For Immediate Release: February 9, 2007 Media Contact: Rachel Cain, Communications Coordinator 303-892-3802 or Rachel.Cain@state.co.us   Corporate Collections 2007: 11th Anniversary The show runs February 14 through April 11, 2007 at Republic Plaza

DENVER, (February 9, 2007) - Brookfield Properties in cooperation with The Colorado Council on the Arts and Arts for Colorado announce the 11th Annual presentation of Corporate Collections. This exhibit showcases fine art from the collections of Colorado businesses and corporations, providing the public a unique opportunity to view art ordinarily exhibited in a private setting and honors those businesses that support the arts.

Participating companies include The Gates Corporation, Kaiser Permanente, and Qwest. This is a unique opportunity once a year for businesses to share with the general public the diversity of fine art they present in their office environments throughout the year. Businesses outside the Front Range will also be featured this year.

The Opening Reception, hosted by the Colorado Council on the Arts and Arts for Colorado will be held Tuesday evening, February 20th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. A special program will begin at 6:00 p.m., featuring remarks by Lieutenant Governor Barbara O’Brien. Also invited to speak are leaders of the Legislative Arts Caucus: Senator Abel Tapia (3), Representative Alice Borodkin (9) Representative Al White (57) and Senator Jack Taylor.

"Corporate Collections 2007” is sponsored by Brookfield Properties, owner and manager of Republic Plaza, located at 370 Seventeenth Street, Downtown Denver, Colorado. The exhibit, curated by Andra Archer and produced by the Archer Concept Group, is open to the public free of charge, Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. For further information, please call: 303-733-1868.

The mission of the Colorado Council on the Arts, a state agency, is to promote the cultural, educational and economic growth of Colorado through development of its arts and cultural heritage.

Arts for Colorado is a grassroots nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to improving the climate for culture throughout the state by providing a strong pro-arts voice in Colorado’s legislature and a voice that speaks in communities about the values of the arts to quality of life and economic development.

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