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St. Louis Fashion Show
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ID # 69900
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Live Event
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SRN
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St. Louis,MO |
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Non-union
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n/a
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Release Date |
12-04-06
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| Audition Date |
12-31-69
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Submission Deadline |
12-18-06
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| Shoot Date |
12-31-69
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| Casting Category |
Modeling - Runway
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| Market(s) |
St Louis, MO |
St. Louis Fashion Show
A new and upcoming designer is seeking male and female models for a
Spring Fashion Show to unveil his new
Urban Casual Clothing Line.
Prior Modeling Experience is NOT required.
Both Experience and Inexperienced models will be considered.
Each person responding will be sent a model information packet to complete and submit back with a minimum of three (3) pictures.
This is a self-response notification (SRN).
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Seeking 12 talent(s) for this role
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Male & Female
Ages 18-30
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Searchable talent specs:
Gender: Male Female
Age: from 18 to 30
Built: Athlitic - Petite - Thin - |
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General Mills wouldn't say what it spends annually on art and caretaking, and doesn't track the value of its collection, which also includes works by Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, Siah Armajani and Louise Nevelson
"General Mills may be the only company in town that still has a curator
Today, in an era of corporate cutbacks and pressures to increase employee productivity, sales and profits, General Mills is a holdout in stressing the importance of art in its corporate culture generalmills
That attitude, people in the field say, is unusual these days
General Mills even has a full-time curator to oversee acquisitions, sales and care of the collection S "
Collections at U "Economically, it's not as popular with shareholders as it used to be, and they need to focus on their business
"I think companies would rather spend their money creating things that say who they are and what they're about," Hennes said, "but not necessarily trying to make a statement from a collectibility standpoint , which provides art consultation, sells and leases art and operates Look Gallery shops in Marshall Field's stores The company simply has enough art for now, he said com
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Companies that have maintained a focus on art say they do it for several reasons: to challenge and provide enjoyment for employees, to support local or emerging artists, to impress or entertain clients or to promote a particular image or product Louis-based financial services holding company, is among companies that still have a full-time curator â€â€? plus an assistant â€â€? to oversee a collection of about 4,500 artworks
McNeil, as a full-time curator, is one of a shrinking breed, Hennes said
"We have had clients who have called specifically to come to St
Many companies â€â€? including Reader's Digest, CBS, IBM and Time Warner â€â€? sold off expensive collections in the late 1990s when the economy was good and they could turn a profit on the art Edwards, a St
"We want to create an aesthetically pleasing work environment that everyone can enjoy and also support artists by purchasing and commissioning their work," said spokeswoman Lena Klofstad Although A A
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"There isn't as great a desire for corporations to have an art collection as there used to be," Hennes said
The company displays original art and limited edition prints throughout its headquarters, and encourages employees with offices to choose pieces they like for display in their workspace
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3M, which has about 3,000 artworks in its collection, hasn't had a full-time curator for nearly a decade, said spokesman John Cornwell
McNeil did say General Mills has spent more on art the past two years in preparation for the Sept
Many companies now look at art as a way to promote their image or their products, Hennes said , Norwest Bank Minnesota donated its $5 million-plus collection of early 20th-century furniture, tableware and decorative objects to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts because the collection had become too large to display and the company felt it should be available to a wider audience It turned to some of the hot, young emerging artists of the day â€â€? Jim Dine, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Mapplethorpe The first of numerous outdoor sculptures, an abstract bronze by Pietro Consagra titled "Solid and Transparent Number One" that stands near the southwest of the complex, was commissioned in 1968 Louis and look at the art," said John Severine, who manages the curatorial staff We've got to do something to enliven this building First Banks used to, Wells Fargo used to, 3M used to 26 opening of two new buildings at its headquarters to accommodate Pillsbury Co
But other companies have backed away
General Mills didn't snatch up just any art, though "We've maintained the collection that we have and rotated paintings and sculptures from building to building to keep it fresh Padilla Spear office manager Ann Biggar said the company didn't feel it could afford it the past two years, though it plans to add more art this year General Mills Art Collection Defies Trend
Aug 13, 11:56 AM EST
Legend has it that in 1958, when General Mills moved into its new headquarters, Charlie Bell, who was then the company's president, took a look around and said, "It's too gray in here
Sculptures are on display throughout the grounds
In 1999, after its merger with Wells Fargo & Co "
His solution was to buy art and display it throughout the building and its lush, parklike grounds
The commitment to corporate art has been shrinking since the boom years of collecting in the 1980s, said Greg Hennes, chief executive of Art Holdings Inc
"We have not invested in acquisition in recent years," Cornwell said
The showcase in one new building, a glass atrium designed by New York artist James Carpenter, has a series of treated glass fins inside and out to capture, color and bounce light down into the indoor space They've all retired or moved on and they haven't been replaced," Hennes said G Others, such as Arthur Andersen LLP, have liquidated collections during economic crises
"General Mills doesn't consider it to be an investment, doesn't expect it to perform as an investment and doesn't look at it monetarily at all," said Don McNeil, the curator who has managed the collection for more than 27 years Edwards has been re-evaluating the collection and scaling back, the company continues to view it as a valuable asset Edwards also loans pieces from its collection to museums and art centers across the country for their own shows Art Holdings has commissioned artwork for companies that incorporated logos or product materials Bancorp Piper Jaffray and the Padilla Spear Beardsley public relations firm in Minneapolis also have been on hold , which was acquired in 2001
