Merrick Bank has recently announced a partnership with the Orlando Magic, an NBA team based in Orlando, Florida. This collaboration aims to provide special benefits and offers to Magic fans and Merrick Bank customers. As part of this partnership, Merrick Bank will become the official credit card issuer for the Orlando Magic. This means that Magic fans will have the opportunity to apply for exclusive credit card offers and take advantage of unique benefits, such as access to pre-sale tickets and discounts on team merchandise. In addition to the credit card partnership, Merrick Bank will also work with the Orlando Magic to support various community initiatives. This includes financial literacy programs, youth basketball clinics, and other charitable efforts that aim to make a positive impact in the Orlando community.
My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect drawings, to paintings of detailed botanical and anatomical imagery on waxed paper bags, to my current work of young women and children on wood panel. The thread here being my fascination and awe of life on this planet and the connectedness I feel to all, but find hard to describe in words.
My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect drawings, to paintings of detailed botanical and anatomical imagery on waxed paper bags, to my current work of young women and children on wood panel. In the process of finding healing for chronic pain and fatigue, I have deepened my interest in shamanism, ceremony and the deep nurturing that nature provides.
This includes financial literacy programs, youth basketball clinics, and other charitable efforts that aim to make a positive impact in the Orlando community. Both Merrick Bank and the Orlando Magic are excited about this new partnership and the opportunities it presents. It allows Merrick Bank to connect with a passionate fan base and support a beloved sports team, while providing valuable benefits to its customers.
anne siems
I was born in Berlin, Germany. As a child, I lived for three years near Buenos Aires, Argentina. My first extended stay in the US was as an exchange student. After finishing my MFA in Berlin, I moved to Seattle, WA.
My work has moved from semi-abstract, room-filling plant and insect drawings, to paintings of detailed botanical and anatomical imagery on waxed paper bags, to my current work of young women and children on wood panel. The thread here being my fascination and awe of life on this planet and the connectedness I feel to all, but find hard to describe in words.
In the process of finding healing for chronic pain and fatigue, I have deepened my interest in shamanism, ceremony and the deep nurturing that nature provides.
In my work I try to be as honest and true to myself as I can without losing discernment. I aim as best as I can for sincerity, intimacy and openness in my paintings. In them I find the beginning of something that touches the universal. It is a place where others can touch the magic and sensuality that gets exposed in the process.
I think deep inside of us lives a longing to experience a sense of 'falling in love'. A visceral experience without words. For that to happen, this place needs to be free of irony and conceptual humor. I am looking in my work to find the point in which we feel a certain ache – the ache caused by the knowledge that life is full of light and dark, sacred and profane, beauty and ugliness, life and death.
"Look, I want to love this world as though it's the last chance I'm ever going to get to be alive and know it."
from October, by Mary Oliver
Education
- Master of Fine Arts, Hochschule der Kunste, Berlin, Germany 1991
- Fulbright Scholarship, University of the South, Sewanee, TN, 1986-87
Upcoming Shows
- Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX Jul 2022
- Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee,WI Fall 2022
- David Lusk Gallery, Nashville, TN, summer 2023
- David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2023
Solo Exhibitions
- Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA 2022
- Russo Lee Gallery, Portland, OR 2021
- Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA 2020
- Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID 2020
- Slete Gallery, Culver City, CA 2019
- Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY 2018
- Patricia Rovzar Gallery, Seattle, WA 2018
- David Lusk Gallery, Memphis,TN 2018
- Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID 2018
- Russo Lee Gallery, Portland OR, July 2017
- Wally Workman Gallery, Austin TX, July 2017
- David Lusk Gallery, Nashville TN, October 2017
- Drawings, Walker Contemporary, Boston, MA 2016
- New Work, Littlejohn Contemporary, New Canaan, CT 2016
- Woodside Braseth Gallery, Seattle, WA 2016
- Works on Paper, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN 2016
- Dream Lessons, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2015
- Elements, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID 2015
- Beauty the Brave, Slete Gallery/Obsolete, Venice, CA 2015
- Edges of Mist, Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY 2015
- Old Growth, Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 2014
- Part II, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID 2014
- Trees, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN 2014
- Healing, Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY 2013
- Ceremony, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2013
- A Careful Observation of Daylight, Obsolete, Venice, CA 2013
- Anne Siems, Wolly Workamn Gallery, Austin, TX 2012
- Guidance, Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 2012
- Saints and Other Folk, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2011
- More Saints, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN 2011
- Paintings, Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, NY 2011
- Wolpertinger & Other Creatures, Jacana Contemporary, Vancouver, BC 2010
- Taxonomy of the Velvet Forest, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 2010
- Heartbranches and Strange Plants, Obsolete, Venice, CA 2010
- Butterfly Flight & Other Stories, Walker Contemporary, Boston, MA 2009
- Creatures, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland,OR 2009
- Birds, Littlejohn Contemporary, New York, Ny 2009
