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 World Art Foundation Masters Award Dinner Success June 15th, 2009 - 08:32 PM The World Art Foundation Awards Dinner 2009...Success! Zoltan Krizsan was judged by his peers. The doors of opportunity have just begun for this young artist. Without the Founder of World Art Foundation Jojo Marengo and co-founder Antoine Marengo none of this would have been possible... .Our wonderful gathering began with the meet and greet the masters and master elites at the roundtable at the Marriott. Imagine if you could, you an upcoming,emerging artist sitting at a roundtable with Master Elite Michael Cheval, Eser Afacan,Octavian Floresecu, Dij-On,Sergey Aparin, Yuri Yurov ? That my friend is the magnitude of what Jojo Marengo fasclitated! The three hour sessions were intimate, professional and most energizing and stimulationg conversations you would ever have been able to experience.If you would have attended, you would have had an opprtunity to actually sit next to a master elite. Seating was not assigned. I had the opportunity to sit next to a master elite for all the sessions. Wow. What an experience.If you are an emergimg artist.If you are an established artist, the benefits out way the time, the energy and effort it took to be there.The benefit my nephew Zoltan Krizsan received out weighs what journey it took for him to get where he is today. My correspondence with WAF began with Antoine Marengo. Eight months of emailing, and networking could not have happened without Antoine Marengo.Zoltan Krizsan flew around the world,shipped one thousand pounds of art, to get to the World Art Foundation and entered a competition for the World Art Foundation Masters award. Zoltan won that Award! A speaker at the Fullerton Museum, Joe Gordon of Miranda Galleries attended the functions and was most admirable in selecting artists from this exhibit and signing talent to his galleries. Opportunities knocked on every potential door. Networking, and most of all getting to know your fellow artists. As for myself, Dr.Evi Yes, I may talk a lot, But I left Fullerton with a new family. Jojo, Antoine and all the Marengos are what the American family is about. Jojo's lovely sister hosted a pool party in her lovely home in Orange County. Does it get any better than that? What if I said yes? Not only did we enjoy homemade middle eastern cuisine, we even enjoyed the fireworks show at Disneyland in the horizon watching the sunset, yes, with the master elites! Wish you were there? Me too. I am saving the best for last.The artists who submitted their work, their work were displayed at the lovely gallery at the WAF Imperial Hwy Gallery. all hosted by Jojo Marengo.Thank you Jojo and your beautiful family. Your hospitality almost out weighed your charm, for your personality will only attract the positive, the enlightened, the elite. I am most proud to have been selected to be the secretary for WAF .Mrs Eric Hilton, Bibi Hilton sends her best wishes to you for your success for I do represent Bibi as her spiritual advisor and personal assistant. Dr.Evi Hamil, Ph.d |
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World Art Foundation Awards Dinner 2009 June 14th, 2009 - 10:19 Hi everyone, This journey has been a world wind of activity. I was running late when I arrived so I had to check into the hotel run up to my room do a quick change and go down to the banquet room! I came down to the lobby and was lead to the dinner by some of the most amazing large beautifully done paintings. I knew right then I was in the right place. I was greeted by the charming Jojo Merango (the founder of the WAF). I introduced myself and he invited me to join him at his table. He introduced me to Krizsan Zoltan an artist from Hungary, and Duri from East Africa. His agent was there I only know her as Angela she is from New York. There was also a writer from In Motion filmz who was hired to video this event Dino Wells. He will be posting it on the World Art foundation website. www.worldartfoundation.org. |
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 World Art Expo speaker recommends many routes to success
“Galleries help attract clients,” says Gordon. “They build up client bases and also have group shows.” Historically, he points out, artists do not sell as well when they sell directly to collectors.
Online channels for selling art are changing the marketing of art, Gordon notes. “Online you can vary your style and the audience seems to want that kind of approach.”
Gordon also sees benefits to selling at auction. “A gavel price is an absolute validation of the value of a work.”
