ART PROJECT
ONLINE ART SALES: Cyber art sales in the UK seem to be going well, even as prominent online art sales ventures such as NY-based E-artgroup fold owing creditors money. "A new breed of cyberspace art dealers is fuelling a huge upturn in sales of contemporary work, slashing the cost of famous artists’ products and earning attention from millions of people who would never have ventured into a gallery. One gallery, Eyestorm, has sold almost its entire collection of 500 prints of Damien Hirst’s Valium at £1,700 a piece, little more than a month after they went on sale, while rival site Britart.com took 100 orders for prints by his contemporary Gary Hume the first day they went on sale." The Scotsman 02/04/01
ART AND THE INTERNET: "Today, only 2% of international art sales, valued by the EC at $7 billion, are actually well known - and that's because those took place in public auctions. With the help of the Internet, that figure is sure to rise, since information can now circulate on a larger scale, allowing the value of art to be redefined and modernized." BusinessWeek 01/24/01
E-ART CONSOLIDATION: As consolidation in the electronic art selling business continues, icollector and eBay form an alliance to sell art on the internet. "The deal comes as eBay revamps its high-end art site Great Collections, which is being transformed into a new art-and-antiques site, eBay Premier (ebaypremier.com)." The Art Newspaper 01/24/01
ROUGH TIME ONLINE: All in all, it's been a tough year for online sales of art. Sites have folded, and others are barely hanging on, pressured to turn profits. " While those observers who are skeptical of the Internet's potential as a marketplace for high-end art note the financial instability of the past year, optimists point to an increasing number of new collectors who have emerged online." ArtNews 01/01
ART DOTCOM FALLOUT: A year ago online art selling was seen as the future of art sales. But a number of the online sellers who crowded into cyberspace have failed at the task. Add Artnet to the list. Artnet was "the first website to offer blue-chip works of art for on-line sale. Now, less than two years later, the company is cutting costs and reducing staff. In other words, the company has given up trying to sell paintings on-line, choosing to concentrate on prints and photographs." The Art Newspaper 01/03/01
CLICKS AND MORTAR ART: Online art auctions are making a play for a piece of lucrative business. "What’s for sale online? You can find everything from landscape paintings by little known contemporary artists for $1,000 or less, to a $50,000 Tiffany lamp or a $3.5 million oil painting by French painter Maurice De Vlaminck." MSNBC 10/01/00
ARTBIDDING: Art auctions are going online. Though online auctions are a relatively small business yet, the larger auction houses are setting up. And a new Australian venture is testing the waters: "The two partners say that by auctioning works on Sold.com they are making 'highquality investment art' available to the general public at up to half the normal retail price." The Age (Melbourne) 09/28/00
I SOLD IT ON EBAY: Individual artists have discovered eBay as a way to bypass the gallery system. And they're selling their work. "It appears that the practical lessons of Warhol have been absorbed: self promotion is as American as one of Jackson Pollock's apple pies. What ebay artists have learned is to be pragmatic. They can get real and promote themselves or wait forever for a dealer to do it and create a classier veneer." ARTNewsroom.com 09/08/00
WIRED ART: With artists, galleries and museums exploring possibilities of the internet, there is a scramble to redefine who has the power and where the audiences are for art on the web. Sunday Times (London) 08/20/00
VIRTUAL ART FLEA MARKET: What kind of art can you buy online these days? "Curious about the growing and radical phenomenon by which people are buying art they can't see from sellers they can't see, I decided to shop for art online and assemble my own art collection. My budget: an even $1,000." New York Times 07/31/00 (one-time registration required for entry)
ONLINE ART REVOLUTION STALLS: It's been about a year since the online art-selling companies launched in a big way, promising to revolutionize the way is sold. How's business? "Looking back one year later, that boat looks something like the Titanic: imposing but doomed." Auctionwatch.com (Art & Auction Magazine) 08/28/00
BUYING FREEDOM ONLINE: At around 6pm EST on June 29th, an original first printing of The Declaration of Independence sold for $8.14 million on Sothebys.com. The same copy, which was last sold for $2.4 million, failed to sell at a regular auction in 1993. So maybe it was the new technology, which allows viewers to examine the document, and the fourth of July holiday that spurred the buyer on. MSNBC 06/29/00
CELEBRITY BUYER: Television producer Norman Lear was the buyer. The price was a record sum for an online auction and far more than the estimated selling price of $4 million to $6 million. Los Angeles Times 06/30/00
BUYING ART UNSEEN: There has been much conjecture in traditional gallery circles that collectors were not likely to buy works of art over the internet without first seeing them in person. But surprise - that's not proving to be the case. "'That we would be selling works in the $20,000, $30,000, and $40,000 range is a surprise,'' says the president of Sothebys.com, which was launched by its Manhattan auction-house parent in January" Businessweek.com 06/26/00
SOTHEBY'S MOVES TO WEB: Sotheby's has decided to move its regular February auction to the web, given how successful the online operation has been. New York Times 06/09/00 (one-time registration required for entry)
MAKING THE ART-SITE DANCE: Thomas Hoving, art-world showman and former Met Museum director, has signed on to direct the considerable editorial content of Artnet.com. He calls himself "just another Internet hack trying to break some stories." BusinessWeek 06/06/00
A BUSINESS DECISION, NOT A CURIOSITY: After five months in operation Sotheby's online auction operation is doing about $1 million in sales a week. Now the company is selling a copy of the Declaration of Indepdence online without a "flesh-and-blood auctioneer drumming up excitement and coaxing bids from collectors." Los Angeles Times 06/06/00
