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The Art of Switching
The Art of Switching
August 2, 2025 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
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In this intimate two-hour workshop, we'll explore the intoxicating dance of switching - flowing between dominant and submissive energies with your partner. Whether through calculated power exchange or the raw, instinctive struggle of primal play, you'll discover new depths in your dynamic as you learn to surrender and seize control.
We'll cover the spectrum of switching styles from structured games to primal intuition.
We'll explore essential elements of successful switching:
- Creating clear boundaries and limits for different headspaces
- Managing intensity and nervous system responses
- Developing a shared vocabulary for graceful scene transitions
- Building trust through structured practice exercises
- Scene building and development
- Managing headspace though role transitions
You'll learn practical tools for communication and gain a deeper appreciation for the trust inherent in conscious power exchange.
Suitable for all experience levels. No special equipment or clothing required - just bring an open mind and a willingness to explore with your partner.
Join us to unleash new dimensions in your power exchange journey.
Important Information:
- Pay-what-you-can scholarships are available for all Pan Eros Foundation workshops. If you need financial assistance, please email Leah at education@pan-eros.org
- No late entry will be allowed due to the intimate nature of this workshop. Doors will be locked at 10 minutes after the start time.
- Water available. Please bring your own cup or bottle.
- Open to all 18+
- Attendance is limited to 15 duos and 4 audit seats.
- All sexes, genders, races, ethnicities, bodies, body types, sexual orientations, relationship orientations, abilities welcome and celebrated.
- Please let us know by email if you have any access needs or things that would aid in your learning.
- Questions may be directed to: education@pan-eros.org
About the Educators:
Mz.Magpie ( she/ her) is a nerdy switch who who joined the community in 2010. She is a versatile switch. You can find her at Mz_Magpie on instagram and Fetlife or on magpiekink.com
August ( they/them) is a nonsense person who gave up on being an "adult" long ago. They've been following instructions from their betters since 2008 and they are owned by a cat. The cat is orange.
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Connection-Based Kink
Connection-Based Kink
August 5, 2025 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
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Dare to explore your dominance? Craving connection through kink?
We will be exploring the energy of dominance and submission to deepen our connection to self and others within kinky play through games. This workshop is designed to support juicy connected play for a variety of kink-experience levels, including the kink-curious. All games encourage participants to take both roles (dom/sub) at times. Come see if switches have more fun 🙂
You may come solo and make new friends or bring a partner, date, or friend. Will not be sexual play but this will be a high touch experiential playshop. No implements/toys required for these games.
Why do I love kink?
Through kink play you can find your power, you can find your voice, discover new parts of yourself, kick shames ass, build deep trust, and experience new levels of sensation, connection, and surrender.
Important Information:
- Pay-what-you-can scholarships are available for all Pan Eros Foundation workshops. If you need financial assistance, please email Leah at assistdirector@pan-eros.org
- No late entry will be allowed due to the intimate nature of this workshop. Doors will be locked at 15 minutes after the start time.
- Water available. Please bring your own cup or bottle.
- Open to all 18+
- Attendance is limited to 30 people.
- All sexes, genders, races, ethnicities, bodies, body types, sexual orientations, relationship orientations, abilities welcome and celebrated.
- Please let us know by email if you have any access needs or things that would aid in your learning.
- Questions may be directed to: assistdirector@pan-eros.org
About the Educator:
Meet Coco - goddess of play, founder of SweetieSM.
Her passion lies in guiding others to explore themselves and their connections with others more deeply - through authentic relating, kink, acro, and movement.
She’s empowered through certifications in authentic relating, Acroyoga, Yoga and Dance TTs, a masters in social welfare, and being an insatiably curious and hungry learner in this magical world.
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Gallery Erato Retail Hours
Gallery Erato Retail Hours
August 7, 2025 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
See the art on display and browse the prints, pins, stickers, and smaller works available for purchase.
Hours are subject to change.
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First Thursday Art Walk in Pioneer Square
First Thursday Art Walk in Pioneer Square
August 7, 2025 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Join us for the historic Pioneer Square’s monthly art walk at Gallery Erato.
When: 5pm-8pm
Where: 309 First Avenue South Seattle, WA 98104
Gallery Erato is the year-round home of the Seattle Erotic Art Festival and the Pan Eros Foundation. Peruse a selection of the visual art of all types.
Drop into Gallery Erato at 309 1st Ave S for our contribution to the Pioneer Square's First Thursday Art Walk. There will be live performances and light refreshments. This month's featured artists:
For more information about First Thursday Artwalk here, including free parking options: https://www.pioneersquare.org/experiences/first-thursday-art-walk
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First Thursday Event
First Thursday Event
August 7, 2025 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
The Pan Eros Foundation is pleased to create space for people to meet, talk, and share conversation and ideas. Each month, Pan Eros will host a discussion at Gallery Erato with a different topic to encourage the sharing of ideas and to create and expand communities. Pan Eros means “all love” and we support participants in cultivating and celebrating their sexuality. To support this mission, our monthly discussion topics will range among the educational and artistic realms.
August's event features diem, a Seattle based DJ, who is known for dancing behind the decks and joining the crowd mid-set. diem resides in the PNW, having called Seattle home since 2001. He has performed in clubs and at festivals across the US, Canada, Hawaii, and Mexico. He defines his sound as “hardtribaldisco”, which is a blend of tribal Latin rhythms, hard funk, house beats, and breaks, to become the layered evil disco that gets everyone’s booty moving.
Enjoy the music, dance, and meet and talk with this month's featured artist, Miguel Eduardo of Seeking Soma Arts. This is the last chance to see the exhibit "Counterculture".
Our goal in hosting these meetings is to grow a community that has rich conversations about sexuality. By fostering open discussions, we hope to end the stigma around sex and sexuality so that people may live more authentically and happily.
All sexes, genders, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, relationship orientations, and religions are welcome and celebrated. Kindness and a willingness to respect another point of view are expected.
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Witchy Rope Enthusiast Group
Witchy Rope Enthusiast Group
August 9, 2025 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Witchy Rope Enthusiast Group is for people who are female identified, genderqueer, gender non-binary, and trans to talk about rope.
Who: Open to the public, 18+ ID Required Cost: $10 suggested donation
WREG is a peer learning space to empower femme and non-male identifying rope tops. Male and masc identifying people are welcome to attend as bottoms and to self-tie. Only femme and non-male identifying people are allowed to tie and to teach. Please respect the mission of the space. WREG is intended as a space for peer learning. This will be held in a discussion and demo format and is NOT meant as a class.
We're asking for donations to continue to support Gallery Erato/ Pan Eros. If you're able, please consider donating through their giving page HERE. No one will be turned away for lack of funds, but your funds help keep our kinky spaces running.
WREG meets at Gallery Erato, located at 309 1st Ave S. Seattle, WA 98104. Please email or DM for current COVID protocols.
Questions? Comments? DM on Fetlife or post to the event thread HERE. Or email information@pan-eros.org.
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[Sold Out] Bondage for Beginners
[Sold Out] Bondage for Beginners
August 9, 2025 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104
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Interested in adding some bondage to your life but not sure where to start? This fun and accessible introductory class will introduce you to the basics of kink and rope bondage. By the time you’re done you’ll have all the skills you need to safely and confidently start exploring bondage on your own.
This is a bondage class rather than a knots class, so our focus is on teaching a small number of versatile techniques that you can use in all kinds of ways. All the ties in the class are easy to learn and can be used for many different play styles.
The point of bondage is to connect with your partner, so we’ll also cover fundamental kink concepts like consent, safewords, negotiation, and aftercare. To help you put it all together, we’ll have fun demos of the techniques in action, along with suggestions for how to figure out what kind of kink works best for you.
Single students are welcome, but this class is most fun if you take it with a partner. We’ll provide practice rope if you don’t have your own. The 38 page color handout includes all the class material as well as additional ties to practice at home.
COVID Protocols:
We will announce the masking policy four weeks before the class. If you buy tickets for a class before the covid policy has been finalized, please understand that masks may or may not be required.
Important details:
- Pay-what-you-can scholarships are available for all Pan Eros Foundation workshops. If you need financial assistance, please email Leah at education@pan-eros.org
- All sexes, genders, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, relationship orientations, bodies, body types, ability levels welcome and celebrated.
- No late entry will be allowed due to the nature of this workshop. Doors will be locked at 10 minutes after the start time.
- Open to all 18+
- Water available. Please bring your own bottle or cup.
- Attendance is limited to 24 people.
- Questions may be directed to: education@pan-eros.org
About the Educators:
Dan (Nerves of Purple) (he/him) is a queer, top-leaning rope switch based in Seattle. He has been active in the rope scene since 2017. His style of rope is best characterized as sensual, functional, and connective. With a medical background in neuroanatomy, he takes an analytical approach to rope, with an emphasis on nerve and body safety. He performs as a duo with Esjay the Dreamer. Their joint mission, with Esjay, is to promote shibari as a movement and performing art.
Esjay the Dreamer (they/she) is a queer, trans, bottom-leaning power switch based in Seattle. As a circus and flow artist, movement and physical fitness are their life, and are passions that they bring to their rope practice. Their educational style emphasizes body and emotional nourishment, as well as playfulness and fun. They perform shibari as a duo with Nerves of Purple, as well as various disciplines with other circus partners, including aerial and flow arts. Their joint mission, with Dan, is to promote shibari as a movement and performing art.
This event is presented by the Pan Eros Foundation. Please go to Pan-Eros.org for more information.
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Men Tying Men Play Party
Men Tying Men Play Party
August 10, 2025 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
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We’re having a rope bondage play party for men and for all folks with lived experience as men. We’ll have floor mats and tables available as well as hardpoints for rope bondage suspension. Sex is okay and even encouraged. In fact, all kinds of play are good – but the focus of this party is rope bondage. We strongly suggest you bring your own rope.
This event is open to men and to all folks with lived experience as men.
Please note: Masks and vaccination for COVID-19 is strongly encouraged.
This party is hosted by VisibleRestraint.com (nsfw) and is a fundraiser for the Pan Eros Foundation.
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Hypnosis Drills
Hypnosis Drills
August 11, 2025 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Gallery Erato (Seattle)
Free (Donations Appreciated)
Informal practice session for hypnotists and subjects in a safe, friendly, peer group setting. Among other things, we might be doing “drills” on pacing/leading, opening yes sets, opening compliance sets, inductions, speaking in uptime, improving our facility for observing our partners, improving subject skills, state play, deepeners, fractionation, and anything else that seems important.
This is a monthly event that happens the second Monday of each month.
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Gallery Erato Retail Hours
Gallery Erato Retail Hours
August 14, 2025 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
See the art on display and browse the prints, pins, stickers, and smaller works available for purchase.
Hours are subject to change.
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Hypnokink Enthusiast's Trance Night
Hypnokink Enthusiast's Trance Night
August 16, 2025 6:30 pm - August 17, 2025 12:00 am
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
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Welcome to the bi-monthly hypnokink-themed play party! We have demos, trance tastings, and group trance play. We also have spaces for quiet coupled trance play, hypnosis-themed BDSM play, and for trancey, sexy time. There is also a nice social area. Trance play is allowed everywhere.
For those who can be there when our party starts, we begin with a quick introduction to the party, including a party user’s guide and light, chill group trance induction.
Rules for the party will be at the door. You’ll be asked to review and sign them before entering.
Ticket Price: $30 per person/$50 for couples
This party is hosted by VisibleRestraint and is a fundraising opportunity: 100% of ticket sales benefit the Pan Eros Foundation.
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Hypnokink Enthusiast's Trance Night
Hypnokink Enthusiast's Trance Night
August 16, 2025 6:30 pm - August 17, 2025 12:00 am
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Purchase tickets here!
Welcome to the bi-monthly hypnokink-themed play party! We have demos, trance tastings, and group trance play. We also have spaces for quiet coupled trance play, hypnosis-themed BDSM play, and for trancey, sexy time. There is also a nice social area. Trance play is allowed everywhere.
For those who can be there when our party starts, we begin with a quick introduction to the party, including a party user’s guide and light, chill group trance induction.
Rules for the party will be at the door. You’ll be asked to review and sign them before entering.
Ticket Price: $30 per person/$50 for couples
This party is hosted by VisibleRestraint and is a fundraising opportunity: 100% of ticket sales benefit the Pan Eros Foundation.
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Gallery Erato Retail Hours
Gallery Erato Retail Hours
August 21, 2025 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
See the art on display and browse the prints, pins, stickers, and smaller works available for purchase.
Hours are subject to change.
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Chillshare - Quiet Rope Jam
Chillshare - Quiet Rope Jam
August 21, 2025 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
Master the Art of Quiet Rope: A Unique Skillshare Experience
Step into a world where skill meets serenity. Join us for a skillshare focused on the mesmerizing art of rope bondage in an intentionally quiet space. Whether you're a beginner or have some rope experience, this event offers a low-stim environment to learn, practice, and connect with others. Masking required.
What to Expect:
Skillsharing Moments: Share your rope tips, tricks, and experiences in a supportive environment.
Quiet Bondage Challenges: Test your skills and creativity with fun, silent bondage challenges designed to inspire and entertain.
Quieter voices: We recommend you default to speaking only as loudly as needed, hushed voices are great!
Stack: When having group conversations, we recommend using a simplified “taking stack” method to help avoid speaking over and interrupting others. If you’re unfamiliar with this, please see one of the event hosts!
Who Should Attend:
This session welcomes anyone interested in rope bondage or seeking a unique way to connect with others. All skill levels are encouraged to participate—from curious beginners to seasoned shibaristas.
What to Bring:
A mask, kn95 or better preferred
Comfortable clothing suitable for movement
Rope (a limited amount of loaner rope may be available for use during the event)
A notebook or sketchbook for jotting down tips and insights
Ground cover?
Donations:
This event will be a suggested donation of $5. Please contribute what you can to help the Pan Eros Foundation continue to provide space for events like these.
Unleash your inner bondage nerd, and discover the joy of quietly mastering a new skill. We're excited to share this harmonious blend of rope and mindfulness with you!
Hosts for this event are:
BacoNawa
Soniaiaiai
Solo-Chastity
Astyra
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Seattle Nude, Erotic + Boudoir Photography Group
Seattle Nude, Erotic + Boudoir Photography Group
August 24, 2025 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Seattle Nude, Erotic + Boudoir Photography Group
Monthly Open-Shoot Meetup 4th Sunday of every month (Beginning January 23rd, 2022) 5:00pm-8:30pm Hosted at Gallery Erato 309 1st Ave S Seattle, WA 98104 Info: snebp@pan-eros.org
Overview Seattle Nude, Erotic + Boudoir Photography Group exists to facilitate networking and the creation of art in the PNW photography and modeling communities while providing a safer, semi-public space to have first or repeated interactions with co-creators. Beginning January 23rd, 2022 the group organizer, Thrice, will be running a monthly meetup where we discuss and shoot nude, erotic, and boudoir photos, share knowledge and inspiration, and network with others in our creative communities.
First hour free 5-6pm $10 per person 6-830pm
What to Expect After an initial hour of mingling and conspiring, all the fun and excitement of creation starts when we close the doors at 6pm. Come introduce yourself, mingle and meet, then we will collect the event fee and shooting can begin. At this point, no more attendees will be admitted so no new faces surprise you while you’re shooting. Some gear will be available to rent or borrow, we will go through the available supplies at the start of the event.
Open Shoot Format Throughout the event, photographers, assistants, and models will use the large, versatile shooting space to collaborate, have fun, and make art. Come with an idea in mind and a photographer in tow or meet someone here and come up with a spontaneous shoot inspired by the surroundings and your model’s style. Bring all your own gear, ready to shoot, and explore the space to find the perfect spot. Take advantage of any down time to connect with your fellow creatives, find inspiration, share your knowledge and experience.
Consent + Consideration Make sure that you have the consent of all bodies in your frame before you shoot. Watch your backgrounds and try not to walk through active shooting space you’re not participating in as a courtesy to all. Lingerie, suggested nudity, and nonsexual nudity are welcome throughout the space. We ask that explicit or overtly sexual acts (use your judgement, ask if you’re not sure) be shot downstairs. We will continually evaluate the ways we use the space and adjust for the comfort and needs of our community to best facilitate free creation. No one is required to shoot with anyone else or to shoot any content they do not wish to participate in. Pressure is unacceptable, both photographers and models are expected to take “No” as a complete sentence any time it is given.
Our Hosts + Facility Gallery Erato and the Pan Eros Foundation are pleased to offer those who create art that explores themes of sexuality, gender, relationships, identity, orientation, and love a place to showcase and create their work. This 6000+ square foot space in Pioneer Square spans 2 floors. The ground floor Gallery is fully accessible. There is a 3″ lip at the front entry and a ramp is available upon request. The lower level Studio is currently only accessible by stairs. We encourage the use of public transit or rideshare.
309 1st Ave S Seattle, WA 98104 https://www.pan-eros.org/galleryerato/
COVID Precautions As per King County guidelines, all attendees must present a valid vaccination record or negative test results within 72 hours of the event start time. Wash your hands frequently, keep your distance whenever possible, wear masks if you’re not modeling, and consider your COVID precautions when sharing gear. Sanitizer will be available throughout the event for hands and equipment.
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Gallery Erato Retail Hours
Gallery Erato Retail Hours
August 28, 2025 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Gallery Erato, 309 1st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
See the art on display and browse the prints, pins, stickers, and smaller works available for purchase.
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