Wild Waysides: Queer Ecology and the New Natural

February 6 - March 1, 2026
Curated by Kristy Boyce

Opening Reception:
Friday, February 6
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Free // All Welcome

RIT City Art Space
30 Adventure Place
Downtown Rochester, NY

Wild Waysides: Queer Ecology and the New Natural is a multidisciplinary exhibition exploring how queer thinking reshapes our understanding of nature and belonging. Originally curated by Pearl Van Geest and James Fowler, the project has toured across Canada, presenting works that challenge conventional ideas of landscape, identity, and the natural world.

For its next presentation — curated by Kristy Boyce — Wild Waysides comes to the RIT City Art Space, where selections from the original exhibition will be shown alongside new contributions from artists in the LGBTQIA+ community. The aim is to create a conversation between existing works and those responding directly to this context — to think about how queer relationships to land, place, and more-than-human worlds can be expressed in new ways.

Featuring: Francisco Alvarez, Schem Rogerson Bader, Emily Baker, Hartley Bauer, Dillon Bryant, Louis Chavez, Kit Foster, James Fowler, Audrey Fuller, Massimo Greco & Silas Sims, Dante Hansen, Charlie Hunter & Mike Wyeld, Sarah Hunter, Katthew Kennaz, Lou Losier, Jack Manning, Jonathan Mills, Remington Potter, David Rose, John Anthony Rubino, Evie Johnny Ruddy, Walter Segers, Cai Sepulis, Christian Bernard Singer, Josh Thorson, Pearl Van Geest, Caroline Williams, Jason Wu, Keely Wu,  and Jackie Zysk