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Friday, September 28, 2012

LAST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! September 30th!!

Last Call for Submissions - Deadline September 30th

One competition, 80 categories for arts, design, architecture: http://adesignaward.com/categories.html

Submission Requirements: Main Image, 3600 x 3600 pixels 72dpi, JPEG, up to 4 Optional Images 1800 x 1800 pixels, 72 dpi JPEG.

The A' Design Award is an annual showcase for the world's best art works, artistic concepts, architecture and design products. The primary aim of the award is to create publicity, PR push and advertisement opportunities for award winners while supporting the global design and art culture, creating incentives for entrants to come up with superior designs for a better future.

Winners Receive the following:

• Extensive PR Campaign
• Press Release Preparation
• Press Release Distribution
• Communicated to Magazines
• Communicated to Blogs
• Newsletter Announcement
• Award Trophy
• Winners' Certificate
• Winners Badges
• Competition Logo
• Participants' Certificate
• Content Distribution through IDNN
• Competition Statistics
• Score Sheet
• Yearbook Publication
• Gala-Night Invitation
• The Annual Yearbook
• Physical Exhibition of Selected Projects
• Feedback Notes by the Jury
• Winner Services
• Option to Sell Winning Designs
• Sales Listing for Winning Products
• Inclusion in Designer Rankings
• Proof of Creation Document
• Winners' Manual
• Inclusion in Business Network
• Marketing and Consultancy

More info here:http://www.whatisadesigncompetition.com

Previous winners here:http://www.awardeddesigns.com

OFFER for FINE ARTS SUBMISSIONS

Subsidizing and supporting arts, A’ Design Award & Competition has a limited-time discounted nomination ticket for fine art submissions. To purchase this ticket to nominate your designs visit: http://bit.ly/UkFSCX

This offer is only valid for fine art submissions, photography works and art installations. The offer is valid 4 days only: between 24–27 September 2012. Tickets can be used till 30 September meaning: you can get a discounted nomination ticket to nominate your art works now and you can nominate your works later before 30 September. The offer is valid for designers, artists and architects, but not valid for companies, enterprises or large studios.

For more info contact A’ Design Awards.

Community Manager
Julie Thomas (Hours GMT+1 08.00-12.00, 13.00-17.00)

Contact thru: http://adesignaward.com/contact.html for the fastest response

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Liquid Identities | Venice (Italy) - Opening Today!

Liquid Identities | Venice (Italy)

Opening: September 28, 2012

Liquid Identities, an international video-art festival and photography exhibition, will be held in the city of Venice. The Scoletta di San Giovanni Battista e del SS. Sacramento in Bragora, the venue of the event, will open its doors on Friday, September 28, until Sunday, September 30. Fifty-seven artists, thirty-two video artists and twenty-five photo artists from different countries have been selected to be part of this project.

Click here to download the invitation card!

The selection has been based on the main concept of “Liquid Identities” based on fluidity, motion, changing networks and cities transformations. In contemporary society boundaries are getting more and more fleeting, and also the identity; what makes every person or place a recognizable entity, turns out fluid, multiple, making the cultural, religious, ethnic borders changeable too. This change, this mutation has allowed to cross the inside of the identities creating new possible crossings, new blends. And it’s just this “contemporaneity” that makes our civilization conceived as subjected to a process of continuous evolution and cultural hybridization. There is no more limit between an identity and the other one but it is possible to walk, to cross a passage and to find oneself halfway through it, in a non-place, in a non-identity. This project is about temporary roles in changing rules, thinking about liquid borders in new evolving worlds.

.organizer: International ArtExpo.curator: Luca Curci

.project coordinator: Biagio Ciraldo

.exhibition & screening places: Scoletta di San Giovanni Battista e del SS. Sacramento in Bragora, Venice
.dates: September 28-29-30, 2012

.opening: 28th of September, 2012 at Scoletta di San Giovanni Battista e del SS. Sacramento in Bragora at6:00 pm, Castello 3811/B - Campo della Bragora, Venice - Italy

.press Office: It’s LIQUID Group

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.winners of Computer Graphic CompetitionJawshing Arthur Liou . USA | Christopher D’Andrea . USA | Marco De Gregorio . Spain | Kalos&Klio . Greece | KOI . Italy

International ArtExpo is a not for profit organization that provides a significant forum for cultural dialogue between all artists from different cultures and countries. We depend on the support of you. ArtExpo is grateful to all of the institutions, corporations, and individuals who support our efforts. We work with a number of national and international galleries as well as publishers, museums, curators and writers from all over the world. We help artists through solo and group exhibitions, gallery representation, magazine reviews and advertisements, press releases, internet promotion, as well as various curatorial projects.

