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Seattle Erotic Art Festival was founded in 2002 and is the flagship program of the
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Pan Eros Foundation. The Festival supports a vibrant creative community, promotes
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, and fosters sex-positive culture through public celebration of the arts. It is an annual weekend-long event, and showcases erotic art in diverse media including
painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...
,
photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed ...
,
sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...
,
film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
,
literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...
, and
interactive installations Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called ...
. A wide range of
performance art Performance art is an artwork or art exhibition created through actions executed by the artist or other participants. It may be witnessed live or through documentation, spontaneously developed or written, and is traditionally presented to a pu ...
is also represented, including
burlesque A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects.
,
ballroom dance Ballroom dance is a set of partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world, mostly because of its performance and entertainment aspects. Ballroom dancing is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and television. ...
,
circus arts Circus skills are a group of disciplines that have been performed as entertainment in circus, sideshow, busking, or variety, vaudeville, or music hall shows. Most circus skills are still being performed today. Many are also practiced by non-perfo ...
, and live music. The Festival also features an expansive store which sells original works, prints, oddities, collectibles and related
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from contributing artists.


Subject matter

Art in the Festival is intended to celebrate the entire gamut of erotic expression, including surrealist imagery,
gender politics Identity politics is a political approach wherein people of a particular race, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, social background, social class, or other identifying factors develop political agendas that are based upon these i ...
,
homoeroticism Homoeroticism is sexual attraction between members of the same sex, either male–male or female–female. The concept differs from the concept of homosexuality: it refers specifically to the desire itself, which can be temporary, whereas "homose ...
, and
BDSM BDSM is a variety of often erotic practices or roleplaying involving bondage, discipline, dominance and submission, sadomasochism, and other related interpersonal dynamics. Given the wide range of practices, some of which may be engaged ...
, among many others.


2011

The 2011 Seattle Erotic Art Festival took place Thursday, May 19 through Sunday May 22 at the Fremont Studios located in Fremont,
Seattle, Washington Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in bo ...
. The theme for the 2011 event was "
Red light district A red-light district or pleasure district is a part of an urban area where a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, and adult theaters, are found. In most cases, red-light districts are partic ...
" and was expected to draw thousands of patrons.


2011 exhibition

2011 was the first year that two artists placed in both the Jury Awards and the Viewer's Choice. The jury winners were: # Assaf Ziv, Pool 8 # David Peterman, Common Thread # Michael Lynn, Perhaps The viewers' choice winners were: # David Peterman, Common Thread # Michael Lynn, Perhaps # Jim Wilkinson, Naked Truth (Installation)


2010

The 2010 Seattle Erotic Art Festival occurred April 30 through May 2, 2010 at the
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Exhibition Hall in Seattle, Washington. It opened th
Cabinet of Curiosities
showcasing
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, performance and
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, interactive installations, film, after parties, workshops, and a museum-quality Festival Store. Creative inspiration was drawn from 17th century
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, when the wealthy and the well-traveled collected beautiful, grotesque and obscure things into encyclopedic collections known as " cabinets of curiosities." In the Festival's erotic interpretation, the cabinet held a fantastical celebration of the arts. Visual Art The Festival showcased a world-clas
visual art exhibition
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s selected a variety of art from over 1,600 entries submitted by more than 400 artists. “We’re excited to present a comprehensive collection of international art, diverse in medium, sexual proclivities, body type, age,
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, and
gender Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to femininity and masculinity and differentiating between them. Depending on the context, this may include sex-based social structures (i.e. gender roles) and gender identity. Most cultures u ...
,” says Festival Director Anna Hurwitz. Performance The 2010 Festival included an original
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entitle
''Cabaret de Curiosités''
written and directed by award-winning NYC-based director Roger Benington. This piece was produced in collaboration with locally and nationally recognized performance artists, including an original score composed by John Woods from The Wet Spots. Interactive Installations The Festival offered its first grant to artists to create
interactive art Interactive art is a form of art that involves the spectator in a way that allows the art to achieve its purpose. Some interactive art installations achieve this by letting the observer walk through, over or around them; others ask the artist ...
installations. Audience members were invited to help artist Nancy Peach complete a massive canvas; to write and receive
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s in a special bedroom designed by award-winning artist
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and Jacob Peter Fennell; to lounge o
luxurious metalwork beds
and to engage the art in many other ways. Literary Art Returning for its second year, the Literary Art Showcase presented jury-selected
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s,
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and
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in intimate readings. The Festival spotlighted Naked Girls Reading on Friday and Saturday nights. More information about the Festival is available a
www.SeattleErotic.org


2010 Artists

The eighth annual Festival was bigger than ever before, drawing together locally and nationally acclaimed
artist An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, th ...
s to celebrate the diverse forms of
eroticism Eroticism () is a quality that causes sexual feelings, as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality, and romantic love. That quality may be found in any form of artwork, including painting, sculp ...
and human sexual expression. All media are represented - including
film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...
, which was first featured in 2003. The jurors for the 2010 year were Jen Graves, Daniel Carrillo, Dianne Elliott and Sharon Arnold, with guest curator Chris Crites.


2009

The seventh annual Festival drew together a comprehensive collection of international contemporary fine art that celebrated the wide diversity of human sexual expression and the incredible creativity with which artists approach the subject of erotica. All media were represented: painting, photography, sculpture, assemblage, prints, installation, mixed media and more. Artists were selected by a panel of jurors or invited to exhibit by Festival curators. Marita Holdaway (owne
Benham Gallery
, Jena Scott (directo
artReSource Gallery
and Jerry Slipman (owne
Pacini Lubel Gallery
, graciously served as the 2009 Festival jury. Artist and writer Sharon Arnold served as Guest Curator. They selected work based on quality of execution, originality of subject and depth of emotion from more than 2,000 pieces submitted by hundreds of artists worldwide."


External links


Seattle Erotic Art Festival homepage

Seattle Erotic Art Festival Artist Portal

Center for Sex Positive Culture homepage

Foundation for Sex Positive Culture homepage

Truly Fallen Designs featured in the Festival store



References

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