From Audacia Ray
Sex Workers Visions II, curated by Audacia Ray and co-sponsored by $pread
Magazine, Arena Studios, and the SoHo Arts Council
Opening May 1, 2021 from 6 to 9 pm
Runs through July 28, 2021
Arena Studios, 407 Broome Street, Suite 7A
In $pread magazine’s second annual art show, sex workers with an artistic
bent step up and tell their stories visually. The show includes art by Annie
Sprinkle, Zak Smith, Genevive Zacconi, and Vena Virago, in addition to
illustrations and photographs that have appeared in $pread magazine, as well
as a special opening night exhibition of hand-decorated dildos by sex
workers.
At events around the United States and Canada, sex workers have gathered at
sex-positive sex toy shops to paint, decorate and possibly mutilate dildos
for inclusion in Sex Worker Visions II. Sponsored events occurred at Early 2
Bed in Chicago, Comes As You Are in Toronto, Adam and Eve sponsored a group
of sex workers in Cleveland, and Vibrator.com sponsored a $pread event at
Arena Studios in New York.