* 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. OKAY. [00:00:01] I THINK THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM [Arts and Culture Advisory Commission on November 20, 2025.] I CALL TO ORDER, UM, OUR NOVEMBER 20TH MEETING FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF DALLAS. UH, AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING TODAY, UH, I UNDERSTAND, UH, ADRIANA, THAT WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC SPEAKER. IS THAT CORRECT? AND, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE OUR, UH, MYSTICA JACOB ARE, CAN YOU HEAR US MYSTICA? YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING A PUBLIC SPEAKER TODAY. UM, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THREE MINUTES TO, UH, MAKE YOUR STATEMENT FOR US TO CONSIDER. AND, UH, THERE, THERE MAY BE A QUESTION OR TWO, UH, FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT, UH, IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. UM, AS STATED EARLIER, MY NAME IS MISKA JACOB. I AM THE PROUD OWNER OF DEI SERVICES, ALSO KNOWN AS OPTIMIZED OPS. AND OVERALL, UH, I PROVIDE MEDIA PRODUCTION, ARTS, CREATIVE SERVICES, AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, UM, IN, WITH GOALS OF CONNECTING UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE SERVICES WITHIN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING, UH, OBVIOUSLY THROUGH MY BUSINESS. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND TO LEARN AND SOAK UP, UH, ANY KNOWLEDGE AND PROVIDE ANY, UH, SERVICES FOR ANY POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE THERE. AND THAT WAS THE END OF WHAT I HAD. DON'T HAVE A FULL THREE MINUTES, UNFORTUNATELY. . SO, SO YOUR PUBLIC STATEMENT WAS YOUR INTRODUCTION. THAT'S GREAT. THAT'S FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INTRODUCTION. UH, DO YOU HAVE A WAY FOR COMMISSIONERS TO CONTACT YOU IN THE EVENT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SHARE YOUR SERVICES WITH OUR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS? YES, OF COURSE. AND I'LL ALSO ADD IT TO THE CHAT. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (469) 644-2915. AND MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS, HELLO AT OPTIMIZE OPS OPS BIZ. AND WE ARE LOCATED IN 7 5 2 3 3, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS DISTRICT TWO. ALRIGHT. UM, SINCE SHE WAS SO, SO BRIEF, IS THERE, HI. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER VALENTINE. THANK YOU, CHAD. JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU MR. GOOD. THANKS FOR, UH, INTRODUCING YOURSELF TO US TODAY. UM, ARE YOU NEW TO DALLAS? I'M JUST CURIOUS. UH, I AM NOT, UH, WHEN I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE I WAS VERY YOUNG, ALL OF MY EDUCATION HAS BEEN IN DALLAS FOR THE MOST PART. BUT THIS IS MY FIRST TIME JOINING, UH, ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS. AND I AM ALSO, UM, DISTRICT THREE ON MUNICIPAL LIBRARY BOARD. THANK YOU. AND IS YOUR WEBSITE ADDRESS? OPTIMIZE BIZ.COM? IT'S OPTIMIZE OPS BIZ. THANK YOU. SO MM-HMM . COULD YOU SPELL THAT OUT, PLEASE? YES, IT'S O-P-T-I-M-I-Z-E OS BZ, UH, COMMISSIONERS. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MYSTICA? IF THERE ARE NO OTHER, LET ME LOOK AT THE, UH, VIRTUAL GALLERY HERE. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INTRODUCTION. BEST OF LUCK TO YOU AND WE KNOW HOW TO GET AHOLD OF YOU IF WE CAN, UH, UH, USE YOUR SERVICES. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CONTACT, UH, OUR DIRECTOR'S OFFICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK CHAIR. I, I JUST HAVE A QUICK MM-HMM . OH, OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE. YES. UH, JUST BRIEFLY, UH, DO YOU HAVE, UH, CLIENTS THAT WE MAY BE, UH, SHARE WITH US? YES. SO I HAVE PREVI PREVIOUSLY WORKED WITH THE LOUISVILLE, OUR CITY OF LOUISVILLE GRAND THEATER. AND, UH, I HAVE CREATED A CHALK WALL ART MURAL. UM, AND WE'VE ALSO PREVIOUSLY WORKED WITH A, UH, ASIAN AMERICAN MUSEUM THAT USED TO BE HERE. IT WAS CALLED THE STROMAN FOUNDATION. UM, THEY CURRENTLY NO LONGER EXIST, BUT, UM, I HAVE WORKED WITH THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS. [00:05:05] OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOW, I, I, I HEARD AM AM I HEARING A QUESTION OR WHAT? I WAS HEARING SOMETHING IS THAT COMMISSIONER? I, I BELIEVE IT MAY BE COMMISSIONER URIEL. UH, OKAY. WELL, UH, MS. DICK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT. BEFORE, BEFORE WE MOVE FURTHER ON OUR AGENDA, UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPECIAL PEOPLE HERE THAT IT'S, IT'S STRANGE THAT THEY'RE NOT SITTING UP HERE IN OUR HORSESHOE. IT'S VERY, VERY STRANGE . BUT, UH, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER WEINSTEIN AND GLOVER, IF YOU COULD COME UP HERE, IT'D BE FANTASTIC. SINCE MARTIN IS NOT HERE. SHE'S VIRTUAL. SHE'S THERE. SHE'S HERE. WELL, BUT SHE'S NOT HERE. HERE. SO, ARE WE COMING OVER THERE? THERE? YES. YES. . OKAY. SO WE ARE PRESENTING THE CIRCLE AWARDS TO OUR OUTGOING COMMISSIONERS, UH, COMMISSIONER WEINSTEIN, COMMISSIONER GLOVER, AND ALSO COMMISSIONER, UH, NUGENT. BUT HE IS NOT HERE RIGHT NOW. SO I WANNA READ THIS OUT LOUD. 'CAUSE IN, IN NO WAY DOES THIS FULLY EXPRESS EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH AND CONTRIBUTED, BUT, UH, IT'S A START. IT'S A START FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE, UH, ON THE ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMISSION. UH, WE COMMEMORATE YOUR ADVOCACY AND LEADERSHIP, WHICH HAVE PROFOUNDLY ENRICHED THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND CREATIVE SPIRIT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS. SO, LOVELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. A COUPLE. MUCH BETTER. ALL THANK YOU. TAKE YOURS FIRST. THIS IS OFFICIAL CITY BUSINESS. . OKAY. I GOT ALL SO MUCH. WELL, THANK YOU EVERYBODY. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR, UH, TO BE UP TO SERVE. YEAH. YOUR COMMENTS. WELL, THAT'S, I'M SAYING THANK YOU, . UM, I DECIDED AFTER FOUR YEARS THAT I WANTED, UH, TO, UM, HAVE SOMEONE ELSE HAVE THE PLEASURE AND OPPORTUNITIES AND HONOR THAT I'VE HAD SERVING HERE AND WITH PAUL RIDLEY. AND, UM, I'VE JUST HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AND I JUST APPRECIATE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE MET AND ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I'VE HAD. AND, UM, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO HELP WITH WHATEVER COMES UP AND SUPPORT THE CITY AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH CITY HALL AND PAY AND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT. SO LET'S SEE HOW IT GOES. BUT THANK YOU. AND THIS IS LOVELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KRISTA. UM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU. I ECHO WHAT GRACE SAYS. UM, I FEEL LIKE I'VE MET SOME REALLY GOOD FRIENDS. LIKE, I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH 90% OF YOU AROUND THIS HORSESHOE ARE ON THE VIRTUAL. I DIDN'T KNOW BEFOREHAND. AND I GOT TO MEET YOU AND SPEND TIME OUTSIDE OF THIS HORSESHOE GOING TO ARTS EVENTS, GETTING TO KNOW YOU, EXPERIENCING THE CITY, WHICH IS REALLY, I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH. I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I'VE WORKED IN THE ARTS FOR SO MANY YEARS IN DALLAS AND KNEW SO LITTLE ABOUT WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING IN THIS CITY. AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE STILL JUST BARELY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE. UM, I'M EXCITED TO STAY INVOLVED. I'M STILL THE CHAIR OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE. I'M NOT GOING ANY PLACE. SO I'LL BE BACK HERE. WE HAVE, UM, I THINK I'LL BE HERE PROBABLY IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. 