TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION
&
David Bohnett Foundation

PRESERVING HISTORY
JUST GOT A LITTLE EASIER

The David Bohnett Art Preservation Pod

The pod will be on the Foundation grounds.

$10,000 has been awarded to Tom of Finland Foundation from the David Bohnett Foundation (DBF).

We applied for this grant to enable us to have a climate controlled, fire proof and weather resistant art storage container at our headquarters, TOM House, here in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

The “David Bohnett Art Preservation Pod” will reduce our need for off-site storage facilities and allow much better access to our extensive collections. We will be able to catalog and store new acquisitions more easily, improve the ability to rotate exhibitions at TOM House and give visiting curators a more friendly, “hands on” experience. Most importantly, the “Bohnett Pod” gives more artists a secure repository for the preservation of their work.

We are very grateful and thank David Bohnett and Michael Fleming, executive director, DBF, for their insightful acknowledgement of our mission that furthers the protection, preservation and promotion of our community’s heritage and cultural arts.

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION

Happy Birthday, TOM!
MAY 8

Tom of Finland’s real name is Touko – because he was born on May 8, 1920, on the south coast of Finland, and May in Finnish is “Toukokuu”.

His homeland had been independent for just three years when Touko was born, and outside its few cities the country was still rough and wild. The men who worked in the fields and woods, the farmers and loggers, were true frontiersmen, every bit as rough and wild as the countryside.

A SHORT BIOGRAPHY by Valentine Hooven III

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION

A Thank You To The Sponsors Of Our
WEST HOLLYWOOD / LOS ANGELES
EROTIC ART FAIR WEEKEND


Event Graphics: REDstudios.com

Sponsors allow us to produce our events. They represent our community, they build our community. Please say “thanks” to them for supporting your Foundation.

TOM  OF  FINLAND  FOUNDATION

A Thank You To
The Barracks Bar in Palm Springs...

TOM OF FINLAND (Finnish, 1920 – 1991) Untitled, 1985, Pen & ink on paper, ToFF #85.28, ©1985 Tom of Finland Foundation

...its owners Carl and John, the Volunteers and Artists that made it go,
and the attending men and boiz that made it so much fun.

An Officially Licensed Action Figure
001 Rebel

THIS DUDE GITS AROUND…

…BUT YOU CAN SNAG HIM!

The 001 Rebel is an officially licensed action figure based on the celebrated artwork of Tom of Finland. This heavily muscled and big-dicked figure makes a great piece to enhance your collection of erotic art. It's a Limited Edition, so once they're gone, they're gone.

How you can get your paws on a Rebel.

ALMS 2011
Archives, Libraries, Museums and Special Collections
May 13 to 15 — June Mazer Archives in West Hollywood

Click image for the ALMS poster.

ALMS 2011 is the third international conference on public, private, academic and grassroots archives collecting and preserving material of all types from LGBT communities to ensure our history survives unchanged.

Two ToFF Volunteers who have been very valuable to our library will be presenting papers:

Kelly Besser — “Building a living transgender community archive”
Anthony Moses Sanchez — “Kinsey Narratives in Pulp Fiction”

The Mazer is located at 626 North Robertson Blvd., West Hollywood CA 90069.

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