• August.-September 2008, Jojo Marengo in multiple meetings with Michael Cheval, create the WAF idea based on the principles and by-laws of the Art & Fashion Group International
  
  
• October 31, 2008 at a luncheon at the La Vie En Rose restaurant in Brea California, WAF was presented to the City of Brea Mayor, the President of the Brea Chamber of Commerce, HB Gallery owner Peggy Howell, artist Toreene West, La Vie En Rose owner Louis Laulhere and Wayne Wedin the former Brea City manager and initiator of the Brea’s Art in Public places.
  
  
• January 2009 WAF is on MySpace and Facebook. 2,000 members join within one month.
  
  
• While under construction and to test the site before the website is announced to the public WAF places their top 40 MySpace friends as example on how the site will look.
  
  
• February 1st 2009 WAF launches their website to the public. All but 4 top MySpace friends join as official members of WAF. They are our first members.
  
  
• February 15th 2009, WAF announces the World Art Expo 09 to take place in California.
  
  
• April 10th 2009 WAF opens the WAF Gallery in the Brea Plaza shopping Plaza. The 5,100 space is donated by the developer until December 2009 at which time the structure will be demolished.
  
  
• April 2009, WAF holds a series of dinner events at the banquet room of La Vie en Rose restaurant honoring Michael Cheval, Adam Scott Rote and Michael Newberry. WAF grows to 8,700 members.
  
  
• June 2009, artists continue to ignore the bloggers’ attacks and send their work to be exhibited at the World Art Expo. By June 1st over 200 artists from 50 countries participate. Their artworks arrive at the WAF Brea Gallery to be exhibited at the World Art Expo 2009. WAF grows to 11,000 members.
  
  
• In June 7-14 World Art Expo 09 takes place exhibits fill the Fullerton Marriott Hotel’s meeting spaces and ballrooms, the Miranda Gallery in Laguna Beach and the WAF Gallery in Brea. The Fullerton Museum features WAF educational sessions with guest art experts. WAF grows to 15,000 members.
  
  
• July WAF creates 98 sites on Facebook. 20,000 members join. August WAF creates their private network on Ning with 90 sites. www.wafglobal.ning.com
  
  
• September WAF announces the formation of the ALL AMERICA TOUR. The purpose of the tour is to introduce 30 WAF accomplished artists to upscale galleries in the top 10 US art cities.
  
  
• WAF Launches the ALL America tour Book. Tour participating artists are also featured in Laguna’s Best, Orange County’s Best and Santa Fe’s Best magazines
  
  
• November 28, 2009 the ALL AMERICA TOUR takes place. The kick-off takes starts at the Chalk Farm Gallery in Santa Fe New Mexico.
  
  
• December 11 the second leg of the ALL AMERICA TOUR takes place at the Miranda Gallery in Laguna Beach California. December31, 2009 WAF enjoys 57,000 members on Facebook, MySpace and Ning.

