GEN ART April 18th NEWSFLASH Item 1: GEN ART FILM FESTIVAL 2000 - One Week Away! (NYC) A. GALA OPENING NIGHT B. FESTIVAL SLATE & AFTER-PARTIES Item 2: GEN ART SF ART COLLECTOR ROADSHOW (SF) Item 3: STYLES 2000 PHOTOS & FEEDBACK (NYC) Item 4: GEN ART/NOKIA PHONEWEAR DESIGN SEARCH Item 5: BMG NATIONAL VISUAL ARTS SEARCH CONTINUES Item 6: BE A RADIO STAR ------------------------------------------------------------------ ITEM 1: GEN ART FILM FESTIVAL 2000 presented by NOKIA - ONE WEEK AWAY!!! ------------SECTION A: OPENING NIGHT------------------------------- You are invited to the Opening Night of the 5th Anniversary Gen Art Film Festival 2000 presented by Nokia. The Opening Night Gala includes: The New York Premiere of Academy Award-Nominated director Mark Osborne's "Dropping Out" starring Kent Osborne, Adam Arkin, Katy Segal, John Stamos, Jennifer Elise Cox, David Koechner & Fred Willard. 8pm Sony Lincoln Square Theater (68th Street & Broadway) Opening Night After-Party: 10pm Centro-Fly 45 West 21st Street Beverages courtesy of Skyy Vodka, Bass Ale & Evian Natural Spring Water All Inclusive Tickets (Premiere & Party) are $30. To purchase visit www.genart.org or call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200. Ticket Central is open 7 days a week (1-8pm). Smaller service charge via web purchases. -------SECTION B: FILM FESTIVAL SLATE----------------------------------- The Gen Art Film Festival 2000 presented by NOKIA will be celebrating its 5th Anniversary in one week. Don't miss out!! Are you ready for 7 Nights of Premieres & Parties, baby? Keep Your Eyes peeled for the Film Festival Trailer currently playing in 50 Sony & Loews Cineplex Manhattan Theaters! Also, our 2,000 posters that will be hitting the street! Tickets for the individual premieres are on sale via our web site at www.genart.org and by phone via Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200. Ticket Central is open 7 days a week (1-8pm). Smaller service charge via web purchases. Full Festival Passes, which give holders access to all premieres, daytime screenings and all after-parties are already available for purchase at www.genart.org and cost only $150 for the entire week (and $125 for premiere members). A full description of all the Feature and Short Films playing in the Film Festival can be found at www.genart.org. Below is a brief listing of the schedule of Feature Premieres and After-party venues. There will be a second set of daytime screenings of all films. Tickets to the Premieres cost between $20-30/ticket (depending on night) and include a Two-Hour Open Bar After-Party at one of New York's hottest new nightclubs (even some not yet officially open). Quite a steal. Daytime screenings (does not include party) cost $10. FILM SCHEDULE: Opening Night (4/26): "DROPPING OUT" directed by Mark Osborne, starring Kent Osborne, with Katy Segal, John Stamos, Adam Arkin, David Koechner & Fred Willard. Gala Opening Night After-Party: CENTRO-FLY. Thursday Night (4/27): "I'LL TAKE YOU THERE" directed by Adrienne Shelly, starring Ally Sheedy, Reg Rogers, Alice Drummond and Alex North. Co-presenting partner of Evening: Chickclick.com. After-Party: CHAOS. Friday Night (4/28): "WHAT HAPPENED TO TULLY" directed by Hilary Birmingham, starring Anson Mount and Julianne Nicolson. Co-presenting partner of Evening: Alberta Ferretti. After-Party: JOY. Saturday Night (4/29): "GOAT ON FIRE AND SMILING FISH" directed by Kevin Jordan, starring Steven & Derick Martini and Christa Miller. Co-presenting partner of Evening: Winter Films. After-Party at FUN. Sunday Night (4/30): "THE OPERATOR" directed by Jon Dichter, starring Michael Laurence, Jacqueline Kim, Brion James, Christa Miller & Stephen Tobolowsky. Co-presenting partner of Evening: Bass Ale. After-Party: HUSH. Monday Night (5/1): "PLAYING MONA LISA" directed by Matthew Huffman, starring Alicia Witt, Elliott Gould, Johnny Galecki, Harvey Fierstein, Sandra Bernhard, Ivan Sergei & Marlo Thomas. Co-presenting partner of Evening: L'Oreal. After-Party: TRUE Closing Night (5/2): "URBANIA" directed Jon Shear, starring Alan Cumming, Dan Futterman, Matt Keeslar, Josh Hamilton, Paige Turco & Barbara Sukowa. Co-presenting partner of Evening: Emporio Armani. After-Party: EMPORIO ARMANI at 16th Street & 5th Avenue Nokia, the presenting sponsor of Film Fest 2000, and the official phone of Gen Art, has created a micro-sort film competition for Film Fest participants. Don't miss May 2nd, closing night of Film Fest to find out who won $50,000 to produce a Nokia "Connecting People" Micro-short film. Supporting NOKIA are Principal Partners: Bass Ale, Cataland Films/Cyclops Pictures & Sound, Evian Natural Spring Water, Loews Cineplex Entertainment, Skyy Vodka, New York Times & XL Graphics. Supporting Partners: AIVF, EAB, Eastman Kodak, Filmmaker Magazine & HBO Films. For more information on the film festival visit, www.genart.org. For press credentials, please contact Open City Communications at 212-714-3575. -------------------------------------------------------- ITEM 2: STYLES 2000 PHOTOS ON WEB SITE On April 4th, Gen Art & Nokia presented STYLES 2000, the International Fashion Design Competition & Awards Show at the Metropolitan Pavilion at 135 West 18th Street before a capacity crowd of 1,200 people. Supermodel Nikki Taylor and Emcee Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Michelle Behennah wowed the crowd as the designs of 25 finalists were shown in a Runway Show on IMG Models including Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Audrey Quock. Included in the audience were Fashion Judges Todd Oldham, Kate Spade, Jill Stuart, Randolph Duke, Norma Kamali, Patricia Field, Robert Verdi, Hal Rubenstein and Linda Dresner. The Fashion Panel chose five winners as follows: Nokia Design Vision Award for Womens Eveningwear: Liz Collins (Providence, RI) Gloss.com Design Vision Award for Accessories: Kenny Hwang (New York, NY) iFUSE Design Vision Award for Womens Sportswear: Wolves by Joyce Lo (Toronto, Canada) Nokia Design Vision Award for Menswear: Lost Art by Jordan Betten (New York, NY) Shoppingtheworld.com Design Vision Award for Womens Avant-Garde: Cat Chow (Chicago, Ill) Following the high-energy show, a retractable wall opened to reveal the 10,000 square foot after-party space centered around a 2,000 square foot Nokia Lounge styled all white seating with glass and metal fixtures. And DJ Fancy kept the glittering crowd grooving. And the crowd was so fabulous that the Village Voice devoted a full page of party photos on their Style Page (last week). About 40 Party & Runway Shots are currently on the Gen Art web site with more to follow at www.genart.org Press inquiries should be made to Mao Public Relations at (212) 226-8510. ------------------------------------------------------ ITEM 3: GEN ART SF ART COLLECTOR'S ROADSHOW On April 25, from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m., Gen Art SF will present the Art Collector's Roadshow at the San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco. Tickets: Admission: $15 in advance, $20 at the door, and $5 for each object. So maybe you haven't discovered a long lost Rembrandt at a neighborhood fleamarket -- but what about the anonymous painting that you bought just because you loved it? Loosely modeled after the popular television program, Antiques Roadshow, this event will offer a rare opportunity to learn about a piece of one's personal art collection. A panel of knowledgeable art professionals and collectors will evaluate and discuss artistic influences, techniques, style or school of thought, as well as care and conservation, on a pre-selected group of objects from the audience. To reserve your seat, please send a check payable to GenArtSF, PO Box 460819, San Francisco, CA 94146. Please include $15 per seat; names will be held at the door; no tickets will be mailed. Reservations will be accepted through 4/21/00. Objects will be pre-selected. Please call 415 824 6521 for pre-selection information. ------------------------------------------------------ ITEM 4 GEN ART/NOKIA PHONEWEAR DESIGN SEARCH BEGINS Officially launched at the Styles 2000 show, Gen Art invites all aspiring design talent to enter the Gen Art/Nokia Phonewear Design Search. Win a chance to have your phonewear/ accessory design featured at Gen Art's Fresh Faces in Fashion 2000 show, presented by Nokia & Ford Motor Company, and compete for a $2,500 award from Nokia, with the additional opportunity to have a limited edition of your design produced and sold on the Nokia website. More information and applications are available at www.genart.org beginning on April 19th or by calling (212) 290-0312. The deadline for applications is August 1, 2000. ------------------------------------------------------ ITEM 5 NATIONAL VISUAL ART SEARCH CONTINUES The National Visual Art Search presented by BMG Entertainment, Neuberger Berman, Get Music and Gen Art continues. Talented emerging visual artists anywhere in the United States should enter. Go to our web site at www.genart.org for more information and an application form or email: awalden@genart.org. The Search had its official Launch Party at BMG's headquarters in Time Square on March 28th. The event was attended by BMG Entertainment's CEO, Strauss Zelnick, several recording artists, artist Peter Max and others. Photos from the event appeared in Billboard Magazine, NY Magazine and elsewhere. The Search deadline is June 1, 2000. -------------------------------------------------------- ITEM 6 OPPORTUNITY TO BE A RADIO STAR ChickClick.com has recently launched a national talent search to crown one lucky chickcliker "CJ" (Chick-Jockey) Radio Star. ChickClick.com is launching a syndicated top 40 radio show which will air in early July on FM stations across the US. The chosen ChickClicker will not only be the host of an hour long weekly ChickClick Radio show but will keep an online diary of all the fabulous Celebrity interviews and parties. Check this out - ChickClick will whisk the winner off to LA to live, work and act as the ChickClick Radio Host. ChickClick will pick up the tab for moving, pay for your rent with a nice talent fee and all for being the voice and face of ChickClick Radio. For complete details go to http://www.chickclick.com/contests/ or check out http://www.chickclick.com back to news page