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Kreps DeMaria Public Relations and Marketing, recently announced that it has added Sagamore, The Art Hotel to its expanding portfolio in the hospitality sector.
Kreps DeMaria is currently the agency of record for the Latin American region of London-based InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), and has represented the organization since 1993. Additional hospitality clients include Sanibel Harbour Marriott Resort & Spa; Hutchinson Island Marriott Resort & Marina; JW Marriott Hotel Miami; JW Marriott Marquis Miami; Hotel Beaux Arts Miami; Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld; Trump International Beach Resort; and Kimpton Hotels’ Vero Beach Hotel & Spa.
A premier boutique oceanfront resort on Miami Beach, Sagamore Hotel prides itself on offering guests a sophisticated, culturally stimulating experience in a chic setting. Providing visitors with crisp minimalist aesthetics, where South Beach Post Modern meets world-class contemporary art, the 93-suite Sagamore’s interior and exterior grounds are distinguished by its collection of art. Known as the Cricket Taplin Collection, hundreds of works, by world-renowned and emerging artists are prevalent throughout the entire property. Guests of the award-winning, family-run hotel also have an opportunity to experience its serene pool and pristine South Florida beach scene, Rik Rak spa and luxurious all-suite accommodations. Its selection of rooms include spacious suites; 2 story bungalows with balconies overlooking the pool area and video art garden; and the Penthouse - a 1800 sq. ft. 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom suite with marble floors, private elevator access, and 1800 sq. ft. rooftop terrace that overlooks the ocean.
“We are honored to have been selected to represent Sagamore, the Art Hotel,” says Sissy DeMaria, President of Kreps DeMaria. “From the resort’s first-class amenities and exquisite art collection, to its unique style and family-friendly atmosphere, the Sagamore offers an unparalleled guest experience and will be a dynamic addition to our expanding hospitality portfolio.”
Founded in l988 by Israel Kreps, Kreps DeMaria specializes in the areas of hospitality, luxury retail, arts and culture, law, banking, and residential and commercial real estate. The firm utilizes mainstream expertise and the latest trends impacting the industry, and provides a broad range of specialized, results-driven services, including corporate communications, publicity, crisis management, traditional and digital marketing, graphic design and advertising, and special events management. In addition to its current hospitality accounts, the Firm has also represented Musha Cay Resort in the Exuma Chain, Fisher Island for nearly 10 years, and has launched prestigious brands including The Setai and the Four Seasons Residences, as well as hotels such as The Ritz-Carlton, Coconut Grove.
COLOSSAL ROSE BED BLOOMS ON SOUTH BEACH
Sagamore, The Art Hotel, Features Artist Will Ryman for Art Basel Miami Beach 2011
Miami Beach, FL – South Beach has come up roses, literally, as Sagamore, The Art Hotel on Miami Beach, along with its owner, Martin Taplin, art collector and curator Cricket Taplin, and the Paul Kasmin Gallery in New York, present Will Ryman’s 65th Street, publicly installed on the hotel’s beachfront, for Art Basel Miami Beach 2011. A towering sculpture with one bud reaching as high as 22 feet, the exhibit reflects Ryman’s flair for the dramatic and absurdly wonderful.
The dwarfing blossoms sprang up from steel stems on Sunday, November 27, and remain on display through Sunday, December 4, 2011. A fanciful and colorful display of flora blooming on white sand beach and set against the Atlantic’s perpetuity, the installation has enamored viewers with its larger-than-life landscape.
Offering a bug’s-eye-view of the world, 65th Street features four colossal pink and red buds, ranging from five to ten feet in diameter, with the tallest buds inhabited by a brass aphid and beetle. Ryman, familiar with non-traditional materials, utilizes stainless steel, yacht-grade fiberglass resin, automotive paint and brass to create sculptures designed to withstand the elements.
Will Ryman is the latest in a long list of distinguished artists to exhibit at the South Beach hotel. Since the inception of Art Basel Miami Beach in 2002 when the international art market incorporated the city of Miami as a prime art venue, Sagamore, The Art Hotel, has hosted celebrated artists from around the world including Massimo Vitali, Yoko Ono, Spencer Tunick, Olaf Breuning, Elliot Erwitt and Roxy Paine, among others.
“Will Ryman is one of the most important artists of our time; his art will make history and we are extremely fortunate to celebrate his amazing talent at the Sagamore,” says Cricket Taplin.
This year Sagamore, The Art Hotel, will also celebrate their Annual Art Basel Brunch. One of the most sought-after Art Basel events of the season, the hotel partners with six local museums including the Bass Museum of Art, Lowe Art Museum, Miami Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Art at FIU, the Wolfsonian-FIU and Lincoln Center in New York City.
