Yeah. New set was just accepted. Oh and for all of you who will be attending Fetish Con I was voted as a potential Guest of Honor for the event. Go to Fetishcon.com and vote for me for Guest of Honor and I'll be your bestest friend forever...scouts honor and stuff..

I can't believe my "Impulse" set finally went live. I think London and I shot that back in 2005 when my hair was really short. Now it is half way down my back. It's hard looking at photos that were shot so long ago and that I don't relate to at all now. I remember we shot that on one of my trips around the country where I was traveling from shoot to shoot and I was so exhausted and I think it shows. It also doesn't really capture the relationship with latex and I was like 20 lbs heavier in those photos than I am now. Blah. Hopefully It won't always take over a year to publish photos of girls on the site. Hope everyone had a great holiday and made some resolutions that they will keep. This is going to be a big year for me and both of my companies. I will continue to travel but not as frequently as the last couple of years has required.

Been so busy. What else is new? I can't believe the holidays are here again. I got all of my holiday cards stuffed and they are going in the mail tomorrow. I've bought almost all of my presents for my family and significant other. I'm trying to travel less. I've been working out more. My stress levels are evening out. I feel more productive and like I'm gaining more control of my life. My book is coming along. The proposal should be in the mail by the New Year. Working on putting together the 2007 season for my gallery. Found out that I'll be performing at the AVN Alt Makers Ball w/ Joanna Angel,Dana Dearmond, Kid 606 and Gold Chains. Should be fun. Looking forward to 2007. I have a lot planned. Working on confirming a trip to Europe in May, April NYC and fitting in Chicago sometime in the spring.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE
New work from the Love Art Laboratory; Elizabeth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle

A multi-media installation at Femina Potens Art Gallery



November 10- November 29, 2006

Reception and opening: November 10th, 7 - 10pm



Femina Potens Gallery
465 S. Van Ness at 16th st

San Francisco,CA.

415-217-9340

www.feminapotens.com



San Francisco, California--Elizabeth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle are two artists in love who collaborate in the grand tradition of other artist couples such as Yoko and John, Sony and Cher, Gertrude and Alice, Sigfried and Roy and Matthew Barney and Bjork.



Concerned with the prevalence of violence, moral divisiveness, and the anti-gay marriage movement, Stephens and Sprinkle decided to offer society an alternative vision and to spread their love through art. On December 18th, 2004 they had an experimental performance art wedding where they committed to doing all kinds of art projects about love for seven years. Each of the seven years is based on the theme and color of a chakra. (A format offered by artist Linda Montano.) Thus they became each other's domestic partners, art muses and collaborators, and their "Love Art Laboratory" was born. They then began producing a wide variety of "Love Art" projects. Currently they are almost two years into their project.



On view at Femina Potens will be new art works, and ephemera from their live art events. Such as when they got breast cancer they created the world's first cancer erotica, Hairotica. They dressed up for chemotherapy and created a series of photos, the Chemo Fashion Show. They made collages from the radiation treatment plans and some old pin-up photos to create the Breast Cancer Ballet. Their Extreme Kiss can be viewed on multiple TV monitors. Their new art catalogue which can be enjoyed at a reading table. Orange Wedding Two's wedding costumes will be on display along with a 5-minute video of their wedding. Art fans can get a "love infusion" by sitting in the Love Infusion Center. New projects are developing at a rapid pace.

After two successful San Francisco runs of their theater piece Exposed; Experiments in Love, Sex, Death and Art last summer, which they wrote and performed together, they then turned their attentions towards making visual art. Femina Potens is their first solo exhibition of visual art from the Love Art Laboratory.





Elizabeth M. Stephens is an Associate Professor of Art at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Stephens is an intermedia artist who works in sculpture, video installation, photography, web based media and performance art. Her most recent works include the bronze sculptural installation, The Academic/Porn Star Panty Collection; the road trip performance piece Wish You Were Here; the video installation, Kiss; as well as her ongoing collaboration with Annie Sprinkle in the Love Art Laboratory. She has exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States, Europe and Russia. See more of her work at elizabethstephens.org
Annie M. Sprinkle, in a former life, was a porn actress, pin up model, and proud prostitute for twenty years. She then became a performance artist and toured one woman shows about her life in the sex industry to many countries. Her shows, Post Porn Modernist, and Annie Sprinkle's Herstory of Porn toured the world for years to great acclaim. She is often invited to lecture about her work at Universities. Annie Sprinkle is the first porn actress to earn a Ph.D. Her new book, Dr. Sprinkle's Spectacular Sex_Make Over Your Love Life was published by Penguin last year. See anniesprinkle.org for more juicy details.

The Love Art Laboratory, is the collaborative team of Stephens and Sprinkle. They been touring and performing in their theater piece, Exposed; Experiments in Love, Sex, Death and Art, in Europe and the USA. Their art works have been included in many group shows around the world. They live and work together in Bernal Heights with their black Lab, Bob and harem of Mormon girls. Sprinkle and Stephens share the progress of their seven years of love art with the public on their website www.loveartlab.org-- the virtual home of the Love Art Laboratory.

For additional information or interviews, please do call Elizabeth Stephens, or Annie Sprinkle. 10 AM til 9 PM. --415-550-7409

Check out their other web sites; and anniesprinkle.org.

Femina Potens is open Thursday - Sunday, 12:00 til 6:00.

Femina Potens Art Gallery in San Francisco is now looking for new interns and volunteers for the fall 2006 - 2007 season. Please email Tina at Feminapotens@gmail.com if interested. Please let me know what your availability is and how many hours you are interested in volunteering. Femina Potens is a non profit arts organization dedicated to the advancement ofwomen and transgendered artists producing over 50 queer art events every year. You can find out more about Femina Potens at www.FeminaPotens.com.

In Austin teaching a workshop in Rope bottoming this weekend. Check it out yo - http://www.ropecraft.info. I'm a busy girl. I've been reading a book on marketing for my businesses and a book on Stress Free Productivity that I hope will guide me into creating a system for my gallery and production company. I'm a little nervous about the workshop this week. I need to think of it as just facilitating a discussion then I won't get so freaked out. Of to try to find vegan chow in austin. Does anyone know of cool queer stuff to do in Austin? I need to write a travel article. Also if you know of any good vegan restaurants in this part of the world that would be helpful. With the help of my production company the reality of me travelling less is coming closer and closer to being realized.

Yipppie!!!! You can buy a book with an excerpt from "Tail of a Bondage Model" on amazon now. This is my first published piece in an anthology. I'm very excited. The book will be out in October but you can preorder through Amazon right now. This will give a sneak peak at my upcoming book. The chapter they published in the anthology is on my debaucherous activities on the road while working in London and dealing with a break up. The book is called Baby Remember My Name: An Anthology of New Queer Girl Writing.
Buy it now

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786717920/102-5982004-4772938?v=glance&n=283155

Back in SF until Monday when I fly off to LA. So much to do. So much to catch up on. A lot of travel in front of me for the next couple weeks. Really must make more money in SF so I don't have to travel for work so much. Heading to LA then Seattle,Olymipia,Tampa,Toronto, and Austin all before September.

My art show in new york was a total hit. Very busy with work and hanging out with friends. Its too hot. I'm melting. Must suck on popsicle.

In NYC for work this week and had an art show of my work at an art gallery last nite. I wanna hang out with all my New York friends so give me a call or an email and lets all meet up for drinks. I'm working during the day but free in the evenings.