The Defense of Colored Pencils in 2008

The overview of the projects The Defense of Colored Pencils in 2008. At every project you will find references to other photo-galleries, details of the drawings and more detailed information.

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Visit Marie Brozova’s Colored Pencil Gallery near the Astronomical Clock in Prague Center

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The Defense of Colored Pencils in benefit for Sue Ryder home for seniors

Sokol Vinohrady, Prague
November 26th – 29th, 2008
Centrum Chodov, Prague
December 3rd – 14th, 2008

Marie Brozova in her pre-christmas public drawing event created a christmas present for Sue Ryder home for seniors in Prague – Michle. Her drawing titled Painter Winterfrost was created at two places: Marie Brozova began to work on it in Sokol Vinohrady building and completed it in the shopping center Centrum Chodov.

Her project Defense of Colored Pencils in Centrum Chodov was a great success and her public drawing event was prolonged till December 14th. Marie Brozova spent the time by completing her drawing Playful Garden that she had started to draw in Holland.

Links

• Sue Ryder home for seniors, www.sue-ryder.cz
• Centrum Chodovwww.centrumchodov.cz
• www.akagentura.cz

Special thanks

• Thanks to Ms Nada Nabelkova, the marketing manager of Centrum Chodov for the invitation and organizing many cultural events that bring a new dimension to the shopping center.
• Thanks to Ms Arnostka Havelkova, AK Agentura manager, for the invitation to Sokol Vinohrady
• Thanks to Petr Kozak for the photo-documentation www.dragonsfire.cz

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„How MS changed my life“ book launch event

MAFRA building, Andel Centrum, Prague
November 25, 2008

Drawings of Marie Brozova were chosen as the illustrations for the book How MS changed my life and Marie Brozova was invited to the book launch event in MAFRA building in Prague. The book includes stories of 17 multiple sclerosis patients.

Special thanks

• Thanks to Ms Radomira Kersnerova who initiated the book edition and presented her idea to Marie Brozova.
• Thanks to Hana Potmesilova for the invitation to the book launch event.

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Book signing event of Czech authors in Palace of book Luxor

Palace of Books Luxor, Wenceslas Square, Prague
November, 16th, 2008

Marie Brozova was invited to the Book signing event of Czech authors to Palace of Books Luxor in Prague to sign her new book Souls of Trees for the readers. She used the opportunity to work on her drawing Playful Garden that she had started in Holland. The event was organized and hosted by Vrata Ebr.

Links

• Palace of Books Luxorwww.neoluxor.cz

Special thanks

• thanks to Vrata Ebr for the invitation to the signing book event
• thanks to Palace of Books Luxor for arranging interesting events for readers.

Publicity in media

• MF Dnes
• The Czech Broadcasting
• The Crech TV
• Doba senioru magazine

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Traveling public drawing event and the art contest Souls of Trees

Traveling public event in Prague:
September, 8th – 19th, 2008

• Prague Botanic Garden
• TaKavarna café in Vysehrad
• Charles University Botanic Garden
• Palace of Books Luxor, Wenceslas Square
• Skoda Palace, Jungmannova Street, exhibition in the administration building of Prague Town Hall

Traveling public draving event of Marie Brozova announced the results of the art contest Souls of Trees, that took place in Palace of Books Luxor in Prague. First prize went to 17 year old Lucie Chovancova from Prague.

See also:

Links

• Prague Botanic Garden, www.botanicka.cz
• TaKavarna café, www.jus.cz
• Charles University Botanic Garden, http://www.cuni.cz/UK-945.html
• Palace of Books Luxor, www.neoluxor.cz

Special thanks

• Thanks to Ms Hana Kovarikova for the invitation to Prague Botanic Garden.
• Thanks to Ms Andrea Svachova for the invitation to barrier-free TaKavarna café in Vysehrad.
• Thanks to Mr Ladislav Pavlata, the manager of Charles University Botanic Garden for the invitation of the Defense of Colored Pencils and arranging the exhibition in Botanic Garden greenhouses.
• Thanks to Ms Zuzana Turnova, the marketing manager of Palace of Books Luxor for the hosting of the event of announcement of the results of Souls of Trees art contest.
• Thanks to Mr. Petr Sasek for the technical help in Palace of Books Luxor
• Thanks to Petr Holy for the organization of the exhibition in Prague Town Hall administration building.
• Thanks to all artist who created beautiful drawings and paintings to the art contest Souls of Trees.

