Eighth Annual Seattle Erotic Art Festival
Explore the Cabinet of Curiosities, April 30 – May 2, 2010

SEATTLE – Thousands will enjoy three days of events at the eighth annual Seattle Erotic Art Festival, April 30 to May 2.  This year the Festival opens the Cabinet of Curiosities, showcasing visual, performance and literary art, interactive installations, film, after parties, workshops, and a museum-quality Festival Store.

Festival jurors and curators selected a variety of art from over 1,600 entries submitted by more than 400 artists. “We’re excited to present a comprehensive collection of international art, diverse in medium, sexual proclivities, body type, age, ethnicity, and gender,” says Festival Director Anna Hurwitz.

For 2010, the Festival commissioned an original piece of performance art theater to complement the world-class visual art exhibition on Friday and Saturday nights. Award-winning NYC-based director Roger Benington writes and directs this work in collaboration with locally and nationally recognized performance artists, including an original score composed by John Woods from the internationally acclaimed comedy cabaret duo, The Wet Spots. This all-star production will bring to life a colorful, glittering tale of erotic liberation.

This year the Festival offered its first artist grants for the creation of interactive installations. Audiences are invited to help artist Nancy Peach complete a massive canvas; write and receive love letters in a special bedroom designed by award-winning artist Ellen Forney and Jacob Fennell; lounge on luxurious, metalwork beds, and engage the art in many other ways.

Returning for its second year, the Literary Art Showcase will present jury-selected poems, short stories, and plays, in intimate readings.  The Festival will feature the popular Naked Girls Reading on Friday and Saturday nights.

The Festival takes place at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, Friday, April 30, 12 p.m. to 2 a.m., Saturday, May 1, 12 p.m. to 4 a.m.  Returning this year is the well-attended Sunday open house, May 2, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., where admission is free.  18+ until 6 p.m., 21+ after.

Tickets (1-Day $25 advance/$30 door, 2-Day $40 advance/$50 door, Velvet Package $500) may be purchased at BrownPaperTickets (http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producer/1659). $10 Exhibition only (12 p.m. to 6 p.m.) and $10 Saturday night after-party (12 a.m. to 4 a.m.) tickets will be available at the door.

The Seattle Erotic Art Festival supports a vibrant creative community, promotes freedom of expression, and fosters sex-positive culture through public celebration of the arts.