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Queer Art, Film & Life Drawing · Los Angeles
Drawing Workshop 7.26 • Film Club 8.16 • Art Show 10.3

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Erotic art in the gay community? Groundbreaking. The Devil Wears Prada references aside, with both the arts and the LGBTQIA community under attack, erotic art has much more of a political sheen these days. After all, if our private lives can be the subject of political action and public outrage, why can’t they also be artistic? Enter: EROS LA.

Beyond the debates of arts, decency, and what is porn vs. erotica? There is a collective need for community and safe spaces for queer men that don’t center on drinking at a bar or doing drugs at a warehouse party. Why not hang out with other creative, curious queer men to look at art, wear fun outfits, pose for photos, and more?

EROS LA is curating the vibe to engage with all of this. The, for lack of a better word, movement celebrated its 7th installment this past Saturday, May 9th, and Sunday, May 10th. What started as an art show to showcase local queer erotic artists has expanded to include drawing classes, speed dating, networking, and even a film collective.

As Casey Kringlen, the mind behind EROS LA, puts it, “There’s a heat that creatives generate when they’re operating beyond fear, connected to their primal sensibilities and willing to follow creative instincts that don’t always fit neatly into polished cultural spaces. ‘Erotic’ is the word that gets closest to that feeling.”

Check out the full article : link in bio
✍️: @standup4yourpower

#eroticart #queerart #queerla #lablade #erosla by @losangelesblade

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4 months ago

EROS Vol. VIII.

We’re back with another Art Show 10/3. Link in bio.

DM us to join the family. (Artists, performers, models, volunteers.)

📸 @alexchldrn by @losangelesblade

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Movement from EROS VIII.

@santiagovrdz + @donnycollinson performed in the center of the gallery, surrounded by artists and art lovers.

An honor to witness their work.

EROS Art Show returns Oct 3 in Los Angeles.

Link in bio for details.

Photo: @alexchldrn
Video: @luca_francesco_renzi taken in The Earl by @losangelesblade

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$7 PRESALE + FREE DRINK!
🔪🔪🔪 LINK IN BIO! 🔪🔪🔪

QUEER HORROR SHORTS + LIVE PODCAST + FILMMAKER CONVERSATIONS + INDUSTRY MIXER

A special Halloween-season edition of EROS Film Club!

Join us Sunday, October 18 for an afternoon and evening of queer film, art, conversation, and community at The Earl in Koreatown.

🎟️ $7 ADVANCE / $10 AT THE DOOR 🎟️

Your EROS Sunday Pass includes BOTH EROS Film Club and a live recording of DON’T FREAK OUT with @babyyors and @loveisbailey

Come for the whole evening, or stop by for whichever part interests you most.

SUNDAY’S SCHEDULE

3:00 PM • Doors Open + Bar

3:30 PM • DON’T FREAK OUT Live Podcast Recording with @babyyors + Love Bailey

5:00 PM • Pizza

5:30 PM • Queer Entertainment Industry Mixer

6:30 PM • Queer Horror Shorts + Filmmaker Conversations

🍸 FREE DRINK IF YOU ARRIVE BETWEEN 5–5:30 PM!

Bar + pizza open throughout.

QUEER HORROR SHORTS

🔪 Bloody Mary | dir. Maksym Varenyk

🔪 The Crossing | dir. Mike Tyus

🔪 Dungeon Cult Devotee 001 | dir. Maxwell Poth | DP Casey Pflipsen

🔪 Exit Interview | dir. Andrew Huebscher

🔪 Playback | dir. Maksym Varenyk

🔪 Haunted House | dir. Marco Palou

🔪 In the Valley | dir. Adam Van Dyke

🔪 Skullfuckr | dir. Love Bailey

More films and filmmaker appearances to be announced!

EROS Film Club is a monthly film series and mixer for filmmakers, artists, crew, actors, and movie lovers at The Earl in Koreatown, curated by Kurt Osenlund (@rkurtosenlund) and Maksym Varenyk (@maxvaren).

