Swatch Young Illustrators Award 2010

The Swatch Young Illustrators Award, the world’s most important prize for contemporary illustration, will be awarded on November 5th at Direktorenhaus, Berlin. The nominees and the guests from the international creative industries are being welcomed with a grand gala dinner. The jury, consisting of renowned publicists and art experts, will present prizes to the winners in the categories of illustration, animation and book art.

For more information go to www.illustrative.de

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A Night at the Opium Den at Direktorenhaus

November 5th from 9pm at Direktorenhaus
Entry with Guestlist spot only - go here to register.

With “Opium Den” a new season opens at Direktorenhaus. On the occasion of the new exhibition Direktorenhaus’ doors are opened on the 5th November for a night of artistic extremes as internationally renowned artists transform the building -- which is located by the old harbour of the Spree river next to Alexanderplatz-- into an unreal and magical scenery. Direktorenhaus will be filled with performance both oblique and subtle that blur the lines between performer and audience. In the Opium Den everything is possible: the dark, the daunting, the psychedelic and the decadent.

Find out more about this by visiting the Direktorenhaus website.

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Blog of the Week

Born in 2005 Providermag is the Italian spotlight pointed on the internationally sneakers culture with the aim to grow this culture in our beautiful country.
Providermag is a cross-channel information of streetwear, music, art, design and events.

Our slogan is “I Love My Sneakers , a message seemingly superficial, but behind which lurks the idea that the shoe is the most important external element representative of the personality of the person who wears it .
Embodying this concept for us the shoes, how can you not love them?

From this slogan were born stickers, pins and t-shirts, including the special black series limited edition sold exclusively in top sneaker stores in Italy, each of which has customized the back of our t-shirt with a phrase that represented the soul of their store.

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WHO, Talents Agency

WHO is the first creative talent agency in Portugal. At present, it is the only Portuguese agency involved in the exclusive promotion and management of freelance artists.

The agency also manages an online domain/portal dedicated to presenting national and international creative portfolios.

WHO was established in 1999 by Ema Ceveira at a time when there was little support available to new and emerging artists. The majority of local artists lacked job opportunities, marketing, promotion and arts management. WHO was conceived in response to their needs and for the past 10 years, has been providing support and a variety of permanent arts management solutions.

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