SANTA ANA UNIDOS/YOUTH ARTS COLLABORATIVE/FACES OF SANTA ANA - 2017

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to end. The art created form each collaborative art event between local neighborhood youth and their families will be on display free to the public at Delhi Commimity Center and another location to be determined. Unidos will work with Santa Ana College culinary art students to create a First American dinner at the gala at Delhi Community Center. At the gala, Alan Woo will play the introductory chords to Bob Marley's redemption song that will be joined by a SAC Student Choir joined by multicultural singers to celebrate the collective inspiration, union and gifts of art created by our community and for our community. Key staff: Johnathan Hernandez, Nellie LeGaspe, Fatima Alvalos, and Alan Woo. • Brian Peterson and Faces of Santa Ana will do a portrait project. Lambert Lo, Director The MIX Academy at Newsong. • Vicky Otero and Inspyr Arts staff Veronica Gates: Studio Director, Claire Erbeznik: Program Manager will engage community youth in a mobile mural art project in each Council Ward. She will purchase a roll of canvas, pain and paint brushes and other material. • Joey Linnert will work with youth to grow organic vegetables that will be harvested and used to prepare meals at the public presentation event. He will also create table top art displays from the harvest and provide a packet of deeds calling cards for each participants. Participants will be able to create art projects out of harvests from community gardens that they will be able to take home. At the public display event, he will talk about the gardening projects, how to create art out of items found in yards and local neighborhoods and how it connects to art and transforms community. • We will be inviting diverse writers, First American artists and other artists to speak to participants about the relation of art to local neighborhoods. We will have community entertainment. Board President: Jerry Cazales, Affiliation: Toyama Karate Do/Sidekicks 4 Life(2nd Largest youth program in the SAUSD) Board member: Nellie LeGaspe, First Americans in the Arts Board Member: Miguel Zapian, Affiliation: Tramite Express (Business Owner/CPA) Board Member: Gilbert R. Melendez, Affiliation: County Employee/ Father of World Champion Fighter Gilbert Melendez Jr. Board Member: Cecilia Aguinaga, Affiliation: Vector Control Commissioner/22 Years Employee of the SAUSD Fatima Avalos, Youth Representative Talua Galeni, Samoan Representative Board Member: Rudy Cordova Affiliation: Suavecito Pomade Sales Director/ Owner of Cafe Calacas Faces of Santa Ana: Sean Ward, Sean Ward is a Senior Vice President for CBRE and Eli Alacaraz, Attorney, Caldwell Leslie & Proctor Inspyr Board: Vicky Otero New Earth Life: Joey Linnert, Judy Cordova former owner of Calascas, and Nick Span The Grain Project.