BUCKNER, Ky., April 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Fastline Marketing Group is proud to announce the launch of Fastline Auctions, a new service aimed at helping farmers and dealers list their agricultural equipment for auction on Fastline.com. With over 1 million website visitors, 100,000 emails, and a social media following of over 400,000, Fastline is poised to become the preferred auction destination for buyers and sellers alike.

“Fastline has always been committed to helping farmers and dealers connect with one another,” said Dean Barke, President of Fastline Marketing Group. “Our new auction business will enable us to take that commitment to the next level, by providing an easy, convenient, and cost-effective way for buyers and sellers to connect and conduct business.”

One of the unique aspects of Fastline Auctions is its low commission rates, which will make it an attractive option for sellers looking to maximize their profits. In addition, all equipment listed on Fastline Auctions will be lien-free, giving buyers peace of mind and ensuring a smooth transaction process.

Sellers will also have the ability to set the starting auction bid, allowing them to maintain control over the pricing of their equipment. And with Fastline’s state-of-the-art online auction experience, buyers and sellers can be confident that they are using the latest and most reliable technology to conduct their transactions.

Mr. Barke continued, “Our goal with Fastline Auctions is to provide farmers and dealers with a reliable, transparent, and efficient way to buy and sell agricultural equipment. The most important thing for us is that we operate in integrity and honesty, as we have always done in our 45-year history of supporting the agricultural industry. We want our customers, farmers and dealers, to trust us and feel confident that they are getting a fair deal when they use Fastline Auctions.”.

Fastline’s first auction is scheduled to take place this fall, and the company is currently hiring additional staff in the southeast and midwest to support the new venture. To learn more about Fastline Auctions and apply for a job, please visit Fastline careers page or email us at [email protected]. Equipment dealers and farmers who are interested in listing their equipment on Fastline Auctions can complete an inquiry online here and a Fastline rep will reach out with more information.

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TEMPE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — As we get ready for the 19th annual Pat’s Run, we have been bringing you stories about Pat Tillman and his legacy. The event raises $1 million annually to support the Tillman Scholars program. Those scholars work to keep his legacy alive. Another way people continue to learn about Pat is through art.

Artist Mike Sullivan gave us an up-close look at the mockup of a mural he designed that is on display at the newly renamed Pat Tillman Middle School. “I wanted to create something that would inspire kids of Pat’s example and since the school was named after him a lot of people may be familiar with Pat’s story would say, ‘Who was Pat Tillman?’” shared Sullivan.

This was not, however, Sullivan’s first mural dedicated to Tillman. It’s his second. The first was completed shortly after Tillman died and was installed in the original Tillman Tunnel at Arizona State University’s Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe before the start of the next football season.

“I was working with a sports agency in Orange County and one of the heads of the agency played against Pat in High School. And I told him my idea I want to start doing murals in stadiums. And he felt one of Pat would be very deserving at Sun Devil Stadium,” said Sullivan.

Everyone was on board and Sullivan got to work. “Whenever I start a mural, I always do a pencil drawing outline to show the client or the university what the murals going to look like and I remember going to meetings with the head coach who was Dirk Koetter at the time and he looked at my drawing and said,’ Mike, this only tells half the story.’”

In addition to his talent on the field, Tillman earned a bachelor of sciences in marketing, graduating summa cum lade from ASU’s W.P. Carey School of Business in three and a half years. In his offseason, Tillman pursued a master’s degree in history from his alma mater and also volunteered with Boys and Girls Clubs, the March of Dimes and read and talked to students in schools all around the Valley. “He just saw life a different way. And I’ve talked to Jake Plummer, his quarterback, his teammates, his family members, and what I liked about him was similar being an artist, he was always curious about things he always wanted to study, learn more, always wanted to know the other person’s perspective,” said Sullivan.

Although Sullivan never got the chance to meet Tillman in person, he does think that Tillman would be proud of all the work the more than 800 Tillman Scholars do each and every day. “I think he would have a good feeling that his name or his example have helped the Tillman Scholars and students and young people,” said Sullivan.

It was Tillman’s drive to help others and his humble nature that stood out to Sullivan. “What really struck me was that he wouldn’t do any interviews when he announced he was going into the service because he felt he wasn’t any better or worse than any other man or woman serving our country,” said Sullivan.

Sullivan is a nationally known artist. The Tillman mural was the first of many Sullivan has designed, including one of Jackie Robinson at Jackie Robinson Stadium at UCLA. Upcoming murals include other top colleges, top high schools, as well as several professional sports arenas and stadiums.

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TEMPE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — As we get ready for the 19th annual Pat’s Run, we have been bringing you stories about Pat Tillman and his legacy. The event raises $1 million annually to support the Tillman Scholars program. Those scholars work to keep his legacy alive. Another way people continue to learn about Pat is through art.

Artist Mike Sullivan gave us an up-close look at the mockup of a mural he designed that is on display at the newly renamed Pat Tillman Middle School. “I wanted to create something that would inspire kids of Pat’s example and since the school was named after him a lot of people may be familiar with Pat’s story would say, ‘Who was Pat Tillman?’” shared Sullivan.

This was not, however, Sullivan’s first mural dedicated to Tillman. It’s his second. The first was completed shortly after Tillman died and was installed in the original Tillman Tunnel at Arizona State University’s Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe before the start of the next football season.

“I was working with a sports agency in Orange County and one of the heads of the agency played against Pat in High School. And I told him my idea I want to start doing murals in stadiums. And he felt one of Pat would be very deserving at Sun Devil Stadium,” said Sullivan.

Everyone was on board and Sullivan got to work. “Whenever I start a mural, I always do a pencil drawing outline to show the client or the university what the murals going to look like and I remember going to meetings with the head coach who was Dirk Koetter at the time and he looked at my drawing and said,’ Mike, this only tells half the story.’”

In addition to his talent on the field, Tillman earned a bachelor of sciences in marketing, graduating summa cum lade from ASU’s W.P. Carey School of Business in three and a half years. In his offseason, Tillman pursued a master’s degree in history from his alma mater and also volunteered with Boys and Girls Clubs, the March of Dimes and read and talked to students in schools all around the Valley. “He just saw life a different way. And I’ve talked to Jake Plummer, his quarterback, his teammates, his family members, and what I liked about him was similar being an artist, he was always curious about things he always wanted to study, learn more, always wanted to know the other person’s perspective,” said Sullivan.

Although Sullivan never got the chance to meet Tillman in person, he does think that Tillman would be proud of all the work the more than 800 Tillman Scholars do each and every day. “I think he would have a good feeling that his name or his example have helped the Tillman Scholars and students and young people,” said Sullivan.

It was Tillman’s drive to help others and his humble nature that stood out to Sullivan. “What really struck me was that he wouldn’t do any interviews when he announced he was going into the service because he felt he wasn’t any better or worse than any other man or woman serving our country,” said Sullivan.

Sullivan is a nationally known artist. The Tillman mural was the first of many Sullivan has designed, including one of Jackie Robinson at Jackie Robinson Stadium at UCLA. Upcoming murals include other top colleges, top high schools, as well as several professional sports arenas and stadiums.

Copyright 2023 KTVK/KPHO. All rights reserved.

The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) and the Chinati Foundation have announced new appointments for staff and trustees, respectively.

Nia Amadife. Image courtesy of the Dallas Museum of Art.

Following the recent announcement of changes to its curatorial team, the DMA has also announced a new hire and staff promotions. Nia Amadife has joined the museum in the role of Director of Human Resources. Ms. Amadife most recently served as the Global HR Business Partner & Practice Lead for Childfund International, a nonprofit organization working to support children’s education, health, and safety across the world. In her new position, Ms. Amadife will also serve as an important advocate for the museum’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives. 

Additionally, the museum has announced the promotions of Stacey Lizotte, Brad Pritchett, and Aschelle Morgan. Last July, Ms. Lizotte was promoted to the position of the Allen and Kelli Questrom Center for Creative Connections Director of Education. She has now been appointed Chief Learning Officer in addition to her director role. Mr. Pritchett, who previously served as Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, has been appointed Chief Experience Officer. In his new role, he will maintain his duties related to marketing and communications and will oversee Guest Services and earned revenue. Ms. Morgan, who previously held the position of Director of Communications and Public Relations, has been promoted to Director of External Affairs. In her new position, she will promote the museum as it seeks to better serve the diverse communities of Dallas.

Last month, the Chinati Foundation/La Fundación Chinati in Marfa, named Caitlin Murray as its new Executive Director. Yesterday, the organization announced the appointment of two new trustees to its board: Miguel Fernandez and Franck Giraud. 

In a press release, Mack Fowler and Annabelle Selldorf, chair and co-chair of the board, stated, “Miguel and Franck are accomplished business leaders and dedicated philanthropists. Their vision and expertise will be vital as we focus on Chinati’s future.”

Miguel Fernandez

Mr. Fernandez serves as the CEO of Flō Networks, XX, which he co-founded in 2001. He also co-founded Saba Investments, a regional technology fund; Stanton Hospitality, an El Paso-based hospitality group; and Sotoak Realty, a real estate company focused on developing downtown El Paso. Additionally, Mr. Fernandez is involved with community groups and nonprofit organizations. He is a member of Borderplex Alliance, an El Paso–based bi-national economic development organization and serves on the Board of Managers of the University Medical Center of El Paso, the primary teaching institution for Texas Tech University’s Paul L. Foster School of Medicine in El Paso.

Franck Giraud

Mr. Giraud splits his time between Italy and the United States and has a long history of engaging with contemporary art. He was the international director of 19th- and 20th-century art at Christie’s and later served as the chairman of Giraud, Pissarro, Ségalot (GPS Partners), an art advisory firm with locations in New York and Paris. Additionally, Mr. Giraud has been a supporter of Chinati since his first visit in 1997.

Will humanity know when singularity has arrived? This is a central question propelling the ascent of young Spanish-Croatian artist Filip Custic.

