* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. I'M SURE [00:00:01] SHE, WE HAVE A FORUM PRESENT, IS THAT CORRECT, [Arts & Cultural Advisory Commission on May 15, 2025.] EMANUEL? YES. OKAY. UH, BEING THAT WE HAVE A QUO PRESENT, I CALL TO ORDER, UH, THE MEETING OF ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION. UH, AND WE ARE GONNA GET STARTED. WE DO HAVE, UH, A PUBLIC SPEAKER. AS A PUBLIC SPEAKER PRESENT. KENDALL BROWN, UH, IS REGISTERED AS A PUBLIC SPEAKER, AND WITH KENDALL BROWN NOT BEING PRESENT, UH, WE ARE GONNA MOVE WITH OUR AGENDA. UM, WE ARE GOING TO RESERVE THE VOTING AGENDA ITEMS UNTIL AFTER THE COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT, AND WE ARE HONORED TODAY. UH, I'M GONNA LET COMMISSIONER BRAG ALONE INTRODUCE OUR COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT FROM THE PAROLE MUSEUM. UH, AND I HAVE TO ADMIT, I AM STEPPING ON THE TO, TO TOES A LITTLE BIT OF COMMISSIONER GLOVER, WHO IS THE OFFICIAL LIAISON. AND MY REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE MY SWEET DAUGHTER WENT TO WORK FOR THE PAROLE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND, UM, IT HAS REINTRODUCED ME TO THE SCIENCE MUSEUM AND SORT OF MADE ME FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT NOT ONLY OUR ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, BUT OUR CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. AND SO, FOR THAT REASON, I WANTED US TO HAVE THE BUREAU HERE AS A SPOTLIGHT. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE CATHERINE STINSON, AND WE HAD HOPED THAT DR. LINDA SILVER WOULD BE WITH US, BUT THERE HAS BEEN, UM, UH, A CRISIS. I'LL LET CATHERINE SPEAK TO THAT, BUT NOT A CRISIS, BUT THAT SOMETHING HAS COME UP. BUT SHE WILL BE AT THE MUSEUM THIS EVENING FOR THURSDAYS ON TAP FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CAN JOIN US. AND IF YOU DIDN'T RSVP, BUT YOU FIND THAT YOU CAN COME, THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR YOU. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AFTER THE MEETING. OKAY. AND I, AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR EMMANUEL. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ACTUALLY HAVE LIKE A PODIUM, RIGHT? SO I JUST, ARE WE OKAY WITH THE PODIUM? RIGHT THERE? YOU NEED TO SIT AT THE TABLE. GOOD. MOVE MY SPEAKER CAMERA. SO I'M USING CAMERA . OKAY. MORE IMPORTANT. THERE, WE OKAY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE, ALL OF OUR PUBLIC DUTIES AND EVERYTHING WERE FULFILLED. OKAY. SORRY. AND WELCOME, CATHERINE. WE'RE GLAD TO HERE. UM, WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE. AND I'M , CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER. AND, UM, WE, WE CAN'T HEAR, I CAN'T HEAR, UH, ONLINE MICROPHONE. IS THERE A MICROPHONE AT THE PODIUM? EMMANUEL? IS THERE A MICROPHONE AT THE TABLE? WELL, WHERE, WHERE CAN WE GET HER MICROPHONE? EXCUSE? THERE'S NO MICROPHONE. TOP . OKAY. SO SHE WOULD HAVE TO SPEAK LOUDER AND SPEAK LOUDER. OH, OKAY. OKAY. , THAT TOO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME ONLINE OR ON THE CALL? UH, NOW I CAN'T. NOW I CAN. WHOEVER'S SPEAKING, I CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY, GREAT. UM, DR. LINDA SILVER HAD PLANNED TO COME TONIGHT, AND I APOLOGIZE. WE, WE ALSO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF OUR BOARD THAT'S TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW. AND ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY, SO WE HAD TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A SHUFFLE. UM, BUT WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A LOOK ON WHAT'S TO COME AT THE PERRO MUSEUM. UM, SO PERFECT. SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE, I'M, I'M SURE MANY OF YOU, IF NOT ALL, ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE HISTORY OF THE PRO MUSEUM. UM, BUT THIS ORGANIZATION CAME TOGETHER OVER 12 YEARS AGO FROM THREE ORGANIZATIONS. WE HAD THE SCIENCE PLACE AT FAIR PARK, THE DALLAS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, AND THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, AND ALL OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS CAME TOGETHER IN NOW THIS DOWNTOWN LOCATION THAT WE KNOW AS THE PERRO MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE. AND OUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE MINDS THROUGH NATURE AND SCIENCE. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT I LOVE ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE DO IS WE REALLY LOOK AT HOW DO WE TAKE STEM AND MAKE IT FUN AND ACCESSIBLE AND NOT INTIMIDATING TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, COMING THROUGH OUR MUSEUM AND BUILDING. SO IT'S REALLY A PRIVILEGE TO WORK THERE. WE HAVE SERVED OVER 12 MILLION PEOPLE SINCE WE OPENED, AND ANNUALLY WE SERVE, UH, 326,000 [00:05:01] STUDENTS AND TEACHERS THROUGH OUR SCHOOL AND LEARNING PROGRAMS. WE GIVE AWAY NEARLY 3 MILLION A YEAR IN FINANCIAL AID TO ENSURE THAT SCHOOLS ARE ABLE TO COME FOR FIELD TRIPS, THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO COME TO THE MUSEUM. AND COST IS A BARRIER. WE ALSO HAVE, UH, MILITARY AND FIRST RESPONDER TICKET OPPORTUNITIES AT THE MUSEUM. WE HAVE JUST UNDER 20,000 HOUSEHOLD MEMBERSHIPS, AND ABOUT 6,000 OF THOSE ARE MEMBERSHIPS THAT ARE GIVEN TO FAMILIES ON STATE AND FEDERAL ASSISTANCE THROUGH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR FREE MEMBERSHIPS. AND, UH, AGAIN, WE WORK WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE REACHING THE FAMILIES THAT REALLY, UH, WILL BENEFIT FROM THESE MEMBERSHIPS. WE HAVE 150 STAFF, A HUNDRED FULL-TIME, AND WE OPERATE ON ABOUT A 23, UH, $24 MILLION ANNUAL BUDGET. WE, I'LL JUST SUMMARIZE THIS. WE REALLY LOOK AT OUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY TO, UM, IMPACT AND INTRODUCE SCIENCE TO LEARNERS OF ALL AGES. WE BELIEVE THAT STEM CAREERS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY, AND, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS FUN AND ACCESSIBLE FOR THE COMMUNITY, IN ADDITION TO BEING A VERY IMPORTANT CULTURAL LANDMARK FOR DALLAS. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, HERE ARE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE FIELD TRIPS, WE HAVE THURSDAYS ON TAP, WHICH I'M EXCITED TO HOST SEVERAL OF YOU. UM, TONIGHT AT THURSDAY ON TAP, WE HAVE SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS, UM, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SPEAKER SERIES. WE ALSO HAVE A TEEN VOLUNTEER PROGRAM KNOWN AS CONNECT TEEN. WE HAVE NEARLY 200, UH, TEEN VOLUNTEERS THAT WORK WITH US EVERY SUMMER TO HELP, UH, PROVIDE PROGRAMMING AND OPERATIONS MUSEUM. WE ALSO, OH, HERE'S THURSDAY ON TOP. SO WE WANTED TO PUT IN THE FLYER. UH, DAN, EXCITED TO SEE YOU TONIGHT. AND, UM, THIS IS FOR 21 AND UP EVERY THURSDAY. IT RUNS APRIL TO OCTOBER. AND, UH, IT, IT IS REALLY, IT SELLS OUT EVERY WEEK, AND IT'S JUST A FUN OPPORTUNITY FOR ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND ENGAGE WITH THE MUSEUM. WE ALSO HAVE OFFSITE PROGRAMS. WE TAKE ALL OF OUR LEARNING PROGRAMS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. WE ALSO HAVE TECH TREKS, WHICH ARE MOBILE MAKER SPACES THAT GO TO COMMUNITY CENTERS, LIBRARIES. WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REACHING NEIGHBORHOODS IN NORTH TEXAS THAT MAY NOT BE VISITING THE MUSEUM ON OUR CAMPUS QUITE YET. AND SO THESE TRUCKS ARE ACTIVE YEAR ROUND. UM, SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. WE'RE ALSO REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE, UH, REACH NEW AUDIENCES. WE'VE MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN MAKING SURE THAT THE MUSEUM IS WORKING TOWARDS A PATH OF BEING A HUNDRED PERCENT BILINGUAL WITH ALL OF OUR COPY. UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR PROGRAMMING AND MAKING SURE THAT IT IS, UH, REACHING MULTIPLE AUDIENCES HERE. WE'VE ALSO INVESTED 15% OF OUR BUDGET IN SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNICATIONS. AND THEN WE LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE ARE AN ACTIVE