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Patricia Sahertian is an award-winning creative director whose work has appeared in Fine Art Magazine and in numerous home decor trade journals. Among her impressive roster of creative accomplishments are awards for graphic design from the Association of Graphic Communication and the Neenah Paper Gold Medal for stationery design. She has collaborated with Mary C. Leto, critically acclaimed paper artist, on a fundraising post card design featured at the Dieu Donné Papermill in New York City.

The list of her extensive versatililty includes: creation of a corporate identity for Cuban director Jorge Ulla; creation of a website for Arturo O'Farrill, musical director of the Jazz at Lincoln Center's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra; book designs for Ken Keeley, photo-realist, Alfred van Loen, sculptor, and visual production assistance with the book Mande Potters and Leather Workers by Barbara Frank, Ph.D.; the writing of articles on Romero Britto and Joyce Tenneson, Absolut Vodka Campaign artists; and production of the book Gartel on Golf for Laurence Gartel, “the Godfather of Digital Art” also an Absolut artist.

Through the creation and production of innovative websites, Sahertian has also enhanced the works and businesses of Megan Kelley, musican, Sheila Ross-Luber, writer and Nancy Giles, attorney at law.

As a ceramic sculptor she has found a tactile outlet for expressing her creativity and teaching abilities. She has directed and starred in a series of food videos and was the creative director for critical, inc., a graphic art studio she founded with her sister, Rosena Radenberg. Sahertian also started CHeZ MaTch, a creative studio specializing in art and multi media graphics.

This is her first documentary.

Without the help and support from Margaret Haack, Ruth Tukan, Megan Kelley, Jacob Sahertian, Damian Kelley and Rosena Radenberg this venture would not be possible.

Hong Kong

"More than one third of Hong Kong’s jobseekers believe they have been discriminated against in applying for a job, with mature workers facing the greatest prejudice, according to a new study.

The global survey by staffing company Kelly Services has found that 38 per cent of respondents in Hong Kong say they have experienced discrimination of some type when applying for a job in the last five years.

The Kelly Global Workforce Index sought the views of approximately 70,000 jobseekers in 28 countries including more than 300 in Hong Kong.

The major sources of discrimination identified by respondents were age, cited by 19 per cent, followed by nine per cent for gender, five per cent race and one per cent for disability.

However, levels of discrimination in Hong Kong are low by global standards with Hong Kong ranked 26th on the list of 28 countries. Sweden, Thailand and Singapore ranked highest. Hong Kong, followed by Indonesia, were the lowest amongst the eight countries surveyed in the Asia-Pacific region.

Approximately 11 per cent of men and eight per cent of women in Hong Kong reported gender discrimination when applying for work. The survey found that people without university qualifications reported higher rates of discrimination.

Age discrimination is more prevalent with 29 per cent of workers aged 45 or older reporting they felt they had been discriminated against because of their age. And 22 per cent of younger workers aged up to 24 also believed they were victims of age discrimination.

The survey also found that approximately 27 per cent of those surveyed believed they were subject to discrimination in their day-to-day working life."

Source: Workers in Hong Kong Face Ageism