Gallery5 invites art submissions for upcoming ‘Queer Joy’ exhibition

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- Richmond's Gallery5 arts center is now accepting submissions for the upcoming "Queer Joy" exhibtion.

The gallery will be accepting submissions through June 21 -- with the exhibition's opening scheduled for First Friday on Aug. 1.

"In a day and age as fraught as this one, Gallery5 wants to provide space with this exhibition to be bold, bright, brash, and beautiful; to celebrate queer identity, authenticity, and self-hood," Gallery5's website reads. "We want to welcome and accept queer individuals, because of the beauty, power, and generative energy that is the queer community in Richmond."

Instructions for how to submit artworks can be found on Gallery5's website.