NAIPartners-Annual-2018-1

2018 ANNUAL
NAI Partners named to Houston
Business Journal’s Best Places to
Work list for fourth year in a row
NAI Partners is proud to announce that it is one of
just 102 companies named to the Houston Business
Journal’s 2018 Best Places to Work list. This is the 4th
year in a row the company has ranked on the HBJ Best
Places to Work list, and 9th time overall in the 17 years
the HBJ has been publishing the HBJ Best Places to
Work list.
NAI Partners’ Graphic Designer
wins prestigious art competition
Our own Padaric Kolander, Graphic Designer, who won
the Hunting Art Prize in 2016, was recently the subject of
a profile written by his alma mater, Eastern New Mexico
University.
The Hunting Art Prize, sponsored by Hunting PLC, an
international oil services company, was an annual art
competition for Texas artists with a $50,000 award.
Artists submitted a single two-dimensional painting or
drawing, with a winner being determined through a twotiered
jury process.
“My work was in a main gallery area, where I also had a
piece shown in a previous year, and I could see it hanging
on the opposite end of the room the entire evening and
during the presentation. Like every dumb artist, I thought
I could win, so I kept looking at my work to see if they
would grab it off the wall for the announcement. At some
point, I got distracted and an usher kept asking me to
move closer to the stage. I thought they needed more
room for people behind me.”
“Then, they announced my name as the artist selected
for the prize. Somehow I made it to the stage, shook
hands and mumbled a couple of sentences. It took a
long time for it to sink in. I had a great time each year,
and the people at the gala could not be more genuine,
helpful or generous. The event’s marketing coordinator
had even purchased my previous two entries. I was just
looking forward to coming back. I still hear from people
with them and remain in contact.”
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