SCIENCE, UH, MUSEUM, AND THAT WE HAVE A PALEO TEAM THAT IS ACTIVELY DOING RESEARCH IN THE FIELD. AND, UH, IN FACT, WE JUST FOUND A PLE OSA IN SALINA THAT, UH, THE TEAM AT THE MUSEUM IS IN THE PROCESS OF UNVEILING. AND IF YOU COME TONIGHT, YOU'LL GET TO SEE SOME OF THAT IN OUR PALEO LAB. SO, SPECIAL PROJECTS, THIS IS WHERE I, I REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT IS ON THE HORIZON FOR THE PRO MUSEUM. AND, UH, YOU MAY KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD A PROJECT THAT WE LAUNCHED SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UH, AND THAT IS TO COMPLETELY TRANSFORM THE MOODY FAMILY CHILDREN'S MUSEUM. AND WE ARE GETTING READY TO REOPEN THAT SPACE NEXT THURSDAY. UH, SO WE'VE PREPARED A FEW SLIDES TO JUST GIVE YOU A SNEAK PEEK INTO WHAT THAT SPACE WILL BE. UM, WE ARE NEARLY DOUBLING THE SIZE OF THE CHILDREN'S [00:10:01] MUSEUM. IT STILL, UH, WILL BE HOUSED ON THE LOWER LEVEL OF THE MUSEUM, BUT WE ARE, WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED THAT THE SPACE IS EXPANDING SO SIGNIFICANTLY. NEXT SLIDE. UH, WE'VE WORKED WITH TWO, UH, DESIGN FIRMS, AND ACTUALLY BOTH ARE ON SITE. SO WE'VE GOT NORTHERN LIGHT AND BRUNS. UH, THEY'RE WORKING WITH US FROM THE NETHERLANDS, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THEIR FIRST PROJECT IN THE UNITED STATES. SO IT'S REALLY BEEN VERY, VERY EXCITING TO WORK WITH THIS TEAM TO REALLY REIMAGINE HOW WE ARE DELIVERING EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCES AT THE MUSEUM. SO THIS IS A, A RENDERING OF THIS SPACE. AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IT'LL GIVE, UM, A SLIGHTLY BETTER VIEWPOINT INTO THIS SPACE. WE HAVE, UH, A REIMAGINED TODDLER AREA. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH AN ARTIST, UH, WHO CURRENTLY LIVES IN CANADA, BUT REALLY BEGAN HER CAREER IN JAPAN. PO CHICO MCADAM AND HER HUSBAND, THEY ARE INSTALLING, UH, SOMETHING KNOWN AS WOVEN WONDERS. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ART PIECE THAT, UH, CHILDREN WILL CLIMB IN AND, UM, GET TO EXPERIENCE FIRSTHAND THIS WONDERFUL BLEND OF ART AND PLAY. SO YOU CAN SEE THE ENTRANCE TO THIS SPACE HERE. UM, WE HAVE ALSO PARTNERED, UH, WITH CHILDREN'S HEALTH ON AN IMAGINARIUM EXPERIENCE. THIS IS AN INTERACTIVE DIGITAL EXPERIENCE, BUT THEN TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE HANDS-ON LEARNING ARE, UH, THE KIDS WILL BE ABLE TO PLAY WITH LEGO DUPLO BLOCKS. YOU CAN SEE A WONDERFUL, UH, DUPLO WATERFALL THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT. UM, SO IT'S REALLY GONNA BE A MAGICAL, WONDERFUL PLACE THAT'S DESIGNED TO FOSTER CREATIVITY AND REALLY WHERE YOU CANNOT FAIL. THAT'S CRITICAL TO US. YOU CANNOT FAIL IN THIS SPACE, ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE. AND, UM, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO OPEN THIS. HERE'S A QUICK LOOK AT ONE OF THE OTHER, UM, INSTALLATIONS THAT IS THE CLIENT WOVEN CLIMBING STRUCTURE. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS ALSO THE OUTDOOR SPACE. AND IF YOU'VE BEEN TO OUR OUTDOOR SECTION OF THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AT THE PEROT, IT, UM, WAS QUITE IT. IT WAS GRAY AND CEMENT, AND WE'VE COMPLETELY REIMAGINED IT TO, UM, HAVE BUBBLES AND WATER AND CLIMBING AND, AND BRIGHT ENGAGING AND EXPERIENCES FOR THESE KIDS. SO AGAIN, THIS OPENS NEXT WEEK. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN VISITING, PLEASE DO LET US KNOW. UM, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT THAT ACTUALLY, UH, BEGAN IN 2020. THAT'S WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WORKING ON THIS. WE'RE ALSO, UH, WORKING ON A SPECIAL EXHIBITION THAT IS ALIGNING WITH THE WORLD CUP COMING TO DALLAS AND IT'S SOCCER MORE THAN A GAME. AND SO THIS REALLY IS HOW, UM, WE LOOK AT SOCCER AND ELEVATE THE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH THEMES, UM, THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A GAME. IT'S REALLY SO RELEVANT AND CROSSES MANY COMMUNITIES AND CULTURES, AND WE REALLY SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH MORE PEOPLE, ENGAGE DIFFERENT AUDIENCES DURING SUCH A MILESTONE MOMENT HERE FOR AND THE WORLD. SO THIS WILL GO INTO OUR SPECIAL EXHIBITION CENTER, AND, UH, WE REALLY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT ZONES. ONE IS IMPACTS OF THE GAME ADVANCING. UM, THIS IS REALLY GONNA LOOK AT THE, THE TRADITIONAL MORE, UH, MUSEUM APPROACH TO SOCCER, LOOKING AT ACROSS CULTURES COMMUNITIES, HOW, UH, THIS SPORT IS CELEBRATED. AND WE'VE PARTNERED WITH A MUSEUM IN MEXICO CITY, THE MIDDAY MUSEUM, AND THEY ARE ALSO REALLY LOOKING AT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF, UH, THE WORLD CUP. AND SO THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR IS GONNA BE AN EXCITING COLLABORATION WITH THE MUSEUM IN MEXICO CITY. AND THEN WE'LL TRANSITION MORE [00:15:01] INTO A TRADITIONAL SCIENCE CENTER SCIENCE MUSEUM EXPERIENCE IN A CLEATS ZONE, WHERE YOU REALLY START TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING THAT GOES INTO THE SPORT. AND SO, SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES MIGHT BE HOW WOULD YOU DESIGN AND BUILD A WORLD CUP STADIUM IF YOU WERE GOING TO DO THAT, UM, THE MEDICAL SCIENCE BEHIND IT. SO IT'LL REALLY ENCOURAGE THE MULTIPLE CAREER PATHWAYS INTO THE SPORT. AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO A MORE TRADITIONAL ZONE WHERE OF COURSE, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO KICK A SOCCER BALL OR DESIGN A TEAM AND, UM, HAVE A CONTINUED INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE IN THE SPACE. SO THIS IS GOING TO OPEN NEXT MARCH AT THE MUSEUM. AND FINALLY, WE'RE WORKING ON A, A MULTI-YEAR PROJECT THAT REALLY LOOKS AT OUR MUSEUM'S CAMPUS AND HOW WE EXPAND INTO THAT, UM, OUTDOOR SPACE. AND WE ARE WORKING TO DEVELOP AN OUTDOOR SCIENCE MUSEUM AS ANOTHER WAY TO DELIVER ON OUR INFORMAL LEARNING EDUCATION PROGRAMS. SO IF YOU'LL SEE THE PER MUSEUM DOWN IN THAT, WITHIN THE RED BARRIER THERE, WE ARE EXPANDING INTO THIS OUTDOOR SCIENCE CENTER. AND IT'S A FOUR ACRE PLOT OF LAND THAT WE ARE WORKING, UH, TO DEVELOP. SO I WANTED TO JUST SHARE SOME, THESE ARE CONCEPTUAL RENDERINGS. THIS IS A, A PROJECT THAT WE ANTICIPATE LAUNCHING, UM, IN 2026 AND OPENING IN 2028. OF COURSE, THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT HAVE TO COME INTO PLACE FOR THAT TIMELINE TO GO, UM, EXACTLY AS PLANNED. BUT THIS WILL GIVE YOU A CONCEPTUAL IDEA OF WHAT THE OUTDOOR SPACE AT THE PRO MUSEUM MIGHT LOOK LIKE. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW WE, UM, ADDRESS SOME KEY AREAS IN OUR FIRST DECADE OF OPERATION. HOW CAN WE DELIVER OUR PROGRAMS BETTER, MORE EFFECTIVELY? WE'RE LOOKING AT A TRANSFORMED NEW ENTRANCE AND AN ENCLOSED EVENT SPACE AND EVENT CENTER THAT'S DESIGNED FOR SCHOOL PROGRAMS DURING THE DAY, BUT ALSO COMMUNITY AND PRIVATE EVENTS AT THE MUSEUM. SO AGAIN, IN THESE, UH, SLIDES, YOU'LL SEE CONCEPTUAL RENDERINGS AND THE LAYOUT OF THE SPACE AS WE'RE CURRENTLY, UH, ANTICIPATING IT. AND IN CONNECTION TO THAT, YOU'LL SEE HOW IT CONNECTS AND ALIGNS TO THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT JUST NORTH, UH, THE NORTH END DEVELOPMENT ON THE SLIDES. SO, AGAIN, WANTED TO SHARE SOME OF OUR CONCEPTUAL RENDERINGS FOR THIS SPACE. THIS IS A LOOK AT THE NEW, UM, ENTRYWAY AND EVENT CENTER. AND, UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. THIS IS GOING TO NEARLY DOUBLE OUR EXHIBITION SPACE. WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC OPEN SPACES AS WELL THAT WILL BE PROGRAMMED WITH OUR LEARNING PROGRAMS AND LEARNING TEAM. AND, UM, IT, IT REALLY ALLOWS US TO LEAN INTO THE NATURE SIDE OF OUR BI OUR MISSION AND DELIVER OUR LEARNING PROGRAMS IN A COMPLETELY REIMAGINED WAY. THIS IS OUR TIMELINE, AGAIN, WORKING TO BREAK GROUND IN 2026 AND OPEN THE SPACE IN 2028. CHAIR. UH, YES, COMMISSIONER RUMAN. THIS IS NOT GONNA SURPRISE YOU, CATHERINE, BUT, UH, I, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL JOB, AND YOU ARE SO FORTUNATE WITH YOUR NUMBER OF DONORS. I THINK YOU MIGHT, THE SECOND