WORLD ART EXPO 09 CALIFORNIA
JUNE 7-14, 2009
FEATURING ARTISTS FROM

50 COUNTRIES & 5 continents

The most important gathering of artists ever held in California
FEATURING

ALBANIA Surnaime Mumajesi　 AUSTRALIA　 Jo Tracy Karl James　 ARGENTINA Alberto Hitzfelder　 BANGLADESH Tarak Mahadi Sharmin Sarna　 BELGIUM　 Claude Damien　 BRAZIL Milenna Saraiva　 Marina Mourão ,Marcília Mourão BULGARIA　 Dian Jechev Velina Hristova Dij_On CANADA　 Catherine Ayotte Alison Fowler Sarah –Lynn Amaral　Nigel Brooks Peer Octavian Florescu CHILI　 Eduardo Torres Luisa Villavicencio　 CHINA　 Cai Rui Kun,　 COLOMBIA　Fernando Zuniga Ivanka Drufovka　 DENMARK　 Leif Rasmussen Laila Carlsen Mette Enøe Tina Ellegaard Poulsen　 　FINLAND Salla Ikonen FRANCE DIDIER LORILLOT Carina Hoijer Nykky Jean Philippe Estebenet Olivier Peltier Sylvie Adurand Mireille Laborie Stelia Stephanie Eddy Hospice　Mariela Flores　　Sacha Baraz GREECE Yan Dendrinos Eva Divari Melanie Prapopoulos Valentino Marengo Elina Tsingiroglou Anna Gkioti GERMANY　 Birgit Huttemann- Holz Germany/USA INDIA　 Jeet Aulakh Kiran Soni Gupta　 INDONESIA Betty Huwae Niasari Roedyat Martadiradja HONG KONG Yu Shu Tak ITALY　 Franco Ruscelli Gaia Bracco Maria Giulia Alemanno Rita Salvi Paolo Santo Genoese Hilde Lorenzo Cavina Daniele Gigli Lorenzo Cavina Antonio Ceni Rocelli Franco Marianna Guarnieri Fiona Liberatore Marco Montagnana Eugenia Di Lorenzo Fortunato Violi　 Jerry Ross Antonio Ceni Graziella Gola LITHUANIA　 Zivile Sabaliauskaite　 LUXEMBOURG Carlo Malane　 JAPAN Takatomo Homma　 HUNGARY　 Zoltan Krizsan Zsuzsa Mathe LEBANON　 Mona Jabbour MALTA Carmel Bonello　 MEXICO Mariana Musi El Nacho Gallardo Gabriella Garza Padilla Victoria Gutierrez MONACO Gael Toutain　 NETHERLANDS　 Carla Lensen　 NORWAY　 Grethen Angen Elizabeth Dallee PAKISTAN　 Mak Zaheer Chaudhary　 PERU Carmen Montoya Magali Dalmau　 PHILIPPINES　 Grace Edwards　 PORTUGAL　 Arisu Nomura Fernando Miguel　 POLAND　 Tomasz Alen Kopera　 PUERTO RICO Nora Quintero　 Betzaida González ROMANIA　 Octavian Florescu Romania / Canada　 RUSSIAN　 Alex Fishgoyt Russia/Usa, Michael Cheval Russia/Usa Yuri Yurov Russia/Usa SERBIA　 Elizabeta Novak Vladislava Krstic Zeljko Djurovic　 Sergey Aparin SLOVENIA　 Ivana Petan Rebeka Rodosek　 Veronika Logar SPAIN　 Johan Wahlstrom　 SWEDEN　 Helena Hotzl Margareth Osju　 THAILAND　 Boaz Zippor　 UGANDA　 Daudi Karungi　 SWIDZERLAND　 Thomas Barbey Swidzerland/USA TUNISIA Mohamed Fenina　 TURKEY Dogan Poksoy Bedri Baykam Dilek Ozmen Hamdi Telli Funda Iyce Tuncel Halil Coskun Mumin Candas Selçuk Sinan Candaş Serap Yardimci Hafize Uncuoglu Ebru Akkamis Ela Cin Emine Tokmakkaya Yasin Candaş Ali Altin Sefkat Islegen Eser Afacan Baris Cihanoglu Ekin Onat Von Merhart Rabia Caliskan Arzu Karaduman- Pilek Ozman Nadide Gurcuoglu Cemil Candas Kayihan Botukbasi Cigdem Tellı Gulay Alpay Seher Eyri Genç Jale Özkaya. Halil Coşkun Nezih Çavusoglu Safa Bute Fitna Tkatircioğlu.　Asan Cora Adi Soyadi UNITED KINGDOM　 Hugh Byrne Heath Marshall Robert Burton Elizabeth Edwards Carl Hoare UNITED STATES of AMERICA Michael Cheval Adam Scott Rote Aleksander Balos Alex Fishgoyt Yuri Yurov Michael Newberry Daniela Ovtcharov Vladimir Ovtcharov James Xavier Barbour Carol Munro Dar Freeland Fernanda Natale-Reynolds John Stidham Jacqueline Ripstein Latife Warshawsky Kim Rahal Norman Deesing John Math, Michael E Gordon Laini Thompson Janet Gervers Susan Goettsche, Shahla Rosa Terrence Morro Sara Conca, Ray Miller Robert Cobb Nick Hernandez Susan Goettsche Boggs Penelope Przekop Max Donner, Latch Iggy James Lee Burk Jasmine Tolmajian Betty Huwae Ron Hust Gadi Veneziano Greg Coffelt Chris Lattanzio Sara Conca Carlos Romero Jeremy Lebediker Judith Dagostino Allison Proulx. Flora Edwards Elizabeth Edwards Skip Bleecker Joe Marshall Olga Volozova Heather Hanson Julie Bossinger Ken Boe　 Adriana Guidi Jeff Breed Alex Nysten Glen Barlow Brendan Sharkey Michelle Oravitz VIETNAM　Giao Pham

