Congratulations are in order to Haitian, Bahamian,
Jackson Petit, whose art work is among 36 international finalists selected to compete in the 2010 Digital Graffiti Festival slated for Alys B
each in Florida. He beat out over 200 other entrants and is the only Caribbean finalist.
Jackson 27, is a -Videographer & Curatorial Assistant at The National Art Gallery of The Bahamas and has gained popularity because of his wildly entertaining out of the box art exhibitions.
Jackson had his first exhibition " Looking Out" when he was just 22. It was held over at Lyford Cay Manor…. The artist's pieces go from $300- $1,500. His Next Exhibition will be a collaboration with other artists at COB in aid of Haitian Relief Fund " I feel awesome being the only carry ratios. i am excited to see how it will be projected…looking forward to see the results at the end of it," says Jackson.
Digital Graffiti is the world’s first projection art festival, where artists use the latest technologies to project their original video and interactive artworks onto the iconic white walls of an entire beach resort town.
Organizers of the third annual “Digital Graffiti Festival at Alys Beach” said that they were overwhelmed by hundreds of extraordinary submissions from local, domestic and international artists.“We received entries from all over the U.S. as well as from digital artists in 17 other countries, including places such as Slovenia, Poland, Mexico, Greece, Australia, Bulgaria, Israel, Scotland, Argentina, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands and Belgium, among others,” said Kelli Arnold, Alys Beach’s Events Coordinator. “From a field of nearly 300 entries, our selection committees narrowed it down to 36 amazing finalists.”
On the night of Saturday, June 12th, those 36 finalists will compete for $10,000 in cash prizes, including a $5,000 “Best of Show” award sponsored by Alys Beach, a $2,000 prize for the most innovative/experimental creation sponsored by the Florida Office of Film & Entertainment, and a $1,000 “Best Local Submission” award sponsored by 30A.com. The 30A.com “Best Local Submission” honor will be awarded to an artist who resides full-time in Florida’s Walton, Bay, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Bay or Washington County.
Winners will ultimately be decided by a panel of celebrity and industry judges, including Alan Hunter, film producer and MTV’s very first “VJ”; Lucia Fishburne, The State of Florida’s Film Commissioner; Colleen Duffley, professional photographer and owner of Studio b; and Brett Phares, professor of interactive media at Marist College in New York, among others.
The festival will be held from 8:30pm until Midnight on Saturday, June 12th, 2010.
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