Drag Laureate Pickle (2023-2026)

On June 26, 2023, the City of West Hollywood's City Council selected Pickle to serve as the City's Inaugural Drag Laureate. Pickle is a live-singing, powerhouse host, entertainer, storyteller, and community activist. She values education, community, and humor. She has been performing in drag professionally for eight years and has collaborated with many people and organizations to bring drag into people's lives. A Los Angeles native, she received her BA in Liberal Arts from Sarah Lawrence College. Pickle has focused on blending education initiatives into her drag work and runs the LA Chapter of Drag Story Hour. 

She has partnered with many organizations to present unique and dynamic drag programming, including the Academy Museum, LACMA, the Aquarium of the Pacific, Tinder, the Music Center, Independent Shakespeare Company, the City of West Hollywood, LA Public Library, LA County Library, and many more. She has appeared on television's The Weakest Link, the Discovery Channel's Dodgeball Thunderdome, and Tyler Perry's Sistas.

She collaborates regularly with live musicians to incorporate big-band sound into her performances and is committed to exploring new technologies for the art of drag, including artificial intelligence and virtual reality. Pickle is dedicated to expanding drag as a medium both for herself and the community as a whole.  www.pickledragqueen.com

The public event for the inaugural Drag Laureate installation was at 3:00pm on Sunday, July 16, 2023 (International Drag Day), at West Hollywood Park. Images from the Drag Laureate Installation on July 16, 2023 

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2025 Free Sewing Workshops for Drag Artists

On Wednesdays in January 2025, the City of West Hollywood invited drag artists to learn how to sew in four free workshops with professional sewing instructors at the West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room. Hosted by Pickle, Drag Laureate, the workshops covered the basics of working with a sewing machine and making patterns to bring individual's creative visions to life. Sewing machines and basic materials were provided, and all levels were welcome.

2023-24 DRAG ARTISTS ROUNDTABLE 

From September 2024 - May 2024, the City of West Hollywood invited drag artists to convene at four (4) Drag Artists Roundtable sessions led by Pickle, City of West Hollywood Drag Laureate. The solutions-based meetings were for any drag artist or anyone curious about starting drag. Each meeting had a focus topic for discussion.