Contact: Mary Ellen Charapko

ELLEN CHARAPKO GALLERY
2374 Wilton Drive, Wilton Manors, FL 33305, USA info@ellencharapkogallery.com
tel 954.547.9014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE_____Mar 1, 2008, Wilton Manors, Florida, USA

A FUSION OF FINE CONTEMPORARY ART AND MUSIC,
“Selected Works Group Exhibition,” along with special guest
lead guitarist from the Scott Stapp Band, Alex Bodnar.

March 21, 2008, 7 – 11 pm, the ELLEN CHARAPKO GALLERY will be the place to be. The Selected Works Group Exhibition, at the ELLEN CHARAPKO GALLERY presents the works of some of the finest artists from around the globe. The gallery will also be featuring the art and music of one of their most up and coming artists, Alex Bodnar. This is NOT going to be an acoustic jam session! Alex will be set up with electric guitars, keyboards, and a drum machine on which he will be improvising full band music on the spot and then shredding killer guitar solo's all over it.

Alex plays lead guitar in the "Scott Stapp Band,” (Scott Stapp is the former Grammy award winning lead singer of "CREED”). The new Scott Stapp Band album is set for release on 08.08.08.

The Selected Works Group Exhibition includes artists Eric Gibbons, (New Jersey), Lainard Bush (Pennsylvania), Cesar Garcia (Miami), Fredrik Nilsson (Malmö, Sweden), Johniene Papandreas (Massachusetts), Adela Yerushalmi (Martinique, F.W.I.), Frederic Lanovsky (Cannes, France), Roberto Castellot (Mexico), Maxwell Britton (Los Angeles) and Alex Bodnar, (South Florida).

Mark the calendar for March 21, 2008, 7 – 11 pm. You do not want to miss this contemporary art and music happening located in the epi-center of Wilton Manors on The Drive.

For information about the Island City Art Walk: http://www.islandcityartwalk.com