Press Releases by Category Arts & Culture
Societás and Medium Magazine announce the winners of the Creative Graduate Priz …
American photographer Carrie Schechter wins the Best Static Art Award and Welsh filmmaker Gareth Lloyd wins the Best Animated Art Award in the Creative Graduate Prize 2007.
The online visual arts awards were launched in 2005 by web/print/live arts platform Medium Magazine and creative think tank and incubator Societás. Designed to recognise the best emerging illustrators, photographers and artists worldwide the awards annually attract entries from creative graduates in both the…
West Midland Printer Short-listed For Major Award
Simon Griffiths, a partner in West Midland printers Pazo Print is over the moon at having been nominated and short-listed for the Digital Printer Magazine Award. The award will be presented on the 29th November at the Hyatt Regency in London.
Pazo are specialist digital printers and have only been operating for about a year, but in this short time have swiftly been recognized for their innovative approach to high…
Online Drumming in a Hi-Tech World
The hi-tech digital age and long distance communication and creativity continue to morph and adapt to new technology and the music world is no different! It too is scrambling to keep up.
There was once the tradition that recording musicians HAD to meet under one roof and a series of microphones to produce fine quality music. With the advent of high speed internet, ftp storage sites and mp3\'s, the ability to…
Bring Smiles with RUSNAK Toy Drive for Foster Care Charity
(Pasadena, CA) Bringing joy to children during the holidays is relatively easy. Feasting on a gingerbread house, unwrapping a toy, or taking a picture with Santa Claus are ways to brighten a child’s day during this time. For foster care children living at Hillsides, there is no difference. With the generous support from RUSNAK Auto Group, children at Hillsides, the foster care children’s charity, will experience a day of joy.
RUSNAK…
Robert Babicz aka Rob Acid ‚Basic’ Remix Contest
FOEM, a netlabel and talent pool, is hosting an international remix contest with the scene-icon Robert Babicz, aka Rob Acid. Among many other prizes, there is the chance to be featured on Rob’s newest record for the label tanzbar|musik. Entries are welcomed from any talented producer. The contest is running from 1.11.2007 until 31.1.2008 on the FOEM website: http://foem.info
Rob Acid has been a world wide symbol for Acid Techno since…
WCPE New World Weekend: Thanksgiving Programming Honors American Composers and H …
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (November 14, 2007) — Music Director William Woltz of WCPE, TheClassicalStation.Org announces the Thanksgiving Weekend Great Classical Music line-up. The selections will focus on the diverse heritage of the people that have become the American melting pot and how international styles and traditions have blended and are being transformed to create America’s unique culture and music.
“Thanksgiving Weekend has always been a celebration of welcome,” says Music…
Author Feather Schwartz Foster to Speak About First Ladies in Morristown, NJ
MORRISTOWN, NJ – If you’ve ever wondered what the “old” First Ladies were like – the ones from Martha Washington through Mamie Eisenhower, then you’ll get an earful with “LADIES: A Conjecture of Personalities.” Its author, Feather Schwartz Foster, a Scotch Plains resident, will be discussing her book entitled “LADIES: A Conjecture of Personalities” at a meeting of the Morristown Woman’s Club, 51 South Street, Morristown,…
Inspiration Sounds Release Funked Up Horns
Inspiration Sounds have released a new 47MB Downloadable Sample Pack called Funked Up Horns.
FUNKED UP HORNS features 120 Horn (Saxophone and Trumpet section) Riffs performed exclusively by one of the UK\'s leading Trumpet players (Glastonbury, Hyde Park, Top of the Pops, MTV) and a world class Saxophonist. Essential for producing any style of music.
CONTENTS: 47MB Downloadable Sample Pack featuring 120 riffs in .WAV format. Includes riffs in these Keys: A,…
Inspiration Sounds Release Funked Up Bass Guitars
Inspiration Sounds have released a new 240MB Downloadable Sample Pack called Funked Up Bass Guitars.