His works in response have focused on the human body as a canvas, lavishing it with color, layering it with 20th-century motifs of art and psychoanalysis, and fragmenting it with mirrors and screens. Often, the results appear like fantastical scenes composed for high-end fashion magazines and not by accident: the 30-year-old began in marketing working with the likes of Vogue, Esquire, and GQ, and remains, perhaps surprisingly, un-jaded by the creative potential of the commercial world.

Filip Custic, virtualhypermetasuperultramegaconnected. Photo: Filip Custic, courtesy Onkaos.

Fitting, then, that one of Custic’s first solo shows has opened inside a luxury shopping mall, Tokyo’s Parco Museum. The exhibition, “Human Product,” stages many of the Madrid-based artist’s founding works that present the body, most often his own, as a site for tweaking and upgrading, just like an operating system, as the artist puts it. Three new sculptural works place Custic within the context of collectible doll culture. Again, Custic believes presenting such works in Japan, the main developer of collectible dolls, makes Parco an ideal location.

“In the show, I basically want people to experience new paradigms, new situations, so we can think out ‘human programming,’” Custic told Artnet News. “I would like to open a conversation focused on how consumerist culture attempts to turn us into ‘commodities.’”

In zzz (2023) and human product (2023), new works in which Custic recasts himself as miniaturized dolls, he calls attention to the somnolent qualities of technologies, but not as you might expect. “I want to express the possibility of being able to sleep in the system and then wake up,” Custic said. “It is a big pressure to be a human being and we must look for moments of relaxation of our consciousness.”

This line of thinking applies to the overall exhibition. In his “Bolso de Pantalla” series (2021), a collection of handbags with incorporated screens that play his own branded messaging, he highlights the idea that carrying a handbag turns a human into a walking advertisement, but not to revolutionary ends.

“Consumerist culture turns us into commodities,” Custic said. “Our existence is more valid if it can be monetized.” A far-cry from calls to reclaim our digital identities.

Installation view of “Human Product” at Parco Museum, Tokyo. Photo courtesy Onkaos and Filip Custic.

Custic’s arrival in Japan marks the latest in a series of commercial breakthroughs for the artist. In 2018, he provided the visual thematics for Catalan pop star Rosalía’s sophomore album El mal querer. In a series of moving digital sculptures, Custic portrayed Rosalía as a divine figure immersed in worlds of modern spiritualism—think golden crucifixes, moon cycles, and energy circles all cast in scenes of flashing radiance. He later created work to accompany music projects for Julia Stone and Lil Nas X.

These projects stayed true to Custic’s glossy aesthetic, repeating much-used symbols such as cracked mirrors and the fragmented body, but left behind technological considerations. There’s little evidence of Custic making such a turn in his own work.

“It’s difficult to separate the role of technology in my artistic practice and in my life,” he said. “Technology is the only innovative element of our era. I think we will look super-bionic in the future and we will ask, ‘at what point did all this happen?’” Some would argue that moment has already arrived.

See more images of the exhibition below.

Installation view of “Human Product” at Parco Museum, Tokyo. Photo courtesy Onkaos and Filip Custic.

Filip Custic, “Bolso de pantalla” (2021). Photo: Filip Custic, courtesy of Onkaos.

Installation view of “Human Product” at Parco Museum, Tokyo. Photo courtesy Onkaos and Filip Custic.

“Human Product” is on view at Parco Museum, 15-1 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, through April 24.

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Reflecting her interest in drawing and photorealism, Lucy Simpson of Peacocks and Pinecones embroiders the glinting edges of glass and metallic objects in painstaking detail. Each piece is composed by directly observing decorative items like crystal tumblers and decanters, with some of the larger compositions taking upwards of 200 hours to complete. “It’s a slow process, and as a person who isn’t naturally patient, it’s a real endurance test for me,” she says. “I feel a real sense of accomplishment when I finish a piece.”

Simpson’s interest in needlework goes back to childhood and spending time with her grandmother, from whom she learned some basic skills at an early age. Fast forward to around five years ago when the artist had just given birth to her third child, and she took up cross-stitching from patterns as a way to relax. “I had been diagnosed with postnatal depression and anxiety, and my sister bought me my first kit to try and take my mind off things,” she says. “I loved how I had to completely focus on what I was doing, which left no room for intrusive thoughts. After a while, I decided I wanted to stitch my own designs and came across an embroidery style called thread painting and decided to have a go myself.”

First, Simpson began experimenting with rendering metallic objects, enjoying how single strands in a specific color could evoke a realistic depiction of light glinting off of an edge or seam. She spent time honing her craft on subjects like birds and animals because the stitches lent themselves naturally to the lines of fur and feather, but during the pandemic when she was spending extra time at home, she began to yearn for something more difficult.

“I think the biggest challenge using thread to depict glass is stitching the illusion of transparency,” she says. “I love the intricacies of cut glass and the way it distorts the liquid and makes light bounce around.” Typically working on a neutral background, Simpson sometimes incorporates patterns like gingham or polka dots, and she is constantly experimenting with new ways of realistically translating light and color, one stitch at a time.

Simpson occasionally takes commissions, and you can follow Peacocks and Pinecones on Instagram for updates.

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