Art Everywhere Founder Richard Reed Awarded the 24th Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award

Art Everywhere Founder Richard Reed Awarded the 24th Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award

LONDON, June 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --



The Award Recognizes the Outstanding Contributions of Modern Day Patrons in 11
Countries



Last night Richard Reed was honoured at the prestigious Montblanc de la Culture Arts
Patronage Award, held at the Getty Images Gallery in recognition of his founding and
support of Art Everywhere, which for the last two years transformed the nation's streets
into outdoor galleries. Dr Stephen Deuchar, Director of the Art Fund, Vanessa Branson,
Caroline Collier from the Tate and Gemma Clarke of ArtsMediaPeople were just a few of the
guests who joined Richard to celebrate the success of the project. Interstellar actor
David Gyasi and Fortitude star Nicholas Pinnock also attended the evening in support of
Art Everywhere and Richard's achievement.



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Reed said, "I'm proud to accept this year's Montblanc Award on behalf of the team at
Art Everywhere, the global arts movement that exists for the sole aim of flooding our
streets with art, celebrating the artistic legacy of each country. Art is for everyone and
that's why we want to see it everywhere."



Richard Reed received the award from Chairman of the Montblanc Cultural Foundation Mr.
Lutz Bethge. As the winner of the Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award, he
received EUR15,000 that he has chosen to donate to the Art Fund, to help further their
mission to keep great works of British art in the UK and in public collections and to
First Story for their brilliant work in sending successful novelists into tough inner city
schools to help children find their voice and confidence through creative writing classes.
In addition to this, he was presented with a Limited Edition Patron of the Arts Montblanc
fountain pen specially designed and created for the 11 winners of the twenty-fourth
edition of the award.



This year, the Montblanc Patron of Art Luciano Pavarotti Limited Edition is a writing
tribute to the great opera icon who not only made opera fascinating for broader audiences,
but also proved himself as a committed humanitarian, and patron of the arts. Away from the
limelight of world stages, Pavarotti dedicated much of his time to nurturing young
up-and-coming singers with free private singing lessons.



The Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award was established in 1992 to honour and
support patrons of the arts who have made exceptional contributions to artists and their
work. Every year, a select group of winners are chosen from a shortlist by an
international jury of artists and art influencers. The jury, a sophisticated and
passionate network of the art world's most creative individuals, is brought together by
the Montblanc Cultural Foundation to share thoughts and carefully evaluate the candidates
in each country before casting their votes. The winning patrons must demonstrate a history
of personal commitment to the arts and a concern that the wider public should benefit from
cultural projects. Past recipients of the award include HRH The Prince of Wales, Russian
maestro Valery Gergiev, American musician Quincy Jones, Italian architect Renzo Piano and
Japanese artist Yoko Ono.



About Montblanc



For over 100 years, Montblanc has embraced the traditions of lasting value and
exquisite craftsmanship. The Maison's uncompromising principles of design, style, quality
and workmanship have allowed it to create heirloom collections that are passed from
generation to generation. The iconic Montblanc Emblem is a symbol of excellence - the
pinnacle of luxury writing instruments, timepieces, leather, accessories, fragrances and
sunglasses - and the Maison has made an enduring commitment to encourage excellence
through cultural advancement. Montblanc has its roots in writing culture and therefore
sees a particular obligation to its own cultural commitment. Through various international
activities, the Maison makes a creative contribution to modern cultural life: Montblanc
itself writes a small piece of cultural history.



Richard Reed is being honoured for founding and supporting the Art Everywhere project,
which is the world's largest art show. Art Everywhere transformed Britain's streets into
the world's biggest open air gallery, with 30,000 sites, including public transport,
displaying 25 works of art selected by the public via the project's website. The project
was subsequently successfully rolled out nationwide in the U.S.A. and has had interest
from a number of other countries around the world including Australia who would like to
mirror the initiative locally.




For further information please contact:

Anita Borvankar
PR Manager - UK & Ireland
Anita.Borvankar@montblanc.co.uk
+44(0)208-332-4574




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