Wild Waysides: Queer Ecology and the New Natural

Still from Queer Unsynchronized Swim by James Fowler, 2025

Wild Waysides: Queer Ecology and the New Natural
Exhibition + Symposium

Presented by the Throbbing Rose Collective in partnership with the Nipissing Regional Curatorial Collective

Curated by James Fowler and Pearl Van Geest

Exhibition: August 6 – 16, 2025
Opening Reception: Thursday, August 7, 5 – 9pm
Symposium: August 8 – 10, 2025
The Red Head Gallery, 401 Richmond St. W, Suite 115, Toronto, ON
Free | Fully Accessible

Supported by the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.

What does it mean to be natural—and who belongs in the landscape?

Wild Waysides brings together 2SLGBTQ+ artists and researchers exploring the radical intersections of queerness, ecology, and creative practice. Curated by Pearl Van Geest and James Fowler, the exhibition features multisensory installations, performance documentation, field recordings, and visual works that challenge dominant ideas of nature, disrupt binaries, and amplify alternative ways of knowing.

Developed through the 2024 Queer Up North artist residency in Temagami, Northern Ontario, the exhibition includes work by:

Francisco Alvarez, Schem Rogerson Bader, Jackson Bailey, Kristy Boyce, Terry Dame, James Fowler, David Frazier, Atlas Gifford, Charlie Hunter, Lou Losier, John Rubino, Walt Segers, Cai Sepulis, Christian Bernard Singer, Pearl Van Geest, and Mike Wyeld.

The Red Head Gallery

Accessibility Information

The Red Head Gallery

Accessible

The Red Head Gallery was established in 1990 and is Toronto’s most enduring collectively run art gallery. It has stood the test of time as an exhibition space as well as a collective where critically engaged, highly productive artists enjoy curatorial control over the presentation of their work. Over the past two decades more than 100 artists have been part of The Red Head Gallery and have produced over 200 exhibitions.

There are two accessible entrances to 401 Richmond. At the northwest corner of the building, a ramp leads upward from the sidewalk to an automatic entrance onto the building’s main floor that measures 34″ wide, and with a lip that measures 1″ high. The other entrance at the northeast corner is less evident but equally, if not more, accessible. The automatic door measures 34″ wide and inside has a gradual ramp downwards which leads towards the elevators.

Methodology

Self-Survey

Date

Dec 2017

Entrance & Building Exterior

Entrance
Street Level	Yes
Street Level without Steps	Yes
Street Level with Steps	No
Door
Width of doorway	80"
Automatic Door Opener	No
Vestibule
Vestibule at Entrance	No

Restrooms

Accessible Washroom
Single Occupancy Accessible Washroom	No
Wheelchair Accessible Stall
Wheelchair Accessible Stall in a Washroom	Yes
Washroom Door width	"
Washroom Automatic Door Opener	"
Grab Bars Beside and Behind the Toilet	No
Obstructions Under the Sink	No
Measurement from the Bottom of the Sink to the Floor	"