Press Releases by Category Arts & Culture
OFF THE WALL – From Vandalism to Urban Art
Since its early beginnings as an art form in the 1970’s, Street art, Graffiti – or Urban Art has been considered a transgression. Graffiti writers, who usually were not schooled in classical arts and didn’t adhere to the confines of the classical picture plane and its white cube dwellings became visible through the cracks of a society
then desperately trying to re-define itself from the burden of modernity.
Graffiti…
Invitation to Apply for Participation in the 58th ARD International Music Compet …
Since July, applications are being accepted for the next ARD Music Competition, which will take place in 2009 for the 58th time, this time in the categories voice, violin, double bass and harp. Eligible to compete are musicians from all nations born between 1980 and 1992. The Competition will be held August 31 and September 18, 2009 (including the prize-winners’ concerts) in Munich. All the auditions are open to the…
Ravenel Art will hold first Hong Kong auction of Modern and Contemporary Asian A …
Ravenel Art Group is pleased to announce it’s first Hong Kong auction of Contemporary and Modern Asian Art on Monday December 1, 2008.
The Hong Kong art market has now become the third most important in the world after New York, and London and is attracting many regional auction houses whose sales there have become a major focus for both local and international collectors.
Ravenel Art, the leading art auction house…
Cyberrocker Michel Montecrossa's Music and Art-Power - 'Soul and Earth' Concert …
Greatest Cyberrock-hits of the ongoing Michel Montecrossa 'Peace & Climate Change' Tour together with an exhibition of Michel Montecrossa's masterful paintings, drawings and Cyberart will be presented on 8.11.2008 at the 'Soul and Earth' Cyberrock & Slam Poetry Song Concert taking place at the Michel Montecrossa Rock Vision Diner in Gauting near Munich. The concert of Michel Montecrossa and his band The Chosen Few will be introduced at 10:00 p.m.…
Calendar Russia Golden Ring 2009
Under the title „Russia 2009 – Golden Ring“has just published the calendar of the German globetrotter Jan Balster.
The calendar:
The mighty churches of the "Golden Ring" always interest the traveler. The old Russian architecture shows the variable past of Russia. There is the architecture in Moscow and in many cities at the river Wolga. The observer succumbs to the fascination of outstanding photographies that is sedate in scene optimally.
Each leaf…
National Juried Digital Art and Photography Show Opens November 15th
Work from ten artists from New York to California has been accepted into the National Juried Digital Art & Photography Exhibit at Asylum Gallery, 1719 25th St., Sacramento CA 95816. Jurors for this show were Kent Lacin, a well known commercial and fine art photographer and Marcelle Wiggins, a digital and mixed media artist and professor at CSUS and Cosumnes River College. The exhibit opens with an…
The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale National Art Festival returns January 31-Feb …
Favorite Cultural Event Returns to Downtown Fort Lauderdale
The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale National Art Festival on Las Olas To Feature Fine Art, Fabulous Food and More
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida – November 3, 2008 – The Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, a division of Nova Southeastern University, will present one of the community’s most prestigious art shows as the organization’s National Art Festival returns to South Florida Saturday, January…
Abu Dhabi Jazz Festival 2008
GUY MANOUKIAN TO LIGHT UP ABU DHABI JAZZ FESTIVAL STAGE ON NOVEMBER 20TH, 2008
Intensive music shows are to take place at the Beach Rotana Abu Dhabi throughout three consecutive nights starting November 20th till the 22nd, 2008.
The first night will feature the internationally acclaimed musician Guy Manoukian winner of the MUREX award for best composition and best tune in the Arab world, for his hit “Harem” and of…
WorthPoint Corporation Completes GoAntiques Acquisition
ATLANTA, October 30, 2008 – WorthPoint announced that it has completed its acquisition of GoAntiques, an online network for buying and selling antiques and collectibles. The combined company will have more than a half-million registered members and more than a million unique visitors per month. WorthPoint founder and CEO Will Seippel will retain his current position while GoAntiques President and CEO Jim Kamnikar will serve as WorthPoint’s president.…
Jason and deMarco Tour Coming to Raleigh
RALEIGH, N.C. (October 30, 2008)—St. John’s Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) of Raleigh, a church for all people founded on the “whosoever” principal in 1976, announces today that it is hosting a free concert and a musical worship service as part of its 2008 commitment to reach people for whom traditional religious practices, settings and messages have been off-putting.
