Beth will be traveling home to conduct film research, work on her archives, and catch up with friends and family.

Pocha Nostra 2024: Living Dioramas for a Museum of the Future March 27, 2024 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Presented by Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation Wednesday, Mar 27: 6-9 pm PDT 1401 Howard St, San Francisco, CA Pricing varies by ticket type. Event Details: During this special evening, Gómez-Peña and his closest collaborators re-imagine his living archives, an over 50 year body of performance work. Audiences will experience and interact with an immersive setting that has been conceptualized especially for the unique site of Saint Joseph’s and in response to the themes, concerns and hopes for our times.     Doors […]

THE EAR FOREST IN SPRINGTIME   We are embarking on a ten-day audio adventure starting on April Fools Day at the Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.  As the inaugural artist-in-residence at the campus's Experimental Art and Research (E.A.R.) Forest, we'll create a sound piece with artist Dann Disciglio and Professor Jess Perlitz. The piece will be nestled in the trees utilizing the EAR Forest's 16-channel  audio system with 16 speakers  installed in the trees. Our schedule is: Thursday April 4th  Artist Talk with film screening Monday April 8th  PICNIC ECLIPSE GATHERING. We're hosting a public Solar Eclipse viewing […]

EARTH Lab SF (Beth Stephens) and Jason Wyman / Queerly Complex are hosting THREE Peer Exchanges at the new 465 Collective Space to harness the peer power of San Francisco Bay Area Queer Artists to co-create survival tactics, tools, and frameworks. We, as queer / dyke / fag artists, know that our art / work / collections have been, continue to be, and will likely always be censored by domination, oppression, and tyranny. We will think, dream, and work together to develop tactics that ensure our being / art / work survives these attacks. Each Peer Exchange in this series […]

OUR EARTH DAY TRADITION Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens invite you to their 3rd annual Ecosex Earth Day celebration. Step into a world where nature’s allure meets poetic expression. Embark on a journey through Holly Park, guided by the enchanting duo of Stephens and Sprinkle, along with their nature-loving companions. Leave behind the digital realm and immerse yourself in the tactile pleasures of our earthy escapade. Throughout this sensorial adventure, indulge your senses in sumptuous scents, captivating sights, and the melodious symphony of nature’s whispers. As we tread lightly upon the earth, we will serenade our beloved planet with verses […]

Erotic Resisters and Ecosexuals Unite! Authors Gigi Otálvaro-Hormillosa, Annie Sprinkle, & Beth Stephens in-person! Moderated by Dr. Joy Brooke Fairfield Saturday April 27, 2024 | 3-5pm At the Tenderloin Museum | 398 Eddy St. SF, CA94102 Free or Suggested Donation ($10) | Register via Eventbrite In celebration of the recent publication of Gigi Otálvaro-Hormillosa’s new book, Erotic Resistance: The Struggle for the Soul of San Francisco, Tenderloin Museum hosts the author for a double-header book talk with Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens, fellow activist-artists and scholars of human sexuality, who will discuss their latest latest, Assuming the Ecosexual Position:The Earth […]

Artists Idris Ackamoor, Marie Acosta and Pam Peniston discuss cultural equity in San Francisco's arts scene and its national impact, hosted by grantwriter Jeff Jones with artist/activists Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens. Learn how SF's BIPOC and Queer artists transformed arts funding from the60s to the 90s, challenging exclusionary practices and securing CulturalEquity Grants. Discover how they increased support for diverse art forms and venues like Theater Rhino and SoMarts. Co-sponsored by the SanFrancisco Public Library, this event is funded by an Individual Artist Grant from the SF Arts Commission and a Major Project grant from UC Santa Cruz. For […]

Ecosexual Artists: Annie Sprinkle, Beth Stephens; cyber_nymphs: Justyna Górowska, Ewelina Jarosz Some of the Earth Loving seeds we’ve planted are coming to fruition. This June we are having a two-collaboration art show, Splash: eco + hydrosexuals unite!! with our friends, Evelyna Jaroz and Justyna Górowksa at lokal 30. Curated by Director Agnieszka Rayzacher. We began discussing this show in August, 2022 and now it is finally going to happen. We will exhibit some older works as well as more recent ones, including a screening of the film we curated with The One Minutes, Imagine the Earth As Lover. As we […]

We will be performing in, The Park as Lover, throughout the Lantz’sch Park in Düsseldorf, Germany. There we will explore and honor the park by walking in and around it, eventually we will come to a sacred grove, where we will hold a participatory commitment ritual for the park, the trees, and for peace on Earth. Many friends from the Buga Festival will join us there, as well as Joy Brook Fairfield (our director) and amazing author, Dr. Mithu M. Sanyal. Plus, Beekeeper and Theater Director Luke Dixon will be there too. This performance ritual take place the afternoon of […]

We have been invited to organize a workshop and/or ritual performance to create community for and with art students during our visit at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. The workshop will focus on ecosexal art, performance, activism and interdisciplinary practices. We will also offer a presentation for the public. More information coming soon.

David Zwirner Gallery. We will be at the opening of this show, Alice Neel in the Queer World. The painting Alice Neel did of Annie in 1982, now worth over a million dollars, is on display in the gallery and on the cover of the catalogue.

This book store event is to celebrate the new edition of “Coming Out Like a Porn Star.” Our book Assuming the Ecosexual Position will also be available for sale and we’ll sign and decorate copies sold. Annie will be “in conversation” with Jiz Lee and Dr. Carol Queen. Beth will be directing a documentation video for the event.