LOS ANGELES ART SHOW LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE AT WWW.LAARTSHOW.COM

Web Site Provides Expanded Information for Art Patrons, Galleries, Sponsors and Media

(October, 2009—Los Angeles, CA) The Los Angeles Art Show, the West Coast’s largest and most respected art fair, has revamped it’s website, www.laartshow.com. The site, which receives nearly one million hits per year, goes live in October 2009. Completely revamped, the new LAArtShow.com is a comprehensive and versatile resource for Los Angeles Art Show Patrons, galleries, sponsors and the media. The Los Angeles Art Show takes place on January 20-24, 2010 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

As Kim Martindale, show producer of the Los Angeles Art Show states, “We are happy to unveil our new website, which will better define our offerings to the art community, improve the visitor experience and create easy opportunities for improved social networking. Our revamped site reflects our ongoing commitment to providing the best art experience possible, whether it is at the show, or online.”

LAArtShow.com features many social networking opportunities, including: widgets to Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Flickr and the ability to directly share select information with the ‘share’ feature. Visitors can sign up to receive fair and programming updates and alerts from the Los Angeles Art Show Team, or sign up for an RSS Feed.

The improved site includes pages for exhibitors, sponsors & partners, press, images, events and programs as well as general venue information. Improving the visitor experience, the new site streamlines newsletter registration and highlights available discount ticket coupons. LAArtShow.com continues to provide online registration for events as well as a conduit for ticket purchase. Galleries and exhibitors will find downloadable applications, exhibitor manuals and will be able to upload information directly to the Los Angeles Art Show production team. LAArtShow.com also features a dedicated section for media, providing journalists direct access to press releases and downloadable hi-res images.

The new Los Angeles Art Show website was designed by Andrew Wilson Design. Delivering best-of-class interactive solutions for over a decade, Andrew Wilson Design has done work for AOL, Coca Cola, Deloitte & Touche, Discovery Networks, Disney Interactive, Microsoft, Subaru, Toyota and Universal Studios, among many others.

The Los Angeles Art Show takes place on January 20-24, 2010 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015. General admission is $20. Opening Night Preview and Gala: Wednesday, January 20, 2010. General Show Dates: Thursday-Sunday, January 21-24, 2010. For additional information, including Opening Night Gala Tickets, please visit www.laartshow.com or call KR Martindale Show Management at 310-822-9145. For media inquiries please contact Agnes Gomes-Koizumi at agnes@agkmedia.com or call 323-937-5488.

ADDITIONAL LOS ANGELES ART SHOW NEWS:
The 2010 LAAS will offer a VIP Program of Events for art professionals and special invited guests. The VIP program includes access to private art spaces and invitations to exclusive gatherings at select venues around LA during the Los Angeles Art Show.

Scheduled events include:
• Brunch at Royal/T with LACMA’s Modern & Contemporary Art Council
This event, hosted by Susan Hancock at her café and art space, will celebrate the LACMA Modern and Contemporary Art Council’s ‘Art Here and Now’ (formerly known as ‘Young Talent Award’) Program and the many artists in Los Angeles who have had their work acquired through this annual program over four decades.

• Tour of the RAND Corporation Headquarters in Santa Monica, CA.
A guided tour of works on loan to the RAND from the Eileen Harris Norton Collection and the Collection of Peter Norton exhibited in the award winning LEED elliptical shaped landmark building.

Additional VIP Program events will be released shortly. For more information about the Los Angeles Art Show VIP Program, please visit www.laartshow.com/pages/vip_program.html or contact Jane Glassman/ARTeamLA at vip@laashow.com.

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