'CAUSE I THINK WE'LL HAVE SOME VOTING ITEMS. UM, SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH PUBLIC ART. THANK YOU, LYNN. THANK YOU, CHAIR. SMALL AND THANK YOU TO ALL OUR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND, AND THE FUN WE'VE HAD. WELL, DON'T YET. WE'RE GONNA GET SOME COMMENTS FROM, UH, THE COMMISSION. . YES. YOU NEVER HAVE A LOT TO SAY, RIGHT? YOU WANT ANY COMMENTS? I HAVE APPRECIATED BOTH OF YOU GUYS. UM, AND KRISTA, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR FRIENDSHIP. AND I AGREE, I, YOU, YOU JOINED THE COMMISSION FOR ONE THING, BUT YOU LEAVE WITH SOMETHING ELSE, OR YOU GAIN SOMETHING ELSE AS YOU SERVE. AND THAT'S FRIENDSHIPS AND THOSE THINGS YOU CAN'T REPLACE NO MATTER WHAT. SO THANK YOU BOTH AND, UM, I, WE'LL SEE YOU. YEAH, . THANK YOU, MARTINE, WHEREVER YOU ARE. YEAH. , THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE THEIR HANDS UP, I THINK. OKAY. OKAY. DIRECTOR. OH, HI. CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES. YES. GREAT. I, I, UH, I'M IN NEW YORK, UH, WITH COMMISSIONER VALENTINE AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GLEN AYS. WE'RE AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE. I JUST WANTED TO ENSURE, THOUGH I'M NOT THERE TO GIVE HUGS IN PERSON, TO GRACE AND TO KRISTA, UH, FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE [00:10:01] ALONG MY SIDE IN MY THREE YEARS. I'M ALMOST TURNING THREE, UM, IN ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS. UM, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THANK YOU TO YOU BOTH. UM, AS YOU'RE STANDING THERE, YOU KNOW, THESE GLASS CIRCLE AWARDS ARE MY GIFT, UM, TO EACH PERSON WHO RECEIVES ONE ON BEHALF OF OUR OFFICE. THE CIRCLE, IN AND OF ITSELF REFLECTS A HUG FROM OUR OFFICE TO YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WONDERFUL SERVICE, TO THE CITY, TO THE STAFF, ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE ON THE COMMITTEES YOU'VE SAT ON, ON OUR COMMISSION, AND ALL OF THE WAYS YOU GUYS HAVE HAD MY BACK IN MY INFANCY SERVICE TO THE CITY. I'M VERY DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE WAYS YOU ALL HAVE PROTECTED ME, HAVE SUPPORTED ME, HAVE GIVEN ME GUIDANCE AND ADVICE, UM, UH, TO SUPPORT THE SUCCESS OF OUR OFFICE, UH, DURING MY TENURE. SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PERFECT. GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. YOU'RE GONNA BE SO MISSED. YOU'RE GONNA BE SO MISSED. YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. HORSESHOE. YEAH. THEY WON'T BE. THEY CAN ALWAYS JOIN THE HORSESHOE AS, OH, I THINK COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE HAS HIS HAND RAISED AS WELL. OKAY. COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE. I'M GONNA MISS THEM. COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE, YOUR HAND IS RAISED. HELLO? WELL, I DON'T, CAN HE HEAR US IF HE CAN'T HEAR? WE ARE MOVING PATIENT GUYS. OKAY. UH, WE'RE MOVING ON WITH THE AGENDA HERE. UH, OUR VERY FIRST VOTING AGENDA ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 16TH MINUTES, WHICH HAVE BEEN, UH, DISSEMINATED BY ADRIANA. EVERYONE'S HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES. UH, UNLESS THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS, CAN WE GET A MOTION? SO WE GOT THE MINUTES, PLEASE. UH, WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRAGGA ALONG, UH, SECONDED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER PALOMO. UH, ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. JUST OKAY. OPPOSITION. ALRIGHT. HE'S TRYING TO HAVE DISCUSSION. UH, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE, ARE YOU JUST NOW COMING IN ON YOUR COMMENTS TO, UH, KRISTA AND COMMISSIONER GLOVER? YES, PLEASE. HOLD ON. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? NOW WE CAN, BUT I, UH, IF YOU HOLD ON ONE SECOND, I JUST WANT TO FINISH OUR MOTION. UH, SO IT'S BEEN UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THAT THE, UH, MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 16TH, UH, MEETING, UH, ARE APPROVED. OKAY. UH, THEY'RE STILL IN THE ROOM. COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE, THEY CAN STILL HEAR YOU, . WE CAN, WE'RE GOING OUT OF ORDER HERE FOR YOUR BENEFIT , IF YOU CAN HEAR US GOING ONCE. HELLO. THERE WE GO. WELL, WELL, I'M, I'M NOT GONNA BELA THE POINT. EVERYBODY SAID WONDERFUL THINGS, UH, UH, ABOUT BOTH OF THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT IN PARTICULAR, UH, KRISTA, UM, WE HAVE FORMED A FRIENDSHIP. AND, UH, I LIKE TO PUBLICLY SAY THAT, UH, YOU'RE, UH, OFFICIALLY MY SISTER KRISTA. SO CONTINUE WORKING AND, UH, CONTINUE DOING THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING. AND, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS FOR THIS BODY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, JESS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE . YEAH. THE SECOND ITEM ON OUR VOTING AGENDA, UH, IS THE APPROVAL OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE REAPPOINTMENT. SO EVERYONE HAS RECEIVED, UH, THE DECK, AND YOU'VE GOT THE NAMES HERE. UH, SO WE HAVE LEE ARNOLD, PHD, MARIAN MARSHALL, UH, RINE, ABRAHAMS KRISTA WEINSTEIN. UH, EVERYONE'S HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THESE. UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE NAMES? EMPLOYMENT? THERE'S NO QUESTIONS. CAN WE GET A MOTION? MR. HALAL AND COMMISSIONER JACKSON HAS SECONDED THAT, UH, WE APPROVE THE NAMES FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEART COMMITTEE. UM, ANY DISCUSSION? NO DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY? NO OPPOSITION. SO, UH, NAMES OF LEE ARNOLD, MARION MARSHALL, UH, PETRIN ABRAHAMS AND KRISTA WEINSTEIN ARE APPROVED AS THE PUBLIC ART MEMBERS. UM, MOVING ON WITH OUR BRIEFINGS, UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO THE CULTURAL SPOTLIGHTS ON OUR [00:15:01] AGENDA, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO CULTURAL SPOTLIGHTS, UH, TODAY. UH, SO, UH, FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS THE INDIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION, UM, WITH SUMMA KARNEY. IS THAT RIGHT? AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? I WANT, I WANNA MAKE SURE. OKAY. UH, IF YOU WOULD HAVE A SEAT HERE. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONS FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS SUMMA. I SERVE AS AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INDIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION. INDIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF ICHF FOR SHORT IS A DALLAS BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. FOUNDED IN 1995 VISION TO PROMOTE INTERCULTURAL AWARENESS BY PROVIDING A PLATFORM FOR THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ASIAN, INDIAN AND AMERICAN AND ALL OTHER CULTURES THROUGHOUT EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND PROMOTION. JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON, UM, INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE. UM, INDIA IS A LAND OF DIVERSITY. IT'S LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND ARTS. THE ANCIENT INDIAN TREATIES ON ART AND CULTURE, THE RA IS SAID TO BE OVER 3000 YEARS OLD. AND IT DEALS WITH THEATER, MUSIC, AND DANCE FROM SUCH AN ABUNDANT HISTORY. AND TRADITION IS BORN RICH CANVAS OF FOLK AND CLASSICAL DANCE STYLES, SERVING AS AN ELOQUENT EXPRESSIONS OF AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION. TRADITION, ENVIRONMENT, AND SPIRITUAL ASPIRATIONS. OVER 3000 YEARS HAVE GIVEN EACH STYLE PARTICULAR FORM OF ITS OWN. IN INDIA, ARTS AND CULTURE IS INTERTWINED WITH THE LIFESTYLE OF PEOPLE. MANY OF THE DANCE STYLES ORIGINATED IN THE TEMPLES. DANCES WERE PERFORMED DURING WORSHIP AS AN OFFERING TO GOD, OR IN PRAISE OF THE LORD. INDIA IS ALSO WAS A FARM COUNTRY, . NOW IT'S A HIGH TECH FOLK DANCE STYLE SEA WORLD. WHILE WORKING IN THE FIELDS. FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE DANCES, UH, PERFORMED DURING OUR SEASON, DIFFERENT KINDS OF DANCES ARE GOING SEWING SEASON, THINGS LIKE THAT. ICH OF THRIVES TO SHOWCASE SUCH A RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE BY EDUCATION IN DANCE AND MUSIC FROM THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, DANCE LESSONS AND EXTENSIVE DANCE AND MUSIC WORKSHOPS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED EVERY YEAR IN THE METRO ARTS ARE THE SCHOOL OF DANCE. AND ICHF OFFERS WEEKLY MASTER DANCE CLASSES IN CLASSICAL DANCE STYLES. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OVER 300 STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED AND CLASSES ARE TAUGHT BY SIX TRAINED DANCE TEACHERS. PROMOTION OF INDIAN CULTURE TO THE MINISTRY. FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS, EVERY YEAR, DANCE WORKSHOPS LEADING TO PRODUCTIONS BY LOCAL ARTISTS AND TOURING ARTISTS ARE BEING STAGED IN THE CITY OF DALLAS. ICH OF REGULARLY PARTICIPATES IN THE AREA FESTIVALS SUCH AS DANCE FOR THE PLANET, CITY ART, CELEBRATIONS AND MULTICULTURAL EVENTS AT AREA SCHOOLS AND RECREATION CENTERS. SOME OF OUR PAST PRODUCTIONS HAVE BEEN IN COLLABORATION WITH NEW YORK CITY BASED BATTERY DANCE COMPANY, AND LOCALLY WITH THE BAND CORAL AFRICAN DRUMS IN 2023. AND CORPORATE COLLABORATION, UH, IN THE CURRENT GLOBAL ECONOMY. IN ORDER TO EDUCATE THE CORPORATE AMERICA ON INDIAN CULTURE AND LIFESTYLE, ICHF ORGANIZED SEVERAL SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, AND TRAINING SESSIONS AT CORPORATIONS SUCH AS INSTRUMENTS, THE VR AIRLINES AND . WE COLLABORATE WITH AREA UNIVERSITIES. I SEE THE BOARD MEMBERS ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN LECTURE DEMONSTRATION AT THE DANCE AND MUSIC DEPARTMENT AT A MU AND TWU. AND OF OUR BOARD OF [00:20:01] DIRECTOR IS ALSO A PROFESSOR OF ASIAN STUDIES AT, UH, NORTH TEXAS UNIVERSITY IN DENTON. AND AS PART OF THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THE ORGANIZATION SPECIALIZES IN CONDUCTING YOGA AND MEDITATION CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS, ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS. IC ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN, UH, CAP PROGRAMS BY CITY OF DALLAS DUE TO REACH OUT TO THE UNDERSERVED AREAS OF DALLAS. STAFF MEMBERS ARE TRAINED YOGA INSTRUCTION. OUR DANCE PRODUCTIONS ARE ACCOMPANIED BY AN EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC, ESPECIALLY RECORDED FOR EACH PRODUCTION, BRINGING TOGETHER MORE THAN 20 INSTRUMENTS INSPIRED FROM CLASSICAL AND THEATRICAL TRADITIONS, BRILLIANT GROUP CHOREOGRAPHY. THE VIBRANT AND COLORFUL DANCES COMPRISE OF CLASSICAL FOLK AND RITUALISTIC FORMS, AND REFLECTS YES AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIAL AND CULTURAL STRUCTURE OF VARIOUS REGIONS OF INDIA. THE DANCES ALSO FEATURE CONTEMPORARY INDIAN DANCES, UTILIZING MEDIUMS OF YOGA AND MARTIAL ARTS. THE PRODUCTIONS WITH UNIQUE THEMES THAT OFTEN CARRY MORAL VALUES BRILLIANTLY CHOREOGRAPHED, ARE PRESENTED FOR UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH THE INTELLECTUAL AND THE NOVICE. WITH BRIEF NARRATION ACCOMPANYING EACH EPISODE, THE PROGRAMS OFFERED BY THE ORGANIZATION BRING DIVERSE POPULATION TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND AND ASSIMILATE EACH OTHER'S CULTURE AND BACKGROUND. SOME OF OUR FEEDBACK, THIS WE HAD JUST IN THE SUMMER, UM, THAT'S A PROGRAM, WORLD DEPARTMENT WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT RESPONSES. I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PART OF AKIRA BEING INCLUDED IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AND MEANINGFUL PRODUCTION HAS BEEN TRULY SPECIAL EXPERIENCE FOR ME. THAT'S ONE WROTE, I I NOT ONLY MET SO MANY NEW PEOPLE, BUT MADE SO MANY NEW FRIENDS. I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR BEING A PART OF THIS AMAZING PRODUCTION. I'VE ALSO GROWN SO MUCH AS A DANCER. AUDIENCE RESPONSES. WHAT A MEANINGFUL MESSAGE. SHOWN BEAUTIFULLY THROUGH DANCE TIME. ONE NOTE, UH, THE STAGE CAME ALIVE WITH ENERGY, GRACE, AND TALENT GIVING US WEIGHT MEMORIES WE ALL WILL CHERISH FOR A LONG TIME. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU ALL FOR OUR NEXT PROGRAM, WHICH WILL BE IN THE SPRING OR SUMMER. SO I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ALOMA. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR BEING HERE TODAY. UH, I'VE KNOWN SUMMA FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS BECAUSE WE SERVE AS ARTS ADVOCATES. UM, AND I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING YOUR SHOWS. AND I, LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR MUSIC, UM, BUT TO FIND OUT THAT YOU SPECIALLY RECORD THIS USING INSTRUMENTALISTS HERE TO, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. IT IS LIKE A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL HAS JUST BEEN, THE BAR HAS BEEN RAISED. UM, I WAS ABLE TO GO TO YOUR, YOUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY. YOUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY, OR 30TH. 30TH ANNIVERSARY. AND I THOUGHT THE MOST MOVING THING ABOUT IT WAS WHEN THE STUDENT, THE TEACHERS YES. WERE THERE AND THEY WERE PRESENTED AN AWARD, OR THEY PRESENTED, WE ALSO PARTICIPATE. THEY DANCE TOO. AND THEY, THEY WERE STUDENTS. YES. AND NOW THAT'S LIKE YOUR, YOUR LEGACY. YEP. AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE, CARRY THIS ON. SO IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL, I INVITE EVERYBODY TO GO PLEASE SEE THEIR SHOWS. IT'S JUST, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TAPESTRY. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER OMO. ANY OTHER? KRISTEN, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? NO, I WAS JUST GOING ONLINE TO LOOK AT THE . OH, OKAY. TRISTAN. AND THAT, SO, UM, IS, UH, COMMISSIONER TZ NORD SMITH, YOU HAVE A COMMENT? OH, OKAY. I SAW YOU WAVING YOUR HAND. . WELL, UM, SO HOW CAN WE GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU AND, AND YOUR ORGANIZATION? WELL, WE, UM, I HAVE A NEXT SLIDE, ACTUALLY, THE ONE BEFORE I THINK IT HAS. YES. I, AND I SAW THAT YOU HAD ONE SLIDE HERE. YEAH. REGARDING YOUR, UH, WE ARE ON FACEBOOK HERE ON, UM, [00:25:01] INSTAGRAM. THEN OUR WEBSITE IS I C.ORG. SO ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE. BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, , HE ALSO TO REACH TO ME. YES. HE HAS MY CONTACT, SO, YEAH. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UH, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. UH, MOVING ON, ON OUR AGENDA. UH, WE'RE BLESSED TODAY TO HAVE THE, UH, THE NEW CEO FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, UH, LISA ROSS CHAIR. YES. AFTER THIS, I'D LIKE TO REVISIT A TOPIC THAT WAS EARLIER PRESENTED IF I COULD. OKAY. THANK YOU. BUT FLOOR IS YOURS. I'M GIVE, WE HAVE SLIDES. HELLO EVERYONE. HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME. THANK YOU CHAIR SMALL AND COMMISSIONERS FOR INVITING ME TO BE WITH YOU TODAY. UM, I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THIS IS A DEFINING TIME IN THE LIFE OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM, AND I FEEL INCREDIBLY, UM, GRATEFUL AND BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO COME BY DR. HARRY ROBINSON AFTER 50 YEARS. SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO DO IS SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE LAST 100 DAYS OF MY TENURE HERE SO FAR. UM, THE STAFF AND I GOT TOGETHER A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO DEVELOP IN A STRATEGIC PLAN, STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION, AND WE HAVE DEVELOPED SOME CORE VALUES. UM, AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO WHILE I'M HERE IS TO, UM, GIVE YOU BASICALLY AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT MY VISION IS. AT FIRST, WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED AT THE MUSEUM, I FELT THAT IT WAS TOO SOON TO CAST A VISION. BUT AFTER A HUNDRED DAYS AND DOING SOME WORK, DOING LISTENING TOURS, REALLY EVALUATING WHERE WE ARE IN THE MUSEUM, I THINK I'M READY TO CAST A VISION NOW. SO FIRST THING WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE STAFF IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF, AND THAT WE ARE, UM, ACCOMPLISHING SOME OF THE GOALS THAT WE WANT TO DO IN ASSESSING IS, BUT WE DID A, UH, STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION LAST WEEK. AND THESE ARE OUR, OUR CORE VALUES TO PROTECT CULTURAL MEMORY, TO ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE AND NOURISH THE HUMAN SPIRIT, TO BE GROUNDED IN THE RICH TRADITION OF PUBLIC SERVICE. AND TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE MUSEUM'S COMMONWEALTH AND THE COMMUNITY'S ASSETS AND TRUST. WE ARE VERY INTERESTED, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DRILL DOWN ON IN THE COMING YEARS IS COLLABORATION AND CULTIVATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS. I THINK THAT THE TIME IS NOW FOR THAT. WE WANT TO ADVANCE COMMON GROUND WITH OTHER CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, SHARE DATA AND INFORMATION, AND DEVELOP PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE, TOGETHER, MY VISION OR OUR VISION, THE WORD I USE IN TALKING ABOUT WHERE THE MUSEUM IS GOING IN THE NEXT 50 YEARS IS PERPETUITY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE ON MY WATCH WHILE I'M THERE, THAT WE HAVE THE SYSTEMS IN PLACE, THE GROUNDING IN PLACE TO BUILD ON THE LEGACY OF DR. ROBINSON TO ENSURE THAT MY GRANDCHILDREN AND YOUR GRANDCHILDREN ARE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THE HALLS OF THAT MUSEUM IN ANOTHER 50 YEARS. SO, IN TALKING ABOUT THIS AND IN DEVELOPING, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS TO POSITION THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM TO BE ONE OF THE BEST CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE WORLD FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM TO TAKE ITS RIGHTFUL PLACE WITH THE GREAT MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD. AND FOR VISITORS TO HAVE A MEMORABLE AND IMPACTFUL EXPERIENCE WHEN THEY ENTER THAT SACRED PLACE. AND WHEN THEY LEAVE. THE VISION TO GET TO PERPETUITY IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING UP WITH INNOVATION. THAT WE ARE POSITION POSITIONED TO HAVE WORLDWIDE EXHIBITS, [00:30:01] TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UM, OFFERING CULTURAL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH. THAT WE HAVE A, A GREAT MARKETING PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE WORD OUT TO WHAT WE ARE DOING. AND TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD BRANDING AND TO REBRAND IN SOME AREAS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE INCORPORATING TECHNOLOGY, INCORPORATING THE VISION THAT WE HAVE FOR THE MUSEUM. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I'M FOCUSING ON IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE MUSEUM. AND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS BASED ON TECHNOLOGY, HUMAN RESOURCE PROCESSES, AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. FOR INSTANCE, NEXT WEEK, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS BRINGING A TECHNOLOGY TEAM IN TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE WHERE WE SHOULD BE FROM A TECHNOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE. THAT EVERYONE IN THE MUSEUM, ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ABLE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AI AND HOW IT CAN BENEFIT US. AS WE ARE DOING ACQUISITIONS AND MANAGING OUR, OUR PROGRAMS. WE'RE LOOKING AT STRENGTHENING AND ALIGNING OUR STAFF. I AM, I AM A, A, UH, AN ADVOCATE FOR ONGOING TRAINING FOR, FOR STAFFS. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT ON AN ONGOING BASIS, THAT WE HAVE A FINANCIAL ANALYST ON STAFF. WE'RE LOOKING AT BUILDING A CURATORIAL VISION, UH, HIRING A SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR AND A DEVELOPMENT OFFICER. AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDING IS STABLE FOR ANOTHER 50 YEARS. WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES, AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY TO ALLEVIATE THOSE CHALLENGES. WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS CALENDAR OF EXHIBITS AND EVENTS THAT WE WILL BE ROLLING OUT FOR 2026. I THINK THAT MOST OF YOU, I, WE, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN INVITATION. WE ARE HAVING, UH, ON DECEMBER THE FOURTH, WE ARE BRINGING IN THE CLEMENTINE HUNTER EXHIBIT. THIS IS A FABULOUS EXHIBIT, AND EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS INVITED. I'M SO EXCITED. UM, WE HAVE, UM, NORM BAGWELL, WHO WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BANK OF THE BANK OF TEXAS, ACTUALLY WENT TO MONROE, LOUISIANA AND TOOK THESE, THE, THESE, THIS ARTWORK, THIS COLLECTION OFF OF THE WALLS OF THE DONOR ARRIVED AT THE MUSEUM IN A PICKUP TRUCK AND THE, WITH THE ARTWORK BUBBLE IN BUBBLE WRAP. BUT THIS WOMAN, THIS ARTIST, IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. SHE WAS BORN ON A PLANTATION, RAISED ON A PLANTATION, NEVER LEARNED HOW TO READ A, SHE PAINTED HER LIFE. SO WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BRING THAT COLLECTION TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM OF DALLAS. AND IT ADDS TO THE COLLECTION THAT WE HAVE OUR FOLK ART COLLECTION, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPANSIVE FOLK ART COLLECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. SO I WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE TO, UM, IF YOU CAN, TO COME TO THE RECEPTION ON THE 4TH OF DECEMBER. WE HAVE ENGAGED, UH, AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MEMBERSHIP STRATEGY. WE LAUNCHED OUR MEMBERSHIP STRATEGY TWO WEEKS AGO. WE HAVE, WE ARE LEVELING UP ON, UM, THE, THE, THE MEMBERSHIP EXPERIENCE THAT THE MUSEUM HAS. AND, UM, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A PART OF THE MUSEUM AND ENGAGING IN THE LIFE OF THE MUSEUM HAS MORE WAYS TO DO THAT. SO THAT'S MY PRESENTATION, MY SHORT PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO ME AND INVITING ME AGAIN, AND I'M HAPPY TO, UM, ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS, UH, COMMISSIONER , UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION, BUT WELCOME TO DALLAS. AND, UH, SO I WAS JUST LOOKING YOU UP AND I SEE THAT YOU'RE A POET. YES. AN ESSAY IS. THAT'S GREAT. HOW HAVE YOU SEEN THE, UM, THE LITERARY SCENE HERE? IT'S GOOD. IT'S ACTUALLY VERY INSPIRING. A LOT OF GOOD AUTHORS COME OUT OF DALLAS. WE HAD, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HOSTED LAST WEEKEND, TULA SOMA, UM, WHICH IS A, UM, UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE, IT MEANS, IT [00:35:01] MEANS WE READ AS SWAHILI AND THE MUSEUM WAS PACKED WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORS FROM ALL OVER THE METROPLEX WHO ARE AUTHORS AND ESSAYS. SO I THINK THAT IT'S RIPE, IT'S EXCITING, AND IT'S A GREAT TIME FOR DALLAS. THANK YOU. YOU WELCOME. UH, COMMISSIONER PEL. THANK YOU. I WAS ALSO GONNA SAY WELCOME TO DALLAS. UM, WE'RE, WE'RE THRILLED THAT YOU'RE HERE. THE, THE, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM IS ONE OF OUR LIKE, CULTURAL TREASURES HERE IN THE CITY. SO, UM, IT WAS REALLY, I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE YOUR, YOUR VISION AND KIND OF WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU WANT TO GO WITH IT. UM, SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL. NO QUESTIONS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY WELCOME AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING WITH US YOUR VISION. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. UH, YES, COMMISSIONER, I ECHO ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY SAID. HARRY AND PHILIP AND MAR AND MANY OTHER STAFF ARE OLD AND DEAR FRIENDS OF MINE, I'M HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE TO TAKE OVER THE WORK YOU'VE DONE IN THE FIRST X NUMBER OF DAYS YOU'VE BEEN HERE, HAS BEEN FOCUSING ON , FOCUS ON THE REAL NEEDS OF THAT INSTITUTION. AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA TAKE IT A LONG WAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK IN FRONT OF US, BUT, UM, TOGETHER, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT ONE PERSON. IT IS DEFINITELY A TEAM. IT IS, UM, A PARTNERSHIP WITH, WITH THIS GROUP AND WITH THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER, UM, LEADERS AND INFLUENCERS IN DALLAS. NO ONE PERSON, IT, IT'LL HAPPEN EVERY, I HAVE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME OF THAT OR SAY, MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT I'M FILLING DR. ROBINSON'S SHOES. I WANNA BE CLEAR NO ONE CAN FILL DR. ROBINSON'S SHOES, BUT I PROMISE YOU I'M GOING TO GIVE IT ALL I CAN IN STILETTOS. . COMMISSIONER HORNBUCKLE. HELLO IS EVERYBODY SAID, UH, CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING HERE. UH, BUT THERE'S OTHER THINGS I, I, UM, WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SHARE. UM, THERE WAS A $3 MILLION DON DONATION OR GRANT, UM, AND ALSO THERE'S A, A NEW PROGRAM, UH, WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE LEARNING TO CONSERVE ARTWORK. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? I CAN, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE EXCITED ABOUT. WE DID RECEIVE A $3 MILLION GIFT GRANT, GIFT GIFT, UM, FROM THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION. AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO IS TO RECORD CONSERVE, PRESERVE OUR ARCHIVES. UH, WHEN PEOPLE COME INTO THE MUSEUM, YOU SEE THE ARTWORK. THERE IS SO MUCH THAT PEOPLE DON'T SEE IN THAT BASEMENT. AND IN THREE STORAGE UNITS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE THE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF THE BISHOP OF BISHOP COLLEGE. WE HAVE THE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF PAPERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF, UM, THE WESTERN AREA OF THE LINKS, THE A MACEO SMITH COLLECTION. AND THESE DOCUMENTS HAVE TO BE PRESERVED. SO THIS PARTICULAR GRANT, IT'S VERY PRESCRIPTIVE. IT'S NOT FOR OPERATING, UM, IT'S NOT FOR THE OPERATING BUDGET. IT WILL ALLOW US TO GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF PAPER, EVERY RECORD, EVERY PHOTOGRAPH THAT WE HAVE TO SEE IF WE SEE, FIRST OF ALL, TO SEE IF WE CAN CONSERVE IT AND PRESERVE IT AND RESTORE IT IF NEEDED. UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO IS BUILD A CONSERVATION LAB. SO THE CONSERVATION LAB WILL BE IN THE BASEMENT. AND FOR RESEARCHERS AND, UM, FOLK THAT ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT CONSERVATION, YOU CAN ACTUALLY COME TO THE MUSEUM AND SEE THE WORK OF THE, OF CONSERVATION WORK IN REAL TIME. AS A MATTER OF FACT, ONE OF THE EXHIBITS THAT IT'S CALLED MR. IMAGINATION, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE, UM, OMEGA SCI-FI EXHIBIT, MR. IMAGINATION