“We’ve had to work hard at clarifying that although we are both gay…
The Museo Regional de Durango "El Aguacate" in Durango to host Jackie Sleper's l …
From 5 November - 19 December 2008, the Museo Regional "El Aguacate” in Durango, Mexico, will host the famous Dutch artist’s, Jackie Sleper, touring exhibition "Dulce y Amargo" inspired by, and dedicated to, Mexico and the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and curated by Matty Roca.
Jackie Sleper, the winner of the section “Sculpture and Installation” at the Florence Biennale 2007, has always been fascinated by Mexico and the artist Frida…
Cyberrocker, topical songwriter Michel Montrecrossa received response from Barac …
'New President' released by Mira Sound Germany, as single Audio-CD & DVD presents Michel Montecrossa's great message song for Barack Obama.
Michel Montecrossa on 'New President' and Barack Obama:
"I wrote and composed the song 'New President' as an inspiration to be truthful, to bring peace and unity of all mankind. I have sent this song to Barack Obama who liked it and was thankful for getting it. He answered on 25th…
Focus On Mexico and the Basque Region at interfilm Short Film Festival Berli
The 24th International Short Film Festival Berlin mounts a cinematic expedition to the tradition rich film scenes of Mexico and the autonomous Basque Region.
The programme features award winning cortos by up and coming young filmmakers, world renowned directors and actors as well as a selection of the best Basque short film productions from the past ten years.
No fewer than five programmes are dedicated to Mexico’s outstanding short film output:…
Art auctions: 15th-21st centuries with works up to € 50000: Record sale prices a …
Hamburg, 28 October 2008, (kk) - The proceeds from the autumn Modern Art & Post War and Old Masters and Art of the 19th Century /Marine Art auctions held at Ketterer Kunst in Hamburg on 24 and 25 October 2008 amounted to more than € 2 500 000*. The autumn proceeds almost match those achieved at the spring auctions and, even though the overall sales quota did not quite come…
SKYDIVE at Centaur Theatre Company this November (Montreal, Oct. 20, 2008)
Centaur Theatre Company presents
SKYDIVE
A Realwheels production
Written by Kevin Kerr
Directed by Roy Surette & Stephen Drover
Starring Bob Frazer & James Sanders
Aerial Choreography by Sven Johansson
NOVEMBER 11 – DECEMBER 7
Directed by Centaur Artistic Director Roy Surette and Stephen Drover, SKYDIVE was originally presented at the 2007 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival in Vancouver and was an instant success with critics and audiences alike. The show garnered five nominations for Jessie…
MixMyMusic.net Announces New Online Music Mixing Service for Musicians, Bands, a …
MixMyMusic.net and Recording Engineer Christian Cummings announce a new, online mixing service for musicians and bands world-wide. Artists can now how a professional tailor their mix to professional standards regardless of where they’re located.
San Diego, California () October 27, 2008 – Music mixing engineer Christian Cummings has devised a new method, standard and process for mixing records remotely. As technology advances, so do the options in which musical artists can…
Strychnin Gallery Berlin presents: Waldkammer. New works by Madeline von Foerste …
Incredible intensity and vividness of color are characteristic features of works by the old Dutch Masters such as Jan van Eyck or Hans Memling, who are among American artist Madeline von Foerster’s main sources of inspiration. Paintings of this time period achieved a great sense of touch through carefully applied light effects, which especially shows in the realistic, tactile display of folds of cloths and drapes. The basis of these…
Laitman’s New Opera “The Scarlet Letter” in High Gear for November World Premier …
Acclaimed American composer Lori Laitman is busy putting the final touches on her new two-act opera, based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s literary masterpiece, to premiere at the University of Central Arkansas on November 6, 2008.
“I am thrilled with the way everything is coming together”, says Laitman. “We have brilliant conducting by Maestro Israel Getzov, superb stage direction by Diane Kesling, a fine set, great costumes and inventive lighting by William Henshaw,…
Hasslein Books to Release Planet of the Apes Chronology
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Planet of the Apes film franchise,Hasslein Books will publish Timeline of the Planet of the Apes: The Definitive Chronology, by Rich Handley.
NEW YORK, Oct. 16, 2008 - "Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!" This classic line, spoken by Charlton Heston in 1968's Planet of the Apes, ranks alongside "May the Force be with you," "Bond…James Bond" and "Frankly, my…
CENSORED ANNOUNCES NEW SINGLE, "THINGS WE HATE"
Censored recently announced that "Things We Hate" will be the first single off their much anticipated new demo. The band has been hard at work promoting, recording, and winning over every person they meet at a show. With their high energy stage show and anthemic rock and roll sound, they are quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with.
