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HAVE A QUORUM.[Arts & Cultural Advisory Commission on February 20, 2025.]
UH, THE ARTS AND CULTURE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS INCREASE THE PRESS TRUST.OH, BUT, UH, MEETING THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM, A CALL TO ORDER THE ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING FOR FEBRUARY 20TH.
UH, GOD, EVERYBODY, WE GOT EMPTY SEATS DUE TO THE COLD WEATHER, YOU KNOW.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, UH, ONLINE COMMISSIONER, DRAG ALONG.
HOW COME YOU DIDN'T CALL ME? COMMISSIONER MEEK.
COMMISSIONER
UM, JUST TO LET EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM KNOW, I'M GONNA HAVE TO LOG IN FROM MY PHONE TOO, BECAUSE MY CAMERA IS NOT WORKING ON MY COMPUTER.
I MEAN STAFF PEOPLE, NOT COMMISSIONER PEOPLE.
UM, WHAT IS THE
BUT, UM, SO I, I, UM, CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
WE DO HAVE, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKERS REGISTERED.
UH, AND SO I WILL TURN TO OUR DIRECTOR AND STAFF AND ASK, HAVE WE HEARD FROM OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS? YOU HAVE NOT HEARD FROM PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
UH, SO I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT DOWN THE AGENDA.
UH, AND, UH, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TODAY, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT, UM, WE HAVE OUR FLAMENCO FEVER, JULIA ALCANTARA AND CHARLES JOHNSON.
AND I'M GOING TO HAND THE FLOOR OVER TO YOU GUYS.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR, UM, INVITING US HERE TODAY, CHAIR SMALL THAT FOR, UH, MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS HAVEN'T HAD ONE OF THESE IN A WHILE.
UM, SO WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO BE INVITED AND, UM, AND VERY GRATEFUL TO THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE FOR FUNDING OUR PROGRAMMING.
WE ARE, UM, INVOLVED IN MULTIPLE ASPECTS WITH THE, WITH THE OAC.
WE ARE, UH, CAP ARTIST FOR, UH, EVER SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THAT PROGRAM, WE'RE TWO YEARS COP RECIPIENTS.
WE HAVE ONE AND COMPLETED I OVER A DOZEN ARTS ACTIVATE GRANTS AND A FEW CULTURAL VALUE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN STRIDE WITH GLENN AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 2015.
AND, UM, SO IT'S GREAT TO MEET PEOPLE IN PERSON AND ALL THAT.
I HAVE A LITTLE VIDEO THAT WILL SORT OF JUST IN A NUTSHELL TELLS WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT IN A WAY THAT WE, UH, SPEND THE MONEY THAT YOU AND THE TEXAS COMMISSIONER OF THE ARTS AND THE MOODY FUND FOR THE ARTS, OTHER PEOPLE THAT FUND US, UM, DO THAT.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA COME PLAY AT THE SAME TIME.
SO YOU'LL HEAR, AND YOU GUYS CAN WATCH THE VIDEO.
SEE, THIS IS NOT, NOT CONNECTED NOW.
WE HAVE A FEW DEVICES TO SINK UP HERE.
READY? 1, 2, 3 LINKS WHEN YOU WANT IT.
IS, IS IT BECAUSE YOU PUT IT ON, DO YOU KNOW, TO DISTURB, UM, IT'S CONNECT, RIGHT? THAT YOU FINE.
IT WAS WORKING A SECOND AGO AND NOW MUST BE THAT DO NOT DISTURB.
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WE TRIED TO PUT IT ON WHILE THEY'RE GOING.I, I WANT TO ADD, I JUST SAW THEM AT THEIR FACILITY.
THEY HAVE A, I DON'T WANNA STEAL YOUR THUNDER, UM, BUT, UH, THEY HAVE A FACILITY IN OAK CLIFF ACROSS FROM, UH, WHERE THE OLD BRONCO BOWL USED TO BE, THAT HOME DEPOT THERE.
AND, UH, YES, UH, IT, THE FLAMENCOS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
THE GUITARIST, UH, CHARLES ON PERCUSSION AND THE GUY DAN, WHAT'S, WHAT IS HIS NAME? THE DAN? YES.
AMAZING, AMAZING WORLD CLASS ARTISTS.
WE, WE, WE GO ALL THE WORLD AND WE SWITCH THROUGH THESE ARTISTS THAT, THAT FROM ALL OVER, YOU KNOW, SOUTH AMERICA, SPAIN, FRANCE.
AND WE BRING THESE PEOPLE IN AND THEY PERFORM WITH US, AND WE PROVIDE, UH, UM, VENUES AND OBVIOUSLY THE, UH, THE FACILITIES FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR ART AND, UH, SHOWCASE THEIR ART, UH, TO GALLOPS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND IT'S VERY INTERESTING, UM, IF YOU WOULD COMMENT ON THE AVAILABILITY OF YOUR SPACE, BECAUSE OUR CULTURAL PLANNING AND EQUITY COMMITTEE, UH, IS ALSO, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING ON SOMETHING THAT MAY TIE INTO, UH, YOUR SPACE AVAILABILITY.
SO ARE WE GOING NOW? IS YOUR OKAY.
SO WE HAVE BEEN, UM, DOING, WE BRING IN THESE, UH, THESE ARTISTS TO RAISE THE BAR FOR FLAMENCO AND DALLAS.
AND THEY TEACH US, AND WE TEACH OUR STUDENTS AND WE CONTINUE TO, UM, PROPAGATE THEIR CHOREOGRAPHY AND THEIR, UH, LEVEL OF ARTISTRY IN THE CITY OF DALLAS TO THE LOCAL, UH, LOCAL ART, UH, STUDENTS WHO ARE STUDYING.
AND, UM, AND THEN TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE DO ALMOST 70 SHOWS A YEAR, UM, THROUGH, UH, THE VARIOUS, UH, ALL OVER, UM, DALLAS, MOSTLY IN DALLAS, BUT ALSO WE GO, UM, OUTSIDE OF DALLAS ON OCCASION.
AND, UM, AND SO THE EXCITING NEWS THAT WE'RE, UH, GONNA SHARE AT THE END OF THIS IS ABOUT OUR NEW SPACE.
WE HAVE A NEW BRICK AND MORTAR SPOT THAT WAS, UH, PUT WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOCAL LANDLORD WHO HAS SPONSORED OUR RENT THERE TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR US TO, TO OPEN A NEW VENUE.
AND ONE OF THE RE ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT TODAY IS SHARING WITH ALL OF YOU THE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT VENUE AND, UM, THAT YOU CAN SHARE IT WITH YOUR, UH, ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT ALSO BE LOOKING FOR SPACE.
SPACE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR US.
UM, THAT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO RENT SPACES, AND THERE'S ALWAYS LIMITED WINDOWS OF WHEN WE CAN GET IN AND, AND WHEN WE NEED TO HAVE THE SPACE, IT MIGHT NOT BE AVAILABLE.
AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST LINE ITEMS IN OUR BUDGET IS RENT SPACE RENTAL, THEATER RENTAL, AND, UM, AND ALSO EVENT SPACE OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE ARE SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE THIS SPACE OPEN.
IT'S GOT A, UM, STUDIO, UH, AREA FOR PEOPLE TO TEACH CLASSES AND ALSO A PERFORMANCE SPACE SO THAT WE CAN DO BOTH IN THE SAME, SAME LOCATION.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO BUILD IT, BUILD IT OUT OVER SINCE, UM, WE SIGNED THAT LEASE IN AUGUST AND IT TOOK US A COUPLE MONTHS TO, TO GET IT TOGETHER.
WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY THAT A LOT OF YOU GUYS MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT, UM, ENABLED US TO DO THAT ON A, ON A WHOLESALE TYPE BUDGET.
WE SPENT, UH, WE HAVE A SBA LOAN FOR THE, WE SPENT ABOUT $45,000 REMODELING THAT SPACE.
UM, AND, UH, WHICH WOULD'VE COST PROBABLY ANY, ANYONE, ANY, ANYONE ELSE ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
BUT WE WERE VERY TY AND USED OUR SKILL TO, UH, AND DONATED, UH, HOURS AND HOURS OF OUR TIME LIKE WE DO WITH THIS, UH, UM, WITH THIS, UH, PROJECT WITH OUR, UH, ORGANIZATION.
SO I WOULD
WHY IS IT? THAT'S JUST, IT WASN'T ADDRESS RIGHT THERE.
ANYWAY, THIS VIDEO, UM, READY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN TO PRESENT THIS HIGHEST LEVEL.
ONE OF IS NOT JUST A DANCE, IT'S A SOPHISTICATED GENRE MUSIC YES.
THAT'S WHY, AS THAT MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE THE ENTIRE FAMILY AN ASTOUND LEVEL, THE SOCIAL BARRIER THAT TO INDIVIDUALS OFFERING BENEFITS, MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, PHYSICAL HEALTH
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FROM SIX TO 60, EXCITE AND INTENSE VARIETY POSITION PEOPLE EXPERIENCE.TODAY WE HAVE A STUDENT LEVEL COMPANY FOR FREE C BUT WE ALSO MAKE SURE TO HAVE ASTOUNDING INTERNATIONAL TALENT GUESTS, ARTS, DESERT LIBRARY, CHURCHES, SMALL THEATER THAT ARE CELEBRATING SPANISH GROUPS OF MEXICO SECRET ALL CLASS ARTISTRY.
