The Drag Arts Oral History Project

The Drag Arts Oral History Project (produced by Communitas Arts & Culture, LLC) is a new multimedia, social impact project that fills a significant public knowledge gap around the actual lived experiences, views, needs and histories of drag artists and performers in the Greater Philadelphia region. As keepers of oft undocumented and suppressed queer histories and cultures, these artists are often unsung activists and creative heroes in the fight against racism, systemic violence and oppression of all kinds. The project will explore Drag as art form. In the age of “RuPaul's Drag Race”, drag performance has become a highly commoditized cultural artifact packaged for public consumption and corporate media profit. Through this project, we aim to get down to the roots of “drag”, return the storytelling power to its community of practitioners and explore it through an artistic and activist lens.