{"id":119790,"date":"2025-04-02T15:31:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T19:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=featured-work&#038;p=119790"},"modified":"2025-09-16T09:17:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T13:17:39","slug":"trans-gender-expansive-art-showcase-2025","status":"publish","type":"featured-work","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/featured-work\/trans-gender-expansive-art-showcase-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans &#038; Gender Expansive Art Showcase 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-background-dim\" style=\"background-image:url(\/cfa\/files\/2024\/07\/Trans-and-Gender-Expansive-Showcase-BUAI-.jpg)\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Trans &amp; Gender Expansive Art Showcase 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Presented by Boston University Arts Initiative in Spring 2025<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\"><strong>LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center, 808 Commonwealth Ave.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph is-style-dropcap-dimensional has-dropcap has-dropcap-color-quaternary\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p>The Trans &amp; Gender Expansive Art Showcase features creative works by trans &amp; gender expansive artists celebrating the creative imaginations and voices of trans and gender-expansive creatives. This inaugural showcase is made possible by BU Graduate student, Alex Bergson (They\/Them), the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/lgbtqia-student-center\/\">LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/bu-arts-initiative\/\">BU Arts Initiative<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-aside has-quaternary-background\">\n<h4 class=\"has-magenta-color has-text-color\">Exhibition Opportunities<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Learn more about opportunities like this for student art exhibitions with BU Office for the Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"wp-block-button wp-block-bu-button bu-blocks-block-button is-style-outline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/news\/bu-arts-initiative\/get-involved\/exhibition-performance-opportunities\/\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-magenta-color has-text-color has-text-align-center\">Virtual Showcase<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/balseiro-thewireonlygoessofar-alina-balseiro-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/balseiro-thewireonlygoessofar-alina-balseiro-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/balseiro-thewireonlygoessofar-alina-balseiro-424x636.jpg 424w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/balseiro-thewireonlygoessofar-alina-balseiro-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/balseiro-thewireonlygoessofar-alina-balseiro-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/balseiro-thewireonlygoessofar-alina-balseiro-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/balseiro-thewireonlygoessofar-alina-balseiro-667x1000.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/balseiro-thewireonlygoessofar-alina-balseiro.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Alina Balseiro<\/strong> (They\/Them)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>the wire only goes so far<\/em> <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">Archival Inkjet Print<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Alina Balseiro uses photography and sculpture to empower their collaborators in the lgbtqia+ community. as they explore the social codes and cues within this group, they depict the common experiences of Queer individuals. Alina interweaves concepts of vulnerability, identity affirmation, balance and care within relationships, and found communities in their work. Alina\u2019s delicacy when collaborating with friends and strangers shows their ability to create spaces that welcome authenticity of lgbtqia+ experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Often maneuvering between varying perspectives of viewers, Alina balances the shifting weight of representation, education, and normalization. Their photographs depict the ways that the lgbtqia+ community wants to be seen leave a multidimensional impression on those that access their work. As they continue making, they build deeper connections on a larger scale with Queer individuals seeking to share their narratives. Alina is committed to generating ethical making processes and maintaining the comfort of their collaborators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><em>the wire only goes so far<\/em> is for sale for $800 each. Contact the artist at <a href=\"mailto:alinabalseiroart@gmail.com\">alinabalseiroart@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/balseiro-norazorneeded-alina-balseiro-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119987\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/balseiro-norazorneeded-alina-balseiro-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/balseiro-norazorneeded-alina-balseiro-424x636.jpg 424w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/balseiro-norazorneeded-alina-balseiro-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/balseiro-norazorneeded-alina-balseiro-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/balseiro-norazorneeded-alina-balseiro-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/balseiro-norazorneeded-alina-balseiro-667x1000.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/balseiro-norazorneeded-alina-balseiro.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Alina Balseiro<\/strong> (They\/Them)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>no razor needed<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">Archival Inkjet Print<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Alina Balseiro uses photography and sculpture to empower their collaborators in the lgbtqia+ community. as they explore the social codes and cues within this group, they depict the common experiences of Queer individuals. Alina interweaves concepts of vulnerability, identity affirmation, balance and care within relationships, and found communities in their work. Alina\u2019s delicacy when collaborating with friends and strangers shows their ability to create spaces that welcome authenticity of lgbtqia+ experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Often maneuvering between varying perspectives of viewers, Alina balances the shifting weight of representation, education, and normalization. Their photographs depict the ways that the lgbtqia+ community wants to be seen leave a multidimensional impression on those that access their work. As they continue making, they build deeper connections on a larger scale with Queer individuals seeking to share their narratives. Alina is committed to generating ethical making processes and maintaining the comfort of their collaborators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><em>no razor needed<\/em> is for sale for $800 each. Contact the artist at <a href=\"mailto:alinabalseiroart@gmail.com\">alinabalseiroart@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/a_sweet_treat-cara-lew-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/a_sweet_treat-cara-lew-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/a_sweet_treat-cara-lew-636x477.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/a_sweet_treat-cara-lew-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/a_sweet_treat-cara-lew-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/a_sweet_treat-cara-lew-1333x1000.png 1333w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/a_sweet_treat-cara-lew-1600x1200.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/a_sweet_treat-cara-lew.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Cara Lew <\/strong>(She\/They)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>A Sweet Treat<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">Digital Illustration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">My work explores all the themes listed above by staying authentic to myself. I can find inspiration in my daily life, surround myself with people, and make connections with not only people but also places that I have connections with, as well as new ones. My art is not only to represent who I am but also to find people seeking joy, safety, and their voice.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><em>A Sweet Treat<\/em> is for sale ($30-$50). Contact the artist at <a href=\"mailto:theshybokchoy@gmail.com\">theshybokchoy@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Sharps_Original-Drew-S-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Sharps_Original-Drew-S-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Sharps_Original-Drew-S-477x636.jpg 477w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Sharps_Original-Drew-S-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Sharps_Original-Drew-S-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Sharps_Original-Drew-S-500x667.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Sharps_Original-Drew-S-1000x1334.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Sharps_Original-Drew-S-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Sharps_Original-Drew-S-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Drew Shechtman <\/strong>(They\/He)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Sharps<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">Copper, brass, enamel, cast bronze, resin, paint<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Drew is a multidisciplinary artist whose work centers around the human form, focusing on themes of disgust, abjection, and the grotesque. Their work exists in a space that honors the perverse and distorted, bridging the gap between attraction and repulsion, in order to investigate the body as an estranged entity. Drew\u2019s practice is also heavily informed by his queer and trans identity, reflecting his personal relationship to corporeal existence. These themes often manifest as an exploration of malleability and ambiguity, which in turn entangles the familiar and the unsettling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Not for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1F8VQY4V51hMpWLJijGa-KnNnAEzojBsR\/view?usp=sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"816\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Dragons-dream-Ziming-Yu-816x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Dragons-dream-Ziming-Yu-816x1024.png 816w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Dragons-dream-Ziming-Yu-507x636.png 507w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Dragons-dream-Ziming-Yu-768x963.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Dragons-dream-Ziming-Yu-797x1000.png 797w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Dragons-dream-Ziming-Yu.png 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 816px) 100vw, 816px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>ELAkidd (Jimmy Yu) <\/strong>(They\/Them)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1F8VQY4V51hMpWLJijGa-KnNnAEzojBsR\/view?usp=sharing\">Dragon\u2019s Dream<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">Comic\/Zine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Jimmy grew up in Shanghai. Ela grew up in North America. They\u2019re both Chinese. Home is nowhere and everywhere.\u201d My name is Jimmy and\/or Ela, and I am a bilingual queer artist who\u2019s interested in the intersectionality between being Chinese, being an immigrant, and being a queer person. I am currently a third-year student at the SMFA.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Two copies of Dragon\u2019s Dream are for sale at $12 each. You can purchase one at <a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/elakidd\">https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/elakidd<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"762\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Saskias-Guadalupe-Campos-762x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Saskias-Guadalupe-Campos-762x1024.jpeg 762w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Saskias-Guadalupe-Campos-473x636.jpeg 473w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Saskias-Guadalupe-Campos-768x1032.