BREAKING NEWS

The following Association members will be appearing at Erotica at London’s Olympia 19th – 21st November 2004. Many will be giving demonstrations of their skills and it is certain to be a huge event. Images from the event can be seen here Christopher John Ball (photography) demo Carrie White (writer) Paul Woods (painter) demo Jo King (London School of Striptease) demo Malcolm Melon (body painting) demo The Lady Shop (photography) Cassandra (painting) Richard Young (painter) Origane (model and Erotic Performer of the Year 2004) Joceline (model) Sahara (model) Additional exhibitors to be confirmed. To commemorate this years Erotica a special edition of Nu Blue 3 will be on sale from members stands. Also on sale at Erotica will be the first production from the Associations production arm 'Jardín de Nu. This is the VCD of 'A Girls Night In'

We have been getting a lot of enquiries from artists, outside of the eligible countries group, wishing to join the ranks of the Association. After much debate it was decided that the Association should possibly reflect the wider world of the erotic arts and change its name and that part of its mandate that restricted the countries eligible for membership.

This was put to the members in the form of a secret ballot and the result was a 100% vote in favour of the change.

As of August 2004 the Association name will change to ''The Association of Erotic Artists'' and members from outside the Associations original remit will now be able to submit themselves to the membership voting process.

Nu Blue Issue Two

The Association is pleased to announce that issue two of NU Blue is now available for purchase. For more information click here.

The Association pleased to announce the dates and venue for our first confirmed group exhibition of 2004. This is to be held at London's Worburn Gallery between the dates 4th July to 17th July 2004.

The Woburn Gallery is situated in one of London's most interesting streets - an 18th century development of terrace housing where the original shop fronts are still preserved, pedestrianised and attractively lined with trees. The gallery is within a stone's throw of a number of large hotels, the University of London, main-line stations such as Euston and St.Pancras, Bus and Underground Stations and the central West End. The Gallery has good natural lighting (front and back), and has been recently renovated and converted.

As many will already be aware May 2004 sees the European Union welcoming 10 new countries into the fold. Of these 10 countries two, Malta and Cyprus, are already eligible due to their being members of The Commonwealth. With this in mind from May 2004 the Association will be open to members from The Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.

The Association website is now hosted on larger faster servers, with the option to provide visitors new features, supplied by a new hosting provider. Visitors can now access the Association site via the domain name www.associationoferoticartists.co.uk. www.associationoferoticartists.org.uk will still be the official main site address but the addition of the .co.uk domain will catch those visitors that may mistype the URL.

Co-founders Chris Ball and Paul Woods are currently in negations to put together an Association Exhibition in London hopefully for July 2004. They are also both working towards a venue where Association members can meet on a regular basis. Watch this space or your email boxes for more news.

The Association will soon be welcoming 'Friends of the Association'. This will give people, who would not be eligible to join as full members, access to private showings, the magazine 'Nu Blue', parties, events etc. More details to follow very soon.

The Association has just acquired a new web hosting provider. This will allow the Association to build a more interactive site for both its members and visitors and visitors should experience faster page access. This should, all things going well, be available for use by the end of this week - 21st February 2004. The domain name www.associationoferoticartists.co.uk has been purchased to run along with the main domain www.associationoferoticartists.org.uk.

The Association is in the process of setting up a production company to be called Jardín De Nu. This exciting new 'spin off' venture is intended to produce material for DVD's, video, TV programming and much more that will be of benefit to the Association and its members. Watch this space for more news.

The Association is currently talking to a TV company, coming over from the USA towards the end of January, regarding a possible feature on the Association. So we may be looking for some involvement from members soon - keep a check on your emails.

Carrie White's short story 'Casino' is to be published in 'The Right Words Anthologized' edited by Stevie Burns
It is due to be published, in the USA, in December 2004.
Carrie has also become regular contributor of the Salty Witch Circle on Voracitybeat.com

Len Gifford is to be filmed at work by Playboy TV's Sexcetera in January.

Christopher John Ball will have examples of his imagery included in the coffee table art publication 'Naked' to be published in Spring 2004 by Feierabend Verlag in Cologne, Germany.
Chris's photographs will also feature within the pages of The Erotic Journal published by Diverse Publications Ltd

Paul Woods is setting up a drawing session and erotic food party, on Saturday 10th Jan, to be filmed for Sky One by September Productions