Palisades Unveils New Jersey's First-Ever Highway Art Gallery

Winning Artwork by Local Artists to be Showcased on Billboards Throughout
State, Honored by NJ Secretary of State

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- There are no tickets required
to attend this weeks unveiling of the Palisades Highway Art Gallery
competition's winning images. Palisades, the nice New Jersey car insurance
company, invites everyone to hit the road and check out the 13 newest
billboards to make up the state's first-ever Highway Art Gallery. Each
roadside canvas features work from New Jersey artists whose entries were
selected by visitors to the competition site, Palisades.com/DriveWithaSmile.
The public viewed more than 900 artwork submissions and voted for their
favorites over four weeks this summer.

"We are so proud to unveil these exceptional works to the public this week,"
said Ed Fernandez, president and CEO of Palisades. "The goal of our Palisades
Highway Art Gallery was to make New Jersey a more memorable place to drive,
which we feel each of the winning submissions accomplishes. We're thrilled New
Jersey drivers can now enjoy the winning artwork being displayed throughout
the state for the remainder of the summer."

Since July 13, artists of all ages and levels of skill competed online in
hopes of having their work chosen to be showcased on one of 13 billboards
throughout New Jersey, as part of the Palisades Highway Art Gallery.
Throughout the competition, more than 940 submissions were uploaded to the
Drive With a Smile Web site, and each submission was then displayed and
available for site visitors to vote for their favorites.

At the close of the voting period, the 13 submissions were selected by the
public as their favorites to be reproduced and posted on billboards throughout
Bergen, Morris, Middlesex, Monmouth, Essex, Hudson, Burlington, Somerset,
Atlantic, Ocean, Camden and Mercer Counties. There were more than 110,000
votes and winners were announced on August 10.

Winners were honored on August 13 by Palisades and the NJ Secretary of State
Nina Mitchell Wells in a ceremony at the NJ State Museum in Trenton.

"I wish to thank President Ed Fernandez and everyone at the Palisades
insurance company for their successful Highway Art Gallery campaign," said
Secretary Wells. "The response has been nothing short of extraordinary with
over 940 submissions from artists statewide - all sharing their unique
perspective on what makes the state an ideal tourism destination and a great
place to live, work, vacation and raise a family. I want to congratulate all
the award winners, and thank everyone who took the time to participate. Not
only will the winners enjoy high profile exposure for their artwork, but
drivers near and far will be reminded that, in New Jersey, there's always a
great destination in any direction."

Palisades Highway Art Gallery billboard sites include:
-- Rt. 1 at Olden Ave. - Mercer County; artwork by Olivia Funghini of
Union
-- Rt. 46 at Ruby Ave. - Bergen County; artwork of Mark Oberndorf of
Wyckoff
-- Rt. 9 at Ticetown Rd. - Middlesex County; artwork by Jill Caporlingua
of
Highland Park
-- Rt. 35 at W. Park Ave. - Monmouth County; artwork by Alan Barnett of
Asbury Park
-- Rt. 10 at Cooper Rd. - Morris County; artwork by Paul Kiesche of Long
Valley
-- NJ Turnpike at Exit 17 Toll - Hudson County; Madelaine Cappuccio of
Ridgefield Park
-- Rt. 73 at Orchard Ave. - Burlington County; artwork by Jeff Gola of
Moorestown
-- Rt. 202 at Old York Rd. - Somerset County; artwork by Stephanie Amato
of
Basking Ridge
-- Rt. 1 at Meadow Rd. - Mercer County; artwork by Bryan Sannwaldt of
Milltown
-- Rt. 9 at Bayshore Dr. - Ocean County; artwork by Audrey Linstrom of
River Vale
-- Rt. 280 at Garden State Parkway Exit - Essex County; artwork by Maria
Nash of Rockaway
-- Rt. 38 at Browning Rd. - Camden County; artwork by Kelly Hunt of
Hammonton

-- Atlantic City Expressway at mile post 5.8 - Atlantic County; artwork
by
Scott Mahrer of Egg Harbor Township

The Palisades Highway Art Gallery was officially announced on July 13 with the
unveiling of two billboards featuring artwork by renowned New Jersey artists
Tim Daly of Hoboken and Gary Godbee of Westfield. The winning images, as well
as all of the submissions to the Highway Art Gallery can be viewed on
Palisades.com/DriveWithaSmile.

The New Jersey Highway Art Gallery is the first initiative of the Palisades
Drive With a Smile campaign, with the goal to remind drivers about the best
the Garden State has to offer and create nicer New Jersey driving moments and
more smiles all around. For more information about the Drive With a Smile
campaign or the Palisades Highway Art Gallery, visit
Palisades.com/DriveWithaSmile.

For information about Palisades or any of its more than 300 independent agents
across the state, visit Palisades.com.

About Palisades
Palisades is the nice New Jersey car insurance company that gives you more.
Drivers and agents get more reasons to smile with more value, friendly New
Jersey expertise, and service done right. Palisades sells exclusively through
over 300 independent agents and is a leader in the fast settlement of claims.
Palisades Safety and Insurance Management Corporation is a Plymouth Rock
managed company. The Plymouth Rock Companies write and manage more than $1
billion in personal and commercial auto and homeowner's insurance across the
Northeast. Palisades Safety and Insurance Management Corporation is the
Attorney-in-Fact of Palisades Safety and Insurance Association (PSIA).
Insurance is written by PSIA and its two wholly-owned insurers, Palisades
Insurance Company and Palisades Property and Casualty Insurance Company
(collectively "Palisades").

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