The Long Island Music Hall of Fame has announced that it has joined with Ross Galleries of Holbrook, New York to offer a unique opportunity to bid on an original portrait by internationally renowned artist Peter Max. The auction will be conducted at the Hall of Fame's October 15 Induction Gala at the Patchogue Theater. A commission from the sale of the portrait will benefit the Hall.

The winning bidder(s) will have their portrait created by Peter Max and will then be invited to his studio in New York City to meet the artist and to have the portrait presented by him and photographs of the event taken to commemorate the meeting.

For more information about this remarkable auction, please contact the Long Island Music Hall of Fame at 631-828-3914.

Peter Max has inspired several generations with his art, and has painted portraits of world leaders and rock and roll stars. He has painted Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison, Bono, Ted Turner, Barbara Walters, Hillary & Bill Clinton, Steven Spielberg, George Bush Sr. and Michel Gorbachev to name a few. Visit him online at http://www.petermax.com/.

Ross Galleries, the largest fundraising auction firm in the USA, specializes in live art and memorabilia auctions as social and cultural fundraisers. Visit them online at http://www.rossgalleries.com/.

The Long Island Music Hall of Fame is a 501(c)(3) membership organization dedicated to the idea that Long Island's musical heritage is an important resource to be celebrated and preserved for future generations. The organization, which defines Long Island geographically rather than politically, as Kings, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties, was created as a place to inspire in each person the desire to explore and celebrate music in all its forms and to be a place where the music community will find the support, resources and leadership necessary to aid them in that exploration. The Long Island Music Hall of Fame sponsors the Long Island Sound Award, traveling educational exhibits and is working to create a permanent home for the story of the Island's musical heritage.

They will be presenting the First Annual Long Island Music Hall of Fame Induction Gala on October 15, 2006 at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, 71 East Main Street in Patchogue. For more information about the Long Island Music Hall of Fame, please visit their website at http://limusichalloffame.org/. For other information, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.