The Fatal Attraction star and her businessman partner, who live in Portland, Maine were the guests of honour at the inaugural Maine Creative Industries Gala on Thursday (13Sep12) and they received the first-ever Maine Creative Industries Award.
Katherine Greenleaf, board president of the Maine Center for Creativity, said of the honour, “The Maine Creative Industries Award recognises the excellence in art, innovation and enterprise that is fuelling Maine’s creative economy… We are celebrating Glenn and David’s extraordinary ability to blend creativity in art and business.”
During the event, Close and Shaw showed off their creative and technical achievements by screening a short film featuring interviews about creativity with famous faces including actor Robert Redford and movie mogul George Lucas.
The footage, which also featured Maine-based scientists and entrepreneurs, was shot using the couple’s Apple iPhone cell phones.
