Polo has not been in the Olympics since 1936 but there is a mounting interest in the polo community to help reinstate the sport in time for Beijing in 2008 and/or New York (location still undetermined) in 2012.

In support of this project, Polo America founder Randy Russell is organizing a "Painted Polo Player" project, similar to the Painted Cows, Painted Angels, or Painted Ponies Projects. The idea is to paint statues of polo players, put them on display at Kennedy International Airport for two months and then auction them off to benefit charities to help send polo players to international competition such as the FIP World Polo Championship in Chantilly, France 2004 . Because of your interest in polo, you may want to pass this opportunity to be an artist, on to your favorite artist or your school art department. You can also participate by purchasing a polo player at auction October 26, 2002 in Las Vegas at Polo Expo. And finally, you can be a sponsor by buying a polo player to be painted for $2500. Randy Russell writes:

Polo America would like to invite you to become a sponsor in "The Colorful World of Polo" If you love this sport of ours, you'll love the opportunity to become a part of the biggest polo promotion
in history. Never before has our sport been given the chance to expose itself to several million people over a three-month time frame.

The Colorful World of Polo is a unique art exhibition that extends far beyond the art community. It is an awareness promotion for our
sport and a fundraiser for the Federation of International Polo Olympic Fund and the American International Polo Foundation.

..."The Colorful World of Polo" will be exposed to several million people. Phil Karber a polo player from Great Meadows Polo Club has graciously made arrangements for us to showcase "The Colorful World of Polo" at the JFK International Air Terminal in New York from August 1st through September 30th, 2002. From New York the
statues will go on display at Ford Trucks Polo America Expo where they will be sold.

As a Polo Player Statue sponsor you will receive the following:

1) A fiberglass life size polo player form will be provided for an artist to paint.

2) Transportation of the form will be provided from the factory to the artist to New York and then to Las Vegas.

3) An eight page editorial will be placed in the Ford Trucks Polo America Expo magazine featuring photos of each Polo Player statue, name of statue, artist and the logo or name of the sponsor.

4) Each sponsor will receive two tickets to the pre-opening reception at JFK International Air Terminal on July 31st.

5) Each statue will have a nameplate with the name of the statue, artist and sponsor.

6) Press releases will feature the name of the statue, artist and sponsor.

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Sponsors inside the polo community will be able to sponsor a polo player for only $2500.To make this event possible, I am asking polo players, polo teams, their companies, etc. to sponsor one of our polo players. Due
to the August 1st deadline of finished art we need to find sponsors for each of our polo player statues within the next few weeks. If you are interested in promoting our sport and sponsoring one of our statues please call me at your earliest convenience.

Randy Russell, President
Polo America
78-365 Hwy. 111
Suite 106
La Quinta, CA 92253
(760) 342-3976 ­ Tel (760) 342-3499 ­ Fax randy@poloamerica.com
http://www.poloamerica.com

To update you on the Colorful World of Polo, the following people or companies have sponsored statues as of today:

1) Deb & Derek Wolstenholme

2) Clarissa & Wes Ru, Western Badge & Trophy

3) Glen and Gloria Holden, FIP

4) Randy & Annie Russell, Polo America

5) USPA

6) Ford Trucks

7) American Airlines

8) Leading Hotels of the World

9) Merle Jenkins, USPA Properties

10) Karlene and Dick Garber, PTF

11) Santa Barbara Polo Club Dan Walker, Chuck Lande, Glen Holden, Mike Sheller, Wes Ru

12) Henry and Madelyn Trione

13) Tommy Bahama

14) California Polo Club, Rodney Fragodt and Ralph Rosato

15) Farnam

16) Molina Fine Jewelers