Matchi Canvas and Prologue Art Spotlighted at Interior Design Trade Expo Metrocon 08

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Entrepreneur and Artist Paula Parker, owner of Paula Parker Designs, Austin, TX, promises to bring a lively, variety of original art displays to the Metrocon 08, Interior Design Trade Expo/Convention in Dallas, Texas this week. The event runs Thursday through Friday, Aug. 14 -15, 2008 and draws hundreds of interior designers, decorators artists, art dealers, art investors and distributors from all over the world.

Metrocon is the nation’s largest regional trade show for the Interior Design industry, merging three professional organizations including the Texas Chapter of American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and The International Interior Design Association of Oklahoma.

“I am excited to spotlight the new Paula Parker Designs publication Art in Austin… the registry (Volume One),” said Parker. “I also plan to exhibit the original canvas art of Austin Artist ‘Matchi,’ including a Stevie Ray Vaughan portrait, of which I have posted on our website at: http://www.paulaparkerdesigns.com, she said. Attendees will enjoy original 3D artwork from her “Prologue” collection, which is also located at Parker’s website.

Paula Parker Designs Art showing at Metrocon 08:
1. Prologue 36 Inch Square -Hand-Dyed Paper on Wood.
2. Prologue with Prologue – Hand-Dyed Paper on Wood.
3. Prologue with Pear – Hand-Dyed Paper on Wood.
4. Prologue Square 1 – Hand-Dyed Paper on Wood.
5. Prologue with Roses…. (hand-dyed paper on wood and plaster mache floral sculpture)
“The Prologue collection incorporates graphic imagery and text from historical antique documents as well as excerpts from my upcoming novel,” she said. “The novel is one I hope to have adapted for screenplay, reminiscent of Forrest Gump.”

The original canvas art of Austin Artist Matchi to be showcased at the Metrocon 08, Interior Design Trade Expo includes:

Paula Parker Designs Showing at Metrocon 08: Matchi – original canvas art.

1. Dangerous Blonde

2. Belle

3. Wallflower

4. Standing Sunflower

5. Stevie Ray Vaughan

About Paula Parker Designs (www.PaulaParkerDesigns.com)

Paula Parker is a native Texan, born and raised in suburban Houston. After graduating from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing, Paula embarked on a career in retail store management with Foley’s Department Store and later, with Coach Leatherware where she gained practical experience in business management, design, advertising and publishing.

In 1992, Parker started her first design business, specializing in the decorative arts. In 2004, she relocated to Austin, Texas where she currently lives, and launched Paula Parker Designs while creating the decorative art collections, “Prologue” and “Plaster Mache Sculpture.” Parker’s most recent book Art in Austin is due this fall. “I am currently seeking sponsors to assist in funding of upcoming publications set for fall 2008, including Art in Texas…the registry (Volume One) and Art in Austin …the registry (Volume 2, winter 2008),” she said.

For info on how you can sponsor Paula Parker Designs and help promote artists in Austin, TX and America visit: www.PaulaParkerDesigns.com/.

ABOUT METROCON:

More than 3,500 Interior Designers, Facility Managers, Architects, Design Students, and other design industry members swarmed the Dallas Market Hall for METROCON 08 Expo & Conference, the largest regional show of its kind in the USA.

In a ground-breaking collaboration, the Texas / Oklahoma Chapter of IIDA [International Interior Design Association], the Dallas / Fort Worth Chapter of IFMA [International Facility Management Association], and the Texas Chapter of ASID [American Society of Interior Designers] come together to offer the largest regional design-related expo and conference in the USA.

A diverse array of several hundred exhibitors fill up more than 400 booths introducing the region’s booming design community to the latest and greatest in cutting-edge products and services. Exhibitors catered to the corporate, residential, hospitality, healthcare, institutional, and education design fields. To access the winners of the Pegasus Exhibitor Awards, visit the Press page of the official METROCON website, www.metrocon.info.

Along with the tradeshow, METROCON08 offered attendees dozens of continuing education classes ranging from project management to Sustainable Design to Accessibility to Interior Design Legislation.

A huge team of volunteers from the Texas Chapter of ASID, the Dallas / Fort Worth Chapter of IFMA, and the Texas / Oklahoma Chapter of IIDA executes METROCON08. For six years, the professional organizations have organized the conference as a service to their members. Income from the event goes back to the chapters to fund special educational and recognition programs, as well as scholarships and charities earmarked by the individual organizations. As a collective charitable gesture, last year the METROCON Committee offered attendees the opportunity to turn in their unused drink tickets, which resulted in a donation to the American Cancer Society.