Artist Lee Quinones to Ride Bicycle from NYC to Miami for Hurricane Katrina Relief, Send-Off Press Conference with actress Rosie Perez

Artist Lee Quinones to Ride Bicycle from NYC to Miami for Hurricane Katrina Relief, Send-Off Press Conference with actress Rosie Perez

BROOKLYN, N.Y., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- SOURCE: Boys & Girls Clubs of America and Fosse Media

WHAT: Press conference to start Tour de Lee -- the New York-to-Miami bike ride by artist Lee Quinones to benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of

America Hurricane Katrina Relief

WHO: Academy Award nominated actress Rosie Perez, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields

WHERE: Continental Army Plaza (aka Valley Forge Monument) Park Enter @ corner of S. 4th Street & Roebling Street, Williamsburg Brooklyn (Base of Williamsburg Bridge - adjacent to bridge onramp on the Brooklyn side)

WHEN: Thursday, October 27th, 2005 @ 9:00 a.m.

Lee Quinones, world-renowned contemporary painter and star of the 1981 classic film Wild Style, will embark, starting October 27th, 2005, on Tour de Lee, a 5-week, 1,500-mile bicycle trip from Brooklyn to Miami, to raise money for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund. Lee will depart for Miami at the conclusion of the press conference after his receipt of a Proclamation from the City of New York.

Upon Quinones' arrival in Miami, the custom made B.M.W. bicycle -- which Lee will paint during his ride -- will be auctioned off at an exhibit, with music by DJ Jazzy Jeff, at Buck15 on December 2, 2005 during the Miami Art Basel. Lee will then present BGCA with 100% of the monies raised through Tour de Lee to ensure its distribution to needy children affected by Katrina.

Tour sponsors include: Boost Mobile, Adidas, Buck15, Complex magazine, Miguel Paredes, Red Stripe Beer, Brooklyn Machine Works, A Bicycle Shop, Red Jacket Orchards, cviscusi.com, Futura Laboratories, Nema International, Recon, Tool Shed, Caputo's Fine Foods.

Lee Quinones was born in Ponce De Leon, Puerto Rico in 1960 and raised in NYC. He is an inductee of the permanent collection at the Whitney Museum of American Art (NYC), and has exhibited at The New Museum of Contemporary Art (NYC), Museum of National Monuments (Paris, France), Institute for North American Studies, (Barcelona, Spain), among others. Lee has been featured in periodicals including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Art In America and The Village Voice. Lee currently lives and works in NYC.

Additional information: http://www.tourdelee.com/

CONTACT: Amber Fosse Fosse Media 917.574.0682 or 646.262.5701 amber@fossemedia.com

Source: Boys & Girls Clubs of America; Fosse Media

CONTACT: Amber Fosse, of Fosse Media, +1-917.574.0682 or +1-646.262.5701, amber@fossemedia.com

Web site: http://www.tourdelee.com/

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