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Name of Applicant: <br />Rogelio Reyes aka <br />Roger Eyes R. <br />Award Amount: Category: Average Score: <br />$3,000 Artist 74.0 — 2nd <br />Artist's Description of Project: <br />Exhibition named "Another Day in Paradise: Portraying past and present Labor Workers in the <br />Santa Ana Area." It's a combination of art and history, and the reality of some of the people who've <br />helped make this area prosper, succeeding from the 18th century to present day. <br />Artist is based in Santa Ana and proposes to use grant funds for a project in Ward 1. <br />Artist's proposed use of funds: <br />Total of expenditures are fully funded by SA Art Grant. All funds are to be used towards the <br />materials needed to create said artwork, items needed to run and set up the art show and tools <br />needed for online promotion of show and art creation. <br />Answers to Supplemental Questions: <br />Question 1: Please describe any additional City of Santa Ana resources required for your <br />project (permits, public space, licenses etc.) that you are required to obtain? <br />None. The art will be displayed during the art walk in the promenade area. Downtown Inc. has <br />been made aware of project proposal. No license needed to display art, only prior booking of <br />show. <br />Question 2: Is this a new or existing program/project? <br />This is a new project. <br />Question 3: How will the proposed project be presented or shared with the public? Will the <br />art display, event or performance be free and accessible to the public? <br />The exhibition will be held during the Santa Ana Art walk, in the artist Village promenade. The <br />large painted portraits will be hung on white panels spread across the promenade. <br />Question 4: How will this project enrich the quality of life for Santa Ana residents? <br />I want people to walk away from this exhibition with a sense of the worker as a strong individual <br />who is contributing to this country daily. I want people to walk away recognizing workers in their <br />daily life. I want people to come and identify with what they see on the wall, to find a connection <br />to their your own story and possibly even their family's history. <br />Question 5:Describe how your project will stimulate economic development for the City of <br />Santa Ana. <br />Bringing more of our residents and their buying power out to art walk and spend at shops, galleries <br />and surrounding businesses. <br />Rogelio Reyes aka Roger Eyes R. <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />