JOJO MARENGO ON INDIAN ART NEWS helped more artists than any organization in the world
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JOJO MARENGO The truth based on facts not false allegations
In October 31st 2008, the Marengo family started World Art Foundation (WAF) in Orange County California. the Marengo's are residents of Orange County California since1970 where they publish 21 luxury magazines under the name of Umbrella publishing.
In January 31 2009, Umbrella Publishing launched the World Art Foundation website to the public and announced that in June 7-9, 2009 WAF Expo 09 will take place in Brea California.
On February 1st 2009 World Art Foundation started sites on Facebook and My Space. By March 2009 a month later, over 3,000 artists from all over the world joined World Art Foundation (WAF) sites.
In March World Art Foundation finalized the legal documents and applications as a non profit organization LLC as a service organization to help artists find galleries and agents to promote their work. The documents are presently with the California Secretary of State.
A man living in South Africa, started a negative campaign posting false allegations on Brajane's blog (a woman who lives in Belgium and who has a blog on Indian news). This man made many false allegations. Some of the allegations stated that Jojo Marengo and his expo is a scam and that there is no Brea city in California, that there is no Umbrella publications and that the expo is a ploy to scam artists. Also allegations that the Brea Gallery is against WAF and on and on. The attention the South African drew a copy cat blogger from Manchester UK and together continued The attacks until April 2009. All the negative blogs are the work of these 3 people.
On April 10th 2009 WAF opened a 5,100 square feet Gallery in 1555 E Imperial Hwy in the Brea Plaza in the city of Brea. Soon after the negative attacks stopped.
Although the attacks stopped, all blogs got posted on search engines like Google. Unfortunately these posting will always be there as they cannot be removed.
Of course The World Expo 09 took place as scheduled in June 7-9 2009 in Brea, Fullerton and Laguna Beach California, with the participation of over 400 artists from 53 countries in 5 continents. World Expo 09 became the largest expo of this genre ever held in Califonia.
The Mayor of Fullerton issued a proclamation in the name of the city council and the citizens of Fullerton welcoming World Art Foundation to Fullerton. copy of the proclamation on http://worldartfoundation.org/Expo_09.html
A city councilwoman form Laguna Beach represented her city at a World Art Foundation preview dinner at Brea's La Vie En Rose restaurant
A fund raiser has held in June 6th at the Miranda Gallery in Laguna Beach to benefit the World Art Foundation sponsor's fund.
World art foundation sponsored all but one of the over 400 artists by paying the $500 for each for the artists' exhibiting fee. Never such generosity was ever extended by a country's cultural ministry or non profit organization for a single event. Actually besides the shipping expense, the artists did not have to pay to exhibit at the world art expo 09 in California.
The Brea Gallery received thousands of emails and calls asking for the location of the World Art Foundations gallery in Brea. They posted on their site a caption asking them to go to our website.
During the expo educational functions by the World Art Foundations took place a the Fullerton Museum
World Art Foundation, presently with over 50,000 artists members in their cyber groups, is considered the world's largest art organization. WAF continues to grow daily. In 2010 Expos are planed in many countries and many states in the US.
for more information:
www,worldartfoundation.org
www.umbrellapublishng.com
See the actual story by clicking on this link:
http://www.indianartnews.com/forum/topics/jojo-marengo-the-truth-based
JOJO MARENGO The truth based on facts not false allegations
In October 31st 2008, the Marengo family started World Art Foundation (WAF) in Orange County California. the Marengo's are residents of Orange County California since1970 where they publish 21 luxury magazines under the name of Umbrella publishing.
In January 31 2009, Umbrella Publishing launched the World Art Foundation website to the public and announced that in June 7-9, 2009 WAF Expo 09 will take place in Brea California.
On February 1st 2009 World Art Foundation started sites on Facebook and My Space. By March 2009 a month later, over 3,000 artists from all over the world joined World Art Foundation (WAF) sites.
In March World Art Foundation finalized the legal documents and applications as a non profit organization LLC as a service organization to help artists find galleries and agents to promote their work. The documents are presently with the California Secretary of State.
A man living in South Africa, started a negative campaign posting false allegations on Brajane's blog (a woman who lives in Belgium and who has a blog on Indian news). This man made many false allegations. Some of the allegations stated that Jojo Marengo and his expo is a scam and that there is no Brea city in California, that there is no Umbrella publications and that the expo is a ploy to scam artists. Also allegations that the Brea Gallery is against WAF and on and on. The attention the South African drew a copy cat blogger from Manchester UK and together continued The attacks until April 2009. All the negative blogs are the work of these 3 people.
