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MISSISSIPPI ARTS COMMISSIOrf
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CLIFF FINCH
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LIDA ROGERS
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	II 10,	1:7/0
Mrs. Odile Rauxet Carter
218 North Beach Boulevard
Bay St. Louis, Mississippi 39520
Dear Mrs. Carter:
The offer made by sculptor Richmond Barthe1 to Bay St.
Louis is indeed generous and will provide a most appropriate landmark for your city and the Hississippi Gulf Coast.
The National Endowment for the Arts' Art in Public Places Program offers matching fur^s for significant works of art.
I am enclosing a copy of the guidelines for this program and a sample applicatiorTfc^orm for .^our-information. I will be happy to assist you^n preparing tjre necessary proposal letter (deadline:	Jurie	197,#)	and	also	the	grant appli-
cation (if the propor?al<^Vs approve^.
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You should deterwfriec,tne approximate costs of the following:
(1) Mr. Barthe'^ usral fe4 foi/comparable work, (2) travel expenses (if cfoy)^?t3) cost of materials and services required, (4) cost of^stiitaer, (5) c<5st of site preparation, (6) cost of install^!or,- This win provide the overall estimated budget co?ts\ffcr t\& prpject. Application for one-half the total amour^may J6e sijbmitted to the Endowment. Only the estimated totals^must be included in the proposal letter. If the proposal is approved the grant application will require more specific breakdown.
Please let me know 1f I can be of further assistance. Good luck with this exciting project for Mississippi!
Si ncerely Theo Inman
Program Director
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