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   [Date]: Tue, 10 Oct 1999 13:06:21 -0700
   [From]: Susan Marquez <smarq@pacbell.net>
     [To]: Cultural Exchange via Internet <forum1@hkw.kbx.de>
[Subject]: World Sculpture News/Asian Art News Statement


"World Sculpture News" and "Asian Art News Magazines" are dedicated to
increasing awareness about the vital importance of art and sculpture.
Art plays a crucial educational role in our personal lives as well as
the public sphere. Art gives individuals the ability to express who they
are and their beliefs about the world in which they live. It also has
the capacity to bring together a multitude of ideas and differing
viewpoints where strife and misunderstanding might otherwise prevail.

Going on its tenth year, "Asian Art News Magazine" is recognized
worldwide for its excellent and consistent coverage of Asia-Pacific
artists working in two-dimensional media. Formerly "Asia-Pacific
Sculpture News," "World Sculpture News Magazine" has grown by leaps and
bounds in its five-year existence, providing comprehensive editorial
coverage of sculpture and public art today on a truly international
scale.

In addition to my coverage of the San Francisco Bay Area art events, my
personal mission with regard to these publications is to bring them to a
wider audience and to ensure that we become involved with other
organizations that share our belief in the edifying nature and
liberating power of art.

Susan Marquez