Event publicity

• Prazske listy
• 24 hodin
• The Czech Broadcasting, Good Morning talk show

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Ringing in Better Times in Prague Stromovka Park

Stromovka Park, Prague
September, 8th – 14th, 2008

Marie Brozova with Prague Municipal Forests Environment Center opened creative and educative workshops „Souls of Trees“ in Stromovka Park in the beginning of the school year 2008. Marie Brozova created a drawing titled „Ringing in Better Time“. Among wide range of workshops Marie Brozova led colored pencil workshop announcing the art contest Souls of Trees.

See also:

Links

• Prague Municipal Forests Environment Center, www.lesypraha.cz

Special thanks

• Thanks to Renata Stenclova and Vaclav Nejman from Prague Municipal Forests Environment Center for the organization the whole action.
• Thanks to Iveta Kucerova for the invitation to Klaster Hradiste nad.

Medializace akce

• MF Dnes
• Czech Broadcasting, Good Morning talk show

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The Defense of Colored Pencils in Holland

Lage Vuursche, Baarn, Holland
August 20^th – 25^th, 2008

Marie Brozova visited with her project The Defense of Colored Pencils Holland for the third time. This year she was invited to the resort Lage Vuursche near Baarnu, famous for Drakestein Castle, the former residence of Dutch queen Beatrix. Public drawing event was struck by extremely bad weather conditions of so called „typical Dutch summer“, and that is why it was impossible to finish the drawing at the place. The process of creation of the drawing „Playful Garden“, inspired by unique Dutch garden architecture, was followed by the exhibition in Dorpshuis Library.

See also:

Links

• Lage Vuursche, www.lagevuursche.com

Special Thanks

• Mirjam van Baarzel for accommodation and linguistic help.
• the artist Jan Vosman for the invitation and organization of our project in Lage Vuursche and medial publicity, www.pek-ede.nl
• management of Dorpshuis for offering us the room for public drawing and exhibition in the library.
• the greatest fan of my project in Holland, Radek Havlik, for visiting me from as far as from Wageningen

Publicity in media:

• Baarnsche Courant, 15/8/2008, extensive article by Jan Vosman

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The Defense of Colored Pencils won the first price at artistic symposium in France!

Art au Soleil, Ferrette, France
August 15^th – 17^th, 2008

Marie Brozova with her project The Defense of Colored Pencils was invited to France to take part in the artistic symposium Art au Soleil in Ferrette (Alsace) of artists showing their creative skills in public. Creating of her colorful drawing „Melon Summer“ was so successful that she won the first price among 35 artists in the contest. The impression of the public drawing event was supported by large exhibition of her works in l‘Ancien Tribunal, the main building of the festival.

See also:

Links

• Festival Art au Soleil, www.artausoleil.com

Special Thanks

• Mona Fahmy Lang, organizer of the festival for the invitation to Ferrette and for her kind help during the whole project.
• Ouafae a Eric Kientz for beautiful time spent in their fairy tale house with bed and breakfast Maison des 5 Temps, where the present and history meet in admirable harmony www.maison5temps.com

Publicity in media:

• Région Alsace, 17/8/2008

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The Melon Summer at Melon Carving Festival

Melon-carving festival, Metropole Zlicin, Prague
August 1^st – 2^nd, 2008

The Defense of Colored pencils was invited to Melon-carving Festival to Prague shopping center Metropole Zlicin. Marie Brozova started to work on her drawing „Melon Summer“ that was planned to be finished in artistic symposium Art au Soleil in France.

See also:

Links

• Melon-carving festival, www.melounovyfestival.cz

Special Thanks

• Ludek Prochazka for the invitation to Melon-carving Festival
• Renata Nejtkova, marketing manager of Metropole Zlicin, for her help with organization of the project.

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Fata morgana of Jindrichuv Hradec

Langr House, Jindrichuv Hradec
July 10^th – 17^th, 2008

The Defense of Colored Pencils visited Jindrichuv Hradec for the fourth time. Marie Brozova created a drawing „Looking for the Treasure“ with the motive of Jindrichuv Hradec depicted as fata morgana. The public drawing event took place in the main square Namesti Miru at the Langr House and was followed by the exhibition in the Small exhibition hall inside the renaissance building of Langr House.

