June, 2006
Charles Fazzino Paints the Brooklyn Cyclones,the Belmont Stakes, and Jerry Springer!
Posters and Limited Edition 3D Prints of the 2006 Brooklyn Cyclones Program Cover Image by Charles Fazzino are available for sale at your Favorite Fazzino Authorized Dealer. Posters may also be purchased at Keyspan Park or by emailing DDDgallery@aol.com
Brooklyn baseball has a long and storied history. It's return to the area in the form of the New York Mets affiliated Cyclones in 2001 was celebrated by everyone from the Mayor to the President of Major League Baseball. Charles Fazzino has been asked to create the official artwork for the Cyclones' 2006 season. The artwork will adorn the season opening program cover and will be unveiled during a special ceremony at City Hall on June 20th, the day of the team's home opener. Charles will also be present at the game to put down his own hand-painted commemorative home plate to celebrate the first pitch of the new season.
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HBO's "The Sopranos" Co-Star Tony Sirico (Paulie Walnuts) to join Barbaro's Jockey Edgar Prado and Chantal Sutherland, Jockey and one of PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S 100 Most Beautiful People at the 2nd Annual Belmont Stakes Celebration Presented by Grey Goose Vodka Featuring the Unveiling of Famous Pop Artist Charles Fazzino's Official Program Cover, Limite-Edition Artwork, and Poster for the 138th running of The Belmont Stakes at NYC's club PACHA on Thursday, June 8th.
Charles Fazzino has been commissioned by NYRA to create the official poster and program cover for the 138th running of The Belmont Stakes scheduled for June 10, 2006. He will donate a portion of the proceeds from all sales of the official 2006 Belmont Stakes Poster (seen above) to the Belmont Child Care Association's Anna House - the first on-site child care center at a racetrack in the U.S. for backstretch workers. The Belmont Stakes poster may be obtained at the NYRA store or by emailing DDDgallery@aol.com.
Visit www.belmontchildcare.org for more information about the Anna House.
Jerry Springer is one of America's pop culture icons, so who better to depict his life and career than the Master of Pop Art himself? Charles Fazzino was recently asked by Jerry Springer to create an original piece of artwork to celebrate the 3000th episode of "The Jerry Springer Show," as well as his career as a politician and talk show host. Fazzino, who considers himself a pop culture historian, took on the task of narrating one this country's most controversial, yet dynamic icons. The painting was unveiled (as shown above) by Jerry Springer, Michael Musto (Publisher, "The Village Voice"), Steve Wilkos, and Charles Fazzino at a celebration at Home Night Club in New York City on May 2nd.