SBA E-CENTER COMMISSIONS TWO VICKERS SCULPTURES

Benicia, California artist Marques Vickers has two sculptural works commissioned for the Small Business Administration and Cisco Systems Entrepreneur Center which officially opened Friday, October 20th in downtown San Jose (84 West Santa Clara Street), in the heart of the Silicon Valley. The two sculptures include More Spirit Than Flesh", an Iconic Totem assemblage and one of his newly release Feng Shui Figurative Torso works entitled Career".
   
The SBA/Cisco Systems Entrepreneur Center is a collaborative effort between the public sector, private industry and non-profit organizations featuring numerous on-site resources, information and programs oriented towards small business. Located in the Entrepreneur Center is the Cisco Internet Development Center (CIDC), hosted by the worldwide leader and networking for the Internet. Additional corporate sponsors for the center office and training complex include Microsoft, Chevron, UUnet, Bank of America, One Work Place, City of San Jose, San Jose Chamber of Commerce, Fortune Small Business and IBM. The website for the center is www.ecenteronline.com.
   
The two commissions add to Marques Vickers growing reputation and international exposure. Vickers, 43, was recently selected as one of twenty international artists to exhibit at the MAC 21 International Contemporary Art Fair in Marbella, Spain, July 19-24, 2000 (www.mac21.com). The annual fair is the largest showcase of contemporary international artwork in Spain featuring some of Europes most renowned galleries and art organizations. He was also selected as one of two Americans for the European Art Channel EXPOART 2000 exhibition based in Cologne, Germany (www.eurochannel.de).

He will be releasing an e-book, published by Marquis Publications in early November oriented towards independent artisans about marketing and distributing artwork on the Internet. Titled concisely Selling Artwork On The Internet", the e-publication will be available through his website at www.marquesv.com and numerous Internet sales outlets such as Mightywords.com, Barnes and Noble.com, Yahoo.com and Amazon.com. On November 29th, in conjunction with the SBA, he will be conducting an evening seminar at the San Jose Entrepreneur Center on Distributing Artwork Via The Internet."
   
For further informational background on the artist, contact the Marquis Gallery at (707) 748-1213 or visit his website at www.marquesv.com.
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