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June 2016
Queer Feelings
Adrien Leavitt’s “Queer Feelings” is a photographic exploration of queerness and our intimate, complex relationship with our bodies, both physically and emotionally. It is an exploration of vulnerability, blurring the space between private and public, possessing a new reality where our desire, mutability, and openness are able to gaze back at us. This exhibition is the first showing of the project and includes unreleased work. Join us during the second annual Queer Art Walk for a photographic exploration of Queer…
Find out more »November 2016
SLOW BURN (a durational drag performance)
Arson Nicki, in collaboration with The Factory, presents: SLOW BURN (a durational drag performance) conceived, created by, and featuring Arson Nicki Saturday, November 5th, 2016 @ The Factory (1216 10th Ave) 3-10pm $10-20, cash only All ages, 21+ bar w/ ID SHORT SUMMARY: SLOW BURN is an exploration of the very limits of traditional drag lip sync. SLOW BURN is seven uninterrupted hours of performance. SLOW BURN is an installation in an art gallery. SLOW BURN is a solo costume…
Find out more »August 2017
Glory Holes, Circle Jerks and Happy Endings
Queer Seattle artist Clyde Petersen presents a new series of work at the Factory for August 2017. Protest posters, manifestos, Seeking ads, still life drawings, large scale comics and the occasional Glory Hole. Bring Money.
Find out more »March 2018
The Factory presents: COUCH
What kind of stories could a couch tell? Find out when twelve writers, musicians, dancers, and performers present new works inspired by this everyday object. Strangers in a waiting room, a wallflower deciphering cocktail party conversations and the quest for a lost quarter are only a few of the offerings in COUCH. The premise is simple. The outcome is supreme. Featuring: Betty Wetter, Charles Mudede, Christi Cruz, Christopher Frizzelle, Rachel Kessler, Emmett Montgomery, Matt Bishop, My Future Self, Rebecca Brown,…
Find out more »March 2019
PRIDE OR DIE | Healing Art Show
WHAT ARE YOU PROUD OF? Hate is on the rise. Attacks by groups like the Proud Boys have increased 17%. We must come together as a community. Join us for a community art show made up of all the queer icons, entities, and moments that make us proud to be queer. HOW: message us a photo of someone who makes you proud to be queer + tell us why in 200 words or less
Find out more »June 2019
Cherdonna’s Hard Ca$h Cabaret
Cherdonna's Hard Ca$h Cabaret Doors at 7pm Show at 8pm at The Factory General Admission $50.00 $54.09 with fees Buy Tickets VIP - includes a drink ticket, snacks & a Cherdonna gift! $100.00 $107.19 with fees Buy Tickets Cherdonna's Hard Cash Cabaret It's a fundraiser!!!! All money raised will support Cherdonna and DONNA as they move into their second season. Performances by Cherdonna! DONNA! Queen Shmooquan! Buttrock Suites! Christopher Frizzelle! and other special guests. Enjoy titillating conversation, circusy snacks, yummy drinks, a GRAND PRIZE…
Find out more »Queer Art Shows @ The Factory
Through the LooQing Glass is an overabundance of queer artists' perspectives on queer bodies. A gallery filled floor-to-ceiling with portraitures of the self or others, each piece alone, but together a community. Featuring stained-glass odalisques, steel and rubber genitalia, elegant watercolor nudes, illustrated transmasculine erotica, and mustachioed Madonnas. Featuring: Matthew-Mary Caruchet Mischa Ally Mahogany LaPiranha Bird Lindsay Dev McCauley OctoEyes James Prost Grego Rachko Darby Rages Panic Volkushka Timothy White Eagle and Adrain Chesser Curated by Matthew-Mary Caruchet. Sponsored by…
Find out more »Thot Bubble Magayzine : Release Party!
We made a magayzine! Come look at it! Cum buy it!! Cheers and indulge in gay merriment with some of your fav queerdos, lovelies, and thot messes. ♥ Magazine only $10, high Pride queerness FREE! And as a not-for-profit endeavor, any funds that pass the point of us breaking even will be donated to Planned Parenthood. The Factory, June 22nd 7pm-10pm (^With the Factory's Gayllery Art as well!) The zine is a hot, glittery explosion of queer history, contemporary community,…
Find out more »February 2020
Big Little Cry @ The Factory
The Factory Presents: Big Little Cry An art show and performance night. A show about loneliness & love lost, break ups & break downs, gloominess & grieving, sadness & sobbing. Artwork by: Lamb DK Pan Chelsie Kirkey Timothy Rysdyke Amanda Manitach & Sarah Paul Ocampo Hourly performances by: MistyDawn Forester Sarah Paul Ocampo Matt Bishop Kaylee Cole & MANiCA. ~~~~~~~~ Did you know that humans may have evolved emotional tears, the sad-crying-face tears from heartbreak and solitude, as a means…
Find out more »September 2021
Glory Hole: Bush – a drag / art show
The Factory presents: Glory Hole: Bush a drag / art show A space for exploration in drag, performance art, outdoor inclinations and other faggotry. This time, we got a green thumb. with pieces by: One Stasia Coup Miss Texas 1988 Angel Baby Killkilllkill Bitch Hazel This will be The Factory's last show a their iconic 10th Avenue location, so let's make it count! For our attendees and performers safety, vaccination cards will be checked at entry and masks will be…
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