The Earl, Koreatown, Los Angeles
21+

$7 ADVANCE TICKETS: LINK IN BIO! by @losangelesblade

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LA! This Sunday Marco Palou is sitting down with Love Bailey for a live taping of DON’T FREAK OUT, hosted by EROS at The Earl. Plus a few surprise guests 👀

Come for the conversation, stay for pizza, the mixer, and EROS Film Club’s Queer Horror Shorts. One Sunday Pass gets you into both the taping and the screening.

Sunday, October 18
Doors at 3pm · Live taping 3:30–5pm
Queer Horror Shorts at 6:30pm
The Earl · 408 W 2nd St, Los Angeles
21+

See you there 🖤 taken in Los Angeles, California by @losangelesblade

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Thanks for having me @eros.la

Dressed in @coyotebluevintage
Photographed by @cole.5
@theearlgallery by @losangelesblade

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ONE YEAR OF EROS.

@zaralarsson be damned, summer is over and we’re BACK. This October, take a seat on EROS’ throbbing art stick. (Sorry mom.)

Queer(otic) art, live performance, music, dance, speed dating, live figure models, bar, pizza, and more.

Live music from @brianleonmusic, a new work by @andrewpearson___ performed with @markeemark1984, @adrian.hoffman + @davidprottas revisiting an EROS favorite, gay speed dating with @friendorflame, and DJ @jordangauger taking us late.

SATURDAY 10/3 • 6PM–MIDNIGHT • 21+
@theearl.la

TICKETS + VIP → LINK IN BIO

Bryan Leon
Photography: @fie1ds
Styling: @iantwhalley
Florist: @gianamaris

Andrew Pearson
Photography: @jrdsrv
Styling: @cristinamariaflorez

Mark Sawh Medrano
Photography: @misterandrus

Jordan Gauger
Photography: @photomansteve

EROS photography: @alexchldrn taken in The Earl by @losangelesblade

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FREE DRINKS FOR EARLY BIRDS

Industry mixer, queer shorts, endless 1983 Italian summer feature. Come whenever, leave whenever.

This month at EROS Film Club: Luca Guadagnino’s CALL ME BY YOUR NAME.

Join us Sunday, September 20 for a queer entertainment industry mixer, curated short films, and a feature screening at @theearlgallery in Koreatown.

Produced by EROS and curated by @rkurtosenlund, former executive editor of OUT Magazine, and filmmaker @maxvaren.

Featuring short films from @lewvvk, @tantron, @garden_of_alan + @cjlgva

4:30pm • Doors Open - Bar + Pizza + Hang
5:30pm • Industry Mixer (live entertainment folks welcome!)
6:30pm • Curated Short Films
7:15pm • CMBYN

Come for one part or stay for the whole night.

🍸✨ 2 FREE DRINKS IF YOU ARRIVE BEFORE 5PM ✨🍸

🍸 1 FREE DRINK IF YOU ARRIVE 5–5:30PM

$7 advance / $10 door
RSVP required — link in bio. by @losangelesblade

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Check out @eros.la for their next event!
#lgbtqia #art #losangeles #filmpremiere #erotic taken in The Earl by @losangelesblade

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📸: @alexchldrn
🩲: @wear_awry
Taken at @eros.la by @losangelesblade

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Industry mixer, queer shorts, Criterion-worthy feature. Come whenever, leave whenever.

This month at EROS Film Club: Pedro Almodóvar’s BAD EDUCATION

Join us Sunday, August 16 for a queer entertainment industry mixer, curated short films, and a feature screening at @theearlgallery in Koreatown.

Produced by EROS and curated by @rkurtosenlund, former executive editor of OUT Magazine, and filmmaker @maxvaren.

5:30pm • Industry Mixer (live entertainment folks welcome!)
6:30pm • Curated Short Films
7:15pm • BAD EDUCATION

Come for one part or stay for the whole night.

$7 advance / $10 door
RSVP required — link in bio. taken in The Earl by @losangelesblade

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Doing anything on Sunday? Come check out @eros.la Life Drawing Class at the Earl. @inoah_twink and I will be modeling for a group of artists. ❤️

Link to tickets in their bio and my story.

📸: @80.photographs
🩲: @jjmalibu by @losangelesblade

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