LARGEST AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM US IN COP PROGRAMMING. WE HAVE A LOT OF ARTS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY WHO DON'T HAVE THAT. AND SO YOU AND I HAVE TALKED BRIEFLY, BUT I WONDER IF YOU COULD TELL COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, HOW THE WORLD FEELS ABOUT LOOKING AT SHARING SPACE WITH OTHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND WHO THEY REACH OUT TO AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. IT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A COMMITTEE, MY COLLEAGUE, UM, COMMISSIONER MEEK, WHO IS ON THE SCREEN SOMEWHERE, UM, IS REALLY FOCUSED ON, UM, PROVIDING THAT TO ALL OF THE ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH HER COMMITTEE. BUT IF YOU COULD GIVE US A COUPLE OF MINUTES ON THAT. AND THEN A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT, UM, YOU MIGHT TOUCH ON IS SUPER IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY YOU GUYS DO YOUR WELCOME WAGON. SO YOU MIGHT LET THE COMMISSION KNOW ABOUT THAT. THAT DIFFERENCE [00:20:01] BETWEEN GIVING AWAY FREE TICKETS AND ACTUALLY MAKING PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT USED TO COMING TO AN AREA, FEEL FREE. MM-HMM . AND THEN FINALLY, A BIG ISSUE OF OUR DIRECTOR IS, UM, INTERSECTION BETWEEN HEALTH AND ARTS AND CULTURE. AND SO I FEEL LIKE YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT SO THAT THE TWO OF YOU COULD CONNECT ON THAT, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE PRO COULD BE A GOOD PARTNER IN THAT PROGRAMMING. SO PROBABLY NOT TIME FOR THAT TODAY, BUT YOU GUYS SHOULD TALK AT SOME POINT ABOUT THAT. UM, I'LL, LET ME TOUCH ON THE EVENTS. WE, WE LOVE TO FEATURE OTHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AT EVENTS THAT WE HOST, AND WE'RE ALSO DELIGHTED TO, UM, FIND AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT MIGHT WANT TO USE OUR SPACE. UM, WE OFTEN, AT OUR ANNUAL GALA OR OTHER EVENTS THAT WE POSTED AROUND OUR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS, WE, WE LIKE TO BLEND, UM, THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE DANCE. UH, WE'VE HOSTED EVENTS WITH, UM, IN OUR GEMS AND MINERALS HALLS THAT CONNECT TO, UH, A CHOREOGRAPH DANCE AND HOW THAT MIGHT BE MERGED AND INTERPRETED. WE ALSO SEE THURSDAYS ON TAP AS A WAY TO FEATURE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ALSO ARE PART OF THIS PROGRAM. UM, I THINK WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN GO EVEN DEEPER IN THESE COLLABORATIONS AND, AND WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF YOU HAVE IDEAS OR WANT TO PROMOTE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE PUBLIC EVENTS, UM, BIG MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, A BIG WEEKEND FOR US. SO HOW CAN WE ALSO HIGHLIGHT AND SHARE OTHER WORK THAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN NORTH TEXAS? UM, WE'VE DONE THIS LARGELY THROUGH, UH, MUSICAL PERFORMANCES AND DANCE TO DATE. HOWEVER, WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH CARIA THEATER ON SOME OF OUR BILINGUAL PROGRAMS. AND SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH THERE, WITHOUT A DOUBT. OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER MEMBERSHIPS, WE, WE LAUNCHED THIS AGAIN IN EARLY 2021, AND WHAT WE FOUND IS WE WERE GIVING MEMBERSHIPS AND PERHAPS THEY WEREN'T BEING UTILIZED. AND SO WE IMPLEMENTED A WELCOME WAGON PROGRAM. AND EVERY WEEKEND WE LOVE TO HOST COMMUNITY GROUPS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SO THAT THEY CAN COME TO THE PERRO MUSEUM TOGETHER, AND THEY'RE EXPERIENCING THIS FIRSTHAND. SO, UH, WE'VE WORKED A LOT WITH THE MEXICAN CON CONSULATE TO HOST GROUPS AND FAMILIES VISITING THE MUSEUM, BACHMAN LINK TOGETHER. UM, BUT REALLY ANY ORGANIZATION IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WANTS TO BRING A GROUP TO THE PRO MUSEUM, WE'RE JUST ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED BY THAT. WELL, AND CATHERINE, YOU, YOU HAVE THAT TIME PERIOD WHERE THEY COME BEFORE THE MUSEUM OPEN, SO IT'S NOT OVERWHELMING TO COME DOWN TO THIS BIG FANCY MUSEUM. IT'S JUST THAT GROUP AND YOU HELP THEM FILL OUT THEIR, I UNDERSTAND Y'ALL WERE GIVING AWAY MEMBERSHIPS THAT WERE NEVER BEING USED, AND SO THEY CAN COME INTO THIS SPACE WITH, WITH NEIGHBORS AND BE HELPED TO ACTUALLY FILL UP THE MEMBERSHIP AND KNOW HOW TO USE IT. SO IT'S ACTUALLY DONE. WE, WE ALSO CUSTOMIZE THAT. SO IF IT'S BETTER FOR AN ORGANIZATION TO COME IN THE AFTERNOON, WE WORK AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S REALLY MEETING EVERYBODY'S GOALS. UM, SO IT DOES TAKE PLACE SOMETIMES BEFORE THE MUSEUM OPENS, BUT WE ALSO LOVE TO HOST SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, GROUPS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND IT, IT REALLY TAKES PLACE A LOT IN THE SUMMER MONTHS AS WELL. ALRIGHT. UM, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT FOR OUR MUSEUM COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT? IF NOT, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE COMMISSIONER GLOVER, YOU ARE OUR LIAISON, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, UH, REGARDING YOUR, UH, YOUR RELATIONSHIP. WELL, I MEAN, I, IT SORT OF HANDS OFF IF YOU I, TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, BECAUSE I KEEP UP AND I KNOW WHAT IS GOING OUT ON OVER AT THE MUSEUM, AND I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF WONDERFUL, UM, EVENTS THERE. AND THE, I THINK IT WAS THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY. YES. YEAH, THAT WAS A AMAZING, UM, SO IT'S JUST REALLY GREAT TO SEE ALL OF THE PROGRESS THAT YOU'RE MAKING. AND LINDA'S DOING A FABULOUS JOB. AND AS ARE YOU, CATHERINE. [00:25:01] SO, AND THE, THE PLANS THAT YOU HAVE GOING FORWARD, UM, ARE JUST AMAZING BECAUSE YOU'RE SO LUCKY THAT YOU HAVE THAT ACTUAL SPACE TO GROW INTO. MM-HMM . AND ALSO YOUR BOARD IS SO SUPPORTIVE, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A 21 SOME MILLION DOLLAR A YEAR BUDGET, 2023, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT, YOU MAKE IT ALL. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. SO THANK YOU. WE'RE, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. IT REALLY MEANS A LOT. AND PLEASE REACH OUT AS YOU HAVE IDEAS OR THOUGHTS ON, ON THESE PARTNERSHIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS ORGANIZATIONS. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THEM. WELL, COMMISSIONERS, CAN WE THANK CATHERINE STEN MOVING OUR AGENDA? UH, I'M GOING TO ASK COMMISSIONER JACKSON, WHO'S THE LIAISON FOR T-BALL, TO MAKE THE INTRODUCTION, UH, CURTIS KING. ALRIGHT. UM, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. WE HAVE MR, UH, THE INFAMOUS MR. UM, CURTIS KING . HE IS THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE, NO, THAT'S UNDERSTATEMENT. HE'S THE FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE OF THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS. UM, STARTED IN 1977, UM, WITH HIS OWN, UH, MERE $250. UM, THAT HAS GROWN INTO A, UM, REMARKABLE ORGANIZATION THAT IS, HAS WON, UM, UH, VARIOUS DIFFERENT AWARDS, INCLUDING SEVERAL, UM, EMMYS, I BELIEVE, UM, AS WELL, WHICH IS, UM, QUITE IMPRESSIVE. HE HOSTS THE, UH, T-BALL HOSTS, HOSTS THE, UM, UH, JAZZ FESTIVAL HERE IN DALLAS, BUT ALSO, UM, HE IS VERY INVOLVED AND VERY COMMITTED TO, UH, MAKING SURE THAT YOUTH, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN, IN BLACK AND WHITE, I MEAN IN BLACK AND BROWN COMMUNITIES, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE, UM, THEATER. UM, SO HE'S DONE PRODUCTIONS, ET CETERA. AND SO, UM, HE'S HERE TODAY TO SHARE WITH US ABOUT THE UPCOMING, UM, NEW BUILD AND, UM, CHANGES THAT ARE OCCURRING, UM, WHICH IS A HUGE THING FOR, UH, T-BALL AND THE CITY OF DALLAS. JUST TO KEEP, WE DON'T NEED A MICROPHONE. ? NO. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER JACKSON. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. NEED US TO HAVE YOU CAN'T HEAR HIM ON THIS, ON THE CALL. YOU CAN HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR ME. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. I CAN HEAR YOU NOW. ALRIGHT. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR INVITING, UH, ME TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. UH, UH, AT THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS I CAN SAY. I'M GONNA START WITH, UH, A SHOW THAT I SAW LAST NIGHT WITH A, UH, MY YOUNG MENTEE. HIS NAME IS BRYCE HOLMES, THE FORT WORTH STAR TELEGRAM. JUST DID A BIG FEATURE STORY OF HIM. HE STARTED WITH OUR INSTITUTION. HE'S 12 NOW. HE STARTED WHEN HE WAS EIGHT, AND HE'S NOW PLAYING THE YOUNG MARLON JACKSON AND THE NATIONAL TOUR PRODUCTION OF MJ THE MUSICAL. SO IT WAS SO EXCITED TO HIM. AND THEN I'LL GO TO, UH, RACHEL, WE, WHO I SAW ON BROADWAY. SHE PLAYED THE UNDERSTUDY TOO. UM, AND JULIETTE PLAYED THE LEAD ROLE FOR THAT. SO I SAW HIM WHEN SHE CAME TO DALLAS AT THE MUSIC HALL, AND I WAS SO EXCITED. SHE STARTED AT THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS WHEN SHE WAS EIGHT. AND TO, TO HAVE SEEN HER WALK ON STAGE PLAYING THE LEAD ROLE IN AUNT JULIET IN 42 CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. I WAS INCREDIBLY EXCITED. I WAS SITTING BETWEEN TWO PATRONS AND TEARS JUST STARTED COMING DOWN MY FACE. AND SO THE LADY GAVE ME A, A PIECE OF, YOU KNOW, UH, T SHE SAID, ARE YOU OKAY? I SAID, YEAH, THAT'S MY DAUGHTER ON STAGE. SO JUST TO SEE HER, BOTH OF THEM COMING FROM DALLAS, HAVING THEM STUDY AT THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS WITH A LONG TERM 35 YEAR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS INCREDIBLY EXCITING, EXCITING FOR ME. UM, I DID START THE BLACK ACADEMY DINING ROOM TABLE WITH $250, AND I'M EXCITED. I'M VERY EXCITED THAT WE ARE NOW LAUNCHING $250 MILLION INTERVENTION PROJECT IN THE DALLAS CONVENTION CENTER. UH, AND WE ARE PART OF A BOND ISSUE. UM, SO A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. UH, MR. MARTIN WENT WITH US ABOUT 16 PEOPLE WENT TO NEW YORK TO LOOK AT SOME [00:30:01] FACILITIES, SOME VENUES WENT TO APOLLO THEATER, UH, BROADWAY MUSEUM, UH, JAZZ AND LINCOLN CENTER AND THE LINCOLN CENTER, JUST TO LOOK AT SOME LOCATIONS OF HOW WE CAN DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING. I WAS VERY EXCITED WHEN WE WERE WALKING THROUGH A LOT OF THE SPACES, A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS AND THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING, A LOT OF THOSE VENUES ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT HERE AT THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS. WHEN WE WALKED THROUGH THE APOLLOS HERE TO SEE A LOT OF THE NAMES OF A LOT OF GREAT ARTISTS, PRIMARILY AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS ON THE WALLS, I WAS EXCITED BECAUSE MOST OF THOSE AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTS HAVE BEEN RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY OF DALLAS EARTH KIT, UH, HALLE BERRY. ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RIGHT HERE IN OUR CITY. SO I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I WAS EXCITED TO, UH, THAT ALL OF US WERE AT JACKSON LINCOLN CENTER. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MOVED ME THE MOST ABOUT THAT IS THEY HAVE THE, THE CLUB THERE. AND WHEN THE GENTLEMAN SAID ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN THE CLUB, WE FEATURE YOUNG ARTISTS AND YOUNG ARTISTS TALK ABOUT, OH, I PERFORM AT JAZZ AND LINCOLN CENTER BECAUSE IT'S THE WAY THAT THEY RESUME BILL. THIS IS THE EXACT SAME THING WE DO AT THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS AS A PART OF OUR PROMISING YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAM. THEY'RE VERY EXCITED TO SAY I PERFORMED AT THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS. AND SO THEY ALSO RESUME BILL TOO. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I'M EXCITED TO HAVE TALKED TO WHIT MARCELLUS WHILE WE WERE THERE TO TELL HIM WE IN YOUR HOUSE. SO WHEN THE BLACK ACADEMY FINISHED ITS RENOVATION, AND I WAS LOOKING TO LISTEN TO CATHERINE SAID THAT THAT RENOVATION PROJECT WOULD BE DONE IN 2028. WE ARE GONNA BE MOVING, UH, OUT OF THE VENUE SOMETIME BETWEEN THE MIDDLE OF JULY, AT THE END OF JULY, AND WE'LL BE GOING TO THE WOMEN'S MUSEUM AS A TEMPORARY LOCATION, UH, UNTIL THE VENUE IS COMPLETED. WE'LL BE RETURNED BACK IN 2028. NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT YOU ALL THE MONEY, MONEY, MONEY. SO ONE THING I LIKE ABOUT THE RENOVATION THAT'S BEING DONE AT THE WOMEN'S MUSEUM, THE SPACE HAS BEEN CLOSED PRETTY MUCH FOR 14 YEARS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, UH, THERE'S A GROUP THAT THEY DO A SPECIAL EXHIBIT DURING THE STATE FAIR AND THE IRISH FESTIVAL, THEY PERFORM THAT. SO WE ARE TALKING TO THEM ABOUT HOW WE CAN DO SOME COLLABORATIVE PIECES SO THAT THEY DON'T END UP FEELING THAT THEY'RE BEING RAILROADED OUT OF SPACE. BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE TO HAVE NOT HAD A SPACE IN NINE YEARS TO LAND UP IN A SPACE WHERE WE ARE NOW. BUT THE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT IS WHEN WE LEAVE THE SPACE, IT WILL BE A NEW SPACE THAT WILL BE RENOVATED. AND I SUGGEST THAT IT BE RENOVATED FOR ARTISTS WHO WERE LOOKING FOR HOME SPACES FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM THE MUSEUM IS ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE. I REMEMBER HAVING TO WORK WITH THE MUSEUM WHERE THEY WERE RAISING MONEY, LIKE $35 MILLION WHEN THE MUSEUM OPENED, WHEN, UH, THE FORMER MAYOR RUMER AND THIS WHITE WOMAN, THEY HOST FOR THE FUNDRAISE FOR THAT. AND SO IT WAS REALLY SAD TO KNOW THAT THE MUSEUM HAD BEEN CLOSED ALONG. SO THAT'S ANOTHER JEWEL, I THINK IN THE CITY THAT DALLAS, THAT A LOT OF NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WOULD BE ABLE USE. WE HAVE SO MANY NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT COME TO THE BLACK ACADEMY OF BOSTON THAT DON'T HAVE THE BUDGET, DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. SO WHAT I ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO, IF YOU WANNA DO A REHEARSAL, UH, COME TO THE BLACK ACADEMY, WE'LL FIND A WAY FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO DO IT. I ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO THEIR PROGRAMS, THEIR PERFORMANCES AT THE SAME TIME WHEN WE ARE DOING SOMETHING ELSE SO THAT THEY, IT LOWERS THEIR COSTS, BUT THEY DON'T PAY ANY COSTS AT ALL. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE COME THROUGH THE SPACE TO DO THAT. WE DO HAVE SOME CHALLENGES. UM, ONE RENTER THAT WE HAVE, A BIG PART OF OUR REVENUE COMES FROM, UM, UH, RENTAL. SO WE HAVE ONE COMPANY, I MEAN ONE GROUP THAT HAD WENT TO THIS SPACE FOR 23 YEARS. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO LOSE $150,000 OF REVENUE FROM EARNED INCOME BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A SPACE FOR THEM TO . SO WE ARE LOOKING AT CREATIVE WAYS OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO RAISE ADDITIONAL MONEY, HOW WE'RE GONNA PICK UP THE LOSS OF REVENUE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF CREATIVE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING. THAT'S WHY I TOLD CAPTAIN A FEW MINUTES AGO, I SAID, SAID, YOU A DEVELOPMENT PERSON AT THE PRO MUSEUM. STAND BY. I'LL BE CALLING YOU . AND SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED. UH, THIS PAST WEEKEND WE WERE, WE WERE GLAD TO HAVE HAD SHERRY SHEPHERD, WHO YOU, YOU SEE HER ON TELEVISION. UH, SHE AND, UM, KIM, UH, WHITLEY DID A SHOW CALLED TWO FUNNY MAMAS. WE HAD 1400 PEOPLE. THEY CAME TO SEE THAT THEY WERE VERY DIVERSE. A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME FROM AROUND AS FAR AS AUSTIN, TEXAS TO SEE SHERRY. SHE, SO NOW WE ARE ON TV LOOKING AT TV THE NEXT DAY AND SHE'S SAYING, HI, I LOVE COMING TO THE BLACK ACADEMY OF AON LETTERS. [00:35:01] I REALLY LOVE DALLAS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE BUZZ OUR PHONE JUST BLOWING UP BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO DALLAS AND THEY MISSING THE BLACK ACADEMY OF BOSTON LETTERS. AND SHE'S TALKING ABOUT COMING BACK TO DO THREE OTHER SHOWS WITH US. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT TOO, BECAUSE THEY FAILED THE SHOW TO PITCH THE SHOW TO FOX NETWORK WORTH. AND SO IF THAT HAPPENS, THAT HAPPENED WHERE IN DALLAS, THE BLACK ACADEMY . SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. I'M ALSO EXCITED TO WORK PARTNERSHIPS WITH SO MANY OTHER GROUPS. THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY OF DALLAS WITH A LOT OF CROSS ORGANIZATIONS. UH, I TRY TO SEE AS MUCH AS I CAN. I WAS EXCITED LAST NIGHT TOO, AGAIN, TO HAVE SAT IN BASS HALL AND KNOW THAT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HALL. AND THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHEN I SAW THEM LAST NIGHT, HEY, YOU THAT GUY THAT WORK WITH A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, RIGHT? I SAID, YEAH. I SAID, YOU RECOGNIZE ME? 'CAUSE I THAT POINT, YOU DON'T SEE MY HAIR, RIGHT? SO WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO YOU WERE. SO WE ARE, I'M EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING. UH, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THE ARTS AND THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THE BLACK ACADEMY ARTS AND LETTERS. UH, WHEN WE STARTED AGAIN, UH, 30, WE NOT IN THE VENUE 37 YEARS AGO. AND MOST PEOPLE THOUGHT WE NEVER WOULD'VE SURVIVED THAT LONG. BUT NOW WE'RE 37 YEARS LATER, UH, SINCE COVID, OUR NUMBERS ARE PICKING BACK UP AGAIN. WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 200,000 PEOPLE THAT COME THROUGH THE PROGRAMS THAT WE DO A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED SOME PROGRAMS. AND , WE DO A LOT OF PEOPLE COME TO SEE, SEE A LOT OF OUR TOURS. UM, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A LOT OF ARTISTS TO DONATE GARMENTS TO US. AND SO LAST THING I'LL SAY, UM, WHEN WE DID A PIECE ABOUT A MONTH AGO, IT WAS A PIECE THAT WE CALLED COFFEE COCKTAILS AND CONVERSATION. SO MELBOURNE MOORE AND TANYA PICKETT, WHO HAD WON A TONY WARD FOR JILL'S LAST JAM. SHE WALKED THROUGH THE GALLERY. SHE LITERALLY STARTED CRYING. SHE SAID, I WANNA BE A PART OF THIS. AND SO WHAT SHE DID IS DONATED THE GARMENT THAT SHE RECEIVED TONY AWARD. SHE DONATED THAT TO THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS. AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS A FRIEND OF MINE SUBMITTED MY NAME AND OUR INSTITUTION'S NAME TO THE TONY BOARD COMMITTEE. AND IF YOU WIN, YOU GET $10,000. UH, AND IF YOU ARE PART OF A GROUP THAT THEY LIKE TO WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, YOU GET HONOR BUT MENTION. SO I'M ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT GOT AN HONOR DIMENSION FOR WILL BE IN THE ANTONIO COURT, UH, PLAY BILL. AND IT'LL BE ON THE TONY FORD WEBSITE FOR NOW UNTIL, AND SO I LIKE TO RAISE MONEY. SO SINCE WE DID GET THE $10,000, I SENT THE INFORMATION TO A DONOR THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET MONEY FROM FOR OUR SUMMER PROGRAM. AND SO HE TOLD ME LAST WEEK, WE'LL GIVE YOU 15,000 BUCKS. SO WHAT I DID, I GOT 5,000 MORE THAN WHAT I WOULD'VE GOTTEN HAD I GOTTEN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, BUT IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE THE, UH, YOUNG LADY THAT PASSED OUT THE PACKETS AND, UH, DESCRIBE WHAT'S, SO THIS IS MS. CUNNINGHAM. SHE'S OF OUR MEMBERSHIP SERVICES. WE HAVE ABOUT 4,000 PAID MEMBERS AT THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS LETTERS. WE HAVE A PACKET, UH, A COPY OF OUR CURRENT SEASON PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE DOING AT THE BLACK ACADEMY BAR AND LETTERS. AND THE LADY HERE, SHE'S ONE OF OUR YOUNG ONES AS OPRAH SAY. UH, SHE'S, SHE'S A, UM, SHE'S A, UM, MARKETING MEDIA RELATIONS MANAGER FOR THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS. OKAY. AND LAST THING TOO, DON'T FORGET, THE RIVERFRONT JAZZ FESTIVAL FESTIVAL WILL BE COMING UP. WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE LINEUP. UH, ON THE OPENING NIGHT, WE HAVE, UH, RAHEEM, DEVON, STOKELY AND , AND WE DOING IT AS A TRIBUTE TO, UH, FOUR ARTISTS WHO HAD ACTUALLY APPEARED TO THE BLACK ACADEMY OF BAR LETTERS, FRANK AND BEVERLY ROY AYS, UH, ROBERTA FLACK AND ANGIE STONE. AND WE ASKING PEOPLE TO WEAR ALL WHITE AND TO BRING A RED GOLD AND A WHITE COORDINATION IN, IN, IN, IN REFERENCE TO THE WORK THAT THEY HAD DONE. AND BECAUSE THEY HAD ALL A PART OF THE BLACK ACADEMY OF . SO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING, THE FEST AT FAIR PARK IN THE CENTENNIAL BUILDING AND THE AUTOMOBILE BUILDING, WE'VE HAD A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE AT THE STATE FAIR TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN ACCOMMODATE FESTIVAL. I WANNA THANK ROSA FLEMINGS AND HER TEAM, OUR TEAM AND OUR TEAM FOR WORKING WITH US, FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE MAKE THIS TRANSITION AS EASY AS POSSIBLE. IT IS A LOT TO DO. SO WE GOTTA MOVE 48 YEARS OF ALL OF OUR HISTORY TO A SPACE THAT'S MUCH SMALLER. SMALLER. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. SO Y'ALL SEE OUR GREG COME [00:40:01] BEFORE YOU. JUST KEEP THAT AGAIN, ONLINE. WE HAVE COMMISSIONER OMO. I BELIEVE HE HAS A QUESTION OR COMMENT. YES, THANK YOU. UH, CHAIR SMALL. UM, FRED KING, IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS. I WAS, UM, I WAS JUST OVERJOYED WHEN I SAW THE, THE NEWS ABOUT YOUR TONY, UH, RECOGNITION. UM, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT DATE THAT IS AGAIN, SO THAT, UH, IN CASE WE NEED TO GO UP THERE TO SUPPORT YOU IN THE AUDIENCE, TAKE A BULLHORN OR SOMETHING. UH, COULD YOU JUST SHARE THAT DATE AGAIN? IT'S JUNE THE EIGHTH, BUT I'M, I WON'T BE THERE. I'LL BE IN DALLAS WORKING . HOW DO WE CHANGE THAT? I APPROVE EVERYBODY TO PLEASE LOOK. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COMMENT OR A QUESTION FOR CURTIS? COMMISSIONER JACKSON? I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, JUST, UH, THANK YOU MR. KING FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING AND YOUR YEARS OF COMMITMENT, YOUR, UH, VISION. UM, I TO MY OTHER, TO FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, UM, MR. KING DID NOT SAY, BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE LEVELS. IF YOU WANNA SUPPORT THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS LETTERS, IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE MEMBERSHIP. THERE'S DIFFERENT, AT EACH LEVEL, THERE ARE ADVANTAGES TO THE MEMBERSHIP. AND IT'S NOT LIKE SOME ORGANIZATIONS, LIKE THEY HAVE ONE OR TWO LEVELS. THERE'S LIKE FIVE OR SIX OR SEVEN DIFFERENT LEVELS THAT YOU CAN, UM, BENEFIT FROM, UM, MEMBERSHIP AND THAT SUPPORTS, UM, T-BALL AS WELL. OH, CAN WE THANK, OH, I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER. SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. AND I, I HAVE TO SAY THAT MY DEAR FRIEND COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE INTRODUCED ME TO YOUR ORGANIZATION BY HOSTING ME AT THE, UH, RIVER FESTIVAL. AND I GOT TO SEE STEPHANIE MILLS, AND IT WAS AN AMAZING NIGHT. I MISSED THE FESTIVAL LAST YEAR, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT THIS YEAR. BUT I WANTED TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UM, HOLD CATHERINE'S FEET TO THE FIRE AND GIVE HER A CALL ABOUT SPACE. UH, I'VE REALLY BEEN ENCOURAGING ORGANIZATIONS TO SHARE SPACE. I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS FOR YOUR PROGRAMS, BUT THEY DO HAVE AN AUDITORIUM THERE. SO, UM, I THINK A SMALL PERFORMER, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR SPACE IS GONNA BE LIKE AT FAIR PARKING. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR SPACES, BUT, UM, BUT THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND THEN I WANTED TO ASK YOU, DID THEY, DO THEY STILL HAVE THE QUOTES ON THE WALL AT THE WOMEN'S MUSEUM, OR DID THEY TAKE THAT ALL DOWN? SO LIKE IN, IN NEW YORK, UH, NO, IN THE, THE SPACE THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE IN, LET ME ASK SOME. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS. AND I HOPE IT GETS TO STAY DURING THE RENOVATION NOVATION BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH MOVING QUOTES BY WOMEN. AND IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL FOR YOU GUYS TO BE PERFORMING WHEN THAT IS A BACKDROP, BUT, WELL, I THINK THAT IF YOU, IF EVERYBODY HAD NOT HAD AN OPTION TO SEE THE WOMEN BEAUTIFUL SPACE, IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANNA DO, WE PROBABLY WILL NOT HAVE EVERYTHING UP AND RUNNING BY THE TIME THE FESTIVAL HAPPENS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO IS WORK WITH, UH, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, THE, UH, BROADWAY, DALLAS, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY SET ON THE CAMPUS THERE TO FIGURE OUT WAYS OF HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS TOGETHER. BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE WAY, AND I ALWAYS SAY THIS, I WAS TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA THE OTHER DAY THAT ONE OF THE WAYS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT DIVERSITY IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY WE'VE SEEN IT IN THE PAST. THE WORLD IS DIFFERENT. IT'S GLOBAL, IT IS DIGITAL, IT IS EVERYTHING. SO NOTHING IS ISOLATED ANYMORE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I THINK I'VE TAUGHT THE MOST, IS FIGURING WAYS OF HOW WE BE ABLE TO DO COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS, PARTNERSHIPS AND PROGRAMS THROUGH THE DIGITAL SPACE THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH IN THE, IN THE, WITH THE INCREDIBLE PROGRAM. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU, IF YOU'VE NOT SEEN IT, MAYBE WE CAN GO AND SEE IT BEFORE IT HAPPENS SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE BE MORE APPRECIATIVE TO IT AFTER THE RENOVATION IS DONE. AND WHAT'S GONNA BE LED AT FOR THE PEOPLE TO ENJOY PARTICULAR POWERFUL ORGANIZATIONS. I LOVE THAT SPACE AND I'M SO EXCITED THAT SOMEBODY'S GONNA BE USING IT. UH, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST STARTED DOING FUNDRAISING, THE VERY FIRST EVENT I HOSTED, I HOSTED IN THAT SPACE. AND IT'S, IT'S SUCH A SAD THING THAT THAT'S BEEN CLOSED FOR 14 YEARS. SO I'M SUPER EXCITED THAT AN ORGANIZATION I WAS JUST RECENTLY INTRODUCED TO WILL BE THERE AT LEAST TEMPORARILY. SO YOU, YOU CAN COUNT ON SEEING ME OUT THERE ONCE YOU'RE OUT THERE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. , BRING YOUR CHECKBOOK TOO. I'VE ALREADY, I I'VE ALREADY, I'VE ALREADY STARTED FILLING OUT MY MEMBERSHIP FORM. SO COMMISSIONER , UH, I WANT TO, UH, FIRST THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, BUT ALSO WHEN YOU MENTION YOUNG PEOPLE AND WAS THERE A YOUNG PERSON THERE? I WAS ONE OF THOSE YOUNG PERSONS, I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, WHEN A TEENAGER, THE GRAY HAIR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH HIS HAIR, BUT MINE'S GREAT. BUT, UM, I WAS ONE OF THE TEENAGERS WHO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CELEBRITIES, UH, THEATER IN BLACK, UH, UH, UH, SYMPHONY IN BLACK, I'M SORRY. YEAH. AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WHERE I WAS A KID AND I PUT A TUX SEAT ON FOR THE FIRST TIME AND I [00:45:01] PHOTOGRAPHED CELEBRITIES AND CURTIS TAKE THOSE PICTURES AND ALL THAT. SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF PEOPLE THAT HE, HE'S HELPING AS A YOUNG PERSON IN THE BLOSSOM TO CAREERS SOMETIMES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I'M PART OF THE FAMILY THERE, SO. YES. 'CAUSE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS ARE IN THE EARLY PART OF THE HISTORY ARCHIVE. EXACTLY. AND MS MIX, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SHE'S ON ONLINE TOO, BUT SHE WAS, WHEN SHE FIRST CAME TO DALLAS, SHE WAS ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WORKED WITH US DOING A LOT OF INSTALLATION FOR A LOT OF OUR EARLY EXHIBITS HERE, THE BLACK ACADEMY . SO WE GRATEFUL I ACTUALLY HAD MY HAND UP, BUT NOBODY SEES IT. IT JUST CAME UP. SO COMMISSIONER ME. YEAH, I, I JUST, FIRST OF ALL, CURTIS, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE, UM, TONY NOMINATION. AND, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO JUST SAY THAT, THAT CURTIS DOESN'T ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST ORGANIZATIONS WHO WERE BRINGING NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN BLACK VISUAL ARTISTS TO THIS CITY. I WAS, YOU KNOW, I WAS A VOLUNTEER CURATOR FOR HIM, BUT THAT, BUT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM AT FAIR PARK, BUT HE WAS DOING THIS AND HE WAS INCURRING, YOU KNOW, QUITE A BIT OF EXPENSE TO MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN. SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE MY HAT OFF TO YOU, CURTIS, FOR HAVING THAT VISION TO INCLUDE THE VISUAL ARTS IN YOUR PERFORMING ARTS SPACE, UM, AND GIVING THEM A, A REALLY IMPORTANT PLATFORM THAT, THAT WASN'T AVAILABLE AT THE TIME THAT YOU WERE DOING IT. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CURTIS. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE OUR AGENDA. UH, THE FIRST VOTING AGENDA ITEM, UH, IS, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM APRIL THE 10TH. EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO, UH, GO THROUGH THE MINUTES. I SEE, UH, COMMISSIONER GLOVER MINUTES AND COMMISSIONER HAS A SECOND. SO WE, UH, IT'S BEEN PROPERLY MOVED AND SECONDED. UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MINUTES? NO DISCUSSION. LET'S TAKE A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR APPROVE. GREAT, GREAT. AND OUR AUDIO IS FANTASTIC. UH, ANY OPPOSED? THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. UM, THIS IS A VERY SHORT MEETING. UH, THE MAJORITY OF IT WAS, UH, THE COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT. UH, SO MOVING INTO, UH, THE BRIEFINGS, UH, I HAVE NOTHING TO BRIEF, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO THE YEAH. UH, I WAS GONNA DO THE VERY END. OKAY. UH, UM, BUT THE, UH, PRIZE OF OUR DIRECTOR, THE NEXT, UH, MEETING IS JUNE 12TH. THERE WE GO. THAT'S THE BRIEFING , UH, DIRECTOR'S UPDATE. UH, OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PRESENCE HERE IN PERSON ONLINE. I, UM, AS A OAC UPDATE, THAT'S USUALLY NOTED. UH, WE WILL REFERENCE IT AS A DIRECTOR'S UPDATE. I HAVE TWO STAFF RELATED ANNOUNCEMENTS TO SHARE. ONE, UM, THAT OUR EVENT SUPERVISOR, MARLO VIC, HER LAST DAY WITH OAC WAS YESTER TUESDAY. TUESDAY. AND WE HAVE A PROPER SENDOFF OF STAFF, UH, FOR MARLOWE MARLOWE'S RELOCATING OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. AND SO WE CAN'T COMPETE , WE CAN'T COMPETE. UM, BUT AS OUR FIRST EVENT SUPERVISOR, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO NOTE, UM, AND COMMEND MARLOW FOR HER SERVICE TO THE CITY. SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL. CAME, UH, WITH HIGH REGARD FROM THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT SHE SERVED, UH, PRIOR TO SERVING IN OAC. AND WE CERTAINLY ARE IN GRIEF AT TIME. LET YOU PUT ON THE RECORD THAT I DON'T LIKE THAT . YEAH, THE RELATED, UH, JOB POSTING WAS OPEN, IS NOW CLOSED. SELECTION PROCESS IS UNDERWAY, UH, TO THAT END. AND SECONDLY, UH, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER TRANSITIONING, UH, WHO'S BEING PROMOTED OUTSIDE OF OUR OFFICE. AND THAT IS OUR BOARD AND COMMISSIONS COORDINATOR, EMMANUEL, TO CELEBRATE A PROMOTION CAN JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW WONDERFUL IT'S BEEN TO GET TO KNOW YOU, TO WORK WITH YOU, FOR YOU TO HOLD OUR COMMISSIONERS, UM, ACCOUNTABLE FOR ATTENDING MEETINGS AND JUST HOW SEAMLESSLY YOU CAME IN AND, AND SO QUICK TO ENSURE THAT GIVE YOUR TRANSITION. WE WISH YOU THE BEST MOVING FORWARD. IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANNA SHARE SINCE YOU'RE HERE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO . SO THIS IS, UM, TECHNICALLY EMMANUEL'S LAST MEETING, SO DO HUG HIM BEFORE YOU LEAVE. [00:50:01] UM, AND I WON'T TELL YOU WHERE HE'S GOING. HE SHOULD TELL YOU HIMSELF IF HE WANTS THAT ON THE RECORD OR OFF. SO I'LL RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY AT THIS TIME, BUT AT LEAST