For actor, singer, dancer, and director Mils “M.J.” James, returning to Pittsburgh isn’t just a homecoming, it’s a mission. Born and raised in the city, M.J. built a global artistic career based in New York, performing with legends and lifting ...
Lilly Kubit’s world is one of vivid color, found objects, layered meanings, and love. A self-described multidisciplinary artist with roots in Mt. Lebanon, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Kubit creates with intention, humor, and a punky sense of care. Her artistic ...
In a small but vibrant tattoo studio tucked into Pittsburgh’s creative core, Jess Scutella (they/them) is reimagining what it means to wear your identity on your skin. A tattoo artist, multidisciplinary creator, and proud member of the queer community, Jess ...
Ben Schonberger (he/him) is a Pittsburgh-based visual artist whose work in lens and print-based media traverses the deeply personal, the historically charged, and the unflinchingly queer. A senior lecturer at Point Park University and a long-standing figure in Pittsburgh’s creative ...
Phat Man Dee has been an instrumental force in Pittsburgh’s music and queer communities for decades. As a jazz vocalist, songwriter, educator, and creative director of Phat Man Dee Productions, they bring a unique blend of activism and artistry to ...
Huny (she/her or they/them) is many things: a DJ, a photographer, a curator of community, and a tender but fierce advocate for Black queer life. For over a decade, she’s called Pittsburgh home, a place she arrived at by way ...