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Call to Artists - South Miami Rotary Art Festival

South Miami Rotary

Art Festival

Call to Artists

What: South Miami Rotary Art Festival 2013

Where: Downtown South Miami on Sunset Drive between Red Road and US#1

When: February 23-24, 2013, Saturday and Sunday, 10 AM - 6 PM

NOTEWORTHY:

*Load-in and out at booth space.

*Free parking for artists.

*Cash awards of at least $3,250 will be presented.

*Automatic acceptance for winners the following year.

*Complimentary continental breakfast both mornings.

*Booth sitting available for brief breaks.

*Fees: Application - $30

Booths - $295, $350,& $395

*Drive-up to booth space for load in and out

*Cost to public: Free admission

The 29th annual South Miami Rotary Art Festival is a juried two day outdoor festival that takes place in the vibrant downtown area of South Miami on Sunset Drive from US1 to Red Road (57th Avenue). The area is filled with historic buildings, restaurants and unique shops. Just 3 miles south of Miami's Coconut Grove, South Miami borders the University of Miami and the upscale neighborhoods of Coral Gables and Pinecrest.

For online directions to show site search for 5750 SW 72 St., South Miami, FL 33143.

Started as a small show in 1984, the event has grown into one of Miami-Dade County's most anticipated festivals. Dozens of friendly and dedicated Rotary volunteers staff the event, ensuring a pleasant experience for exhibitors.

The festival attracts a diverse group of art lovers numbering in the 25,000-30,000 range. Public admission is free and includes live mellow music throughout the weekend and an international food court.

The proceeds of the festival benefit South Miami Rotary charitable efforts including college scholarships for local school students as well as international and local community service projects.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Application deadline - October 31, 2012

Notifications emailed - November 19, 2012

Booth fees due - December 14, 2012

No refunds after - January 4, 2013

Show dates - February 23 & 24, 2013

Set up - February 23, 2013 - 6:00 a.m.

Must be completed by 9:45 a.m.

Apply at www.zapplicaton.org

Visit us at www.southmiamiartfest.org

Email questions to info@southmiamiartfest.org

The Curator’s Eye and Michael Backman Discuss Art and Technology

The Curator’s Eye and Michael Backman Discuss Art and Technology

LONDON - The Curator’s Eye, (www.CuratorsEye.com), the distinctive online platform for the finest art and antiques from distinguished dealers across the globe, recently discussed the evolving role of the internet in the art market with leading London-based dealer Michael Backman. In addition to maintaining a gallery space for his Islamic, Indian, Chinese, Tribal and Southeast Asian offerings, Mr. Backman has incorporated and embraced technology into his business model.

In his view, “the internet is an extraordinary way of developing and uniting a disparate client base. I can be in touch with clients from Peru to Mongolia all from my desk in London.” Indeed, Mr. Backman uses CuratorsEye.com as a marketing tool rather than a direct selling site. “After the initial introduction takes place, I engage the potential collectors with my newsletters and monthly new offerings, which are being received well.”

As the recent International Art Industry Forum in Vienna proclaimed, the art world is currently undergoing a “watershed moment in the convergence of the art business and digital technology.” A panel convened to discuss “how new enterprises are creating business opportunities and transforming established art-businesses.” As a digital art marketing platform, The Curator’s Eye seamlessly integrates into the current structure of the high-end art world and helps private dealers expand their global customer base for their remarkable objects.

However, as Mr. Backman noted, “Selling art and antiques is as much about relationships as it is about objects.” He recounted, “One client was born in a longhouse in the jungles of Borneo. He is not a collector so much as he was looking for traditional Iban heirlooms to pass onto his children. The family had exhausted its supplies of their traditional art and so he contacted me via the internet to acquire more. This is certainly an example of how The Curator’s Eye, with its global reach, can be a significant tool for dealers.”

