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HomeMy WebLinkAbout25D - AGMT - ARTIST GRANTSREQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: JULY 5, 2017 rt111i44 INVESTING IN THE ARTIST GRANT PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018 (STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5, 5B) i r f� c� CITY ANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER 1. Approve the Arts and Culture Commission's recommendations for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Investing in the Artist Grant Opportunity in the amount of $67,500. 2. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute agreements with artists and art organizations awarded funds as part of the approved program, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. ARTS AND CULTURE COMMISSION At its regular meeting on June 15, 2017, the Arts and Culture Commission (ACC) directed staff to transmit funding recommendations for the Investing in the Artist Grant Opportunity for fiscal year 2017-2018 to the City Council by a vote of 6:0 (Orozco absent). DISCUSSION The Investing in the Artist Grant Opportunity is intended to assist emerging and established artists and arts organizations who live and/or create work that enriches the Santa Ana arts community. The goal of the grant is to distribute small but impactful funds to artists, and arts and culture nonprofit organizations in Santa Ana. Funding will be provided through reimbursements for eligible Investing in the Artist grant expenses and will be awarded in the amounts of either $2,500 or $5,000 for individual artists, and $5,000 or $10,000 for arts organizations. A total of $70,000 is available to be awarded to selected artists and arts and culture nonprofit organizations. Depending on the proposal, grant funding for artists may be applied towards project expenses (including time, travel and research), equipment and supplies, and grant funding for organizations may be applied towards special events, special projects, equipment and supplies. 2513-1 INVESTING IN THE ARTIST GRANT PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018 July 5, 2017 Page 2 The Investing in the Artist Grant Opportunity is entering the 3rd year in 2017-2018. Applications were accepted between March 1, 2017 and May 1, 2017. Staff conducted two information sessions on March 16, 2017 and March 30, 2017. A total of 14 artists and 7 arts organizations applied. An outside panel consisting of artists, arts leaders and arts educators reviewed and rated a total of 21 applications. The applications were evaluated on the following criteria based on the applicant group: Artists (1) Project Merit - 40% (2) Artist Portfolio - 30% (3) Potential Community Impact - 20% (4) Individual Need - 10% Art Organizations (1) Project Merit - 50% (2) Organization Need - 25% (3) Potential Community Impact - 25% The rating results for both individual artists and art organizations are summarized below. Organizations: Applicant •Project Funding Requested Funding Recommended Expiration 82.0 Create a sculpture for Downtown $5,000 $5,000 Requested Funding Date Orange County $5,000 Summer intensive music camp for workshops Children's 90 youth offering string and $10,000 $10,000 6/30/2018 Therapeutic Arts woodwind instrument lessons. Center OCCTAC) Artwalk: Free public monthly Downtown Inc. 85,8 event featuring performances, $10,000 $10,000 6/30/2018 interactive exhibits and art activities. Summer youth arts camp offering Delhi Center 84.2 visual and performing arts $10,000 $10,000 6/30/2018 lessons. Santa Ana Unidos /Youth Arts 81.7 Community engagement arts $10,000 $10,000 6/30/2018 Collaborative/Faces events with youth and families. of Santa Ana TOTAL $40,000 Artists: Applicant Score Project Funding Requested 1 Recommended Funding Date Diana Markessinis 82.0 Create a sculpture for Downtown $5,000 $5,000 6/30/2018 Gene Jimenez 80.2 Free playwriting & theatre -making $5,000 $5,000 6/30/2018 workshops Priscila Hernandez 78.7 Free Community Art and Culture $5,000 $5,000 6/30/2018 Festival 25D-2 INVESTING IN THE ARTIST GRANT PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018 July 5, 2017 Paae 4 Grantees will be required to submit an interim and final report on outcomes achieved. The first payment will be disbursed at the commencement of the grant period and the second payment will be disbursed after completion of an interim report. Interim and final reports will require documentation for expenses paid, such as receipts, to support grant expenditures. Grantees will also be required to submit a worksheet detailing the date, time, and location of the workshop/event. Staff will provide the details of the workshops/events to City Council as they become available. STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal 5 -Community Health, Livability, Engagement & Sustainability, Objective 5 (Promote a strong arts and culture infrastructure), Strategy B (Generate public and private support and resources to strengthen, expand and stabilize finding for the arts). FISCAL IMPACT Funds in the amount of $67,500 are anticipated to be available in the FY 2017-2018 Community Development Agency Strategic Plan Projects Loans and Grants account (no. 05218018-69152). c Robert C. Cortez Deputy City Manager City Manager's Office JG/gc Exhibits: 1. Draft Agreement APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: Francisco Gutierrez Qb Executive Director Finance and Management Services Agency 25D-3 Series of paintings: A family's Dino Perez 76.3 migration $5,000 $5,000 6/30/2018 Rebecca Chernow 76.2 Decorative Plate Community Project $2,500 $2,500 6/30/2018 Bud Herrera 73.8 Create a mobile wall for public art $5,000 $5,000 6/30/2018 installations TOTAL $27,500 Grantees will be required to