GeoArt at the University of Delaware

There I was... hanging amongst the suits in my GeoArt jewels and slick little black dress-fashionistas unite!

On Friday, April 23, I was invited to participate in a panel discussion for The President's Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Delaware, my Alma Mater. I'm shown here with U of D's President, Pat Harker, a visionary on the subject of creating the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Delaware and beyond. Also pictured is Monica Taylor, VP for Development and Alumni Relations. Present were delegates from federal and state government, including John Fernandez, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development under Obama. Alfred Spector, the Vice President of Research and Special Initiatives for Google, was another distinguished panel speaker. Also attending were members of the local business community, University staff members and U of D students interested in entrepreneurship-a unique mix!

As both a business owner as well as the solo female speaker at the Forum, I found myself in a unique position. As women, we tend to become immediately personal with the audience and openly share our business and life experiences. Therefore, it was instinctual for me to include my husband and teenage children in the conversation. Glenn, Isabelle and Ian sat in the audience and blushed furiously as I referenced them throughout my talk! GeoArt's creative entrepreneurial niche which focuses on globally inspired sterling silver jewelry design, giving back to the community, engaging in international travel and developing close customer contact were all touched upon. I was honored to be quoted in an article that appeared on the front page of the next morning's Delaware News Journal.

Museums and More in Austin

This is Olga jumping in as a guest on Cynthia’s GeoArt blog. I just attended my very first Museum Store Association Show, which was held in Austin, TX this past weekend and I just HAD to write about it somewhere. First impressions: everyone in Texas is awesome, cowboy boots are the new black and museum buyers are the sweetest. It was great catching up with our accounts one-on-one and meeting new clients for product development. Our City That Never Sleeps collection was a hit, with many raving about the designs and we are in the process of adding cufflinks to the collection due to demand! Crazy how a concept can catch on. On the down side, we somehow managed to forget the line plan at the office, so it was a late night of printing from a slow VPN via the hotel room… college years flashback.

On Sunday evening, we had the amazing opportunity to be one of the vendor-hosts of two MSA after parties, one at the Blanton Museum of Art (great job organizing, Mary!) and one at the Ghost Room thanks to David Howell. An excellent opportunity for networking, we were able to follow up our conversations from the Museum with a display at the Blanton and a conga line on the dance floor. Now that everything is rock and rolling at the office, it is time to hold down the fort while Cynthia is off to the University of Delaware for her panel discussion on entrepreneurship this weekend. Never a dull moment!

Dinner Time!

The City That Never Sleeps has inspired GeoArt’s jewelry….as well as its Dinner menu! After we marveled on how beautifully our new NYC skyline jewelry turned out (created in conjunction with the New-York Historical Society) we decided to theme an entire evening around it. Once a year we enjoy putting on our party hats and thanking our clients and friends for their support of GeoArt by Cynthia Gale and th e evening of Monday, February 1st was no exception! Friends from the New York Times, National Geographic, The Council on the Environment, Town & Country Magazine, the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts among others, joined us for a three-course meal where we swapped tables and stories. Top it all off with a fabulous meal by Tinna Brenton, our talented Swedish chef, and we left the showroom/gallery with a smile and a renewed sense partnership with our treasured clients and industry friends.

Collective-E Holiday Party!

On Wednesday, December 9th, 2009, the GeoArt team skipped over to the Collective-E holiday party at the trendy Soho House, celebrating the official launch of Inner Rewards and one of the most exciting shopping seasons of the year! It was a fun event where entrepreneurs mixed and mingled and I reunited with some extraordinary women (hello Beth! pictured beside me here). Our Marketing Manager, Olga, sold GeoArt jewelry at the event, alongside other festive vendors. She and April, our newest LIM intern, dazzled the press and the made sure that party attendees got a closer look at GeoArt and its socially aware jewelry—our Eco Secret Garden Collection was a hit!

BRAG for Blog!

Glenn and I attended BRAG's(Black Retail Action Group) recent Gala cocktail hour where we chatted with BRAG President and fellow FIT Instructor, Gary Lampley. Magic Johnson made an appearance and was practically bowled over as people squeezed in for a photo op! GeoArt By Cynthia Gale supported the event through donating several suites of GeoArt and Cynthia Gale jewelry to BRAG's Silent Auction, contributing awesome beaded bracelets for their event gift bags AND we bid on and won the coolest, graphic, black-and-white pillows for our son Ian's bedroom!

Model Mayhem! GeoArt has got the look

Men have their wrestle mania….we have our jewelry mania! Earlier this week Olga and I decided to tray up the collections, pick up some antique frames and have her roommate, Eden, take some gorgeous images of our GeoArt models wearing it. Using our company’s dedication to the arts as the idea behind our aesthetic inspiration, we used painted canvas backdrops and a variety of frames to capture the artiste in GeoArt, reflecting our tag line ‘works of art in sterling silver’ and the relationship we have with museums and cultural institutions in the signature collection. These beautiful images will soon be available for viewing on the GeoArt website at www.geoartnyc.com. Keep checking the page!

Haydn Gwynne Visits GeoArt

Today was a busy one at GeoArt! Olga and I started off with a "go see" for Monday's photo shoot for our new editorial campaign. Stunning models from Click, NEXT and a host of NY agencys appeared one after the other with portfolios in hand. We'll keep you posted...

I'm pictured here with pal Hadyn Gwynne, the fabulously entertaining Mrs. Wilkinson, in Broadway's Tony Award winning Billy Elliott. Hadyn was on the hunt for personal gifts for some members of the cast and theatrical crew. She finishes up her NYC role soon and went straight for the All the World's a Stage Collection which I created in conjunction with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC- the perfect Broadway memento!