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Vote for Lily Cernak: NYAF Mascot Contest Finalist

Lily Cernak has been selected as one of 10 finalists for the New York Anime Festival (NYAF) 2010 Mascot contest! This is quite an accomplishment as hundreds of artists from across the country submitted their work in the hopes that their character would be chosen as the face of this annual convention, which will be held October 8-10, 2010, at the Jacob K. Javits Center, Manhattan. Lily teaches GoggleWorks Manga Drawing and Origami classes and teaches for the After School Arts Program (ASAP). She also works closely with her father GoggleWorks artist Alan Cernak. Not only are the finalists´ mascots featured on the NYAF website, but they are also on display at the Kinokuniya Bookstore in New York City. Each artist´s work was first critiqued by a panel of veteran judges. Now, it is up to the public to decide which of the 10 mascots will be chosen!

Vote for Lily today by visiting http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en/NYAF/Events/Mascot-Finalists-Battle-Royale/.

Votes can be submitted through June 23.
Good luck, Lily!

GOGGLEWORKS NAMES DR. GUST ZOGAS AS INTERIM DIRECTOR

READING, Pa, May 14, 2010 - Marlin Miller, Board Chairman of the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts,
has announced that the GoggleWorks Board of Directors has elected Dr. Gust Zogas to serve as the
GoggleWorks´ interim director. He will begin June 7, 2010.

In line with its mission “to nurture the arts, foster creativity, promote education and enrich the community,”
the GoggleWorks Board is emphasizing the importance of education and a key objective of the organization is
to increase the utilization of the GoggleWorks facilities for classes. Dr. Zogas will lead these efforts.

Dr. Zogas was President of Reading Area Community College from 1986 to 2003. Among his many
accomplishments during his tenure as RACC´s president, Dr. Zogas oversaw the college´s enrollment increase
from 1,260 to more than 3,000 students and the growth of RACC from one building at Second and Penn Streets
to a four-building campus.

Dr. Zogas has been involved with several professional and community organizations including as Chairman of
the Pennsylvania Task Force on Adult Education, the Statewide Ad Hoc Committee on Economic Development
for Pennsylvania Community Colleges and the inaugural Berks Economic Partnership Board. He has served on
the GoggleWorks Board of Directors since its inception in 2005.

Dr. Zogas is working with Diane LaBelle, Executive Director, to ensure a smooth transition. Ms. LaBelle will be
leaving the GoggleWorks June 10, 2010, to take the position of Executive Director of the Lehigh Valley Charter
High School for the Performing Arts (LVPA), Lehigh Valley, Pa. Over the seven years of her involvement, the
GoggleWorks became a national model for community revitalization. Her background as an architect allowed
LaBelle to spearhead the facility´s renovation, which was honored with a Pennsylvania Historic Preservation
Award. As Executive Director, LaBelle administered the six-building campus with a $1.5 million operating
budget, attracting international attention for the caliber of art and community development that occurred within
its walls.

After a period of transition, the GoggleWorks Board will develop a search committee to identify a new permanent Executive Director.