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Saskias-Guadalupe-Campos-1143x1536.jpeg 1143w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Saskias-Guadalupe-Campos-1525x2048.jpeg 1525w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Saskias-Guadalupe-Campos-744x1000.jpeg 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guadalupeicampos.com\/\"><strong>Guadalupe Campos<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>(They\/Them)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><em><em>Saskia\u2019s<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">Oil Paint on Wooden Panel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">not for sale<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Guadalupe Campos is a queer multidisciplinary visual artist from Chicago currently based in Boston. Campos predominantly works with drawing, hair as sculpture, and video. Their practice seeks to represent queer and trans experiences outside of the act of defining and identifying and instead through the community\u2019s relationships with one another. Through defining queerness and transness we bind this fluid community to the rules and judgments of heteronormativity and colonialism. Campos teaches visual arts and woodworking to youth through the Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"727\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/self-portrait-Melanie-Salvat-727x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/self-portrait-Melanie-Salvat-727x1024.jpg 727w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/self-portrait-Melanie-Salvat-452x636.jpg 452w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/self-portrait-Melanie-Salvat-768x1081.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/self-portrait-Melanie-Salvat-1091x1536.jpg 1091w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/self-portrait-Melanie-Salvat-710x1000.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/self-portrait-Melanie-Salvat.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Mel Salvat <\/strong>(They\/Them)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><em><em><em>the child<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">Watercolor on Paper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">not for sale<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">mel salvat is a trans, queer, first-gen latine artist, equipped with a BA in Biology with a specialization in Ecology &amp; Conservation from Boston University. Their work exclusively portrays LGBTQ+ people and incorporates pressed leaves and flower petals to promote ideas of queer ecology: in essence, nature is (and always has been) queer, and queerness is natural! Mel currently works for BU Libraries. Follow them on Instagram @melaniesalvat to see more of their art &amp; learn more about nature!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"658\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/ninety-four-degrees-in-miami-658x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119993\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/ninety-four-degrees-in-miami-658x1024.png 658w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/ninety-four-degrees-in-miami-409x636.png 409w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/ninety-four-degrees-in-miami-768x1194.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/ninety-four-degrees-in-miami-988x1536.png 988w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/ninety-four-degrees-in-miami-643x1000.png 643w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/ninety-four-degrees-in-miami.png 1286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Mel Salvat <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>(They\/Them)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><em><em><em>ninety-four degrees in miami<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">Poetry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">not for sale<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">mel salvat is a trans, queer, first-gen latine artist, equipped with a BA in Biology with a specialization in Ecology &amp; Conservation from Boston University. Their work exclusively portrays LGBTQ+ people and incorporates pressed leaves and flower petals to promote ideas of queer ecology: in essence, nature is (and always has been) queer, and queerness is natural! Mel currently works for BU Libraries. Follow them on Instagram @melaniesalvat to see more of their art &amp; learn more about nature!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"853\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Oracio\u0301n-Trapera-poem-1024x853.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Oracio\u0301n-Trapera-poem-1024x853.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Oracio\u0301n-Trapera-poem-636x530.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Oracio\u0301n-Trapera-poem-768x640.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Oracio\u0301n-Trapera-poem-1536x1280.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Oracio\u0301n-Trapera-poem-2048x1707.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Oracio\u0301n-Trapera-poem-600x500.png 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Oracio\u0301n-Trapera-poem-496x413.png 496w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Oracio\u0301n-Trapera-poem-750x624.png 750w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Oracio\u0301n-Trapera-poem-992x826.png 992w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Oracio\u0301n-Trapera-poem-1200x1000.