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Save the dates - 1st Queercation Tattoo Conference

October 27, 20222 min read

Queercation Tattoo Conference 

An educational retreat for queer and ally tattooers

Queercation Tattoo Conference

Tattoo conferences have always been a great place to share knowledge, build community, and get inspired! For queer people, however, it can be a challenge to enter spaces or events that are free from harassment, stigma, hostile opinions, or unsolicited questions about ourselves. Therefore, we have created a committee of queer, diverse tattooers, and/or people in the industry, who are creating the first Queer and Ally Tattoo Conference, in order to provide affirming space in which to learn, share, create and foster community. Queercation is a tattooers’ conference which will offer seminars on art and tattooing practices by queer and ally tattooers. Seminars and panels will be provided by talented, professional industry people on topics such as history, health and safety standards, and issues such as colorism in tattooing. Additionally, there will be daily regional excursions and nightlife entertainment.   

The conference will take place at the Hotel Santa Fe, described as: 

“The only Native American-owned hotel in downtown Santa Fe, Hotel Santa Fe offers you a relaxed yet deeply reverent immersion into the art, architecture, music, and language of the Pueblo people. For more than 25 years, we’ve celebrated and shared the very best of our culture with visitors seeking experiences not found in guidebooks.” 

We are excited for our tattoo community to have an experience that includes ceremonies and education shared by local Pueblo people.

The Queercation Committee was created in part with some of the co-founders of the Queer Tattoo Alliance in San Fransisco/ Bay Area, CA, a group that strived to build the queer tattoo community via large, art events aimed at raising money for significant organizations. This Queer Tattoo Conference has been a longstanding dream of the Committee. The Queercation Committee aspires to continue this 2023 conference with a subsequent queer tattoo convention in the California Bay Area in 2024. Stay tuned! 

Tattoo artists, studios, supply companies, and apprentices are encouraged to participate. More information can be found at QueercationTattoo.com

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Queercation Tattoo Conference 

Tattoo conferences have always been a great place to share knowledge, build community, and get inspired! For queer people, however, it can be a challenge to enter spaces or events that are free from harassment, stigma, hostile opinions, or unsolicited questions about ourselves. Therefore, we have created a committee of queer, diverse tattooers, and/or people in the industry, who are creating the first Queer and Ally Tattoo Conference, in order to provide affirming space in which to learn, share, create and foster community. Queercation is a tattooers’ conference which will offer seminars on art and tattooing practices by queer and ally tattooers. Seminars and panels will be provided by talented, professional industry people on topics such as history, health and safety standards, and issues such as colorism in tattooing. Additionally, there will be regional excursions and nightlife entertainment.   

Seminars

Tattooing and art related education to help further your career, get inspired and have fun!

Discussion panels

Tattoo industry, health, queerness in tattooing, apprenticeships and more...

Community

A tattoo conference filled with queer and ally tattooers?! Ok I'm in

Entertainment

Nightly entertainment and group activities, did I mention Hotel Santa Fe has a pool and hot tub?

Seminars and panels by:

Tattooer

Toby Linwood

Tattooer

Joel Mejia

Tattooer

Haley Adams

Tattooer

Leslie Mah

Tattooer

Cedre Csillagi

Professor

Beverly Yuen-Thompson

Tattooer

Tann Parker

Tattooer

Who Tattoo

Pilates teacher & Wellness coach

Teresa Ellis

Hotel Santa Fe

1501 Paseo de Peralta

Santa Fe, NM 87501

Reserve your room today and use code QUEERCATION for discount

and access to evening hotel events

Call ONLY (855) 825-9876

  • The conference will take place at the Hotel Santa Fe and spa, described as: 

“The only Native American-owned hotel in downtown Santa Fe, Hotel Santa Fe offers you a relaxed yet deeply reverent immersion into the art, architecture, music, and language of the Pueblo people. For more than 25 years, we’ve celebrated and shared the very best of our culture with visitors seeking experiences not found in guidebooks.”

 

We are excited for our tattoo community to have an experience that includes

ceremonies and education shared by local Pueblo people.

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