Regardless of how artists seek to sell their creations, Gordon advises that “credential building is important. You need to make yourself an artist of merit. It is important to make yourself unique and noticeable with techniques and passions that are distinctively yours.” |
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World Art Expo opening gala launches week of special eventsJune 9, 6:43 PM .jpg) Leading artists from around the globe celebrated the opening of the World Art Expo at a reception held at the Miranda Gallery in Laguna Beach on June 7. The event featured the opening of a new show by world renowned artist Micheal Cheval. Miranda Gallery owner Joe Gordon and World Art Foundation Director Jojo Marengo welcomed dozens of guests who have come to California for a week of special events.More special events are on the schedule:
Wednesday, June 10th at 9 a.m.: Tea & Croissants with muralist and painter Octavian Florescu at the Grand Salon des Arts Gallery
Wednesday, June 10th at 7.00 p.m.: Reception at La Vie En Rose Restaurant in Brea
Thursday, June 11th at 9 a.m.: Tea & croissants with painter Michael Cheval at the Grand Salon des Arts Gallery
Thursday, June 11th at 7 p.m.: Reception and dinner hosted by the world art foundation
Friday, June 12 at 9 am: Tea and croissants with the panel of master elites
Friday, June 12 10 to 11.30 a.m.: Art discussion by the panel of world masters
Saturday, June 13 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Educational morning at the Fullerton Museum
Program details and directions to the venues are available at the conference hotel for the event, the Fullerton Marriott Hotel. The hotel is also displaying several hundred works of art from participating artists. Prices range from the low hundreds to several thousand dollars each |
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Global Art Fair showcases local talentJune 2, 4:41 PM San Diego will be well represented when the World Art Exposition opens in neighboring Orange County this Sunday, June 7. LaJolla native Michael Newberry and San Diegan Judith D’Agostino will join the group of 500 artists from around the world who are exhibiting at the event. Both are recognized for their talents in plein air painting, a style which has won California international recognition. D’Agostino will be exhibiting three plein air works, “Drifting Into Nightfall”, “Magic Sky”, and “Glow.” She is inspired by outdoor scenes she has seen in the area with the San Diego regional plein air painting group. Her favorites include LaJolla, Sunset Cliffs and Balboa Park.
Michael Newberry recently returned to the U.S. after living and painting in Europe. He is extremely enthusiastic about participating in the World Art Exposition. He praises World Art Foundation leader JoJo Marengo for his goal of building a lasting legacy. He also credits the organization and its flagship event, the World Art Expo, with addressing an important niche in the international exhibition calendar. “The World Art Foundation is meeting the needs of creative artists whose work is figurative and representative,” he observes. Many other institutions emphasize working with art that has already been created or classical styles which emulate it.
San Diego Fine Arts Examiner Max Donner will also represent the graphic design community at the show with his illustration “Spectrum of Motion.” This presentation of surfers moving deftly through waves of motion and light is one of many works designed to make learning about science and physics more interesting for teenagers.
It is easy to see that there will be art for every interest at the World Art Exposition. Judith D’Agostino sees the event as a timely opportunity. “This is a business,” she notes. “If you want your work to be seen, you have to do something about it.” D’Agostino is doing that very well, and will also exhibit at the regional show of the San Diego Art Institute which opens this Friday, June 5.
To see for yourself, start at the host hotel for the World Art Exposition, the Fullerton Marriott Hotel. Parking is adjacent to the hotel and is free for World Art Exposition visitors. |
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World Art Expo encore in EuropeJune 9, 4:57 PM.jpg) The 2009 World Art Expo is taking place at the Hotel Laguna in Laguna Beach and surrounding locations through June 13. Next year’s World Art Expo will take place in Istanbul, Turkey. Dogan Paksoy, President of the World Art Foundation in Turkey is in California now, encouraging local artists to participate.Paksoy predicts, “The 2010 World Art Expo in Turkey will capture the imagination of the world.” He expects 2,500 artists from around the world to participate. Artists from over fifty countries are participating in this year’s World Art Expo.
“Now all of Europe is looking at Istanbul,” says Paksoy. “If you come to Istanbul, you will think you are seeing a dream.” In 2010, Istanbul will become Europe’s Capital City of Culture.
Next year’s World Art Expo will also spotlight Turkey’s emergence as an important center for contemporary art. Paksoy publishes the magazine “Young Art” in Turkish to present talented local artists. He also recommends trendsetting Istanbul collections of contemporary art like the Pera Museum and Istanbul Museum of Modern Art.
Local area residents have a unique opportunity to learn more about the 2010 World Art Expo. This Thursday, June 11 at 10 a.m., Dogan Paksoy will host a roundtable discussion about the event. The meeting will be held at the Fullerton Marriott Hotel in Orange Count |
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| PORTRAIT OF JOJO MARENGO FOUNDER OF WORLD ART FOUNDATION BY MICHAEL CHEVAL | ||||
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enclosed I'm sending you the article appeared today on LA STAMPA, one of the most important Italian newspapers, signed by Giovanni Barberis and dedicated to my presence at the WORLD ART EXPO. It was a surprise for me which I am pleased to share with you.
Please keep me informed about the expo.
Good luck to you all..... and to me, too!