FUNKED UP BASS GUITARS is a new 240MB Downloadable Sample Pack from the Inspiration Sounds label which features 640 of the Funkiest Bass Loops ever recorded. Performed exclusively by one of the UK\'s finest bass guitarists and essential for producing any style of music.
CONTENTS: 240MB Sample Pack. Includes both 1963 Fender Precision Bass loops and 5-String…
Charity Auction on eBay for Gibson
San Luis Obispo, CA, November 26, 2007 - Bidding has now started on eBay for the guitar that made “Stairway to Heaven” a hit.
A rare “aged” reproduction of Jimmy Page’s s signature EDS-1275 Double Neck Guitar is being sold for charity with eBay Giving Works, eBay’s dedicated charity listing program. The Jimmy Page Guitar Charity Auction runs November 26 to December 6, 2007 with 10% of the winning proceeds benefiting…
FAMOUS «DESSANGE» HAS VISITED MINSK
Benjamin Dessange, the son of famous Jasques Dessange, Head of present day «Dessange» corporation, has visited Minsk on the 14th of November, 2007. His visit to Minsk was dedicated to 50 years anniversary of the first hairdressing «Dessange» salon’s appearance in Paris.
The history of trade mark «Dessange» started in 1956 when a young barber Jasques Dessange opened the first beauty salon at Franklin Ruzvelt Avenue not so far from…
Mastering Jazz Improvisation
The New Yorker Saxophonist Evan Tate presents his new books “250 Jazz Patterns” and “Blues & Rhythm Changes in All Keys”.
The most innovative feature of these books are what he calls “Improv Etudes”.
Just as Etudes (Studies) are used in learning the language of classical music, \"Improv Etudes\" are used here to learn and understand the jazz improvisational language.
The \"Improv Etudes\" are designed to help you super-charge your…
Terranova Editores lanza campaña promocional para período navideño
La editorial puertorriqueña Terranova Editores lanzará el próximo 19 de noviembre su primera campaña promocional para fomentar el obsequio de libros durante la época navideña.
Con esta iniciativa de promoción, la editorial, con apenas cuatro años en el mercado editorial puertorriqueño y un catálogo de sobre cincuenta títulos, se coloca así a la delantera en el sector de las publicaciones en la isla.
La campaña “En Navidad, regale un libro” incluirá…
OnCell Reaches Agreement with Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
Rochester, NY, November 15, 2007 – OnCell Systems, Inc., the leading provider of on-demand, location-based multimedia content to cell phones and other mobile devices, announced today that an agreement has been reached with the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art , located in Ithaca, New York. Through their OnCell Audio service, Oncell Systems will provide a cell phone audio tour service to the museum located on the campus of Cornell…
Scalamandre Internet Auction Opens November 24
Scalamandre, the doyen company of American silks and satins, will present an Internet auction of fine fabrics and trims, wall papers, rugs, furniture, lighting, and weaving artifacts from their original mill in Long Island City, NY.
The auction preview is posted on line at http://gallery.lldspecialtysales.com/. The bidding begins on November 24 and the auction closes Saturday, December 1. Register to bid in the auction at www.antiquesyes.com.
“We are thinning out our Long…
Shanghai, portrait of a city in the night
Futuristic architectures, smoky urban atmospheres, neon lights, images from one of the most sophisticated Asian metropolis.
The photographer shows the portrait of a labyrinthine city, exotic and mysterious which overnight shows its hidden sides through fascinating play of light and shadows.
Each image is accompanied by a back noise, the sound of a metropolis that has temporary slowed his race, the padded sound of a development that seems unstoppable even…
Cultural tip with Zendome
Our cultural tip for this autumn: A must is the international exhibition “Vom Funken zum Pixel” (from the spark to the pixel) that is currently on display at the Martin-Gropius-Bau.
You can see contemporary art that works with digital and interactive electronic media. Until 14th January 2008 you can discover energy in form of fire, electricity, light and pixels, dive into multimedia Installations, generate electricity and discover ean ntire countryside.