submit an interim and final report on outcomes achieved. The first payment will be disbursed at the commencement of the grant period and the second payment will be disbursed after completion of an interim report. Interim and final reports will require documentation for expenses paid, such as receipts, to support grant expenditures. Grantees will also be required to submit a worksheet detailing the date, time, and location of the workshop/event. Staff will provide the details of the workshops/events to City Council as they become available. STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal 5 -Community Health, Livability, Engagement & Sustainability, Objective 5 (Promote a strong arts and culture infrastructure), Strategy B (Generate public and private support and resources to strengthen, expand and stabilize finding for the arts). FISCAL IMPACT Funds in the amount of $67,500 are anticipated to be available in the FY 2017-2018 Community Development Agency Strategic Plan Projects Loans and Grants account (no. 05218018-69152). c Robert C. Cortez Deputy City Manager City Manager's Office JG/gc Exhibits: 1. Draft Agreement APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: Francisco Gutierrez Qb Executive Director Finance and Management Services Agency 25D-3 25D-4 ARTS AND CULTURE ARTIST GRANT PROGRAM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AND This Artist Grant Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered this _ day of 2017, by and between the City of Santa Ana, a charter City and municipal corporation organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California ("City"), and (individual Artist/Organization Name) ("Grantee") and, collectively with City, the "Parties", is for the purpose of providing grant funding pursuant to the Arts and Culture Artist Grant Program. RECITALS: A. On June 15, 2017, the Arts and Culture Commission reviewed all applicants and recommended that Grantee be awarded an artist grant based on its Application for its artwork ("Project") attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A. B. On July 5, 2017, the City Council approved the grant funding for Grantee and authorized the execution of this Agreement. C. In undertaking the performance pursuant to this Agreement, Grantee represents that it is skilled and knowledgeable in the arts and culture arena and that the Project created or performed hereunder will be created or performed in compliance with such standards as may reasonably be expected from an artist. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual and respective promises, and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the parties agree as follows: 1. Term. This Agreement shall be effective upon signature by both Parties and shall expire one year from the date first written above, unless terminated earlier in accordance with this Agreement. 2. Funding. 2.1, Subject to Grantee's performance of all required actions under this Agreement, City shall provide funding, in one or more disbursements, as reasonably determined by City, of an amount not to exceed Thousand Dollars ($ ) ("Grant Amount" or "Grant"), 2.2. Appropriate performance of the Grantee will be determined by City in its sole discretion. City reserves the right to cease funding after each disbursement. 2.3. City represents that there is no correlation or connection between its selection of individuals or institutions for grant awards and an individual's or institution's business relationship or potential business relationship with City. 3. Grant Activities. Grantee agrees: 3.1. To perform the activities described in the Grant Application and Timeline submitted to City for consideration dated , a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A and incorporated into this Agreement as if set out in full. 3.2. To submit all reports (each, a "Report"), which shall include, at a minimum, the items set forth as required by the Application. No personally identifiable information shall be included in 2501-5 any of the Reports, except where specifically requested. The Reports shall be in a format that is reasonably acceptable to City. City may request additional Information as City, In Its sole discretion, determines is necessary to monitor performance of this Agreement. City shall have the right to use any Reports submitted by Grantee, or any portion thereof, for any reason. 3.3. Grantee shall maintain all pertinent financial and accounting records pertaining to this Agreement in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and other procedures reasonably specified by City. Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement or request by City, Grantee shall provide, at its expense, copies of all financial and accounting records produced by it arising out of this Agreement. 3.4. Grantee shall allow audits, compliance or special reviews and inspections, including on-site inspection, with or without prior notice, of Grantee's facilities by City or by third parties designated by City, or their authorized representatives. Grantee shall provide its full cooperation for any such audit, review or inspection, including providing timely access, for examination and copying of records (including computerized records) pertinent books, documents, papers, computer programs and records and reasonable access to its personnel. 3.5. Grantee shall ensure that any areas utilized for the Project are maintained and restored to a well-maintained, safe, sanitary, and clean condition, and kept free of any hazardous waste at all times. All equipment associated with the installation of the artwork, trash and debris shall be removed and cleaned up on a daily basis. Grantee shall place a drop cloth or similar barrier on the ground below the artwork while installation Is underway, which barrier shall be removed each day upon completion of an installation session. 