Everything is Special: A Celebration of Queer and Trans+ materials

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Joe Average, "Self Portrait," 1997 (photo courtesy of Legacy Maltwood Gallery)

Everything is Special: A Celebration of Queer and Trans+ materials

Dates: June 2, 2025 – January 11, 2026

Location: Legacy Maltwood Gallery | Mearns Centre for Learning – McPherson Library

What’s special about Queer and Trans+ artists’ books, zines, and multiples? Everything. From one-of-a-kind limited editions to unique historical items, the University of Victoria Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives and University Art Collections is not only home to the world’s largest collection of Trans+ archival materials, but also a range of printed matter, DIY creations, art, and ephemera representing Queer and Trans+ people and activism from a diversity of creators and communities.

As part of the inaugural Queer Island Festival of the Arts, it’s extra special for UVic Libraries and University Art Collections to be part of a larger conversation with other community partners and organizations, to show our colours and our Pride!

Curated by Michael Radmacher, Transgender Archives Metadata Librarian; Caroline Riedel, Interim Director, Legacy Art Galleries and University Art Collections; Lara Wilson Director, Special Collections & University Archivist and Christine Walde, Fine Arts Librarian, with Heather Dean, Associate Director of Special Collections.

Exhibition is open during regular library hours.