Updates from the PAR-Projects blog...

We've been on a brief hiatus, but we guarantee more great things are on the way ...so please be patient as we begin to rebuild the momentum. Also, and more importantly, the striking photo you see above was taken by Scott Beseler at our Symphonic Stylings event this past June. The image depicts one of the many models from the event, draped in colorful wears by Dana Greaves of ARTAYA , with concert:nova (the string quartet) playing beautifully in the background. Please find the rest of that gallery HERE . Thanks again to all who enjoyed the show ...and most importantly, thanks again to all of the behind the scenes volunteers and showmen who helped make this one of a kind experience happen. And don't worry, we'll be in touch. Cheers for now,  PAR 

If you weren't aware, Symphonic Stylings is quickly approaching!  Our June 23rd fundraiser is guaranteed to please with a runway fashion show featuring pieces by ARTAYA (Washington, DC), NVISION (Northside, Cincinnati) and Sloane Boutique (Downtown/OTR, Cincinnati) ...housed within a 10,000 sq/ft space named The Electric Warehouse (part of Bertke Electric in Northside) . The music lineup for this event features sounds orchestrated by concert:nova and The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra ...with an after-PARTY mixed by Cincinnati's own, DJ Pillo! So YES, you not only get a fashion show, you get a classical concert and a dance party ...for one low price. You can purchase tickets and find more information about this event at http://SymphonicStylings.com . Tickets are also available on this website (to the right) as well as around the city at NVISION, Sloane Boutique and Smartfish Studio! Come raise some funds with us on June 23rd @ 9PM...

What:   The Walk On Woodburn Where: 2550, 2714 and 2807 Woodburn Ave, Cincinnati 45206 When:  Friday, April 20th: 6-10PM. So, in a nutshell, we were invited by the community of Walnut Hills to help the re-invigorate one of their prize possessions: Woodburn Ave. For this special occasion, we were able negotiate three storefront space to present the artwork of three mid-career artists on the rise. More specifically we'll be presenting "Solos" ...three solo exhibitions of fine art by J. Daniel Graham ("Echoes"), Carrie Longley ("Artifacts") and J. Dalton Payne ("NFL vs. Victoria's Secret"). Please join us for a light night of walking, LIVE music, light refreshments and most importantly, great artwork! Also, worth mentioning and often forgotten, the work in this exhibition will be for sale ...at multiple price points in an effort to promote what's needed in our society... THE NEW GENERATION OF ART COLLECTORS. Also worth me...

On June 23rd, we're collaborating to create a one of a kind experience for Cincinnati!  The fundraising event we'll be throwing combines Fine Art by Billy Colbert & Susan Byrnes, a Fashion Show (by ARTAYA, The Brush Factory & NVISION) ...and LIVE music by "concert:nova" & The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. GET DETAILS HERE!

Above, you'll find an audio program by Local Exposure (of WVXU) we were recently featured in. The segment covers a lot of the mainstays of Northside, Cincinnati (i.e. Shake-It-Records), so we're honored that they led the segment with our project. You can subscribe to their podcast over at:  http://www.wvxu.org/lx/lx_archive.asp?id=2 Below, you'll also find a link to our first TV-spot that highlighted The Factory Square Fine Arts Festival back in October. It's just a brief mention, but again, we're grateful to everyone who's helping us in-front and behind the scenes. + http://www.wlwt.com/video/29553344/detail.html Beyond these two clips, we're continuing to update our press page , so we invite you to take a look at some of the new additions. Thanks again,  parProjects 

We'd more than likely be upset with ourselves if we ended up not posting anything this month. So, without further ado, "Happy New Year!" ...sorry we almost forgot. Still, we wanted to let you know that the planning of our 2012 season is well under way! For starters, we've been invited to participate in this year's FOTOFOCUS exhibition (details to the right). We've also been coordinating some pop-up exhibitions in new neighborhoods and putting together a major interdisciplinary art event for late spring (details launching soon). And to keep the ball rolling, we recently met with a lot of the city's art centers and plan to start working on our Driven 31 series in the next month or two. Our major capital campaign to build an Art & Education Center will be launching soon as well. So, feel free to link to our Building Plans page or TheRoadToRefresh.com for details on the structure ...if you're unfamiliar with our design. So, while all of that is ...