Maria Giulia Alemanno
The winners of the Masters of the arts award are:
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The winners of the Emerging Artist Awards are: First place- Alison Proulx USA Second place- Ali Altin Turkey Third place- Robert Cobb USA Honorable mention winners are: Adriana Guidi USA Carmel Bonello Malta Johan Wahlstrom Spain Margareth Osju Sweden Mariela Flores France Niasari Roedyat Martadiradja Indonisia Tina Ellegaard Poulsen Denmark |
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Wedin Enterprises, Inc.
Wayne Wedin has extensive public sector and private sector experience. Starting in local government in 1961, Wayne Wedin climbed the ranks of city government culminating with his appointment to City Manager of City of Brea in 1968 and held that position until 1983. In addition, he was appointed Executive Director/Secretary to the Brea Redevelopment Agency in 1970. In 1983 he left public service to devote his full concentration as president of Wedin Enterprises, Inc., a domestic and an international strategic planning, financial/economic enhancement consulting firm with clients in both the public and private sectors.
Wayne Wedin has been active in business, transportation and cultural organizations. He served as the Orange County Business Council’s first Chairman of the Board and his tenor on the Executive Committee concluded at the end of 2000. Presently, he serves as a Board of Director Member Emeritus. He is a Member of the Board of Trustees and a Past Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Southern California College of Optometry, is a member of the Legislative Task Force for the North Orange County Community College District, is a member of the Orange County Protocol Commission and Protocol Foundation, is an active participant with the Fullerton Business Council (Fullerton Positive), is a member of the Fullerton and Brea Chambers of Commerce and has also served on the Boards of the Martin Luther Hospital, the Orange County United Way, and the Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church. Mr. Wedin serves as a member of the Board of Advisors to Chapman University, the Roger C. Hobbs Institute for Real Estate, Law and Environmental Studies and is on the Advisory Board to Ferree, McCarthy & Price. His expertise in the area of public management and economic development is internationally recognized. In addition to his local work, his current international work includes providing financial services for major new construction projects, as well as business negotiation services and development team formulation and management.
Mr. Wedin, as Chairman of the OCBC, chaired the mediation and negotiating sessions that led to an Orange County Bankruptcy Recovery Plan to address the $1.7 billion government loss caused by the bankruptcy. Additionally, he served as Chairman of the Orange County Public Facilities Finance Corporation's Board of Directors for several years. The Corporation assists the County of Orange in acquiring and financing various public facilities and capital improvements.
Mr. Wedin was actively involved as a business community representative in the efforts to Keep the Rams in Anaheim and has worked diligently since then to help return a NFL Franchise to the Orange County area. In March 2006 Mr. Wedin was recognized as one of the 25 Most Influential People in North Orange County by the North Orange County Magazine.
(reprinted from Orange County business Journal)
Fifi's Best "Restaurateur Louis Laulhere Found His Way to OC Gradually"
Louis Laulhere is a person who has lived his life with a great deal of grace. When one speaks of a kind heart, his name comes to mind for me. It’s as if he was born to be in the restaurant industry, the service enterprise that begs like no other for people with the right attitude.
Louis was born in a small village named Pau in the southwest of France. He had his first encounter with commercial food world at the age of 13 when he went to work carrying bags of flour for the local baker, he became a kitchen helper at the Hotel de France in his hometown, and then, not long after that a busboy. He admits to feeling at home in the service profession almost immediately.
The next step was working at the Grand Hotel in Eastbourne, England. Louis felt at home and couldn’t imagine doing anything else. He and a good friend decided to go to Canada. Landing in Montreal with only a few dollars in his pocket, he found a job in one of the upscale hotels
He stayed in Canada until 1960, the year he went to New York, a city with plenty of French restaurants. He then worked for Management Company for 13 years in New York and then transferred to Chicago to take on the task of directing all food operations at the John Hancook Center
After several years in Chicago, he moved to Las Vegas as vice president and manager of all food service at the convention center. He stayed a couple of years before being tapped to create a fine French restaurant in the new, prestigious Adolphus Hotel in Dallas, Texas. The result was The French Room. It was the restaurant that launched Dallas as a serious culinary city.
Everybody eventually visits California, don’t they? He did and met the Segerstroms, who introduced him to La Vie En Rose in Brea, the restaurant they’d built as a replica of a Normandy style farmhouse. Given his farm background and the comforting ambiance of this building, Louis knew he had walked into his dream. This was exactly the kind of restaurant he’d envisioned owning one day. The Segerstroms sold the restaurant to Louis and that is when I met him.
Bryan S. Smith Producing a series
of documentaries in film and for radio
as a member of one of the most
vital urban media centers in the country
— and internationally acclaimed
community resource, Media Study
Buffalo, is the defining influence in
the imaginative life of Bryan S. Smith,
which began for him in the mid 1980s.
