The Best of Vienna photo exhibitions and calendar 2012-2013
May 8, 2011 by Maria
Filed under Best Arts & Culture, Best Charities, Clubs & Associations, Best Events
The Best of Vienna photo exhibition highlights:
November-December 2011
Unique multi-cultural, international charity events that integrate:
Arts & Culture, Tourism, Beauty & Fashion, as well as Business & Society
“Maria´s Vision of The Best of the World” network presented, together with its valuable cooperation partners Business Culture Sport International, Kunstraum, Rearte Gallery and Time Gallery “The Best of Vienna Photo Exhibition for the Calendar 2012-2013″, which took place on Wednesday, 30th November 2011 at the Expat Center.
With the help of our jury, from more than thirty eight photographers and 400 photos, thirty three finalists were pre-selected and their most beautiful photos presented. This unique event brought many countries and cultures together to celebrate the beauty of the Austrian capital as one of the most beautiful places in the world. The perfect location for such an occasion was chosen: nothing less than the newly opened and exclusive Expat Center, a Service offered by the City of Vienna, close to the Parliament and the City Hall.
This night was full of surprises. The most beautiful photos of Vienna were exhibited and many photos shown during the multi-media presentation while enjoying the welcoming cocktail with the Humer wine and Ron Zacapa – the world´s best tasting Premium Rum from Guatemala. Live performances from by Saxo Lady from Austria, the violinist Tudor Andrei from Romania and supertalent Carolina Cross (Kreutzberger) – Austrian super talent, inspired all of us with their beautiful music. Through the sale of the tombola tickets, two children charities were supported as the initial step, selected children charity in Haiti: children in Abricots, Fondation Paradis des Indiens and one family from Vienna (Kiddy Ribbon Charity). With the sale of the calendars and many other forthcoming projects, we commit to further provide support to different local and international charity projects as much as it is possible.
One of the highlights from this evening was the premiere of Crystalline Fashion accessories collection designed by Maria Petrak.
Fashion show models: Aleksandra Zdero, Belma Music, Margarita Kagalovskaja, Vesna Klindo.
Make-Up was made by Ozge Duran and her team.
These exclusive pure leather, limited edition bags, wallets, boots and shoes are decorated with the Swarovski Elements. The accompanying dresses were made in cooperation with one of the multi-media artists from Belgrade, that were presented as the samples of “The Best of Vienna fashion collection” that perfectly matches the photo exhibition, the calendar and the planned local and international tour. The whole concept can be applied for any place and any country in the world within the Best of the World network that was launched in the Expat Center: www.thebestoftheworldinfo.com
“Maria´s Vision of the Best of the World” is Maria´s start-up project and PR Agency that will operate as of January 2012 with the goal to promote the “best” and connect the world of arts and culture, tourism, diplomacy, business and fashion while supporting the local and international charities, promoting the inter-cultural and business exchange where The Best of Vienna and World photo exhibitions play an important role. One of the major goals is to foster peace and friendship among all nations and cultures in the world. Maria Petrak, through her hard work and selfless commitment has shown a perfect example of how every one of us can make a positive difference in this world. Due to her dedication, Maria was recognized as an “Ambassador for Peace” from the Universal Peace Federation of Austria on 18 December 2011, acknowledging her contribution and dedication to practices which promote universal moral values, interreligious cooperation, international harmony, renewal of the United Nations, a responsible public media, and the establishment of a culture of peace.
After the opening on 30 November, we also organized two additional events: “The Best of Vienna” photo exhibition with the finalists on 12 December 2011, in the Kunstraum, Ringstrassen Galerien, 1010 Wien and on 19 December in the Time Gallery with all the primary and secondary photos that were chosen for the Best of Vienna photo calendar: http://www.galerie-time.at/ The cover photo for the calendar shows Gloriette, the work from Aldwin Sanares from the Philippines (copied above). All other selected photos and permanent links to the photographers biographies and their photos can be seen on the Best of Vienna website: http://thebestofvienna.blogspot.com/2011/11/best-of-vienna-most-beatiful-photos.html
The forthcoming events for your calendar:
12 January 2012, 7pm, Rearte Gallery in Spiesshammergasse 4, 1120 Vienna, http://www.rearte-gallery.at where all the calendar photos will be presented, with the sample of the final version of the calendar.
12. December 2012 – The Best of the World Photo Calendar 2013-2014 presentation. Details and conditions of participation will be announced in January 2012, as well as the presentation dates of the finalists photos (planned in September 2012).
Please also check the media coverage: Croatian Times by Jelena Kopanja: Exhibition casts fresh look on Austrian capital
An article in German by Milagro Flener:
http://www.m-media.or.at/kultur/fotografen-aus-mehr-als-20-landern-zeigen-best-of-vienna/2011/12/09/
Some photos from the events:
PALAVRA PRESS – Photo Press Service (c) by Drago Palavra: Facebook link
Maria Hintz Dusek – A.N.S. New Media International: Facebook link
Aldwin Sanares: Facebook link
Bjoern Steinmetz: Facebook link
Maria Petrak: Facebook profil
This exhibition will be introduced in many other cities through art exhibitions in Austria and international tour in Belgrade, Bratislava, Moscow, Marbella, Gibraltar, Montenegro and many other cities planned in the future.
