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[Public Art Committee on January 28, 2025.]
OKAY.AND MR. WILLIAMS
COUNTY RECREATION SUPERVISOR, COMMUNITY SERVICES.
UM, ARE YOU TECHNICALLY ON THE APOLOGIZE BOARD AND COMMISSION? WE
SO THE HONOR IS DAYS AMERICA AND TO THE REBUT FOR RICHARD SAND ONE NATION UNDER INVIS.
THERE'S NO AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, PRESENTATION YAM FROM CITY ON THE INTERIM NATIONAL YAM BOMBING PROJECT.
I THINK IT'S ON THIS IT, YEAH, WE GO.
WE DON'T GET, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE.
OUR WHO DOING THAT? ANOTHER SONG THAT IS ME AND YOU WRONG.
SO, AS MENTIONED, MY NAME IS ED.
MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE AND HER, AND WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND BRING THIS TO YOU ALL.
UM, SO THE FAB PROGRAM IS 50 AND BETTER.
UM, I HAVE BEEN HERE PREVIOUSLY.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF IT, SOME OF YOU MAY NOT HAVE.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND FOCUS ON, UM, WHAT PROGRAMMING WE DO HAVE CURRENTLY WITH OUR FABS THAT INCLUDE ART.
UM, SO I'M GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH A LITTLE ADVENTURE.
UM, SO WITH OUR FABS, OUR 50 AND BETTER COMMUNITY, UH, THERE ARE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, UH, BUT I WAS ABLE TO KIND OF CLUSTER THESE.
SO WE DO HAVE MORNING SOCIALS AND WE HAVE SOME ART THAT OCCURS THERE.
UM, WE HAVE ART CLASSES AND WE ALSO HAVE FIBER ARTS AND COLLABORATIONS.
SO FOR OUR MORNING SOCIALS, IT IS A PROGRAM THAT'S HELD THREE DAYS A WEEK, UM, FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS.
AND ACTIVITIES VARY, BUT WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO KIND OF PROVIDE ACTIVITIES THAT WILL LET OUR INDIVIDUALS HAVE CREATIVE OUTLET.
UM, SO EVERY DAY WE PROVIDE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS COLORING SHEETS.
OUR PARTICIPANTS GET SUPER HAPPY AND THEY ARE ALWAYS REQUESTING THEM.
UM, EVEN THEN THEY ASK US FOR THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTRICATE WHEN THEY FEEL LIKE IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
SO IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, BUT EVEN WITH THAT, UM, THERE'S JUST, WE TRY TO INCORPORATE IT TO DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, SOMETHING LIKE MAKING A PAPER, PAPER AIRPLANE, TURNING THAT INTO AN ACTIVITY TO CELEBRATE AMELIA EARHART, AND THEN HAVING THEM COMPETE AND SEE WHICH ONE GOES THE FURTHEST.
SO MAKING IT FUN, MAKING IT, UM, AN ACTIVITY THAT THEY LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING SOMETHING WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE STRUCTURE.
UH, WE DO OFFER CERTAIN DAYS WHERE IT'S LIKE AN ART CLASS.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS WITH LIKE ACRYLIC PAINTS.
UH, WE DO HAVE AIR DRY CLAY THAT'S AVAILABLE.
UM, SOMETIMES WE GIVE THEM THE FREEDOM OF DOING WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY PLEASE.
UM, OTHER TIMES WE'LL LET THEM LIKE GUIDE THEM THROUGH A SERIES OF HOW TO PAINT A BUTTERFLY.
UM, WE'LL HAVE CANVASES, WE'LL HAVE CANVAS BAGS.
UM, WELL THEY'VE PAINTED ROCKS.
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EVERY SINGLE TIME.EVERYBODY'S SUPER EXCITED, SUPER HAPPY.
SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT MEDIUMS THAT ARE EXPLORED, UM, WITH EACH OF THE ART CLASSES.
AND FOR THIS, WE, BECAUSE IT'S SO POPULAR WITH THEM, THEY DO CONSTANTLY REQUEST TO HAVE MORE ART CLASSES.
UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO EXPECT TO EXPAND SO THAT IT'S IN ITS OWN STANDALONE PROGRAM.
SO AS MENTIONED, THERE'S THE MORNING SOCIAL.
SO CURRENTLY THE ART CLASSES TAKE PLACE THERE.
UM, BUT ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO, AND WE HAVE THE SPACE TO, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND KIND OF BREAK THAT UP SO THAT PEOPLE WHO COME IN SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR CLASSES ARE ABLE TO REGISTER FOR SOMETHING THAT WILL BE A SERIES OF DIFFERENT ARTS OR DIFFERENT MEDIUMS THAT ARE USED AND ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF.
SO ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE HAVE, UM, FOR A WHILE NOW WE'VE HAD CROCHET AND IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS GAINING POPULARITY BOTH WITH OUR ADULTS, OUR OLDER OR OUR FABS AND OUR YOUTH.
UM, SO WE'VE KIND OF EXPANDED IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
OUR SPECIFIC STAFF MEMBER, GISELLE, UM, HAS EXPRESSED TO ME THAT NOW IT'S NOT JUST CROCHET, IT IS FIBER ARTS.
SO IT IS YARN, IT IS STRING, IT IS LIKE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF TO MAKE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL AND NEW IS WHAT'S SHE'S BRINGING TO THE TABLE.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE DID SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THE HEART PILLOWS FOR VALENTINE'S DAY, WHERE ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS TIE THE KNOTS AND STUFF IT, AND THAT'S JUST TO CREATE THAT SPARK, THAT EXCITEMENT THAT LIKE, I MADE THIS AND I WAS ABLE TO.
UM, SO FROM THERE THERE'S OTHER ITEMS THAT GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INTRICATE.
SO OUR PEOPLE WHO DO CROCHET AS A GROUP, UM, USUALLY, UH, THEY KIND OF CREATED THEIR OWN THING AND, UM, THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD SEE THAT RIGHT HAND SIDE.
UM, BUT IT IS DIFFERENT BLOCKS OF CROCHET, DIFFERENT PATTERNS.
UM, AND THEY PUT THAT TOGETHER AND WE PUT THAT ON OUR WINDOW FOR A WHILE.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY DO.
THEY HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE THESE LIKE WIND MILL OR CHIMES WIND SPINNERS.
UM, SO THEY, THEY, ONCE THEY'RE ONE OF, ONCE ONE OF THEM FIGURES OUT HOW TO MAKE THEM, THEN THAT PERSON KIND OF HELPS EVERYBODY ELSE AND VICE VERSA.
UM, SO THEY DO HAVE THIS SUPPORT GROUP THAT THEY HAVE CREATED ON THEIR OWN, INCLUDING STAFF, BUT REALLY EACH OTHER.
AND IT REALLY DOES BRING IN A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS.
UM, I DID WANNA GO AHEAD AND MENTION, UM, OVER HERE WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT MADE A WREATH AND WE DID HAVE LIKE FAKE FLOWERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT THEY COULD USE.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE LIKE, I DON'T WANT THOSE, I WANT THE ONES THAT I MADE.
UM, SO THEY'LL CROCHET THEIR OWN THINGS AND THEY'LL PUT THEIR OWN SPIN ON, UH, DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO HAVE.
UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST GETTING THEM, UH, I HOPE YOU LAUGH WITH THIS ONE.
START SIMPLE AND GET THEM HOOKED.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO IT'S JUST GETTING THAT GOING, GETTING THAT EXCITEMENT GOING, AND JUST, THERE'S PEOPLE WHO RETURN TO THE CRAFT.
THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPOSED TO IT.
SO IT'S JUST REALLY COOL TO SEE ALL THESE DIFFERENT STORIES AND JUST SEE THE IMPACTS THAT IT HAS ON PARTICIPANTS WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS JUST AVAILABLE TO THEM AND THEY GET TO OPT IN TO TRYING IT OUT.
AND THEN FIBER ARTS AND COLLABORATIONS.
SO WE HAVE HAD, UM, PREVIOUSLY FOR 2324, WE HAD A WINTER DONATION WHERE IT WAS, UM, BEANIES AND SCARFS.