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Oracio\u0301n-Trapera-poem-1500x1248.png 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>Ming Li (Ari) Wu <\/strong><\/strong>(He\/They)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><em><em><em><em>Oraci\u00f3n Trapera<\/em> | <em>Un Pasito Pa\u2019Tr\u00e1\u2019<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">Poetry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">not for sale<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Ming Li (or Ari) Wu is a queer Chinese-Puerto Rican poet, math teacher, and ethnic studies scholar from Huntsville, Alabama, by way of Reno, Nevada. Both their academic work and their poetry deal with themes such as queer and trans precarity, belonging, and futurity, especially in Latinx contexts. Ming Li is an alumnus of the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival, the National YoungArts Foundation, and TEDxUniversityofNevada. His poem \u201cMaric***\u201d was recently published in the Fall 2024 issue of \ud835\ude14\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude25\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude34: \ud835\ude27\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude2e\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude34\ud835\ude2e, \ud835\ude33\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude24\ud835\ude26, \ud835\ude35\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude34\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude34\ud835\ude2e from Smith College and Duke University Press. They attended Harvard College and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Ming Li currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts with his two partners and their cat. They enjoy playing Dungeons and Dragons, cooking noodle soups, tricking people into solving math problems, and playing guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Un-Pasito-Pa\u2019Tra\u0301\u2019-Poem-1024x663.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Un-Pasito-Pa\u2019Tra\u0301\u2019-Poem-1024x663.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Un-Pasito-Pa\u2019Tra\u0301\u2019-Poem-636x411.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Un-Pasito-Pa\u2019Tra\u0301\u2019-Poem-768x497.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Un-Pasito-Pa\u2019Tra\u0301\u2019-Poem-1536x994.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Un-Pasito-Pa\u2019Tra\u0301\u2019-Poem-1546x1000.png 1546w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Un-Pasito-Pa\u2019Tra\u0301\u2019-Poem.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>Ming Li (Ari) Wu <\/strong><\/strong>(He\/They)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><em><em><em><em>Un Pasito Pa\u2019Tr\u00e1\u2019<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">Poetry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">not for sale<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Ming Li (or Ari) Wu is a queer Chinese-Puerto Rican poet, math teacher, and ethnic studies scholar from Huntsville, Alabama, by way of Reno, Nevada. Both their academic work and their poetry deal with themes such as queer and trans precarity, belonging, and futurity, especially in Latinx contexts. Ming Li is an alumnus of the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival, the National YoungArts Foundation, and TEDxUniversityofNevada. His poem \u201cMaric***\u201d was recently published in the Fall 2024 issue of \ud835\ude14\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude25\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude34: \ud835\ude27\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude2e\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude34\ud835\ude2e, \ud835\ude33\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude24\ud835\ude26, \ud835\ude35\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude34\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude2a\ud835\ude34\ud835\ude2e from Smith College and Duke University Press. They attended Harvard College and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Ming Li currently resides in Boston, Massachusetts with his two partners and their cat. They enjoy playing Dungeons and Dragons, cooking noodle soups, tricking people into solving math problems, and playing guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"856\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Mouyuen-Existence-856x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Mouyuen-Existence-856x1024.png 856w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Mouyuen-Existence-532x636.png 532w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Mouyuen-Existence-768x919.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Mouyuen-Existence-836x1000.png 836w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Mouyuen-Existence.png 893w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong><strong>Mouyuen \u7121\u5143 <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>(They\/She)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><em><em><em><em><em>Existence<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">Perler Beads<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">not for sale<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Mouyuen (she\/they) is a Chinese-born, Boston-raised transfeminine agender multidisciplinary artist. Some of their art forms include poetry, typography and acoustic music. They use art as a medium to explore and reflect culture, gender, and community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Dandelion-P.-Christopher-Capp-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Dandelion-P.-Christopher-Capp-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Dandelion-P.-Christopher-Capp-477x636.png 477w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Dandelion-P.-Christopher-Capp-1152x1536.png 1152w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Dandelion-P.-Christopher-Capp-1536x2048.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Dandelion-P.-Christopher-Capp-500x667.png 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Dandelion-P.-Christopher-Capp-1000x1334.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Dandelion-P.-Christopher-Capp-750x1000.png 750w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Dandelion-P.-Christopher-Capp-600x800.png 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Dandelion-P.