The Seattle Erotic Art Festival proudly adds Artists’ Books to our myriad celebrated artistic mediums, beginning with our 2017 festival. Artists’ Books have been documented as far back as the 18th century as a unique work of art, with all content created and controlled by the artist. These wonderfully diverse books are hand made in small editions or unique one-of-a-kind pieces of art. Artists’ Books will be accepted as a type of Installation Art, displayed in vitrines, and made accessible to festival attendees via the artists themselves or Art Docents. This allows patrons of the Festival to become fully immersed in the complete experience of an Artist’s book. Submissions must be for sale, contain some original literary components and follow this year’s Literary theme surrounding submissions:
Urge v. to push or force along; to endeavor to induce or persuade; to press upon the attention. n. an act of urging; an involuntary, natural or instinctive impulse. Synonyms: impulse, desire, yearning, longing, craving, hankering, itch, yen, wish, fancy, hunger, thirst, passion, motive, motivation, reason, drive, provocation
Accepted Artists Receive:
- Full pass for the weekend of the 15th annual Seattle Erotic Art Festival for self (artist)
- Invitation to an exclusive Artist Reception for artist and a plus one
- Promotion on Festival website
- Opportunity to participate in an intimate live reading as part of the Literary Lair, as well as the Writer’s Wanderlust (walking tour) during the Festival
- Opportunity to create an audio recording for the Aural Experience, featured during the Festival
Declined Artists Receive:
- A discount to use towards purchasing a Festival 2017 ticket in the amount of the single highest submission fee paid.
NOTE: tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable. Discount codes will be provided when Festival tickets are available for purchase. Each discount code can be used only once. Each artist will receive only one discount code (if you apply to multiple SEAF Calls for Art and pay multiple fees, you would receive one discount code for the highest fee you paid.)
Artist Book by rosfos
Submission Guidelines
- Artists must make their submissions between December 1, 2016 and 11:00pm PST January 15, 2017. Be sure to have all of your information entered correctly at the time of submission. Non-North American artists and invited artists do not pay a submission fee.
- All North American artists must pay a $35 submission fee, which allows for up to 5 pieces to be submitted for consideration.
- Accepted artists must be at least 18 years old by January 15, 2017.
- Any characters featured in a sexual way must not be under 18 years of age.
- Artists may use a pseudonym or professional name; legal name will be kept confidential. Please be clear during the submission process about which name is to be used publicly. (Professional Name = publicly viewable)
Submit your books using our Artist Portal. Artist books are to be considered Installation Art for the purposes of submission. We look forward to seeing your beautiful books and reading all your wonderful words!