WILL CLICK FOR ART? Last week's sham sale of a fake Diebenkorn over an E-Bay auction had plenty of people scratching their heads. Of course there was all the business about the speculation over the painting. And yes it was peculiar how gullible some people apparently are. But what really threw skeptics was the fact that someone would actually pay six-figures for a piece of art by clicking a mouse. Maybe the internet can sell online art after all. New York Times 05/15/00 (one-time registration required for entry)
THE ART OF THE E-AUCTION: "The eBay con artists get all the attention, but what about the lesser-known eBay artists? That's right. There is a new breed of artist using the Internet auction site as a forum for creative expression. Their work is hard to categorize; it's a combination of conceptual art and performance art, sort of like a digital happening in cyberspace. Where else can an artist reach a potential audience of millions? What better place to make a wry comment on our materialistic consumer culture?" Boston Globe 05/12/00
WAIT AND SEE: Art dealers are rushing to the web, and some are even claiming to be making money at it already. The Art Newspaper talks to art dealers about the experience so far. The Art Newspaper 04/21/00
THE RUSH TO E-COMMERCE: The Museum of Modern Art and the Tate Museum team up on a commercial website for art. Plans include selling commissioned design products and offering educational programs such as live webcasts of lectures and concerts. It will also carry archival material on art. Profits from the site will help pay the museums' operating expenses. New York Times 04/17/00 (one-time registration required for entry)
THE ART OF ONLINE: "Ten years ago, we used to have 500 people coming to an opening. Now it's closer to five than 500." Art galleries discover that many people prefer the comfort of choosing art online. CBC 04/12/00
TAKING THE ELITE OUT OF SELLING ART: By some estimates, there are currently some 20,000 Web sites involved in selling art, and more are on the way. "Marketing experts say these sites will permanently alter the way art is sold and radically expand the market. Whether the sudden flood of art sites is truly the dawn of a new era bringing riches to sellers and creators of art or just a shift down-market disguised as technological progress, only time will tell." Washington Post 04/09/00
ONLINE CLUB: Venerable Sotheby's got the Dotcom bug last week and went online. But galleries sell elitism, says one gallery director. “It’s a very, very private club intended not to let people in, and if it gets too big, collectors won’t want to be a part of it any more.” A risk of taking the business online? The Economist 01/29/00
ONLINE ART: Suddenly a number of art sellers have made major investments to get online. Will selling art online be a success? Hard to tell since no one even really has a good idea what the conventional art market is worth. ARTnews 01/00
E-CURIOUS: The internet has completely changed the world of collecting. From antiques to baseball cards, the good stuff is increasingly found not in the shops but online. Hartford Courant 11/6/99
Global Village
'Global' is no longer about importing and exporting but the natural starting point for doing business. Similarly, ‘local’ is no longer about distance, but about the tribes emotionally closest to you.
Some of the fast-growing global tribes are illustrated in the ‘Global Village’.
Active Boomers: the 1950 and 1960 kids who are now I their prime, heading towards the end of their first careers. They are fit and wealthy, and are ready to explore the world. Retirement is their new beginning and they want to enjoy life to the full.
Assertive Women: As the primary decision – makers in 92% of food purchases, 84% of car purchases, women now drives the customer agenda and, increasingly, the business agenda too. They are more assertive and aesthetic, happy to multi-task, and not prepared to compromise.
Chinese Dreamers: The world’s biggest and most diverse market is hungry for success. The 2008 Beijing Olympics symbolized the reawakening of an economy dragon, with 1.3 billion people emerging from years in the economic wilderness.
Deep Believers: From fundamental beliefs to spiritual enlightenment, faith has become more important in people generally, as well as reshaping the world’s politics and security. People increasingly seek an anchor to hang onto, values to live their life by.
Designer gay: Having sorted out their morality, businesses now recognize the pink dollar as a crucial and definable market to target – typically more aesthetic and discerning, wealthier, and fashionable, gays and lesbians and assertive their customers power.
Economic migrants: Attracted by the thought of a better life, many cities represent new ethnic mosaics, bringing new skills as well as their own cultural needs. In London
Green consumers: They want to do the right thing for themselves and for the world – to consume but in a way that is in sympathy with green issue – from organic food to global warming, local communities to human rights.
Growing South: With the majority of the world’s population, from Australia to Brazil , Borneo to South Africa South America grows faster.
Indian Entrepreneurs: Another huge, diverse market that is set to leapfrog china as the world’s most populous nation by 2050, with 1.75 billion people, India
Intrepid Explorers: The world is the oyster of many more people, young and old, exploring it in high speed packages or spending a lifetime shifting continents. People are more transients and cultured, fusing many traditions and practices that they carry with them to other markets.
Living elders: The world’s population of over 60 years olds will triple in the next 20 years. More people than nay nation, they are increasingly wealthy and healthy, living longer and richer lives, with wisdom and time to contribute more and enjoy life to the full. However they are also needed more care and support, a business sector that will boom.
