This Event Day was a busy and important date for The Guild at Beaumont Hall Studios as it saw the first of the JADE Erotic Artists Awards presented by Guild model Rebekka Raynor on behalf of the Editor of JADE magazine.
First the two worthy runners-up, photographer David Hare and artist Karen Middleton were invited to receive their framed certificates to loud applause from the audience of fellow members, visitors and guests. The winner of the 2009 award was then invited to the stage where photo artist Robert Babylon, dressed in black leather kilt, received his framed certificate and the specially commissioned white kneeling sculpture (created by Ken Clarke for JADE). Along with the very loud and continued applause as he was presented with the impressive and now much coveted award there were calls from the audience for a speech. Robert, in the finest tradition of award speeches, gave an emotional but genuine and heartfelt vote of thanks to his wife Caroline, who he said had supported him throughout his career and without whom he would not be where he was today. There was more applause as he left the stage a very proud and happy man, and a deserving winner of the first ever JADE Erotic Artist of the Year Award.
Event Day Report – 20th September 2009 by Jackie Adshead (artist) with photos by Mike Crawley.
Exhibition News
The ARTundressed American tour featuring my work continues at the California Modern Art Gallery www.calmodern.com in San Francisco from 19th-21st November.
The venue is a top-notch, 17.000 sq ft upscale art gallery located in the South of Market district of San Francisco. The gallery represents emerging and established career artists in all media and styles.
Here’s what ARTundressed www.artundressed.net have to say about the event:
San Francisco – Here we come! We are very excited to announce our last stop for the Erotic Signature’s 2009 ARTundressed Exhibition Tour, which is scheduled to take place on November 19 – 21, 2009 at the CALIFORNIA MODERN ART GALLERY. This show will be spectacular on all erogenous facets.
We will be presenting our crowd pleasing collection from the winning artists of our third publication (2009 Erotic Art Competition) in addition to a dozen invited local artists who will present their work in various fashion, genres, and medium. Come to admire over 350 beautiful art pieces from about 140 International Erotic Artists. Once Again, the stage will be set for a superb weekend filled with sexuality, sensual art, music, erotic performances, sexy fashion shows, Live Bands, Talents, Fashion Models, Deejays, BodyPainting, Live Art, short films, poetry, Drummers, Acrobats, and a lot more.