UM, OUR INDIVIDUALS IN OUR MORNING SOCIAL PROGRAM, CROCHETED, BEANIES, AND SCARFS, UM, THEY PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND THEY PROVIDED THE DONATION OF ABOUT 85 BEANIES, I BELIEVE.
AND IT WAS PROVIDED TO OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH INDIVIDUALS HERE WITHIN THE CITY.
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE THAT OUT AND PROVIDE IT TO THOSE WHO NEEDED IT IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO HAVING THE PARTICIPANTS WHO CREATED THESE SEE AND LIKE BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, UM, WAS VERY FULFILLING FOR THEM.
UM, WE ALSO, UH, PARTNERED WITH ARTS AND WERE ABLE TO DO STITCHING GENERATIONS.
SO THAT WAS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BRING OUR FABS TO, UM, ARTS DURING ONE OF THEIR CLASSES OR TWO OF THEIR, THEIR CLASSES AND REALLY CONNECT.
SO AS MENTIONED, UH, RIGHT NOW THE CROCHET IS REALLY POPULAR FOR ANY AGE GROUP.
SO IT WAS REALLY EXCITING AND INTERESTING TO SEE HOW SOME OF THE SENIORS WERE TEACHING THE YOUTH, BUT ALSO SOME OF THE YOUTH WERE LIKE, I'M READY.
WHERE ARE WE GOING FROM HERE? SO IT WAS REALLY COOL TO HAVE THAT COLLABORATION.
AND UM, FROM THERE IT EXPANDED TO A COMMUNITY-WIDE EVENT.
SO THAT BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS OF ALL KINDS OF GENERATIONS THAT CAME TOGETHER TO CREATE EITHER AN OCTOPUS OR
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CROCHET OR JUST HANG OUT AND SEE WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE FOR CREATIONS WITH YARN.SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET, I WOULD RECOMMEND GOING TO ARTS THE FRONT TREES, YOU'LL SEE THE OCTOPUS HANGING EVERYWHERE, YOU'LL SEE.
UM, WE DID THE CROCHET BOMBING ON THE TREES THEMSELVES, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S STILL OUT THERE AND IT'S STILL HOLDING UP.
UM, AND THEN WRAPPING THAT UP, 24, 25 WINTER DONATIONS.
UM, SO THIS ONE WAS GRANT FUNDED THIS YEAR, OR YEAH, THIS YEAR.
UM, AND IT WAS OUR CROCHET INDIVIDUALS AND STAFF WHO CREATED, UH, SCARVES AND THIS YEAR THEY WERE DONATED TO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PART OF OUR HOME DELIVERED MEAL PROGRAM.
SO THEY'RE TYPICALLY HOMEBOUND INDIVIDUALS.
SO IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN REALLY CATCH IT, BUT THERE'S THREE INDIVIDUALS RIGHT HERE.
I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE MADE THAT BIGGER.
EVERYONE WHO RECEIVED A SCARF WAS SUPER GRATEFUL, SUPER HAPPY.
A LOT OF THE TIMES PEOPLE WERE SAYING LIKE, OH, YOU REMEMBERED US.
LIKE, OH, HOW FUN THAT, LIKE YOU, YOU'RE VISITING THE PEOPLE OF NATIONAL CITY.
SOME PEOPLE, THIS WAS THE ONLY GIFT THAT THEY WERE GONNA RECEIVE, SO THERE WAS SOME CRYING INVOLVED FOR SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS.
SO IT'S JUST BEING ABLE TO, TO SEE THE IMPACT OF ALL OF THIS.
AND IT'S, IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE CLASS, IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE PARTICIPANTS.
IT'S REALLY LIKE FAR REACHING AND OVERALL.
AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU ALL BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S, IT'S KNOWN, YOU KNOW, ART REALLY DOES, DOES CHANGE THINGS.
UM, WITH THIS SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.
THERE IS A LOT OF, UM, POTENTIAL FOR CONTINUED COLLABORATION, FOR NEW COLLABORATIONS.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY ONCE OUR SENIOR CENTER OPENS, IT CREATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY, UM, CREATE THESE DIFFERENT AREAS TO PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANNA EXPLORE AND REALLY GETTING THAT CREATIVITY OUT AND BEING ABLE TO DISPLAY IT AS WELL.
THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY FUN AND REALLY IMPORTANT TO DO.
UM, SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT COMES FROM THAT.
UH, APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA ON JANUARY 29TH.
I HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
APPROVE OF THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 22ND, 2024.
ANY QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION? OKAY, I'LL WAIT FOR SAME.
OKAY, NOW NEW AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
IS THAT POSITION? YES, IT'S UNDERWAY.
UM, PROUD WOULD SAY THE PLAQUE IS ORDERED.
UM, WE ALSO ARE GONNA DO A SMALLER EIGHT BY 10 OR THE PLAQUE TO LIVE IN ARTS, JUST SO IT CAN BE ACCESSIBLE TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN COMMUNITY, UM, IN OUR BUILDING AS WELL AS AT THE LOCATION WHERE IT WILL BE LATE.
JOSE, UM, OUR, UH, CONTRACTOR WHO LIVES IN THE HOME WHO WILL BE LAYING THE PLAQUE, DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A MEDICAL SETBACK.
SO CHARLES HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH HIM.
SO WE WANNA HAVE THAT PLAQUE READY.
SO THE SECOND NEW COURSE IS CONCRETE, IT'S GOING IN AND WE CAN COORDINATE, UM, SOME SORT OF EVENT OPENING AROUND THAT AND REALLY RALLY THE COMMUNITY, UM, TO UPLIFT THAT WORK.
CHARLES, IS THERE ANYTHING I'M FORGETTING ON THAT? NO, BUT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED TO COME OVER TO PROCESS FOR SURE.
MAYBE BE A RECEPTION OF SOME KIND.
I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO DO SOMETHING.
UM, SOME SORT OF SMALL EVENT THAT WHEN ABOUT IS THE TIMELINE.
UM, HE JUST HAD HEART SURGERY LAST WEEK, SO PENDING ON HIS RECOVERY.
UM, IT, IT, IT IT DEPENDS ON THAT.
IT IS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN RIGHT NOW.
ANY DISCUSSION? THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
THE REASON TO SURVIVE UPDATE QUICK UPDATES.
UM, UH, AS WELL KNOW, WE'RE IN ALL 10 NATIONAL CITY SCHOOLS.
REALLY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT ON MONDAY WE WILL BE LAUNCHING OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD WORK,
SO WE, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE LITTLE ONES, UM, KINDERGARTEN, FIRST GRADE, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING, AS WELL AS DOING PARENT WORKSHOPS.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO 'EM ON THE CAMPUSES.
AND THEN THE GOAL IS, AS THE SEMESTER PROGRESSES, WE WE'RE GONNA DO AN ART CENTER.
SO BRINGING OUR NSD FAMILIES TO THE CENTER AT, UH, IN EVENINGS, UM, IN A WAY THAT CONDUCIVE FOR WORK SCHEDULES IS SOMETHING THE DISTRICT'S BEEN ASKING FOR, FOR A LONG TIME.
SO WE'RE GONNA PILOT IT THIS SPRING.
IF IT GOES WELL, HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE IN THE NEXT FULL YEAR.
UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE WAYS TO BRING FAMILIES TOGETHER.
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NOW, I I, IS THOSE SCHOOL PROGRAMS YEAR ROUND OR ARE THEY, AND WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE BREAKS? UH, SO OUR SCHOOL PROGRAMS WITH NSD RUN FROM USUALLY SEPTEMBER TO JUNE AND THEN IT SUMMER TO SUMMER, BREAK BY BREAK, WHETHER IT'S A SPRING BREAK OR SUMMER BREAK.
UM, THE YMCA ACTUALLY HOSTS A LOT OF THAT WORK THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE BREAK.
SO WE'RE IN CONVERSATION WITH THEM IS MAYBE DOING SOME REAL TIME WORK AS WELL.
ANY COMMENTS? ANY YOU DO A GRATEFUL WIN? THANK YOU.
OH, I HAVE A COUPLE MORE UPDATES.
UM, JUST MORE PUBLIC ART UPDATES.
WE, WE, UH, SECURED A SMALL AMOUNT OF FUNDING TO DO SOME, UM, UPDATES TO THE BUTTERFLIES THAT YOU SEE AROUND.
UM, WE REACHED OUT TO THE ORIGINAL ARTIST, UM, AND GOT HIS BLESSING AND THE ARTS TEAM AND STUDENTS WILL BE RENOVATING FOUR OF 'EM.
THERE'S EIGHT 16 TOTAL, SO WE'RE GONNA DO FOUR IN THE OTHER.
UM, ASSUMING WE CAN KEEP GETTING FUNDING EITHER, THEN THEY'RE OUT OF SHAPE.
UM, AND THEY'RE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER WHO'S REALLY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THAT PROJECT AS WELL.
UM, THIS SPIGOT PROJECT, IS EVERYONE FAMILIAR WITH THE NATIONAL CITY SPIGOT STREET WATER SPIGOT? UM, SO IT'S A FREE WATER SOURCE, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR NATIONAL CITY.
UM, AND IT'S RUN BY THE SWEETWATER AUTHORITY.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING OUR PROJECT, UM, WHERE WE'RE GONNA CO-DESIGN WITH COMMUNITY, SO YOUTH KIND COMMUNITY TO FABRICATE, UM, SOME SORT OF MONUMENT AROUND THE SPIGOT AND THEN THE SWEETWATER AUTHORITY.
UM, WE GOT A SMALL GRANT FROM THEM TO DO SOME WATER EDUCATION CONSERVANCY, UM, EDUCATION THAT WILL BE PART OF THE FLAW SET TO A BUILD OUT THAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT S SPACE.
SO REALLY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER WORLD PROJECT, UM, HAPPENING, UH, OUR THEME FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER IS NATURE.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A NATURE
SO ALL REALLY EXCITING STUFF, UM, GOING ON IN THE PUBLIC ARTWORK AS WELL.
AND THEN TUESDAY, THE, SORRY BILL, ONE MORE THING AND I I'LL EMAIL THESE SATURDAY, UM, MAY 3RD, UH, FROM 11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM IS OUR YOUTH ARE ACCESSIBLE.
SO THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN COME AND SEE ALL OF THIS YOUTH ART.
WE USUALLY HAVE ABOUT 300 FOLKS SHOW UP.
WE'D LOVE FOR Y'ALL TO BE PART WITH THAT.
AND THEN THURSDAY, MAY 15TH IS OUR BRIGHT LIGHTS EVENT.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE HONOR, UM, BRIGHT LIGHTS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO UPLIFT YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITY THROUGH CREATIVITY.
SO I WILL SEND OUT A NOMINATION FORM.
UM, WE USUALLY HAVE FIVE TO SIX HONOREES, IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE.
UM, AND SOME FOLKS, UM, FROM THE CITY, NATIONAL CITY SHOWED UP AT THE LAST ONE WERE REALLY, REALLY GREAT TO ME, UM, POSTED ON OUR, OUR VERY OWN PACKAGE.
SO I'LL SEND THE DATES AND TIMES OUT, UM, AS WELL NEXT WEEK.
CAN I DOUBLE BACK? UM, WE'RE GONNA GET THE PLAQUE.
IT OCCURRED TO ME THERE'S A BACKSIDE OF PLAQUE AND THAT, UM, I, I GOT THIS LITTLE GIZMO THAT ANYBODY CAN TRY IT.
I THOUGHT ALL OF US PARTICIPATE AND SIGN MY NAME ON THE BACK OF THE PLAQUE.
UM, AND I MIGHT BE KIND OF FUNNY.
AND I THOUGHT I'D
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS ON ARTS FOR ALWAYS KEEPING IT GOING HERE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT, GREAT MODEL FOR SERIES BY WAY YOU GUYS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GRADUATE STUDENTS THAT COULD ALWAYS SHOUT OUT THE ARTS.
WHAT THE PARTICIPATION NOW THEY'RE GOING UP A LOT.