3.6. The Project may not contain advertising, religious art, sexual content, negative or violent imagery, convey political partisanship or include any hidden, subliminal or camouflaged messages or statements of any kind or nature. 3.7. The Project may not include any breach of intellectual property, trademarks, brands, or images of illegal activity, and that the Grantee is the copyright holder for the Project. 4. Termination. 4.1. City may immediately terminate this Agreement upon one or more of the following: 4.1.1. Grantee's violation of any federal, state or local law or regulation. 4.1.2. Grantee's breach of any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement, including the Application and Timeline, or any unapproved deviation from said documents which has not been cured within 30 days of written notice of such breach. 4.2. In the event the Agreement is terminated under Section 4.1, City reserves the right to require Grantee to refund any or all grant funds awarded to Grantee under this Agreement, and Grantee agrees to refund to City any or all grant funds awarded under this Agreement. 5. Limitation of Liability. 5.1. IN NO EVENT SHALL CITY BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXPENSES FOR ANY NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT OR ANY OTHER ACT ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIVITIES COVERED HEREUNDER 25D-6 5.2. Section 5 and Section 6 do not limit Grantee's rights, including its ability to seek recovery, against anyone other than City, its directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns. 6. Indemnification. 6.1. Grantee shall defend, indemnify, protect and hold harmless the City, and its elected and appointed officers, employees, members or agents from and against all claims for damages, liability, cost and expense (including without limitation attorney's fees) arising out of or alleged by third parties to be the result of the negligent acts, errors or omissions or the willful misconduct of the Grantee, and Grantee's employees, subcontractors or other persons, agencies or firms for whom Grantee is legally responsible in connection with the execution of the work covered by this Agreement. Grantee shall have no duty to indemnify or hold harmless the City if claims, damages, liability, costs, expenses (including without limitation, attorney's fees) arise from the sole negligence or sole willful misconduct of the City subsequent to declaration by the Grantee. Grantee's obligations shall survive the termination of this Agreement. 6.2. Grantee agrees to hereby fully release and forever discharge the City from any and all claims, demands, damages, losses, and liabilities (hereinafter collectively referred to as "claims"), which are or may be related to or in any way connected with the negligence or willful misconduct of its officers, officials, employees, or agents in connection with the creation, painting, performance or installation of the Project hereunder. 6.3. Grantee further agrees that City may in good faith and on reasonable terms settle any such claims and that City's right to indemnification shall extend to any such settlement, provided City has given notice of such claim and its intent to settle. City's right to indemnification is in addition to, and may be exercised independently of, any remedy held by City under this Agreement, at law or in equity. The indemnity provision set forth in this Agreement shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement indefinitely. 7. General Provisions. 7.1. Grantee shall acquire prior written permission from City for any use of the City name or logo in association with its Project. 7.2. If any parts of this Agreement are held to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining parts of the Agreement shall continue to be valid and enforceable. 7.3. This Agreement shall be construed and the rights and obligations of the Parties shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of California, with venue of any action arising out of this Agreement in Orange County, California. 7.4. Grantee shall comply with all governmental requirements which may now or in the future become applicable to its activities under this Agreement. 7.5. This Agreement, including Exhibit A, Application, and any amendments or schedules hereto, contain the full understanding and agreement of the Parties with respect to its subject matter, and no waiver, alteration or modification of any of the provisions to this Agreement shall be binding unless in writing and signed by an authorized officer of both Parties. 25D-7 7.6. No waiver by either party or any breach, default, or series of breaches or defaults, and no failure, refusal, or neglect of either party to exercise any right, power, or option given to it under this Agreement or to insist upon strict compliance with the terms of this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of these provisions with respect to any subsequent breach or waiver by either party or its right at any time thereafter to require exact and strict compliance with provisions of this Agreement. 7.7. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be made or given by either party pursuant to this Agreement will be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given: (i) five business days after the date of mailing if sent by registered or certified U.S. mail, postage prepaid, with return receipt requested; (ii) when transmitted if sent by facsimile, provided a confirmation of transmission is produced by the sending machine; or (iii) when delivered if delivered personally or sent by express courier service. All notices to City shall include a reference to the Project title. All notices will be sent to the other party at its address as set forth below or at such other address as such party will have specified in a notice given in accordance with this section: Grantee: City: City of Santa Ana Clerk of the Council (M-30) 20 Civic Center Plaza P.O. Box 1988 Santa Ana, CA 92702 FAX (714) 647-6956 7.8. This Agreement is subject to all applicable local, State and Federal laws. This Agreement has been executed and delivered in the State of California and the validity, interpretation, performance, and enforcement of any of the clauses of this Agreement shall be determined and governed by the laws of the State of California. Both parties further agree that Orange County, California, shall be the venue for any action or proceeding that may be brought or arise out of, in connection with or by reason of this Agreement. 7.9. Grantee agrees to comply with all applicable equal opportunity and affirmative action laws as appropriate, Grantee shall not discriminate because of race, color, creed, religion, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, age, national origin, ancestry, or disability, as defined and prohibited by applicable law, in the recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, termination or other employment related activities. Grantee affirms that it is an equal opportunity employer (if applicable) and shall comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. 25D-8 7.10, Any funds provided under this Agreement that are not expended, obligated or otherwise committed by the termination or expiration of this Agreement shall be immediately returned to City. 7.11. Grantee grants to City a non-exclusive, irrevocable, transferable, royalty free, worldwide license to use, reproduce, display, distribute, and prepare derivative works, in any form or media at the discretion of the City for the Project conceived, performed or created as a result of this Agreement. 7.12. Grantee and any of the Grantee's agents, employees or representatives are, for all purposes under this Agreement, an independent contractor and shall not be deemed to be an employee of the City, and none of them shall be entitled to any benefits to which City employees are entitled including but not limited to, overtime, retirement benefits, work's compensation benefits, injury leave or other leave benefits. 7.13. Neither party shall assign any rights or obligations under this Agreement. 7.14. Each party covenants that it presently has no interests and shall not have interests, direct or indirect, which would conflict in any manner with performance of services specified under this Agreement, 7.15. Each party warrants that they have executed this Agreement knowingly, freely and voluntarily and with full knowledge of its legal consequences. All parties involved warrant and represent that, prior to executing this Agreement, each party has had the opportunity to review and consider this matter with legal counsel, and that the terms of this Agreement, and its consequences, are fully understood by each party. 7.16. This Agreement represents the entire agreement and understanding between the parties, and supersedes any and all prior agreements and understandings between the parties, whether oral or written. 7.17. Each undersigned represents and warrants that its signature herein below has the power, authority and right to bind their respective parties to each of the terms of this Agreement, and shall indemnify City fully, including reasonable costs and attorney's fees, for any injuries or damages to City in the event that such authority or power is not, in fact, held by the signatory or Is withdrawn, {Signatures on following page} 25D-9 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement the date and year first above written. ATTEST: Maria D. Huizar Clerk of the Council APPROVED AS TO FORM: Sonia R, Carvalho RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL: Robert C. Cortez Deputy City Manager City Manager's Office CITY OF SANTA ANA Cynthia J. Kurtz Interim City Manager E7 Z12 aq tall 9 Name: Title: 2501-10 ARTS AND CULTURE ARTIST GRANT PROGRAM APPLICATION 2501-11 25D-12 Name of Applicant: Amount Requested: Category: Score: Orange County $10,000 Organization 90.0 — 1St Therapeutic Arts Center Description of Project: OCCTAC is requesting a $10, 000 grant to continue to provide very talented at -risk youth from Santa Ana, with limited musical access and financial resources, an Intensive Summer Music Camp 5 days a week, 3 hours each day during one entire month. The students will learn and/or expand their musical skills during this intensive Summer Camp, and engage in community performances that will continue to build their self- esteem, community pride while creating beautiful music together! Our Summer Intensive Music Camp started last year, as an expansion of our Classical Music program, where students learned to play a string instrument of their choice (violin or viola) and/or a woodwinds instrument (flute, clarinet or saxophone). It was a great success and we enrolled close to 100 students in the program! This year, we propose to have the intensive camp again, and add one more string instrument (Cello) since we have received Cello donations for our agency! All students will have the opportunity to attend the camp 5 days per week, 3 hours each day for one entire month during the Summer; and engage in 3 rotations, of 45 minutes - 1 hour long rotations. The students will be divided into skill levels: 1) Beginner or intermediate Strings and/or Woodwinds Class, 2) Music Theory/Rhythm Class, and Ensemble work (Performing Class) with OCSA and Chamber Music group coaching, as well as individual Practice pullout sessions, and with the help of OCSA students and college volunteers/interns supporting our program. We plan to enroll 50 - 100 students again, and will be working closely this year with the OC School of the Arts volunteers, as well as other college volunteers. In addition, Chamber Music OC will once again provide music appreciation/history workshops and perform for our students, as part of their Community Outreach and Educational efforts! Community Benefit: This project will educate and enrich our Santa Ana students and their families about the beauty and richness of Chamber and Orchestral Music. Also, it will enrich the Santa Ana arts and culture community by bringing together professional musicians to perform in Santa Ana with our student population, and provide our community with this wonderful arts and cultural activity. 