Tom Of Finland Foundation Inc

TOM OF FINLAND FOUNDATION, INC. (TOFF) IS DEDICATED TO PROTECT, PRESERVE, DOCUMENT AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT EROTIC ART AND EROTIC ARTISTS. TOFF SHALL CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THE WORK OF EROTIC VISUAL ARTISTS REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, RELIGION, GENDER, SEXUAL IDENTITY, MEDIUM OF EXPRESSION OR ANY OTHER CENSORING CRITERIA.

MUSEUM TOURSWE DO GUIDED TOURS AT TOM HOUSE ON THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS, THEY ARE BY RESERVATION ONLY, COST OF TOUR IS $20/PERSONARCHIVE, PERMANENT COLLECTIONS AND LIBRARYOUR ARCHIVES AND LIBRARY ARE MAINLY UTILIZED BY OUR ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE, BUT THEY ARE OPEN BY APPOINTMENT TO STUDENTS, SCHOLARS, RESEARCHES, ARTISTS ETC.WE ALSO HOLD A LARGE COLLECTION OF OTHER QUEER ARTISTS WORKS IN OUR PERMANENT COLLECTION, INCLUDING OUR ARTIST MEMBERS WORKS.MEMBERSHIPSWE OFFERED MEMBERSHIPS IN 8 TIERS IN 2022ALL MEMBERS RECEIVE A MEMBERSHIP CARD AND DISCOUNTS FROM OUR PARTNERS AT TOM OF FINLAND STORE AND TOF WINES (NOW DISCONTINUED) DEPENDING ON THEIR TIER.THEY ALSO GET SPECIAL INVITATIONS TO EVENTS, MAILINGS, NEWSLETTER ETC.OUR MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM WAS RELAUNCHED WITH NEW TIER LEVELS AND OFFERINGS FOR MEMBERS IN 2023.

PUBLIC EVENTSWE DO SEVERAL EVENTS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EACH YEAR, SOME OF THEM ARE FREE OF CHARGE, SOME BY DOOR DONATION AND SOME TICKETED THROUGH SEETICKETS.THESE EVENTS ARE PART OF OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMMING AND ARTIST PROGRAMMINGART & CULTURE FESTIVAL (IN 2022 WE DID LA AND LONDON SIMULTANEOUSLY IN OCT), ITS OUR LONGEST RUNNING PROGRAM FOR ARTISTS, VENDORS AND GALLERIES TO EXHIBIT AND SELL THEIR ART TOMS BAR (ANNUALLY ON FATHERS DAY IN JUNE) IS OUR BIGGEST PUBLIC FACING FUNDRAISING EVENT THAT WE SELL TICKETS TO. LIFE DRAWING SESSIONS AT TOM HOUSE, ONCE A MONTH ON A SUNDAY, SO 12 TOTAL ANNUALLY. EMERGING ARTIST CONTEST (ONLINE SUBMISSIONS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD), WE DID ONE IN 2022, ITS DONE EVERY OTHER YEARALLTOGETHER A BIG COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND DIESEL, FIRST ITERATION WAS IN 2022 IN PARIS AND VENICE. ON TOP OF THIS WE DO NUMEROUS EXHIBITIONS, COLLABORATING EVENTS WITH OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS, BUT IT VARIES FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

ARCHIVING AND COLLECTING - UPON THE DEATH OF THE ARTIST TOM OF FINLAND IN 1991, THE FOUNDATION BECAME THE LEGAL OWNER OF A VAST CATALOG OF HIS WORK. MAINTAINING AND PERIODICALLY OFFERING HIS WORK FOR SALE INCREASES THE AWARENESS AND VALUE OF THE FOUNDATION'S MATERIALS AND KEEPS TOM'S WORK RELEVANT AND POPULAR IN TODAY'S CULTURE THROUGH OUTSIDE MUSEUMS, GALLERIES AND LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS.