The Kinsey Institute is proud to present its third annual Juried Art Show. This show offers artists a rare opportunity to exhibit pieces of erotic art in a professional art competition. This year's multi-media exhibition features nearly 80 works submitted by an international group of contemporary artists exploring themes related to sex, gender, eroticism, reproduction, sexuality, romantic relationships, and the sensual human figure.

Photographer Herbert Ascherman, Kinsey Institute art curator Catherine Johnson-Roehr, and gallery owner Pet Silvia will jury the exhibit.

The Friends of the Kinsey Institute invite you to a Midsummer Open House to be held at the The Kinsey Institute in Morrison Hall, Indiana University.

The event will include tours of the Institute, a talk from KI Director Dr. Julia Heiman, and the opportunity to meet and chat with Institute researchers and supporters. Food from Lennies and FARMbloomington will be served in the courtyard, accompanied by local beer and wines from the Bloomington Brewing Company and Oliver Winery. For full details, please visit the Midsummer Open House page >>

Herbert Ascherman has been working as a fine art photographer for more than forty years, yet the photographs in this exhibition come from a body of personal work previously known to only a small group of friends and collectors. Selected from more than 400 original prints in the Institute’s permanent collection, these photographs represent Ascherman’s four decades of exploring human sexuality in all its fascinating variety.

On Friday, September 12th, there will be a public reception from 5:00 to 7:00 pm in the Kinsey Institute Gallery. Herbert Ascherman Jr., will give a talk about his work at 7:00 pm in Morrison 007. Both events are free and open to the public.