THEY FACILITATE MASTER PRIZE AND EXHIBITIONS A HERITAGE FUND.
THIS IN 2023, INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL HERITAGE IS TRULY AN ADDITION TO OUR PARTNERING.
SO THAT CREATED TO, UM, TO SHARE WITH VENUES THAT WE WORK WITH.
SO, AND ONCE WE GATHER THE FUNDRAISE FROM, UH, PARTNERSHIPS LIKE YOURS, THEN WE TAKE THESE SHOWS OUT AND WE OFFER THEM TO THE CITY OR, AND TO, UM, RESTAURANTS, FESTIVALS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AT, AT DISCOUNTED PRICES.
SO THEY CAN AFFORD TO HAVE THIS AMAZING SHOWS AT VERY REASONABLE RATES.
SO WE DISPERSE, UM, THAT TO CREATE EQUITY AND MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE TO, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY AND A VARIETY OF LEVELS, WHICH IS HOW WE ARE ABLE TO DO 70 SHOWS A YEAR.
AND, UM, WITH LIVE MUSIC AND AUTHENTIC FLAME, IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
SO, UM, AND THEN DO YOU WANNA SHOW THE OTHER ONE? AND I'M GONNA READ THROUGH THIS ONE DOESN'T HAVE A SOUNDTRACK, I'LL JUST READ IT.
SOME OF IT WILL BE REPEATED AFTER
SO NOW AFTER ALL THIS IS CULMINATED, UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING, UH, WE STARTED FLAMENCO FEVER.
I, I STARTED E DAVE WETA FLAMENCO IN 1998.
FLAMENCO FEVER, WE WENT TO VIA NONPROFIT IN 2018.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY, UH, FULL FORCE, UM, SINCE THEN.
SO, UM, THE QUARRY IS A NEW PLACE.
THE, THE SPACE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE IT HERE AND OUR WORK ON IT.
UM, OUR NEWS PROJECT IS CALLED LARA.
UM, WE WENT TO MINE INSPIRATION AND CARVE OUT SPACE FOR IN, FOR SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL WELLNESS TO BUILD A BETTER COMMUNITY.
UM, THE EXCITING PROPOSITION WAS OFFERED LAST SPRING BY A LOCAL LANDLORD THAT HAD A SPACE.
UH, WE SIGNED THE LEASE IN AUGUST, AND THEN WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SKILLS, WE, UH, WENT TO WORK IMMEDIATELY AND BEGAN CONSTRUCTION TO TURN IT INTO A REAL VENUE FOR, FOR THE ARTS OF ALL KINDS OF ARTS.
THIS IS ABOUT, UM, COMMUNITY AND, UM, ALL, WE'VE ALREADY INVITED MANY PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, WE FUNDED THE RE RENOVATIONS WITH AN SBA LOAN FOR A TOTAL COST OF AROUND $45,000.
UM, AND THEN WE WERE OPEN TWO MONTHS FOR OUR ANNUAL, UH, FESTIVAL.
SO THE OAK CLIFF FLAMENCO FESTIVAL CHANGED ITS NAME TO THE TEXAS FLAMENCO FESTIVAL LAST YEAR.
WE BROUGHT IN SOME OF SPAIN'S GREATEST ARTISTS AND THEY PERFORMED AT THIS VENUE.
AND THEN WE HAD JUST A MATTER OF TIME, WE HAD OUR FIRST EVENTS, UH, WITH TITUS, UH, WE HAD HOSTED A WORKSHOP.
THERE'S PICTURES OF THAT THERE.
SO IN ABOUT SIX WEEKS, WE WERE ABLE TO WHIP THIS PLACE INTO SHAPE AND MAKE IT INTO SOMETHING THAT, UM, WAS USABLE.
AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IT NOW.
THERE'S STILL, EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN EVENT THERE, WE MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND WE'RE STILL SPENDING MONEY LIKE CRAZY.
BUT WE'RE ALREADY HAVING, UM, ALL KINDS OF, UH, UM, ARTISTS ARE COMING IN THAT ARE LIVING THE AREA THAT ARE EXCITED TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
WE HAD A ARTS ACTIVATE GRANT TO DO $5 CLASSES.
OUR KICKOFF PROGRAMMING, THAT'S A LIST OF ALL THE CLASSES THAT WE HAVE THERE.
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GOT, UM, WE'RE HAVING OVER 12 CLASSES A WEEK.AND, UM, AND LIKE WE'VE HAD 48 EVENTS ALREADY SINCE WE OPENED 30 DAYS AGO.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY SERVED, UM, WE HAVE AFRICAN DRUMMING, AFRICAN DANCE, UH, FLAMENCO CLASSES.
WE DID AN INCREDIBLE VALENTINE'S DAY SERIES.
WE'VE ALREADY SERVED OVER 1200 RESIDENTS TO THE CITY OF DALLAS.
UH, AND OUR, BETWEEN OUR GRAND OPENING EVENTS AND, AND OPEN HOUSE WERE SA SAMPLES OF EACH CLASS WERE PROVIDED, UH, TO, UH, PEOPLE THAT WERE CURIOUS AND CAME TO FIND OUT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE.
AND WE'VE HAD HOSTED SEVERAL PRODUCTIONS THERE ALREADY, INCLUDING THE POETICS ACROSS CONTINENTS, WHICH WAS ALSO AN ARTS ACTIVATE, UM, UH, PROJECT SUBMITTED BY AMY MASSAS FROM EE MILLENNIUM.
SO SHE GOT A THING FUNDED THERE.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER ARTS ACTIVATE, UH, FOR, UH, ROUND THREE FOR A MURAL TO BE PAINTED ON THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.
AND SO WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING HAND IN HAND AND CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
AND, AND, UM, THE DONATE THE SPACE IS, UH, RETAIL'S FOR $14,000 A MONTH.
THAT'S THE REAL, UM, PRICE TAG ON IT.
WE ARE PAYING 500 A MONTH PLUS UTILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR SIX MONTHS.
AND THEN IT GOES UP AGAIN, 1200 AND THEN IT GOES UP AGAIN TO 2000 AND THE 18TH, UH, UP TO 18 MONTHS.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE OPTION TO RENEW AT AROUND THAT 22, 50, 20 $500, I THINK IS THE GAP.
BUT IT IS A HUGE, UM, IT IS A NEW, UH, LIABILITY FOR US.
THE UTILITIES AND EVERYTHING ARE A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH.
AND SO WE'RE GOING INTO, UM, WE'VE TRIPLED OUR ANNUAL REVENUE BECAUSE OF THE IN-KIND DONATION.
WE'VE GONE FROM A HUNDRED AND, YOU KNOW, 25,000 TO A $350,000 A YEAR COMPANY.
AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MAYBE GETTING SOME BIGGER AWARDS TO HELP FUND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND NOW THAT WE'RE GROWING AND, UH, AND WE'RE BECOMING THE NEXT LEVEL ARTIST.
SO THAT'S THE EXCITING NEWS TODAY.
AND THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR, FOR GIVING US THIS TIME.
AND, UM, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN US SO FAR.
WE WOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE HERE.
SO WE'VE GOT ABOUT FIVE MINUTES FOR COMMISSIONERS TO ASK QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, ANYONE? SO, UM, COMMISSIONER VALENTINE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW THIS, BUT THERE A DISTRICT ONE, UH, ARTS COMPANY, UH, THEY'RE IN THE HEART OF OAK CLIFF AND, UM, THEY STILL CONTINUE WITH THEIR STUDIO, WHICH IS GONNA BE IN THE OAK CLIFF CULTURAL DISTRICT.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU 'CAUSE I'VE SEEN YOU, UM, YOUR HARD WORK JUST PAY OFF TREMENDOUSLY.
UM, I HAD SHARED THIS WITH YOU BEFORE THAT WHEN ORGANIZATIONS FROM HERE GO ACROSS THE POND OR, YOU KNOW, GO TO A DIFFERENT CITY, THERE'S THIS PRIDE THAT I FEEL THAT I THINK A LOT OF US FEEL.
AND WITH YOUR INVITATION TO SPAIN LAST YEAR AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING OAK CLIFF FLAMENCO FESTIVAL TO THE TEXAS FLAMENCO FESTIVAL AND GOING TO SAN ANTONIO AND HAVING SUCH PARTNERSHIPS, I JUST WANNA COMMEND YOU AND CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR SUCCESS AND JUST HOPE TO SEE YOU AS YOU SAY IN THE NEXT LEVEL.
HE HAS BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF US OVER ABSOLUTELY THE YEARS, AND HE'S NEIGHBORS.
AND SO WE SEE HIM FAIRLY FREQUENTLY AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE OAK CLIFF CULTURAL DISTRICTS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A NICE ADDITION TO, TO DALLAS AND TO THE STATE, TO US.
HOPEFULLY IT WILL HELP AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, I SEE, UH, IN THE GALLERY HERE, COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE HAS A HAND RAISED HELLO.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN FROM YOU SHARE WITH OTHER ART GROUPS IS, UH, THE, THE RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU DEVELOPED WITH THE LANDLORD, COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? IS, IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S REPEATABLE THAT OTHER ART ORGANIZATIONS COULD FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS? THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING STORY BECAUSE WE, I WAS AT THE POINT REALLY AFTER, AT THE BEGINNING OF, UH, IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR OF THINKING THAT WE NEED TO SHUT THIS THING DOWN.
