LinkedIn Art Licensing Community Reaches 2,000 Members

Cherish Flieder is pleased to announced today that the ArtOfLicensing.com group on LinkedIn has reached the milestone mark of 2,000 members. This makes it the largest due-free online networking group for an international art licensing community.

Members including licensors (artists, illustrators, designers, and licensing agents), licensees (product manufacturers, producers, corporations) as well as supporting roles such as attorneys, technical professionals, and media members. Members also include many international art licensing professionals which promotes avenues of communication for cross-cultural ideas.

ArtOfLicensing.com also has a following on Twitter (Twitter.com/ArtOfLicensing) and Facebook (Groups.to/ArtOfLicensing) as well where members can dialogue about art licensing issues on their preferred social media platform. Through Twitter real-time feed of participating art licensing artists is also offered. Visitors can see a cross section of artists’ “tweet” updates that can be bookmarked in an RSS reader or enjoyed live on the Twitter platform (Twitter.com/ArtOfLicensing/art-licensing-artists).

The ArtOfLicensing.com group was founded in July 2008 by designer and art licensor Cherish Flieder (SomethingToCherish.com) as a way to bring those in the business of art licensing together in a supportive and cooperative format.

Members find LinkedIn’s platform easy to navigate and a natural extension of their individual LinkedIn profiles. Members exchange helpful ideas, news items, resources, report on trade shows, trends, and share information on marketing, copyrighting and licensing processes.

For information on participating in this group, please visit: ArtOfLicensing.com

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About LinkedIn:

LinkedIn (LinkedIn.com) is a business-oriented social networking site of more than 60 million professionals from over 200 countries and territories around the world. Executives from all Fortune 500 companies are LinkedIn members. A new member joins LinkedIn approximately every second, and about half of our members are outside the U.S. When you join, you create a profile that summarizes your professional accomplishments. Your profile helps you find and be found by former colleagues, clients, and partners. You can add more connections by inviting trusted contacts to join LinkedIn and connect to you. Your network consists of your connections, your connections’ connections, and the people they know, linking you to thousands of qualified professionals.

About Cherish Flieder:

Cherish Flieder (SomethingToCherish.com) is not only a painter and designer, but conceptual artist that has skills to help any client with a wide array of graphic, illustrative, and marketing needs. Her design studio, (Cherished Solutions, llc, and brands Something to Cherish™, Been Cherished™ and Painting for Life™), works with publishers, manufacturers, and other niche businesses to achieve their goals in the marketplace by creating designs and illustrations and pairing them with thoughtful marketing objectives. Cherish works on the creation and production of conceptual and cohesive licensing collections, product development, books (especially children’s books), packaging, and other marketing materials.

“Inspritational Art
for your digital life!”
~ FrameChangers

FrameChangers Media brings Inspirational Art for your digital life!  Digital art for your home, office and iPhone/iPod Touch by talented Christian artists.  We proudly introduce FrameChanger artists, Cherish Flieder and Benjamin Hummel.

Benjamin and Cherish are a husband and wife artist team who share a common foundation in God’s Word. Their journey together began when they met at a Bible study at art college, over 11 years ago. Since then, the promises in the Bible have brought them through many trials and daily give them a renewed hope in Christ. Together, they have illustrated for an array of children’s books, fine art prints, apparel, greeting cards, and gifts. Cherished Solutions, their design studio, features art styles, Painting for Life™, Been Cherished™ and Something to Cherish®. These collections explore a variety of visual themes with a touch of optimistic realism and playful whimsy. Benjamin and Cherish are excited to share these images digitally with you through FrameChangers.

FrameChangers offers two unique inspirational collections for your home, office and iPhone.

“Fireflies by Starlight” Collection

Charmingly illustrated by Cherish Flieder in her Something to Cherish® art style. Cherish is an accomplished designer, illustrator and teacher with a deep love for God’s Word. “Fireflies by Starlight” is a unique art collection that is hand-painted with embroidered accents.  Original designs paired with verses that impart the strength of God’s Word and the playful whimsy of glowing fireflies. (Click here to preview the Fireflies iTunes/iPhone app)

“Growing Virtues” Collection

Co-illustrated by artists Benjamin Hummel and Cherish Flieder in their Been Cherished art style.  An original painted art collection including images from their co-illustrated children’s book, “Prayer Posies” by Barbee Lux. Original pieces of art with verses that impart the strength of God’s Word and the celebrated joys of childhood. (Click here to preview the Virtues  iTunes/iPhone app)

Both collections of original designs paired with verses are available on a DVD for TVs, a pre-loaded Memory Card for digital picture frames or as inspirational wallpaper for the iPhone/ iPod Touch.

More information available at www.FrameChangers.com or info@FrameChangers.com.

