Gender

Hannah Krafcik explores the gender nonconforming and trans experience in a series of essays. This series is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and Oregon Heritage.

Look for an exhibit based on Hannah’s series in 2024 at Friendly House, thanks to a grant from the Regional Arts & Culture Council.

Carolyn Stuart: Making Contact

For this dance teacher and Contact Improvisation devotee, gender and movement are fluid: “We are in constant motion—that’s life. We’re constantly evolving. We are the transition.”

Bloom where you are planted

December 7, 2023Hannah Krafcik

Community organizer Nik Portela embraced The Dalles as their home, tipping the rural town's local culture toward more LGBTQIA2S+ acceptance.

Despite expectations, age is only a number

November 9, 2023Hannah Krafcik

Hannah Krafcik speaks with three gender-nonconforming folks about how it is possible to feel thousands upon thousands of years old and very young all at once.

The many facets of Daphne

October 26, 2023Hannah Krafcik

In the latest installment in the 'Gender Deconstruction' series, Hannah Krafcik talks with Oregon Coast resident Daphne Sprinkle about transfeminine identity and community embrace.

‘The most interesting story wins’

June 23, 2023Hannah Krafcik

Portland Center Stage Actor Treasure Lunan and Associate Artistic Director Chip Miller discuss gender in theater.

Gaming Euphoria

May 25, 2023Hannah Krafcik

In the latest installment of ArtsWatch's Gender Deconstruction series, game designer and self-described "science communicator" Olive Marion Gabriel Joseph Wick Perry talks passion projects, day jobs, and making it all work.

Embracing affirmation and eschewing adultism in family life

May 5, 2023Hannah Krafcik

A nonbinary child and their parent discuss identity formation, harmful stereotypes, and trans joy.

Gender deconstruction in the trades: Subverting the status quo

April 19, 2023Hannah Krafcik

Landscape designer Crow Lauren and metalworker Carson Terry discuss their trades.

Lawren/ce Oliver iii: Disrupting gendered categories

March 13, 2023Hannah Krafcik

The first artist profiled in ArtsWatch's new Gender Deconstruction series reminds us that things are never as they seem.

Gender Deconstruction: Transcending the checkbox

March 9, 2023Hannah Krafcik

Hannah Krafcik kicks off a new series of essays for ArtsWatch about gender nonconforming and trans experience.