When…
Big guns go for big bucks at Smythe sales
Manhattan, New York - November 13, 2007 – Over 5500 lots which included an intriguing mix of historical paper, currency, stock certificates and artifacts recovered from the 1784 shipwreck “El Cazador” were greeted by enthusiastic bidders at Smythe & Company. The one week, four auction, whirlwind of sales that ended November 1, realized a total hammer of $1,259,250.
Among the more noteworthy offerings were a pair of 18th century Spanish…
Dream Role for Violeta Urmana
The Lithuanian singer makes her debut as Amelia in "Un ballo in maschera" with the Bavarian State Opera.
One year after her spectacular debut in the role of Aida at La Scala in Milan, Violeta Urmana is creating another of Verdi's great roles for the dramatically expressive lyric soprano, as she takes on the part of Amelia in "Un ballo in maschera". To this end, Violeta's first exploration of her…
Emanuel Licha - It's Like Being in a Movie
We are pleased to announce a further addition to the Eminent Domain collection currently published in Show: Emanuel Licha’s It’s Like Being in a Movie. This project, developed online in Make, explores the ritual systemisation of violence and destruction, particularly through modern media. The assumed persona of the War Tourist is an amorphous spokesperson for the unsettling combination of war, disaster and tourism, a coupling of event and response that…
New cartoon e-book of the cult classic Dharma The Cat launched by Emmy winning w …
Sydney, Australia—November 13th 2007—Emmy award winning documentary maker David Lourie announced last week the launch of the electronic edition of his Simon & Schuster cartoon paperback, called “Dharma The Cat– Philosophy With Fur.”
The new e-book has some never-before-seen cartoons of the international cult favorite – “On the rocky path to nirvana, with a Buddhist cat, a novice monk and a mouse hell-bent on cheese!”
The new e-book is also available…
Rio de la Plata: A 10 day trip full of music
After all the years with great shows in Europe by bands like Panteón Rococó, Abuela Coca, Karamelo Santo, La Vela Puerca or No Te Va Gustar we decided it´s time to go overseas ourselves to visit them in their barrios. Try to understand where their music comes from, see the places they are singing about – simply get to know what life at Rio de la Plata is about. We…
Karl Richter: Fascination and Interpretation - DVD-Documentary "Karl Richter in …
In the third and last part of the Karl-Richter-Video documentary Johannes Martin has let over 20 contemporary witnesses (et al. Hertha Töpper, Edda Moser, Julia Hamari, Kieth Engen, Christian Kabitz and Paul Meisen) have their say and providing over 26 Musical Quotes (from live recordings), which help explain the interpretation and the fascination, that Karl Richter wielded over both musicians and audience and which has kept music lovers all over…
CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION
Ashok Art Gallery presents \'CONTEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION\'
14th - 15th november 2007
At: convention foyer,
india habitat centre
lodhi road, new delhi, india
daily 11 am to 8.30 pm
First time in Indian Art Market, presenting the most debated women artist from Pakistan Amna Iliyas , the young women painter from Udhampur who is drawing a lot of attention, Kanchan Verma , the lovely lady with a amazing art skill from The Nederlands Thea Walstra…
FOEM presents DJ Misjah and FOEM DJs im Tanzhaus West, Frankfurt am Main
Christmas Party with international futuristic Tech Funk House Artists
FOEM, the netlabel and talent resource have arranged a club night featuring Rotterdam´s DJ Misjah at Tanzhaus West in Frankfurt am Main on 25.12.2007. The club night showcases some of the best upcoming FOEM DJs including Kid Culture and Daniel Mehlhart, and also visuals by Eware.
DJ Misjah is credited with being one of the founders of Acid Techno and Hardhouse, and has…
Just in time for Christmas: Ketterer Kunst has Nolde in the bag
Munich, 8 November 2007 (kk) - Not all that long ago, a record-breaking € 2 580 000* for the Emil Nolde portrait “Nadja” was achieved at Ketterer Kunst. Robert Ketterer has pulled two more Nolde paintings on a single canvas and carrying an estimate of € 400 000-600 000 from the sack to be sold at auction in Munich on 5 December at 3.30 pm.