WE ARE, CHARLES AND I ARE WORK SO HARD AND THERE'S VERY LITTLE MONEY LEFT TO PAY US.
OUR SALARIES ARE, I THINK I GET 12,000 A YEAR AND CHARLES GETS EVEN LESS.
AND I'M WORKING 40 AND 50 HOURS A WEEK ON THIS TO MAKE ALL THIS STUFF HAPPEN.
AND IT ALL JUST GOES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
I'VE BEEN PHILANTHROPY MAGAZINE FOR BEING A PHIL FOR ALL THE WORK THAT I DO FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY FEASIBLE TO, IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE AT THAT LEVEL.
SO I WAS IN CONSIDERING STOPPING AND IT WAS RIGHT AROUND, UH, ST.
PATRICK'S DAY PARTY IN EAST DALLAS.
AND I TALKED TO THIS GUY FOR FIVE MINUTES, TOLD HIM WHAT WE DO, WE'RE IN A CLIFF.
AND HE SAID, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A SPACE? AND I WAS LIKE, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? AND HE SAID, HOW MUCH SPACE DO YOU NEED? AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
HE SAID, HOW ABOUT 4,000 SQUARE FEET? AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? AND SO HE TOLD ME
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THAT HE HAD THE SPACE THAT WAS, UH, IN THE CORNER, THAT IT DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF PARKING, THAT NOBODY WANTED IT, IT WASN'T DESIRABLE.HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE RENTING IT AND THAT THEY HAD, WERE CONSIDERING DONATING IT TO A LOCAL NONPROFIT.
WOULD I LIKE TO SEE IT? AND, UM, AND I SAID, WELL, SURE, YOU KNOW, LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
AND SO WE WENT AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, WE HAD THE MONEY, WE HAD TAKEN THAT LOAN OUT DURING THE COVID TIME.
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE EIDL LOANS.
SO IT'S A LOW INTEREST LOAN THAT WE HAD HAD THE MONEY.
AND IT WAS LIKE, THIS IS THE STARS ALIGNING.
SO IT WAS A, A STROKE OF LUCK AND A BIT OF DESTINY.
UM, IT WAS NOT SOMEBODY THAT I HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH.
UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, I SENT HIM MY CREDENTIALS.
I SENT HIM OUR INFORMATION ABOUT OUR CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SO THAT HE KNEW THAT HIS, THAT HIS PROPERTY WAS IN GOOD HANDS.
I THINK THAT THAT REALLY SOLIDIFIED THE DEAL, THAT HE KNEW THAT WE WERE GONNA DO GOOD WORK IN THERE AND THAT IT WAS GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL DESIGN AND, AND SOMETHING THAT WE WERE GONNA DESTROY THE PLATES OR WHATEVER.
I MEAN, THEIR SPACE IS MUCH IMPROVED BY OUR PRESENCE.
UM, SO THOSE ARE POINTS THAT YOU MIGHT, UH, AND ANOTHER ARTIST WHO WAS LOOKING FOR HAD A SPACE THAT WAS, UH, EMPTY OR CONTACT WITH THE LANDLORD MIGHT WANNA INVOLVE IN THEIR PRESENTATION TO THEM OF THE BEAUTY THAT THEY WOULD BRING TO IT, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA COME THERE.
AND THEN OF COURSE YOU'D WANNA HAVE A CREDENTIALS AND THE REPUTATION TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS THAT THEY WANNA BE ASSOCIATED WITH.
SO I THINK THAT PLAYED IN HER FAVOR.
I'M SURE THEY DID PLENTY OF RESEARCH, UM, ON US AND WHAT WE DO.
AND I THINK, UH, AS WELL, THE PART OF ME THAT WE WERE AT WAS AT ST.
PATRICK'S STATE PARTY, AND IT WAS ONE OF OUR, WELL, IT WAS, UM, A PARTY FROM, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF SPORTS THAT DE HAS BEEN TO MANY OF OUR SHOWS, UH, UM, BEFORE.
SO DOES THAT, HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO ANYBODY ABOUT IT.
IF, UH, YOU GUYS ARE, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SHARE MY CONTACT INFORMATION OR IF YOU WANNA SHARE THESE VIDEOS AFTER YOU DO A FOLLOW UP EMAIL IN THE MEETING MINUTES OR WHATEVER, I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH ANYBODY THAT, UH, WANTS TO KNOW HOW WE, IF YOU COULD REITERATE EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE.
I, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE MAY KNOW, BUT FOR SO ON, ON THE BACK OF THE PE THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE, THE ADDRESS IS ON THE BACK OF THIS CARD.
UM, IT'S AT THE CORNER OF WESTMORELAND AND FORT WORTH AVENUE.
SO SPCA IS AT I 30 AND, UH, WESTMORELAND.
AND YOU'RE JUST HEAD SOUTH ABOUT, UH, FIVE MINUTES SOUTH OF I 30.
THERE'S A SHOPPING CENTER THERE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER AND WE'RE IN THE CORNER OF THE SHOPPING CENTER.
SIGNS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT
WE'RE KIND OF IN THE CORNER OF AN L-SHAPED SHOPPING CENTER.
AND BECAUSE IT HAS A TINY STOREFRONT AND THEN IT OPENS UP INTO THIS BIG SPACE WITH ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THEY WERE, I GUESS, HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING THAT KIND OF MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE PRESENCE OF A BIG STOREFRONT.
MAYBE THEY CAN'T, CAN'T PUT A BIG SIGN ON IT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S TUCKED IN THE CORNER.
IT'S SORT OF A SECRET WHEN YOU WALK IN.
YOU'RE SURPRISED HOW BIG IT'S, I SEE.
UH, WE DO HAVE A QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER TEEL.
I CAN'T, COMMISSIONER CUREL STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, YES.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I THINK IT MUST BE MY OLD SCHOOL EARBUDS.
BUT, UM, I WANNA SAY THANKS FOR SHARING, LIKE HOW CLOSE YOU WERE TO STOPPING AND HOW MUCH DIFFERENCE GETTING A SPACE MADE TO YOUR ORGANIZATION.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT JUST THE SPACE.
YOU HAD DONE ALL OF THAT HARD WORK AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT IMPRESSED THIS PERSON WHO, WHO WANTED TO ALSO PARTNER WITH YOU.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, VARIES CAME DOWN ON THE STARS OF THE LINE.
YOU ALSO HAD DONE ALL THAT HARD WORK.
BUT, UM, SPACE IS A, IS A THING FOR THIS CITY AND THE ARTISTS WHO WORK REALLY HARD.
AND, UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY THEN ALSO THANK YOU FOR PAYING IT FORWARD AND ALLOWING OTHER ARTISTS TO COME IN AND USE THAT SPACE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU SAID THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT ON BEHALF OF ARTISTS WHO FEEL THE SAME WAY THAT YOU WERE FEELING WHEN YOU MET THAT PERSON AT THAT PARTY.
WE HAVE NO OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS.
I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND SHARING AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO OUT THERE.
'CAUSE I'M TELLING YOU THIS, YOU'VE SEEN THE VIDEO CLIP, UH, IN NO WAY
AND WE DO HAVE A WEBSITES, IT'S A, UH, LAHAN ARCH OBSERVATORY.COM IS THE WEBSITE.
IT'S GOT THE LIST OF CLASSES ON THERE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING.
AND, UH, I DO HAVE A SIGN IN SHEET IF YOU'D LIKE ANY INFORMATION ON, UM, FOR ANY ARTIST THAT WOULD WANT TO RENT THE SPACE AS WELL.
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ANY, RIGHT? YES, PLEASE SHARE MY CONTACT INFORMATION.'CAUSE WE WANNA FILLED THAT PLACE WITH ALL KINDS OF GOODNESS.
SO, UH, HAVE WE ANY UPDATE ON OUR PUBLIC SPEAKER? NO UPDATE.
UH, SO LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST, UH, VOTING AGENDA ITEM.
EVERYONE HAS A COPY OF THE, UH, MINUTES FROM JANUARY 16TH.
DO WE HAVE, UH, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MINUTES MEETING? NO QUESTIONS.
CAN WE GET A MOTION? SO MOVE A SECOND.
I'M HEARING, HEARING FROM ALL OVER, BUT I SEE COMMISSIONER OMO AND A SECOND, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
UM, DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION.
UH, SO, UH, THE MOTION PASSES AND THE MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 16TH, 2025 MEETING, UH, ARE APPROVED.
UH, NEXT, UH, WE HAVE, UM, TWO PUBLIC ART, UH, SORRY.
TWO, UH, VOTING ITEMS, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.
THE FIRST, UH, IS TO RECOMMEND INITIATION OF A PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION TO BE LOCATED NEAR THE HISTORIC BASEBALL FIELD, REVON, UH, IN DISTRICT TWO.
UM, AND THAT WILL BE BY LYNN AND KRISTEN KRISTA IS ONLINE NOW? YES, I, I'M HERE.
LYNN, ARE YOU, I, I CAN'T SEE THE ROOM.
SO, LYNN, ARE YOU THERE? SO IF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS, I'M, I'M HERE FOR THE QUESTIONS.
I JUST CAN'T, CAN'T SEE THE ROOM LAYOUT.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD MOVED TO THAT SPOT.
SO DO YOU WANNA PRESENT THIS PLEASE? AND THEN, UM, JUST REAL QUICK AND THEN WE CAN GET A MOTION AND MOVE FORWARD PLEASE.
SO, UM, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS A REQUEST FOR RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CHANGE OF THE RIVER FARM PARK WOULD BE ONE OF OUR FIRST TIMES TO BE WORKING WITH A SPORTS THEME, UM, OR A HISTORIC PARK SO THAT WE WILL BE, UM, INITIATING THIS IF IT PASSES.
AND THE FIRST BASEBALL GAME IN HISTORIC, UM, JUST, IT'S BEEN RENOVATED, UM, BASEBALL FIELD AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED.
BUT RIVER SEAN HAS SO MUCH HISTORY, YOU KNOW, FROM BOTANY TO BASEBALL OF THE ALLITERATION.
UM, AND IT HAS A NICE PROJECT BUDGET FROM THE PARK DEPARTMENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST PART AND PARCEL OF THIS BEHIND, YOU KNOW, ATTACHED TO THE STADIUM WILL BE A HISTORY WALL THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT IS CREATING.
AND SO WE HOPE TO, UH, UH, LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE BELIEVE HISTORY WILL BE A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE TO THIS.
WHAT'S THE ART PITCH? WE DON'T KNOW YET.
WE'RE JUST, JUST THE VERY FIRST, IT'S THE INITIATION TO BEGIN THE PLANNING FOR THE ARTS.
SO WE START BY LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY.
LIKE, WE'D LIKE TO START THIS.
WHAT DO Y'ALL THINK? SO THERE'S, THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
CAN WE GET A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE INITIATION OF THE PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION AT HON PARK IN COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO? SO MOVED.
I, I'M GONNA SHOW DEFERENCE TO PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY HERE.
SO I SAW, UH, HELLO MO RAISE HIS HAND, MADE THE MOTION.
AND, UM, AND COMMISSIONER BLAZE HAS SECONDED.
SO, UH, TO RECOMMEND THE INITIATION OF THE PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION TO BE LOCATED NEAR THE HISTORIC BASEBALL FIELD AT RIVERSON.
UH, THE SET, UH, NEXT VOTING ITEM IS THE RECOMMENDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ARTIST.
FINAL IS CAROL MAY FOR THE PUBLIC ART PROJECT LOCATED AT THE BERG RILEY RECREATION CENTER.
AND THIS ONE IS IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
SO YOU JUST SAW ONE THAT WE'RE ASKING TO START A PROJECT.
THIS IS ONE WHERE WE'RE NOW ASKING YOU, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE ALL OUR RESEARCH.
NOW WE'RE ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT, UM, THIS ARTIST TO CREATE THIS SITE SPECIFIC PIECE IN, UM, COUNCIL DISTRICT EIGHT, UM, CAROL AND CLEAVER RILEY, WHICH IS A RURAL, MORE
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RURAL DISTRICT.UM, THIS IS PROXIMATE BOTH TO THE REC CENTER AND TO A SPLASH PARK.
UM, AND CAROL MAY'S WORK, UM, IS OFTEN FOUND IN PLAYGROUNDS.
AND SHE USES, UH, ORGANIC FORMS TO CREATE SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER.
UH, COMMISSIONER HALAL IS, SO, I, I HAD A QUESTION WHEN I SAW THE LITTLE MAN SITTING THERE.
UM, THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA GO THROUGH LIABILITY
AND, AND ALL LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE WONDERFUL THING.
BACKGROUND IS IN PLAYGROUND DESIGN.
UM, BUT THE, UH, WINDSHIELD DESIGN IT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE JUST BASICALLY MAQUETTES THOSE WORDS ANYMORE.
UM, ALL OF THE LEAVES WILL BE OVERHEAD.
SO THEY WILL CREATE SHADE, BUT TALK IN THE HEAD.
CAN WE GET A MOTION? OH, IS THERE, OH.
UM, EITHER RECOMMENDATION IN SUPPORT OF THE ARTIST FINALIST CAROL MAY FOR THE PUBLIC ART PROJECT LOCATED AT CLEBURNE RILEY RECREATION CENTER IN COUNCIL DISTRICT H, PLEASE.
SO SECOND, I, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
UM, WE'VE ALREADY DONE OUR CULTURAL SPOTLIGHT.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE THE CULTURAL PLANNING AND EQUITY COMMITTEE UPDATE.
UH, COMMISSIONER MEEK DISCUSS.
AS ACTUALLY, IT WAS VERY FORTUITOUS THAT, UM, WE HAD THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD BY JULIA BECAUSE, UM, WHAT I'M COMING TO YOU TODAY TO DO IS TO REVISIT SOMETHING WE BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MONTHS AGO, UM, REGARDING FACILITIES IN OUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE USED BY ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, UM, FOR MANY MYRIAD OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, REHEARSALS, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, ET CETERA.
UM, THE COMMITTEE IS, UM, ASKING THAT OUR COMMISSIONERS BEGIN TO SCOUR THEIR OWN DISTRICTS TO SEE IF THERE ARE VARIOUS PLACES THAT COULD BE USED FOR ARTS, UH, ORGANIZATIONS.
AND IF SO, WE'LL, UH, WOULD YOU BRING THOSE TO OUR ATTENTION SO WE CAN BEGIN TO BUILD A DATABASE, UM, OF THOSE PLACES THAT MIGHT BE, UM, GOOD FOR HAVING OUR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS PRESENT THEIR WORK? UM, UH, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE A FORM YET, BUT I WILL BE WORKING ON ONE THAT WE CAN USE TO BEGIN TO LOG IN ANY SPACES THAT YOU COME UP WITH.
AND, AND WHEN WE SAY THIS SPACES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IN YOUR DISTRICT THAT HAS A, UM, RECREATION ROOM OR A, A COMMUNITY ROOM OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HAVING SOME ART ACTIVITY HAPPEN FOR THEIR RESIDENTS.
THAT'S THE TYPE OF THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
OR A CHURCH THAT HAS A SPACE THAT MIGHT WANT TO, YOU KNOW, LET THAT BE USED.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BECOME THE COORDINATORS OF THIS, UM, OF, OF THESE SPACES, BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER A LIST TO ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, HERE'S SOME PLACES THAT SAY THEY'RE INTERESTED.
AND THEN THEY WOULD GO OUT AND, AND NEGOTIATE WHATEVER THEY CAN NEGOTIATE.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT TO, TO PRODUCE MORE WORK FOR THE OAC STAFF, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT DEPTH OF, OF STAFF, UM, RIGHT NOW.
UM, BUT IT IS TO BEGIN TO IDENTIFY SOME SPOTS THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED, YOU KNOW, THAT WE, WE DON'T KNOW.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE, BUT WE WANNA KNOW.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR EACH OF YOU TO DO, AND TO, UM, UH, REALLY, REALLY JUMP OUT THE BOX.
YOU KNOW, DON'T, DON'T, DON'T THINK OF ONLY RETAIL SPACES, BUT THINK OF SPACES THAT MIGHT ALSO BE, UM, COMMUNITY SPACES OR WHATEVER, UM, IN THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION.
SO, ANY QUESTIONS? I CAN'T SEE YOU, SO WHOEVER'S IN THE ROOM NEEDS TO TELL ME IF THERE'S A QUESTION.
UH, YEAH, I WAS JUST WONDERING, BECAUSE WE HAD SPACE FINDER ONLINE FOR A WHILE, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO IS TOTALLY UNUSABLE.
I NO, I KNOW IT IS, BUT I WONDER IF SOME OF THE DATABASE THAT WAS IN IT MIGHT BE A STARTING POINT IF SOMEBODY HAS THE DATA THAT OF ALL THE STUFF THAT WE HAD ALREADY PUT IN THERE MIGHT BE, WELL, IT'S SO
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OLD AT THIS POINT, BRAD, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT WOULD BE USEFUL.YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND RESEARCH WHETHER OR NOT ANY OF THOSE SPACES STILL ARE AVAILABLE.
I, I THINK IT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CONTROL HOW THESE SPACES GET SENT OUT THERE.
WE'LL JUST HAVE A, A RUNNING LIST AND PEOPLE CAN IN EACH DISTRICT AND PEOPLE CAN DO WHAT THEY WANNA DO WITH IT.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST EXPEDIENT WAY TO DO THIS, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T HAVE STAFF.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH SPACE FINDERS, THERE WAS NOBODY TO REALLY MONITOR THAT ON AN ONGOING BASIS, AND IT NEEDED TO BE.
SO WE HAVE COMMISSIONER VALENTINE AND THEN COMMISSIONER WEINSTEIN.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT CATCH.
UH, SO THIS IS A, UH, JUST A QUESTION FOR OUR CONSIDERATION RELATED TO SPACE.
I WONDER IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE, UH, AROUND THIS, JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE, THE, THE NEED FOR SPACE IN GENERAL SINCE THEY'RE OFTEN INFORMED OR, UM, IN, IN THE MIX WITH RESPECT TO NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
JUST BECAUSE THE STORY THAT REALLY STRUCK ME ABOUT, UM, FLAMENCO FEVER IS THAT THEY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, WITH A LANDOWNER WHO WAS THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHO'S HAVING TROUBLE WITH A SPECIFIC SPACE.
