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eNews #320

News from TOM's Foundation

11th April 2024

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Events & Exhibitions

CLARITY HAYNES Portals

Through 13th April

New York, New York

Haynes’ new body of work focuses on the moment a person is brought into the world. Not the idealized, sanitized birth that is seen (or more pointedly not seen) in art history, but rather the bloody, raw, uncensored labor of it. Haynes continues to subvert the portraiture tradition through her Crowning series.

Tom of Finland Foundation

Drawing Session

14th April

Los Angeles, California

A relaxed setting to hone your skills. We will be outside at TOM House (weather permitting). Room for 25 artists only in the live session.


MODEL: David Poli

Maneuvers

26th-28th April

Los Angeles, California

The 50th Anniversary gala event salutes the tradition of the Maneuvers Weekends of the past while celebrating the Regiment’s members past and present. Proceeds from the events will be dedicated to replenishing the Regiment Fund for TOM House.

TYLER MATTHEW OYER Venus 2.0

26th-28th April

Los Angeles

Set within a fantastic and dystopian dream-like sculptural and light installation, Oyer creates a full-length performance concert that combines their history with and research into the nightclub, esoteric rituals, experimental/Queer theatre, and altered states of reflection, ecstasy, and togetherness.

TOM XL | April Meet Erotic Artists

26th April

San Francisco

Showcasing five Bay Area erotic artists who’ll be selling their work.


Don’t miss out on this monthly event,

which supports Tom of Finland Foundation

including its Artist-in-Residence program.

Gay Men’s and Transmasculine Pelvic Health Empowerment Workshop

27th April

Los Angeles

Join us for a pair of fun and informative events where we empower Gay and Trans men to take control of their pelvic health!

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News & Announcements

More for our Members

Did you know that members of TOM’s Foundation get exclusive invitations to private events? Upcoming outings in Los Angeles, Palm Springs, San Francisco, and Bakersfield are planned, but only for current members.


Sign up for or renew your membership by Monday 15th April to be included in the next round of invitations.

Pol of Paris: fashion by day, erotic illustration by night

"You can find Pol at the Paris Ass Book Fair in May, where he’ll be launching a fanzine featuring the gouache paintings produced during his LA residency. Pol moved to Paris after leaving Barcelona with a degree in fashion design, eventually taking a full-time job at Loew. Off the clock, Pol would let his imagination run wild, building up an arsenal of erotic illustrations..."

FCK-Frédérick Gautier

TOM House Exit Interview

Durk Dehner interviews Winter 2024 artist-in-residence FCK-Frédérick Gautier about time spent at TOM House.


Gautier is a ceramic artist who touches on sculpture and erotic photography with a brutalist aesthetic, defying standards and dissolving boundaries

Tristor Blue

TOM House Exit Interview

Durk Dehner interviews Winter 2024 artist-in-residence Tristor Blue about time spent at TOM House.


Tristor is focused on the Queer male figure, creating intimate marker and ink portraits in his sensual illustrations and paintings.

Rev. Steven Johnson Leyba

TOM House Exit Interview

Durk Dehner interviews Winter 2024 artist-in-residence Reverend Steven Johnson Leyba about time spent at TOM House.


Leyba is a ritualistic, sexual, shamanistic painter of Mescalero Apache ancestry. His art is equal parts Satanic, holistic, Queer, erotic, radical, political, and extremely personal.

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FOUNDATION UPDATE

Meet erotic artists in San Francisco

on 26th April

Join five artists to celebrate a night for leather, rubber, rope, pups – all gear enthusiasts: Luke Andahazy, Chasindoodles, Dot, Josh Katz and William “Cricket” Ulrich.

TAILPIECE

REX has departed

We are sad to learn that the legendary artist REX has left us.

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