On one side is the…
Student Finds Painting in Flea-Market Sofa - Sold at Ketterer Kunst for € 19.200 …
Hamburg, 31 October 2007 (kk) - When she bought a sofa bed last year at a flea market for € 150, she didn’t know how lucky she was. When the Berlin student drew out the bed tray for the first time at home, she discovered a painting in it that was sold at auction by Ketterer Kunst in Hamburg on Saturday, 27 October, for € 19 200*.
Surprised at this unusual…
WCPE Veterans Day Tribute: National Radio Station Honors Those Who Have Served T …
WAKE FOREST, N.C. (November 7, 2007) — Dick Storck, Program Director for WCPE, TheClassicalStation.Org and former Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) announcer, invites listeners across the country to remember those who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Through music, WCPE will remember and honor all service men and women on Veterans Day, Sunday, November 11 (2007315).
WCPE will be participating in Armistice Remembrance, November 11 (2007315) at…
Top Artists Coming to the San Diego for the 5th Annual San Diego Arts Festival
The 5th Annual San Diego Arts Festival – the best ever in quality and variety—returns to the San Diego Convention Center, November 23 through 25. Now in its 5th year, the festival has become not only THE premier art and craft show in San Diego, but is also one of the top art festivals in the county; many of the artists who exhibit at such renowned events as the Sausalito…
Art Job Leads Posted Daily on Newly Launched Blog
GalleryJob is pleased to announce the launch of their new blog.
GalleryJob features leads for art jobs, upcoming art events, and advice from professionals in the art world. After seeing the difficulty that many recent graduates with degrees in art and art history face when trying to break into the art world, Kate Noonan, GalleryJob’s owner and operator, decided to help. “My hope is that job seekers…
CO-EVOLUTION – because we depend on each other
10 November – 16 December 2007
Parque Ibirapuera, Portão 3, São Paulo, Brazil
Further information: www.dac.dk/co-evolution
CO-EVOLUTION – the award winning Danish contribution to the Architecture Biennale in Venice 2006 - is now on display at the 7th Sao Paulo International Biennial of Architecture in Brazil. After Venice, the Sao Paulo biennial is the most important architecture biennial in the world.
Since Brazil hosted the first UN conference on the environment in 1992,…
The Natural World by R. John Ferguson
R John Ferguson\'s exhibition is scheduled to be featured at Agora Gallery with the opening of Tripping the Light Fantastic.
We would be delighted if you would join us for the opening reception.
Scheduled to run from November 20 through December 11, 2007
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 29, 2007, 6-8 pm
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th Street, Chelsea, New York
R John Ferguson\'s work may be seen on
http://www.art-mine.com/ArtistPage/R_John_Ferguson.aspx …
Author Feather Schwartz Foster to Discuss The Civil War Divas at Springfield Lib …
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – Mary Todd Lincoln and Julia Dent Grant towered above most women of the Civil War Era – not so much for their personal accomplishments but for their visibility. You’ll get an earful about these two old gals with “LADIES: A Conjecture of Personalities.” Its author, Feather Schwartz Foster, a New Jersey resident, will be discussing the “Civil War Divas” as well as…
RAANDESK® & 88 GREENWICH PRESENT “ART & LIVING”
THE WORKS OF SIX EMERGING ARTISTS WILL BE SHOWN IN RESIDENTIAL SALES GALLERY AND FIVE TOWER SUITES
New York, NY – The Raandesk Gallery’s “Art & Living” exhibition will enable visitors to experience pieces in a home—if not their home. “Art & Living” will take the works of six artists out of the gallery and into five newly renovated, custom-furnished tower suites. Artwork will include photographs by Jennie Barrese and Laura…
Christian children’s author says the best way to make Bible real to kids is to m …
“We need to meet our children where they are in their lives right now,” Ruth Willms says. “After all, that’s what our heavenly Father did for us. He met us in our human form by sending us Jesus in human form.”
