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Name of Applicant: Award Amount: Category: Average Score: <br />Vietnamese American $6,820 Organization 93.5 —1 st <br />Arts & Letters <br />Association (VAALA) <br />Organization's Description of Project: <br />Youth in Motion: A Workshop for Emerging Filmmakers will engage Santa Ana -based youth in a <br />12 -week skills -based workshop centered on digital filmmaking and storytelling. Participants will <br />produce their own short films to premiere at the 2018 Viet Film Fest, community screenings in <br />Santa Ana and an open mic showcase event in partnership with common ground oc and VietRISE. <br />Organization is based in Santa Ana and proposes to use grant funds to provide arts and culture <br />programming in Wards 1-6. <br />Organization's proposed use of funds: <br />A grant from the City of Santa Ana Investing in the Artist grant will enable VAALA to offer a series <br />of skills -based workshops to youth living in Santa Ana led by filmmaking mentors and <br />professionals. Over a 12 -week period, 25 Santa Ana -based youth participants between the ages <br />of 15-25 years old will learn basic skills and tools for digital filmmaking and work collaboratively <br />to produce their own short films to premiere at the 2018 Viet Film Fest on October 12-14, 2018 at <br />the AMC Orange 30 (Outlets of Orange). The screening will be free and open to the public. <br />Sessions will include guest speakers and training from the local and Vietnamese American <br />filmmaking community. <br />The 2018 Youth in Motion program will focus on the themes of social justice and cultural diversity <br />in Santa Ana to encourage participants to think critically about the world they live in and how to <br />use storytelling and filmmaking as a way to highlight the diverse communities in Santa Ana. <br />Additionally, VAALA will host two free community screenings in publicly accessible venues in <br />Santa Ana, one of which will culminate in a community arts showcase and open mic presented in <br />collaboration with common ground and VietRISE. common ground is an Orange County open mic <br />series based in Santa Ana organized by progressive Vietnamese American community members, <br />artists, and activists committed to cultivating a positive and safe healing space for artistic growth <br />and community empowerment. VietRISE is a newly formed community-based organization with <br />aims to support and strengthen civic engagement and organizing efforts within the Vietnamese <br />community in Orange County. Its goals are to create opportunities for leadership development, <br />increase civic participation, and foster transformative relationships and practices in the <br />community. <br />Through a $10,000 Investing in the Artists grant, VAALA will: <br />-Encourage and empower self-expression, confidence among Santa Ana youth <br />-Develop a sense of Santa Ana community -orientation and art appreciation <br />-Familiarize youth to filmmaking and the many aspects of the art form <br />-Expose 25 multi-ethnic youth to networking opportunities, expand career options, while <br />developing practical job skills through artistic development <br />-Create opportunities for 10 filmmaking artists to serve diverse communities in Santa Ana <br />-Increase the diversity of voices and stories in media and film <br />-Improve the quality of life of Santa Ana residents through community -centered film screenings <br />and a multi -art showcase <br />Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA) <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />