The Festival is proud to present a world-class visual art exhibition, featuring talented artists from around the world, showcasing a broad range of interests, through a spectacular array of media. We’re sure you’ll fall in love and want to take a piece (or two) home with you.

An International Exhibition

This year we are presenting the work of 173 visual artists from across the nation and world. We are excited to have 23 international artists and to feature work from 13 countries:

Australia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
India
Israel
Mexico
New Zealand
Singapore
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay

A Diversity of Art

The jury accepted a diversity of art forms, from photography to painting to drawing to mixed media. We’re quite excited to feature 27 pieces of sculpture—more than ever before—in glass, bronze, brick, metal, wood, and even legos! Some of the sculptures are interactive. Fetish diva MIDORI, a sex positive activist, educator and returning Festival artist, had two sculptures accepted by the jury.

We’re thrilled to show a few pieces of fully wearable art, and will have models showcasing this work during the event.  “The Suit” is a beautiful piece of living artwork crafted of leather by GODFREY KNIGHT, who is traveling from England to attend the Festival. “Self Inflicted” is a corset by KIVA STUDIO of Oregon made of salvaged copper, rope, chain, and other miscellaneous metals, to be modeled on Friday evening.

We’ll be showing “Our Common Thread”, a 15-foot-long piece by DAVID PETERMAN featuring many local Festival enthusiasts. How many people will you recognize?

For the first time we will have an original work of art by acclaimed artist CAROLYN WELTMAN. She has art in the Tom of Finland Collection in Los Angeles, CA and in the Kinsey Institute in Bloomington, IN.

We are also delighted to feature the work of PAUL DALHQUIST, a returning Festival artist, who is currently in his 80′s and has been taking photographs since he was eight years old.

Many amazing artists and pieces of work have been accepted this year… there will be much for you to enjoy!