On April 10th 2009 WAF opened a 5,100 square feet Gallery in 1555 E Imperial Hwy in the Brea Plaza in the city of Brea. Soon after the negative attacks stopped.
Although the attacks stopped, all blogs got posted on search engines like Google. Unfortunately these posting will always be there as they cannot be removed.
Of course The World Expo 09 took place as scheduled in June 7-9 2009 in Brea, Fullerton and Laguna Beach California, with the participation of over 400 artists from 53 countries in 5 continents. World Expo 09 became the largest expo of this genre ever held in Califonia.
The Mayor of Fullerton issued a proclamation in the name of the city council and the citizens of Fullerton welcoming World Art Foundation to Fullerton. copy of the proclamation on http://worldartfoundation.org/Expo_09.html
A city councilwoman form Laguna Beach represented her city at a World Art Foundation preview dinner at Brea's La Vie En Rose restaurant
A fund raiser has held in June 6th at the Miranda Gallery in Laguna Beach to benefit the World Art Foundation sponsor's fund.
World art foundation sponsored all but one of the over 400 artists by paying the $500 for each for the artists' exhibiting fee. Never such generosity was ever extended by a country's cultural ministry or non profit organization for a single event. Actually besides the shipping expense, the artists did not have to pay to exhibit at the world art expo 09 in California.
The Brea Gallery received thousands of emails and calls asking for the location of the World Art Foundations gallery in Brea. They posted on their site a caption asking them to go to our website.
During the expo educational functions by the World Art Foundations took place a the Fullerton Museum
World Art Foundation, presently with over 50,000 artists members in their cyber groups, is considered the world's largest art organization. WAF continues to grow daily. In 2010 Expos are planed in many countries and many states in the US.
for more information:
www,worldartfoundation.org
www.umbrellapublishng.com
ORLD ART FOUNDATION IS ONE YEAR OLD
ReplyDeleteAugust.-September 2008, Jojo Marengo in multiple meetings with Michael Cheval, create the WAF idea based on the principles and by-laws of the Art & Fashion Group International
October 31, 2008 at a luncheon at the La Vie En Rose restaurant in Brea California, WAF was presented to the City of Brea Mayor, the President of the Brea Chamber of Commerce, HB Gallery owner Peggy Howell, artist Toreene West, La Vie En Rose owner Louis Laulhere and Wayne Wedin the former Brea City manager and initiator of the Brea’s Art in Public places.
January 2009 WAF is on MySpace and Facebook. 2,000 members join within one month.
While under construction and to test the site before the website is announced to the public WAF places their top 40 MySpace friends as example on how the site will look.
February 1st 2009 WAF launches their website to the public. All but 4 top MySpace friends join as official members of WAF. They are our first members.
February 15th 2009, WAF announces the World Art Expo 09 to take place in California.
April 10th 2009 WAF opens the WAF Gallery in the Brea Plaza shopping Plaza. The 5,100 space is donated by the developer until December 2009 at which time the structure will be demolished.
April 2009, WAF holds a series of dinner events at the banquet room of La Vie en Rose restaurant honoring Michael Cheval, Adam Scott Rote and Michael Newberry. WAF grows to 8,700 members.
June 2009, artists continue to ignore the bloggers’ attacks and send their work to be exhibited at the World Art Expo. By June 1st over 200 artists from 50 countries participate. Their artworks arrive at the WAF Brea Gallery to be exhibited at the World Art Expo 2009. WAF grows to 11,000 members.
In June 7-14 World Art Expo 09 takes place exhibits fill the Fullerton Marriott Hotel’s meeting spaces and ballrooms, the Miranda Gallery in Laguna Beach and the WAF Gallery in Brea. The Fullerton Museum features WAF educational sessions with guest art experts. WAF grows to 15,000 members.
July WAF creates 98 sites on Facebook. 20,000 members join. August WAF creates their private network on Ning with 90 sites. www.wafglobal.ning.com
September WAF announces the formation of the ALL AMERICA TOUR. The purpose of the tour is to introduce 30 WAF accomplished artists to upscale galleries in the top 10 US art cities.
WAF Launches the ALL America tour Book. Tour participating artists are also featured in Laguna’s Best, Orange County’s Best and Santa Fe’s Best magazines
November 28, 2009 the ALL AMERICA TOUR takes place. The kick-off takes starts at the Chalk Farm Gallery in Santa Fe New Mexico.
December 11 the second leg of the ALL AMERICA TOUR takes place at the Miranda Gallery in Laguna Beach California. December31, 2009 WAF enjoys 57,000 members on Facebook, MySpace and Ning.