25D-13 Name of Applicant: Amount Requested: Category: Score: Downtown Inc. $10,000 Organization 85.8 — 2"d Description of Project: Since 1999, the "First Saturday" Artwalk in Downtown Santa Ana has been an epicenter of creativity, expression and inspiration for artists, art enthusiasts and those who simply want to engage in a vibrant, living city filled with culture. The event is the single best night of the month for Santa Ana artists and galleries because of the 4,000+ monthly attendees visiting around 20 galleries/museums, arts and artisan street vendors, live art performances and special events going on downtown simultaneously. Currently, Downtown Inc. holds the special event permit and covers insurance for the event, books the art vendors, live art and music on the Artists Village Promenade, hires a videographer and a photographer to document it, shares the event on social media and prints a downtown - wide event map each month. We have also helped coordinate with local artists and institutions like Santa Ana Unified School District and Santa Ana College who want to plug into Artwalk, or a specific business/gallery on Artwalk. However, it's important to note that the main engine behind Artwalk is the "unwritten" pact of dozens of special events and arts openings happening on the first Saturday of the month. That being said Downtown Inc. is Artwalk's primary facilitator and we view First Saturday Artwalk as a critical arts and culture engine for downtown that we support with approximately $15-20,000 or 15-20% of our annual budget, plus additional resources we've leveraged including the City of Santa Ana arts grant we received last year. Community Benefit: Artwalk is Santa Ana's monthly celebration of our shared, organic arts and culture scene. It's a chance for the arts community, arts institutions and creatives to encounter local families, visiting artists, art buyers and spectators. We believe Artwalk contributes to downtown being recognized as one of the top places for artists and creatives to work and visit in Orange County. Despite the presence of great artwalks in Laguna Beach, Huntington Beach and Fullerton -- Downtown Santa Ana's First Saturday Artwalk consistently wins "Best Artwalk" by OC Weekly editors and readers' choice. Lastly, our ability to hire and showcase local artists at Artwalk leads to real tangible opportunities for artists to further their craft and stay in Santa Ana to thrive. We would not be able to have made all this happen without the support of the City of Santa Ana's Investing in the Artist Grant 2501-14 Name of Applicant: Amount Requested: Category: Score: Delhi Center $10,000 Organization 84.2 — 3rd Description of Project: The Delhi Center Summer Arts Camp will provide challenging enrichment and cultural art lessons for 60 to 100 participants ages 6-18 including classes in singing, acting and improvisation, musical theater, hip hop, breakdance, popping, ballet, ballet folklorico, and art and illustration. Participants will have several different activities to choose from each week so that they are exposed to different art forms and artistic disciplines in order to increase their awareness and appreciation of the arts. The program will provide high-quality, personalized learning and instruction. Classes will be divided into different age groups and/or skill levels to ensure success for all students. The curriculum begins with foundational skills and progresses towards greater levels of complexity, creativity, and achievement. Lesson plans include developing teamwork and working with partners as well as independent practice. Students learn to follow instructions and become more self-confident by having the opportunity to master skills in a supportive environment. Program Leaders will assist instructors by supervising participants during non -class hours and will manage the free lunch program. The Summer Arts Camp will be conducted Monday through Friday from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm for 5 weeks from July 10 through August 11. A minimum of two classes per hour for a total of 10 classes per day will be conducted during the first 3 weeks and rehearsals and preparation for the Extravaganza will take place the final two weeks, with the production to be held during the last week. The Extravaganza will include a dance and singing recital, a musical theater rendition of a popular book or play, an art gallery, and a video presentation. The Delhi Center Summer Arts Camp is modeled after a pilot program that was conducted in the summer of 2016. The lessons learned last summer have been used to develop a more focused program that is expected to achieve greater participation and success. A video of the summer will be produced and presented during the end -of - summer Extravaganza and a second video of the Extravaganza itself will be produced to be presented at various events in the community as well as on the Delhi Center website and other