“It is a privilege and an honor to have Will as the featured artist for the 10th anniversary of Art Basel,” continues Taplin. “My husband and I began collecting his work in 2006; we have followed his career since and are constantly impressed with his larger-than-life concepts and ideas. He takes everyday objects that are often overlooked, blows them up and places them center stage, reminding you, literally, to ‘take time to smell the roses.’”
A native New Yorker, Will Ryman is internationally known for his large-scale figurative sculptures based on urban scenes and oversized flora. His work steadily incorporates a range of materials including plaster, fiberglass, stainless steel, paper machê, magic sculpt, brass, copper tubing, and cast aluminum. A writer turned artist, Ryman’s work is heavily influenced by the works of absurdist playwrights and philosophers.
His work has been included in numerous exhibitions including Tangled Up In You: Connecting,Coexisting, and Conceiving Identity (2008), at 21c. Museum Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky;Contemporary Figurative Sculpture (2010), at Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, CornellUniversity, New York; Sculpture: Selections from the collection of Martin Z. Margulies (2007), atMargulies Warehouse, Miami; Greater New York 2005, at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, New York; Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts (2007), at The American Academy of Arts and Letters;Reconfiguring the Body in American Art, 1820–2009 (2009), at The National Academy of Design,New York; and The Shape of Things to Come (2009), at The Saatchi Gallery, London.
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About Miami City Ballet Critically acclaimed by The New York Times, MCB was founded in 1985 by Artistic Director Edward Villella. The Company has more than 40 dancers, and a repertoire of over 90 ballets which they perform in the four home counties of Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Collier, and around the world. MCB maintains its headquarters in Miami Beach in a facility designed by renowned architectural firm Arquitectonica. The facility houses rehearsal studios and administrative offices as well as the Company’s school: Miami City Ballet School. For more information on Miami City Ballet or to purchase tickets, call 305.929.7010, toll-free 877-929-7010 or visit http://www.miamicityballet.org. You can also join the Company on Facebook, follow the Company on Twitter and subscribe to the MCB Blog.
About Talis Park Located at 16990 Livingston Road, Talis Park is poised to become one of Florida’s premier luxury golf and residential destinations. This spring they will introduce a collection of three new neighborhoods offering an inviting network of meandering trails and pathways leading to the village center. Overlooking the water or championship golf course, three refreshingly distinct home collections will be built by the area’s top builders with no detail spared, offering free-flowing indoor/outdoor living spaces, beautiful views, and prices ranging from $700,000 to $2 million plus. For more information, or to join our registry to follow the progress of Talis Park and receive advance notice of upcoming events/ offerings, call (239) 261-6798 or visit http://www.talispark.com.
Philharmonic Center for the Arts The Philharmonic Center for the Arts is the premier arts center in Southwest Florida, hosting more than 400 events a year including world-class theater, dance, classical and popular music. The Phil is also home to the Naples Philharmonic Orchestra and the West Coast Florida home to Edward Villella’s Miami City Ballet, which presents a series of three programs each season as well as George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker. Also on the Philharmonic Center campus is the three-story Naples Museum of Art, Southwest Florida’s only full-scale art museum. The Philharmonic Center for the Arts opened on November 3, 1989. About Kitson & Partners Kitson & Partners was founded in 1992 and currently owns approximately 21,000 entitled residential units, 6.2 million square feet of commercial entitlements and 1.6 million square feet of existing retail shopping centers in Florida. Kitson & Partners received a substantial entity-level equity investment in 2006 which has enabled the company to continue pursuing real estate opportunities throughout the downturn. The company’s pension fund backing provides Kitson & Partners with significant financial strength and allows the company to take a long-term view of the market. For more information, visit http://www.kitsonpartners.com.
NAPLES, Fla. (March 22, 2012) ─ He has danced for Presidents Kennedy, Nixon and Ford and is recognized as the greatest male ballet dancer ever produced in America, yet his most proud professional accomplishment has been founding the Philharmonic Center for the Arts’ resident dance company, Miami City Ballet, which has achieved international acclaim and further enhances the cultural vitality of Naples.
On Monday, April 2 at 11:30 a.m., Talis Park will honor Edward Villella, Founding Artistic Director of Miami City Ballet, at a private luncheon held at Talis Park located at 16990 Livingston Road in Naples.
Guests will celebrate Edward’s storied career and hear how he rose from being a brash New York City kid who became a major artist, and in doing so, changed the way men danced in America, as well as the way male dancers were perceived. Guests will also be among the very first to see Talis Park, a new 450-acre master-planned community, which was conceived to become one of the finest golf club communities in the country. Talis Park is now being reinterpreted for a new era in Naples luxury, one that is more relaxed, refined and on par with today’s healthier, more active lifestyle.
“Naples cultural life is greatly enriched because of Edward Villella and the world-class company he created. The arts are an integral part of what makes Naples such a special place to live and supporting them is extremely important to Talis Park,” said Syd Kitson, Chairman and CEO of Kitson & Partners, the community’s developer. “It is a privilege to honor this American icon.”
