SAN FRANCISCO — Exotic Erotic Ball and Expo has announced that it will produce the Erotic Arts Festival in San Francisco this Halloween. The arts festival will become part of an “Exotic Erotic” weekend of themed entertainment scheduled for October 24 and 25, 2008 on Treasure Island.

“I am hereby issuing an open call for all talented Bay Area artists whose work skews toward the erotic, exotic, sexy, and bizarre to please submit their work for consideration,” Exotic Erotic Ball founder Perry Mann said.

Mann inaugurated the call for erotic artists by inviting Pricasso, the Australian Penis Painter. “As I personally own a penis, I can attest that it’s difficult enough getting it to pee properly. This guy paints masterpieces. That tells you how special he is."

To facilitate entry, the Exotic Erotic Ball will subsidize between $500 and $1,000 for exhibiting costs for qualified Bay Area artists.

There are no application fees for artists, and artists retain 100% of all their sales.

An estimated 20,000 people annually attend the Exotic Erotic Expo and Exotic Erotic Ball.

Artists seeking information on exhibiting and obtaining subsidy can visit the event's web site.