YOU'LL STILL BE NOT TOO FAR AWAY. OKAY. SO THAT, I HOPE THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO, UH, TRANSITIONS I HAVE FOR NOW. SO NEXT MONTH I ANTICIPATE HAVING, UM, GREAT NEWS, UH, TO SHARE, UH, TO THAT END, UH, UNTIL NEXT MONTH FOR THOSE, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OTHERWISE ON THOSE. OKAY. UM, I, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT POSITION IS POSTED YET. NOT YET. JUST FOR IN CASE YOU WANNA SHARE WITH YOUR NET, THAT ONE WILL BE SURE TO LET YOU KNOW IN CASE YOU'D LIKE THAT INFORMATION. OKAY. SO I WANTED TO GET SOME FEEDBACK ON THE RECORD FROM ANY OF YOU WHO ARE WILLING TO SHARE. YOU KNOW, WE ARE, UH, TECHNICALLY ALWAYS PLANNING DALLAS ARTS MONTH, UM, YOU KNOW, AT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE YEAR ACTIVELY WITH THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE YEAR. YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING BACK TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE THE MOST OF DALLAS ARTS MONTH FROM THE, NOT ONLY THE PLANNING COMMITTEE, BUT PRESS CONFERENCE THROUGH THE REST OF THE MONTH. UM, AND WE SEE YOU, YOU POPPED UP AT MANY OF THE EVENTS, UH, THAT TOOK PLACE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO ENTERTAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, INFORMAL DISCUSSION ABOUT, UM, WHAT YOU EXPERIENCED DURING THAT TIME. AND SO, I'LL HOLD RIGHT THERE. I MAKE IT, I I'D LIKE TO INTERJECT AT THIS POINT DURING ARTS MONTH, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MISSED IT. UH, INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY. WOO. Y'ALL. DEBBIE ALLEN, RIGHT HERE. AND THE WAY SHE CHOREOGRAPHED THE CITY EMPLOYEES. WHERE'S THE GUY? WHAT'S THE GUY? UM, CHRISTOPHER. CHRISTOPHER. CHRIS. IS THAT HIS NAME? CHRISTOPHER AND GIGI ALSO DID BEFORE, WELL I'M THINKING MY FAVORITE EVENT OF ARTS MONTH, HANDS DAY. AND I HAD A, DURING ALL ARTS, MY VICKY'S GOT HER HAND UP ABOUT THAT. OKAY. VICKY, SHE GONNA SAY THE SAME THING. . I, WELL, WELL THERE ARE TWO THINGS. WELL, THE DANCE THING WAS FABULOUS. 'CAUSE YOU ALL KNOW IF YOU PUT SOME MUSIC ON, I AM GONNA BE ON THE FLOOR. BUT WHAT I LOVE THE MOST, UM, MARTINE, IS THAT YOU HAVE REALLY OVER, NOT JUST FOR ARTS MONTH, BUT JUST IN GENERAL, YOU HAVE REALLY ACTIVATED CITY HALL IN A WAY THAT I, I MEAN, I WAS JUST WATCHING THE PEOPLE ON THE BALCONIES, YOU KNOW, LOOKING DOWN AT EVERYTHING. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT SPACE ACTIVATED IN THAT WAY. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE VISION TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE CITY EMPLOYEES WHO DON'T REALLY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT WE DO NOW, MAYBE THEY GET AN IDEA OF WHAT OAC IS ALL ABOUT. SO THANKS FOR THAT. I JUST HAVE TO ADD, I MEAN, MARTINE TALKS ABOUT DANCE BEING HER BACKGROUND, BUT UNTIL YOU SEE HER DO IT, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING. SHE GOT OUT THERE AND I WAS LIKE, MAN, I, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING. I MEAN, IT WAS AND TO VICKY'S POINT, SHE NOT NOT ONLY ACTIVATED CITY HALL FOR DANCE, BUT FOR THE VISUAL ARTS AS WELL, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO GOT TO ATTEND THAT. UM, AND THAT WAS INCREDIBLE SEEING HOW MANY CITY EMPLOYEES, UM, PARTICIPATED IN THAT AND ENSURING THAT WAS ALL OVER CITY HALL. YES. SO, AND, AND SMU DANCE, UH, ALL THE CULTURAL DANCING. IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT, I'M SORRY, Y'ALL MADE, DID Y'ALL, IS THERE A VIDEO OF YOUTUBE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I GOT A VIDEO. I GOT A VIDEO OF MY MEETING GUYS. , I'M PRETTY SURE I'VE GOT, I GOT AWESOME. GOT VIDEO COMMISSIONER ME DOING THE ELECTRIC SLIDES. YEAH. AFTER, AFTER THE MEETING WE CAN CONVENE AROUND MY PHONE. , YOU CAN AIRDROP EVERYBODY. HERE IT IS. I WANNA PASS IT BACK. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO HIJACK YOU. YES, THANK YOU . SO, UH, FOR US, YOU KNOW, UH, WE ARE STILL OPERATING UNDER THE AUSPICES OF OUR 2018 CULTURAL POLICY AND PLAN. AND SO, YOU KNOW, OUR WORK HAS TO REFLECT WHAT'S NOTED. AND SO I JUST FEEL THAT GIVEN, UH, THE ATTENTION, OUR POLICY MAKERS PAY TO THAT PLAN IN THE, UH, INSTANCES WHERE WE GET TO PRESENT THE BEST OF OUR WORK OR THE BEST OF WHAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE CITY, WHICH WE WOULD ASSUME HAPPENS DURING DALLAS ARTS MONTH. I JUST, UM, WANNA BE VERY STRATEGIC AND WISE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING DURING THAT WINDOW OF TIME AND HOW TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON THAT. THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, OUR NEW CITY MANAGER HAPPENED TO TASK ME WITH TURNING CITY HALL, UM, IN THE LOBBY INTO A LIVING ROOM. I FEEL LIKE I'VE, CAN SAY THAT WE'VE DONE THAT MORE THAN ONCE, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE WELCOMING NEW FACES AND FOLKS TO CITY HALL, THAT WE'VE MADE CITY HALL MORE WELCOMING, UH, BY AMPLIFYING OUR MISSION AND VISION IN THAT SPACE. UM, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, [00:55:01] A PLACE AND SPACE. AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND IMPROVE. ONE FEEDBACK I HAD IS I THINK ONE I ENJOYED A MONTH, UM, AND EVEN MORE THAN ENJOYING ARTS MONTH, I ENJOYED THE PLANNING THAT LEADS AT DARTMOUTH. I'M AN EVENTS GUY, RIGHT? AND SO THIS IS NOT SOLELY A MARLO STAND POST, BUT IT'S ALSO MARLO STAND POST . UM, JUST THE WAY THAT THINGS WERE SO WELL ORGANIZED, UM, NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, IT BEING LIKE THE, THE PRESS CONFERENCE SET THE TONE, UM, FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH AND THE PRESS CONFERENCE. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS PRESS CONFERENCE WASN'T SPECTACLE, BUT IT WAS SPECTACULAR. UM, IT WAS INTENTIONAL. IT SHOWCASED, UM, THE WAY THAT ARTISTRY AND THE ARTS ARE WOVEN THROUGHOUT DALLAS. UM, BUT ALSO YOU HAD TO DO THE BORING BUT IMPORTANT STUFF, RIGHT? ALL THOSE THINGS WERE, UH, INTERWOVEN IN THERE. AND SO AS A GUY WHO DOES EVENTS FOR A LIVING, UM, I GENUINELY APPRECIATED THAT AND THE WAY THAT PLAYED ITSELF OUT THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE MONTH. SO WHOMEVER THIS NEXT PERSON IS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HOLD AS AN EXPECTATION THAT THEY WILL, UH, ENGAGE THE PLANNING COMMITTEE IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND SPEAK INTO WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEN SEE THE FRUITS OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON THE LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE STAGE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR OUR DIRECTOR? DOES THAT CONCLUDE? THAT'S ALL I HAVE. UM, FOR NOW, IS THERE AN UPCOMING EVENT? OKAY. UM, I, I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT ONE, UH, POINT THAT'S ACTUALLY, UM, GONNA POST WHEN YOU SEE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AGENDA POST FOR THIS UPCOMING MONDAY. JUST NOTE, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND REVIEW. THERE'S GONNA BE A QUALITY OF LIFE DIVISION, ALL THE DIVISIONS THAT REPORT UP TO THAT COUNCIL COMMITTEE. UM, THERE'LL BE, UH, A BUDGET BRIEFING, UM, THAT YOU MAY WANT TO TUNE IN FOR. UM, IT'S A MEMO THAT'LL BE ATTACHED ON THE AGENDA POSTS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION. UM, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AND OF COURSE WE'LL BE BACK. TECHNICALLY, WE USUALLY COME BEFORE YOU AROUND AUGUST. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME, UM, GOING THROUGH BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WITH OUR NEW CITY MANAGER. SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT ABOUT THE PROCESS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I JUST RECEIVED NOTICE TODAY AND SO IT'S NOT, UM, WHEN IS THAT MEETING? CO COLAC IS ON MONDAY AT 9:00 AM 19TH IS IT IN? I BELIEVE, UH, IS CITY HALL IF YOU WANNA COME IN PERSON. YEAH, IT'S IN CITY HALL IN CHAMBERS. I WOULDN'T, UM, I WOULDN'T, I THINK WEBEX IS FINE. , I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THAT ITEM, WE DON'T BRIEFING ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT THAT WE CALL DIRECTOR. I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER URIEL HAS A COMMENT OR A QUESTION. I JUST DIDN'T GET MY HAND UP IN TIME WHEN SOMEONE SAID, ARE THERE ANY EVENTS? AND I JUST KNOW THAT DALLAS IS, IS HAPPENING TONIGHT AND I KNOW FOLKS WHO ARE PERFORMING TONIGHT. AND THEN JOY HARJO IS, UH, SPEAKING TOMORROW. AND THEN, UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SUGGEST ON SATURDAY THERE'S A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE PAN-AFRICAN CONNECTION, UM, BY ANTHONY OTTA THAT IS BEING PREMIERED. I THINK IT'S A PREMIER, BUT I'M GOING ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO LET Y'ALL KNOW. AND JUST FOR THE SAKE OF THE AGENDA, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE DIRECTOR'S FINISHED WITH OUR REPORT. UH, THAT WAS IT. I JUST, UM, AGAIN, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD'VE NOTED ON THE SLIDE. IT'S GERMANE TO IT BEING AN UPCOMING MEETING YOU MAY HAVE INTEREST IN, BUT WE JUST LEARNED THAT, UH, AGENDA ITEM TODAY. I, EMMANUEL, IF YOU STILL CAN OR SOMEBODY SENT US LINK TO THAT QUALITY OF LIFE, WE GET THAT CIRCULATED TOMORROW MAYBE SO BETTER WANTS TO. SURE. I KNOW YOU CAN GO FIND IT, BUT IT'S SO MUCH I UNDERSTAND IT'S EMMANUEL SHAKING SAID YES. YEAH, IF, IF I HAVE IT ON MY CALENDAR, I MIGHT JOIN. OKAY. I BEEN COMMISSIONER WEINSTEIN KRISTA. HI. UM, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT ON THURSDAY, JUNE 5TH, THE 2024, UM, BOND PROJECTS, THE PUBLIC ART PROJECTS THAT ARE PARK RELATED ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO THE, UM, PARKS BOARD. AND IF YOU ALL COULD REACH OUT TO YOUR COUNTERPARTS WHO ARE PARKS AND REC, UM, BOARD MEMBERS OR COMMISSIONERS AND JUST REMIND THEM THAT THIS IS HAPPENING, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, THIS NEEDS TO PASS. AND THAT THEIR JOB IS REALLY JUST TO APPROVE THE LOCATION OF THESE PROJECTS AND NOTHING MORE. AND SO IF Y'ALL COULD DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE A HUGE HELP. THANKS. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER [01:00:01] V? UH, YES. UM, I, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, LIKE, UM, UH, KRISA, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED, UM, KNOWS THAT THEY'RE WELCOME TO COME TO THE CULTURAL PLAN AND EQUITY COMMITTEE. I THINK JIM IS GONNA BE COMING TO THE NEXT ONE BECAUSE HE HAS SOME THINGS HE WANTS TO DISCUSS, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THESE COMMITTEES ARE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A COMMITTEE, IT'S OPEN TO ANY ONE OF YOU ON THE COMMISSION WHO IS INTERESTED IN, IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ON THOSE COMMITTEES. CHAIR, I, I HAD TO ASK THIS BEFORE. OH, OH, AND OH, I'M SORRY. ONE OTHER THING. AND TO, UM, UH, TAMIKA ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE, THE, UM, THE DOCUMENTARY THAT WILL BE SHOWN AT, UH, PAN-AFRICAN. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT PEGASUS MEDIA, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR COP ORGANIZATIONS, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT CAME OUT OF PEGASUS MEDIA. UH, COMMISSIONER. SO I, I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE, I DON'T KNOW REPORTING, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO GET THE CALENDAR. I GET CALENDAR ENTRANCE FROM THE OFFICE FOR MY ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE MEETINGS. AND FOR THIS, I'D LOVE TO BE ADDED AS A RECIPIENT TO THE OTHER TWO COMMITTEES. UH, IT JUST MAKES IT SO EASY THEN BECAUSE THE WEBEX LINK IS THERE, YOU KNOW, AND IT, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW, WHETHER THE BEST WAY IS TO THAT WE REQUEST IT OR IF YOU JUST SEND IT TO ALL OF US AND WE OPT OUT IF WE DON'T WANT IT. BUT THAT EMMANUEL DOES SUCH A GOOD JOB OF SENDING IT TO YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU JUST PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR AND THEN THAT DAY YOU WANNA ATTEND. YOU JUST HIT THE LINK. UM, AND I THINK I COULD PROBABLY ATTEND FAR MORE MEETINGS IF I HAD THOSE BECAUSE I WOULD CLICK ON THE LINK AND I PROBABLY WOULDN'T LET YOU SEE HOW BAD I LOOKED THAT DAY. BUT I'D BE LISTENING TO THE MEETING. I THINK IT'D BE REALLY INFORMATIVE. CAN WE SEND THE LINKS OUT TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, ALL COMMITTEE MEETINGS, ALL COMMISSIONERS. OKAY. INCLUDING PUBLIC ART. RIGHT. AND THEN, YES. AND THEN IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T WANNA GET 'EM, THEN JUST EMAIL THE OFFICE AND OPT OUT. SAY, TAKE ME OFF THAT LIST, YOU KNOW, BUT, OR OR JUST DELETE IT AND PRETEND LIKE YOU DIDN'T GET IT. JUST DON'T. ALRIGHT. UM, NO, DUDE. NO. AND THEN IF WE'RE I OH, YOU'RE M SORRY. I DON'T WANNA GET OUT OF WHAT SOMEBODY TALK ABOUT IT. IT'S ON YOU. YOU'RE ON THERE. YOU CAN GO AHEAD. IT'S YOUR DISTRICT. YOU WANNA MENTION IT? I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY, WELL, I PROBABLY NEED MARTIN TO HELP ME WITH IT 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN TO IT BEFORE. OH, IT'S JUST THE SECOND YEAR I WAS OUT OF TOWN. BUT THIS IS A FABULOUS EVENT. EVERYBODY IN MY DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORHOOD ARE EXCITED. DON'T GET VERY MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO INVITE YOU TO DISTRICT NINE, UNLESS IT INVOLVES THE BATHHOUSE. BUT THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT EVENT. THE DRAGON BOATS HAVE BEEN OUT THERE PRACTICING. IT GOES ALL DAY LONG. THERE'LL BE REMARKS AT NOON, I THINK. YES. UM, BUT IT STARTS AT 10. IT GOES UNTIL FOUR. THERE'LL BE MUSIC, THERE'LL BE FOOD, AND THERE'LL BE DRAGON BOAT RACES. AND, UM, OR I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE RACISTS. ARE THEY RACISTS? MM-HMM . THEY'RE TIME, TIME RACISTS. SO ANYWAY, IT, IT IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FUN. UM, THE LAKE IS BEAUTIFUL RIGHT NOW, IF YOU DON'T LOOK TOO CLOSE, UM, WE GOT, BUT I, BUT IT'S SPRINGTIME AT THE LAKE, SO THERE'S LOTS OF WILDLIFE OUT THERE. LOTS OF WILDLIFE ON THE LAKE. AND IT'S, UH, FOR, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS TO GET SOME WONDERFUL SHOTS, DR. JACKSON. UM, SO ANYWAY, I HOPE YOU GUYS WILL ALL JOIN ME. I'LL DEFINITELY BE OUT THERE. UM, SOMETIME BEFORE THE REMARKS AND AFTER THE REMARKS. SO PLEASE COME, COME SEE US IN DISTRICT NINE. AWESOME. UM, I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, UH, I GUESS SAME DAY, BUT LATER IN THE AFTERNOON ON THE 18TH. FLAMENCO FEVER IS HAVING A PAELLA CONTEST AND MYSELF, MYSELF, AND MY BEST FRIEND. WAIT, WAIT, WAIT A MINUTE. YES. MYSELF AND MY BEST FRIEND, WE ARE IN THE PAELLA CONTEST. WE ARE COOKING. UH, YEAH. AND SO WE ARE, WE'RE DOING, UH, AN AFRO-CUBAN PA. SOME OF Y'ALL, SOME, SOME OF Y'ALL MAY KNOW KEITH DENO. IN FACT, HE USED TO WORK FOR THE CITY. HE WAS THE TRANSPORTATION MAN, THE CITY. UH, HE IS MY BEST FRIEND. HE'S ACTUALLY THE CHEF. YOU KNOW, I'M THE SOUS CHEF. YOU'RE THE FACE. HE'S GONNA BE AWESOME. WHAT NOT. UM, IT GOES FROM, IT ACTUALLY GOES FROM TWO TO SIX, BUT WE'RE DOING OURS AT FOUR O'CLOCK. THEY HAVE IT TIMED. UH, AND IT IS FLAMENCO FEVERS ON FORT WORTH AVENUE. IF YOU KNOW WHERE THE HOME DEPOT IS IN OAK CLIFF ON FORT WORTH AVENUE, USED TO BE THE OLD BRONCO BOWL FOR THOSE WHO'VE BEEN AROUND. OKAY. THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET PASSED TO MCDONALD'S A FEW BLOCKS. UH, AND IT IS GOING TO BE A THROW DOWN JAM, I'M TELLING YOU. SO Y'ALL GET READY. IT'S GONNA BE LIKE THE POINT OF VISTA SOCIAL CLUB OUT THERE. OH. SO CUT, CUT TO THE DRAGON BOATS AND THEN WE CAN CARPOOL OVER. BUT, UH, THAT BEING THE CASE, IF THERE ARE NO MORE, UH, ANNOUNCE, UH, WELL, VICKI, UH, COMMISSIONER MIC, IS YOUR HAND STILL UP? IT DID. OKAY. SEE? OKAY. UH, ALL BUSINESS HAVING BEEN CONDUCTED, [01:05:01] UH, THE MEETING FOR THE ADVISORY COMMISSION OF ARTS AND CULTURE IS HEREBY ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. CHANCE, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.