HomeMy WebLinkAboutLtr to Donald Lam- 320 N. E St
April 12, 2016
Mr. Donald Lam
100 North Citrus, #508
West Covina, CA 91791
Re: Andresen Building, 320 North “E” Street, San Bernardino
Dear Mr. Lam:
It is my understanding that you are the owner or contact person for the above-referenced building
in San Bernardino. The City of San Bernardino Fine Arts Commission is currently working on a
project to revitalize the downtown area. Our plan is to place art (photographs and paintings, etc.)
and poetry in the empty windows of some of the vacant buildings in that area. It is the hope of
the Fine Arts Commission that this will attract passers-by to stop and look and tell others about
the art in the windows, which will increase the foot traffic in the area. The windows in the
Andresen Building are especially well-suited to this kind of display.
We will be asking local artists and art students from local schools and colleges to submit art and
poetry for the project. Hopefully, there will be enough submissions to rotate the displays
periodically. Obviously, the work will need to be on the inside of the windows; thus our
volunteers would need access in order to clean the windows and install the art work. We would,
of course, need the written permission of the owner in order to do this.
This past spring and summer, we worked with the owner of the empty building at 468 West 5th
Street (next door to the Subway Restaurant) and installed an exhibit of photographs and poetry
by two professors from Cal State, San Bernardino. The exhibit remained in the windows for
about two months, and elicited many positive comments. This is the model that we expect to
follow on this new project.
We would like very much to work with you on this project; if you are interested, or need
additional information, please contact me at 909-862-3668 or by email at
erdogar@roadrunner.com.
Sincerely,
Dorothy Garcia, Ed.D., Chair
City of San Bernardino Fine Arts Commission