As the art world expands into emerging markets and younger generations do more and more research online, The Curator’s Eye is poised to facilitate these initial virtual connections. Today, collectors from Monaco, India, France, Brazil, and Russia are among the registered users from over eighty countries. To view outstanding items available from the top dealers across the world, visit http://www.CuratorsEye.com/.
Media Contact: Leah Tharpe, 205-515-3166, Leah.Tharpe@CuratorsEye.com

Curiouser & Curiouser | Opening Reception for Pop-Surrealist Nicoletta Ceccoli

Curiouser & Curiouser

The Art of Nicoletta Ceccoli

Reception November 17th, 2012

Exhibition through February 3rd, 2013

Contact Heidi Leigh / 212.226.7374

Nicoletta Ceccoli's most recent collection of paintings is inspired by the interplay between bitterness and sweetness. Sweets, whether cakes or candy, are universal icons of pleasure and desire and generally regarded as positive, happy things. Ceccoli turns our assumptions on their side by using sweets to highlight the pleasurable aspects of these sugary treats while at the same time showing us the conflict we feel towards our appetites. Her paintings depict dreams of lovely things, but with darkness lurking just behind them, like the dark side of childhood nursery rhymes. The new works will be unveiled at an opening reception on November 17th from 6 to 8 pm. The reception is free and open to the public with RSVP requested to rsvp@afanyc.com. Exhibition on view through February 3rd, 2012.

AFA is located at 54 Greene Street (corner of Broome Street), in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City. Hours are Monday - Saturday, 10am - 7pm and Sundays 11am - 6pm. To request more information contact Heidi Leigh at heidi@afanyc.com or 212.226.7374.

Nicoletta Ceccoli is from San Marino and graduated from the Institute of Art in Urbino. Her paintings are beautiful and intriguing, consistently striking a delicate balance between disturbing and enchanting. At first glance, her work masquerades as youthful and innocent but a darker narrative inevitably unfolds. Each painting is rife with symbolism that sparks the viewer's imagination and inspires a deeper level of consideration. Ceccoli's work has been exhibited worldwide including solo exhibitions in the US, Italy and France.

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AFA | At AFA, we are inspired by wildly imaginative artwork that indulges the senses and engages the emotions with layers of symbolism and dark complexity. We exhibit paintings, drawings and sculptures created by extraordinary established and emerging artists who are highly skilled and have a unique vision.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Exhibition Opening | Kathie Olivas' "Misery Children"

NEW YORK, NY AFA of SoHo presents "Haunted", an exhibition of new original paintings by multi-media artist Kathie Olivas. "Haunted" is the artist's most ambitious body of work to date, and explores the evolution of her well-known Misery Children, who convey our discomfort with the unknown, and address society's insatiable desire for 'cuteness'. A dark rendition of early American portraiture set in post apocalyptic times, Olivas' paintings and custom toys are a satirical look at how fear affects our sense of reality.

A reception for the Artist will be held at AFA on October 20th from 6-8PM. RSVP is requested via rsvp@afanyc.com or 212.226.7374. The exhibition is free and open to the public, and runs through December. AFA is located at 54 Greene Street (on the corner of Broome) in SoHo.

Kathie Olivas is a multi-media artist who resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Since receiving her bachelor's degree in visual arts from the University of South Florida, her work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions across the globe, and is part of several permanent museum collections. Olivas showcases her artistic talents in a myriad of ways. Currently she is working on her second catalog raisonnée and creating a collection of limited edition vinyl toys.

"For the past 15+ years I have explored the themes of personal struggle and balance through The Misery Children, my childlike alter egos. While introducing the new characters who emerged for the "Haunted" exhibition, I delved deeper into my explorations than ever before."

Olivas and her husband, fellow artist Brandt Peters, co-own and operate Circus Posterus Inc, an international artists' collective and fine art editions company. The couple recently opened a brick and mortar gallery space in Albuquerque, NM called Stranger Factory,which focuses on contemporary character design.

