Galerie La Parlière, Murals, Trompe l'oeil, Hand Painted Furniture, Frescoes, Paintings

Galerie LaParlière & Studios, Recognized Among Top 100 Regional
Minority Businesses
Will Receive an Award at the November 15, 2009 Ceremony

Gordonsville , October 4th, 2009:
Galerie LaParlière & Studios is proud to announce that Maryvonne LaParlière, Owner/Artist has been selected to receive the prestigious Top 100 Minority Business® Enterprise Award. In its fourth year, this program is designed to acknowledge and pay tribute to outstanding women and minority business owners in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and the District of Columbia. The awards ceremony will take place at the Inn and Conference Center at University of Maryland University College in Adelphi, Maryland on Sunday, November 15, 2009.

A panel of distinguished judges chose Galerie LaParlière & Studios from fourteen hundred nominations. Selection was based on entrepreneurs who demonstrated outstanding achievement in four key areas: entrepreneurship, client satisfaction, professional and community contributions. This year’s ceremony host organizations are: The Center for Business Inclusion and Diversity (CBID); the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) ; Southwest Airlines; Maryland’s Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs; greiBO media, and The Parren J. Mitchell Foundation for Talent and Education.

“I am so happy and so proud to have been selected” said Maryvonne Laparlière from Galerie LaParlière & Studios. “ It is for me a the accomplishment and the reward of many years of hard work and tenacity. I have been many times congratulated for the quality of my artwork and for the services provided, but now it is so important to me to be recognized as well for my entrepreneurship. Make a living being an artist is not an easy thing and I do it since over 20 years!”

Galerie LaParlière & Studios is Central Virginia based in Gordonsville (Orange County) and offers services for Decorative painting, Murals at their highest levels, Trompe l’oeil , Hand Painted Furniture and Faux finishes. Its impressive clientele’s list includes such celebrities as Priscilla Presley, Larry Hagman, Kelly LeBrock, Diplomats, University of VA, Martha Jefferson Hospital,Keswick Hall (Orient Express Chain) and Maryvonne LaParlière has been subject of, local, national and international media.
Galerie LaParlière & Studios represents the best of what our region’s minority business community has to offer,” said Sharon R. Pinder, CEO of the Center for Business Inclusion and Diversity and founder of the Top 100 MBE® Awards Ceremony. “This award is the culmination of sacrifice, dedication and hard work and will inspire future minority business entrepreneurs to strive for the same level of success.”