I MEAN, JUST THANK YOU THE FIRST DAY.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE, AND WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO'VE GONE ON TO INTERN WITH US AND ARE NOW WORKING WITH US.
SO IT'S NICE TO BE PART OF THAT, UH, GROWTH TRAJECTORY.
DO WE HAVE A A WE DON'T HAVE A PURSUIT.
I WAS JUST DISCUSSING THAT WAY.
WHAT'S YEAH, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? BY THE WAY? CAN WE, WE USED TO HAVE A BANK.
I BELIEVE THE COURT WOULD HAVE TO ASSIGN SOMEONE TO BE THE CULTURAL ARTS.
I THINK THEY'VE JUST GONE THROUGH A LITTLE TRANSITION.
THEY HAVE UM, NEW CA, O-C-A-C-O.
UM, SO I'LL REACH OUT AGAIN AND, AND GET SOME CLARITY.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE THAT BECAUSE IT, I WE'RE, WE EVEN HAVE A LOT OF WORK, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FOR FUNDING, YOU KNOW, FOR US AS THE PUBLIC ARTS ADVISORY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, MONEY COMING FROM THE PORT IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SPEAKING OUR VOICES BY COUNCIL.
LIKE TO COURT REPRESENTATIVE YEAH.
AND THEN COURT REPRESENTATIVE RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE A CULTURAL ARTS PLAN.
WE TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING.
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UM, I WANT TO JUST KEEP THIS ON THE TABLE.WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING WE NEED TO ADD TO, UM, THIS MEETING, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANTED EVERYONE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND THEN I'LL GET A TRAVIS AT SPEED ON IT SO WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, ROBERT, ON, ON WHAT WE WILL THE COUNCIL AND WHAT THE CITY NEEDS.
DO ANY NEW PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THAT? NO, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT FOUR DAYS, SO.
ARE YOU GONNA SEND IT TO ANYONE? YEAH, I'LL SEND IT OUT.
YEAH, WE ALSO SPOKE MAYBE OF A RETREAT ONE DAY TO COME AND FLUSH OUT WITH THE PURPOSE OF US AND HOW TO GO ON AND KIND OF REINVENT OURSELVES, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND HOW WE CAN MAKE IT ADDED VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF JUST ATTACK, COMPLIMENT IN THE ARTS.
I TRY TO FIND MORE FUNDING AND KIND TO BROADEN OUR SCOPE AS AN ARTS COMMITTEE BECAUSE IF WE ARE JUST A PUBLIC ARTS, WE'RE JUST FUNDED BY THOSE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S A, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY NEAT FOR THIS NEXT SPRING TO GET A RETREAT FOR TWO OR THREE HOURS AND JUST AS OUR BRAINSTORMING ON HOW WE COULD DO IT.
YEAH, I THINK HAVING ALSO INCLUDING OUR, UM, OUR CITY CLERK AND SHE CAN GO OVER SOME OF THE, UM, RULES AND REGULATIONS.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE.
SO UNDERSTANDING HOW THE PROCESS OF THIS MEETING, UM, WHAT OUR ROLE IS, UH, BEING ON BOARD AND COMMISSION.
SO YEAH, I KNOW THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR
OKAY, NOW WE HAVE A, UH, CITY STAFF COMMENTS.
SO IT WAS BASICALLY OUR PRESENTATION TODAY.
CONGRATULATIONS BY, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY NEAT.
A NEW UPDATE IS THAT, UM,
YOU GET A JOB
UM, I WORKED IN THE CITY OF
UM, I'M ACTUALLY, UM, MY BACKGROUND WAS PERFORMANCE ARTS.
I ACTUALLY SPOKE OF MUSIC, SO, BUT I'VE ACTUALLY WORKED FOR A CITY AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR ALL THE MUSIC.
I'M ACTUALLY A NATIONAL CITY RESIDENT, BORN AND RAISED HERE, BUT, UH, HARVESTING WENT TO SEAWATER HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN NOW WORKING IN ARTS, MUSIC
I'M REGARDS AND I'M HONORED TO BE HERE AND BE PART OF, UM, THE COMMUNITY AND DO THIS WORK WITH YOU ALSO.
