For this weeks #GenreCrushWednesday we are shouting out the amazing artist Stefania Morgante. Her work is so innovative and exciting to view. show her Instagram some love. Follow her here: Don’t forget to visit theContinue reading
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Feelings.
a poem by Jonathan Bright, Jr I could feel it changemy pocketsbroke a dollarand became a bit thinnerI could feel it…it was hollowin the middleand there wasn’t enoughit reminded meof that timewhen I had nothingContinue reading
Calling All Queers of Color Variants & Shades
Calling all QueerPOC Creatives! Genre: Urban Arts seeks to give you a space to be vocal with your artistic medium, wherever it falls on the spectrum. Our goal is to highlight voices of the LGBTQ+Continue reading
Mistaken Wisdom
a poem byCaroline Fleurette Endless nights spent sitting on my mother’s lap A tug of war of ideologies As she straightens my perspective One must be presentable for every situation She mused Yet, the nextContinue reading
My True Colors Festival
My True Colors Festival in association with Harlem 2020 present Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami. This electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of mega-icon Grace Jones contrasts musical sequences with intimate personal footage.Continue reading
naive secrets
Poetry Lonnie Monka snow-soiled feet trailed between alcohol & drugs incubating that suburban winter-break assembly of conversations forgotten upon being spoken with golden strands fanning those shoulders her untouchable frame stirred as the last oneContinue reading
Genre: Urban Arts at Milwaukee Fringe Fest
Genre: Urban Arts will be a vendor at the Milwaukee Fringe Festival on August 25th & 26th. Come to pay us a visit! We are working on a portraiture project that will be on exhibitionContinue reading
We are Coming for Our Language
a poem by Shirley Jones In the history of words suffragettes fighting for rights badges of honor queer an insult to some but a fortune to others who wish to tell it slant &Continue reading
The Billy Conahan Experience Live video at Bowery Poetry Club
If you’re looking to quail your creative fix, here is video from our partners over at Bowery Poetry. If you are in the NYC area, stop over and visit this classy venue. The drinks areContinue reading
Inside Out
It took a lot to get me here I suffered the reign of you For many years You broke me down Opened me up Dissected my soul And still couldn’t find A way to loveContinue reading
Confessions of a Pendeja: Breaking Habits of Petty.
Have you ever had such a mischievous thought that can fuck someone’s life up? Yeah, me neither…….SIKE! Maaaaaaaan, it can be so hard sometimes to have that type of power over someone and chooseContinue reading
To an old friend.
I wrote your name on an empty page and suddenly it seemed full. Our memories fill in the blank spaces when my words aren’t enough. They never are. Yet you hold onto them the wayContinue reading
beti
Maa makes a salan for each son because they like different things but the beti needs to learn to make her own food kyun ki uski age pe shaadi aur bachey hotey hain larka jaan per be jaiy, jaiseContinue reading
A dance in the dark
Now I find myself dancing to the frantic beat of my heart at the threshold of judgment desperate for a figment of something positive, warm but realise that I’m shackled by cynical negations, galore. HereContinue reading