20120128 – update “World Happy Day” – coming on 11th February

20120102 – keen as ever to promote following your passion as a route to inner happiness, and to support the Vienna Happiness Project 2012 Year of Happiness… we are involved in two events at BOGI PARK, on 6th and 15th January…

and on the Love side, “What’s Love?” opens at the Oracle Kunst Foyer January 19th

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“IN the PINK” – In the earliest citations from the 16th century, the phrase “In the Pink” meant to be at the very pinnacle of a moment or event. Today, it is most commonly used to mean in perfect condition especially in relationship to health. The project, In the Pink: the million people art project is a call for the global community at this fragile yet pinnacle moment in our collective history to come together in partnership, creativity and passion to create a healthier, more perfect condition for themselves and  others.

This project has roots in a concept slogan from the 1970’s; “THINK globally, ACT locally.” As global consciousness increases through the expansion of technology, it is easier than ever before to imagine how we are all connected and perhaps easier to see and understand how small thoughtful acts can make a world of change- turning problems into opportunities for global solutions.

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Born in Washington D.C., Connie Noyes currently lives and works as a full time artist in Chicago. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her Masters Degree in Psychology from Notre Dame de Namur University in Belmont California. She recently completed her 50th lifetime move. She is a nomad.

Through study, travel and her obsession with diverse experiences she developed an interest in the unconscious psychology of culture. It was during residencies in a number of vastly divergent cultures, Dubai, South Africa, Bulgaria, Western Europe, Brazil and Tunisia that it became obvious how artists are able to utilize the language of art to bridge or by-pass cultural differences. The artists she worked with and continues relationships with came to know each other in intimate connected ways – as humans without labels.

In 2006 Noyes was instrumental in bringing about the exhibition July 2006 in Paris at Europia Gallerie. The exhibition centered on artists’ response to the violence between Lebanon and Israel of that year. In 2008 she curated an exhibition at California Institute of Integral Studies with the international group of painters Pintura Fresca and in 2009 began the organization A.R.G. -Artists Respond Globally. She organized and mounted an exhibition in 2010 during Chicago Artists month titled In My Own Backyard I Can See The World for A.R.G. Eight Chicago artists were paired with eight International artists and worked collaboratively on themes of their choice. Her personal artwork has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions and collections worldwide including London, Florence, Paris, San Francisco, Washington DC, Dubai, Veliko Turnova, Bulgaria and Bangi, Malaysia. Her current project, In the Pink: the 1,000,000 people art project is the culmination of her interests and experiences

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“Working in multiple formats and media, Connie Noyes is an original with a unique vision grounded in her distinctive imagination. Whether she is painting, photographing, or constructing, Noyes’ creations are inspired by the irregular shapes and involved lines that dance through her mind’s eye and that she integrates into alluring patterns through disciplined composition.

Noyes is at her best when she goes full tilt, layering her surfaces and compounding forms into dense abstractions that draw the viewer into the complex interconnections that she stages. Although Noyes’ productions are suggestive of emotion and meaning, they work primarily on a perceptual, rather than a psychological or conceptual level, by beckoning the viewer into the systems of incomplete order that emerge from the moment of “chaos” in her creative process.

Among the rising generation of artists, Noyes is among the few who are not derivative and who take a welcome fresh and individual approach.”

-Michael Weinstein, 2010

more information on IN the PINK here

connie pink this info as pdf

following the reasonably successful recent film workshop in Vienna, plans are underway for some UK based activities enabling young people to express themselves through various art forms – film, poetry, painting, drawing. taking that output, and giving them a voice that is shared and heard in their communities and the wider world, as a basis for peaceful change is the next step…. watch here for more info

working with Phil under the banner of the Fantastic Happiness Festival we ran a great workshop on Saturday with some incredible output, and are now looking to run further workshops both for teenagers and adults

I met Selma soon after I arrived in Vienna, at an i2b event, during or after my time leading First Tuesday Vienna. We met at Sudbahnhof Anker bakery cafe shortly after for a chat. We talked of MyKyros and her chance during Karenz to evaluate her career choices for the rest of her life. She was on the panel when I launched Women with Passion in 2004, and again for the launch of Vienna Hub in 2005. In 2006 I joined her at an innovation day in Palais Niederoesterreich, I attended two of her studio33 events 2007, 2008. I am blessed to have been at IncrediblEurope 2009,2010,2011 – and have met incredible people at her fantastic events, with her and through her.  I have just got home from 2 days at IncrediblEurope 2011 – hyped as usual, charged with new impetus, focussed as never before . Selma was an important inspiration and impulse to me starting Women with Passion, which led to Vienna Hub – people with passion. Role models of people with passion to inspire and motivate others to find and follow theirs.

First Tuesday and Vienna Hub were/are both “things” – real people / virtual stuff – focussed on creating value. In 2008 I started Blue Sky Stuff, a verein in Mödling. The plan is to channel money into the verein by running projects of value to run more projects of value in a sustainable fashion. Lots of projects. Lots of  places. Each as a profit centre – unique, scalable and sustainable.

One string of Blue Sky Stuff is the non-profit coaching and consulting. World class coaches gifting their skills and experience to projects where they can add value. ( For-profits are also welcome to engage them on fee and commission basis through Vienna Hub ) .  Another string is the Academy, offering world class education through a network of trusted partners. Education is a right, not a privelege, and we will strive to make it available to all. Initial focus on language training, ICT training, and management education ( both junior and senior)  - with emphasis on blended learning.   More info here 

in 2011 I launched the Vienna Happiness Project where Petronilla HohenwARTer`’s artproject happiness as a colourful visual stimulus, highlighting that happiness is as unique as each individual. the stimulus leads to Happiness Coaching,  designed to establish an efficient and effective route to increase individual and collective happiness –  offering people keys to unlock the sustainable happiness already within them. We invite you to come and sample this soonest. Vienna Happiness Project

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events in English, doing stuff in english

welcome. more info in “about”