Luxury seekers: Gucci handbags, Porsche 911s and Burberry coats were the exclusive icons of the rich and glamorous. But now, despite the prices, everybody wants one, prepared to sacrifice essentials for the premium symbol of progress.
New Europeans: A new generation of central and Eastern Europeans know little of a previously divided world and have formed the most ambitious, entrepreneurial disciplined and hard- working business anywhere. They want a better life and are making it happen for themselves quickly.
Pyramid masses: Companies such as Baidu and Tata understood the opportunity as other blindly target the few wealthiest customers, they forget that a different proposition could be even more profitable in the huge mass markets of the low-paid and developing economies.
Serial Singles: The majority of all households are now single, be they young or old, or in between. By choice or circumstances, there are more single adults than ever changing the convention of the family units. They are relatively wealthier, with fewer to support and bigger spenders.
Talented youth: The young people who have grown up with facebook, google and play-stations. They live and think in a globally connected way, where unlimited knowledge is online and culture comes by satellite. They have high expectations and want rich experiences – speed, thrill and instant success.
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Art India
Attractive artworks have always been the apples of human being's eyeball. No matter an artwork belongs to which region of the world, great arts have always been appreciated by common people of all over the world. When it comes to the countries that have most outstanding contributions in the modern arts then the name of India comes on the apex position. History says that 'the country of Vedas' has produced a large number of exquisite artworks and majority of them have got huge appreciations in the global arena.
The current market of the contemporary art is booming day by day. Presently, there is a phrase floating around in the artistic community of the nation. According to the experts, the contemporary art market has achieved a tremendous problem and most surprisingly the market is not showing any kind of reverse trend even at the time when India faced record inflammation.
Now let's have a look at some of the interesting facts about the Indian arts, which will help you to understand the current art business.
Connecting artist from around the world and providing them a better forum where they contribute artworks, ideas and techniques can help tremendously in Indian Art market.
Now let's have a look at some of the interesting facts about the Indian arts, which will help you to understand the current art business.
- In the present time, the art business is worth about US$40 billion, which is Rs.1,70,000 crore approximately.
- Since the year 2003, the art market of India is growing at an average rate of 20 - 30% per annum.
- Looking back to the history, in the 1980 artwork by an Indian artist sold in $2500, but in the present time the figure is near about $1 million.
- In a recent report, Fortune magazine has revealed that the art market of India has risen over 485% in the last 10 years. Now, the Indian market is fourth largest and most positive art market of the world.
- The current Indian art business is worth approximately of US$ 0.24 billion, which is Rs.1,000 crore in Indian valuation
Connecting artist from around the world and providing them a better forum where they contribute artworks, ideas and techniques can help tremendously in Indian Art market.
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Alternative energy - Thorium
While i was reading Dr Arindam Chaudhuri's blog "Passionate About India", i found a very interesting fact on alternative energy for India and or may be for the whole world.
In a Japan like crisis, we should step forward to understand and learn why such powerful nuclear waste and nuclear reactors affect to many of our lives. The fact is Indian government bodies and political parties are busy making scams and are less bothered about consequences that may arise if we continue neglecting the usage of nuclear reactors. Radioactive waste from Uranium and Plutonium when not disposed safe can pollute the environment and when inhaled can cause mutation in our genome and finally lead to all kinds of cancer and other diseases. Instead the government should opt for an alternative fuel without producing radioactive waste. The alternative fuel that we can opt according to top scientist are - Solar energy, wind energy and Thorium.
According to Australian science writer Tim Dean, "thorium promises what uranium never delivered: abundant, safe and clean energy - and a way to burn up old radioactive waste." With a thorium nuclear reactor, Dean stresses a number of added benefits: there is no possibility of a meltdown, it generates power inexpensively, it does not produce weapons-grade by-products, and will burn up existing high-level waste as well as nuclear weapon stockpiles. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, of the British Daily Telegraph, suggests that "Obama could kill fossil fuels overnight with a nuclear dash for thorium," and could put "an end to our dependence on fossil fuels within three to five years." read more Wikipedia)
If the Indian government take a few more initiatives to make the country self sufficient in power and electricity then young and talented Indian will raise tomorrow. Thorium can be an alternative energy for India where there are more than 20 nuclear reactors producing tons of nuclear waste at the cost of million lives in near future. And God forbid if Tsunami come back again in India, where almost all the nuclear reactor are on the coastal regions then we would be shattered completely.
Second largest reserves of thorium.
Given India's vast reserves of thorium, harnessing technologies that would use thorium-based nuclear fuels would give India an edge. The country could emerge as an exporter of thorium material or fuels made out of thorium. Also, given India's massive power generating capacity expansion programme, opting for a thorium fuel cycle would make sense.
There are two types of thorium-based nuclear fuels — thorium and uranium and the other, thorium and plutonium. With the first, uranium, will come at a cost while plutonium comes free as it is a by-product of the process. The most dramatic savings happen if you use plutonium. However, fuel accounts for only 6% of costs of a nuclear plant. Indian scientists have already done work on thorium, that puts India in a favourable position.
Given thorium's obvious advantages what accounts for its lack of popularity as a nuclear fuel?