FrameChangers Media Company Information

After falling into the TV and Computer time-trap, creator and founder Jennifer Cybart needed to surround herself with encouraging words from the Bible in a new way!  The traditional scripture written on note cards got lost and her kids used her Bible as a coloring book.

Inspired to put God’s Word and digital devices together, Jennifer decided to create FrameChangers as scripture art for your TV, Computer, Digital Picture Frames, iPhone and iPod Touch.  There are collections to meet the needs of women, men and kids with verses and art targeted for each individual.

“Seeing God’s Word in an artistic way on digital devices is an emotional and memorable experience,” says Jennifer.  She recruited her engineer husband, Adam, to ensure the highest quality product and with the help of graphic designers, web developers, and many supportive friends, FrameChangers became a reality.

As for the name FrameChangers?  She credits divine inspiration.  God wants to change our frame of mind. (Romans 12:2)

~ Here’s to many renewed minds, one frame at a time.

Jen Cybart, Owner and Founder of FrameChangers

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Reception with a Colorado children’s book artist team

Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design’s Alumni art exhibit features painted illustrations with hand embroidery by husband and wife art team Benjamin Hummel and Cherish Flieder. The show, which runs through March 5, marks the first time the Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design Alumni Gallery has hosted illustration grads.

This show is a unique, interactive look at the jointly illustrated book, Prayer Posies, including original paintings, audio/video visuals and a participatory posies garden room. The evolution of illustrative work can be seen as Cherish and Benjamin present their original artwork alongside reproductions of the book’s final pieces.

Authored by Barbee Lux, Prayer Posies is a unique approach to children’s literature teaching virtues and faith to children through poetry, sound and art.

Join the artists and author at the mid-show reception and children’s book signing:

Friday, February 5, 6 – 9pm
Alumni Gallery at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design

800.888.ARTS | www.rmcad.edu
1600 Pierce Street | Denver CO 80214

This event is free and open to the public.

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About the artists:

Cherish Flieder and Benjamin Hummel are both dedicated to painting for life. Benjamin is a two-time liver transplant survivor who was among the first children to be transplanted for a rare auto immune system disorder affecting his liver. Cherish grew up in a large family where her parents and grandparents helped to raise many special needs foster children and adopted several of them as well. Every day has challenges of its own, but this couple looks for ways to celebrate the good things in life in spite of all difficulties.

Cherish and Benjamin met at Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design and later married with the hope to use their artist abilities to enhance the lives of others around them. This native Colorado team illustrates children’s books as well as designs a line of art, cards, limited edition prints and other gift products with their brand at PaintingForLife.com.

Learn more about the author & the Prayer Posies book:

For a sampling of this work on the subjects of love, compassion, generosity, gratitude and more, please feel free to visit the author’s site PrayerPosies.com.

Prayer Posies note cards and corresponding signed books, art and exclusive gifts are available from the artist’s site PaintingForLife.com.

Art Licensing Community on LinkedIn

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The Art of Licensing group on LinkedIn is a professional forum for members of the art licensing community come together and network.

The group was founded in July 2008 by designer and art licensor Cherish Flieder (www.SomethingToCherish.com) as a way to bring those in the business of art licensing together in a supportive and cooperative format.

It now has well over 700 members including licensors (artists, illustrators, designers, and licensing agents) and licensees (product manufacturers, producers, media members, and corporations).

Members find LinkedIn’s platform easy to navigate and a natural extension of their individual LinkedIn profiles. Members exchange helpful ideas, news items, resources, report on trade shows, trends, and share information on marketing, copyrighting and licensing processes.

For information on participating in this group, please visit: www.ArtOfLicensing.com

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About LinkedIn:
LinkedIn (www.LinkedIn.com) is a business-oriented social networking site of more than 35 million experienced professionals from around the world, representing 170 industries. When you join, you create a profile that summarizes your professional accomplishments. Your profile helps you find and be found by former colleagues, clients, and partners. You can add more connections by inviting trusted contacts to join LinkedIn and connect to you. Your network consists of your connections, your connections’ connections, and the people they know, linking you to thousands of qualified professionals.

About Cherish Flieder:
Cherish Flieder (www.SomethingToCherish.com) is not only a designer, but an artist in the truest sense of the word, that has skills to help any client with a wide array of graphic, illustrative, and marketing needs. Cherish has been sketching, painting, drawing, and creating little products ever since she was a small child.

Cherish pursues her passion for art and design at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Golden, Colorado. Her design studio, (Cherished Solutions, llc, and brands Something to Cherish™ and Painting for Life™), works with publishers, manufacturers, and other niche businesses to achieve their goals in the marketplace by creating designs and illustrations and pairing them with thoughtful marketing objectives. Cherish works on the creation and production of conceptual and cohesive licensing collections, product development, books (especially children’s books), packaging, and other marketing materials.

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