Since 1986, Villella has focused his talent, intelligence and energy on creating and maintaining a world-famous ballet company. A living legend, his illustrious career spans five decades. He was presented with the 1997 National Medal of Arts by President Clinton and his portrait hangs in the National Gallery. As former principal dancer with New York City Ballet, Villella was the original male lead in many important ballets in the Company’s repertoire, among them Tarantella, the “Rubies” section of Jewels, Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon), Symphony in Three Movements, Bugaku, Dances at a Gathering and Watermill. He was the only American ever to be asked to dance an encore at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.
The private luncheon is a precursor to Miami City Ballet’s season finale performance of Coppélia, which will be held on April 3 and 4 at the Naples’ Philharmonic Center for the Arts. For tickets or more information, please contact: (239) 597-1900 or visit http://www.thephil.org.
About Kitson & Partners Kitson & Partners was founded in 1992 and currently owns approximately 21,000 entitled residential units, 6.2 million square feet of commercial entitlements and 1.6 million square feet of existing retail shopping centers in Florida. Kitson & Partners received a substantial entity-level equity investment in 2006 which has enabled the company to continue pursuing real estate opportunities throughout the downturn. The company’s pension fund backing provides Kitson & Partners with significant financial strength and allows the company to take a long-term view of the market. For more information, visit http://www.kitsonpartners.com.
NAPLES, Fla. (Feb. 28, 2013) ─ From the beginning, Talis Park has marched to a different beat. The country club community – that is anything but your father’s golf club – today announced the upcoming official launch of the Garden House sales center and a series of events to celebrate its Grand Opening season kicking off this March.
The new Garden House sales center will offer one of the most technologically advanced visitor experiences in the country. Inspired by the lush gardens and orchards of Talis Park, Garden House will feature a high-tech, touch-screen center that invites buyers to interact with and explore Talis Park’s neighborhoods and its fresh palette of Spanish eclectic, Italian Renaissance and Colonial Caribbean architectural styles.
As part of its grand opening festivities, Talis Park will host a series of garden parties to celebrate the official launch of the 461-acre community, centered on the acclaimed Norman & Dye golf course, located in North Naples.
On March 14, a VIP Grand Opening reception will honor Talis Park’s builders, design professionals, owners, sales and development team members to thank them for their prominent role in the community’s successful opening. Cocktails and dinner will be served in true “Talis al fresco style,” under twinkling lights on the grounds of the Garden House sales center. On March 21, Talis Park will also host an invitation-only sneak peek Open House event at the Garden House welcoming the area’s leading brokers to experience the community’s friendly hospitality with exclusive tours of the park-like grounds. On March 22, a private outdoor soiree will celebrate Talis Park’s VIP’s ahead of the official grand opening weekend March 23-24.
“We look forward to showcasing our new sales center and unmatched Southwest Florida lifestyle, and are very excited to celebrate this milestone in our development with our builders, residents, buyers and members of the real estate community,” said Milt Flinn, Chief Operating Officer at Talis Park.
The community’s portfolio plans of park homes and custom estate residences will be built by Naples’ leading builders: Borelli Construction, Distinctive Communities, Divco Construction Corp., Fox Custom Builders, Gulfshore Homes, Harbourside Custom Homes, Harwick Homes, Imperial Homes of Southwest Florida, McGarvey Custom Homes, Randall Mitchell Companies and Sunwest Homes.
Playful, elegant and refined, Talis Park has re-envisioned luxury living in Naples by fashioning a boutique community dedicated to personal health and social vitality. In this walkable neighborhood, golf carts, bikes, and pedestrians outnumber cars. Custom estate homes and neighborhoods are centered around a mission-style clubhouse, Vyne House, which welcomes members and friends to come as they are – casual, formal or somewhere in between. Conceived by developer Kitson & Partners to be a series of charming buildings rather than the typical, massive clubhouse, Vyne House is connected by courtyards and covered loggias with a series of lifestyle-oriented spaces designed for everyday use. A neighborhood eatery, Fiona’s Market Café, with a wood-burning oven and market, will serve up fresh local fare including everything from croissants and lattes to fine wines and canapés. A series of boutique shops and a state-of-the-art fitness center encourage all members to enjoy an active and social lifestyle at the club. Phase I of Vyne House is currently under construction and will be completed this summer.
Talis Park is poised to become one of Florida’s premier luxury golf and residential destinations. Kitson & Partners has spent more than a year creating a bold new vision to redefine the Naples country club experience into a contemporary interpretation with an inspired new clubhouse and a fresh architectural palette for the community. Offering free-flowing indoor/outdoor living spaces, the homes will overlook the water or championship golf course with prices ranging from the $700,000’s into the millions. To schedule a personal preview at the Garden House with a Luxury Home Specialist or for more information, call (239) 261-6798 or visit http://www.talispark.com.