The fact is that there has been little research and development in the nuclear fuel field. R&D in this area has been somewhere between flat and dead in the past 25 years. Thorium Power has an advantage as developing anything in the nuclear sector requires a long-time. Thorium Power's work in the past will give it an edge over companies that are just about starting to explore this field.
Global deposits of thorium:
• 360,000 India
• 300,000 Australia
• 170,000 Norway
• 160,000 United States
• 100,000 Canada
• 35,000 South Africa
• 16,000 Brazil
• 95,000 Others
Thorium could cost a lot less than uranium fuel because it doesn’t need to be enriched to be used as fuel. As stated before, enriched uranium oxide gas costs $1633/kg, and 1-gigawatt nuclear power plants buy about $30 million in fuel annually, which works out to about 20,000 kg. You can read more at the wikipedia entry for the uranium market.
Even if the price of thorium never goes below $50/kg, it still represents a factor-of-32 economy improvement over uranium oxide. If a 1-gigawatt thorium reactor consumes amounts of thorium similar to the amount of uranium consumed by nuclear reactors today, fueling it for a year would only cost $1 milion, using the $50/kg price point, or $200,000, using the $10/kg price point.
For a $40,000 reactor, and $1,000/year in operating costs, we can get enough electricity for 100 people, which is enough to accomplish all sorts of antics, like running thousands of desktop nanofactories non-stop.
For a country like India, it would be wise if we switch to more safer and clean energy. If private equities start spending for techno entrepreneurs country like India, then the one major problem of the country can be solved by generating Power (electricity) and employment.
In a Japan like crisis, we should step forward to understand and learn why such powerful nuclear waste and nuclear reactors affect to many of our lives. The fact is Indian government bodies and political parties are busy making scams and are less bothered about consequences that may arise if we continue neglecting the usage of nuclear reactors. Radioactive waste from Uranium and Plutonium when not disposed safe can pollute the environment and when inhaled can cause mutation in our genome and finally lead to all kinds of cancer and other diseases. Instead the government should opt for an alternative fuel without producing radioactive waste. The alternative fuel that we can opt according to top scientist are - Solar energy, wind energy and Thorium.
According to Australian science writer Tim Dean, "thorium promises what uranium never delivered: abundant, safe and clean energy - and a way to burn up old radioactive waste." With a thorium nuclear reactor, Dean stresses a number of added benefits: there is no possibility of a meltdown, it generates power inexpensively, it does not produce weapons-grade by-products, and will burn up existing high-level waste as well as nuclear weapon stockpiles. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, of the British Daily Telegraph, suggests that "Obama could kill fossil fuels overnight with a nuclear dash for thorium," and could put "an end to our dependence on fossil fuels within three to five years." read more Wikipedia)
If the Indian government take a few more initiatives to make the country self sufficient in power and electricity then young and talented Indian will raise tomorrow. Thorium can be an alternative energy for India where there are more than 20 nuclear reactors producing tons of nuclear waste at the cost of million lives in near future. And God forbid if Tsunami come back again in India, where almost all the nuclear reactor are on the coastal regions then we would be shattered completely.
Second largest reserves of thorium.
Given India's vast reserves of thorium, harnessing technologies that would use thorium-based nuclear fuels would give India an edge. The country could emerge as an exporter of thorium material or fuels made out of thorium. Also, given India's massive power generating capacity expansion programme, opting for a thorium fuel cycle would make sense.
There are two types of thorium-based nuclear fuels — thorium and uranium and the other, thorium and plutonium. With the first, uranium, will come at a cost while plutonium comes free as it is a by-product of the process. The most dramatic savings happen if you use plutonium. However, fuel accounts for only 6% of costs of a nuclear plant. Indian scientists have already done work on thorium, that puts India in a favourable position.
Given thorium's obvious advantages what accounts for its lack of popularity as a nuclear fuel?
The fact is that there has been little research and development in the nuclear fuel field. R&D in this area has been somewhere between flat and dead in the past 25 years. Thorium Power has an advantage as developing anything in the nuclear sector requires a long-time. Thorium Power's work in the past will give it an edge over companies that are just about starting to explore this field.
Global deposits of thorium:
• 360,000 India
• 300,000 Australia
• 170,000 Norway
• 160,000 United States
• 100,000 Canada
• 35,000 South Africa
• 16,000 Brazil
• 95,000 Others
Thorium could cost a lot less than uranium fuel because it doesn’t need to be enriched to be used as fuel. As stated before, enriched uranium oxide gas costs $1633/kg, and 1-gigawatt nuclear power plants buy about $30 million in fuel annually, which works out to about 20,000 kg. You can read more at the wikipedia entry for the uranium market.
Even if the price of thorium never goes below $50/kg, it still represents a factor-of-32 economy improvement over uranium oxide. If a 1-gigawatt thorium reactor consumes amounts of thorium similar to the amount of uranium consumed by nuclear reactors today, fueling it for a year would only cost $1 milion, using the $50/kg price point, or $200,000, using the $10/kg price point.
For a $40,000 reactor, and $1,000/year in operating costs, we can get enough electricity for 100 people, which is enough to accomplish all sorts of antics, like running thousands of desktop nanofactories non-stop.
For a country like India, it would be wise if we switch to more safer and clean energy. If private equities start spending for techno entrepreneurs country like India, then the one major problem of the country can be solved by generating Power (electricity) and employment.
