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The purpose of the workshops is generating tools for the execution of the mural through learning of technical knowledge about color, composition, painting, and drawing. Because most of the student artists have no experience with murals, this will be valuable to their education and training in art and provide them with first-hand experience of murals. The muralists will also host Saturday drop in days, in which our Santa Ana community will have the opportunity to assist in creation of the mural. These open art studios will provide general overview of mural creation but be valuable learning experiences for interested community members to learn about their community history. Lastly, Heritage Museum's mission is to preserve our natural and cultural history. The museum will host a series of history talks that focuses on our cultural legacies. These history talks will bring in community historians that will add a contextual background to what is being painted on the mural. This will add a much more enriching experience for our student artists and community members because the history of mural will not just drawn, but the histories of our past figures will have voice. This will also allow the museum to curate a unit of study for local elementary and high school students to visit the mural throughout the school year and interpret what they see and how it relates to the current Santa Ana trends. The project will create a mural that represents the continuity and change of the Santa Ana community, as well as passing the baton to the next generation of community artists. The artists will work directly with the museum's historian to develop a historically and culturally rooted mural design. The museum has already begun gathering information from the community of what should be included in the Santa Ana mural. Lastly, a portion of the grant will also be used print bilingual invites and flyers for the mural's opening public reception which includes appetizers, drinks, and a cultural presentation about the mural. Answers to Supplemental Questions: Question 1: Please describe any additional City of Santa Ana resources required for your project (permits, public space, licenses etc.) that you are required to obtain? Due to the project being on private property, the Heritage Museum should not be required to obtain City of Santa Ana permits. If any permits are deemed to be obtained after the project commences, the museum will file and pull permits through the city. Question 2: Is this a new or existing program/project? While this is a new project for Heritage Museum, this project is part of a vision plan developed in summer 2015. The museum began an initiative to enhance our visitors' outdoor experience on our 12 -acre property. A number of factors came into play: feeling comfortable and welcomed; wayfinding; rest areas; and enhancing the educational and cultural opportunities. Educational kiosks and interpretive panels were installed around the property, two site map kiosks were installed, more benches to slow down and take in the scenery were installed, additional banners and interpretive panels were installed as well. The museum also allocated an artistic cultural space designated for a series of murals depicting Santa Ana and Orange County's cultural and natural history. The cultural arts mural project aligns with the museum's outdoor interpretive plan to enhance the visitors' museum experience. There will be a series of mural depicting not only Santa Ana history, but Orange County as well. As an organization dedicated to preserving Orange County, other cultural murals will incorporate the entire region of Orange County. This Santa Ana mural will add to our existing outdoor interpretive and educational plan and add an artistic expression to the museum grounds. It will also serve as an educational mural to teach our local history through pictorial storytelling. A social science unit of study will be developed along with visual arts standards. Heritage Museum of Orange County 2 of 3