Dahlia Kash and Destiny Smokez (D&D Productions) will be producing the third annual MX Suede. King titles are just as important and big as Queen titles in the Black diaspora. This title is considered a “home title” or city title recognized wherever anyone in the community is aware of the crown. Larger regional and even national competitions take place every year. around the world.

Belinda Rose is a performance artist who specializes in dance, object and body manipulation. She has performed in the air and on the ground with A-WOL, Pendulum, and The Circus Project. In 2014, Belinda was a resident artist for the Sky Club Aerial Show and Circus Church. Belinda has been a part of diverse and damn good shows all along the West Coast, and toured with the locally famous duo, GAEA. In 2019, Belinda was commissioned as a dancer and…

Nick Labonte creates custom regalia artwork using traditional methods of beadwork, carving, and sewing.  In 2008 Nick moved to the Grand Ronde area where he became involved with Canoe Family and started attending cultural events.  Eventually accepting a position at the Chachalu Museum he built his historical knowledge and discovered his passion for artwork and its connection to his culture. Nick creates regalia pieces as well as other art forms for his son, so that he can have an awareness…

Celebrated artist a.c. ramírez de arellaño’s work focuses on gender, and Indigenous issues. They take inspiration from ancestral stories and the experience of living in the Pacific Northwest for almost 30 years. Creating large pieces of art, working with leather, oil on canvass, and mask making, their work tells a story of overcoming barriers, and the impact of colonialism at the intersection of their disabled, Indigenous, and queer communities. Like many Indigenous peoples who push back against erasure and are…

Over the past 13 years, Cuream has dedicated their body to the performing and circus arts realm. Whether they are tumbling, dancing, spinning, or cheering, they find that they are at their happiest and best self when creating. Their artistic outlook is a byproduct of the different disciplines they studied and people they met along the way. As a former cheerleader, they used acrobatics skills to entertain and make people smile. This supportive community built the foundation needed to thrive…

Carol Gates is a multi-faceted artist, DJ, and performer. Marla Darling is a vehicle to overcome trauma, invoke healing, and to be a mentor in a community of those who struggle to find identity and purpose within themselves.  Marla Darling is Portland’s Punk Rock Tia.

Xinnia is a genderfluid, African, drag performer, dancer, and make up artist, originally born in Kenya of the Luo ethnic group. They have experience with many art mediums, but center dance, acting, and non-binary gender performance through their drag persona, Ogre. They explore multiple expressions of gender to create complete drag sets with narratives that are often focused through a lens of queer Afro-indigenous identity. Though currently in the Bay — performing through virtual platforms — the past three years…

Cloud Stokely is a Black queer hip-hop artist whose influences can be found in the dazzling glam rock and synth of the 80’s as well as the energy and lyricism of 90’s hip hop and R&B. Their major musical influences are varied, ranging from genius rappers – Outkast, Childish Gambino, and Noname, to name a few – to artists with heartbreakingly beautiful voices and eclectic expressions of passion and joy like Solange, Josephine Baker, and Prince. In addition to music,…