PREORDER WINDOW HAS NOW CLOSED!!! Any Extras will be made available following March 1st’s opening, stay tuned to social media or check back later on becuase the order window will indeed open back up!

Oddities Prints is honored to create two limited edition prints in collaboration for the official launch of {B/qKC}: Kansas City's official Black queer digital archive. Based on the inaugural collections donated to {B/qKC} by local Black queer elders Gary Carrington, Tisha Taylor and Starla Carr, these prints tell the story of pivotal moments in Kansas City's Black queer history from the 1990's.

This project is founded by Nasir Anthony Montalvo, co-produced with Zach Frazier and hosted on The Kansas City Defender. More information about {B/qKC} here.

AVAILABLE PRINTS: (currently in pre-order phase, final prints will be available by March 1st. )

KC'S FIRST BLACK GAY PRIDE: Risograph Print

Our Risograph print repurposes the original graphics and motto from Kansas City's first Black Gay Pride in 1999, founded in part by local legendary Black drag queen, Tisha Taylor (and dually whose collection is credited on the print).

RISOGRAPH PRINTING is a unique method of art-printing, using non-archival soy-based inks to produce organic spot-color results. Each print is made with 11”x14” paper by the French Paper Co

{B/qKC}/SOAKIE'S: Bandana

Our bandana, on the other hand, uses various visual motifs to tell the story of Soakie's: a sandwich shop in Downtown Kansas City that, through an unlikely partnership between the Italian mob and two Black gay men, would become a booming Black gay nightclub from 1993 - 2004. The four epithets ("Lord," "Lady," "Duke" and "Duchess") reference the once-famous Black pageant competitions held at the bar; while the step-and-repeat, "sandwich-wrapper"-esque background treatment, dartboard and more reference what once made this safe space so great.

*Bandanas are silkscreen printed on 21” x 21” USA Made cotton. We’ve used waterbased inks for a super soft feel. Artwork is influenced by the orignal aesthetic of Soakie’s itself

These prints' designs are directly informed by new research conducted by {B/qKC} founder, Nasir Anthony Montalvo, and co-producer Zach Frazier. 

SHIPPING & PICKUP INFORMATION:
Choose “shipping” at checkout for our standard flat-rate shipping, select “In-Store Pickup” to pickup at Oddities Prints or to pick them up directly at {B/qKC}'s official Launch Party on March 1st, 2024 (must be a ticketholder; tickets not included). More info about the party at bqkc2.eventbrite.com.

You will receive a separate emailed notice once your order is printed and ready to pickup / ship. In-store pickups will be available before & after the party at Oddities Prints, M-Th. You’ll receive information regarding available pickup days and times once your order is packed.

On March 1st, 2024, Montalvo, Frazier and host-site The Kansas City Defender are hosting a Launch Party for the archive––which has already sold-out at the time of this writing. The Launch Party will facilitate as a nexus point in Kansas City history: displaying select materials from {B/qKC} in a curated exhibit display, thanking and compensating the inaugural archive donors in front of a public audience and, overall, acting as a safe space for attendees. 

Money raised from these prints will go towards continued building of this new archive. For any questions, please contact Nasir Anthony Montalvo at nasir@kansascitydefender.com.