Nokia Connect to Art Honored By the New York Foundation for the Arts

Nokia, the global leader in mobility, will be honored today by New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) at the second annual Inspiration Awards to be held in Manhattan.

The award recognizes Nokia's international Connect to Art program, a joint effort between the art community and Nokia, to bring art to mobile devices.

The Inspiration Awards recognize individuals and organizations that have made significant achievements as artists or in support of artists.

To double the achievement celebration, Nokia today added exciting new artworks to the Connect to Art collection by New York-based Brian Alfred, this year's NYFA recipient of the Artist Inspiration award.

"We are extremely pleased to present the corporate Inspiration Award to Nokia for their outstanding Connect to Art program that commissions leading and emerging international artists to bring art to mobile devices," said NYFA Executive Director Theodore S. Berger.

Accepting the award, Eero Miettinen, Group Design Director at Nokia, expressed his gratitude to NYFA. "I am honored that NYFA is acknowledging Nokia's efforts to connect art and mobility.

The Nokia Connect to Art program is building a bridge between the artists and their audience by using the latest mobile telecommunications technology. It combines intimacy and broadest possible reach, two very funda