Alys Beach, FL - (May 26, 2010) - On Saturday, June 12th, the signature stark white homes and rooftops of Alys Beach, Florida will become the world's largest blank canvas.

The occasion is called 'Digital Graffiti' and it's an annual event that's billed as the world's first projection art festival, where artists use the latest technologies to project their original video and interactive artworks onto the iconic white walls of an entire beach resort town.

“Projecting art onto the white buildings of Alys Beach is the closest thing I’ve experienced to magic," said world-famous urban planner, architect and author Andrés Duany, who served as a judge during the 2009 festival.

"This year, we received entries from all over the U.S. as well as from digital artists in 18 countries, including places such as Slovenia, Poland, Mexico, Greece, Australia, Bulgaria, Israel, Scotland, Argentina, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands and Belgium, among others," said Digital Graffiti's founder, Mike Ragsdale. "From a field of nearly 300 entries, our selection committee narrowed it down to 36 extraordinary finalists."

Those 36 finalists will now compete for $10,000 in cash prizes, including a $5,000 "Best of Show" award sponsored by Alys Beach, a $2,000 prize for the most innovative/experimental creation sponsored by the Florida Office of Film & Entertainment (www.filminflorida.com), and a $1,000 "Best Local Submission" award sponsored by 30A.com.

Winners will ultimately be decided by a panel of celebrity and industry judges, including Alan Hunter, film producer and MTV's very first "VJ"; Lucia Fishburne, The State of Florida's Film Commissioner; Colleen Duffley, professional photographer for clients such as Metropolitan Home magazine and Nieman Marcus; Brett Phares, professor of interactive media at Marist College in New York, and Paul Cohen, film executive and Director of Florida State University's Torchlight Program.

The festival will be held from 8:30pm until midnight on Saturday, June 12th, 2010, rain or shine. To purchase tickets or for more information about Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach, please visit www.digitalgraffiti.com.

ABOUT DIGITAL GRAFFITI
Digital Graffiti is the world's first projection art festival, where artists use the latest technologies to project their original video and interactive artworks onto the iconic white walls of Alys Beach, Florida. "Alys Beach welcomes painters with open arms and white walls," wrote USA Today. "But with projectors and laptops rather than spray cans." Sometimes referred to as "Photon Bombing," "Guerilla Projection" or "Urban Projection," underground artists around the globe have been using the latest design, animation and projection technologies to cast dynamic images onto skyscrapers and other urban structures as a means of artistic expression. But Digital Graffiti at Alys Beach is the first outdoor festival specifically organized to celebrate and showcase these unique talents. "Digital Graffiti explores how design, technology and architecture intertwine to create new art forms," said Mike Ragsdale of Alys Beach. "Our beach community literally becomes a blank canvas for innovative technology companies and ground-breaking artists who transform the entire town into a living work of art." For more information, please visit www.digitalgraffiti.com.

ABOUT ALYS BEACH
One of the most beautiful new towns in the world, Alys Beach is located on Scenic Highway 30A in Florida's panhandle, along what The New York Times said "may be the best beach in the continental U.S." The resort town's extraordinary architectural vision drew inspirations from both Bermuda and the family courtyard homes of Antigua, Guatemala. When complete, Alys Beach will be home to 900 villas and courtyard homes, as well as restaurants, parks, shops and other resort amenities. Alys Beach is the first Fortified...for Safer Living® community in the world, and all homes are built to Florida's Green Home Designation Standard. For home sales or vacation rental information, please call 866-481-8387 or visit www.alysbeach.com.