This public service foundation is dedicated
to encouraging the creation and
understanding of media, exploring
provocative, progressive ideas about
society and art, showing hundreds of feature, documentary and
experimental films for the public each year, in an atmosphere of
open energy, which is constantly changing, developing and restructuring
contemporary thought.
Soon after Media Study, working in AM talk radio as a writer, Smith was constantly challenged by people inquiring as to how one writes a talk show. He established himself for the majority of his career in the commercial airline industry where he produced a monthly video magazine and print publication while managing employee communications for a major carrier. He continues to write feature articles about art and the people that create it, travel and lifestyle issues.
JOE GORDON CHAIRMAN OF MIRANDA GALLERIES IN LAGUNA BEACH JOINS WORLD ART FOUNDATION'S ADVISORY BOARD.
As Chairman and CEO of Miranda Galleries, Laguna Beach, Joe Gordon brings to the Board an insider’s perspective on the art industry. For 25 years Miranda Galleries has been a trendsetting premier contemporary art gallery in Orange County.
As one of the principals of Meade Instruments Corporation, Joe Gordon helped take the company public and served on the Board of Directors of the 120 million dollar corporation.
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Sincerely yours,
Joe Gordon
Marc Harris, President & CEO of Bliss Resorts International, Inc. and MHA Consulting Joins WAF board of Advisors
Mr. Harris is the founder, President and CEO of Bliss Resorts International, and MHA Consulting. He possesses over 30 years of hands-on business experience, having started his own international trading company at age seventeen, Sea-Fair Marine, which
specialized in importing and distributing surfboards and other aquatic sporting goods made in Australia, Indonesia, and Taiwan. Several years later, Mr. Harris sold Sea-Fair Marine, earned an MBA from Stanford University, obtained his Real Estate Broker's license, and joined a San Francisco-based real estate development firm as the Director of Acquisitions. After completing his MBA, Mr. Harris went on to obtain a degree in Environmental Engineering from California State University, Long Beach. Later, in preparation for creating his own real estate investment offerings, Mr. Harris obtained a Series 7 License from the Securities Exchange Commission, and is an NYSE Registered Representative.
Over the past thirty years, Mr. Harris has been involved in locating, analyzing, acquiring, planning, entitling, financing, building, operating and managing a variety of real estate assets including commercial, retail, residential, hotel and resort properties; as both a Principal, and on a consulting basis through MHA Consulting.
Letter from "UNITED AIRLINES"
Jojo Marengo
Umbrella Publishing
2701 E. Chapman Avenue, Suite 205
Fullerton, CA 92831
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Jojo:
On behalf of United Airlines, it is with great honor that I accept an appointment on the advisory board of the World Art Foundation.
As a member, I commit to set superior standards and ethics that elevate the prestige, image and influence of the artist and the art profession, recognize and reinforce the fact that the artists are the nucleus of the art industry and its most important member. I also commit to seek a finer level of art education and restore the destiny of the art profession to the hands of the artist where it truly belongs.
Building partnerships with museum curators, gallery owners and art critics in an atmosphere of camaraderie, respect and support will elevate the World Art Foundation to a level of prestige and prominence worldwide.
Thank you.
Bryan S. Smith
United Airlines
February 5, 2008
Jojo Marengo
Umbrella Publishing
2701 E. Chapman Avenue, Suite 205
Fullerton, CA 92831
Dear Jojo,
In this day and age it not often we meet people that actually say what they do and then do what they say! You continually exceed my expectations.
Your commitment, diligence and passion are to be applauded. You complete all that you promise and much more!. Your ‘Best of’ magazines are a very creative venue. I greatly appreciate your features on my gallery and the many fine artists represented. I have certainly benefited greatly from the well written feature articles and thank you for your continued support.
Your World Art Foundation Project will benefit the artist and those that collect fine art on many levels. I have no doubt WAF will be a huge success…like all the projects you create, develop, produce and bring to fruition.
Jojo, it is always a pleasure to work with you and I look forward to supporting your efforts in making the World Art Foundation a program one which you, the many talented artists and myself can be equally proud.
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If you always wanted to meet some of the world’s leading contemporary artists and see their original works of art on display, now is your chance. The 2009 World Art Exposition will take place June 7 to 14 in multiple locations throughout Orange County.
Local gallery owner Joe Gordon, Chairman and CEO of Miranda Galleries in Laguna Beach recommends many routes to success to artists seeking to market their finished works. Speaking to artists from around the world at the World Art Expo last week, he pointed out the many advantages of selling at a gallery and also presented the artists with other choices. 
Maria Giulia Alemanno in studio
