Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature a Lebanese artist, Rita Aad, in Passages. The exhibition is scheduled to run from March 25, 2011 through April 15, 2011 (opening reception: Thursday, March 31, 2011).

About the Artist

Rita Aad’s oil on canvas paintings utilize abstract figuration, effectively merging human and plant forms in vivid, plentiful color. Her tactile, indulgent use of paint verges on the sculptural and conveys an abundant sense of energetic motion, interconnectivity and balance. A spontaneous, impulsive recorder of life, Aad cultivates a profound sense of experiential joy which she crystallizes during her creative process. An expert of textural variation, Aad methodically builds up the canvas with thick layers of oil that she reshapes anew with palette knife and brush. Her neo-primitive motifs, inspired by the colors of Fauvism, portray a beguiling illusion of radiating warmth. Within each work lies a tender and whimsical manifestation of our collective emotional, physical and cultural landscape.

Rita Aad was born in 1967 in Lebanon and currently lives and works in Beirut. She studied Business Administration at the American University of Beirut and worked in fashion as an image consultant for four years.

Exhibition Dates: March 25, 2011 – April 15, 2011

Reception: Thursday, March 31, 2011, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Gallery Location: 530 West 25^th St, New York City

Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat, 11a.m. – 6 p.m.

Event URL: http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Rita_Aad.aspx

About the Exhibition:

Celebrate the spring with Agora Gallery’s new series of exhibitions. Through Contemporary German Art: The New York Experience you can get in touch with the energetic talent of some of the best of German art today. Full of personal insight, yet containing universal understanding and appreciation, these artists use their cultural heritage to create unique and innovative pieces of art. In Degrees of Abstraction you can view the works of artists who get to the heart of the complex mysteries of the world as they treat everything they meet with gentle but creative respect. Delightful but thought-provoking, these images will resonate with something deep within. Passages presents artworks which speak of the life-changing and perception-altering power of journeys both personal and physical. Reflective of the artists’ experience, they will also help viewers themselves to gain a new perspective on everyday life and humanity.

Featured Artists:

Degrees of Abstraction – Did Dontzoff, Jack Cymber, Domingo Martín, Concha García de Pablos, Andreas Hessman, Clive Rowe

Passages – Hanna Westerberg, Rita Aad, Neslihan Ozdemir, Richard Griffith, Jin Hwan Cho

Contemporary German Art – Amalia Gil-Merino, Christian Gipp, Christine Haehner Murdock, Eberhard Marx, Iva Milanova, Corina Schmidt, Renate Thalhammer, Petra Thoelken

About Agora Gallery

Agora Gallery is a fine art gallery, established in 1984 and located in the heart of New York City’s Chelsea art galleries district. It is famous for showcasing a spectacular array of talented artists from around the world and around the corner, while providing quality and original art to collectors. Gallery II, an elegant adjacent gallery space, gives artists the ideal area for a solo or group exhibition of their own, organized and publicized by Agora Gallery. The gallery also publishes ARTisSpectrum Magazine, a bi-annual magazine that is distributed to museums, galleries, art institutions and art schools around the world. It provides artists, collectors, museums, galleries, art organizations and enthusiasts with access to the work of international talented artists as well as feature articles, reviews and interviews. Agora Gallery is also the sponsor of ARTmine, one of the most comprehensive resources available worldwide to view and purchase fine art. The gallery also runs Agora Art Blog, a blog designed to provide helpful information and advice for artists while providing a forum for artists to help one another by sharing their experiences and thoughts.

Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Sherry Ruden in The Rhythm of Color. The exhibition is scheduled to run from February 4, 2011 through February 25, 2011 (opening reception: Thursday, February 10, 2011).

About the Artist

There is a playful elegance to the decadent swirls and curves of Sherry Ruden’s figurative abstractions, a harmonious rhythm and lyrical flow as her sweeping linear loops reveal arching forms and the bodies of women relaxed in luxurious repose. Blending acrylic and oil paints on canvas, the artist infuses her art with a richness of hue and texture, her use of patterns and metallic sheen recalling the works of Gustav Klimt. As she paints, Sherry searches for beauty and perfection with a boundless freedom of self- expression, bringing to life the artistic dreams of her consciousness.

