Sex Workers Art Show
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| − | The '''Sex Workers Art Show''' is an annual tour in the United States of art and performance by former and current [[sex worker]]s: [[prostitute]]s, [[stripper]]s, [[phone sex]] operators, professional [[dominatrix|dominatrices]], [[pornography|porn]] models and performers, etc. Performance modes include [[burlesque]], spoken word, and music (ranging from solo acoustic performance to punk rock to R&B). Participants in past years have included [[Annie Sprinkle]], [[Scarlot Harlot]] [[Candye Kane]], and [[Michelle Tea]]. | + | The '''Sex Workers Art Show''' is an annual tour in the United States of art and performance by former and current [[sex worker]]s: [[prostitute]]s, [[stripper]]s, [[phone sex]] operators, professional [[dominatrix|dominatrices]], [[pornography|porn]] models and performers, etc. Performance modes include [[burlesque]], spoken word, and music (ranging from solo acoustic performance to punk rock to R&B). Participants in past years have included [[Annie Sprinkle]], [[Scarlot Harlot]], [[Candye Kane]], and [[Michelle Tea]]. |
Starting in 1998 in Olympia, Washington, and founded by a stripper known as Annie Oakley (named after a woman performer in Wild West shows, the subject of the musical ''Annie Get Your Gun''), the show has occurred annually, and expanded in 2004 to a month-long national tour. | Starting in 1998 in Olympia, Washington, and founded by a stripper known as Annie Oakley (named after a woman performer in Wild West shows, the subject of the musical ''Annie Get Your Gun''), the show has occurred annually, and expanded in 2004 to a month-long national tour. | ||
Revision as of 03:58, 2 February 2006
The Sex Workers Art Show is an annual tour in the United States of art and performance by former and current sex workers: prostitutes, strippers, phone sex operators, professional dominatrices, porn models and performers, etc. Performance modes include burlesque, spoken word, and music (ranging from solo acoustic performance to punk rock to R&B). Participants in past years have included Annie Sprinkle, Scarlot Harlot, Candye Kane, and Michelle Tea.
Starting in 1998 in Olympia, Washington, and founded by a stripper known as Annie Oakley (named after a woman performer in Wild West shows, the subject of the musical Annie Get Your Gun), the show has occurred annually, and expanded in 2004 to a month-long national tour.
The pieces typically range from the very sex-positive to some very dark pieces about the abuse that sometimes comes with working in the industry.