AND OFTENTIMES, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO LEARN THAT THEY HAVE A STAGGERED LEASE, UM, WHICH GIVES THEM ENOUGH TIME TO GET ON THEIR FEET AND DEVELOP, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF EARNED REVENUE THAT THEY'LL NEED.
SO I JUST WONDER IF WE COULD EVEN, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST POKE THAT PARTICULAR, UH, OFFICE AROUND THIS CONSIDERATION.
UM, WHEN AND IF THAT OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF SO THAT WE COULD, I DON'T KNOW, SHARE THAT OUT SOMEHOW.
IT, IT DOES FEEL LIKE A LOT OF WORK.
SO, SO CLYDE, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PROJECT FOR YOU.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASKED FOR, HUH?
NOW YOU CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
WE THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT MY QUESTION FOR THE COMMISSION IDEA, THEY COULD PRODUCE RESULTS IS A, IS A GOOD IDEA.
SO I, I SAY YES, FOLLOW UP WITH THAT.
COMMISSIONER WEINSTEIN AND COMMISSIONER BRAGGA ALONG, UH, COMMISSIONER MEEK, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT YOU COULD PUT TOGETHER LIKE JUST THREE OR FOUR SENTENCES OR SOME BULLET POINTS OF JUST WHAT YOU TALKED ABOUT AND HAVE THAT SENT OUT TO THE COMMISSION SO THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME TALKING POINTS OR, OR SEND THIS OUT VIA ELECTRONICALLY TO PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE FINDERS IN OUR DISTRICTS? SURE.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BRAGGA, YOU'RE ON MUTE.
I'M HOPING THAT THE BEAGLE WHO IS ACCOMPANYING ME DOWN SOUTH IS NOT GOING TO WEIGH INTO THIS CONVERSATION.
UM, I WAS JUST TAKING A QUICK LOOK, BUT COMMISSIONER BEEK AND, UH, YOU'RE RIGHT, SPACE FUNDERS UN UNUSABLE, BUT IT IS STILL ACTIVE.
MOST LISTINGS WERE NOT UPDATED SINCE 2020.
BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA DO WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAS ASKED US TO, YOU CAN STILL LOOK AT THAT AND SEE WHAT VENUES IN YOUR DISTRICT WERE ACTUALLY LISTED.
NOW, A WHOLE LOT OF THEM ARE THINGS THAT WE, YOU PROBABLY DON'T NEED US TO WASTE TIME ON, LIKE WHATEVER THE FAIR PARK LISTINGS ARE, BUT THERE ARE SOME KIND OF UNIQUE ONES IN PARTICULAR DISTRICTS.
SO YOU MIGHT, COMMISSIONERS MIGHT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT LIST ON YOUR OWN AND THEN FOLLOW UP AND FIND OUT.
UM, AS COMMISSIONER MEEK SAID, DOES THAT, DOES THAT VENUE STILL EXIST? AND I WOULD THINK YOU DON'T WANT US TO SPEND, OR DO YOU WANT US TO SPEND TIME ON LIKE, PARK PAVILIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IN OUR DISTRICTS? OR IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'RE GATHERING FROM LIKE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND NO, I THINK WHERE WE HAVE, WHERE WE KNOW THERE ARE THINGS LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THE PARK DEPARTMENT HAS A GOOD INVENTORY OF WHAT THEY HAVE, RIGHT? I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD WASTE ANY TIME ON LOOKING AT PARK FACILITIES.
BUT I THINK WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN IS THINGS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE KINDS OF SPACES WE, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH.
WELL, I JUST, ANYTHING THAT CITY OWNED, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD WASTE ANY TIME LOOKING FOR THAT.
WELL, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PLACE TO START, YOU CAN KIND OF FLIP THROUGH HERE.
LIKE, I FOUND A COUPLE OF INTERESTING ONES THAT ARE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE IN MY DISTRICT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY STILL EXIST.
SO, UH, JUST TO ANSWER BRAD'S QUESTION ABOUT, UM, THE LIST, YOU CAN DO THAT ON YOUR OWN, JUST DON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO T TRACK DOWN THE PUBLIC FACILITIES BECAUSE VICKY AND HER COMMITTEE AND OTHERS HAVE THAT COVERED.
BUT, UM, TO THE EXTENT WE HAD ANY UNUSUAL SPACES ON SPACE FINDER, YOU CAN STILL SEE IT, BUT, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE ON HERE, LIKE NOTHING'S BEEN UPDATED, NOBODY'S UPDATED THEIR LISTING SINCE 2020.
SO, BUT IT ALSO GIVES YOU KIND OF GOOD IDEA OF WHAT INFORMATION MIGHT BE GOOD TO GATHER TO PASS
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ON TO VICKI AND HER COMMITTEE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, LOCATION AND SQUARE FOOTAGE AND THAT SORT OF STUFF.I MEAN, COMMISSIONER LON
I'M, I'M SURE THAT THERE'S A COMMERCIAL REALTORS ASSOCIATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT MAYBE WE COULD PROPOSE, UH, IF YOU HAVE A SPACE THAT'S DIFFICULT TO LEASE OR YOU WOULD LIKE A PARTNERSHIP WITH A ARTS ORGANIZATION THAT, UM, SOMEONE COULD REACH OUT TO THAT ORGANIZATION AND MAKE THAT, UH, THAT ASK.
BECAUSE I I, I'M SURE THAT OBJECTION.
I, I REALLY, I REALLY THINK THAT THAT WAS A, A AMAZING RELATIONSHIP AND I WAS A WIN-WIN FOR BOTH, UH, ORGANIZATIONS.
SO, UH, WE'LL, UH, SOMEONE WILL LOOK INTO IT.
YOU WILL
DO YOU STILL HAVE A QUESTION? AND STILL, UH, OKAY.
UM, SO COMMISSIONER VALENTINE, I WAS THINKING CASE STUDY, RIGHT? UM, TO GO AND TAKE SOME PICTURES.
WHAT DOES LA FLAMENCO FEVER LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW? UM, BECAUSE I REALLY DO FEEL WITH THE ACTIVATION, THEY'VE BEEN HUSTLING AND THEY'VE BEEN GETTING CLASSES AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN PROGRAMMING THE HECK OUT OF IT.
AND I THINK THAT IT'S JUST GONNA KIND OF SPARK SOME MORE THINGS AROUND THERE, RIGHT? AND SO IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT CASE STUDY FOR HOW THE ARTS, YOU KNOW, IMPACT, UH, COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO MY QUESTION REALLY IS TO STAFF, UM, GIVEN THAT SPACE WAS ONE OF OUR PILLARS FROM THE CULTURAL PLAN AND ALL THE ENERGY THAT WENT INTO IT, IS IT OACS DIRECTION TO NOT SUSTAIN SPACE FINDER, TO NOT BRING IT BACK? BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID IN MY CONVERSATIONS WHEN I MET PEOPLE, DEVELOPERS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, IS I TOLD 'EM ABOUT SPACE FINDER, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT KIND OF LEAVES US OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THAT CONVERSATION OF TRYING TO EDUCATE THEM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT'S NEEDED, IT'S GOTTA BE THIS MUCH SQUARE FOOT, WHATEVER.
UM, AND I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD LIST IT ON SPACE FINDER, RIGHT? YOU MIGHT GET SOME, SOME GOOD PROSPECTS.
SO MY QUESTION TO STAFF IS, IS IT GONE? IS IT, ARE Y'ALL NOT GONNA BRING IT BACK? UH, WELL, UH, FIRST LET ME THANK YOU FOR THE INQUIRY.
FIRST, LET ME ADDRESS THE FACT THAT WE'RE MIGRATING OUR WEB PLATFORM TO A.GOV.
SO THERE ARE MANY, UH, LANDING PAGES, IF YOU WILL, THAT ARE GONNA BE TOUCH AND GO AS WE ARE MOVING THROUGH THAT MIGRATION.
SECONDLY, AS IT RELATES TO SPACE FINDER, OUR MARKETING DIVISION HAS ONE DISCOVERED THAT THE PLATFORM IS, UH, STILL ALIVE AND WELL, AND FOLKS CAN SEE IT, BUT WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT, UM, USEFUL IN A MORE TWO-WAY CAPACITY FOR US STAFF.
WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MANAGE, UH, THE TRAFFIC OF YOU TELLING ME YOUR SPACE IS AVAILABLE.
AND THEN THAT INROAD OF CONNECTING YOU AND THE ARTIST AND MAKING, WE JUST, WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE THAT PLATFORM USER FRIENDLY AND ENCOURAGING THE USER TO BE INDEPENDENT.
OKAY? SO, UH, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH SOME MODELS.
YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH PEERSPACE, UM, WHICH IS A, A, A SIMILAR PLATFORM FOR THE CREATIVE SECTOR.
AS YOU KNOW, IF I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER, I CAN GO AND BOOK STUDIO TIME HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE.
UM, SOMETIMES, UH, YOU KNOW, AT A COST, SOMETIMES NOT.
SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THAT MODEL FOR HOW WE CAN, AFTER, YOU KNOW, WE RECEIVE A BIT OF INFORMATION AS Y'ALL ARE CONDUCTING YOUR DISTRICT-WIDE RESEARCH, HOW WE CAN USE THAT MODEL AND RELAUNCH SPACE FINDER IN A WAY THAT IS, UM, ABSENT OF THE STAFF LIFT THAT IT WOULD TAKE, UH, TO MAKE IT WORK AS IT USED TO.