ACTUALLY HAS A LAB IN THE BACK THAT'S BUILT SO THAT PERSON CAN ACTUALLY GO IN AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO TAKE CARE OF ARTWORK. SO THIS PAST SUMMER, WE PARTNERED WITH BIG THOUGHT. THEY BROUGHT IN, UH, I THINK IT WAS 12, THE COHORT WAS, I THINK IT WAS 12 TO 15 STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY LEARN HOW TO CONSERVE AND PRESERVE WORK. AND IT WAS SO GREAT. THEY HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME AND THEY LEARNED SO MUCH. THEY DIDN'T WANNA LEAVE. THEY WANNA STAY, THEY WANNA COME BACK, THEY WANNA COME BACK THIS YEAR. BUT THE BLESSING OF THAT IS THAT IT PROVIDES A PILLAR [00:40:01] FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALSO EXPLORING. THAT ART AND THE CONSERVATION OF ART IS ALSO A, UM, A POSSIBLE JOB OPPORTUNITY AND FIELD OF STUDY FOR, FOR, FOR THE, FOR OUR YOUTH. AND I WANT TO CHIME. I WANNA CHIME IN AND SAY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, GRANTED NOBODY CAN TAKE DR. ROBINSON'S PLACE, BUT I'VE BEEN TO THE MUSEUM SEVERAL TIMES, UH, SINCE, UH, YOUR TENURE HAS STARTED THERE AND THE MORALE IS LIFTED. UH, THE SPIRIT OF THE PLACE HAS LIFTED YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU'RE STARTING TO GET SOME FANTASTIC PEOPLE ON BOARD AND EXCITED. AND, UH, WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND, AND, AND VERY THANKFUL FOR IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. VERY THANKFUL. I APPRECIATE IT. YOU'VE GOT SOME GREAT PEOPLE ON YOUR TEAM. UH, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, THEN WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, MR. THANK YOU FOR INVITE. ALL RIGHT. UH, ON OUR, THE NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA, UH, WAS GOING TO BE THE CREATIVES CARE HEALTHCARE, BUT CHRISTINA HART HAD SOME OBLIGATIONS SHE WAS UNABLE TO MEET. COMMISSIONER ALMO HAS ASKED THAT WE REVISIT SOMETHING. YES, THANK YOU. UH, CHAIR. UH, WHEN I SAW COMMISSIONERS GRACE GLOVER AND CRYSTAL WEINSTEIN, I WAS OVERCOME WITH SUCH SADNESS THAT I COULD NOT SPEAK. UM, BUT I HAVE SINCE WIPED AWAY MY, MY TEARS AND COLLECTED MY WITS. UM, KRISTA, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU BECAUSE I THINK IN PROBABLY THE LAST 12 TO 16 MONTHS TOGETHER WITH PUBLIC ARTS, YOU DID SO MUCH FOR EDUCATING US ABOUT PUBLIC ARTS. IT WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE KIND OF LIKE, UH, HOW DO WE GET FUNDING AND HOW DOES, YOU KNOW, HOW DOES IT HAPPEN? AND SO I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT YOUR STRATEGY FOR MEETING INDIVIDUALLY WITH US AND TAKING THE TIME TO REALLY TEACH US, UM, WAS JUST AMAZING. AND I AM ONLY SORRY THAT YOUR TIME WAS CUT TOO SHORT. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID, AND THANK YOU FOR MY FURTHER EDUCATION. I APPRECIATE YOU. PLEASURE. YOU CAN THANK THE PUBLIC ART STAFF. THEY'VE BEEN AMAZING. THEY WERE AMAZING. AND WEARING MY HAT AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC ART. I WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE MEETINGS WITH THE, UH, THE NEW COMMISSIONERS AND PEOPLE I HAVEN'T MET WITH YET. AND, AND IF ANYBODY EVER WANTS CHECK-INS AND AS WE'RE DOING MORE PROJECTS, WE'LL BE WORKING TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND I'VE GOT SOME TISSUE FOR YOU IF YOU WANT. THANKS. UM, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS AN ANNUAL REPORT UPDATE FROM COMMISSIONER BODEL. WELL, I'M ALSO GONNA LEAD IN ON KRISTA. SO THREE YEARS AGO, WE BOTH WORKED ON THE ANNUAL REPORT COMMITTEE AND, UM, WE SHOWED UP AT LA MADELINE TOGETHER. WE BOTH HAD OUR RED PENS AND WE WERE READY TO GO. SO WE WERE ARMED, WE WERE KINDRED SPIRITS WORKING TOGETHER 12 HOURS LATER, 12 HOURS PLUS LATER. WHO WAS IT THAT APPOINTED Y'ALL FOR THE ANNUAL BOARD COMMITTEE? IT WAS A GREAT CHOICE, I THINK. I KNOW. SO, UM, BUT SO WE HAD A LOT OF FUN WORKING ON THAT. WE WORKED HARD AND, UH, WE WERE KINDRED SPIRITS DURING THAT, THAT PROJECT, AND IT REALLY BONDED US FOR OTHER PROJECTS AND PUBLIC ART AND EVERYTHING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M GONNA, MY, MY PLEASURE ON THAT ONE'S ALWAYS BEEN SO FUN. SO, AND REPORT, UH, I THINK EVERYBODY HAS RECEIVED, UH, A COPY AND THE VERSION THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED HAS HAD A LOT OF EDITS SINCE THEN. SO THERE WERE MORE EDITS DONE YESTERDAY. AND, UH, ADRIANA, I MEAN, AND SHE HAS BEEN WORKING LIKE MAD ON THIS AND WE KNOW A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ON IN THE OFFICE AND WE APPRECIATE SHE'S JUGGLING A LOT OF BALLS. SO, UH, ADRIANA HAS ALSO TAUGHT HERSELF HOW TO DO INDESIGN. SO, UH, SO NOT ONLY HAS SHE STEPPED UP TO DO A LOT OF EDITING, SHE HAS STEPPED UP TO DO DESIGN. SO, UH, A LOT. I THINK I HAD A VERSION OF INDESIGN THAT SET AN OPEN FOR MANY YEARS . SO, AND IT'S PROBABLY CAN'T EVEN BEEN UPDATED NOW. SO I APPRECIATE HER, HER ENTHUSIASM AND ALL THE WORK THAT SHE HAS PUT INTO IT. I WILL SAY ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS, YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU DON'T SEE TYPOS, YOU DON'T SEE MISTAKES. AND I, THIS, WE WENT THROUGH A LOT AND I THINK WE FOUND A MILLION AND THERE'S PROBABLY ANOTHER MILLION. SO I DO APPRECIATE, UH, COMMISSIONER LMO FOR, HE, HE HAD A NICE LONG LIST OF THINGS FOR US TO, TO WORK AND CHECK OFF. SO WE DO WANNA, WE WANNA HAVE A PERFECT PIECE. SO THAT'S JUST WHAT I'M GONNA SAY. WE WANNA HAVE A PERFECT PIECE THAT LOOKS LIKE A VISIT DALLAS PIECE, THAT WHEN, UH, WHEN OUR, UH, CITY COUNCIL LOOKS AT IT. ONE THING NEW THAT WE DID ADD THIS YEAR IS, [00:45:01] UH, A LETTER FROM MARTINE. AND, UM, AND I THINK MARTINE, YOUR VOICE, WE, YOU CAN EDIT AND PUT MORE OF THAT IN IT. I, I WROTE THAT LETTER AND, UH, YOU ARE OUT THIS WEEK. SO WE, WE'VE ADDED THAT. AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE EDITING. AND SO THAT SENSE, UH, WE'LL HAVE A, A REALLY PRETTY VERSION FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT OVER, OVER THE HOLIDAYS NEXT MONTH WITH, UH, WITH THE END DESIGN WITH PHOTOGRAPHY AND ALL THE GRAPHS AND ALL THE DATA. SO, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. THANK YOU FOR REPEATING. UH, WE DO WANT, I DO WANT YOUR REVIEWS AND I, I, WE WANT YOUR COMMENTS, SO, UH, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO DO THAT. AND I WILL SAY THIS VERSION STILL HAS QUITE A FEW TYPOS, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL FIX THOSE. THE OTHER THING I DO WANNA SAY, WE DO NOT DO THE OXFORD COMMA. SO THERE, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT MIGHT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. WE DO AP STYLES SO THAT WE DON'T DO THE OXFORD COMMA, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. SO THAT'S, YOU MIGHT WANNA ADD MORE COMMENTS, BUT WE'LL TAKE 'EM OUT. SO THAT'S , THAT'S IT. I THANK COMMISSIONER BODELL FOR THE FANTASTIC JOB YOU'RE DOING, OVERSEEING THE ENTIRE PROJECT. I MEAN, YOU REALLY, I MEAN, DUG INTO IT AND CONTINUE TO ELEVATE THE ENTIRE ANNUAL REPORT. UM, I THINK, UH, OUR ANNUAL REPORT IS THE BEST LOOKING COMING OUTTA THE CITY. I MEAN, IT REALLY IS. IT SHOULD BE. YEAH, IT IS THE BEST LOOKING COMING OUTTA THE CITY. COMMISSIONER BRAGON, I WANNA THANK FIRST CHAIR SMALL FOR APPOINTING COMMISSIONER BODEL AND COMMISSIONER BODEL FOR TAKING ON THE JOB. UM, I WAS ALSO ON THAT COMMITTEE AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU AND KRISTA WERE ON IT. I DID NOT MEET YOU AT, UM, LA MADELINE, I DID NOT BOND WITH YOU AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. I LISTENED TO ABOUT ONE MEETING BEFORE I PROMPTLY RESIGNED. MY TALENTS WERE BETTER OFF, UM, IN OTHER PLACES. AND SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO THAT WORK, IT IS REALLY, I MEAN, IT'S VERY DETAILED. IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, IT'S A HARD JOB. SO I WANNA THANK YOU AND EVERYONE ON THAT COMMITTEE FOR TAKING IT ON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. GREG IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. WE'RE STILL BENEFITING FROM THE RESULT OF THE WORK THAT YOU AND KRISTA PUT IN IN TERMS OF THE FORMAT AND THE TEMPLATE. UH, WE'RE STILL BENEFITING FROM THAT, I MEAN, SO, UH, FANTASTIC. YOU TOO MUCH. ALRIGHT, UM, AND OF COURSE I'D BE DOING NO EXTRA CALLS. THE NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE CULTURE OF VALUE BRIEFING. AND IT'S AL YES, IT'S AL AND THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU. HI EVERYBODY, I'M ITEL, I'M THE ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST WITH FUNDING TEAMS AT THE OAC. AND I DON'T GET TO SEE YOU GUYS VERY OFTEN, BUT HELLO, IT'S A PLEASURE BEING HERE. AND I WANTED TO, UM, JUST KIND OF TELL YOU GUYS ABOUT THE