ACQUIRE
AGENTS AND/OR GALLERY EXHIBITS
THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION
IN THE

WORLD ART EXPO 09
IN CALIFORNIA

AUSTRIA  Herwig Stark   BOLIVIA Marcello Saznaubar    BRAZIL   Marina Mourão  CANADA  Octavian Florescu Danmark Anja Etwal-Nielsen

HUNGARY  Zoltan Krizsan

GERMANY  Birgit Huttemann- Holz Germany/USA FRANCE Olivier Peletier •

Carina Hoijer • Edouard Heyraud  POLAND  Tomasz Alen Kopera

SWEDEN  Helena Hotzl  ITALY   Marco Montagnana   HUNGARY  Zoltan Krizsan  MEXICO   El Nacho Gallardo • Gabriella Garza Padilla  SERBIA  Elizabeta Novak •

Zeljko Djurovic • Sergey Aparin   • SWEDEN  Helena Hotzl •

Margareth Osju • TURKEY   Pinar Selimoglu  UGANDA  Daudi Karungi

UNITED STATES of AMERICA  • Thomas Barbey • Michael Cheval • Adam Scott Rote • Aleksander Balos  • Greg Coffelt  • Jeff Sakowski • Robert Cobb • Yuri Yurov • Xavier Barbour • Flora Edwards  • Ken Boe

VIETNAM Luong Truong Tho  •

To many the designation of Master Elite sounded elitist. In 2010 the Master Elite designation is eliminated. With WAF assistance in 2009.   WAF  placed  the Works of visionary artists Michael cheval, Adam Scott Rote, Aleksander Balos,  Zeljko Djurovic, Tomasz  Alen Kopera, Jeff Sadowski, Marcelo Suaznabar, Octavian Florescu, Yuri Yrov, Gabriella Garza Padilla and Birgit Huttemann- Holz in galleries where they enjoyed quality exposure and sales. 

Success stories

Adam Scott Rote hard work placed his art in many galleries. His Giclees are auctioned in many cruise liners. His achievements rank Adam as one of the most successful artists in the USA.

From 2006 to 2008, before joining WAF Michael Cheval artwork sold in just one gallery. Michael Cheval, the very first member of the World Art foundation, is now an American Icon whose work presently sells from $20,000 to $30,000. His Giglees form $2,200 TO $6,400. Cheval’s work was featured on 6 covers and over 180 pages of Umbrella Publications. WAF helped provide an agent for Michael and who placed him in TOP-50 rated galleries. He is considered the hottest artist in the American Art Scene. As an American Icon, he no longer needs to be a WAF Master Elite as his career is growing much faster than the WAF organization that he helped create. We are delighted for Cheval’s phenomenal success and wish him good luck and continuous good fortune.

“Thank you for the opportunity to have been a member of WAF.

It has been a privilege.　 I have been gratified to see artists from all over the world come together to share common interests.Certainly I have met some wonderful people through my association with WAF.　　　

WAF will continue to update news of Michael Cheval’s continuous success in our newsletters, books and publications.

Presents the 
WAF MUSEUM COLLECTION