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Saint Paul kicks off encore to the successful 'Peanuts on Parade' summer art project

Saint Paul, Minnesota (ots-PRNewswire) -

'Charlie Brown Around Town' is theme for this year's salute to native
son Charles Schulz
Today Mayor Norm Coleman
announced the city's plans for the second public art project in
honour of Saint Paul's native son, Charles Schulz. "Charlie Brown
Around Town" will be the theme of this year's project. This comes on
the heels of last summer's celebration which featured 101 painted
Snoopys dotting the streets of Saint Paul. The statues will begin
appearing throughout the city in June and the project will conclude
with another live public auction in the fall at the Mall of America
(Bloomington, Minnesota.). As with last year's event, all proceeds
raised will go towards the permanent bronze Peanuts Gang sculpture to
be installed in downtown Saint Paul, as well as to scholarship
programs at the Art Instruction School in Minneapolis and the College
of Visual Arts in Saint Paul. The permanent sculpture is scheduled to
be completed and unveiled in December of this year.
An estimated 450,000 people from all corners of the globe visited
Saint Paul last year to see the Snoopy statues. This year, officials
are hoping for a similar enthusiasm.
"Last year was simply magical. The love shown for Charles Schulz
and his beloved Snoopy was amazing to see. We're thrilled to be
launching 'Charlie Brown Around Town.' This will be another fabulous
summer in Saint Paul," said Mayor Coleman.
Local businesses will again be sponsoring artists to decorate the
statues. Once decorated, the 5-foot-tall polyurethane statues will go
on display throughout downtown and the city's neighbourhoods. Towards
the end of the summer, all of the statues will be gathered into
downtown for weeks of family festivities, including a weekend
"Blockhead" party.
"Charlie Brown Around Town will continue to bring families to
Saint Paul and to showcase our city's great assets," explained John
J. Labosky, President of the Capital City Partnership. The Capital
City Partnership, together with the City, the Convention and Visitors
Bureau, and TivoliToo Design and Sculpting Studios will be bringing
this year's project to life. Like last year, the Schulz family,
United Media and Creative Associates will be enthusiastically
supporting the project.
Information about the project can be found all summer long on the
http://www.ilovestpaul.com website or via the Charlie Brown hotline
at +1-651-266-8989.

Contact:

Leslie Kupchella of City of St. Paul, phone +1-651-266-8534,
Pager +1-612-660-5069

Internet: http://www.ilovestpaul.com