CULTURE VALUE PROGRAM, WHAT WE DID AND HOW WE DID IT. THE CULTURE VALUE PROGRAM IS A COLLABORATE MICRO GRANT BETWEEN THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, THE, UH, PARKS INTEGRATION AND DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE KIND OF EACH PUT OUR OWN THING WITH IT. SO THE PARKS AND RECREATION AND DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARIES PROVIDE A FREE VENUE SPACE AND ALSO RESOURCES AND ONSITE SUPPORT FROM THE ARTISTS WHILE THEY HAD THEIR PROJECT THERE. UM, WE ALWAYS SEE AWARDED EACH ELECTED ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATION $3,000. WE PUT SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROGRAM. SOME OF THEM WERE NEW ARTISTS TO THE OAC, SO, UM, THEY WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT OTHER PROGRAMS. THEY HAD CONTACT WITH ME ABOUT THEIR PROJECT, AND I HOPE THAT THEY RECEIVED THE BEST SUPPORT FROM US. UH, WE ALSO PROVIDED MARKETING AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS, WHICH IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT WE DO FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROGRAM. ALL EVENTS WERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND FREE TO ATTEND. THEY CELEBRATED DALLAS COMMUNITIES IN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT. ANOTHER THING THAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS THE MATCHING PROCESS. THE ARTIST APPLIED USING A LIST OF ALL THE VENUES THAT PARTICIPATED, WHICH WERE LIBRARIES AND, UM, RECREATION CENTERS. THIS PROGRAM WAS INITIALLY SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 15TH AND AUGUST 15TH. SO THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT LIBRARIES AND RECREATION CENTERS THAT HAD SPACE OPEN FOR THOSE STATES. BUT WHEN WE HAD TO MOVE IT TO THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, WE HAD LESS, UM, UM, VENUE SPACE. HOWEVER, WE STILL HAD AS MANY PROGRAMS AS WE WANTED, AS WE ANTICIPATED. UM, THEY CHOSE BASED ON THE RESOURCES AND SPACES THAT THEY NEEDED FOR THEIR SPECIFIC PROJECTS. IN THE CASE OF A STAGE PRODUCTION, THEY HAD A LIBRARY OR RECREATION CENTER THAT HAD A BIG ENOUGH SPACE FOR THAT PROJECT. SO WE MADE SURE THAT WE MATCHED THEM CORRECTLY, AND THEY CHOSE THEIR SPACE FIRST AND THEIR PREFERENCES. THEN THE PROPOSALS [00:50:01] WERE SCORED OUT OF A HUNDRED POINTS BY REVIEW PANEL FROM THE OAC PARTS AND RECREATION IN DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY. SO WE ALL HAD A SAY. AND THEN THE VENUES RECEIVED PERSONALIZED PROPOSAL LIST OF THE ARTISTS WHO REQUESTED THAT SPECIFIC VENUE. AND THAT SCORES AT LEAST 60 POINTS OF THE HIGHEST SCORING APPLICATIONS. EACH VENUE LIAISON RANKED UP TO THE FIVE PROPOSALS. SO THE FIRST THROUGH FIFTH CHOICES. AND THEY DID THAT BASED ON HOW WELL THEY FIT WITH THEIR PROGRAMMING NEEDS. THE OAC CONDUCTED THE FINAL ARTIST SPENDING MATCH BASED ON THE RANKINGS AND THEIR PROGRAM ALIGNMENT. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 91 APPLICATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED. AND OUT OF THOSE 91 APPLICATIONS, WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE 50 EVENTS IN 30 DAYS. AND THERE WERE AT LEAST TWO EVENTS IN EVERY DISTRICT. BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1ST THROUGH 30TH, 50 ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT CELEBRATED DALLAS COMMUNITIES WERE SUPPORTED WITH THIS PROGRAM. AND OUT OF THOSE 50 ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS, WE HAD NEW ARTISTS TO THE OAC NINE SPECIFICALLY. AND THIS WAS THEIR VERY FIRST TIME WITH, UH, COMMUNITY ARTS OR WITH FUNDING TEAMS. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WORKING WITH THE CITY. ALL COMMISSIONERS RECEIVED AN EMAIL ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31ST WITH THE EVENTS IN THEIR HOME DISTRICTS. AND THE FULL CALENDAR STILL AVAILABLE@DALLAS.ORG IN CASE YOU WANNA CHECK IT OUT. WE STILL HAVE 16 EVENTS SCHEDULED UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH. SO I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE, AND I HOPE THAT YOU SPREAD IF YOU STILL HAVE EVENTS IN YOUR DISTRICT, SPREAD IT WIDELY SO PEOPLE CAN COME. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. UH, COMMISSIONER , IT'LL BE SHORTER BECAUSE THREE OF THE THINGS I WANNA TELL YOU, IT'S ALL COVERED RIGHT THERE AT THE VERY END, . SO, UM, IT, IT IS, UH, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PROGRAMMING LEFT FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH AND I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET OUT, UM, AND SEE IT. UM, BUT I DID WANNA SHOUT OUT TO, UM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR GLEN AYERS. WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE WHEN GLEN WAS WITH THE OFFICE THE FIRST GO ROUND, WE RECEIVED AN NEA GRANT. WE COULDN'T REALLY FIGURE OUT. WE DIDN'T, WE, GLEN IS THE PERSON WHO BROUGHT TO US THIS CONCEPT OF CULTURE OF VALUE, AND IT HAS BEEN IN PLACE IN OUR PROGRAMMING EVER SINCE IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER. UM, SO IT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW THOSE NEA GRANTS CAN KICKSTART, REMEMBER THOSE, UM, HOW THEY CAN KICKSTART. AMEN. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND THREE OF THE PROGRAMS. I TRIED TO, UH, YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE, THE ONES IN YOUR DISTRICT MAY ALREADY HAVE HAVE HAPPENED, BUT, UM, I ATTENDED THREE, I THINK TWO WERE IN MY DISTRICT AND ONE IS NOT BECAUSE OF. BUT ANYWAY, UM, AND THEY WERE REALLY WONDERFUL. THEY, UH, RANGED FROM THE THREE I ATTENDED. ONE WAS, UM, A GROUP OF THREE ARTISTS, AND IT WAS A PANEL TALK. UM, IT WAS A URBAN ARTS COLLECTIVE WHO PUT IT TOGETHER. AND IT WAS AT THE RIDGEWOOD RECREATION CENTER, AND IT WAS FABULOUS. THE SECOND ONE WAS A, UM, A DUO. IT WAS THE 19, I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE PROJECT. 19, UH, IT WAS ABOUT THE YEAR TWO. YEAH, WELL, IT'S 1985. BUT THEIR, THEIR PROGRAMMING WAS ALL BASED ON FARM AID, AND THEY DID, SO THEY DID A, A CONCERT AT, UH, LOCAL LIBRARY. AND THEY, THEY PERFORMED SONGS THAT WERE PERFORMED AT PHAR AID AND THEN INTERSPERSED WITH THEIR ORIGINAL, WITH THEIR, THAT WAS SONGS THAT THEY HAD WRITTEN THAT WERE CONSISTENT WITH THAT SPIRIT OF PHAR AID. SO, VERY UPLIFTING. AND THEN THE FINAL PROGRAM I ATTENDED, WHICH I'M SORRY THAT IT, THERE'S NOT A WAY TO PRESENT IT AGAIN. I HAVE GOTTEN CALLS FROM PEOPLE THAT NIGHT ABOUT CAN THEY CHECK THIS PROGRAM OUT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS. UH, LIZ MICHAEL, UM, ALONG WITH, IN YOUR PHONE, MR I'LL THINK OF IT. ANYWAY, UH, THEY PRESENTED THE HISTORY OF D BEUM. UM, IT WAS A SLIDESHOW, YES, YES, YES, MR. DONALD. UM, HE WAS THE NARRATOR. AND THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN AND BLUES ARTIST PLAYING THE BLUES BEHIND IT. AND THEN PERIODICALLY THEY WOULD SING SONGS. UM, AND I WANTED TO SHARE THIS MOMENT WITH YOU. I, I WISH I HAD THOUGHT TO PREPARE TO, TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THE VIDEO OF IT. BUT ONE OF THE FIRST SONGS THAT THEY BEGAN TO PLAY, AND LET ME JUST SAY IT WAS AT THE LAKEWOOD LIBRARY. AND I WAS, OTHER THAN A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WHO WERE RELATED TO THE YOUNG ARTIST, I WAS THE YOUNGSTER IN THE ROOM THAT NIGHT. AND HE BEGAN TO PLAY, UM, UM, IRENE GOODNIGHT. AND THE ENTIRE ROOM BEGAN SINGING, UM, ALONG WITH THE SONG. AND THEN THAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. IT WAS A PRETTY INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE. NOT MY PICTURE OF A TYPICAL AUDIENCE AT A BLUES CONCERT. [00:55:01] AND IT, IT WAS JUST A PURE MOMENT OF COMMUNITY. SO, UH, I'M EMBARRASSED TO SAY THAT PREVIOUSLY I HAVE NOT MADE IT OUT TO A CULTURE OF VALUE PROGRAM. I'VE TALKED A LOT AND TOLD PEOPLE HOW GREAT IT IS, BUT I HAVEN'T PERSONALLY BEEN OUT TO ONE. SO IF YOU ARE LIKE ME AND YOU HAVEN'T, PLEASE TAKE THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO TRY TO GET OUT TO ONE, BECAUSE IT IS TRULY AN UPLIFTING EXPERIENCE TO SEE THIS CALIBER OF ART BROUGHT DIRECTLY INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WATCH OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS HAVE SUCH A, UH, ONE-ON-ONE EXPERIENCE WITH THE ART. UH, AND WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT A WAY FOR LIZ TO BE ABLE TO CHECK OUT THAT PROGRAM. 'CAUSE IT WAS TREMENDOUSLY WELL RECEIVED. ANYWAY, THANK YOU. CHAIR. SMALL. I'LL TRY NOT TO TALK ABOUT MUCH ELSE THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING. , IT WAS REALLY, IT REALLY, IT IS ONE OF OUR SMALLER PROGRAMS, BUT IN MY OPINION, ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT PROGRAMS. FANTASTIC. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. MORE, MORE GL MORE GLAM, , UM, COMMISSIONER, I BELIEVE. YES. UH, COMMISSIONER VALENTINE HAS A, UH, QUESTION OR COMMENT. COMMENT. UM, IT'S ACTUALLY ME, DIRECTOR PHILIPPE. OKAY. I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE ITSELF. THANK YOU FOR, UH, BRIEFING THIS EVENING ABOUT CULTURE OF VALUE. AND I WANNA, UM, EXTEND MICKEY'S CLOSING COMMENT ABOUT CULTURAL VALUE BEING ONE OF OUR SMALLER, UH, PROGRAMS. THOUGH IT IS ONE OF OUR SMALLER PROGRAMS IN TERMS OF LENGTH AND TIME, THE CULTURAL VALUE, UM, IN THE, IN, IN THE WAYS THAT IT'S DELIVERED ACROSS EACH AND EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT HELPS US MEET OUR DEPARTMENTAL GOAL OF ENSURING THAT WE HAVE HIGH QUALITY ARTS EXPERIENCES IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT. UM, YOU KNOW, MUCH OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE, UH, SERVE VIA RHONDA'S PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY ARTS IS, UM, REALLY BUNDLED UP HERE IN THIS MONTH LONG INITIATIVE. AND I ALSO WANNA GO ON RECORD IN THANKING, UH, DIRECTOR MANA AND DIRECTOR JOHN JENKINS, UH, OF LIBRARIES AND PARKS FOR ALLOWING US TO HOST THESE CULTURAL VALUE EVENTS, UH, UNDER THEIR ROOFS, ACROSS THEIR FACILITIES AS WELL, TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN MEET THAT DEPARTMENTAL GOAL, UM, BUNDLED IN ONE MONTH. AND SO WE GET TO REPORT OUT. GREAT, GREAT, GREAT AUDIENCE. UM, ATTENDANCE, THANK YOU FOR ALL COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE SURE TO ATTEND THE EVENTS THAT BE PLACED IN AND OUTSIDE OF YOUR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL DISTRICTS. UM, YOU DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE, UH, OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE, AND IF YOU NEED ACCESS TO, UH, THAT CALENDAR, PLEASE DO REACH OUT TO ITEL OR YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ASHLEY GUEVARA AS WELL, WHO'S BEEN POSTING, UM, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR, I'M SORRY, SAY ONE MORE. THERE'S A NEW HAND UP, MR. RAGULA. WHILE WE'RE HAVING A LOVE FEST, I DID WANNA, UH, SAY THANK YOU TO ADRIANA BECAUSE ONE OF THE REASONS I MADE IT TO CULTURAL VALUE THIS, THIS YEAR IS BECAUSE ADRIANA SENT EACH OF US AN EMAIL WITH THE, UM, PERFORMANCES THAT ARE OCCURRING IN YOUR DISTRICT. SO IF YOU, IF YOU MISSED IT IN YEARS HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED, THEN LOOK ONLINE FOR THE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE OTHER DISTRICTS. BUT YOU, EVERYBODY ON THE COMMISSION GOT A INDIVIDUAL EMAIL FROM ADRIANA LETTING US KNOW WHICH PROJECTS WERE IN OUR DISTRICT. SO THAT'S JUST ONE OF MANY GREAT THINGS ABOUT HAVING ADRIANA, UM, WITH US. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER. OUR COUNCIL MEMBER ALSO RECEIVED THE SAME. YES. COUNCIL? YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TINA. YES. AND I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER URIEL, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED VIRTUALLY. HI. SORRY, IT'S RAINING AND I, IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, BUT, UM, I'M A LITTLE BEHIND ON EVERYTHING AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF CAMIKA KING PERFORMANCE WAS ALREADY, HAD IT ALREADY HAPPENED FOR CULTURAL VALUE? IT DID. NO, THAT IS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND. ACTUALLY, 22ND. I'M JUST GONNA MAKE SURE IT'S THE 22ND. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. AND THIS IS SENSORY FRIENDLY EVENT FOR, UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF AMPLIFY THAT BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS THIS WEEKEND. IT'S AT FRED'S, IT'S AT FRED'S PARK BRANCH LIBRARY ON BELTLAND ROAD. WHAT TIME, WHAT TIME? UH, ONE 30. SO SATURDAY THE 22ND. IT'S DISTRICT 11. MM-HMM . YES. YEP. 12. OKAY. DID YOU GET THAT COMMISSIONER EO? MM-HMM . I THINK SHE, YES. IT'S A SENSORY FRIENDLY EVENT AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNEW THAT 'CAUSE THEY WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND. OKAY. UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE, UH, THE NEXT, UM, ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UH, SINCE IT INVOLVES JULIA HOS, UH, I THINK ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE, UH, BEEN MADE AWARE OF, UH, THE, UH, THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT JULIA IS GOING THROUGH. SO, UH, I KNOW THAT, UH, [01:00:01] PRAYER IS KIND OF A, A STICKY SUBJECT, BUT I KNOW THAT WE CAN TAKE 30 SECONDS AS KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO SEND GOOD VIBES TO , TO JULIA. SO LET'S DO THAT IN OUR MEETING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING THAT. THANK YOU CHAIR. SMALL. JULIA IS, UH, I MEAN IT, THERE'S NO WAY TO EMPHASIZE HER IMPORTANCE TO EVERY, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, UH, WOULD'VE BEEN THE ARTS ACTIVATE 2026 ROUND ONE ALLOCATIONS. UM, AND, UH, THOSE BRIEFING MEMOS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN SENT OUT, SAID, RIGHT, ADRIANA. UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THAT, WE'RE GONNA ASK THAT YOU EMAIL 'EM TO ADRIANA. IS THAT RIGHT, ADRIANA, OR DO YOU WANNA TAKE THEM NOW? SO, BRIEFING MEMOS, THERE IS NO OFFICIAL CONTENT THAT'S SHARED ON THE SPREAD ON THE SLIDESHOW. IT IS GIVEN TO YOU GUYS IN ADVANCE AS A BRIEFING VIA MEMO, BUT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. IF YOU DO HAVE THEM ABOUT THE MEMO, WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL WRITE THEM DOWN AND I'LL GET YOUR RESPONSE IN A FOLLOW UP EMAIL. SO YOU CAN EITHER SAY IT RIGHT NOW OR YOU CAN EMAIL ME DIRECTLY IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT. BYE QUINN. LET'S GIVE IT A, LET'S GIVE IT A TIME PERIOD. DO YOU WANT THE EMAILS BY TOMORROW, ? IT'S TIME BY END BY CLOSING OF THE DAY TOMORROW. YEAH. YEAH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. OKAY. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY RIGHT NOW? UH, COMMISSIONER VALENTINE. SO IT'S REALLY FOR, UH, IT'S REALLY FOR ME. I JUST WANTED TO PUT A LITTLE CONTEXT BEHIND THIS. WE'VE, WE'VE AT TIMES, NEGLECTED TO SHARE THE GREAT WORK THAT THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE HAS DONE, UM, FOR ITEMS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY COME, COME TO FULL COMMISSION. SO THIS IS JUST INFORMATIONAL. WE WANNA LET YOU KNOW THE, UM, ALLOCATIONS THAT WERE MADE THROUGH ROUND ONE OF ARTS ACTIVATE FOR THIS YEAR. AND THE CAP PROGRAM GIVE YOU A LITTLE CONTEXT AS WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE ABOUT, LITTLE SUMMARIES AND THOSE FUNDING AMOUNTS. LIKE ADRIANA SAID, THIS ISN'T ANY SORT OF OFFICIAL ACTION. IT'S JUST GIVING YOU, GIVING YOU A HEADS UP. AND SO, LIKE SHE SAID, SEND US SOME EMAILS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYTHING IMMEDIATE THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER NOW, THAT'S FINE, BUT THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MAKE THIS A REGULAR, PUT THIS BACK INTO OUR SORT OF REGULAR PROCESS JUST TO KEEP YOU INFORMED AND EXCITED. AWESOME. UH, COMMISSIONER HALMA? YES. UM, I THINK I ASKED THIS QUESTION AT OUR MEETING, BUT, UM, IF THERE'S AN UPDATE, HOW MANY OF THE, UM, ROUND ONE FOLKS ARE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF PRESENTING A RECAP AND HAS THAT DATE BEEN MET? COMMISSIONER HOLMA? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ALL OF THAT YET, JUST BECAUSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, UNLESS GLEN HAS AN ANSWER TO THAT. I HAVE A SOFT ANSWER. WE'RE, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON GATHERING WHICH ARTISTS OR ORGANIZATIONS WILL, WILL WANT TO TAKE THAT OPTION AS THEY'RE, THEY'RE ROUND ONE. SO WE'LL GIVE YOU A HEADS UP ON ALL OF THOSE TWO, INCLUDING, UM, THE PENDING DATE THAT WE'RE WORKING TO SCHEDULE. OKAY. CHAIR SMALL. UH, COMMISSIONER GREG LOW? YES. JUST, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT ON THE COMMITTEE, SPEAKING TO THE QUESTION THAT COMMISSIONER HOLLEN MO GAVE, UH, THIS ARTS ACTIVATE ROUND ONE, IF THE DETAILS ARE IN YOUR, YOUR MEMO. SO I WON'T TAKE A LOT OF TIME WITH THAT, BUT BECAUSE, UH, IN, IN ORDER TO BE SURE THAT OUR PROGRAMS WERE LEGALLY RESILIENT, THERE WAS A PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THE OAC STAFF WAS WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UM, BECAUSE THOSE APPLICATIONS WERE ALREADY IN WHEN THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS, UM, CAME INTO PLACE. AND SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW WE HANDLED THAT, UH, RATHER THAN ME TRY TO ADDRESS IT, I RECOMMEND THAT YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, BRIEFING