UH, SO JUST GIVE US SOME TIME, UH, WE'LL QUALIFY THAT AS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
UM, BUT WE'LL BE SURE TO BRING FORWARD UPDATES AS WE HAVE, UM, SOMETHING WORTHWHILE TO PRESENT TO YOU.
AND CAN I CHAIR COMMITTEE AND THEN FORWARD TO Y'ALL? THANK YOU.
AND CAN I OFFER ALSO, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, I TRIED AS AN ARTIST TO USE SPACE FINDER AND WAS VERY FRUSTRATED BY IT.
UM, IT, YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S, THAT'S A MODEL THAT WE NEED TO HOLD ONTO.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, PEER SPACE IS PROBABLY A BETTER
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PLATFORM FOR THAT.BUT, BUT, BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, BE, BE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT, ONE, WE DON'T HAVE STAFF TO MONITOR SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES UPDATING ALL THE TIME, AND, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, KEEPING TRACK OF WHAT'S REAL AND WHAT'S NOT.
UM, BUT WE DO NEED A JUST A SORT OF LANDING PAGE FOR ORGANIZATIONS AND ARTISTS TO BE ABLE TO GO TO AND DO THEIR OWN RESEARCH ON WHAT'S OUT THERE AFTER WE'VE PROVIDED SOME LEADS FOR THEM.
SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE NEED FOR A STAFF OVERSIGHT AND MAXIMIZE THE IDEA THAT EACH COMMISSIONER PROBABLY KNOWS THEIR DISTRICT BETTER THAN ANY OF US.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, INVOLVING THE COMMISSIONERS MEANS WE'LL BE GETTING MORE USABLE INFORMATION, REAL USABLE INFORMATION, UM, ON EACH DISTRICT.
COMMISSIONER, MEEK, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR INSTRUCTIONS? THAT'S ABOUT IT.
AND I'LL COME UP WITH THE, UM, THE TALKING POINTS THAT IF PEOPLE NEED THOSE AS THEY ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THEIR DISTRICT, I'LL COME UP WITH THOSE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
UH, I THINK COMMISSIONER PELOSI HAS ONE MORE QUESTION.
UH, IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION.
I, I HAVE A, I HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE REAL ESTATE COUNCIL, WHICH IS A LOCAL, UM, UH, THE LOCAL, UM, COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE GROUP IN DALLAS IS PRETTY LARGE.
UM, AND I'M, I'M GUESSING WE COULD GET SOMETHING OUT TO THEIR MEMBERSHIP.
UM, IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF WHAT, WHAT WOULD WE WANT IT TO SAY? LIKE SOMETHING THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE, UM, FLAMINGO FEVER WAS TALKING ABOUT, DO YOU HAVE A SPACE THAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO, BECAUSE I'M SURE THE, WHOEVER DON OR WHOEVER IS WORKING WITH FLAMINGO FEVER IS GETTING A TAX WRITE OFF FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT RENT DIFFERENCE.
UM, SO IT'S PROBABLY BENEFICIAL BOTH WAYS, BUT COMMISSIONER, SHE COULD KIND OF COME UP WITH AN IDEA OF SOMETHING THAT WE COULD MAYBE PUT ON PAPER THAT COULD GO OUT TO THE MEMBERSHIP THAT MIGHT GET US SOME, YOU KNOW, MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PLACES LIKE THAT.
I CAN CHIME IN THERE A LITTLE BIT.
UH, BRAD, UH, I SPENT SOME TIME WITH, UH, JULIA AND CHARLES WHEN I WAS OVER THERE BECAUSE I WAS TOTALLY FASCINATED BY IT.
AND THE DEVELOPER, THE LANDLORD, UH, I THINK PART OF THEIR MOTIVATION IS THAT IF YOU'VE GOT SEVERAL EMPTY SPACES AND THEN YOU FILL A SPACE WITH A TREMENDOUS ART FACILITY, IT ATTRACTS PEOPLE, UH, TO THE ENTIRE LITTLE STRIP CENTER AREA BECAUSE NOW YOU'VE GOT SOME ACTIVITY GOING ON THERE.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT THOSE GUYS WOULD LOVE TO KNOW.
I WOULD, UM, I WOULD OFFER THAT SOMEBODY, RIGHT, ME OR ME AND JULIA, OR YOU AND JULIA OR SOMEBODY SHOULD GO WITH THIS, WITH THIS ONE PAGER THAT COMMISSIONER PEL IS PROPOSING.
UM, SEE IF WE CAN GET FIVE MINUTES ON THEIR AGENDA AT THEIR NEXT MEETING AND PRESENT IT, RATHER THAN JUST SEND THEM PAPER TO SEND ON TO THE MEMBERSHIP.
THAT'S JUST MY RECOMMENDATION.
UH, QUESTIONS IF THERE'S ENOUGH OTHER QUESTIONS.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA, UH, TO OUR DIRECTOR'S UPDATE.
UH, LEMME START WITH THE NOTE OF GRATITUDE FOR, UM, YOUR SUPPORT IN ATTENDING OUR INAUGURAL 2 1 4 DAY EVENT ON, UM, BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR EVENT SUPERVISOR MARLO
UM, AND TOOK THE TWO OF THEM TO MAKE THAT LITTLE PLANTED SEED COME TO LIFE.
AND AGAIN, I HOPE IF YOU WERE IN ATTENDANCE, YOU HAD A GREAT TIME.
I THINK IT WAS A NICE TIMELY EVENT, LITTLE PEP RALLY, IF YOU WILL.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, NEXT YEAR CELEBRATING THE SAME.
I AM EQUALLY AS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE SOME NEW STAFF MEMBERS, UH, TO THE TEAM.
UH, I'LL FIRST ANNOUNCE THE ONES WHO ARE ABSENT.
UH, WE HAVE OUR NEW EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, CHRISTOPHER MURRAY, UM, WHO IS, UH, BACK, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BACK ON TRACK WITH SUPPORT FOR, UM, AND LEADERSHIP TEAM.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY SCHEDULING INQUIRIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO.
CHRISTOPHER MURRAY REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HIM.
UH, WE HAVE AN INTERIM, UH, CENTER MANAGER AT SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER.
MS. KIMBERLY RICHARDS IS HERE IN PRESENT, PAUL AND LADY.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, SELECTION PROCESS IS ONGOING.
THE POSTING WAS OPEN AND JUST CLOSED, UH, ON MONDAY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
UM, AND AS, UH, RUSSELL AND I TAKE THAT JOURNEY FORWARD, UH, WE CERTAINLY KNOW THAT OUR CULTURAL CENTERS ARE IN NEED OF, YOU KNOW, A HUMAN BEING WAS KIND AND, AND SKILLED AND VERSED
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AND, AND IS PASSIONATE.AND SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL THAT KIMBERLY IS HERE IN SERVICE TO US AT THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER.
UM, NEXT AND, UM, WHAT KIMBERLY BRIDGE CHURCH? YES.
UM, LINDA BLAZE WANTS TO WRITE DOWN YOUR GOVERNMENT NAME,
UM, WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTION, UH, OF LATE, UH, NATURALLY AS ITS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
UM, BUT TAKE SOME TIME AND VISIT WITH, WITH KIMBERLY, THE, AND ARIAN THERE, UH, IF YOU CAN, BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH.
UM, I'M REALLY, REALLY THRILLED TO INVITE OUR NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TO INTRODUCE HERSELF AT THE BRIEFING, UH, TABLE.
SO SHE'S GONNA TAKE A WALK, UM, ANNA, WHO IS, UH, ONE WEEK NEW, ONE WEEK OLD
SO, AND TO QUALIFY OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT GLEN, WHO'S WHO HAS OVERSIGHT OF OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ME, AND THEN WE HAVE ANNA WHO WILL HAVE OVERSIGHT OF OUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS.
UM, AND AGAIN, PLEASE, ANNA, I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE YOU AND HAVE YOU TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.
YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
I'M THE NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AT THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE.
I, I'M AS, UH, MARTIN SAID, ONE WEEK OLD.
I DO NOT HAVE EXPERIENCE WORKING AT THE CITY.
SO IT'S A NEW LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR ME, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE A CITY THAT I, UM, I'VE ADOPTED MYSELF ABOUT TWO DECADES AGO.
SO I COME FROM CORPORATE, UM, WITH, UH, TRAVEL WITH AMERICAN EXPRESS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING MY OPERATIONAL EXPERTISE TO THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY AT LARGE.
WHAT IS YOUR ART? OOH, WHAT IS MY ART?
I WOULD HAVE TWO THAT I'D LIKE TO CLAIM.
I'M NOT GOOD AT BOTH, BUT I CLAIM IT ANYWAY.
I ENJOY SINGING AND ALSO COOKING.
THOSE ARE MY CAREER, UH, OUTLETS.
OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANNA? AND IT'S ANNA HUBBLE ANG.
SO IT'S H-U-B-E-L-L-H-U-B-B-L-E.
NOT, DO NOT FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO GIVE US YOUR SOCIAL NEXT
YOU SHOULD SEE HOW THAT'S BEING SPELLED OUT ON THE MONITOR.
YEAH, I'M SITTING HERE LOOKING.
'CAUSE IT, AND I SAID, BECAUSE IT WENT BY KIND OF FAST AND AT FIRST I HAD TO, SO I NEED IT FOR THEIR BENEFIT AS WELL.