See also:

Links

• Langr house, www.langruv-dum.cz

Special Thanks

• Lada Cvrckova for the invitation to Jindrichuv Hradec.
• Sabina and Jiri Langer for the space for public drawing event and exhibition in front of their charming gallery Inspirace in Langr House
• Mrs. Erbenova for very hospitable care in her family pension Myra
• Pavel Hejhal, a quadriplegic and colored pencil artist for his visit of my project www.pavelhejhal.com
• Andrea Amaranth, for fairylike evenings with the rainbow and the charm of home by the fireside.

Publicity in media:

• Jindrichuv Hradec TV news
• Jindrichuv Hradec daily

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The fourth visit of Kutna Hora!

The Corpus Christi Chapel near St. Barbara Cathedral, Kutna Hora
June 28^th – July 6^th 2008 May

The Defense of Colored Pencils visited historical Kutna Hora for the fourth time. Kutna Hora is to Marie Brozova endless source of inspiration. During the first week of summer vacations she created a drawing titled „St. Jacob’s Ladder to the Sky“ in her traditional spot near St. Barbara Cathedral, with a cooling athmosphere in summer heat.

See also:

Links

• Kutna Hora guide service and infocenter: www.kh.cz, www.kutnahora.cz
• The Good Tearoom in Kutna Hora: http://www.dckh.cz

Special Thanks

• Ms. Olga Trejbalova from Kutna Hora Guide service and Infocenter for the invitation and kind help with the project.
• Jan Drchal for offering the space for the exhibition in his Good Tearoom.
• Tomas Krbilek for photo-documentation of the whole project.

Publicity in media:

• Czech Broadcasting, interview on the stations Radiozurnal, Region and Vltava
• Kutna Hora Daily with cover photo of Marie Brozova
• Mlada Fronta Daily
• Kutnohorske Obzory Weekly

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The Defense of Colored Pencils at the ZOO

ZOO Liberec
June,7^th – 15^th 2008

Marie Brozova opened her atelier among elephants, zebras and giraffes at the ZOO Liberec, where she created her drawing „Noah’s Ark Looking For Dry Land“ from June 7^th to 15^th. Her public drawing event was accompanied by colored pencil workshop for children and adults and an exhibition of her works.

See also:

Links

• ZOO Liberec: www.zooliberec.cz

Special Thanks

• Thanks to the director of the Zoo Liberec David Nejedlo for the invitation and accomodation at the ZOO.
• Thanks to Ms. Jitka Srpova for the initiative and great help with the organization of the whole project.
• Thanks to Ms. Dana Sobotkova for her helps with installing of the exhibition and colored pencil workshop.
• Thanks to the teacher Ms Svetlana from the distant part of our republic, who set up a school trip to our project with her art class.
• Thanks to Ms. Strnadkova for the bunch of irises from her garden and delicious mead wine.

Publicity in media:

• TV Genus, news about the event.

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Flying carpet over Slany

Masarykovo Square, Slany
May, 26^th – 31^st 2008

Marie Brozova’s project the Defense of Colored Pencils was invited to the cultural event Days of Turkish Culture to Slany. Marie Brozova created drawing "Flying Carpet" in Masarykovo Square from 26^th to 31^st of May. This drawing connected Orient and Central Europe. This cultural event was held under the patronage of Turkish Embassy in Prague, deputy head of Czech government Alexandr Vondra and member of European Union Parliament Jan Zahradil.

See also:

Links

• Days of Turkish Culture: www.turecko.slansko.cz
• town Slany: http://kultura.slansko.cz
• Istanbul­Sisli: www.sislibelediyesi.com
• Vacco Invest: www.kralovskebydleni.cz

Special Thanks

• Thanks to the organizer of this cultural event Bayram Jezek, for invitation to the Days of Turkish Culture and for creating the background for Defense of Colored Pencils in Slany.
• Thanks to the town mayor Ivo Rubik for a very interesting account of the history of Slany and some of its mysterious legends
• Thanks to Mr. Hornak from the town hall for his useful help and especially for aerial photographies of the town. Thanks to these photos people from Slany could recognize their houses seen from above in my drawing.
• To all the teachers from elementary schools and art schools, who brought their classes to my performance for all the children to see what can be created by colored pencils.

