ANTEBELLUM BLOG: TOM OF FINLAND-2011

3/24/11

TOM OF FINLAND-2011

if you are in LA and love TOM OF FINLAND and would also like to meet me- FACE-T0-FACE.

come on in to the TOM OF FINLAND 15 ANUAL EROTIC ART FAIR!

check out my artist booth where i will be presenting my vintage and latest photography, books, dvds etc!
here are all the gory details-

TOM OF FINLAND EROTIC ART FAIR
Saturday- March 26, 2011
1PM TIL 7PM

West Hollywood Park
647 N. San Vicente Boulevard,
West Hollywood, CA 90046

Parking: On street and
the West Hollywood Park parking structure.

Admission $10, good for both Saturday and Sunday.
(Foundation Members $8)

Symposium on Saturday: 3:00 – 4:00 PM- Is Self Censorship Really Self Loathing in Gay Culture?

MODERATOR: Bo Tobin. A roundtable discussion on the current trend within gay culture to curtail aspects of our own community’s cultural expressions.

When “Dykes on Bikes” are allowed to be the opening contingent in many Pride parades, they are asked to identify themselves as “Women’s Cycle Clubs and no longer permitted to be barebreasted.
Leathermen are not permitted to wear bareassed chaps or display actions such as bondage with rope, shackles or chains.
NAMBLA is not welcomed to participate in PRIDE events or activities, nor is discussion allowed of their philosophy.
Bathhouses and sex clubs are discouraged from participating in PRIDE festivals.
LOGO (a Gay cable network) routinely censors language, sexuality and drug use while attempting to represent the “Mainstream Gay and Lesbian Community”.
Promotion of the community’s own Erotic Art Fair Weekend is banned from being promoted at our own Gay & Lesbian Center.
Are we are willing to leave parts of our cultural heritage behind to gain acceptance in the larger culture? What are the tradeoffs? What do we really want?

Sunday- March 27, 2011- TOM OF FINLAND ART FAIR- DAY 2
Noon - 6:00 PM
West Hollywood Park
647 N. San Vicente Boulevard,
West Hollywood, CA 90046

Parking: On street and
the West Hollywood Park parking structure.

2:00 PM Welcoming Ceremonies- Meet Mr. L.A. Leather 2011
and Introducing "erotic furniture"

Admission $10.
(Foundation Members $8)

Symposium on Sunday: 3:00 – 4:30 PM

A DECENT STATE: Art & Policy
THEME: Govenment’s role in what is seen.

MODERATOR: SHARP. INVITED SPEAKERS: Ivy Bottini, Artist and activist; Greg Day, Southern California Coordinator, California LGBT Arts Alliance; Dallas Dishman, Commissioner, West Hollywood Art & Cultural Affairs Commission; Diane Duke, Executive Director, Free Speech Coalition; Leo Garcia, Executive Director / Artistic Director, Highways Performance Space and Gallery; and Abbe Land, Councilmember, City of West Hollywood. Co-sponsored by California LGBT Arts Alliance

The 20th anniversary of the National Endowment for the Arts’ “decency clause.”
The National Portrait Gallery removal of an important work.
Can our public-funded institutions be politically neutral spaces?

for more info-tomoffinlandfoundation