YEAH,
WE ARE LAUNCHING THE FREEDOM TRAIL APP NEXT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH, NOTING THE DATE BECAUSE IT'S NOT NOTED ON THE SLIDE, UH, FOR UPCOMING EVENTS.
AT ANY RATE, WE ARE LAUNCHING OUR FREEDOM TRAIL APP NEXT THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH AT THE DEEP LM COMMUNITY CENTER.
IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF WHERE IT IS, I DON'T WANNA MISS, UH, STATE THE ADDRESS ON THE RECORD AS I'M NOT LOOKING AT MY NOTES.
UM, AT 10:30 AM UH, OUR HISTORIAN IN RESIDENCE, UH, LET ME BACK UP.
DEEP ELM COMMUNITY CENTER, 25 25 ELM STREET, DALLAS, TEXAS 7 5 2 2 6.
DISTRICT TWO, IF IT MATTERS, 25, 20.
SORRY, I JUST GOOGLED IT AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED.
SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? 25, 28, YOU'LL SEE US 25, 28.
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INDYUH, THE APP IS A WAY FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO ENGAGE WITH, UH, POINTS OF BLACK HISTORY THROUGHOUT DEEP EL.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE SITES ON EXPANDING THE FOOTPRINT OF THE APP, BUT WE ARE FIRST LAUNCHING WITH THIS TRAN OF DEEP EL, UM, AND BLACK HISTORY THROUGHOUT.
PLEASE JOIN US IN PERSON IF YOU CAN, UH, FOR THAT EVENT.
IT'S BEEN, UH, QUITE THE JOURNEY AS, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO LAUNCH, UH, THIS APPLICATION.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, UH, TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THIS WAY.
UH, THE PLATFORM IS EXTREMELY INTERACTIVE.
IF YOU, UH, UH, THE HISTOR, OUR HISTORIAN RESIDENCE DEAL WAS TABLING LAST FRIDAY AT OUR 2 1 4 EVENT.
UM, AND, AND, UM, WE ALSO CAN PLAN FOR A PRIVATE DEMO FOR COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU PREFER, IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT I DO EN EN ENCOURAGE YOU TO ATTEND THE EVENT NEXT THURSDAY.
UM, AS THIS IS ONE OF OUR KEY INITIATIVES, UH, FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR, UH, SEPARATE FROM THAT, I DO WANNA DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO, UH, THE SPECIAL EVENT NOTED ON MARCH 7TH.
UH, IT'S OUR SECOND ITERATION OF THE EMPLOYEE ART SHOW.
THIS WAS AN INITIATIVE, UH, UM, THAT WE EMBARKED ON WITH, UH, A DIRECTIVE FROM OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER.
AND OUR CURRENT CITY MANAGER IS EQUALLY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE, UM, ARTISTS WHO HAPPEN TO BE EMPLOYED BY THE CITY.
UM, AT CITY HALL, UH, WE'RE USING CITY HALL AS AN EXHIBIT SPACE.
REALLY EXCITED THIS, UH, GO AROUND BECAUSE WE'VE INCREASED OUR FOOTPRINT AND MY VERY SECRET GOAL OF TURNING CITY HALL INTO A GALLERY AND EXHIBIT SPACE QUIETLY OVER TIME.
UH, SO AGAIN, UH, THAT, UH, OPENING FOR, UH, THE SHOW WILL BE ON MARCH 7TH AT NOON IN THE CITY HALL LOBBY.
THAT IS NOT GONNA BE THE ONLY TIME FOLKS CAN ENGAGE, UH, WITH THE ART SHOW.
WE INTEND TO PLAN AN ART WALK STYLE EVENT AT A LATER DATE, PROBABLY BEFORE THE END OF DALLAS ARTS MONTH IN APRIL, UH, AS AN INITIATIVE, UH, FOR PUBLIC TO ENGAGE.
BUT WE REALLY WANT TO, UH, CONTINUE TO AMPLIFY ARTISTS, UH, WHO ARE OUR PEERS HERE IN SERVICE TO THE CITY AT SPECIFICALLY VISUAL ARTISTS, AS YOU CAN NOTE HERE.
UM, BUT WE WANNA ALSO FIND WAYS TO ENGAGE SOME OF US WHO ARE PERFORMING ARTISTS.
AND I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER MEEK.
IT'S NOT A QUESTION, IT'S JUST A STATEMENT.
BACK IN THE EIGHTIES, WE ACTUALLY HAD, CITY HALL WAS A GALLERY.
IN FACT, I WAS A, A ARTIST IN RESIDENCE FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS.
AND WE WOULD HAVE AN, AN EXHIBITION OF ALL OF THE ARTISTS WHO WERE IN THE THEATER ARTS PROGRAM ALL THE TIME AT CITY HALL.
SO IT'S NOT A NEW IDEA, BUT YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE REVIVE.
UH, COMMISSIONER, I DIDN'T, THAT MEANS I, I HEAR PRECEDENT IN, UH, TWO QUESTIONS.
UH, ARE THE PORTRAITS OF THE YOUNG STRING STUDENTS STILL ON THE SIXTH FLOOR IN THE FLAG ROOM? DO YOU KNOW, HAVE THEIR PORTRAITS OVER THERE? OH, UP THERE ON THE, OVER, LIKE, ON THAT BALCONY? I'VE NOT BEEN IN THE FLAG ROOM RECENTLY.
I DON'T, AND SO I CAN'T ANSWER ONE LAST TIME I LOOK.
AND THE SECOND QUESTION, I CAN RUN OUT RIGHT NOW.
ANYWAY, SO, UM, THEY'RE HANGING UP THERE.
SO, UM, SECOND QUESTION IS, HOW IS JULIA AND IS SHE COMING BACK? JULIA'S BACK.
BUT, UM, SHE'S NOT WITH US IN PERSON TODAY.
NATURALLY ANTICIPATE SHE'S BACK DURING THE DAY AND WHERE SHE NEEDS TO BE IN THE EVENING,
BUT WE'RE VERY, VERY THRILLED TO HAVE JULIA BACK ON CLOUD WITH A VERY BEAUTIFUL AND CUTE BABY.
I BELIEVE SHE MAY BE BRIEFING, UH, THE NEXT IONS MEETING.
I THINK COMMISSIONER ME HAS ANOTHER COMMENT.
NO, I JUST FORGOT TO PUT MY HAND DOWN.
I KNOW Y'ALL, UM, Y'ALL BRIEFED THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE ABOUT, ABOUT THE KIND OF WHAT THE DMA IS ASKING, UM, WHEN, WHEN CAN WE EXPECT A BRIEFING ON THAT? 'CAUSE IT SOUNDED LIKE IT MAY BE SOMEWHAT INVOLVED.
UH, WE CAN, UH, GIVEN IT'S NOT AN AGENDA ITEM TODAY, COMMISSIONER PEL, WE CAN ENTERTAIN, UM, THE MEMO IF YOU'D LIKE, UM, BACK HERE,
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UH, TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSION WITH YOU ALL.IF YOU, IF THE, IF IT'S THE CHAIR'S PLEASURE IN RESPONSE TO YOUR INQUIRY, HAPPY TO.
UH, WELL, I DON'T THINK I CAN GO ANY FURTHER EXCEPT FOR THE RETURN WITH IT AS AN AGENDA.
I, OH, NO, I MEANT OH, OH, IN TERMS OF MY UPDATES, OH, FORGIVE ME.
I DO NOT, I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER THIS MONTH.
WELL, BEFORE WE ADJOURN, UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE COMMISSIONERS IF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN ANY PROJECTS OR EVENTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO NOW IS YOUR TIME.
CERTAINLY SOMEONE HAS SOMETHING.
I DO NOT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ASK, UH, COMMISSIONER VALENTINE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ARTS FOR EVERYBODY, UH, WHICH WAS HIS PROJECT.
UM, AND I WAS, I ATTENDED, ATTENDED SOME SESSIONS ON FRIDAY AND IT WAS SPECTACULAR.
UM, AND SOMETHING VERY MUCH NEEDED, BUT INSTEAD OF ME BUTCHERING IT, I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR HIM TO TELL, UM, WHAT, WHAT THAT PROJECT WAS.
AND WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THAT CONVENE HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS.
WE WERE HAPPY TO HOST OUR CAPSTONE CONVENING IN DALLAS FOR A COHORT OF 18 COMMUNITIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT WE WORKED WITH FOR, UH, APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE YEARS.
UH, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS NATIONAL COHORT WHO CAME AS FAR AWAY FROM HONOLULU, HAWAII, AND PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND AND SEATTLE, AND RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN, WHICH IS THREE HOURS NORTH OF MILWAUKEE, UM, DOWN TO DALLAS.
AND WE WERE BLESSED WITH SOME INCREDIBLE WEATHER.
THAT WAS THE FIRST WEEKEND IN FEBRUARY, IF YOU REMEMBER THAT WAY BACK WHEN.
UM, AND, UH, WE PUT A, WE PUT, WE PUT A GOOD, UH, LOOK ON DALLAS AS, AS SOMEONE SHARED WITH ME, UM, WHO HAD NEVER REALLY, UH, BEEN TO TEXAS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AT ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, WHO WAS NATIVE HAWAIIAN.
UH, IT REALLY, WE, WE STAYED IN DEEP ELLUM.
UM, WE USED THE DEEP ELLUM COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR A SERIES OF REHEARSALS.