Voice your support for Japan.
Huge tragedy on 11th March as this 8.9 mag earthquake continues to cause devestation for Japan…so many people praying and showing there support worldwide through Facebook and Twitter.
We are trying to heal the pain and worries of Japan with our love, artworks and greeting cards.
Please feel free to voice your words of support we would LOVE to read them!
WOA (powered bu creative community)
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104083773448
Read tweets by star artist for Japan -
Alicia Keys: “My heart breaks 4 Japan. woke up this morning early w/ a song in my heart. not sure what but wow! so much going on in the world! #pray4japan”
Chris Brown: “My prayers go out to everyone in japan!!! We have to love one another and come together as a planet!!!! Life is way too precious to waste on ignorance!!! We have to come together!!! All of us! Every race, gender, etc. I love you all. For anyone I’ve ever hurt,cursed out, yelled at, been rude too!! I sincerely apologize!! Life is beautiful and we are Beautiful People. I’m buggin out right now over japan!!#praying”
Mariah Carey: “All my love & prayers go out to everyone in Japan. Our thoughts are w/you as you recover from this tragic situation. God Bless, Aishitemasu”
Jennifer Lopez: “Sending LOVE! Lets all please take a minute and say a prayer for all the people in Japan. For God to give them hope, courage, and strength.”
Snoop Dogg: “Sending prayers out to Japan. Stay strong and keep ya head up.”
Monica: “Praying constantly 4 the families of those in both Japan & parts of Hawaii. It saddens me 2 no end but I know Gods able 2 protect & provide”
Ashanti: “As we all see we are not promised 2mrw.. Be grateful & live ur life righteously…”
Shakira: “I’m saddened to see so much suffering. The images of Japan are horrific. My only reflection on this is that we are all but one single nation. One world united. That when there is one region affected by a catastrophe the rest of the world must react…“
Lady Gaga: “I Designed a Japan Prayer Bracelet. Buy It/Donate here and ALL proceeds will go to Tsunami Relief Efforts. Go Monsters: http://bit.ly/f0aYwZ“
Ameriie: “My heart aches as we all pray for those killed, injured, & missing in Japan… to help text ‘redcross’ to 90999 to donate $10 #helpJapan #textREDCROSSto9099″
Melanie Fiona: “Please do all you can to assist the devastation in Japan. Even if its sending love, prayers & energy, we are responsible for one another xo”
Sean Garrett: “All the love and prayers go out to my people in Japan,Hawaii and the West Coast!”
Bun B: “What’s happening to Japan right now is indescribable. These extreme acts of nature are getting more and more frequent. Pray for them and us.”
B.o.B: “My heart goes out to the people of Japan. Stay Strong”
Lil’ Kim: “My prayers go out to everyone in Japan and families affected. #prayforjapan”
LeToya Luckett: “My prayers go out to all affected by the Tsunami. #Godbless”
Diddy: “GOD BLESS everyone in Japan and anyone affected by this disaster- you are in every thought and prayer!! Count your blessings today and be Nice! Let’s go! Never take life for granted!! Make today your GREATEST.”
Justin Bieber: “Japan is one of my favorite places on earth…it’s an incredible culture with amazing people. My prayers go out to them. We all need to help”
Sean Kingston: “Wanna send my Condolences to everybody in japan right now may the lord be with u all! Bless”
Ciara: “I am sooooo sad to hear about what’s happening in Japan. It breaks my heart. Let’s pray for the families and their country!”
Estelle: “Prayers for Japan. All mu West Coast mates now would be good to visit fam in midwest or east coast! Thank God for every moment.”
Ne-Yo: “GOD BLESS JAPAN. My prayers go out to the people of japan hit by that terrible earthquake and tsunami, as well as the people of hawaii.”
JoJo: “My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in Japan and the other affected areas. Let’s love and forgive and uplift and embrace each other.”
Nicki Minaj: “RT @itzBAD_BarbieDC: Sending my thoughts n prayers out to Japan. And anywhere else affected by the earthquake/tsunami”
will.i.am: “I’m worried about my friends from smap smap, verbal, kage son, and all my friends I care about . I can’t reach any of them in japan. 2new is in japan too…’wow’…I’m really worried…I can’t sleep…”
Trey Songz: “Praying for my Japanese people affected by the Tsunami.”
50 Cent: “Man I hate to say this but the world is coming to a end. Look at japan tell the people you value you love them.”
Jermaine Dupri: “i pray everybody is paying attention to the news right now,this earth quake and tsunami stuff is so real”
Keri Hilson: “My heart goes out to any & everyone affected by the tsunami & earthquake in Japan. Sincere prayers for safety & repair…”
Mya: “Words can not describe the sorrow I feel.My heart goes out to you Japan”
Missy Elliott: “I am Praying 4 Everyone in Japan and Everywhere!!! All Prayer Warriors Please do the same…”
Brandy: “Sending prayers to Japan!!!!”
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Voice your Support Today - Heal Japan
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=206628366016998&index=1
We are trying to heal the pain and worries of Japan with our love, artworks and greeting cards.