social media sites. The Camp provides a way to achieve cultural equity, access, and inclusion in cultural arts programming by taking advantage of existing facilities that are underutilized that will be made available to the community for a wide range of artistic endeavors. The proposed program improves the quality of life of residents by engaging them in 25D-15 creative activities that are accessible in terms of affordability and location. It addresses the barriers that often prevent participation in the arts by ensuring involvement despite the inability to pay. The program encourages social and active participation in the arts, and provides an opportunity for children to showcase their accomplishments to the community. Community Benefit: The proposed project will enrich the Santa Ana arts and culture community by engaging young people in the arts and providing them with a variety of arts classes to give them maximum exposure to different visual and performing artistic genres to help them develop a long-term passion and commitment to the arts. The project will also serve as a vehicle to celebrate and share the artistic accomplishments of the students with their families and the community. The program provides a way to achieve cultural equity, access and inclusion in cultural arts programming for a community that has long been undeserved and faced with accessibility barriers to participation in creative opportunities. The program takes advantage of existing facilities that are underutilized that can be made available to the community for a wide range of arts activities that will increase awareness of the arts. A variety of visual and performing arts classes will be offered during the summer while children are out of school and can dedicate quality time to trying out different art genres, learning new skills, and identifying where their interests lie. Classes will be offered in a wide variety of visual and performing arts to provide maximum exposure to the arts. Also, parents will be asked to volunteer, which will bring more exposure to and participation in the arts to the entire family. Throughout the program, opportunities will be identified to conduct performances for the seniors and others who participate in Delhi Center programs, such as the Community Building Initiative Resident Leader Group and Delhi Neighborhood Association. This will provide a venue for program participants to engage in dress rehearsals while showcasing their talents for different community groups who can provide positive feedback. The end -of -summer Extravaganza will join the entire community in a celebration of the artistic accomplishments of participants. This will help promote the importance the arts play in the achievement of young people in our community. The program will demonstrate how the arts can help young people learn creativity, develop leadership skills, learn self-discipline, and develop self-esteem, and participants will receive recognition for their artistic endeavors. 25D-16 Name of Applicant: Amount Requested: Category: Score: Santa Ana $10,000 Organization 81.7 — 4t" Unidos/Youth Arts Collaborative/Faces of Santa Ana Description of Project: The Youth Arts Collaborative is a youth arts organization that works in collaboration with Santa Ana artists and local neighborhood to promote positive social change through the creation of community public art. Working side-by-side with Santa Ana artists, creative youth teams produce engaging works of art/public art events that are meaningful to both the teens and the neighborhood. Our goal is to collaborate, create art and impact community. We empower individuals and communities to create positive change through the visual arts and other art forms that embraces and celebrate communities. The Collaborators are Brian Peterson/Faces of Santa Ana (FOSA), Vicky Otero/Inspyr Arts, Joey Linnert/New Earth Life (NEL), Nellie LeGaspe —First American Arts Foundation (FAAF), and Johnathan Hernandez/Santa Ana Unidos Arts. Other artists will be recruited to work with key collaborators and to engage and inspire community participants. The Youth Art Collaborative (YAC) will facilitate youth and their families to create mural paintings on canvas at community art engagement events. The creative process of creating the murals, masks and portraits are also part of the project. A large canvas roll will be provided for participants to paint in silhouettes and other images connecting/intersecting one another. Participants will use colors, patterns, shapes and lines that represent their pride, roots, experiences, hopes dreams etc. Roses will be adorned around and in the mural to represent the beautiful possibilities of the Santa Ana's youth. Participants will write about their artistic contribution to the mural and it's meaning. The result will be six 5' x 9' youth murals representative of various Santa Ana neighborhoods. The intersecting silhouettes represents our connection with our neighbors and communities. Brian Peterson/Faces of Santa Ana will paint five portraits of faces of Santa Ana. The art carries the power to love, humanize, and share stories that support positive support for our residents. Brian will befriend and paint portraits that will reveal the beauty and underappreciated assets of our city. We draw our inspiration from the Tupac Shakar poem called The Rose that Grew from Concrete, "Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?... Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared." The five portraits will be displayed at our final presentation event with stories. 25D-17 Joey Linnert will create living art sculptures at the final event form organic materials gathering from local neighborhoods and presented at the final presentation. Nellie LeGaspe that will engage residents to create masks using materials from the neighborhood to celebrate the diverse cultural roots of residents. Unidos will document the creative process by photographing and videotaping it. The resulting art and creative process will unify Santa Ana Neighborhoods using art and working with local artists to connect art with our neighbors and communities. At the final event, the masks, murals, portraits and living art on display. Each artist will present their result and the stories behind them. Participants will be asked to share their experience revealing the roses that grew from concrete. Community Benefit: The project is experiential and embraces Henri -Robert -Marcel Duchamp and the Da Da movement. The exhibition will be an active and interactive piece of art that explores and captures the faces of Santa Ana where they live, work and play. The city reveals itself through paintings, murals and photographs and video. The project will impact not only the Santa Ana art and cultural community but it will grow out from its community roots embracing the art and making it theirs. Everyone benefits. It will demonstrate the power art carries in storytelling and demonstrate that we can use our gifts to give back to others. The "Connected" portion of the Rose in the Concrete event will be a great way to engage youth from all over Santa Ana and provides them with a kinesthetic, artistic, creative way to voice their unique neighborhoods and cultures. This will be an enriching opportunity for the Santa Ana Arts community as it helps create a Santa Ana youth led public art display. The living art reveals the aesthetic value and beauty of art grown and gathered from the neighborhood and turned into art. It is art that continues to grow and rooted in the community at the same time and nurtured and then blossoms to unveil messages to live healthy which is a strategic goal of the City. These traditional ways harken to indigenous cultural customs from around the world. Connecting with the earth facilitates connection with one's roots. One practices the art of living by creating living art installations. Our project will have city residents stop and appreciate the roses in concrete in our city. Our mural can travel and be exhibited and can be used to promote the arts to the neighborhoods and involve them. More important, we are making a statement of change and transformation. Often, we focus on the violence or crimes in our city. We ignore the good things that goes unrecognized. The project is a creative act declaring that Art cares, Art is revolution, Art is culture, and Art is healing. 25D-18 Name of Applicant: Amount Requested: Category: Score: Diana Markessinis $5,000 Artist 82.0 — 1St Description of Project: The downtown area would benefit greatly from a sculptural element, a marker, a point of reference, a place to meet and to create a wider variety of public art. With only a few three-dimensional works in the downtown area, we are in need of a tall, attractive sculpture to enhance our city as well as welcome visitors. I would create a piece specific to a site chosen, some ideas are the corner of 4th & French St, the roundabout at Bush st. & 3rd., the promenade by the Yost, and the entry to the city along Santa Ana Blvd. One very interesting and powerful affect of public art is that it can shed new light or new perspective within the area it is placed, I look forward to exploring various locations with the arts commission. Community Benefit: Public art adds to our environment, relating to it on a human scale, and relating to the architecture around it has the ability to enhance or draw attention to the general area or even a specific building. This may create a new appreciation for the viewer and possibly be an invitation to engage in dialog with other people how they feel about the sculpture and the area around it. 25D-19 Name of Applicant: Amount Requested: Category: Score: Gene Jimenez $ 5,000 Artist 80.2 — 2nd Description of Project: I seek to create a comic book about a superhero graffiti writer that uses his gifted powers to protect the city he loves. Batman had Gotham, Superman had Metropollis, and now'Burner' has Santa Ana. Community Benefit: As stated, Batman had Gotham, and now our hero, 'Burn' has the eclectic and historic 'downtown' Santa Ana city as his backdrop for standing up to evil doers and the corrupt that may want to take over this gothic metropolis. RARELY does the comic book world get to witness an actual city featured as the background in a heroic story. It will shine a light on the city as a prideful place that believes in justice, the arts and most of all, its people. 25D-20 Name of Applicant: Amount Requested: Category: Score: Priscila Hernandez $ 5,000 Artist 78.7 _ 3rd Description of Project: Art and Culture Festival in Santa Ana, free community event held in October at the 4th Street Plaza. A day of Art Workshops, Cultural entertainment, activities and community engagement. Community Benefit: This project enriches the community by getting artists to share their ideas and skills directly with the community thru gratuitous workshops and demonstrations. Families together, and people of all ages, can learn and enjoy the cultural performances, art and craft making at this event. Artists and community members engage directly, network and continue to build up in spaces like these. 25D-21 Name of Applicant: Amount Requested: Category: Score: Dino Perez $ 5,000 Artist 76.3 — 411 Description of Project: To create a series of paintings that will explore the migration my family made from Mexico to Santa Ana, exploring identity being of first generation Mexican American and exploring my coming of age in Santa Ana. Paintings to be on display at OCCCA. Community Benefit: This project will enrich the community because it will give a voice to many who grew up like me having parents born in Mexico and having to navigate through two different worlds. 