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Jessilyn Park wins 3 awards from juried art shows in Florida Orlando, Florida (PRWEB) January 02, 2013 Jessilyn Park is a new artist on the scene in the juried art show circuit in Florida. In fact, she's a new artist altogether. She only recently began painting in December of 2011, and decided to start applying to juried art shows across the state of Florida. To her surprise, she was accepted into almost all the ones she applied to. She began showcasing her art in September of 2012 at...

Andrew Hawley of Vintage Rock Posters announces finding a vintage 1968 Janis Joplin Alexander Roller Rink Concert Poster. The poster was found in Denver. The poster artist was Dail W. Beeghly. The show must have knocked the wheels off the roller skates with Janis Joplin and the Big Brother and the Holding Company playing with the Jeff Beck Group as the back up band. Denver, Colorado (PRWEB) December 30, 2012 Andrew Hawley of Vintage Rock Posters, a collector of fillmore era rock concert...

NAPERVILLE, Ill., Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The open house on 22(nd) December 2012, between 12:00 pm and 8:00 features Members' Art Show and a chance for anyone to participate in expressive public art projects designed especially to inspire the artist in everyone. Each of the F.I.R.E (Feel. Introspect. Rejuvenate.Express) artists have a unique way of expressing how the culture and environment they live in affects them as a person and as an artist, but they have one thing in...

NEW YORK, Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- TuneCore, the largest distributor and one of the highest revenue-generating music catalogues in the world, announced today the company has drastically reduced yearly distribution subscription fees, changing the pricing landscape in the distribution industry. In doing so, TuneCore continues to support the emerging and indie artist community by providing an even more economical music distribution channel, creating the opportunity for more...

LONDON, December 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Public Catalogue Foundation (PCF) and the BBC completed their hugely ambitious project to put online the United Kingdom's entire collection of oil paintings in public ownership. This makes the UK the first country in the world to give such access to its national collection of paintings. In total, 3,217 venues across the UK have participated in the project and 211,861 paintings are now on the Your Paintings website at...

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cricket Wireless fans connected with Facebook and Twitter and selected new artist Tarvoria as the winner of its inaugural Muve First Artist Challenge. The Muve First challenge ran for six weeks on the Cricket Wireless Facebook page and profiled seven up and coming artists while encouraging fans to vote for their favorite -- there were over 12,000 votes from fans. Congratulations to finalist Marcus Canty and runner up 3D Na'tee. (Logo:...

KYIV, Ukraine, December 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Jonathas de Andrade (Brazil), Micol Assael (Italy), Ahmet Oguet (Turkey), Rayyane Tabet (Lebanon), and Marwa Arsanios (Lebanon) shared the Special Prize Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, a British artist, is the Main Prize Winner of the second edition of the Future Generation Art Prize. Lynette will receive $100,000 award, $60,000 in cash and $40,000 to be invested in the production of new work. The winner of the Main Prize...

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cricket today announced exclusive new music and artist commentary from its monthly artist programs for December. This edition of Muve Music's monthly artist programs will showcase exclusive video and track by track commentary from Muve Headliner T.I.; an original exclusive track from Muve Latin Headliner Voz De Mando; a new, exclusive acoustic track from Muve First artist Bridgit Mendler; and a commentary album created solely for the Muve...

Give your blanket, share your story, and be part of artist Marie Watt's Blanket Stories installation OTTAWA, Dec. 4, 2012 /CNW/ - The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) invites the public to help create a work of art by donating a wool or natural fibre blanket with a story to tell to artist Marie Watt. The blankets will be part of the artist's ambitious installation Blanket Stories: Seven Generations, Adawe, and Hearth, which will be shown at the NGC next year, as part of the summer...

MIAMI, Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BOFFO is proud to announce "Perrier® Presents: The Black Lords" www.perrierpresentstheblacklords.com, a larger-than-life public art installation by New York Times "Artist in the Moment" Desi Santiago, December 3-9, during Miami Art Week/Art Basel Miami 2012. With their commitment to produce some of the most innovative public art today, BOFFO has partnered with Perrier® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water and Lords South Beach to provide Desi...