More than 450 people sent slides and applications to participate in the fair; 100 were accepted by the jury.

He invites Ballengee's studio mate to send slides.

But when the clinic sent slides of the organism to the Center for Disease Control, it was identified as Blue-Green algae, which is harmless.

No Westchester artists were selected, although about 15 sent slides of their works; the slides "are all in our files now," Ms. Sachs said.

Some artists simply sent slides of their work.

Last season, it sent a foot-long light box (with Christie's name on it) and slides of artworks it thought would interest the recipient.

Artists who would like to exhibit their work at the company's two galleries in 2003 need not worry about their S.A.T. scores, he said, just send slides.

He said he sent slides of the works to a specialist at Southern Methodist University and to a New York City dealer in rare books.

He put Traylor's art away until the late 1970's, when he started sending slides to New York dealers.

So I sent slides of my 10-foot-long painting.