- New Work, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland,OR 2008
- New Work, Walker Contemporary, Boston,MA 2008
- New Work, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis,TN 2008
- New Work, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN 2007
- Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 2008
- The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2006, 2007
- Muse, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 2006
- Portraits, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005
- The Gift of Dream, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 2004
- Daydream, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004
- New Work, Argazzi Art, Lakeville, CT 2004
- Home, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN 2004
- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 2004
- Infant, Boy, Girl, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 2003
- Kinder, Anne Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, ID 2003
- Children, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR 2003
- Bloom, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2002
- This Vision, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN 2002
- Land in this Body, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 2001
- Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR 2001
- Erde, Anne Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, ID 2001
- Winston Wachter Mayer Gallery, New York, NY 2001
- James Gallery, Houston, TX 2001
- From Within and Above, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000
- James Gallery, Houston, Texas 2000
- University of Texas, San Marcos, Texas 2000
- I Gather Myself Beneath Myself, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 1999
- Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee 1999
- Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR 1999
- James Gallery, Houston, TX 1999
- Anne Reed Gallery, Sun Valley, ID 1999
- Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1999
- Thoughts in the Night, Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO 1998
- Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN 1998
- Nocturnes, The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1998
- Inside a Feathered Body, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 1997
- Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR 1997
- Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 1996
- Unfolded in Stillness, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID 1996
- The Membrane of My Breath, Catharine Clark Gallery, SF, CA 1996
- Botanical Vision, Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID 1996
- The Garden Behind Closed Eyes, Ledbetter Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN 1996
- Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR 1996
- Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 1995
- Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1994
- Cal State San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, San Bernardino, CA 1994
- Oregon School of Arts & Crafts, Portland, OR 1994
- Flower Anatomy, Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 1994
- Works of Summer, Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1994
- Invented Memory, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR 1994
- University of Alaska-Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 1994
- Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1994
- Pulliam Deffenbaugh Nugent Gallery, Portland, OR 1994
- Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA 1993
- Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1993
- Pulliam Deffenbaugh Nugent Gallery, Portland, OR 1993
- Sorg Design, Berlin, Germany 1991
- Light Band Gallery, Berlin, Germany 1991
- Frank Wegener, Steuerberater, Berlin, Germany 1990
- Hertin, Nordemann & Vinck, Berlin, Germany 1988
- Cafe Ubersee, Berlin, Germany 1988
- University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee 1987
Select Group Exhibitions
- Believe in Magic Antonio Colombo Gallery, Milan, Italy
- Radical Kingdoms Union College, Schenectady, NY
The Orlando Magic, on the other hand, will benefit from the resources and expertise of Merrick Bank, helping them to further engage with their fans and the local community. Overall, this partnership between Merrick Bank and the Orlando Magic is a win-win situation for both parties. It demonstrates the power of collaboration between a financial institution and a sports team, and the positive impact it can have on fans and the community..
Reviews for "From Banking to Basketball: How Merrick Bank Found Success Through the Orlando Magic"
1. John - 1 star
I had a terrible experience with Merrick Bank Orlando Magic. The customer service was completely unhelpful and rude. They made countless errors on my account and refused to resolve them. The fees were outrageous and they charged me for services I never even signed up for. I would not recommend this bank to anyone.
2. Emily - 2 stars
I was disappointed with my experience at Merrick Bank Orlando Magic. The interest rates were extremely high and they were not transparent about their fees. I also had trouble accessing my online account and it took weeks to get a response from customer service. Overall, I felt like they were taking advantage of their customers and I will be switching to a different bank.
3. Sarah - 1 star
Merrick Bank Orlando Magic was a nightmare to deal with. Their website is outdated and glitchy, making it nearly impossible to make online payments or access my account information. The customer service representatives were rude and unprofessional, and they weren't able to provide any solutions to my issues. I ended up closing my account and going with a different bank because of their incompetence. Avoid this bank if you can.
4. Mike - 2 stars
I had high hopes for Merrick Bank Orlando Magic, but they let me down. Their interest rates were much higher than other banks in the area and their rewards program was lackluster. The mobile app was clunky and difficult to navigate, which made managing my account a hassle. I also had issues with fraudulent charges on my card and their customer service did not handle the situation well. Overall, I would not recommend banking with Merrick Bank Orlando Magic.