The Government of Israel will participate in a series of industrial, commercial and artistic exhibits in the United States this year, showing its wares, crafts and arts to vast potential audiences in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland, Ore., and many other important centers. Announcement of the completed plans was made here today by Israel Trade Commissioner Natan Raviv and Aviad Yaffe, director of the Israel Office of Information in New York.
In addition to the exhibits already scheduled, others may be booked, at the annual State Fair at Dallas, where attendance usually runs to 2, 000, 000 people, and at a similar fair at Indianapolis.
One of the biggest exhibits will be held at the United States World Trade Fair, in the New York Coliseum, from May 8 to May 19. Here, many Israeli products never before shown in this country will be included. Among these will be an automobile assembled entirely in Israel, to be sold at prices competitive with other small, foreign-made cars sold in the United States.
The New York exhibit will be held in a special pavilion, designed by a famous Israel architect, Abba E1-Hanani. Besides the automobile, many other Israeli products never before offered to the American trade will be shown at the Coliseum, including women’s apparel and various minerals mined or processed in Israel.
The Los Angeles exhibit, to be shown April 1-12, will be part of the California International Trade and Industrial Exhibition. From June 10 to June 24, the same exhibit will be shown at the Oregon Centennial Exposition and International Trade Fair, in Portland. Then this mobile exhibit will be shipped to Chicago for the international fair and exposition to feature that city’s celebration of the opening of the new St. Lawrence Seaway.
GOVT. ALLOCATES $85,000 FOR THE EXHIBITS; WILL STIMULATE EXPORT
The Israel Government has allocated approximately $85,000 for these exhibits, but some of these expenditures will be recovered from exhibitors. In connection with today’s announcement, Mr. Raviv disclosed that Israel’s exports to the United States in 1958 totalled a value of $19, 429, 000.
In addition to the industrial and commercial exhibits, Israel is also conducting a number of other exhibitions in cooperation with various American groups. Among these shows is one called “Forms from Israel,” which has been exhibited in a number of leading cities.
This show, arranged in cooperation with the American Federation of Arts, will be exhibited at Albany, New York State’s capital, beginning March 31. Governor Nelson Rockefeller and Israel’s Consul General here, Simcha Pratt, will officially unveil the show in Albany. On May 13, the Forms from Israel exhibit will move to the Museum of Contemporary Crafts here, where it will be shown for three months.
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