Willms’ recently published children’s novel, The Lion Tree, teaches modern-day lessons from the Bible stories of Job, Jonah and the Whale, and Brave Queen Esther.
The novel has drawn some…
Gamut Control Signs Canvas by Canvas, a Unique Association of 11 Texas Artists
(IRVING, Texas – 31 October, 2007) Gamut Control, of Irving, Texas, a fine art reproduction publisher, printer and marketing company, who produce and sell high quality, limited edition prints for the many successful contemporary artists they represent, is pleased to announce the addition of Canvas by Canvas to their portfolio of artists.
Canvas by Canvas is a group of 11 strong women with diverse backgrounds who take a vision of…
Flint River Gallery releases new works by Georgia Artist Janice Rentz
New landscape Series focuses exclusively on the South Georgia Landscape.
Janice Rentz, of Albany, Georgia, has released eighteen new South Georgia paintings. Last summer she spent many hours driving the country roads outside Bainbridge, Georgia, where she was born and raised. Janice is a founding member of the Firehouse Co-operative Gallery located in downtown Bainbridge.
Initially planning to paint only a few pieces, she was so…
RAANDESK® UNITES ART & FASHION IN “LIGHT & LINES”
New York, NY – The Raandesk® Gallery of Art joins designer Kathlin Argiro to unite art and fashion. Photographs by Jennie Barrese will celebrate color and sinuous design, while the drawings and paintings of Jason Bryant capture texture and detail, and Jee Yun Lee\'s works on paper embrace fashion\'s femininity and softness. Fashion unifies with the works through the inclusion of pieces from Kathlin Argiro’s current collection. The…
SOUTH OF PICO receives GRAND JURY PRIZE
11th ANNUAL AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS “SOUTH OF PICO” GRAND JURY PRIZE FOR BEST PICTURE, AND AWARDS “PICO” ACTOR HENRY SIMMONS BEST ACTOR AWARD.
SOUTH OF PICO also awarded Heineken Red Star Award for “Originality, Innovation and Vision.”
(Los Angeles, California- October 29th, 2007) – The Eleventh Annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF), sponsored by HBO, Kodak, and Blockbuster among others, has awarded AFI graduate Ernst Gossner’s writing and directing…
Founders of LiveAuctioneers.com, industry experts launch Style Century Magazine
NEW YORK – QM4G Media in Oct. launched a new digital publication called Style Century Magazine, which showcases interior and exterior environments through art, design elements and decorative objects from all eras. The publication is a product of LiveAuctioneers.com founders, Julian Ellison and John Ralston, along with art and antique industry veterans Catherine Saunders-Watson and Jim Bunte. Together, the four are partners in QM4G Media, which also launched the digital…
NEW THRILLER CHALLENGES EVANGELICAL VIEW OF BIBLE
NAPLES, FLORIDA -- In his latest thriller, The Identity Factor, Kansas-born, Australia-based novelist James Houston Turner has taken issue with the commonly held evangelical view about the origin of Genesis. \"Traditionally credited to Moses, Genesis is actually a collection of more ancient documents,\" says Turner, who holds a Master\'s Degree in History from the University of Houston Clear Lake, where he uncovered what he describes as the key to one…
"Tutankhamun's Cook Book" - A Study on Ancient Egyptian Recipes
A new cook book featuring ancient Egyptian food recipes is released. “Tutankhamun’s Cook Book” is a beautiful and delicious study of food history.
This unique book is bursting with ancient Egyptian and culinary treasures. “Tutankhamun’s Cook Book” is the first of a new concept of popular and colourful cook books, “Cooking the Past”, based on accurate historical evidence. Every page is alive with images of Tutankhamun that combine with fascinating dishes…
Art 2live4 Gallery presents a sales exhibition in Frankfurt/ Main, Germany
Art 2live4 Gallery, one of the leading German online galleries, has announced a collaboration with the second hand furniture store „sumsum Office Moebility“, former “Used Office Warehouse” (U-O-W) just this week.
The numerous sumsum Office Moebility stores in Frankfurt/ Main (x 2), Cologne, Butzbach, Mannheim and Koblenz will be showing exclusive and individual photo art of various national and international artists. The art works are printed in limited editions on high…
St. Augustine Art Galleries Sponsor Free Friday Art Walks For Art Lovers
St. Augustine, FL –The art galleries of St. Augustine will sponsor no cost, self guided monthly Art Walks, featuring the finest collection of eclectic Art in North Florida.
Recently selected by the Orlando Sentinel readers as their favorite weekend getaway, St. Augustine is popular with art lovers during its “First Friday Art Walk” weekends.
The Art Walk (http://www.getaway4florida.com/artwalk) takes place from 5-9 pm on the First Friday of each…
Frank Rothkamm Loses Vintage Musical Equipment In Witch Fire
Los Angeles - Wildfires raging across Southern California destroy Frank Rothkamm's archive of vintage electronic musical equipment, the same equipment used to create LAX, his newest CD, scheduled to be released this month.
Mik Adams, long-time resident of Ramona, California, and keeper of the Frank Rothkamm archive, barely escaped with his life when the Witch Creek Fire destroyed his home and studio. There was no time to save hardware or…
INSPIRATION SOUNDS ANNOUNCE FUNKED UP PERCUSSION
Funked Up Percussion is the first release from the Inspiration Sounds download label. They have another five titles in development which are also due for imminent release via download.
Funked Up Percussion features 210MB of downloadable Percussion Loops and Samples performed exclusively by one of the UK\'s leading percussionists. This is the first release from the Inspiration Sounds download label.
Contents: 414 loops, 66 hits and 9 percussion rolls. Tempos range from…
Acclaimed Author To Speak About Surviving Cancer
Novelist James Houston Turner has been receiving \"sweet sixteen\" anniversary wishes from all over the world, but his journey has not been easy.
\"The last sound I remember was the metronome of the heart monitor,\" recalls James Houston Turner, whose latest geopolitical thriller, The Identity Factor, has just been launched on Amazon.com. \"The tumor was the size of an orange. It was spreading quickly. If I lived, I knew life would…
YOUNG CESAR NOMINATED FOR 6 AWARDS AT THE AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
American World Pictures will feature film at AFM 2007
LOS ANGELES– American World Pictures (AWP), a prolific high-profile force in the international marketplace, is proud to announce that Young Cesar, which will be featured at the American Film Market 2007, was nominated for six awards at the upcoming American Black Film Festival.
The American Black Film Festival, www.abff.com, has nominated Young Cesar in the following categories. The Heineken Red Star…
ALL STAR CAST HEADS UP NEW ALAN CUMMING FILM "GHOST WRITER"
LOS ANGELES– American World Pictures (AWP), a Los Angeles based independent motion picture distribution and production company, lands International distribution rights to Ghost Writer (a.k.a Suffering Man’s Charity), staring Alan Cumming (X2) and David Boreanaz (Bones).
In Alan Cumming's solo directorial debut Ghost Writer, Cumming plays John Vandermark, a failed composer turned music teacher with a weakness for impoverished young men of great aspirations. When handsome dilettante Sebastian St.…
Kid’s Voice Acting Coach Sunday Muse Teaches How to Become a Cartoon Character
Toronto, Canada - October 23 – Sunday Muse, Canadian voice actor and teacher specializing in character voice acting instruction for children, is featured this week on the Voice Over Experts Podcast, http://podcasts.voices.com/ , the top educational podcast for beginner and professional voice actors around the world. The versatile voice talents of Sunday Muse have been heard on popular cartoon series such as Rolie Polie Olie, Angela Anaconda, Jo-Jo’s Circus,…