WOA (powered bu creative community)
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104083773448
Read tweets by star artist for Japan -
Alicia Keys: “My heart breaks 4 Japan. woke up this morning early w/ a song in my heart. not sure what but wow! so much going on in the world! #pray4japan”
Chris Brown: “My prayers go out to everyone in japan!!! We have to love one another and come together as a planet!!!! Life is way too precious to waste on ignorance!!! We have to come together!!! All of us! Every race, gender, etc. I love you all. For anyone I’ve ever hurt,cursed out, yelled at, been rude too!! I sincerely apologize!! Life is beautiful and we are Beautiful People. I’m buggin out right now over japan!!#praying”
Mariah Carey: “All my love & prayers go out to everyone in Japan. Our thoughts are w/you as you recover from this tragic situation. God Bless, Aishitemasu”
Jennifer Lopez: “Sending LOVE! Lets all please take a minute and say a prayer for all the people in Japan. For God to give them hope, courage, and strength.”
Snoop Dogg: “Sending prayers out to Japan. Stay strong and keep ya head up.”
Monica: “Praying constantly 4 the families of those in both Japan & parts of Hawaii. It saddens me 2 no end but I know Gods able 2 protect & provide”
Ashanti: “As we all see we are not promised 2mrw.. Be grateful & live ur life righteously…”
Shakira: “I’m saddened to see so much suffering. The images of Japan are horrific. My only reflection on this is that we are all but one single nation. One world united. That when there is one region affected by a catastrophe the rest of the world must react…“
Lady Gaga: “I Designed a Japan Prayer Bracelet. Buy It/Donate here and ALL proceeds will go to Tsunami Relief Efforts. Go Monsters: http://bit.ly/f0aYwZ“
Ameriie: “My heart aches as we all pray for those killed, injured, & missing in Japan… to help text ‘redcross’ to 90999 to donate $10 #helpJapan #textREDCROSSto9099″
Melanie Fiona: “Please do all you can to assist the devastation in Japan. Even if its sending love, prayers & energy, we are responsible for one another xo”
Sean Garrett: “All the love and prayers go out to my people in Japan,Hawaii and the West Coast!”
Bun B: “What’s happening to Japan right now is indescribable. These extreme acts of nature are getting more and more frequent. Pray for them and us.”
B.o.B: “My heart goes out to the people of Japan. Stay Strong”
Lil’ Kim: “My prayers go out to everyone in Japan and families affected. #prayforjapan”
LeToya Luckett: “My prayers go out to all affected by the Tsunami. #Godbless”
Diddy: “GOD BLESS everyone in Japan and anyone affected by this disaster- you are in every thought and prayer!! Count your blessings today and be Nice! Let’s go! Never take life for granted!! Make today your GREATEST.”
Justin Bieber: “Japan is one of my favorite places on earth…it’s an incredible culture with amazing people. My prayers go out to them. We all need to help”
Sean Kingston: “Wanna send my Condolences to everybody in japan right now may the lord be with u all! Bless”
Ciara: “I am sooooo sad to hear about what’s happening in Japan. It breaks my heart. Let’s pray for the families and their country!”
Estelle: “Prayers for Japan. All mu West Coast mates now would be good to visit fam in midwest or east coast! Thank God for every moment.”
Ne-Yo: “GOD BLESS JAPAN. My prayers go out to the people of japan hit by that terrible earthquake and tsunami, as well as the people of hawaii.”
JoJo: “My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in Japan and the other affected areas. Let’s love and forgive and uplift and embrace each other.”
Nicki Minaj: “RT @itzBAD_BarbieDC: Sending my thoughts n prayers out to Japan. And anywhere else affected by the earthquake/tsunami”
will.i.am: “I’m worried about my friends from smap smap, verbal, kage son, and all my friends I care about . I can’t reach any of them in japan. 2new is in japan too…’wow’…I’m really worried…I can’t sleep…”
Trey Songz: “Praying for my Japanese people affected by the Tsunami.”
50 Cent: “Man I hate to say this but the world is coming to a end. Look at japan tell the people you value you love them.”
Jermaine Dupri: “i pray everybody is paying attention to the news right now,this earth quake and tsunami stuff is so real”
Keri Hilson: “My heart goes out to any & everyone affected by the tsunami & earthquake in Japan. Sincere prayers for safety & repair…”
Mya: “Words can not describe the sorrow I feel.My heart goes out to you Japan”
Missy Elliott: “I am Praying 4 Everyone in Japan and Everywhere!!! All Prayer Warriors Please do the same…”
Brandy: “Sending prayers to Japan!!!!”
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Idea / Vision :
Started in Facebook as Work of art (group) in 2009 as a common sharing art platform. Making a place to showcase artwork, ideas and creative talent.
Mission : Build an art community throughout the world.
Connect artists to provide a common platform from around the world and to celebrate... the joy of sharing artworks.WOA Contests brings together talents from around the world to promote PEACE and celebrate LOVE.
Values / Key Words :
Freedom - Peace - Love - Respect - Team Spirit - Support & encouraging
Objectives :
- Discover new artists & forms of arts, design and tools, artworks and products, especially for artists who have limited means (There are millions of talents in Asia which are not connected through facebook.)
- Encourage sharing of ideas and artworks between artists
- Provide a link between artists and valuable structures / networks to showcase and sell their art
WOA Platform : WOA Open Contest & WOA Theme Contest
Weekly contests, One submission, All mediums
We may add more interesting contest run by companies, sponsors and individuals.
