Tiziani Whitmyre Creative Director Fred Martins’ Fine Art Photography Receives Show, Exhibit Honors

Sharon, Mass. – September 20-, 2007 – Fred Martins, Vice President, Creative Director at Tiziani Whitmyre (www.tizinc.com), was awarded “Best of Show” honors for his entry of fine art photography at The Newburyport Art Association’s Fall Juried Show. Another of Martin’s photographs, “Venice Light,” has been selected for exhibit in the upcoming 2007 New England Photographers Biennial Exhibition.
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Martins’ photograph, titled “Flower Child,” received the Mary Alice Arakelian Memorial Award for Best of Show at The Newburyport Art Association’s 2007 Annual Members Fall Juried Show, Part 1. The photograph depicts a vendor at a craft fair. Said show juror Paula Toganarell, “I chose this piece for the Best of Show piece, because of its intimate perspective and narrative nature. As the viewer, I am invited into this woman’s world. I became enthralled by the subject’s bold colors, her exotic tattoos and whimsical back drop. Immediately, I begin making meaning out of this very visual story.” The Newburyport Art Association presented The 2007 Annual Members Fall Juried Show Part 1 from August 24 to September 16. There were 222 entries from 126 artists, 154 works were selected. For more information, visit www.newburyportart.org/Archive/fallshow07-1/fallshow07.html. Selected for Exhibition
Martin’s photograph, “Venice Light,” which depicts the first light of morning filtering down the narrow streets of Venice, Italy, will be exhibited throughout the 2007 New England Photographers Biennial Exhibition.

The New England Photographers Biennial Exhibition is held every two years, features photographic art from local New England photographers. The highly selective show, which chose 78 works from 639 pieces submitted by 148 artists, will be juried by Karen Hass, Curator of the Lane Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, as well as Arlette Kayafas, Director of Kayafas Gallery, Boston.

The show runs Sept. 9 – Oct. 28, at the Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham, Mass. For more information, visit www.danforthmuseum.org. Photographer, Creative Director

Martins, who lives in Winchendon, Mass., is a seasoned and avid photographer whose works are featured annually in Massachusetts Audubon Society’s calendars and are exhibited – and honored – in shows throughout New England.

Martins, who also has 25 years of experience in art direction, is Vice President, Creative Director at Tiziani Whitmyre, Inc. (www.tizinc.com), where he develops and oversees advertising, collateral, direct response, and corporate identity projects for the Sharon, Mass.-based marketing services and strategies company.

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