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APRIL 14, 2011

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Dinner At My Place: if you would like to be our guest in The Sculpture Garden and help raise money for Desert Aids Project please call JP Allen at 760- 969-5743. Be sure to mention that you would like to attend venue #10 Splendor in the Garden. Carl and I have a lovely time planned from 5-7. Music, sculptures, fun and delectable delicacies.

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MARCH 11, 2011

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JUDI AND PETER WASSERMAN TO BE HONORED AT 2ND ANNUAL OPERA UNDER THE STARS HOSTED BY OPERAARTS

(March 11, 2011)—Indian Wells, CA—OperaArts Board President Arlene Rosenthal announced today that Judi and Peter Wasserman will be honored with the St. Cecilia Patron of Music Award at this year’s Opera Under the Stars on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at the Renaissance Esmeralda Hotel in Indian Wells.

The award is a bronze sculpture of a shoe from Indian Wells artist Gesso Cocteau.

“Every year we give an actual piece of sculpture away as our award,” explains Rosenthal. “This helps us demonstrate the importance of spreading a love of music and fine arts to the community as our mission states. Cocteau’s shoe is a glamorous metaphor for the miles and miles the Wasserman’s have walked in their commitment to supporting chartable causes and their overall philanthropic efforts.”

The elegant evening begins at 6:30 p.m. on the Rose Lawn and includes a sit-down dinner and show. Tickets are $125.00 or $1,250.00 for a table of ten and can be purchased by calling 760-323-8353.

Entertainment features OperaArts’ music director Victoria Kirsch, soprano Shana Blake Hill, tenor Christopher Campbell and bass-baritone Cedric Berry for an evening of operatic passion, glorious arias and ensembles from Madama Butterfly, La Traviata, Porgy and Bess, The Pearlfishers, West Side Story and The New Moon, plus beloved songs from Hollywood movies and Parisian bistros.

OperaArts is a non-profit organization whose goals are to bring quality music, specifically Opera and Operetta to the public at large, accompanied by fine displays of the visual arts. OperaArts was created from the collaborative efforts of a small consortium of community residents and opera aficionados.

Opera Under the Stars is co-chaired by board members Arlene Rosenthal, Kira Klatchko, and Kimberly Nichols as well as local community leaders Jackie Lee Houston and Mary Roche.

More information about the event can be found online at www.operaarts.org or by calling 760-323-8353.

MARCH 10, 2011

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SCULPTOR GESSO COCTEAU TO BE FEATURED IN ONE-WOMAN SHOW “POWER OF LOVE” APRIL 16TH AT CLASSIC ART GALLERY

(March 10, 2011)—Indian Wells, CA—Indian Wells-based artist Gesso Cocteau will be featured in a one-woman show called “Power of Love” at Classic Art Gallery located at 73-399 El Paseo in Palm Desert on April 16, 2011. A reception with the artist will take place from 4-6 p.m.

Works on view will include her small, mid-size and life size bronze sculptures that celebrate the dance between the sexes, the rapture of music and the constant balances we orchestrate in our lives daily. Overall, her reflections on the human experience inspire both joy and deep thought in the viewer.

Gesso Cocteau’s sculptures have been collected worldwide for over 30 years. She was recently commissioned by the internationally renowned chain Hard Rock Café to produce works for Hard Rock Rome. Her sculptures also grace the presences of Hard Rock International in Orlando, FLA; Hard Rock Café, in Boston, MA; and Hard Rock Café in Berlin, Germany. She also designed two different awards trophies for the company’s annual corporate events. Her piece “Love’s Divine” was purchased by Stacey Renker for the Renker Pavilion at Eisenhower Medical Center earlier this year.

MARCH 7, 2011

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SCULPTOR GESSO COCTEAU ANNOUNCES REPRESENTATION BY CLASSIC ART GALLERY

(March 7, 2011)—Indian Wells, CA—Indian Wells-based artist Gesso Cocteau announces new representation by Classic Art Gallery. The gallery, based in Carmel, California recently opened a second location on El Paseo in Palm Desert. Gallery artwork includes over 100 contemporary artists and one of the largest collections of 19th and 20th century masters.

“I am honored to be a part of a gallery which showcases and supports so many female sculptors,” says Cocteau.

The relationship will debut with the artist’s one-woman show at the gallery on Saturday, April 16, 2011 with a reception from 4-6 p.m.

