October 2011
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'Building Our Own Picket Fences' Kickstarter... →
November 2010
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Thin Line Between Art and Sex →
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Thin Line Between Art and Sex
Femina Potens is hosting sexy erotic members only evening called a Thin Line Between Art and Sex this Saturday November 6th from 8pm to 11pm. This is an art happening that will allow you to test your boundaries of where you believe that line can be drawn or should be drawn. Become a member today and secure your invite to this intriguing event. There will be performers including Madison Young,...
June 2010
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Opening Reception @ FP on July 3rd
‘Speaking To Las Vegas in the Language of Las Vegas’ VISUAL ART EXHIBIT BY Laurenn McCubbin SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – July 3 - 31, 2010 – Femina Potens is tickled pink to introduce you to the multi-dimensional world of Sex Workers. This July we bring you a stunning multimedia art installation that combines a performance, video and illustrated portraits of real Las Vegas Sex Workers...
Walk the "Thin Line Between Art and Sex" - Event...
‘THIN LINE BETWEEN ART & SEX’ HEAT IT UP THIS JULY AT OUR DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS ONLY EVENT This Summer we are ready to gloriously celebrate the people who support Femina Potens! In your honor we will be hosting the second ‘Thin Line Between Art & Sex’ - an explicit night of live sex performances exclusively for Femina Potens Members. On July 2, 2010 we...
November 2009
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Art of Restaint
GIVE THANKS, SERVICE AND SUBMISSION BY INDULGING IN PURE DEBAUCHERY ‘ART OF RESTRAINT’ SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - November 21st, 2009 - 8PM. Last August Femina Potens hosted a sold-out evening of erotic debauchery featuring amazing bondage artists such as James Mogul and Midori and even a delicious burlesque performance by celebrity Margaret Cho. On November 21st Femina Potens will...
September 2009
2 posts
Artworks by Christine Kessler, Van Darkholme
FP Edge is an artists’ network run by the Femina Potens Art Gallery, connecting cutting-edge LGBTQI, erotic and sex positive artists with the community. This Fall FP Edge brings you two fantastic photographers to the kinky mecca that is Madame/Mr. S leather. This weekend when you are reveling in the delights of the Folsom Street Fair, stop by Madame and Mr. S and indulge in the sensual...
Leather Making Workshop with Daddy Wendell
Come get your gear ready for Folsom Street Fair. Your favorite sexy gallery Femina Potens wants to make sure you are ready to dress the part. This Friday September 25 from 7-9 pm we will be hosting a Kick off To Folsom leather making workshop. Daddy Wendell, Mr LeatherSir 2006, the basics of leather working without a sewing machine. He will discuss how to locate suppliers of tools and materials,...
August 2009
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THE 'ART OF RESTRAINT' AT FEMINA POTENS
The ‘Art of Restraint’ unites the nation’s most talented bondage performers in one room - creating an interactive evening of delicious erotic decadence. In our small intimate setting you are not only witnessing the bondage art that they are creating, but you are a part of it. You are standing side by side with celebrity bondage artists, models, and...
July 2009
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DEBAUCHERY - Fundraiser for Femina Potens at the...
FOSTERING QUEER ART ONE LAP DANCE AT A TIME
FEMINA POTENS “DEBAUCHERY” FUNDRAISER THIS SUNDAY AT THE WHITE HORSE IN OAKLAND
Hedonism and Debauchery reigns this Sunday July 19th at the White Horse on Telegraph in Oakland. Naturally a queer cadre from Femina Potens will be traveling transbay to join in the sexy fun. You are invited to join us in the Debauchery, at this historic gay...
Show Me Your Fantasy - Saturday July 11th
REALIZE YOUR DEEPEST DESIRES AT FEMINA POTENS NEWEST VISUAL ART EXHIBITION.
OPENING RECEPTION THIS SATURDAY NIGHT 7PM!
‘SHOW ME YOUR FANTASY’
Femina Potens Art Gallery continues its pursuit of pleasure by fulfilling your desires at our newest visual art exhibition ‘Show Me Your Fantasy’. Fall witness to a brilliant display of artistic expression as we create a...
Call for Artists for "BUST ED II"
Femina Potens is holding a call for artist submissions for our annual visual art exhibition ‘Bust ED’. This show honors breast cancer awareness month addressing breast health. ‘Bust ED’ celebrates the lovely and erotic nature of the bosom, while reminding everyone of the way breast cancer affects our lives.
This October 2009, Femina Potens will be hosting the second...