I'M RJ I'M DEFINITELY HONORED AND IT'S ALSO REALLY NICE TO SEE EVERYTHING MOVING IN THE
UM, I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE FOR A MINUTE AND UM, I ACTUALLY HAD SOME QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT WE WERE DOING.
UM, PREVIOUSLY TRYING TO GET SOME FUNDS FROM THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY.
I THINK WE WENT THROUGH A WHOLE PROCESS OF, UM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY COULD HELP US AND, AND GIVE US FUNDS, BUT I'M NOT SURE REALLY WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THAT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO, IF I CAN, FUNDS IN THE NEXT MEETING JUST TO KIND OF HAVE A RECAP AND SEE WHERE WE ARE.
BECAUSE LIKE, LIKE, UH, BILL SAID, YOU KNOW, WE MEET AND WE DO ALL THESE WONDERFUL THINGS, BUT ALSO IT'D BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND OURSELVES AND DO MORE.
UM, SO THAT'S REALLY MY, MY COMMENT TODAY.
AND I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO BE HERE AND, UM, BE PART OF THE ARTS.
'CAUSE FOR ME, I KNOW BOTH FOR MANY YEARS, UM, THE ARTS ARE REALLY WHAT MOTIVATED ME AS A YOUNG PERSON TO DO SO MUCH.
UM, SO NOW AS AN ADULT, MY PAYBACK IS TO PUT THAT BACK IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT WORKS.
UM, AND THAT'S, LOOK, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PART OF THIS MEETING.
I THINK THAT WHEN WE DO THE ARTS PLAN, THAT'S PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
YOU KNOW, AND HOW THAT'S WHAT, WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? SO YES.
WHERE ARE THE FUNDS COMING FROM AND WHAT CAN WE DO? RIGHT.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A BROADER BASE FOUNDATION AND DONATIONS TOO.
I THINK THAT TO HELP ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, COLLABORATING WITH OTHER ENTITIES AND SPONSORSHIPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND SCHOOL.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT
MY NAME'S ERIC, NATIONAL CITY RESIDENT WAS ONE OF THE FOCUS HERE STUDENT SINCE TIME AGO.
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MORE HANDS.UM, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A REALLY FUN CLASS,
UM, AND, UH, YEAH, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO LOOK AT THE CULTURAL ART PLAN AND UM, HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT FUNDING AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL THE MECHANICS, RIGHT? YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO, WHAT CAN WE DO? HOW DO THINGS GET FUNDED? HOW DO THINGS GET PROPOSED? HAVE THEY PASSED? UM, AND THEN HOW DO WE GET, UM, SO YEAH, I'M SECOND.
ANY COMMENTS? ANY ADDITIONS? ANY COMMENTS? I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF.
I GOT HIRED TO DO SOME WORK IN THE CITY 15 YEARS AGO OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, UM, I THOUGHT A JOINED CHAMBER AND I DID.
AND, AND YOU CAN'T, I'M STILL AROUND.
I'M, I'M A SUBJECT OF THE PLAN AND MONEY.
UM, PEOPLE OUGHT TO KNOW THAT THE
YOU WOULD PROBABLY KNOW BETTER THAN I, BUT THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
MEMBERS OF THE CITY PUBLIC ART GROUP ACTUALLY LEAVE ON FUNDS.
SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET SOME, SOME FUNDING.
AND FOR ANYBODY WHO HASN'T CONTRIBUTED, I'LL TRY TO BE AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU CHARLES, FOR HEADING THAT, BY THE WAY.
JUST AN, I GOTTA TELL YOU, YOU'RE A, YOU'RE A FIGHTER AND YOU'RE, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR THE ARTS.
I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE.
I, UH, IF, IF, IF POSSIBLE, I, I GOT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF NOTICE RIGHT.
UH, AND ARE WE MEETING EVERY LAST THURSDAY? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE MEETING? NO, EVERY QUARTER.
SO OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN APRIL.
SO THAT'S AND BRING THIS TO THAT DATE AND TIME OF THE NEXT WEEK.
ATTORNEY, WELL, WE LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THAT.