HQ : Located online - India - Manipur
Members
24th August 2010 - 1500 member
15th September 2010- 2000 member
2nd October 2010 - 3000 members
14th October 2010 - 4000 members
1st November 2010 - 5000 members
24th January 2011 - 7000 members
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Leaders :
All admins and core admins are important and are most important part of WOA team.
The biggest assets of WOA are time and team.
Core Admins
* John Konthoujam - WOA Founder (India)
* Sreten Vasiljevic - WOA Theme Leader (Croatia)
* Sandy Cann - WOA Main contest Leader(Canada)
* Jason Nelson (USA), Scupltor
* Isabelle Bouchot (France), Digital Artist
* Hossam ElKady (Egypt)
* Verlie Murphy (USA)
* Melisa Groff (The Bahamas)
* Blagojce Dumovski (Serbia)
* Roger Rt (India) WOA Dev
First Team Members
LINKS ????
Akee Sorok
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104083773448&v=photos&ref=ts#!/akeesorok
Venus Thokchom
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104083773448&v=photos&ref=ts#!/profile.php?id=532943770
Leika Yumnam
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104083773448&v=photos&ref=ts#!/profile.php?id=706202524
Mayanglambam Merina Leimarenbi
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104083773448&v=photos&ref=ts#!/mayanglambam.leimarenbi
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WOA Contest : A dedicated website for work of art contest community in facebook. Please visit us and Like us in faecbook!!!
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woacontest.com! is a dedicated website for work of art contest group in facebook. We are organized community powered by creative group of admins and members, connecting artist across the world through WOA groups.
Woa Theme: http://www.facebook.com/W.O.A.Theme
Woa Galleria: http://www.facebook.com/W.O.A.Galleria
Work of art Contest : http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104083773448&v=wall
REMINDER: TO VOTE - CLICK 'LIKE' - the way to vote has changed this week to facilitate easier and faster voting for admin as the contest continue to grow each week!!!! Thank you for your assistance with making the change smooth:-)
Idea / Vision :
Started in Facebook as Work of art (group) in 2009 as a common sharing art platform. Making a place to showcase artwork, ideas and creative talent.
Mission : Build an art community throughout the world.
Connect artists to provide a common platform from around the world and to celebrate... the joy of sharing artworks.WOA Contests brings together talents from around the world to promote PEACE and celebrate LOVE.
Values / Key Words :
Freedom - Peace - Love - Respect - Team Spirit - Support & encouraging
Objectives :
- Discover new artists & forms of arts, design and tools, artworks and products, especially for artists who have limited means (There are millions of talents in Asia which are not connected through facebook.)
- Encourage sharing of ideas and artworks between artists
- Provide a link between artists and valuable structures / networks to showcase and sell their art
WOA Platform : WOA Open Contest & WOA Theme Contest
Weekly contests, One submission, All mediums
We may add more interesting contest run by companies, sponsors and individuals.
HQ : Located online - India - Manipur
Members
24th August 2010 - 1500 member
15th September 2010- 2000 member
2nd October 2010 - 3000 members
14th October 2010 - 4000 members
1st November 2010 - 5000 members
24th January 2011 - 7000 members
-------------------------------------------
Leaders :
All admins and core admins are important and are most important part of WOA team.
The biggest assets of WOA are time and team.
Core Admins
* John Konthoujam - WOA Founder (India)
* Sreten Vasiljevic - WOA Theme Leader (Croatia)
* Sandy Cann - WOA Main contest Leader(Canada)
* Jason Nelson (USA), Scupltor
* Isabelle Bouchot (France), Digital Artist
* Hossam ElKady (Egypt)
* Verlie Murphy (USA)
* Melisa Groff (The Bahamas)
* Blagojce Dumovski (Serbia)
* Roger Rt (India) WOA Dev
First Team Members
LINKS ????
Akee Sorok
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104083773448&v=photos&ref=ts#!/akeesorok
Venus Thokchom
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104083773448&v=photos&ref=ts#!/profile.php?id=532943770
Leika Yumnam
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104083773448&v=photos&ref=ts#!/profile.php?id=706202524
Mayanglambam Merina Leimarenbi
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104083773448&v=photos&ref=ts#!/mayanglambam.leimarenbi
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woacontest.com
(connecting artist worldwide!)
Under the 7 WOA Values -
* Freedom -
* Peace -
* Love -
* Respect -
* Team Spirit -
* Support & encouraging -
* Loyalty
WOA Contest : A dedicated website for work of art contest community in facebook. Please visit us and Like us in faecbook!!!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104083773448.
woacontest.com! is a dedicated website for work of art contest group in facebook. We are organized community powered by creative group of admins and members, connecting artist across the world through WOA groups.
Woa Theme: http://www.facebook.com/W.O.A.Theme
Woa Galleria: http://www.facebook.com/W.O.A.Galleria
Work of art Contest : http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104083773448&v=wall
REMINDER: TO VOTE - CLICK 'LIKE' - the way to vote has changed this week to facilitate easier and faster voting for admin as the contest continue to grow each week!!!! Thank you for your assistance with making the change smooth:-)
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Tag your Friends.
Greetings to you this Monday morning! - WOA Values.