June 2009
3 posts
SIZZLE - Mad Hatter's Tea Party at Femina Potens
PUT YOUR PINKY IN THE AIR FOR THE MAD HATTER’S EROTIC TEA TIME AT FEMINA POTENS’ AWARD WINNING LITERARY SERIES, SIZZLE.
Femina Potens proudly presents SIZZLE, the monthly Bay Area award winning literary erotica series. SIZZLE heats up the Castro every month, merging internationally acclaimed queer and erotic authors with the Bay Area’s top emerging local writers, spoken word...
Stand Up For Queer Visibility In the Media, Call...
Join us tonight at Femina Potens
Fighting for Queer Representation in the media!
For the past month HBO has been filming Madison Young and Femina Potens for an episode of Real Sex. This has entailed scenes from Madison Young’s Production company ‘Madison Young Productions’ as well as at her feminist, queer Art Gallery Femina Potens.
After filming Madison feels as though...
Open Eyes Queer Film Night - Pink & White's...
OPEN UP TO THE HOTTEST QUEER EROTICA AT FEMINA POTENS’ OPEN EYES QUEER FILM NIGHT
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 4, 2009 - “Open Eyes, Queer Film Night” takes place the first Friday of each month at the Femina Potens Art Gallery. Open Eyes features local artist’s provocative, critical, and engaging films. In addition to the engaging film screenings, Open Eyes also hosts...
May 2009
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Suzanne Forbes Reception Friday May 22nd at Madame...
FP EDGE PRESENTS THE PORTRAITURE OF SUZANNE RACHEL FORBES OPENING RECEPTION TONIGHT AT MADAME S
FP Edge presents the work of painter Suzanne Rachel Forbes. Forbes is a prominent and prolific force in the world of Fetish Art, working with acrylic on canvas to create “traditional portraiture for alternative lifestyles.”
Her work will also be presented at Madame S. focuses on...
Femina Potens Announces a Writers Workshop for...
WRITE HERE! WRITE NOW!
WRITERS’ WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN & QUEERS
Beginning the last week of May, Femina Potens will be offering an intensive writers’ workshop for women and Queers directed by the talented Beth Mattson. The work shop will culminate in a reading performance with the National Queer Arts Festival on Thursday, June 25th. The theme of the workshop will be Identity, and...
Art House Sluts Premiere Porn Screening
15 MINUTES OF FAME AT THE RED CARPET PREMIERE
“ART HOUSE” BY MADISON YOUNG
THURSDAY NIGHT!
Discover your 15 minutes of fame as you walk down the red carpet for this Warhol inspired premiere party and screening for Madison Young’s newest release “Art House”. Walk into our studio for a Nude Screen Test and become part of the San Francisco Art Porn Revolution. Dress...
Volunteering for Art of Restraint
Femina Potens is seeking volunteers for our quarterly Art of Restraint event on Saturday. We’re looking for;
People to help set up the event
Someone to loan us fabric for the evening
And lastly someone with mad interior design skillz to make the gallery look sexy on Saturday
Can you help? Email fpdevelopment (at) gmail.com
Art of Restraint feat. Lorelei Lee, Fivestar, &...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Malia Schlaefer, feminapotenspress@gmail.com
GIVE INTO YOUR DEEPEST DESIRES AND INDULGE IN EROTIC DECADENCE AT FEMINA POTENS ART GALLERY ‘ART OF RESTRAINT’
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 16, 2009 - 8PM. Last February Femina Potens hosted a sold-out evening of erotic debauchery at the first ever ‘Art of Restraint’ bondage art Salon. On May...
SIZZLE feat Carol Queen, Dusty Horn & Chica Boom
GET A TINGLE DEEP INSIDE WITH EROTICA READINGS AND DEVIOUS PERFORMANCES IN HONOR OF NATIONAL MASTURBATION MONTH AT FEMINA POTENS’ AWARD WINNING LITERARY EROTICA SERIES, SIZZLE.
EXPOSE YOURSELF MAY 8th 2009 at 8pm as Femina Potens proudly presents SIZZLE, the monthly Bay Area award winning literary erotica series and open mic. SIZZLE heats up the Castro every month, merging...
Femina Potens Interviews Carol Queen
The spectacular Carol Queen dishes about masturbation, from its development as a cultural taboo to self-comfort for the masses. For more info on the Queen check her out at www.carolqueeen.com, and be sure to get steamy with her and a hot bill of other mind- blowing feminist thinkers and doers at Femina Potens Sizzle, May 8th.