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The First public drawing event in Slovakia

Klopacka Tearoom, Banska Stiavnica, Slovakia
May, 10^th – 17^th 2008

The Defense of Colored Pencils visited Slovakia for the first time. Public drawing event took place in beautiful historic town Banska Stiavnica surrounded by wild nature. Marie Brozova portrayed Banska Stiavnica as a big cat in her drawing "The Night Flight".

See also:

Links

• Klopacka Tearoom: www.klopacka.com
• Vitalita Magazine: www.vitalitanet.sk

Special Thanks

• Thanks to Katka Koledzajova from Vitalita Magazine for the invitation to Banska Stiavnica and for her immense hospitality.
• Thanks to the owner of Klopacka Tearoom Jan Majsniar for offering the room for the exhibition and public drawing event, and also for his help with installing the exhibition.
• Thanks to Gabika and Mirek from Klopacka Tearoom for preparing all those excellent teas.
• Thanks to Ms Liptakova, who came to visit me from far Bratislava, for all the presents and her newly discovered word "colorfall" that she used to describe my drawings
• To all the teachers who brought their classes to my public drawing event.

Publicity in media:

• My Noviny Zdiarskej Kotliny newspaper

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Christening of the book „Souls of Trees“ in Luxor Book Palace

Luxor Book Palace, Wenceslas Square 41, Prague
April, 21^st – 30^th, 2008

The first book written and illustrated by Marie Brozova was christened in Luxor Book Palace in April 26^th 2008. The godfather of the book became famous painter Zdenek Hajny and christened it with a special crystal. As a guest of the show appeared a famous guitar player Jan Matej Rak. The christening of the book was followed by the public drawing event and the exhibition of the original illustration from the book Souls of Trees in Luxor Cafe. Marie Brozova created in ten days a drawing titled „Dreams of Trees“.

See also:

Links

• Luxor Book Palace: www.neoluxor.cz
• Zdenek Hajny’s gallery: www.cestykesvetlu.cz
• Guitarist Jan Matej Rak: www.janmatejrak.cz

Special Thanks

• Thanks to Zuzana Turnova from Luxor Book Palace for creating one of the best conditions for carrying out the project The Defense of Colored Pencils and for her very welcoming opening speech at the event of christening the book Souls of Trees.
• Thanks to Petr Sasek from Luxor Book Palace for his help with installing of the exhibition.
• Thanks to Zdenek Hajny for becoming the godfather of the book Souls of Trees and for christening it with a special crystal.
• Thanks to guitarist Jan Matej Rak for his impressive musical performance.
• Thanks to documentarist Zuzana Vesela for her TV documentary to a very popular TV program Wandering camera. This documentary attracted hundreds of visitor to Marie Brozova’s public drawing event in Luxor.
• Thanks to Petr Kozak for photo album of the project, www.dragonsfire.cz

Publicity in media:

• Czech Television, Wandering Camera, documentary about Marie Brozova with the invitation to public drawing event in Luxor Book Palace.
• Czech Broadcasting – Prague, live interview with the host Pavel Kudrna in the program Good Morning
• Czech Broadcasting – Prague, interview with the host Jirina Perinova

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Coloured Pencil Celebration of the Spring

FOR KIDS Fair, Prague Showgrounds in Letnany
March, 6^th – 9^th, 2008

Esoteric Festival, Industrial Palace
March, 28^th – 30^th, 2008

Marie Brozova celebrated spring by creating her drawing „The Spring Grove Ball“. The Defense of Colored Pencils was invited as a cultural accompaniment to FOR KIDS Fair and Esoteric Festival, where Marie Brozova presented her new book Souls of Trees.

See also:

Links

• FOR KIDS fair: www.forkids.cz, www.forfamily.cz
• Esoteric Festival: www.incheba.cz

Special Thanks

• Thanks to Alena Vratna, manager of the Prague Showground for invitation to FOR KIDS Fair and wonderful help and acceptance.
• Thanks to Ctirad Hemelik, manager of the Esoteric Festival, for the invitation to Industrial Palace.
• Thanks to Petr Kozak for photo documentation of both performances, www.dragonsfire.cz
• Thanks to all visitors for their words of praise to my new book Souls of Trees.

Publicity in media:

• Marianne Magazine, February 2008