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Posted by Ringmaster at March 29, 2006 01:51 PM

Audacia Ray, who performed at last month's "Worst. Sex. Ever. III" show, is curating "Sex Worker Visions" that opens tonight at NYC's LGBT Community Center. Sponsored by $pread Magazine, a quarterly magazine by and for sex workers and their allies, "Sex Worker Visions" is an exhibition featuring art by sex workers and about the sex industry that will run at the LGBT Community Center David Bohnett Cyber Center at 208 West 13th Street, from March 29 through May 20. Visions kicks off with an opening reception tonight, March 29, from 6 to 9 pm.

Artists include sex activist and educator Heather Corinna, former SuicideGirl and illustrator Molly Crabapple, exotic dancer and photographer Charise Isis (her photo "Narcissus," above, is part of the show), and former prostitute and filmmaker Anne Hanavan, as well as Paul Sarkis and George Pitts's intimate portraits of porn stars. Photographs by Erin Siegal and illustrations by Fly and Cristy Road originally appearing in $pread will also be on display. Sales will benefit the non-profit magazine. A full list of the artists and their pieces is here.

Tonight's event is also the opening night of the Sex Work Matters conference, a joint venture of CUNY and the New School. For $pread, the evening will also mark the start of its second year of publication. In its first year, $pread won Best New Title from the Utne Indepenent Press Awards. The Spring issue of $pread will be available for sale at the reception.

For opening night only, the exhibit will be completely interactive with a webcam video project, "30 Second Sex," masterminded by multimedia artist and erotic professional Melissa Gira and featuring webcam pioneers Ana Voog and Echo Transgression camming from remote locations. Computer monitors around the Cyber Center will display the websites of sex worker rights advocacy groups for the public to peruse. Former call girl Tracy Quan along with sex worker activist Carol Leigh (aka Scarlot Harlot) will be signing copies of their respective books, Diary of a Married Call Girl and Unrepentant Whore.

Get a sneak peek of the exhibition at sexworkervisions.blogspot.com!

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