MEMO THAT WAS PROVIDED. UM, BUT WHAT THAT MEANT WAS THAT SOME OF THE ARTISTS WHO WERE AWARDED, UH, IN THEIR APPLICATION, THEY HAD PLANNED TO PRESENT THIS ART TO THE CITY OF DALLAS AT A TIME THAT HAD ALREADY PASSED. AND SO, UM, THE, UH, THE, UH, OUR BRILLIANT CITY STAFF CAME UP WITH SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY COULD EITHER PRESENT IT AT A DIFFERENT TIME, THEY COULD, UH, POSTPONE IT OR DEFER IT UNTIL THE FALL OF 2027. UM, THERE ARE FOUR OPTIONS. I AM NOT REMEMBERING THEM ALL, ALL THE TOP OF MY HEAD. LET'S SEE. PRESENT THE PROGRAM LATER, LATER THAN PROPOSED, PRESENT A NEW OR SIMILAR PROGRAM LATER IN THE YEAR. PRESENT THEIR WORK AT A COMBINED ARTIST TALKBACK, LED BY OAC OR HOLD THEIR AWARD FOR THE FALL OF ARTS ACTIVATE 2027. [01:05:01] SO THAT IS, UM, WHAT COMMISSIONER HOLLEN'S QUESTION GOES TO. AND WE DON'T KNOW ON THE LIST, THE LIST OF, OF ARTISTS AND ARTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE, UH, VOTED TO AWARD ARE ATTACHED. UM, AND THE DESCRIPTION OF THEIR PROGRAMS ARE ATTACHED TO YOUR BRIEFING MEMO. AND THEN AT SOME POINT WHEN THE OFFICE COMPLETES ITS WORK, THEY WILL UPDATE THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE AND THE FULL COMMISSION ON WHAT DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE BY THOSE ARTISTS. FOLLOW UP QUESTION. UM, FULL DISCLOSURE. SO I HAVE HEARD FROM SOME FOLKS WHO ARE ENTERTAINING THAT OPTION. UM, I GUESS THEIR CONCERN IS IF IT'S A ONE DATE THAT'S PRESENTED AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO BECAUSE OF TRAVEL OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, DO THEY MISS OUT? RIGHT? IS THERE GONNA BE AN OPTION FOR A SECOND DATE? SO THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. WE HAVE, WE HAVE EVERY INTENT OF HONORING THE OPTIONS THAT ARE PRESENTED. AND SO AS A PART OF THAT IS OUR, UM, OUR WORK TO MAKE THAT WORK. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER, FIRST OF ALL, GREAT JOB FOR THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY WORKING THROUGH THAT MESS THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH. FEDERAL COMPLAINT. UM, I GUESS WHEN ALL THAT SHUFFLES UP, WE'LL GET DOLLAR AMOUNTS. ACTUALLY THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ARE IN THE, UH, IN YOUR PROJECT DESCRIPTION, AT LEAST FOR ROUND ONE. UM, WE ARE AWARDING $480,200 TO 22 INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND 26 ORGANIZATIONS. IT SAYS UP TO AMOUNTS INDIVIDUALS. WELL, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU WERE PROVIDED WITH A LIST THAT HAS THE EXACT AMOUNT, ALTHOUGH IN MOST, I BELIEVE IN MOST CASES, YES. SO ALL THE INDIVIDUALS, THE MOST UPDATED MEMO THAT WAS SENT TODAY INCLUDED INCLUDES FULL WITH ALL OF THE NAMES AND THE FUNDING AND THE AWARD AMOUNT AND SCOPE. SO IF YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON, YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR PACKET IN FRONT OF YOU. AND THEN I EMAILED IT OUT VIRTUALLY TO OUR FRIENDS ONLINE TODAY. YES. AND TYPICALLY, I'LL TELL YOU, I DON'T REMEMBER IF THIS WAS TRUE OR NOT, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE ON THE COMMITTEE MAY TYPICALLY WE AWARD THE FULL AMOUNT REQUESTED BY THE ARTIST OR REQUESTED BY THE ORGANIZATION, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS PROJECT PROGRAMMING, AND SO THAT'S THAT ON THE PANEL. YES. SO, SO WE TYPICALLY, WE, WE STRUGGLE WITH THAT EVERY YEAR BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE OF IF WE AWARD 75% OR 80% OF WHAT THEY ASK FOR, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DROP DOWN AND PICK UP MORE ARTISTS. BUT HISTORICALLY, OR TYPICALLY THE AWARDS ARE GIVEN FOR THE FULL AMOUNT. BUT THAT IS A LIVELY DISCUSSION THAT WE HAVE AT EVERY ARTS ACTIVATE ROUND. AND SO, UM, I WELCOME YOU, UH, TO COME AND ATTEND THE COMMITTEE MEETING AND, UM, AND SEND INTO THAT DEBATE. AND AGAIN, I THINK EVERYBODY DID A GREAT JOB WORKING THROUGH THIS IS A NIGHTMARE. I MEAN, YES, THEY DO A YEOMAN'S JOB. NIGHTMARE. YES, THEY DO A YEOMAN'S JOB. UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, FOR COMMISSIONER RAY ALONE OR GLEN, IF THERE KNOW OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, THAT CONCLUDES EVERYTHING. IF THERE, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THEY'RE INVOLVED IN, THEY WANT THE COMMISSIONERS TO KNOW? UH, THE ANNOUNCEMENTS IS, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR JULIA. THAT'S MARTINE, THAT'S A QUESTION, THAT'S A DIRECTOR QUESTION. MARTINE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR JULIA? SHOULD WE, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING TO DISCUSS OUTSIDE OF, UH, DO WE NEED TO OUTSIDE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, ALLOW, ALLOW ADRIANA AND I TO FOLLOW UP WITH Y'ALL VIA EMAIL AS, AS A GROUP, UM, AND SO THAT WE CAN RELAY THE INFORMATION THAT JULIA'S BEEN SHARING ONLINE AND VIA THE, THE WEBPAGE DEDICATED TO THE EFFORTS, THE SEARCH EFFORTS. AND WHAT ABOUT Y'ALL? DO Y'ALL NEED ANY HELP? I MEAN MM-HMM . IN TERMS OF DOING SOMETHING FOR JULIA, YOU MEAN? NO, JUST FOR OIC SINCE JULIA'S A BIG OH, FILL, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. UH, THAT'S A QUESTION FROM MARTINE AND STAFF, UH, WITH JULIA'S ABSENCE. UH, DO Y'ALL NEED ANY ? DO Y'ALL NEED ANY HELP FROM US? I'M GOOD AT DATA ENTRY. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. THANK YOU FOR THE OFFER. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. IT WAS FOR ALL OF US, JUST ME. VERY NICE TO PUT IT. TRULY, TRULY APPRECIATE IT. WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE LOGISTICS OF ALL OF THAT RIGHT NOW. OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, IF THERE ARE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS, I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE'S NO ANNOUNCEMENTS GOING ONCE, TWICE. OH, JUST ADRIANA, JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT DECEMBER WE DO NOT MEET. SO FOR OUR NEW FOLKS ONLINE, DECEMBER, WE'VE RECESS. SO WE WILL COME BACK ON IN JANUARY. EXCEPT ALLOCATIONS, EXCEPT TWO COMMITTEES. THERE'S TWO COMMITTEES THAT DO MEET TWO LUCKY COMMITTEES. AND IT IS THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE, UM, AND THE ANNUAL REPORT COMMITTEE. SO THEY WILL MEET, BUT THE OTHER TWO COMMITTEE OR UM, PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE WILL NOT MEET. [01:10:01] AND THEN FULL COMMISSION WILL ALSO NOT MEET IN DECEMBER. WE'LL COME BACK IN JANUARY. OKAY. SO IF WE DON'T SEE YOU BEFORE THEN HAPPY HOLIDAYS. WAIT, COMMISSIONER , I'M, I DON'T KNOW. YOU WANNA FLIP A COIN? WHICH I GO, UM, SORRY, I DID NOT HAVE MY HEAD STRAIGHT. LOOKING AT THE AGENDA, I JUST WANNA, UH, CALL ATTENTION TO THE COMMUNITY ARTIST PROGRAM. UM, YOU HAVE A BRIEFING MEMO ON THAT. THERE'S NO NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT, UM, I THINK WE'D BE REMISS WITHOUT ALSO MENTIONING, UH, RHONDA IVORY AND THE HARD WORK THAT SHE DOES WITH THAT PROGRAM. SO THAT IS ANOTHER THING THE ALLOCATIONS COMMITTEE VOTED ON. IT DOESN'T COME TO FULL COMMISSION, BUT, UM, CONSISTENT WITH WHAT, UM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AYS SAID ABOUT BRINGING THE EXCITEMENT OF ALL THE PROGRAMMING. UH, BE SURE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT PROGRAM. 'CAUSE THAT IS THE PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES, UM, ARTISTS TO EVENTS THAT ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND THE ARTISTS ARE THEN PAID BY FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF DALLAS. SO, I'M SORRY IF I NEGLECTED TO MENTION THAT EARLIER. AND COMMISSIONER HAS A SAYING. YES. UM, THE ARTS ADVOCACY IS HAVING THEIR HOLIDAY PARTY AT, UH, ON DECEMBER 8TH. IT'S A MONDAY. UH, AND EVERYBODY SHOULD, SHOULD GO. UM, 'CAUSE IT'S JUST A TIME FOR THE ARTS ADVOCACY GROUPS TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND TO APPRECIATE YOU. UM, SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT, UH, ADRIANA HAS THE INFORMATION TO SHARE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. WITH ALL BUSINESS BEING DULY CONDUCTED, I HAVE ONE. SO I WAS JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY BRUCE WOULD DANCE. IT'S TOMORROW, NEXT WEEKEND. YEAH, THIS WHOLE WEEKEND WITH ROBERT BATTLES CHOREOGRAPHER. IT'S GONNA BE AN AWESOME PERFORMANCE. I'M, I'M GONNA BE THERE SATURDAY NIGHT, SO. OKAY. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS AND OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, ALL BUSINESS HAVING BEEN DULY CONDUCTED, I CONSIDER THE CULTURE, THE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED. YAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB. * 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.