E-N › E-D-E-N B. ANELE, ASSUME VIVID ASTRO FOCUS W. HONEY DIJON, RON ATHEY, LOVE BAILEY, BECK+COL, JONATHAN BERGER, MATTHEW BRANNON, GWYNETH BULAWSKY, JESSE CLARK, EARTHEN CLAY AND EM ROONEY, OSCAR CORONA, MARCEL CASTELLANO, VAGINAL DAVIS, NAT DECKER, PATRICK JAMES DONOVAN, RUBEN ESPARZA, MICHAEL ESPINOZA, LUKA FISHER, WESLEIGH GATES, PAIGE GRECO, MAS GUERRERO, GORDON HALL, MADDY INEZ, HUNTREZZ JANOS, LARRY JOHNSON, WILLIAM E. JONES, HEDI EL KHOLTI, YOUNG JOON KWAK, VAUGHAN LARSEN, LIZ LEE, EMILY LUCID, DIEGO LUCIANO MACIAS, JOE MAMA-NITZBERG, MATTHIUS, PACO MAY, EDUA MERCEDES, MARCEL HUMBERTO MONROY, OAT MONTIEN, RB (POODLE) MORAN, MZ NEON, NIKKI OCHOA, SUNG HWAN PARK, PAU S. PESCADOR, CECE RECIO, KYLE PATRICK ROBERTS, JAKLIN ROMINE, FRANCIS RUYTER, FORREST SCHERER, MIN JI SON, EMJI ST. SPERO, KAYLA TANGE, THANOS VALENTINE, SAMIE VEELER, DORIAN WOOD, DAGGER WOUND, JASON YATES, DEMIAN DINEYAZHI, RUBY ZARSKY LAST PROJECTS, 206 and AVE. 20 E-D-E-N • E-D-E-N• E-D-E-N› E-D-E-N > B Performance Program Friday June 20th 7 p.m. B. Anele Oscar Corona Emily Lucid & Wesleigh Gates Kyle Patrick Roberts Emji Saint Spero Edua Mercedes Saturday June 23st 7 p.m. Scarlett Letters Donna Puttana Thanos Valentine Vaughan Larsen Sunday June 23rd 1:30 p.m. Artist talk moderated by Emily Lucid Benefits the TransLatin@ COALITION IN THE USA