The Dream To Be Unveiled before the California State Assembly on August 29, 2013

ATELIER SAINT JAMES
P.O. Box 27683
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323.993.5722

For Immediate Release
14th July 2013

In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the March On Washington

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the historic March On Washington, international award winning artist Synthia SAINT JAMES has just completed a painting titled “The Dream” inspired by the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s I HAVE A DREAM.

Assemblywoman Cheryl Brown has arranged for the official unveiling of “The Dream”, one of SAINT JAMES’ most important paintings to date, before the California State Assembly at the State Capitol Building in Sacramento, California on Thursday morning, August 29, 2013.

“The Dream” has already been described as awesome, beautiful, phenomenal, inspirational, memorable, exciting, and in the words of one of her collectors; “You captured the spirit of the 50th anniversary so well. “The Dream” is truly a masterpiece”.

“The Dream” is already in production for release as Limited Edition Prints and a Limited Edition Giclees on Canvas. Art World News, an international art trade magazine, will be featuring the painting in their upcoming article on the 50th anniversary of the March On Washington.
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#Synthia SAINT JAMES is a world renowned multicultural visual artist, an award winning author and or illustrator of 17 children’s books, and author of an autobiographical art marketing book, 3 poetry books, a book of affirmations, and a cookbook.

She is also a popular speaker and architectural designer who has garnered numerous awards over her forty plus year career, including the prestigious Trumpet Award, and a Honorary Doctorate Degree from Saint Augustine’s University (where her Fine Art Institute is located). She also serves as an Ambassador for Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

She is most celebrated for designing the first Kwanzaa Stamp for the United States Postal Service in 1997, for which she received a History Maker Award, and for the international cover art for Terry McMillan’s book Waiting to Exhale. But very few know that her artwork has been featured internationally in several embassies in the Art in Embassies Program since the 1990’s.

SAINT JAMES, a highly commissioned artist, continues to create artwork for individuals and for corporations. Coca Cola USA, Maybelline, Essence Communications, Glendale Memorial Hospital, and Barnes & Noble represent a mere sampling. Her most celebrated collectors include Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., Alice Walker, Glynn Turman, Brenda Russell, Regina Taylor, Charles Fuller and Jenifer Lewis.

Awards created by Synthia SAINT JAMES include the “We See You Award”, the “Mosaic Woman Award”, and “The Lifetime Achievement Award” especially created for His Excellency Nelson Mandela from Africare in 2010.

Dr. Synthia SAINT JAMES is currently booking speaking engagements, master classes, short term artist-in-residencies, and exhibitions for her 2013-2014 tour, which includes colleges, universities and other venues both nationally and internationally.

Curriculum Vitae: www.synthiasaintjames.com/bio.html


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323.993.5722

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