F: Hi Carol! It’s May, national masturbation month. In preparation...
April 2009
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Video from "Art of Restraint"
Here’s a collection of clips from our last Art of Restraint event. Missed out on the last one or just want to see more erotic performance art? We’re going to be having another one on the 16th of May, expect more details very soon!
A Touch of Pleasure - Exhibition for Masturbation...
‘A TOUCH OF PLEASURE’ - EXPOSE YOURSELF TO SELF PLEASURE AND CUTTING EDGE ART DURING NATIONAL MASTURBATION MONTH
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MAY 2, 2009 7-10pm step through the doors at Femina Potens Art Gallery to experience a wonderland of art works and installations that will leave you salivating as your host for the evening, sex educator and feminist Porn Star, Madison...
WatchWe’re livestreaming from SIZZLE! Here’s an adorable preview clip of Jamie Clevenger readins a piece of erotica originally written for her wife. You can see the rest of the videos we were able to record tonight at http://qik.com/feminapotens. Excuse the jerkiness and the someone disorganised sense of it all, its our first time livestreaming after all!
Please give us feedback on these,...
SIZZLE this Friday feat. Novelists Karin...
TAKE A TASTE OF THE QUEER LITERARY LEGENDS, PASSIONATE PUBLISHERS AND SIMMERING SEXPOTS AT FEMINA POTENS’ AWARD WINNING LITERARY SERIES, SIZZLE.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 10 TH, 2009 - Femina Potens proudly presents SIZZLE, the monthly Bay Area award winning literary erotica series. SIZZLE heats up the Castro every month, merging internationally acclaimed queer and erotic authors...
Femina Potens EXCLUSIVE Interview with Selina...
By: Francesca Ochoa
Selina Raven and Jiz Lee, two of the many amazing performers in Layover, a hot, kinky spin off of 70’s femdom- turned –queer- as –fuck, shared a drink, some thoughts on the power of radical porn, and some juicy behind the scenes reflections. But first, an introduction… Selina Raven: I started working as a dominatrix in 1998, and that was my first formal introduction to the...
'Under the Big Top' Opening Reception at Femina...
FREAKISHLY CARNIVALESQUE VAUDEVILLIAN PORTRAITURE MEETS AERIAL PERFORMANCE ART INSTALLATIONS AT FEMINA POTENS
‘UNDER THE BIG TOP’, VISUAL ART INSTALLATION
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – APRIL 4, 2009 7-10pm– Femina Potens invites you to experience the circus like you never have before. Our April exhibit invokes a deliciously deviant curiosity for the magical and absurd. “Under the Big...
FP Edge Opening Reception for Nancy Peach at...
THIS FRIDAY EROTIC OPENING RECEPTION AT MADAME S FOR NANCY PEACH
FP Edge presents the work of painter Nancy Peach at Madame S BDSM Store in San Francisco. Peach is interested in exploring the self and human expression through her painting, and the physical and erotic nature of art itself. Utilizing vibrant colors, attention to anatomy, and personal, passionate content. The exhibit will run...
Femina Potens is now sponsored by the Church of...
APRIL 1ST 2009
SAN FRANCISCO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Femina Potens, the well known and well respected art gallery and event space for women and transgendered artists is proud to announce that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is now the official sponsor.
Effective immediately, the gallery will no longer be displaying any sort of artwork that does not display a scene in the...
Open Eyes Queer Film Night April
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: Malia Schlaefer, feminapotenspress@gmail.com
LIFT YOUR LIDS WITH “THE LAYOVER,” with Hot Queer Porn AT FEMINA POTENS’
OPEN EYES QUEER FILM NIGHT.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – April 3, 2009 - “Open Eyes, Queer Film Night” takes place the first Friday of each month at the Femina Potens Art Gallery. Open Eyes features local artist’s provocative,...
March 2009
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Femina Potens is seeking investors!
Our co-founder, Madison Young is putting a call out to investors to help support our feminist non-profit art gallery and event space here in the Castro district of San Francisco California.
Interested in being a part of the art sex revolution? Contact her via feminapotens (at) gmail (dot) com.
Hi! Welcome to our Tumblr!
Hi! Welcome to the official Femina Potens Tumblr blog! We’ll be posting updates about the gallery, upcoming events, thoughts about the world and even some videos from time to time.
Bear with us as we experiment with this blog and don’t hesitate to give us feedback.
-Ani Niow —Director of Sexually Transmitted Internet Memes