ON VIEW:
Nov 5 – Dec 11, 2025
William Way LGBT Community Center

GALLERY HOURS:
Mon – Thurs, 1-9 pm

OPENING RECEPTION:
Wed, Nov 5th, 6-8 pm
The William Way LGBT Community Center is thrilled to present our 20th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, on view beginning November 5 through December 11, 2025. The exhibit is the Center’s largest exhibition of the year, featuring the work of 46 emerging and established LGBTQ+ artists. After receiving over 100 submissions, WWCC has selected a total of 46 Philadelphia-area LGBTQ+ artists. This year, the Center is offering $1,200 in awards, and the top three prizes include a spot in a group exhibition in 2026, offering continued opportunities for recognition and engagement.


JUROR AWARDS:
Dave Tavacol, D'shon McCarthy, Jordan Artim

ART COMMITTEE AWARDS:
Bennett Cafarelli, Cassidy Arrington, Temple Douglass



About our Juror: Stamatina Gregory

Stamatina Gregory is Head Curator and Director of Exhibitions and Collections at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, where they work to advance discourse on queer and trans art and artists through exhibitions, programs, a fellowship program, and acquisitions. Since joining the Museum in 2020, Gregory has organized a yearlong performance series (Remote Intimacies, 2020-2021) and initiated the Interventions initiative, which invites artists and cultural producers to generate work in dialogue with the Museum's collection of over 25,000 objects: resulting exhibitions include Coyote Park: I Love You Like Mirrors Do (2022) and andrea geyer: a promise of lightning (2024). They have organized exhibitions for institutions including the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania, the ICA LA, the 55th Venice Biennale, and the Cooper Union, where they also served as the Associate Dean of the School of Art (2013-2017). They have taught art history, critical theory, writing, and curatorial practice at the University of Pennsylvania, New York University, Parsons/The New School, the School of Visual Arts, Purchase College, and Sotheby's Institute.


 
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Gallery 1

- Adam Anderson
- Arleen Olshan
- Basak Kilicbeyli
- Bennett Cafarelli
- Boi Boy
- Brian David Dennis
- Cassidy Arrington
- Chloe Luisa Piñero
- D'Shon McCarthy
- Daniela Pino del Pino
- Dave Tavacol
- De’von Downes


Gallery 2

- Eric Rega
- Fran McKitty
- Gene Underwood
- Howard Hussey
- Irina Varina
- Jerri Allyn
- John Y. Wind
- Jordan Artim
- Joseph Miceli
- Julia Haines DeFrancesco
- Kathy Guo
- Keith R. Breitfeller
Gallery 3

- KT Abadir-Mullally
- Lauren Kelly
- Lucia Garzón
- Magdalene R. Sanchez
- MC
- Meg Wolensky
- Michael Biello
- Mori Anderson Hitchcock
- Patricia Renee Thomas
- Patrick Crofton
- Rah Gerg


Gallery 4

- RL Martens
- Saif Almusawi
- Shaina Nasrin Nyman
- Shoshana Kuklin
- sāgar kāmath
- Tania Qurashi
- Temple Douglass
- Thomas Choinacky
- Thomas Sonnenberg
- Tiana McMillan
- Todd Stong
 
Artwork Sales:

For the first time, you can now purchase artwork directly on our website! This year's annual juried exhibition includes 46 Philadelphia-based LGBTQ+ artists working in a wide variety of styles, mediums, and subject matter... making it the perfect opportunity to start or grow your own art collection with any budget! 65% of each sale goes to the artist and 35% goes to the William Way LGBT Community Center to support our Arts & Culture programs.
The art exhibitions presented by the William Way LGBT Community Center throughout 2020-2022 were never intended to be viewed exclusively in an online format. However, with the closing of our physical building due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all art exhibitions scheduled for 2020-22 will be presented as online exhibitions.

Although never the same as experiencing artworks in the Community Center’s gallery, online art exhibitions provide a safe viewing alternative, promote the artist’s creativity, and provide an opportunity for interested viewers to purchase artworks.

Prices for works that are available for sale are listed within the captions for each artwork. 65% of each sale will go to the artist and 35% will go to the Community Center to support our arts & culture programs. If you would like to make a purchase please email John Anderies, who will make arrangements to take your credit card information over the phone and make artwork delivery arrangements.

Thank you so much for your continued support and patronage of Philadelphia’s LGBTQ+ artists and the Community Center’s arts & culture programs.

 

photos by M Slater

 
 
 
William Way LGBT Community Center
1315 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
P: 215-732-2220