Queercation Tattoo Conference
An educational retreat for queer and ally tattooers
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 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!
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.