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Released in late June 2014, JUJU quickly climbed to the 163rd highest grossing app in the US market, out of tens of thousands in the App Store.

JUJU is an iPhone application that allows users to view and create their own visual expressions by combining the work of a multitude of artists, using a licensed library of art. Released in late June 2014, JUJU quickly climbed to the 163rd highest grossing app in the US market, out of tens of thousands in the App Store. Following closely on the heels of this success, JUJU has submitted a proposal to speak at SXSW (South By Southwest), and has progressed to the public voting stage of panel selection. JUJU hopes that speaking at SXSW will provide an opportunity to bring a much needed conversation about the importance of creativity and the arts to a global stage.

Vote and comment here: http://bit.ly/JUJUSXSW

JUJU wants to put the art economy back in the hands of artists, and to ignite the flame of creativity that lies inside each one of us. We’re on a mission to use technology to its full potential – putting the ability to view and create art at everyone’s fingertips, and opening up new channels for artists to receive income and support.

We’ve started by building a mobile platform where users can view, play with and create their own expressions using a licensed library of artwork. (JUJU is currently available for iOS 7 in the App Store, a version for Android is coming soon!)

With this first bridge built, our next step is to bring a much needed conversation about creativity to the big stage.

We’re submitting a speaking proposal for SXSW (“South by Southwest”), where the sharpest minds in interactive technology will be gathering by the thousands in March 2015.

In just two minutes of your time, you can help our proposal to succeed.

Please visit the SXSW Panel Picker website and give us the thumbs up, and leave a comment to let us know what this conversation means to you. Lastly, please share the proposal with your networks.

South by Southwest (SXSW) is a set of film, interactive, and music festivals and conferences that take place early each year in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States. SXSW Interactive is focused on emerging technology, a focus which has earned the festival a reputation as a breeding ground for new ideas and creative technologies.The festival includes a trade show, speakers, parties, and a startup accelerator.

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New Observations magazine will present Issue #130, guest edited by Pedro A.H. Paixão, at the NY Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1, September 26-28 2014. The topic and contributors will be announced soon.

We are excited to announce that New Observations magazine debuts its newest Issue #130, guest edited by Pedro A.H. Paixão, at the NY Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1, September 26-28 2014. This is the 130th issue in a long line of cutting edge publications, each guest edited and dedicated to letting artists speak for themselves through the collaborative production and development of every issue since 1981. New Observations magazine has an illustrious roster of previous editors, writers and artists. The issues combine as an organic survey of contemporary artists, interests, approaches and sensibilities as they have emerged for over 30 years. The magazine’s impact on culture has foreshadowed today’s collaborative media.

Help debut the artist-run periodical, New Observations with its second issue since the relaunch by stopping by the table at MoMA PS1. You can support us by visiting the website and purchasing from a large selection of back issues exclusively via Printed Matter. (http://newobs.org/backissues ) Our current issue “Out of the Box: The Way of Art on the Loose” guest edited by Joshua Selman is also available.

“As a previous guest editor I know well the costs of publishing at this level. We can’t do this without your help. If you’re planning to have a copy of this issue, why not support it now. You’ll make a direct impact on the quality and integrity of the issue.” — Joshua Selman, Guest Editor, New Observations Magazine, Issue #129

Our Target is $12,000.00. Your support will help cover Printing Costs, Distribution, Commission Costs and Fees, Honorariums and Equipment. You’ll also receive the new issue plus back issues, rare collectible items and more. (Donations)

With gratitude,

Erika Knerr
Publisher and Designer

New Observations is an independent arts magazine published by artists for artists and the greater community, as a work of collaborative art. Dedicated to bringing artists’ voices to the public forum through an innovative guest edited journal published since 1981, its editorial pages have presented a wide range of viewpoints and ideas reflecting the diversity within the arts. Artists speak for themselves, on art from the inside out and on in-depth thematic topics, in each issue. New Observations magazine has featured a wide range of visual art, poetry, essays, fiction and project based works as a resource for and from the art community, including art historians, scholars, and the general public.