AFA
54 Greene Street, NY NY 10013
Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10am - 7pm / Sundays 11am - 6pm
RSVP / Phone: 212.226.7374

Armusik to Exhibit Painting in Rome for Vatican Cannonization

**Armusik to Exhibit The Martyrdom of Blessed Father Jacques Berthieu in Rome to Celebrate Cannonization**

The Martyrdom of Blessed Father Jacques Berthieu

Oil on Masonite

36 x 48"

2012

Frame hand-built by the artist

Eric's painting is of Blessed Father Jacques Berthieu who was martyred in Madagasgar in 1896. The painting depicts the very moment he was stripped of his cassock and beatened for refusing to renounce God. He was then led down a muddy path to be beaten to death and thrown in a river, never to be found. For more information on Blessed Father Jacques Berthieu click here.

The National Museum of Catholic Art & Library is currently hosting with the US Embassy of the Holy See in Rome an art exhibition called “Saints and Angels” to commemorate the “Canonization of 7 New Saints” and will be celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI on October 21, 2012. Eric's painting will first be viewed at a Black Tie Gala at the Italian Embassy on September 26th, 2012 hosted by the Board of Trustees of the National Museum of Catholic Art and Library (NMCAL) and the Ambassador of Italy to the United States and Mrs. Claudio Bisogniero. During the evening The NMCAL Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Donald Cardinal Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, for his outstanding service to the Catholic community. Following the gala, Eric's painting will travel to Rome for exhbition during the Cannonization of Fr. Jacques Berthieu on October 21.

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If you enjoy a great fiction series, you may have noticed Eric's arwork on the book cover. One such series is by Eric's wife, Rebekah Armusik, the author of the Gothic Memoirs. This 13 book series is getting a lot of attention lately. For sample chapters go to her website at rebekaharmusik.com

Eric Paints Official Portrait of
Mary Virginia Merrick

Mary Virginia Merrick
Oil on Masonite
36 x 48"
2012
(Detail images and shots of the frame coming in next newsletter)

Eric just finished a portrait for The Christ Child Society of its founder, Mary Virginia Merrick whom Cardinal Wuerl initiated a Cause for Cannonization in April 2012.
This fall EWTN will be featuring Eric's painting of The Temptation of Christ, his Stations of the Cross and his Christ paintings in the final broadcast of Mother Angelica's Rosary. The broadcast will cover 146 million homes in 127 countries.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Featured Artist - Daniel Pešta

Daniel Pešta, puzzle (detail), 2011. Latex rubber

Daniel Pešta

Daniel Pešta was born in Prague in 1959. During the Communist regime he moved outside the official artistic and social circles. He changed his jobs often in order to be able to dedicate his spare time to his free artistic creations. Later he worked in the field of applied graphic art, especially poster design, which he had studied at the Václav Hollar Art College. After 1989 he designed a series of album covers for a classical-music publisher. He engaged himself in graphic arrangements of catalogues, receiving awards for book and poster design.

In his free creations Pešta systematically develops in his own unmistakable style. He dedicates himself primarily to drawing and painting, in time he begins to experiment with a wide variety of natural materials, such as wood, paper, wax and leather.

In 1998 and 2000 he introduces his work at his own exhibitions in New York. These study journeys are the milestone for the author’s creative work and subsequently bear fruit fully manifesting themselves in 2003, when he moves away from painting and begins to create with transparent acrylic materials, working withphotographs. He seals his older rolled-up pictures into tightly-shaped columns, giving rise to the “Genetic Codes” and a series of “dark assemblages“, he implements conceptual projects, he films videoart

Pešta’s works are exempt from aesthetic kitsch, often hovering on the edge of raw naturalism. In the majority of cases they reflect the social and political situation. His masterful psychological analysis of the individual or society at large impedes any pathos whatsoever. The genesis of his works is subordinated to a precise preparation, he progressively works on their final form over a number of years.

Daniel Pešta has shown his work at dozens of one-man exhibitions in both Europe and America. He is represented in important museums and collections, he attends biennales of contemporary art. He is a member of the Mánes SVU Association, he lives and works in Prague and Frankfurt am Main.

more. www.danielpesta.com/en/

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