Born in Shanghai, China, Sherry began her studies in traditional calligraphy and scroll painting before attending the prestigious Shanghai University of Fine Art where she was inspired by Western art and culture from the Renaissance to modern masters. Sherry now lives and works in Seattle, WA where she continues to explore the limitless possibilities of her unique creative vision.

Exhibition Dates: February 4, 2011 – February 25, 2011

Reception: Thursday, February 10, 2011, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, New York City

Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat, 11a.m. – 6 p.m.

Event URL: http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Sherry_Ruden_%28aka_Sherry_Ying%29.aspx

About the Exhibition:

Sensitivity, intelligence and vision shine through the works on display, with the collection as a whole an example of creativity at its energetic best. The artists come from widely differing backgrounds and a range of countries, and as such each bring their own personal perspective on life and the world at large to their work. Yet they are united by a shared commitment to the importance of artistic development, and the real and lasting effect that art can have on those who see it.

Featured Artists:

The Manifestation of Milieu

Vera L.P. Cauwenberghs, Ivan Radman, David Segeta, Thomas Ab-e, Peter Sherman, Thanh Mai-Charles, Heather Everett, Younghee Hong, Hyejin Kim

The Rhythm of Color

V. S. Ajayan, Yunkap Jung, Laurence Steenbergen, Sherry Ruden (aka Sherry Ying), Yvonne Maloney, Michael Grine, Adka (“Andrea Jones”), Gisa Elwazir

Unbound Perspectives

Jorge González Velázquez, Gary Hong, Brian Kelly, Fred Gemmell, Shenna Vaughn, kBlanchard, Paloma Bernaldo de Quirós, Jane Sandes

About Agora Gallery

Agora Gallery is a fine art gallery located in the heart of New York City’s Chelsea art galleries district that was established in 1984 and is famous for showcasing a spectacular array of talented artists from around the world and around the corner, while providing quality and original art to collectors. The gallery also publishes ARTisSpectrum Magazine, a bi-annual magazine that is distributed to museums, galleries, art institutions and art schools around the world. It provides artists, collectors, museums, galleries, art organizations and enthusiasts with access to the work of internationally talented artists as well as feature articles, reviews and interviews. Agora Gallery is also the sponsor of ARTmine, one of the most comprehensive resources available worldwide to view and purchase fine art. Most recently, the gallery launched Agora Art Blog, a blog designed to provide helpful information and advice for artists while providing a forum for artists to help one another by sharing their experiences and thoughts.

Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature Canadian artist, Monique Robert, in Beyond Borders.  The exhibition is scheduled to run from October 05, 2010 through October 26, 2010 (opening reception: Thursday, October 07, 2010).

Inhabiting the far north, painter Monique Robert has made a lifetime study of light and shadow – something that is evident in the intensely arctic essence of her work. Whether her subject is the ocean, the animals or the daily life of the indigenous community, each figure is rendered with glistening northern light as its frame. Robert’s characteristic palette of chrome, beige, ivory, buff and alabaster lends a distinct richness to the work, rare in the case of an artist working with acrylic paint. Occasionally, we see her utilize brighter hues, portraying lush landscapes and the complex emotions of portraiture. With a sensibility attuned to interdependence, Robert uses basic narrative scenes to explore the dimensions of landscape – natural, human, animal – of her beloved Canada. In addition to her paintings, she also works in sculpture, using organic materials such as bone, combined with her unique papier-mâché methods.

Originally from Ottawa, Canada, Robert currently lives and works in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.

Exhibition Dates: October 05, 2010 – October 26, 2010

Reception: Thursday, October 07, 2010, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Gallery Location:  530 West 25^th St, New York City

Gallery Hours:  Tues – Sat, 11a.m. – 6 p.m.

Event URL: http://www.agora-gallery.com/ArtistInvite/monique_robert.aspx

Beyond borders is an exhibition of innovative and stunning Canadian Art. Works span the range of artistic expression, each artist imparting with their unique style a little piece of the Canadian spirit. Playful, humorous, saturated with color, and presented in unique fashion, this is an exhibition to delight the senses.