Censored is a five-piece band hailing out of Ottumwa, Iowa. They are…
THE ART OF REHERSAL and THE ART OF TRAINING
A seminar in two parts for directors, acting teachers, pedagogues and actors is taking place from 15. January - 3. February 2009 in the rooms of AKT-ZENT, International Theatre Center, at Berlin. Artistic director is Prof. Dr. Jurij Alschitz. The first part - The Art of Analysis - is from 15. - 23. January and the second part - The Art of Rehersal - is from 26. January to 3.…
Gregorio Luke, reputed Mexican art expert, lectures at World Art Vision 2008: Ca …
WORLD ART VISION is a celebration of contemporary art that offers a glimpse of some of the most cutting edge art on the international scene today. Taking place December 5th to the 14th, 2008 at the Cancun Center Conventions & Exhibitions, Cancun, Mexico, this first edition of the contemporary art exhibition promises to become paramount to the art scene in the Americas.
It is with the same enthusiasm and delight that…
More than 20.000 pieces of art in the online art gallery
Roughly 3 months after launch artists.de proudly announces that more than 4.000 artists have uploaded more than 20.000 pieces of art.
At artists.de, the fast growing online art gallery, artists get the chance to present their artwork to a growing number of art collectors and art gallerists and of course users with an interest for exciting new art.
Gallerists and collectors can search with the comfortable search engine in the database…
Paragon Introduces Microwave Kiln
MESQUITE, TX – Paragon Industries has just introduced a microwave kiln for glass fusing. The kiln operates inside a standard microwave oven and reaches glass fusing temperatures in 5 – 8 minutes.
The ceramic fiber kiln, called the Paragon MagicFuse, has a 4 1/2” diameter round firing chamber. The length of firing depends on the wattage and brand of the microwave oven. After the kiln is removed from the microwave,…
The Collection of the Foundation Kunst und Recht: Special auction to inaugurate …
Munich, 16 October 2008, (kk) - On 29 November, Ketterer Kunst is opening its new Munich headquarters comprising some 3500 square meters and featuring more than 1000 square meters exhibition space. Guests will have their first opportunity to tour the new House for Art on that occasion, which, under the aegis of the opening auctions of 3/4 December (see press release of 14 October 08), also includes an invitation to…
Vibrant Complexity by Javier García Paniagua
Agora Gallery is proud to present Javier García Paniagua in a Collective Exhibition: The Portal to Dream.
About Javier García Paniagua:
Painter Javier García Paniagua creates vibrantly ominous scenes, his transparent figures revealing the chaotic complexities of the worlds they live in. His festive colors belie the portentous narratives of his large acrylic paintings, which recall Albert Oehlen’s provocatively lush post German expressionist work. Paniagua paints vivacious shapes colliding with confused figures…
Slobodan Miljevic: Principles of Abstraction
The Agora Gallery (530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York, NY, 10001) is proud to present Slobodan Miljevic in a Collective Exhibition: Five Degrees of Abstraction. Scheduled to run from October 24th through November 13th, the collection will feature a captivating selection of Slobodan Miljevic's stunning inventions.
About Slobodan Miljevic:
With influences ranging from the Constructivists to Abstract Impressionists, Slobodan Miljevic’s stunning mixed media works have a vast range of artistic invention.…
Digital Diva Comes to Woodland for One Night
For one evening only, First Friday, November 7th, the work of Ann Tracy, a self-proclaimed digital alchemist, will be featured at Photogenics, 415 First St., Woodland from 6 to 9 pm. The exhibit will feature work from the new Motel Variations series as well as the Power: Grids and Shapes series.
Ann’s fine art has been exhibited from Japan to Maui to New York City. In 2003 her work,…
WESTSIDE BALLET ANNOUNCES 2008 PERFORMANCES OF THE NUTCRACKER
Santa Monica (October, 2008) -- For 36 years, audiences have thrilled to Westside Ballet's annual lavish full-length production of Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker," showcasing the most promising young dancers in Los Angeles. It's the story of Clara, a girl who receives a nutcracker for Christmas and is transported to a magical world of Sugarplum Fairies and villainous mice.
Brought to life by falling snow and a Christmas tree that grows, Westside Ballet's…
Organ Recital at First Presbyterian Church in Orange
First Presbyterian Church Of Orange, New Jersey Presents an Organ Recital of works by Bach, Buxtehude, Sweelinck, Couperin, Vierne, Boellmann and Brahms
Performed by Anthony Mark LaMort on the 4 manual and pedal Austin Pipe Organ
Sunday, 26. October, 2008 at 3:30 in the afternoon.
A reception, with light refreshments will follow the recital.
