IRVINE, Calif., May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The Whitney Museum Biennial 2006 website (http://www.whitney.org/www/2006biennial/index.php) developed by Brilliant Blue has been selected as an official honoree of the 11th Annual Webby Awards.

Of the more than 8,000 entries submitted to the 11th Annual Webby Awards, fewer than 15 percent were distinguished as an Official Honoree, signifying outstanding work.

The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996 during the Web's infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 550-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities.

"As a company dedicated to delivering marketing tools that help our clients grow by reaching online customers, we're honored to receive this recognition of our work from the Webby Awards," said Peter Ashworth, CEO and Chief Creative Officer of Brilliant Blue. "It's a tribute to the excellent work our people do."

"The Whitney is delighted to have been selected for this honor, especially as we are gearing up for the next Whitney Biennial, which will open in March 2008," said Stephen Soba, Acting Associate Director of Communications and Marketing for the Whitney Museum of American Art. "Brilliant Blue did a great job helping us develop the branding and website for our 2006 event."

The Whitney Biennial site also won a Silver Award last year from the American Association of Webmasters.

ABOUT THE WHITNEY MUSEUM

The Whitney Museum of American Art is the leading advocate of 20th and 21st-century American art. Founded in 1930, the Museum is regarded as the preeminent collection of American art and includes major works and materials from the estate of Edward Hopper, the largest public collection of works by Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, and Lucas Samaras, as well as significant works by Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Agnes Martin, Bruce Nauman, Georgia O'Keeffe, Claes Oldenburg, Kiki Smith, and Andy Warhol, among other artists. With its history of exhibiting the most promising and influential American artists and provoking intense critical and public debate, the Whitney's signature show, the Biennial, has become the most important survey of the state of contemporary art in America today.