Featured Artists:

Aimeé, Bisa Bennett, Anna Duyunova, Sherrard Grauer, Shelley Hakonson, Malu, Colin Marcoux, Annabelle Marquis, Pascale-Nancy, MRandle, Monique Robert, Peter Schulz, Tone, Danielle Tremblay, Gaëtan Trottier, VéroniKaH, William Wilson

About Agora Gallery

Agora Gallery is a fine art gallery located in the heart of New York City’s Chelsea art district that was established in 1984 and is famous for showcasing a spectacular array of talented artists from around the world and around the corner, while providing quality and original art to collectors. At the end of 2009, Agora Gallery opened its doors to a new exhibition space.  This beautifully designed and spacious new gallery will showcase artists and their work in a significant solo exhibition environment. The gallery also publishes ARTisSpectrum Magazine, a bi-annual magazine that is distributed to museums, galleries, art institutions and art schools around the world. It provides artists, collectors, museums, galleries, art organizations and enthusiasts with access to the work of internationally talented emerging and mid-level artists as well as feature articles, reviews and interviews. Agora Gallery is also the sponsor of Art-Mine.com, one of the most comprehensive resources available worldwide to view and purchase fine art from emerging, mid-level and well-established artists. Most recently, the gallery launched http://agoraartgalleryblog.com, a blog designed to provide helpful information and advice for artists while providing a forum for artists to help one another by sharing their experiences and thoughts.

Contact:

Lee Eagle

Public Relations

Agora Gallery

[email protected]

The Year 2010 augurs well for the Indo-Japanese relations as close on the heels of a successful visit by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, a high powered delegation from Japan is visiting India. The delegation comprising top business leaders and government functionaries will be led by Japan’s minister for Internal Affairs and Communication, Haraguchi Kazuhiro.

The highlight of this visit will be a high powered India-Japan Round Table on  ’ICT and Environment: Opportunities and Challenges’ organised by India Center Foundation at Aamby Valley in Maharashtra on January 8. The Round Table will see participation of leaders from both India and Japan in the field of Information and Communication Technologies.

This event assumes significance on account of the fact that the recent visit of Japanese Prime Minister proved to be major success. A number of important development took place during the visit including the approval of Project Development Fund between Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation (DMICDC) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) worth one thousand crores aimed to create 24 industrial nodes.

India Center Foundation (ICF) initiated the vision of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor and convinced the leadership of both countries to make this dream a reality today.

(ICF) is also behind the Indo-Japan Global partnership Forum, which is scheduled to take place in the later part of this year. The partnership forum is expected to draw 4000 participants from India and Japan from different fields including business, education, tourism etc.

India-Japan Round Table aims to build up a plan to improve environmental performance of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) goods and services, make effective use of ICT applications in tackling global warming and its impacts, and harness the ICT sector’s innovation potential for green economic growth.

Analysts are watching this Round Table with keen interest as this event could trigger more collaboration between Indian and Japanese companies. Another important facet is that Indo-Japanese relationship is being seen upon as the growth vehicle for the entire Asian economy and this Round Table could be the trigger in this direction.

The event is being organised at the Aamby Valley to give the visiting delegates an opportunity to discuss important issues  in an informal environment. Prior to the Round Table the Japanese delegation will visit New Delhi and meet top government and business leaders of the country.

The high level delegation from Japan comprises of top government and business leaders including Yamazaki Yasuyo – Advisor Ministry of Internal affairs, Communications & Telecom, Terasaki Akira, Vice minister for internal affairs & communications, Yamada Ryuji – President of NTT Docomo, Shimatani Yoshiharu – Vice President of KDDI, Matsumoto Tetsuzo – senior executive Vice President of Softbank Mobile Corp, Katsuki Junzo – Executive Officer of Kyocera, Wakao Masayoshi – Senior Managing Director of Association of radio industries and businesses., Sukemune Yoshiyuki -President of Communications and Information network Association of Japan (CIAJ).

About India Center Foundation

A non-profit, non-partisan organization established in 1996, founded by Vibhav Kant Upadhyay. India Center Foundation is actively playing the role of a catalyst in India’s nation building process

India Center Foundation has been actively working towards the goal of India Japan Global partnership – the by taking new initiatives aimed towards socio-economic sustainable development of India.

India Center’s persistent efforts and catalytic roles have authored a new chapter of Indo–Japan partnership, which has brought two nations closer as global partners.

As a byproduct of Indo-Japan partnership, an interdependent economy between India and Japan has evolved and macro level economic models and initiatives of foundation such as a Delhi – Mumbai Freight and Economic Corridor are taking shape.

About Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

CII is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry led and industry managed organization, playing a proactive role in India’s development process. Founded over 112 years ago, it is India’s premier business association, with a direct membership of over 7000 organizations from the private as well as public sectors, including SMEs and MNCs, and an indirect membership of over 90,000 companies from around 362 national and regional sectoral associations.

For Further Details Contact :

Debashish Mazumdar
Mobile: +91-9015285699
[email protected]

Synverse, the innovative Global Services and Systems Integration specialists for Managed Services and SaaS/Cloud deployments, have become a launch promoter of the UK arm of EuroCloud, Europe’s first ever Cloud Computing and Software as a Service (SaaS) business community.

The kickoff event for Eurocloud UK was held on Wednesday November 25th at the SUN Microsystems Customer Briefing Centre in London. The event was supported by over 40 representatives from a broad mix of Cloud Computing platform vendors and software companies, IT Managers, Consultants and Analysts.

Synverse specialises in accelerating the deployment of SaaS software projects using its pre-built Accelerator Frameworks and business processes coupled with a well proven systems integration methodology.

Synverse Director Anuj Sachdeva said “Synverse is pleased assist in the formation of Eurocloud UK and looks forward to delivering extra value to our customers through close collaboration with the other members. We are seeing a great deal of interest in Cloud Computing from companies wishing to reduce IT costs and gain greater flexibility in their businesses”.

About Eurocloud

The overall Eurocloud organisation is led by Pierre-José Billotte, President and Founder of the French ASP Forum, with a team of SaaS and cloud computing players from the UK, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, Luxembourg and Spain.

EuroCloud facilitates leading SaaS vendors, enablers, integrators and industry experts to share best practice and expand their businesses across the continent. Through its diverse membership, EuroCloud will promote cloud computing in Europe, including current state of the markets and future innovations, and will become a critical exchange platform across the different continents.

For further information, please visit: http://www.eurocloud.org/ &

http://euroclouduk.eventbrite.com/

Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/EuroCloud

About Synverse

Synverse is a next generation global IT services company headquartered in Maidenhead, UK. Synverse is led by innovation, solution accelerators and methodologies with a core focus on enterprise integration web and collaboration solutions.

Synverse combines the latest Cloud Computing and SaaS developments with its unique business, solution and technology accelerator frameworks to deliver IT projects with as aggressive time to market at lower total cost of ownership, without compromising on the service quality. Synverse has partnered with a number of leading Cloud Computing vendors including Salesforce.com, Microsoft and Rackspace.

Contact Synverse at:
Tel: +44 1628 421827
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.synverse.com

Cincinnati, OH—December 2, 2009– The Greater Cincinnati World Affairs Council will host a luncheon meeting open to any international organization or business in the greater Cincinnati region on December 14, 2009 at the Cincinnati Hilton Netherlands in downtown Cincinnati from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

This event will bring together local and regional internationally-oriented organizations and businesses to network and discuss ways to raise awareness of collective efforts and utilize an ‘international gateway’ website as a key outcome of this meeting.

Tables are available for participating organizations to display their information and be part of the general networking from 11 a.m. – noon (on first come first serve basis.)  The program will continue with a luncheon with speakers from noon – 2 p.m. Speakers include: Linda Wuest, Executive Director Houston World Affairs Council (and creator of  globalhouston.org); Dan Lincoln, President and CEO of the Cincinnati USA Convention and Visitors Bureau; and Scott Kuehn, Assistant Director of Global Markets Division with Ohio Department of Development. The panel of speakers will be moderated by Joseph Dehner, Chairman of International Services Group at Frost Brown Todd, LLC

Registration is $25.00 per person.  For more information or to register, call 513-621-5222 or register online at www.cincyworldaffairs.org

This program’s sponsors include the National Council of International Visitors, Cincinnati Public Radio, Cincinnati Magazine, and The Hilton Cincinnati Netherland Plaza. Marketing sponsors include the European American Chamber of Commerce and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

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About the Greater Cincinnati World Affairs Council

The Greater Cincinnati World Affairs Council is a non-partisan organization that builds global understanding and promotes international awareness through education, information and exchange of people and ideas. Serving this region for over 80 years, the World Affairs Council is the leading international agency bringing educational programs for all ages to this region. In 2008, through an affiliation with the National Council for International Visitors, the local office welcomed over 200 foreign business, community and educational leaders, many of whom stayed with local families. For more information on World Affairs Council programs, please visit www.cincyworldaffairs.org.