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CONTACT: Juan Camaliche
The Cellar Club  (305) 913.3203
e-mail: jcamaliche@biltmorehotel.com

THE BILTMORE INTERNATIONAL FOOD & WINE WEEKEND
TO FEATURE THE ARTWORK OF PAINTER GILDA SACASAS
Festival poster, “Noche Abierta” available for sale throughout the weekend

Coral Gables, FL -- Gilda Sacasas returns to the Biltmore International Food & Wine Weekend as its signature artist for the fourth consecutive year. Her original artwork, entitled “Noche Abierta,” graces the festival’s poster and all related promotional and communications materials. The original 25 x 30 acrylic-on-canvas painting will be auctioned at the festival’s Interactive Culinary Luncheon on Sunday, May 1.

The Cuban-born artist, who is greatly influenced by Picasso, began her art career in 1993. Sacasas has exhibited her work in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico and Europe. In the Old World, she had exhibits in Basel, Switzerland, Livorno, Italy, and several cities in Spain. She exhibits permanently in her own Coral Gables gallery, GDS Fine Arts Studio.

“My paintings are usually about life, romance, feelings and emotion,” says Sacasas. “’Noche Abierta’ symbolizes an evening open to love, tenderness, a couple and the beauty that surrounds them.”

The Wine Weekend poster will be on sale for $15.00 throughout the event. Proceeds from the poster sale and the live auction of the original painting will benefit the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

For further information about Gilda Sacasas, visit her web site at www.sacasas.com. Log onto www.biltmorefestival.com for a complete schedule of events and to view the 2005 wine weekend poster.