America’s Most Captivating Couples 2009, Part II
San Francisco, California
Annie, 54, artist, author, educator
Beth, 48, artist, professor
Annie and Beth are an artist couple committed to doing projects that explore, generate, and celebrate love. “We utilize visual art, installation, theater pieces, interventions, live-art, exhibitions, lectures, printed matter and activism,” says Annie. “Each year we orchestrate one or more interactive performance art weddings in collaboration with various national and international communities, then display the ephemera in art galleries.” Their projects incorporate the colors and themes of the chakras, a structure inspired by Linda M. Montano’s 14 Years of Living Art. “Our current project, The Love Art Laboratory, grew out of our response to the violence of war, the anti-gay marriage movement, and our prevailing culture of cynicism. We hope the Love Art Laboratory will help make the world a more fun, sexy, tolerant, love-filled place.”
We rounded up so many gorgeous couples we couldn’t fit them all in one issue. That said, we’re happy to have the cuteness continue.
Jes & Donna
Atlanta, Georgia
Jes, 35, attorney
Donna, 29, professor/university administrator
Jes and Donna met in Atlanta in the fall of 2001. They were introduced by a mutual friend and because Jes was a barista at the café across from Donna’s university, they saw each other all the time. They flirted for weeks before getting up the nerve to have dinner. “We’re a great match,” says Donna, “because we love all the same things: travel, cheese dip, sneakers, and cheap beer.” They did a brief stint in Brooklyn while Jes was in law school, but eventually they were called back to the dirty South by sweet tea and sunshine. These days they are looking to buy a home and start nesting. Honesty, communication, and a whole lot of laughter have kept their relationship strong. “How do we do it?” Jes asks, “We’re a great team.” Donna adds, “and she still makes my belly burn.”
