Night Of 100 Stars Oscar Gala Selects Local Artist Julie Borden's Artwork
For Immediate Release
Westerly, Rhode Island - On March 23rd, 2003 the annual Night Of 100 Stars Oscar Viewing Gala, taking place at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills will be attended by artist Julie Borden. The star-studded benefit for Martin Scorses’s Film Preservation Foundation is one of the biggest Oscar parties every year and is attended by a multitude of celebrities from past and present. The film preservation Foundation has been committed to fostering greater awareness of the urgent need to preserve our motion picture history. Board members include Woody Allen, Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, George Lucas, Sydney Pollack, Robert Redford, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.

Every celebrity, presenter and performer at this popular charity celebration will receive an elaborate gift bag, meet the artist in person, and view Borden’s artwork display. This year for the first time, Borden’s art, a gift certificate for a limited edition print of her painting, “Riddles & Music Times Three” will be featured in these gift bags, along with a framed print of her painting, “The Colors Of New York” and highlighted in the Night Of 100 Stars Gift Showcase Room. Borden was asked to create a display of her original paintings, furniture, and licensed Juleez™ collections of dinnerware and gifts at the event, after the Hollywood event promotion company found her website and artwork on the internet. “When I received the call, it was a bit overwhelming, but really exciting. I had to tell them to give me a minute on the phone while I picked my jaw up off the ground, laughed Borden. “I am absolutely thrilled to be asked to participate in something so grand as this.”

Hollywood Connection, the event company that contacted Borden said, “We were looking for something really unique and different for this event and when we found Julie’s work, I just knew she would be a smash hit and well received by this audience. The whimsical styles, colors and her range from paintings to furniture to entire collections was very impressive, so we wanted to contact her as soon as possible about participating in our events. We hand select each company to appear at our events, with each being category exclusive, and a star in their own right.” We have already asked Borden to attend the Academy of Country Music Awards taking place at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, and the Daytime Emmy Awards scheduled later this year, in New York City. If that wasn’t enough to make Borden’s head swirl, another Hollywood event company, has also contacted Borden this week, offering her the opportunity to consider participating in the Teen Choice Awards, MTV Video Awards, and next years Screen Actors Guild Awards, among a host of other celebrity events.

This exciting news from Juleez™ comes just a few short weeks after Borden announced that she would be expanding her fine art and fine craft gallery, Juleez Artique’s located on Watch Hill Road, in Westerly, and will open a second, larger gallery in historic Wickford, Rhode Island next month. This comes on the heels of Borden signing a multi year art licensing contract in November of 2002 with Pacific-Enterprise located in Orlando, Florida to design several product lines for her signature line of Juleez™, Julie Borden licensed art collections. The collections will feature Borden’s furniture, dinnerware, collectibles, limited-editions, giftware and home accent pieces , including new lines of her well known Funky Folks™ sculpted hairbrushes, previously licensed by HerDoo’s, complete with matching accessories. Artist Julie Borden is a visionary leader in the arts industry. Borden’s commitment to excellence in the field of art, service and innovative thinking has made her artwork and company, Juleez, LLC.™ a benchmark for many others.

FOR HI-RES IMAGES TO REPRINT OR FOR MORE INFORMATION: PLEASE CONTACT JULIE BORDEN AT 215-351-8629 OR VISIT WWW.JULEEZ.COM