About this event
2 hours
Get Your Kink On! Workshop of Anatomy of Desire
Curious about dipping your toes into BDSM, but not sure where to start? Or do you already know you’re kinky, but just want to learn more?
Workshop and Live Demo
Sat Nov 26th 7-9 pm
MAINalley Pop Up Gallery, on Quebec St, between E 4th Ave and E 5th Ave, Vancouver, BC. Google maps link: https://goo.gl/maps/c9uEos5NyqeeZrhcA
Join veteran kinkster Melody Anne and special guest Intimate Victor for a workshop on the basics of kink, complete with a live demonstration of a sizzling BDSM scene! Emphasizing consent, communication, and FUN, this class will touch upon bondage, impact play, sensation play, and more, complete with hands-on techniques for maximizing pleasure in your scenes. Event is 18 +
Melody Anne is a sex educator, workshop facilitator, researcher, kinkster, and all-around sensual adventurer. A shameless sex geek with a degree in psychology and sexuality studies, she completed sexual health educator training from Options for Sexual Health, and has shared her sexpertise with thousands of individuals at conferences, universities, and venues across North America. With 16 years of experience in BDSM and sex-positive communities, Melody Anne is passionate about helping people explore their sexuality, navigate their kinks, and discover their authentic pleasure. Learn more at her website: eroticeducator.com
This workshop is part of Anatomy of Desire: Enter the realm of decadent delights!
A group art show featuring artists asserting alternative versions of love and passion.
The event will be a sex positive exhibition representing Vancouver area LGBTQA2S+, Kink and Burner communities including 2 and 3d art, assemblage, sculpture, photography, installations and performance.
There will be daytime seminars, workshops, lectures and demonstrations to share information that normalizes and affirms fetish, consent culture, and body-positivity.
Opening reception 6pm Thursday Nov. 24 – Closing Sunday Nov. 27 5pm For updated info on events contact ron.v.simmer@gmail.com and follow Ron Simmer Sculptor on FB or @artsblast on Instagram.
Venue is MAINalley, the space in the alley behind 114 E. 4th Ave near the corner of Quebec and 4th Ave in Vancouver, one block off Main St.. Exhibition installs Nov. 23 and winds up Sunday, Nov. 27.
The art call closes Nov. 16. Please submit JPEG images, description and brief bio to Ron Simmer at ron.v.simmer@gmail.com Original art and prints by local artists will be for sale. Artists pay no commission on sales but must contribute $30 towards marketing and reception expenses.
Only a maximum of three works will be exhibited for any specific artist. Artists must supply a brief descriptive tag including price for each work. Artists may use a pseudonym or professional name but please be clear about which name is to be used publicly
Any models depicted in photographs must be 18 years old or older at the time the photograph or image was made. Proof is required
Acknowledging the creation and presentation of these works take place on the
traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the xmky"m (Musqueam),
skwxw7mesh (Squamish), and slilwta (Tsleil- Waututh) peoples.