| events
& exhibitions |
November
11, 2007
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TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION'S
7th Annual
Palm Springs Fund Raiser
A benefit for the Foundation
Hot
men? For sure! Artists and art? Of course!
You don't want to miss this one.
Details
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Palm Springs, CA |
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November
18, 2007
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TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION
presents a:
Life Drawing Workshop
Modeling
this month: To be announced.
Beginner? Professional? All are welcome. Bring your sketch pad!
Details
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Los Angeles, CA |
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January
11 - 13, 2008
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Southwest
Leather Conference
presents:
Southwest Leather Art Exhibition
Sharing art with the leather tribe
Call for Artists!
Deadline: October 31, 2007
Details |
Phoenix, AZ |
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November 13, 2007
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Avanti
Productions
presents:
Trans/Formed
A Transgender Documentary Premier
"Because Gender isn't between your legs..."
Details |
Los Angeles, CA |
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October
18 -
November 24, 2007
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Wessel
+ O'Conner Fine Art
present:
Aaron Cobbett
New Color Photographs
"Cobbett
is well known for his highly stylized, extravagant portraits of
celebrities, drag queens, go-go boys, and New York personalities..."
Details
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Brooklyn, NY |
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November
10 - 11, 2007
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Karin
Swildens
presents:
Animal | Human | Spirit
An Open House Sculpture Show
Stories, experiences, imagination and mythology
are the basis of her inspirations.
Details |
Los Angeles, CA |
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| foundation
announcements |
| TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION
A BIG
Thank You to Our Renewing and Current Members!
We would like
to take this opportunity to thank you for your membership! You are
the Foundation's main support system. You keep our programs active.
The future for the visual erotic arts within our community and beyond
is in a delicate situation. As a community we are not as committed
nor identify with what makes us different, special, unique... any
term you choose, they all lead to the door of funding us or not –
to continue our existence or not. There are still groups who would
like us to vaporize into non-existence. The erotic arts legitimize
the merit and positive contributions of being gay — and sexual
beings.
My observation is that only those who have the awareness and appreciation
for the beauty of this subject matter are going to contribute. The
government isn't going to do it. Although we are a non-profit, grants
— with the exception of the City of West Hollywood — are rare. In
order for cultural assets, such as the Foundation, to continue to
exist and expand, all of us must be involved.
This is our culture and we are all its guardians. Choose to cherish
this responsibility, for in this day and age there is little that
we can actually call our own.
Our members are the best ambassadors the Foundation can have. We count
on you to help us spread the word about the Foundation's mission.
Share your support, and nurture your friends’ interest in the erotic
arts. Consider recommending or gifting membership to a friend who
shares your interest in erotic art.
Durk Dehner,
President and co-founder of the Foundation
Consider
MEMBERSHIP.
Become part of the Tom of Finland Foundation
family.
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| art
news |
Erotic Signature
presents an:
Erotic Art Competition
Lathered Up
by Michael Breyette
$10,000
in prizes.
200 winning artworks (in addition to the prize winners) will be published
in
The World’s Greatest Erotic Art of Today - Vol II,
and featured in a six-month Exhibition Tour in
Miami, Los Angeles, New York, Amsterdam and London.
Last year's winning selections are available on-line.
The Deadline for all entries is set for December 8th, 2007.
Details
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