Gesso Cocteau’s sculptures have been collected worldwide for over 30 years. She was recently commissioned by the internationally renowned chain Hard Rock Café to produce works for Hard Rock Rome. Her sculptures also grace the presences of Hard Rock International in Orlando, FLA; Hard Rock Café, in Boston, MA; and Hard Rock Café in Berlin, Germany. She also designed two different awards trophies for the company’s annual corporate events. Her piece “Love’s Divine” was purchased by Stacey Renker for the Renker Pavilion at Eisenhower Medical Center earlier this year.

OCTOBER 15, 2010

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ARTIST GESSO COCTEAU’S LOVE’S DIVINE NOW SEEN AT STACEY RENKER PAVILION AT EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER

(Rancho Mirage, CA)—October 15, 2010—Visitors to Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage will now be exposed to artist Gesso Cocteau’s bronze sculpture “Love’s Divine” across from the entrance to the Greg and Stacey Renker Pavilion. The piece, commissioned by Stacey Renker, showcases a man and a woman in a healing dance of perfect balance in which the man is holding the women aloft in a representation of love and support.

“I am honored that my work will be seen by patients and their families, providing a sense of hope and healing that the great medical establishment Eisenhower is known for,” says the artist.

Gesso’s work has appeared in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Palm Desert, San Francisco, Nevada, Hawaii, and Los Angeles. Her work is included in the private collections of Dru Hammer of The Armand Hammer Foundation, Joe Babajian of Prudential Estates, the Brownstein Manor, The Sylvia Deller Foundation for the Arts, Roberta and Carl Deutsch, the Bellevue Collection, Dick and Julia Hayman, Estelle Baron, the Montelucia Hotel, and Hard Rock Cafes in Boston, MA, Orlando, FLA., and Berlin, Germany.

MARCH 14, 2011

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LOCAL ARTIST’S ONE-WOMAN SHOW AT CLASSIC ART GALLERY
Indian Wells-based artist Gesso Cocteau announces new representation by Classic Art Gallery. The gallery, based in Carmel, California recently opened a second location on El Paseo in Palm Desert. Gallery artwork includes over 100 contemporary artists and one of the largest collections of 19th and 20th century masters.

“I am honored to be a part of a gallery which showcases and supports so many female sculptors,” says Cocteau.

The relationship will debut with the artist’s one-woman show at the gallery on Saturday, April 16, 2011 with a reception from 4-6 p.m.

Gesso Cocteau’s sculptures have been collected worldwide for over 30 years. She was recently commissioned by the internationally renowned chain Hard Rock Café to produce works for Hard Rock Rome. Her sculptures also grace the presences of Hard Rock International in Orlando, FLA; Hard Rock Café, in Boston, MA; and Hard Rock Café in Berlin, Germany. She also designed two different awards trophies for the company’s annual corporate events. Her piece “Love’s Divine” was purchased by Stacey Renker for the Renker Pavilion at Eisenhower Medical Center earlier this year.

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

MARIECAR MENDOZA
THE DESERT SUN

INDIAN WELLS ARTIST COMPLETES SCULPTURES FOR HARD ROCK ROME

Indian Wells-based artist Gesso Cocteau recently completed work on a commission of three life-sized bronze sculptures for Hard Rock Rome, officials announced Tuesday.

The three works are inspired by the restaurant chain’s philosophy of love all, serve all and the the music culture and will be showcased on the restaurant’s stages, officials said.

This is Cocteau’s sixth commissioned work for Hard Rock, with her other pieces displayed in chains located in cities such as Orlando, Boston and Berlin, Germany.

She also designed two trophies for Hard Rock annual corporate events.

OCTOBER 20, 2010

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RANCHO MIRAGE

NEW ARTISTIC DISPLAY AT EISENHOWER

Gesso Cocteau’s sculpture “Love’s Divine”

Visitors to Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage will now be exposed to artist Gesso Cocteau’s bronze sculpture “Love’s Divine” across from the entrance to the Greg and Stacey Renker Pavilion. The piece, commissioned by Stacey Renker, showcases a man and a woman in a healing dance of perfect balance in which the man is holding the women aloft in a representation of love and support.

“I am honored that my work will be seen by patients and their families, providing a sense of hope and healing that the great medical establishment Eisenhower is known for,” says the artist. Gesso’s work has appeared in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Palm Desert, San Francisco, Nevada, Hawaii, and Los Angeles. Her work is included in the private collections of Dru Hammer of The Armand Hammer Foundation, Joe Babajian of Prudential Estates, the Brownstein Manor, The Sylvia Deller Foundation for the Arts, Roberta and Carl Deutsch, the Bellevue Collection, Dick and Julia Hayman, Estelle Baron, the Montelucia Hotel, and Hard Rock Cafes in Boston, MA, Orlando, FLA., and Berlin, Germany.