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DEC-21-1993 16:54 FROM COB-DCD TO 912123717345 P.03

We invite you to join us for the opening festivities the morning of July 30th. During the eight weeks of last year's exhibition, thousands of community members, their friends, and visitors from out of town walked through the Park. Community response based on questionnaires at the park were overwhelmingly positive regarding the exhibition as a whole. Four out of the twelve sculptures shown were either purchased or placed on long-term loan by cities and a local developer. Two of the four were purchased by the City of Bellevue at our recommendation. Focus groups we interviewed a year later as part of a public art planning process identified the exhibition as a highly effective way of expanding the public's experience with art, and a great event for the Downtown Park.

Arts Commissioners Victoria Hughes and Jeff Wilson co-chair the Exhibition committee. In about ten days one of them will contact you by phone to discuss your participating in Bellevue's 1994 Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition. In the meantime, if you have questions, feel free to contact City Arts Specialist Mary Pat Byrne at (206) 451-4105.

This year, with the added interest of outstanding artists such as yourself, we expect the exhibition to have an even greater attendance. We hope you will join us!

Sincerely,

Suzanne O'Connor

Suzanne O'Connor, Chairperson
Bellevue Arts Commission

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