Gio, Durk, and BJ
As we continue to build the virtual space for the 25th Annual Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival, we are reminiscing on times spent in person with you all. We celebrate with a fixed idea on LGBTQ+ art and Tom's 100th birthday.
Tom of Finland Foundation (ToFF) is proud to announce its 25th Art & Culture Festival: Plugged In. This year's Festival will be hosted on a custom website, starting the second weekend of this month: December 11, 12, and 13, 2020. tinyurl.com/tofARTfair
The Festival is one of the key public events the Foundation does each year and 2020 is also the 36th anniversary of Tom of Finland Foundation (ToFF), a Los Angeles-based organization founded by Tom of Finland and Durk Dehner. ToFF's mission is to protect, preserve, and promote erotic art. The Foundation is located in Echo Park, in TOM House, a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument.
All photographs and imagery (c)Ruben Esparza and (c)Tom of Finland unless noted.
Rick’s Blue Magazines
FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS:
Announcements of the 2020 Tom of Finland Emerging Artist Competition winners and the 2020 Tom of Finland Foundation Awards recipients.
Life Drawing Session with Miguel Angel Reyes
Plugged-In Panels include:
* History of Leather and Fetish Talk with Durk Dehner and special guests including Jon Wright and John McConnell
* Artist's Corner: Queer Art Practices with Ruben Esparza and Jordan Green, speaking with BlackManWhiteBaby, Brontez Purnell, Suzanne Shifflett, Seosamh "Joe" Lily, Anka Connolley, and Vicente Urgatechea
* Overlaps: Art + Identity + Activism with Ron Athey, Cassils, and rafa esparza, presented by Ruben Esparza
* Around The World With Tom's Men with Stuart Sandford, Brontez Purnell, Slava Mogutin, and Matt Lambert, with Durk Dehner and Richard Villani
* DJ sets from DJ Kita and Danny Lethal
* Spoken word by Steven Reigns
* Performances and video playlists featuring artists ?La Pregunta?, Aimee Goguen, BlackManWhiteBaby, Brontez Purnell, Bruce LaBruce, Candy Pain, Dynasty Handbag, Emily Lucid, Helday de la Cruz, Candy Pain, Josh Paul Thomas, Lior Shamriz, Christian Coll, Peter Kalisch, Marval Rex, Ron Athey, Seosamh "Joe" Lily, Seth Bogart, Slava Mogutin, Sob Sister, David Andrew Torres, and more.
* This digital Festival aims to support artists by providing them an avenue to present and sell their works. The Festival will feature artist "booths" and virtual events throughout the weekend. Attendees can connect with artists, see performances, watch video installations, draw, and listen to panel discussions.
COMING TOGETHER as a community is vital for us. We have weathered many storms together: The devastation of HIV/AIDS, the many ways our lives have been limited and our work discriminated against, and now the experience of great SOCIAL CHANGE occurring with physical isolation. We long for spaces to express, to share, and to experience art.
Forging new digital territories, embracing glitches + fails. We QUEER FOLK know all too well glitches + fails. All this and more, as we inch forward towards a QUEER UTOPIA.
All photographs and imagery (c)Ruben Esparza and (c)Tom of Finland unless noted.
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ToFFHouse
Facebook Event Page: https://fb.me/e/cPDBe7zwg
Link to Festival: tinyurl.com/tofARTfair
Daphne and Simon
Joey and Rick
Ryan
Gregorio and Graham
Barber Pete
Durk and Jeff
Apex
TOM House display
Lukas and Marc
Miguel with his drawing
Hunter
Dalmiro
Nabor and David
Paul
Jordan and Joshua
Stuart
Rudy with rafa T
Alex of Gaythering Miami
Ron and Randell
Jordan
Eddie
Tom and Abi of Gayletter
Jamison and Jordan
Rick’s Dungeon
Van and Justin
Joe of Soft Daddy
Stavros
Marpa and Old Reliable
Brett in front of HOMORIOT wall
Lucas and Daniel
Jeremy of Star Fucker Magazine
Graham
Suzanne with her artwork
Sharp and Durk of the Tom of Finland Foundation
Sexy Attendees
Rinaldo
Nico
Rubén and Miguel
Bryce
Rowland
Phil
Marcel
Sad Boy, Sancha, and LaPau
DJ RocketMan LA
Brian
Louie
Danielle of BootBlackd and Marpa
Lambe Culo of Casa Tenoc
Josef
Miss Al
Barber Pete
Rory
Eliseo
Daddy
Justin
Marc
Sad Boy and his artworks
Sharp’s tattoo
Sexy Attendees
Stefan
TOM House
Artworks by Slava, Bruce, Rubén, and Sad Boy
Sean
Cleo, Leen O, and Seth
Bryce and Steven
Hector
Chris
Phuc with his artworks
Ron
Ron and rafa
Phuc and Bruce
Marc
Josh Paul
Slava
Lucy
Patrick
Danny and Matt
Peter, Marval, and Dan Dan
Ray
Luna and Adam
Hatt
Michael and Diego
Vicente and Marval
Roy and Divina
José and Paul
Christos and Jeanine
Sheree
Ronnie
Bradford of Dirty Looks
Daddy
Christian and Howrad
Coral and Danielle of Bootblackd
Louie and Toni
Sharp of the Tom of Finland Foundation
Rest in Power Michael Kirwan 1953 - 2018
Rest in Power David Andrew Torres 1989 - 2019
Portrait of Tom of Finland (Touko Laaksonen) by ©Patrick Sarfati
Tom of Finland Erotic Fair 2004 ©Tom of Finland
Tom of Finland Erotic Fair 2004 ©Michael Kirwan and ©Tom of Finland
Tom of Finland Erotic Fair 2004 ©Tom of Finland
Tom of Finland Erotic Fair 2009, 10, 12 ©Tom of Finland
Tom of Finland Erotic Fair 2011 ©Tom of Finland, design by REDstudios.com
Tom of Finland Art Fair 2014 ©Tom of Finland, design by REDstudios.com
Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival 2015 ©Tom of Finland, design by REDstudios.com
Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival 2016 ©Tom of Finland, design by REDstudios.com
Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival 2017 ©Tom of Finland, ©Christian Tripp, design by REDstudios.com
Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival 2018 ©Tom of Finland, design by REDstudios.com
Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival 2019 ©Tom of Finland, design by REDstudios.com
Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival 2020 ©Tom of Finland, design by REDstudios.com
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