We are looking for international partners and sponsors who are inspired by this idea and interested to present their cities and highlights from their counries in Vienna, including the top quality services and products to the local and international (expat community in Vienna).
Additional information:
The Best of Vienna photo calendars will be distributed among the local and international communities in Vienna, diplomatic bodies: Embassies, Permanent Missions, International clubs and organizations as well as major hotels, restaurants, private companies, tourist agencies, souvenir shops etc. You can see all the profiles from the artists that participated in the exhibition in the link below:
http://thebestofvienna.blogspot.com/2011/11/best-of-vienna-most-beatiful-photos.html
Concept copyright: Maria Petrak
Photos copyright: various artists.
We are very grateful for the support from many people who are directly or indirectly involved in this project:
Luka Basic Verlag, Expat Center Vienna – A Service offered by the City of Vienna, Stadt Wien, Ron Zacapa – Diageo Austria, Park Inn hotel by Radisson Uno City, Vienna, Manfred Tichy – business culture sport, Rearte Gallery, Der Kunstraum/Kunstsammler.at in den Ringstrassen Galerien, Galerie Time.
Embassies in Vienna: Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain, Embassy of the Republic of Sudan, Embassy of the Republic of Guatemala, Embassy of Mexico, Philippine Embassy, Embassy of the Republic of Croatia, the Honorary Consul in Vienna
World Peace Choral Festival, Federation of Peace Austria, Flame of Peace, Mag. Aris Venetikidis Design and Photography, KMU Business Center, ANC International Consulting, Fotogruppe Naturfreunde Meidling NF 12 (for an amazing support with the set-up of the opening of the exhibition), Kunstforum Meidling, Cyberlab (for the fantastic prints of all the photos!), Zebralabor, Kiddy Ribbon charity, Naturely Tenderly exclusive hand made soaps, Weingut Humer und Just for excellent wine, Holmes Place Kaiserwasser for the tombola vouchers, United Nations Womens Guild, UN Photo Club, Instituto Cervantes, IEGG, Event Spitz (technical support), CrystalLine Fashion, Bistro Fiur, John Fox Corporation, Vicky Raz and Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Michael Prager from Double-P Video Solutions (for the fantastic video), Reinhard Bimashofer, Ozge Duran- Lifestyle Makeup and her team.
The Best of The World Advisory Board members: H.E. Mrs. Carla María Rodríguez Mancia, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Guatemala in Vienna, Princess Herta Margarete and Prince Sandor Habsburg-Lothringen, Mr Maximilian Mairhofer, Quality of Life – Expert and Success Coach, Mr José Luis Rodríguez de Colmenares, Cultural Counsellor, Spanish Embassy, Mag. Haris G. Janisch, Initiator Universal Peace Federation-ImpulsPro, Member of WKÖ.
The Best of Vienna artists: Caroline Cross (Kreutzberger), Saxo Lady, Tudor Andrei and especially our team: Pamela Wagner, Christian Concha, Noha Aga, Curtis Voisin, Claudia Marchetti, models Aleksandra Zdero, Margarita Kagalovskaya, Belma Music, Vesna Klindo, Ljiljana and Katarina Stojadinovic.
Special thanks go to our tombola contributors:
http://thebestofvienna.blogspot.com/2011/11/best-of-vienna-tombola-prizes.html
Media and press partners:
WE Magazine for Women, USA, Sonia Gonzalo from TELEMADRID “Madrileños por el Mundo”, Kosmo, Palavra Press – Photo Press Service by Drago Palavra, Visionær Magazin, A.N.S. New Media International, Latinos Magazine online, Jelena Kopanja from Croatian Times, Milagro Flener from M-Media.at, Björn Steinmetz – Artview.
Pre-selection jury: Gary Milano and Maria Petrak
Main jury: Abd A. Masoud, Hubert Thurnhofer, Günther Wachtl, Prof. Ulrich Gansert, Manuel Gras.
Special thanks go to our friends and supporters: Mr Paul Maseli, Dr. Nikolai Khlebnikov, Mrs. Mojisola Odulaja, Mag.iur. Clement Itamah, Mr Henry Adun, Mrs Lucy Quiroz, Dr. Alejandra Navarro de Chalupa and many more. We apologize for not being able to mention all the names.
The most special thanks goes to our support team: Pamela Wagner, Nuha Aga, Curtis Voisin, Claudia Marchetti, Christian Quiroz. More information: http://www.thebestofviennablog.com/about-us/
Any queries on the above topics, please contact maria@thebestoftheworldinfo.com
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