Admission is free. A free will offering towards the ongoing support of the Church and its ministries will…
First Fridays in Southtown the Focus of New Comedic Documentary
October 21, 2008 – Seguin, TX – The 4th Annual Seguin Film and Arts Festival has chosen the new comedic documentary “Ennis Does Southtown” as an official selection to screen at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, October 25, 2008 at the Palace Theatre located at 314 South Austin in Seguin, Texas. The film stars comedian Jade Esteban Estrada. Admission is $3 for the general public and $2 for students and seniors. For…
Aged "Pecorino" Cheese wins Gold Medal
Gold Medal for Aged "Pecorino" Cheese Awarded to Tuscan Family Farm
PIENZA (SI), Italy (September 7, 2008) – La Vialla Farm's Aged "Pecorino" Cheese has received the gold medal award at the 6th annual "Le Forme del Bio" competition.
La Vialla Farm's Aged "Pecorino" (cheese made from sheep's milk) received the top honour from "Le Forme del Bio", a national competition organised by AIAB (Italian Association for Organic Agriculture). Cheeses from all…
Sansietch Releases Latest CD, New Mexico Son, on Blues Farm Records
Sansietch's ninth album, New Mexico Son, will be available from Blues Farm Records, bluesfarm.webs.com, on October 31, 2008.
The CD has 11 songs, and each one is written with a southwestern feel that can only come from time spent in the desert, or out on the plains. Sansietch makes his home outside of Clovis, New Mexico, where you can find him performing acoustic sets in cafes and at local businesses and…
OPENing 23.10
Galerie OPEN is looking forward to presenting - from the 23rd of October until 23rd of December - the works of Max Grüter and the paintings and Embroidery of Andrea Muheim. The exhibition takes place in conjunction with the Galerie Stephan Witischi, Zurich. The launch will take place on the 23rd of October at 7pm, and the artists will be present for the occasion. Grüter and Muheim both live and…
End of November is the time - Ketterer opens new House for Art with a million do …
Munich, 15 October 2008, (kk) - On 29 November Ketterer Kunst opens the doors of its new Munich headquarters. Guests will then be able to take a first tour of the new House for Art while keeping an eye on the 1909 Emil Nolde “Landscape” (estimate: € 800 000-1 200 000) which is to lead off at the inaugural auctions on 3 and 4 December.
Covering some 3500 square…
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra returns to Ferrara and tours Germany and Greece
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra (MCO) will return once again to its Ferrara residence in the second half of October. During its two-week stay there, the orchestra will play three symphonic concerts and a chamber music concert to celebrate the beginning of the semester at the University of Ferrara.
The first concert, which will also be the season opener for the concert agency Ferrara Musica, will be conducted by the Japanese…
Bat Boy is a Screaming Hit in San Pedro
Steven Stanley at Stage Scene LA says: "Jeff Leatherwood (who recently starred in Sierra Rep's production of Altar Boyz) manages to capture all of Edgar's quirky charm, sadness, hope, and romantic heroism." and "A soulful Larry Wiering brings the house down with his revival preacher's A Joyful Noise."
Jim Farber at Daily Breeze recognized "professional-level performances" and the "compassionate renderings by Leatherwood and Hunter to the pure camp of Larry Wiering's…
Edgar Reitz is Jury President at the upcoming International Filmfestival Mannhei …
Five international film business professionals are jurors at the 57th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
Mannheim-Heidelberg, 13 October, 2008 --- German film director Edgar Reitz will preside over the International Jury at the 57th Mannheim-Heidelberg Filmfestival 2008. The jury, consisting of Reitz („Heimat“), Alexander Bohr, editor at the German national TV station ZDF, Canadian film producer Paul Martin Hus, Russian Raissa Fomina, the owner of Intercinema, and Jaana Puskala, Head of Promotion at…
A festival for the senses: The countdown is on for the 14th Berlin Military Musi …
Clear the stage for the 14th Berlin Military Music Festival to be held on 1 and 2 November 2008. Presenting the best military musicians from eleven nations in a three-hour show, this colorful spectacle will offer the audience a diverse cross-section of the many aspects of international music combined with impressive marching choreographies.
Among the participants this year are professional military bands and formations from Belgium, Canada, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Germany,…
National Attention Given To “Friends On Wall St. A New Release Now Playing Coast …
After watching The House Committee question Richard S. Fuld, CEO of Lehman Brothers on C-SPAN last week, country music artist Billy Craig wrote a timely classic called FRIENDS ON WALL ST.
“I wrote the lyrics, emailed them over to some friends and got a huge response” said Billy. In turn, his national promotions Manager, Brad Johnson of All Things Media, forwarded the lyrics and received the same response. “It…
MASTERPIECE SOLUTIONS LAUNCHES ART GALLERY SOFTWARE UPGRADE AND SUCCESS SERVICE …
DENVER, CO –Masterpiece Solutions, the leader in comprehensive point of sale and business management software for art and antique galleries, artists and other independent retailers, today announced the upgrade of its Masterpiece Manager software and the introduction of its innovative Masterpiece Success Package. The advancements give galleries and artists a state-of-the-art, integrated gallery management solution, including advanced inventory controls, customer management, point-of-sale and web integration combined with an…
New Single of the QUARRYMEN - The band that started the Beatles and U.S.-Tour in …
50 years after the first and only single-release of the Quarrymen (feat. aswell John Lennon, George Harrison and Paul McCartney) a new single has been released via internet. The song was recorded in Liverpool and GaryLand in 2008 with a little help of some friends...Reason is the recent Quarrymen U.S.-Tour that have started on the 9th October in New York City). All dates see below!
Next year a film will follow…
Invitation to international artists to enter the German-speaking art-market
Artists.de is a free platform for international artists, where they can present their art to one of the most important art-markets of the world. With a presentation in this directory, artists can reach collectors and art gallerists in all German-speaking countries. This exiting art-market includes Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg and Liechtenstein.
Artists.de is completely free of charges, for artists and visitors. International artists can use an english interface.…
exhibition of Fumie Sasabuchi, Galerie Zink Berlin, 31st October - 20th December …
Fumie Sasabuchi unlocks the repressed visual world and reveals a new concept of beauty. (Bernhart Schwenk, Curator at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich)
Galerie Zink Berlin will exhibit works by Fumie Sasabuchi (*1975, Tokyo),from 31st October to 20th December. Fumie Sasabuchi originally studied at the Tama Art University, Tokyo until 2002 and later at the Munich Art Academy under Norbert Prangenberg. In 2007 Fumie Sasabuchi was the first to part-take…
Nine5Four The Magazine opens another door for unsigned artists
Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Known as “The FACE of Unsigned and Indie Artists”, Nine5Four The Magazine and Nine5Four.com the online and print publication for unsigned and independent artists across geared towards all genres and a variety of mediums to include modeling, sports and business has set it's Unsigned Sights on UnsignedTube.com a video sharing community for unsigned talent in the world.
“Nine5Four is known for being a global leader in the…
Design from Berlin visits Asian Tigers
Design created in Berlin has established itself as a constant factor within the international design context. Since 2005 DMY Berlin has been involved in the promotion of international exchange and co-operation in design on a significant level. An integral part of this activity is the promotion of Berlin-based and German designers and their product developments to a broader public, the inter-national trade press and a wide panel of experts.
Continuous…
Calendar Kyrgyzstan 2009
Under the title „ Kyrgyzstan 2009 “has just published the calendar of the German globetrotter Jan Balster.
The calendar:
A country in central-Asia, lain at the foot of the mighty Tien Shan mountain: Kyrgyzstan, one of the probably least visited states of our earth. Untouched nature applies above valleys and mountains, sympathetically waves the capital of Bischkek and nearly fantastically the sea Kyrgyzstan, the Issyk – Kul – lake, in the…
Zenith and Nadir
Dubai Art Gallery: The Third Line is proud to present Laleh Khorramian’s Zenith and Nadir, in her second solo exhibition at the gallery.
9 October – 6 November, 2008
Featured in this exhibition, I Without End (6.20 min) is a time-lapse animation, which captures a couple carved out of orange peels, sensually entwined to one another. The couple are at times androgynous, coarsely comical but intensely engaged, their heads skewed in…
Soirée in the Garden a Magical Evening for Caltech Associates
Caltech President Welcomed President’s Circle Associates Members to his Home
Pasadena, Calif.—California Institute of Technology (Caltech) President Jean-Lou Chameau and his wife Dr. Carol Carmichael welcomed more than 170 guests to the Caltech Associates President’s Circle garden party at their home Saturday, September 27. This special event recognized members of the President’s Circle for their support of Caltech.
This year’s “Soirée in the Garden” was set to a French country theme,…
Loose Cannon "The Most Underrated MC in the Business" makes an official comeback …
New York, October 6, 2008 - Newark-based emcee Loose Cannon is back with his new release entitled "Suck My Mic," hosted by Brick City's own DJ Reek Gz and featuring appearances from Rah Digga, Hussein Fatal, Nucci Reyo, Hypno, and Billy Roadz, as well as original production from Dame Grease, Sedeck Jean, and more. Loose, who is a member of The Source's elite Unsigned Hype alumni, displays his versatility…