New Observations is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization and is a registered trademark.

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At home in prayer outdoors, John Paul II looked to St. Francis of Assisi, as a model for saving our endagered world, as is described in Following St. Francis: John Paul II’s Call For Ecological Action by Marybeth Lorbiecki, Rizzoli ExLibris, 2014. (available online)

Dmitri Mataya
author.mb1@gmail.com

Elected second youngest Pope in history in 1978, John Paul II helped inspire the Solidarity movement in Poland and launched a peaceful and cultural revolution throughout the entire Western World. Dubbed the Son of Poland under the Medal of Freedom in 2004, referred to as The First World Leader and The Greatest Political Actor of Our Time in 2005 and canonized a Saint in 2014, John Paul II has always inspired meaningful change. This dynamic book provides a fresh look at urgent environmental problems by exploring the lost ecological teachings of one of our most instrumental catalysts of positive social change. Author Marybeth Lorbiecki presents John Paul II’s invigorating teachings about our ecological responsibilities and their sources. She includes their specific counsel on twelve ecological crises facing the world, which are provocative and radical, and concludes with key sections on transformation and restoration. This work is the only one to have collected the complete range of John Paul II’s environmental teachings. (available online)

Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature and founder of 350.org, provides the book’s foreword, demonstrating the importance of these teachings for the entire environmental movement.

Following St. Francis: John Paul II’s Call For Ecological Action shows John Paul II as an uncompromising advocate for ecological responsibility throughout his papacy and reveals his perspective that the development of a just human society is closely tied with preserving the health of our planet. He shows how harming our natural systems harms the poor. An adamant environmental activist in the name of faith and human citizenship, John Paul II alerts us that our industrialized world is producing a “culture of waste” both ecologically and economically, a culture far more concerned with “having” than with “being.” We have removed ourselves from the essential meaning of life and the means to sustain life, while destroying ourselves spiritually, morally, emotionally and economically, as we have gradually separated ourselves from the natural world in which we live. At the same time, he demonstrates that ecological disasters can serve to be catalysts to positive transformations.

“..artists, in particular, are called upon to collectively use their power to inspire others in this work” stated the former Pope. Following St. Francis: John Paul II’s Call For Ecological Action provides a path forward for all people.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Marybeth Lorbiecki has been at work on environmental issues for more than twenty years and has been consulted by the Holy See about her work on John Paul II’s ecological writings. She is currently the Director of the Interfaith Ocean Ethics Campaign (IOEC), a joint program of the Franciscan Action Network (FAN) and the National Religious Coalition on Creation Care (NRCCC). For more information on Marybeth Lorbiecki, please visit: followingstfrancis.com, marybethlorbiecki.com, and www.oceanethicscampaign.org.

For serial rights, please contact Rizzoli New York to secure.

FOLLOWING ST. FRANCIS:
John Paul II’s Call for Ecological Action
By Marybeth Lorbiecki
Foreword by Bill McKibben
Rizzoli ExLibris, an imprint of Rizzoli New York, 2014
384 pages / 6̎ x 9̎
ISBN: Hardcover – 978-0-8478-4271-1
E-book – 978-0-8478-4273-5
www.rizzoliusa.com

ARTIST ORGANIZED ART

Each Announcement Now Comes With An Inclusion In Our Newsletter Or Social Networks At No Additional Cost

Let people know what you’re doing. Our low cost announcements reach over 75,000 arts professionals and their followers. Get started sending announcements about exhibitions, book launches, crowdfunding campaigns, concerts, broadcasts and more. Our all time high is over 150,000 subscribers. Our qualified list touches the nerve center of the international art world. 44% North America, 33% Europe, 23% Asia+ and beyond. We can help turn your next release into a global fact at a fraction of the cost. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit supporting artist organized media, events and cultural education. When you sponsor an announcement with us you support artists working in communities everywhere in the world. Learn More.