A knockout event took place this week at the Prince George Ballroom—literally, as artists took to the boxing ring for the Round Ten event marking the tenth anniversary of the Cultivist art members’ club. Highlights of the evening included a poetic choreographed joust between Caleb Hahne Quintana and Rogelio, which the judges deemed “fierce” on a series of 1980s ballroom scene-style flashcards. But the marquee battle of the night was between Shaun Leonardo and Cheryl Pope, who traded jabs and hooks at the Cultivist’s first-anniversary bash in 2016. The biggest shocker, however, was seeing the artist Jesus Benavente as the “round person”, becoming bloodier and nuder as the rounds progressed.
May 9, 2025
