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.
Jincey & Mariel
New York, New York
Jincey, 29, lawyer/ internet ceo
Mariel, 40, Fortune 500 executive
Where does an internet entrepreneur meet her
perfect match? An online dating site, of course. “People love to ask me if we met on my website, but Mariel always jokingly tells people she bought me on Ebay,” says Jincey. Mariel’s work schedule takes her all over Latin America, so the couple
is often apart. “When I’m gone all week, all I want to do is come back home to my little piece of heaven,” Mariel says. While each is hard at work building her own business empire, the couple’s most important project is the relationship. “We love each other, and we always try to be open and honest,” that’s what Jincey believes makes the relationship successful. And Mariel’s thoughts? “We’re a good balance- we’re much stronger together than we are on our own.”
