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We have a lot planned for International Mr. Leather Weekend In addition to our usual presence in the IML Vendor Mart and our Annual Silent auction, we'll be roasting the outgoing IML and IMBB Titleholders, we'll have special evening hours Saturday night and a very special event for members of the LA&M only. Check out our International Mr. Leather information page for complete details.
The LA&M to hold a private screening of "Interior. Leather Bar."
The screening will be exclusively for members of the Leather Archives & Museum and their guests. The film will be shown at the Leather Archives & Museum following the conclusion of official IML events on Saturday, May 25th 2013. Ticket information will be sent to members of the LA&M in early May.
Join us Thursday May 23, 2013 for the Roast of outgoing IML and IMBB 2012
Kick off International Mr. Leather weekend by joining us for the roast of Woody Woodruff and Nick Elliott. Tickets available for guaranteed seating. Free seating is available on a first come first serve basis. We expect a full house for this event so purchase your tickets early. Doors open at 8:00pm, the program starts at 9:00pm
Check out the latest issue of Impact See what the Leather Archives & Museum has been up to over the past 6 months. See what new content we've put on-line. See what's next for the Guest Artist Gallery and what new exhibits are planned. Impact also honors all the donors to the LA&M for the current year.
What's new at the Leather Archives & Museum The latest news and information on events, new exhibits and generally what's happening at the LA&M. Find out what event we'll be at next. Keep up with the progress of our cataloging efforts. See who will be sponsoring free day and much more.
Now showing in the Guest Artist Gallery: FLESH: photos by Justice Howard Dangerous like a whirlwind of razor blades and seductive as candy coated opium... Alpha-femme photographer Justice Howard ain't for sissies.
Justice Howard has a career in photography that spans three decades, thousands of magazine publications, and involves such names as Waylon Jennings, Annie Sprinkle, Dave Navarro and Billy Idol. Show closes June 16
Next up in the Guest Artist Gallery: HIDE: art by Karl Hamilton-Cox
The exhibit features erotic works painted on leather canvas. Of his first showing outside of the UK, the artist says "My work is unashamedly illustrative in nature as I prefer a realism style that I feel is more of a technical challenge than contemporary representative or abstract genres." He developed his painting on leather technique after he was asked to do a bomber jacket sample in early 2011.