Respect for Individual , a WOA value that can help us build fruitful relationships in all walks of life.
The cracked pot would try its best to hold in the water, so that the man would be proud of it, but to no avail, for on the way back from the river, water would drip from the pot into the ground.
The other pots knew that this little pot was different from them and refused to treat it with respect. Soon the little pot began to doubt itself and asked the man,
“I am a cracked pot, try as I might I cannot hold on to the water inside, why then do you still take me every day and fill me with water?”
The man answered to all the pots. “This little cracked pot deserves more respect from all of you. While you merely transport water, I can replace you at any time, but look below, I have planted little flowers all the way from my home to the river. When I fill this cracked pot with water, the water drips down, falling on the dry earth and making the plants grow.”
The other pots were silent.
let us try to respect and appreciate the differences of all that we meet and make it a great week ahead _____
Festivals . . .Holi hai . .
The colorful festival of Holi is celebrated on Phalgun Purnima which comes in February end or early March. Holi festival has an ancient origin and celebrates the triumph of 'good' over 'bad'. The colorful festival bridges the social gap and renew sweet relationships. On this day, people hug and wish each other 'Happy Holi'.
Holi celebration begins with lighting up of bonfire on the Holi eve. Numerous legends & stories associated with Holi celebration makes the festival more exuberant and vivid. People rub 'gulal' and 'abeer' on each others' faces and cheer up saying, "bura na maano Holi hai".
Holi also gives a wonderful chance to send blessings and love to dear ones wrapped in a special Holi gift.
Holi also gives a wonderful chance to send blessings and love to dear ones wrapped in a special Holi gift.
Holi SMS -
"If wishes come in rainbow colors then,
I would send the brightest one to say Happy Holi."
"Lal, gulabi, neela, pila hathon me liya samet,
Holi ke din rangenge sajni, kar ke meethi bhent."
YAOSHANG (DOL JATRA)
Another important religious festival of Manipur is Yaoshang.
The Yaoshang festival is called ‘festival of colors’.During the Yaoshang festival the people of Manipur joyously apply natural made colors called holi or ‘gulal’ on each other.
This Yaoshang festival is also popularly known as ‘Dol Jatra’.
DOL JATRA - Thabal Chongba Dance.
‘Dol Jatra’ is dedicated to Lord Krishna.
An inseparable part of this festival is the Thabal Chongba dance.
The composite term ‘Dol Jatra’ is made up of the two Sanskrit words: ‘dol’ and ‘jatra’. The connotation of the term ‘Dol’ is the idol of Lord Krishna; while the meaning of the Sanskrit word ‘Jatra’ is ‘journey’.
Therefore, the meaning of the composite term ‘Dol Jatra’ is the ‘Journey of the idol of Lord Krishna’.
HOLI HAI !!!
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Idea / Vision :
Started in Facebook as Work of art (group) in 2009 as a common sharing art platform. Making a place to showcase artwork, ideas and creative talent.
Mission : Build an art community throughout the world.
Connect artists to provide a common platform from around the world and to celebrate the joy of sharing artworks.WOA Contests brings together talents from around the world to promote PEACE and celebrate LOVE.
Values / Key Words :
Freedom - Peace - Love - Respect - Team Spirit - Support & encouraging
Objectives :
- Discover new artists & forms of arts, design and tools, artworks and products, especially for artists who have limited means (There are millions of talents in Asia which are not connected through facebook.)
- Encourage sharing of ideas and artworks between artists
- Provide a link between artists and valuable structures / networks to showcase and sell their art
WOA Platform : WOA Open Contest & WOA Theme Contest
Weekly contests, One submission, All mediums
We may add more interesting contest run by companies, sponsors and individuals.
HQ : Located online - India - Manipur
Members
24th August 2010 - 1500 member
15th September 2010- 2000 member
2nd October 2010 - 3000 members
14th October 2010 - 4000 members
1st November 2010 - 5000 members
24th January 2011 - 7000 members
-------------------------------------------
Leaders :
All admins and core admins are important and are most important part of WOA team.
The biggest assets of WOA are time and team.
Core Admins
- John Konthoujam - Founder
- Sreten Vasiljevic - WOA Theme Leader (Croatia)
- Sandy Cann - WOA Main contest Leader(Canada)
- Jason Nelson (USA), Scupltor
- Isabelle Bouchot (France), Digital Artist
- Hossam ElKady (Egypt)
- Verlie Murphy (USA)
- Melisa Groff (The Bahamas)
- Blagojce Dumovski (Serbia)
- Roger Rt (code01)
✬✬ If you are not able to upload and contribute art, we invite you to still support our members and vote and enjoy the art works.
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***** Copyright Notice******
ALL OF THE WORK CONTAINED WITHIN THE GROUP IS COPYRIGHT RESERVED AND MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED, UTILISED OR DISTRIBUTED BY A THIRD PARTY WITHOUT THE EXPRESSED PERMISSION OF THE ARTIST CONCERNED.
ALL CONTENT, IDEAS AND CONCEPTS IS THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF THE GROUP AND MAY NOT BE DUPLICATED, UTILISED OR DISTRIBUTED, IN COMFORMANCE WITH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, WITHOUT THE EXPRESSED PERMISSION TO DO SO
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