NEWS RELEASE - 18 October
2005
Media Contacts:
Kevin G. Boyer, (773) 907-2006,
kevin.boyer@gaygameschicago.org
Kennon Brown, Chicago Dept.
of Cultural Affairs, 312.744.8948, kennon.brown@cityofchicago.org
Victor Skrebneski to Photograph
Chicagoans for 2006 Gay
Games Exhibition
Exhibit by world famous
photographer set for July to October 2006
Chicago, IL - The City of
Chicago has announced that world-renowned photographer Victor Skrebneski
has graciously agreed to photograph Chicago residents who will participate
in the 2006 Gay Games Sports and
Cultural Festival for a special exhibition scheduled for 13 July to
9 October 2006. The photographs will be on display at the City Gallery
at the Historic Water Tower, 806 North Michigan Avenue, on Chicago’s Magnificent
Mile. Gay Games VII will take place in Chicago 15-22 July 2006.
As currently envisioned,
the exhibition will consist of black and white portraits of 15 Chicagoans
by Skrebneski reflecting the spectrum of events at Gay Games VII including
athletes, dancers, and musicians. He will combine the portraits with color
photographs provided by the participants of themselves being active in
their sport or artistic activity. The portraits and color photos will be
combined into diptychs, one for each person.
The 15 participants will
be selected based on the principle of inclusion that forms the core value
for the Gay Games. The participants will reflect Chicago’s communities
as a whole and will be chosen to reflect diversity within gender, race,
ethnic origin, age, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
Further details will be available
from the City of Chicago and Gay Games Chicago early in 2006.
About Gay Games VII:
Gay Games VII Sports and
Cultural Festival will take place 15-22 July 2006. Over 12,000 athletes
from more than 100 countries will compete in 30 sports ranging from softball
to dancesport, swimming to tennis. The weeklong event will include band,
cheerleading and colour guard performances, chorus, an ancillary arts festival,
and a series of community-organised social events and parties. The opening
ceremony is scheduled for 15 July at Soldier Field, the lakefront home
stadium of American-style football’s Chicago Bears. Closing ceremony will
be 22 July at Wrigley Field, the home of Major League Baseball’s Chicago
Cubs, located in the heart of Chicago’s largest LGBT neighbourhood.
For the first time, the Gay
Games in Chicago will receive widespread television coverage on the Q Television
Network. Early sponsors of Gay Games VII include PlanetOut/Gay.com; Q Television
Network; Walgreens; Orbitz; Sydney New Mardi Gras; McKnight Kurland Baccelli;
Human Rights Campaign; Mate, Genre, Pink and Girlfriends Magazines; Windy
City Media Group; Olivia Cruises and Resorts; and more than 80 business
sponsors.
Registration for Gay Games
VII is now open at http://www.GayGamesChicago.org
(English), http://www.GayGamesChicago.org/es/
(Spanish), http://www.GayGamesChicago.org/fr/
(French), and http://www.GayGamesChicago.org/de/
(German).
About The Gay Games
The Gay Games was conceived
by Dr. Tom Waddell, an Olympic decathlete, and was first held in San Francisco
in 1982 with 1,350 participants. Subsequent Gay Games have been held in
San Francisco (1986; 3,500 participants), Vancouver (1990; 7,300 participants),
New York (1994; 12,500 participants), Amsterdam (1998; 13,000 participants),
and Sydney (2002; 11,000 participants).
The Federation of Gay Games
is the international governing body that perpetuates the quadrennial Gay
Games and promotes the event's founding principles of Participation, Inclusion,
and Personal Best™. For more information, visit http://www.GayGames.org.
Chicago Games, Inc. is the
host of Gay Games VII and is led by experienced civic leaders from Chicago’s
business, sports and non-profit sectors. For information about how to sponsor
or participate in Gay Games VII in Chicago, visit http://www.GayGamesChicago.org,
e-mail info@GayGamesChicago.org,
or phone (773) 907-2006.
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"Gay Games", "Federation
of Gay Games", the interlocking circles device, and the phrase
"Participation, Inclusion
and Personal Best" are trademarks of the Federation of Gay Games, Inc.
Trademarks are registered
in the USA, Canada, Benelux, the UK, and Australia.
Chicago Games, Inc – 4753
N. Broadway, Suite 602, Chicago, IL 60640, USA
773.907.2006 – GayGamesChicago.org–
info@GayGamesChicago.org
Images of Chicago and the
Gay Games VII logo are available for download at:
http://www.gaygameschicago.org/images/downloads/
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