Seattle Erotic Art Festival
seattle erotic art festival founded flagship program nonprofit pan eros foundation festival support vibrant creative community promotes freedom expression foster sexpositive culture public celebration art annual weekendlong event showcase erotic art diverse medium including painting photography sculpture film literature interactive installation wide range performance art also represented including burlesque ballroom dance circus art live music festival also feature expansive store sell original work print oddity collectible related merchandise contributing artist art festival intended celebrate entire gamut erotic expression including surrealist imagery gender politics homoeroticism bdsm among many others first seattle erotic art festival held hosted pan eros foundation formerly foundation sex positive culture town hall capitol hill neighborhood attendee participated seventh annual festival drew together comprehensive collection international contemporary fine art celebrated wide diversity human sexual expression incredible creativity artist approach subject erotica medium represented painting photography sculpture assemblage print installation mixed medium artist selected panel juror invited exhibit festival curator marita holdaway owner benham gallery jena scott director artresource gallery jerry slipman owner pacini lubel gallery served festival jury artist writer sharon arnold served guest curator selected work based quality execution originality subject depth emotion piece submitted hundred artist worldwide eighth annual festival bigger ever drawing together locally nationally acclaimed artist celebrate diverse form eroticism human sexual expression medium represented including film first featured juror year jen graf daniel carrillo dianne elliott sharon arnold guest curator chris crites seattle erotic art festival occurred april may seattle center exhibition hall seattle washington opened cabinet curiosity showcasing visual performance literary art interactive installation film party workshop museumquality festival store creative inspiration drawn th century europe wealthy welltraveled collected beautiful grotesque obscure thing encyclopedic collection known cabinet curiosity festival erotic interpretation cabinet held fantastical celebration art visual art festival showcased worldclass visual art exhibition festival juror curator selected variety art entry submitted artist “we’re excited present comprehensive collection international art diverse medium sexual proclivity body type age ethnicity gender” festival director anna hurwitz said performance festival included original theatrical production entitled cabaret de curiosités written directed awardwinning nycbased director roger benington piece produced collaboration locally nationally recognized performance artist including original score composed john wood wet spot interactive installation festival offered first grant artist create interactive art installation audience member invited help artist nancy peach complete massive canvas write receive love letter special bedroom designed awardwinning artist ellen forney jacob peter fennell lounge luxurious metalwork bed engage art many way literary art returning second year literary art showcase presented juryselected poem short story play intimate reading festival spotlighted naked girl reading friday saturday night seattle erotic art festival took place thursday may sunday may fremont studio located fremont seattle washington theme event red light district exhibition first year two artist placed jury award viewer choice jury winner assaf ziv pool david peterman common thread michael lynn perhaps viewer choice winner david peterman common thread michael lynn perhaps jim wilkinson naked truth installation festival celebrated tenth anniversary june seattle erotic art festival homepage seattle erotic art festival artist portal center sex positive culture homepage foundation sex positive culture homepage truly fallen design featured festival store fremont studio