A Variety of North America's Finest Digital Art Work to be Showcased At Macworld Conference & Expo/New York; Winners of Digital Art Contest Displayed in Special Gallery.Business Editors, Technology Writers MACWORLD Expo NY 2000 FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 2000 Close to three dozen pieces of the best digital artwork from North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. will be featured for the first time at Macworld's Digital Art Contest & Gallery, July 18-21, 2000 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is a large convention center on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. It was designed by architects I. M. Pei and partners. The revolutionary space frame structure was built in 1986 and named for New York Senator Jacob K. . Thirty-one award-winning designs, incorporating a variety of styles and disciplines, were selected from more than 600 images submitted by artists, professional graphic designers, hobbyists and students. Featuring artists' demonstrations, as well as examples of the latest software, products and techniques used to create digital art pieces, the Digital Art Contest and Gallery highlights the finest efforts in this rapidly growing art medium. Now in its third year, the Macworld Conference & Expo Digital Art Gallery also travels during the year as a formal exhibition to art galleries and universities throughout the U.S. to highlight this exciting new medium.
CONTEST OPEN TO PROFESSIONALS & STUDENTS
Divided into two judging categories, student and non-student, the
thirty winning selections were chosen in three separate judging phases
by a panel of leading experts from the digital art community,
including:
Nancy Hitchcock, Sr. Assoc. Editor, Electronic Publishing,
Harold Helderman, Director, Center for Electronic Arts, SF,
DanielCarter, Design Director, WIRED Magazine,
Karen Sperling, Editor and Publisher, Artistry Magazine,
Rick DeCoyte, Owner, Silicon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA,
Bert Monroy, Digital Artist, Teacher, Author,
John Derry, digital artist/co-creator of Painter
Pedro Meyer, photographer, artist
Diane Fenster, digital artist
"The quality of the artwork this year is better than ever," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Daryl Wise, Coordinator of the Macworld Conference & Expo Digital Art Contest and Gallery. "The artwork is professionally presented, and attendees are going to be impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: to see what these talented artists can do with this medium." The grand prize winner of the Digital Art Contest receives a trip to a future Macworld Conference & Expo, including airfare air·fare n. Fare for travel by aircraft. Noun 1. airfare - the fare charged for traveling by airplane fare, transportation - the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance , hotel and a Super Pass, along with a variety of new hardware and software. Other prizes include: Iomega Jaz drives The Jaz drive was a removable disk storage system, introduced by the Iomega company. It has since been discontinued. These drives initially came in 1 and 2 GB sizes, which were a significant increase over Iomega's most popular product at the time, the Zip drive. , Wacom Intuos Graphic Tablets, Printers by Tektrionix, Aladdin Systems utility software, subscriptions to Artistry art·ist·ry n. 1. Artistic ability: a sculptor of great artistry. 2. Artistic quality or craft: the artistry of a poem. , WIRED and Digital Fine Artist Magazines, Royality-free Klips from Comstock, asset management software from Canto can·to n. pl. can·tos One of the principal divisions of a long poem. [Italian, from Latin cantus, song; see canticle. , books by Peachpit Press and an Iris print of their image by Electric Paintbrush (graphics, tool) Paintbrush - A Microsoft Windows tool for creating bitmap graphics. . The Digital Art Contest and Gallery is sponsored by Iomega, Corel, Wacom, National Association of Photoshop Professionals and Tektronix printers by Xerox. For more information about the contest, gallery or the artists and their artwork, please see the Macworld Conference & Expo Gallery page at www.macworldexpo.com/gallery. Winning images will be made available to the press. Macworld Conference & Expo takes place July 18-21, 2000 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . Macworld features hundreds of new software, hardware, peripherals and services that will be showcased by more than 400 leading Mac developers and suppliers for the first time to tens-of-thousands of Mac enthusiasts. For a complete description of Macworld Conference & Expo/New York 2000 along with show highlights, updates and continuous announcements and an exhibitor list, go to www.macworldexpo.com. About Macworld Conference & Expo Macworld Conference & Expo is the world's most comprehensive Macintosh OS event. Macworld Conference & Expo is the showcase for products and services geared to professionals involved in media and creative content development for corporate and home applications, and consumers using the Mac at home. Macworld Conference & Expo brings together the loyal base of Mac OS audiences in creative services Creative Services are a subsector of the creative industries, a part of the economy that creates wealth by offering creativity for hire to other businesses. Examples include:
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