With Liz Williams of Southern Equality Studios
Free Registration via Southern Equality Studios
Southern Equality Studios is a program that explores how the arts can be a catalyst and force in achieving lived and legal LGBTQ equality across the South. In this multigenerational workshop, participants will create collage postcards imbued with messages of joy, and will also learn how to create a stop-motion video as part of the creative process.
Registration for this event is available through Southern Equality Studios. The workshop is part of the “Queer Artist Field Trip” series, an extension of the Queer Artist Meetup initiative. This event is presented in conjunction with Black Mountain COLL(A)GE (May 29 – September 5, 2026), an exhibition exploring medium, method, and memory.
ELEMENTS of BMC Series
ELEMENTS OF BMC is a workshop series that explores the fundamental parts of creative practice at Black Mountain College, highlighting a range of artistic mediums and techniques. The series investigates the role of these elements in shaping the college’s legacy and lasting influence on contemporary art.
About Liz Williams:
Located in Asheville, NC, Liz Williams has worked as a visual artist for 10 years exploring the line between the real and fantastic elements of life in the South in a variety of media including photography and illustration. Her work ranges from t-shirt designs calling for the dismantling of anti-LGBTQ legislation for Equality NC to portraits of nationally acclaimed musicians to animations of family cats. She is the program manager for the Campaign for Southern Equality’s Southern Equality Studios, a project that explores how the arts can be a catalyst and force in achieving lived and legal LGBTQ equality across the South. Liz’s work has had the honor of exhibiting at numerous art spaces including the Asheville Art Museum, Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center, Atlanta Contemporary, and the African American Atelier. Their contributions to art and activism have been recognized by the Tzedek Impact Award, the Center for Craft’s Craft Futures Fund, and Click! Photography Festival.