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Bloomingdale's Sings "Oh What Fun" This Holiday Season
Tony Bennett Headlines the Celebration with Holiday CD Exclusive 
On November 20, Grammy award winning artist Tony Bennett will unveil Bloomingdale's holiday windows on Lexington Avenue. He will perform a selection of holiday classics, as featured on his new album, TONY BENNETT: A SWINGIN' CHRISTMAS Featuring the Count Basie Big Band. The performance choir from the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, the NYC public arts high school that Tony founded with his wife Susan, will perform some holiday favorites prior to Tony Bennett taking the stage.
Bennett, a gifted visual artist, created an original watercolor of the famed Lexington Avenue Bloomingdale's marquee whose image will be reproduced on the store's holiday shopping bag and a special electronic gift card. Each Tony Bennett-designed gift card will feature a code that gives recipients access to download an exclusive "Jingle Bells" track - which he recorded just for Bloomingdale's - via iTunes. Bloomingdale's will also carry a special version of his album's CD in stores and online, featuring the special "Jingle Bells" track. TONY BENNETT TO HAVE EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS AT ECKERT FINE ART FROM MARCH 19-APRIL 2 2008  Benedetto Arts is pleased to announce that Tony Bennett will have a one man show of his artwork at Eckert Fine Art in Bonita Springs, FL from March 19- April 2 and will be attending the opening of an exhibition at the Gallery on Tuesday, March 25th from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. The exhibition will include 40 original Benedettos, including watercolors, oils and sketches as well as the artist's limited edition fine art prints. Eckert Fine Art will also have copies of Tony's most recent book of his paintings, "TONY BENNETT IN THE STUDIO: A LIFE OF ART AND MUSIC" available for purchase. Additionally, Tony Bennett is appearing in concert in the area on March 24th, with a performance at the Philharmonic Center for the Arts in Naples, Fl.
The exhibition opening gala will benefit Exploring the Arts, (ETA) a registered New York 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded by Tony Bennett and Susan Bennett, which supports and funds arts education in the public schools. ETA's and Tony Bennett's foremost accomplishment to date has been the founding of the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts (FSSA) in Bennett's hometown of Astoria, Queens. A public arts high school, FSSA is currently in a temporary site. Exploring the Arts, Inc, is currently raising funds to create what will become one of the finest public arts high school facilities in the United States. To support ETA's efforts, there will be a $75.00 per person tax-deductible donation to attend the private artist reception. Eckert Fine Art will also donate a percentage of the evening's sales to Exploring the Arts, Inc. For more information, please visit www.exploringthearts.org. Eckert Fine Arts is located at The Promenade at Bonita Bay, 26811 South Bay Drive, Suite #132, Bonita Springs, FL 34134. For more information, please call 239-949-1125 or visit www.eckertfineart.com. SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM ACQUIRES TONY BENNETT'S OIL PAINTING OF CENTRAL PARK Bennett's Painting Becomes Part of the Museum's Permanent Collection 
Singer Tony Bennett, who is also a dedicated visual artist, will have his original oil painting, entitled "CENTRAL PARK" become part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC. This announcement is made days before Bennett receives another accolade from a prestigious DC institution, when he becomes a Kennedy Center Honoree on Sunday, Dec 4. "It feels like Christmas has come a few weeks early for me -- to have my painting become part of this magnificent museum's collection at the same time I am being honored by the Kennedy Center. It truly is overwhelming and I am thrilled to be acknowledged by both institutions," commented Tony Bennett., who will celebrate his 80th birthday next August.
Bennett's passion for art began as a child, drawing chalk pictures on the sidewalks of his hometown in Astoria, Queens. He paints every day, regardless of the demands of his career as a legendary performer, and has exhibited his works in galleries and museums around the world. He recently lectured at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The painting acquired by the museum, "CENTRAL PARK," was painted in oil and depicts the view of the park from Bennett's home in Manhattan. "CENTRAL PARK" is a 36 x 60" canvas and it was completed in 1998. Click Here for a larger image
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