-Christopher-Capp.png 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong>P. Christopher Capp <\/strong><\/strong>(He\/They)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><em><em><em><em><em>Dandelion<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">Digital Illustration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">P. Christopher Capp is a cartoonist and illustrator currently pursuing an MFA in Visual Narrative at BU. He is deeply passionate about storytelling, with a strong focus on the importance of representing queer identities and the power of resilience. Art serves as a powerful medium for expressing our emotions, identities, and stories in countless beautiful ways and has the ability to unite communities, and as an artist, Capp is committed to fostering an environment where individuals can continue to grow, express themselves, and share their unique narratives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Prints of <em>Dandelion<\/em> are for sale at $20 each. Please contact the artist at <a href=\"mailto:capppeyt@bu.edu\">capppeyt@bu.edu<\/a> if you are interested in purchasing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/effervescence-Tia-Perkins-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-119999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/effervescence-Tia-Perkins-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/effervescence-Tia-Perkins-509x636.png 509w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/effervescence-Tia-Perkins-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/effervescence-Tia-Perkins-800x1000.png 800w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/effervescence-Tia-Perkins.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pchristophercapp?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\"><\/a><strong><strong>Tia Sky <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>(They\/Them)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><em><em><em><em><em><em>Effervescence<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">Photography<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Tia Sky (they\/them) is a queer, nonbinary, and neurodivergent artist whose work explores identity, joy, and the ways we carve out space for ourselves in a world that often tries to define us. Through storytelling and mixed media, they bring to life moments of connection, care, and resistance. Tia is also a senior studying Sociology and Community, Power, and Queer Futures at Boston University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Efferevescene is for sale ($5 for 4&#215;6 in prints). Contact @tiaxsky on instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"818\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Boy-Ride-Truck-Schachtman-818x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Boy-Ride-Truck-Schachtman-818x1024.jpeg 818w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Boy-Ride-Truck-Schachtman-508x636.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Boy-Ride-Truck-Schachtman-768x962.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Boy-Ride-Truck-Schachtman-1226x1536.jpeg 1226w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Boy-Ride-Truck-Schachtman-1635x2048.jpeg 1635w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Boy-Ride-Truck-Schachtman-799x1000.jpeg 799w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RawleyChavesArt\"><\/a><strong>Truck Schachtman <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>(They\/Them)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><em><em><em><em><em><em>Boy Ride<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">Oil Paint<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">I once had someone tell me there\u2019s an undeniable element of Americana in my work, to which I replied, \u201cOf course.\u201d How else am I supposed to create? This is the lens I have looked through since birth: the bleakness of the Kansas Flint Hills, the beauty in the derelict barbed wire wrapped fence posts, the green algae in the sewer runoff. I have been cobbled together by Americana, and in those stone gaps are where I draw inspiration: the liminality of personal transition, of bodies passing through time and space.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"596\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Smokin-Hot-Truck-Schachtman-596x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-120001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Smokin-Hot-Truck-Schachtman-596x1024.jpeg 596w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Smokin-Hot-Truck-Schachtman-370x636.jpeg 370w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Smokin-Hot-Truck-Schachtman-768x1321.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Smokin-Hot-Truck-Schachtman-893x1536.jpeg 893w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Smokin-Hot-Truck-Schachtman-1191x2048.jpeg 1191w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Smokin-Hot-Truck-Schachtman-582x1000.jpeg 582w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2025\/04\/Smokin-Hot-Truck-Schachtman.jpeg 1971w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RawleyChavesArt\"><\/a><strong>Truck Schachtman <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>(They\/Them)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><em><em><em><em><em><em>&nbsp;<em>Smokin\u2019 Hot!<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-default\">Oil Paint<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">I once had someone tell me there\u2019s an undeniable element of Americana in my work, to which I replied, \u201cOf course.\u201d How else am I supposed to create? This is the lens I have looked through since birth: the bleakness of the Kansas Flint Hills, the beauty in the derelict barbed wire wrapped fence posts, the green algae in the sewer runoff. I have been cobbled together by Americana, and in those stone gaps are where I draw inspiration: the liminality of personal transition, of bodies passing through time and space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-aside\">\n<h2>About BU Office for the Arts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">The Boston University Arts Office for the Arts ensures that the arts are fundamental to the student experience by developing and supporting university-wide programs to advance the role of the arts at BU through building community; supporting interdisciplinary arts teaching, learning, and research; and highlighting diverse artists and modes of artistry. 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