25D-22 Name of Applicant: Amount Requested: Category: Score: Rebecca Chernow $ 2,500 Artist 76.2 — 5th Description of Project: My project aims to stimulate compassion, inclusivity, and togetherness through the collaborative mediums of art and a shared meal. I would like to ask between 40 and 50 individuals from different communities, cultures, socio-economic backgrounds, and ages all currently residing within the city of Santa Ana to visually map out their goals, dreams, and hopes for the future (all the things they "have on their plate") on the surface of plain, cafeteria -style plates that will ultimately be used as dinnerware for an outdoor communal meal in the center of downtown Santa Ana. As project leader, I will provide small, personalized workshops on how to visualize and draw out abstracted ideas, but will leave plenty of space for each person to develop their own style of expression. For one month the decorated plates will be displayed in a centrally located public viewing space in Grand Central Art Center's project gallery that will also be open for additional community members to participate in the project, and return for the potluck at the close of the show. The meal will be held in front of Grand Central, in the public space near the fountain for one afternoon, and all those in attendance will be asked to bring a small dish to pass. At the end of the meal, each person is invited to take their plate home with them and keep it for future use. The project is a means to shed light on the concurrent realities that fellow citizens of a singular municipal locality experience, but may never have the opportunity to overlap. It is also an invitation for relative strangers to sit down and eat a meal together in public space to share ideas, time, and home -cooked food. Community Benefit: To execute the project, I plan on renting Nancy Alcala's ceramic kiln to fire the enamel onto the plates, and in doing so will be supporting a local artist who has their own community outreach program. I will be utilizing Grand Central Art Center's exhibition space, and will be bringing in individuals who might not otherwise visit Grand Central or downtown Santa Ana. The potluck is also a visual reference to the public meals that have been held in Santa Ana over the years, but contrasts in its more modest size and potluck style. The project itself will bring a vibrant blend of individuals from the creative community, student population, long-time residents of Santa Ana, individuals from what are often considered marginalized socio-economic backgrounds, and families from diverse cultures all into one space, and to one table together, if only for an afternoon. As part of the documentation of the project, I plan on creating a small visual chapbook (with the help of local published author and friend Sarah Garcia) to distribute to the participants, as well as have copies available for purchase through local venues like Libromobile and Grand Central Art Center after the project is complete. 25D-23 The project's exhibition and the printed documentation will give the public an opportunity to view the anonymous innermost thoughts and extremely personal narratives of a spectrum of individuals who form the textured fabric that is the unseen community of Santa Ana. Through this unique way of knowing one another-- either through the participation in the project, the experience of the exhibition as a viewer, or the sharing of the community meal-- compassion for others is cultivated, and a pathway for a kinder, more understanding worldview is opened by looking through the prism that is Santa Ana, CA. 25D-24 Name of Applicant: Amount Requested: Category: Score: Bud Herrera $ 5,000 Artist 73.8 — 6t" Description of Project: To create a Mobile Wall that can be painted and utilized as a public mural art installation. Throughout my experience one of the ongoing factors that is a constant challenge is finding open walls where artist can paint. Often landowners are not to open to offer their walls as a public canvas. As a local to the downtown Santa Ana community, and an artist who is living working and thriving in this space, I would like to propose a mobile wall to open windows and opportunities for artist to exercise and perfect their craft. Along with, the youth that is constantly in this area, I would like to create a safe place for them to paint legally. As a professional muralist, I would say majority of the question is "How did you get that permission? How did you get that space?" The reality is that there are no spaces here in the artist village in Santa Ana where the community has access to create freely. Places like Venice beach public walls, or North Dakotas Art alleys have created safe havens for artist to paint legally with permission. As Santa Ana continues to grow and create a dynamic and thriving art space of its own, I would like you to consider the Youth and art as an investment as well. Many artist travel to Los Angeles, known as the mural capital of the world because of its abundance and embracement to public murals. Therefore, I am confident that by granting me the ability to create a Wall structure and curating the artist who will paint on this space will create a bridge between Santa Ana and its artist community. Community Benefit: It will open windows for free mural workshops. Along with opportunities for youth and artist who need a space to practice or create larger scale artwork. Providing free access to quality revolving murals in the downtown of the city creating a vibrant and cultural hip art scene. 25D-25 25D-26