UH, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO SUPPORT FROM THE COMMISSION, UH, AND FROM THE CITY FOR USING THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER WHERE WE HAD A COMMUNITY DINNER AND A NIGHT OF THEATER, WHICH WAS EXPLICIT.
UM, IT WAS TRULY INCREDIBLE AND PEOPLE WERE REALLY IMPRESSED, UM, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
'CAUSE I, I THINK AS MANY PEOPLE DO NARRATIVELY, UM, NATIONALLY, THINK ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS.
UH, AS, AS, UH, COMMISSIONER OMO REFERENCED EARLY, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN WE GO OUTSIDE AND, AND WE'RE INVITED TO OTHER PLACES.
BUT I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD WHEN WE INVITE PEOPLE TO OUR HOME TOO.
UM, BECAUSE IT IS ALSO A SOURCE OF PRIDE WHEN WE CAN'T DISPEL SOME OF, UM, THE NASTIER NARRATIVES THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE WORLD ABOUT TEXAS IN GENERAL AND, AND, UH, AND DALLAS IN PARTICULAR.
UM, SO IT, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
UH, WE SHARED OUR LEARNINGS AROUND ARTS AND HEALTH.
UH, THANK YOU TO DIRECTOR, UH, PHILIPPE FOR ATTENDING AND BEING ON THE PANEL.
OUR HOPE IS THAT WE CAN CREATE MORE MOMENTUM TOWARDS THIS KIND OF WORK MORE BROADLY, UH, AS WE KNOW THAT ARTS RESOURCES ARE GETTING SCARER AND SCARCER, UH, VIA THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND PHILANTHROPY WILL CONTINUE TO BE PUSHED AND SPREAD THIN, UH, OUR, OUR LOGIC AND THINKING AND SORT OF THEORY OF CHANGE IS THAT, UH, THE HEALTH SECTOR, UM, CAN BECOME A VIABLE PARTNER IN SUPPORTING, UH, COMMUNITY BASED ARTS INITIATIVES, UH, THAT CAN BE SHAPED AS FRAMED AS PREVENTATIVE MEASURES, UH, TOWARDS INCREASING INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLBEING.
SO, UH, THAT'S THE TREE THAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO SHAKE AS ADVOCATES.
UM, WE OFFICIALLY SUNSET THIS PROJECT JUNE 30TH, 2025.
SO YOU COULD ASK ME ALL ABOUT IT UP UNTIL JUNE.
THE DOOR'S CLOSED AND THE LIGHTS TURN OFF.
SO WE'RE ALSO A TIME-BASED PROJECT THAT'S COMING TO A CLOSED.
COMMISSIONER URIEL AND COMMISSIONER MEEK.
UM, I'M PERFORMING AT MESSY LOVE ARTS DISTILLERY, FOUR PIECES ABOUT MY MOTHER THIS WEEKEND WHO PASSED IN 2019.
UM, I ALSO WANNA POINT TO A PLAY THAT'S HAPPENING NOT IN OUR DISTRICT, BUT IT IS A BEING.
IT IS A MUSICAL THAT IS, UM, DIRECTED BY ONE OF OUR CAP ARTISTS, LISA SCHMIDT.
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UM, IT IS THE SPOTLIGHT PLAYERS.UM, THEY'RE PERFORMING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AND, UH, AND THE, UH, HIGHLAND PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OR, OR, YEAH, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, HIGHLAND PARK, UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
THE ONLY REASON I'M POINTING OUT IS BECAUSE SHE'S ALSO DOING THAT WORK, UM, SOON IN A SMALLER WAY IN THE PLEASANT GROVE BLACK BOX.
AND SO RIGHT NOW SHE HAS ABOUT 10 ACTORS.
SHE'S LOOKING FOR A FEW MORE, UM, FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES.
AND THAT PARTICULAR, UM, IT'S A KIND OF A BIG DEAL.
THEY HAVE A DOCUMENTARY THAT'S COMING OUT ON AMAZON, AND IT CAN BE PURCHASED, BUT IT'S ALSO CAN BE PURCHASED ON AMAZON.
AND I JUST WANT TO, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING THE LARGER SCALE WORK, YOU CAN SEE HER, UH, THIS CAP ARTIST THAT WE SUPPORT IN OTHER WAYS DO THAT, UH, THIS WEEKEND.
UM, AND THEN I'LL SHARE THE FLYER WITH YOU, UH, ABOUT WHAT SHE'S DOING AT THE PLEASANT GROVE LIBRARY.
I WANNA SAY ONE QUICK THING ABOUT SPACE.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SPACE GOING INTO A SPACE, WHAT SOMEONE'S GIVING US SPACE OR, OR ENGAGING WITH THAT, I FEEL LIKE WE MIGHT, WE MIGHT BENEFIT FROM HAVING A LONGER DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO TALK TO BUSINESS OWNERS ABOUT THIS, ABOUT WHAT ARTISTS BRING TO A SPACE, BUT HOW BENEFICIAL IT IS TO KEEP US THERE INSTEAD OF, ONCE WE CREATE COMMUNITY AND SYNERGY AND MAKE YOUR SPACE COOLER THAN IT EVER WAS, YOU RAISE THE PRICES SO MUCH THAT WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO STAY THERE ANYMORE.
SO THERE'S PLENTY OF INFORMATION ABOUT ART, WASHING, GENTRIFICATION, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT WE CAN JUST TALK ABOUT SPACE AND, AND, AND MAKING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITHOUT ALSO ADDRESSING THOSE THINGS.
UM, BUT ALSO WE CAN, I THINK, PUT FORWARD HOW BENEFICIAL IT IS TO NOT JUST HAVE ARTISTS IN THIS SPACE BECAUSE IT BRINGS MORE COMMERCE, BUT IT ALSO, LIKE, UM, CLYDE WAS SAYING IT HELP MAKES FOR A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY.
UH, ANY OTHER INVITATIONS, UH, FOR EVENTS? VICKY? YES.
HELLO? I SAW LAST YEAR AND IT WAS AMAZING.
WE THERE TOMORROW? OKAY, WELL, WHATEVER.
UM, YES, I'M, I'M, UM, UH, BRINGING GREETINGS FROM VERDE DEGREE ENSEMBLE WHO WILL BE PRESENTING A BEAUTIFUL PIECE, UH, THIS WEEKEND, NE NEXT WEEKEND, I'M SORRY, THE END OF THE MONTH, UH, FOR ONE WEEKEND ONLY CALLED SONG FROM THE UPROAR.
AND THEY'LL BE PRESENTING IT AT THEATER THREE.
IT'S AN AMAZING STORY ABOUT ISABEL EBERHART.
IT'S A TRUE, IT'S BASED ON A TRUE STORY.
UH, IT'S A MULTIMEDIA OPERA ABOUT A YOUNG SWISS EXPLORER WHO DIVIDE ALL CONVENTION BY DISGUISING HERSELF AS A MAN AND JOINING THE ALGERIAN ARMY, UM, AND, AND HER JOURNEY AS SHE DID THAT.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED VERITY, THEY'RE A WONDERFUL GROUP.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO, TO DESCRIBE THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE DESCRIBED AS AN ENSEMBLE, A CHORAL ENSEMBLE, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU CAN, TO GET OUT AND SEE THAT PRODUCTION AT THEATER THREE ON THE 28TH THROUGH THE 3RD OF MARCH.
UM, COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE, OUR LAST INVITATION HERE.
I, I WANTED TO, UH, CELEBRATE, UH, DR. JACKSON OF WINNING THE BEST OF SHOWS.
AND I, AND I DON'T RECALL THE NAME OF THE REWARD, SO I'M GONNA ASK HER TO CHIME IN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT, UH, SHE ACCOMPLISHED AND, UH, HOW PROUD WE SHOULD BE OF HER.
BUT HER WORK IS AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM.
SO, UM, I ENTERED THE, UM, THE BIANNUAL, UM, UH, COMPETITION AND EXHIBIT EXHIBITION FOR THE CARROLL, UM, HARRIS SIMS, UM, EXHIBITION AND COMPETITION AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, AND HAD THE GREAT HONOR TO WIN BEST IN SHOW, UM, FOR THAT EXHIBIT, WHICH COMES WITH, UM, A MONETARY, UM, AWARD AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SOLO SHOW.
SO, UM, I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND, UM, HE'LL PROBABLY POINT THE SOUTH, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST SHARE IT.
UM, THAT ALSO, AS PART OF THAT, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING ON THE NEWS.
UM, I WAS INTERVIEWED BY CHANNEL FIVE NBC, UM, WHAT, I THINK IT WAS THE MONDAY AFTER THE 31ST, SO WHATEVER THE SECOND OR THIRD
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OR WHATEVER IT WAS OF, UM, OF FEBRUARY, WHICH WAS A REALLY NICE, UM, THEY DID, THEY, IT WAS VERY WELL DONE.UM, THE, UH, SEGMENT, UM, ON CHANNEL FIVE AND IT AIRED A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES DURING THE WEEK, SO THAT WAS REALLY VERY EXCITING.
SO A LOT OF REALLY POSITIVE THINGS GOING ON AND, UM, JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, OUT HERE IN THESE ART STREETS.
UM, ALL BUSINESS HAVING BEEN CONDUCTED, UH, THE, UH, ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION IS ADJOURNED.