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eNews #313
News from TOM's Foundation
5th January 2024
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In his latest works made during his 2023 residency at TOM house, Montien created a fictional character that explores the hyper-masculine cowboy archetype. | |
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For the artist, the body alone could carry the weight of all the emotions and struggles that the human soul experiences all the while it draws breath. The male body is to Caballero what words and sentences are to a poet | |
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Playing one night only at the Aspen Film’s Isis Theatre, this screening of Tom of Finland kicks off Aspen Gay Ski Week. Proceeds from this screening will benefit Tom of Finland Foundation and Aspen Film. | |
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We will be outside at TOM House (weather permitting). Room for 20 artists only in this drawing session.
This month's model is Reese!
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Join AspenOUT and AGSW for a lively panel of industry and LGBTQ+ professionals at the very first Talks Like These, a conversation about the future of the LGBTQ+ community moderated by Dr. Bill Kapfer and featuring ToFF Creative Director Richard Villani. | |
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One of Aspen Gay Ski Week’s longest-running parties is the Top of the Mountain Dance Party. This year, Aspen Gay Ski Week partners with Tom of Finland Foundation for TOM on TOP – Top of Mountain Party. Grab your leathers, fetish gear, or Tom of Finland-inspired outfits. | |
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Named “Best Bingo” by Los Angeles Magazine and L.A. Weekly, bingo at Hamburger Mary’s benefits local, national and international charities featuring drag queen bingo hostesses. With support from the Regiment of Black & Tans, Tom of Finland Foundation will be the designated charity recipient of proceeds raised. | |
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The annual meeting of leather lovers returns to Barcelona at the beginning of February.
Amongst the programming is a benefit screening of Tom of Finland with a portion of the proceeds going to the community centre BCN Checkpoint.
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Los Angeles Leather Pride
17th-24th March
Los Angeles
| LA Leather Pride is a series of events dedicated to promotion and celebration of the leather and fetish community leading up to The Mr. Los Angeles Leather Contest which is now in its 24th year! Tom of Finland Foundation has been named charity partner of LA Leather Pride. | |
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Enter the realm of fantasy where you can unleash your inner bad boy. This sexy night of leather and gear features DJs Mohammad and Nina Flowers. A portion of the proceeds benefit Tom of Finland Foundation. | |
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A leather harness is a bondage-inspired garment made of leather straps and metal buckles, typically worn across the chest and sometimes the torso. Unlike crop tops or jockstraps, the harness originated with Gay culture – it’s dubbed the “Gay uniform,” a sultry armor of sorts for all special occasions. | | |
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UK-born Cook has long been derided in fashionable circles for her popular depictions of “larger-than-life women in nightclubs, cafés or enjoying hen parties, rendered in graphic and colourful forms”, says a gallery statement. | | |
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We will be drawing from a live male model in a variety classical poses and highly graphic depictions of homoerotic nudity.
Outside at TOM House (weather permitting).
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Described by LALC as “an Angel in our midst, providing numerous services, culture and inspiration to our communities”, TOM’s Foundation is proud to support LA Leather Pride. | | |
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Things are going well with Tom of Finland. Anyone who is familiar with his sometimes fun, playful, sometimes almost drooling dirty, and often subtle drawings knows about the round bumps and golden, delicious apple asses. Not uncommon, of course, are the bulging, round cocks that you almost think you see popping off the screens or, here, on the calendar page. | | |
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Back by popular demand, Oat Montien debuts a new body of work. This series of artworks uses the artist’s father’s fascination with the American West as a jumping off point. In vivid color, Montien explores Shibari and other forms of bondage, incorporating themes of grief and trust, while drawing on his own South East Asian identity to create a new archetype of the cowboy | |
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As we always have, we continue to create public programming that protects, preserves, and promotes erotic art, broadening our global scope by offering more online.
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