100 TOM Art Festival Photos in Honor of Tom’s 100th Birthday

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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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