The Seattle Erotic Art Festival was founded in 2002 and is the flagship program of the nonprofit Pan Eros Foundation.

The Festival supports a vibrant creative community, promotes freedom of expression, and fosters sex-positive culture through public celebration of the arts.

[1] It is an annual weekend-long event, and showcases erotic art in diverse media including painting, photography, sculpture, film, literature, and interactive installations.

The Festival also features an expansive store which sells original works, prints, oddities, collectibles and related merchandise from contributing artists.

[10] In 2007, Festival organizers were turned down by "a dozen" regional publishers who refused to print their program before finding a local printer who would take the job.