2008-06-09 23:53:32 -

www.cowparadesandiego.com - Nuffer, Smith, Tucker Office: 619-296-0605 Bryan Spevak, cell: 619-587-0800 bs@nstpr.com Katie McLaughlin Hale, cell: 619-890-8573 km@nstpr.com CowParade: -0- WHAT: Representatives from Rady Children's Hospital, the Zoological Society of San Diego and the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership will join local artists and event organizers to announce the debut of CowParade San Diego.

Set for January 2009, this will be the first California stop for the world's largest and foremost public art event. This debut event will include the unveiling of two life-sized fiberglass cows, a preview of the CowParade San Diego artists' lab at Liberty Station and the announcement of local beneficiaries by San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders. CowParade San Diego will feature 200 life-sized fiberglass cows transformed by artists from San Diego and Tijuana and displayed around San Diego's premier outdoor locations for three months, Jan. 3 through March 31, 2009. The cow sculptures will dot the region's landscape, becoming an important tourism attraction and weekend outing for local families. More than 1 million people are expected to visit the cows in San Diego and it is estimated that the post- exhibition cow auctions will generate hundreds of thousands of dollars for the local nonprofit organizations. For more information visit www.cowparadesandiego.com. WHEN: Tuesday, June 10 10:30 a.m. - Press conference 10:55 to 11:15 a.m. - Interviews/tours of artist lab and cow warehouse WHERE: Liberty Station 2855 Perry Road (near Lytton Street entrance) San Diego, CA 92106 www.mapquest.com/maps/2855+perry+rd+san+diego++ca+92106/ INTERVIEWS:

-- Bill Trumpfheller, Nuffer, Smith, Tucker

-- Perry Vasquez, CowParade San Diego artist

-- David Gillig, Rady Children's Hospital

-- Mark Stuart, Zoological Society of San Diego

-- David Lang, Balboa Park Cultural Partnership

-- Scott McMillin, The Corky McMillin Companies

-- Alan Ziter, NTC Foundation

VISUALS:

-- Life-sized fiberglass cows that will be designed and displayed during exhibition

-- CowParade San Diego artist lab and cow warehouse at NTC Liberty Station

¶ Liberty Station to House Artist Lab and Warehouse for Life-Sized
Fiberglass Cows