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I WANNA

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GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.

WE'VE GOT A LOT TO TALK.

OH, YAY.

[Cultural Arts Commission on January 17, 2023. ]

GOOD.

YOU'RE GOOD.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M GONNA CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY.

OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR FOR THE CULTURE ARTS COMMISSION.

UH, TODAY'S JANUARY 17TH.

UM, I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS BOUGHT, GOT A LOT OF, UH, RUNNING SHOES BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT ON OUR PLATE THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, AND WE'RE GONNA NEED EVERYBODY'S INVOLVEMENT.

WE'RE NOT GONNA BE JUST A SITTING BOARD.

WE ARE GONNA BE AN ACTIVE BOARD.

SO, UM, GET READY.

SO LET'S START OUT WITH THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR LAST MEETING.

IF EVERYBODY COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE.

IF YOU, WE JUST KNOW THAT WE NEED TO AVENA AS ONE OF OUR MEMBERS.

SHE WAS PRESENT LAST TIME, BUT WE JUST NEED TO GET HER ON THE .

SHE WAS SAYING THAT SHE'S JUST NOT ON SINCE SHE'S A NEW MEMBER.

YEAH.

NOT ON THERE YET, BUT WE'LL GET HER ON THERE.

SO, DO I HEAR ANY, UH, ADDITION CORRECTIONS MOVED AS WRITTEN, BUT THE ADDITION OF THE MOVE? I MOVE, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN.

OKAY.

WELL, AS AS AMENDED? YEAH.

AMENDED.

AMEND THE AMENDED ONES.

WHICH IT SECOND.

I'LL SECOND.

OKAY.

OUR SECOND.

THAT'S FINE.

THANK YOU.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

AND OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION, OUR DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

GREAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

SO HAPPY NEW YEAR.

SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS MEETING, UH, TODAY.

AND WE, AGAIN, WE HAVE LOTS TO COVER SO YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG IN YOUR PACKET.

I'VE GOT THE DIRECTOR'S NOTES, UM, JUST RIGHT AFTER THE MINUTES.

UM, SO TONIGHT, UH, IT'S VERY EXCITING.

THE CITY OF GARLAND WILL OFFICIALLY WELCOME, UH, JUDSON REX AS THE NEW CITY MANAGER.

UM, COUNSEL WILL ALSO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE MR. BRADFORD FOR HIS SERVICE.

UH, MR. BRADFORD HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY OF GARLAND FOR 29 YEARS.

WOW.

SO HE'S A TREMENDOUS INDIVIDUAL.

HAS, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY BEEN THROUGH THE CITY THROUGH SOME CHALLENGING TIMES BETWEEN I THINK THE, THE TERRORISM INCIDENT AND THE WEATHER.

AND, UM, BUT REALLY IS, HAS BEEN SUCH AN ADVOCATE FOR EMPLOYEES AND WE'RE, UM, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HIS RETIREMENT, BUT REALLY GONNA MISS HIM.

YEAH, WE'RE GONNA MISS HIM, FOR SURE.

MM-HMM.

.

UM, AND SO SOMETHING ELSE, UH, THAT WILL BE ANNOUNCED TONIGHT TOO, THAT, THAT ACTUALLY I JUST FOUND OUT, AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT, UM, OUR ANDY HESSER, WHO'S OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR, HAS BEEN PROMOTED TO AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

WOW.

WOW.

YEAH.

SO REALLY EXCITING.

WE'LL STILL STAY IN HIS GROUP.

UM, I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER MANAGING DIRECTOR.

BUT, UM, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR NEWER, UH, COMMISSIONERS, THE, THE WAY THAT THE CITY'S STRUCTURED, WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER.

UM, WE HAVE A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MITCH BATES, AND THEN, UH, TWO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, ACTUALLY THREE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS.

THEN IN GARLAND, THERE'S LIKE A MANAGING DIRECTOR, YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, BUT ANDY'S, UM, KIND OF FAMILY OF DEPARTMENTS WILL INCLUDE PARKS AND RECREATION, CULTURAL ARTS, UM, PLANNING, BUILDING INSPECTIONS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY, UM, AND LIBRARIES.

SO ACTUALLY THEY'LL PROBABLY BE SOME COOL OPPORTUNITIES TO, FOR US TO INTERACT WITH SOME OTHER GROUPS.

SO, EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UM, I'M ALSO SO THRILLED TO INTRODUCE MISS DOMINIQUE STANSBERRY.

SHE IS OUR CULTURAL ARTS SUPERVISOR OVER MARKETING AND BOX OFFICE.

HER FIRST DAY WAS OCTOBER 31ST.

UH, SO, SO WE HAVE, SO THIS IS HER FIRST, EVEN THOUGH SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR A WHILE, AND I FEEL LIKE SHE'S MET SOME FOLKS.

THIS IS HER FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING.

SHE'S TREMENDOUS.

YEAH.

SHE'S AN INCREDIBLE ADDITION TO OUR TEAM.

UM, JUST IN THE VERY SHORT TIME SHE'S BEEN HERE, SHE'S ALREADY UPPED OUR SOCIAL MEDIA BY LIKE 300, YOU KNOW, JUST RIGHT AWAY.

SO, I MEAN, YEAH, SHE, SHE'S DOING GREAT STUFF AND REALLY, UH, HELPING US MAIL LIST.

YEAH.

THAT'S DONE.

AMAZING.

THANK YOU.

SO, SO, I'M, I'M EXCITED FOR Y'ALL TO GET TO KNOW HER BETTER AND, UM, AND HAVE HER HELP US WITH COOL THINGS HAPPENING HERE.

UM, SO WITH, OKAY.

SO MOVING ON.

UM, SO THE LOVELY MISS TERESA CLAPPER HAS PUT TOGETHER AMAZING INFORMATION FOR US TODAY.

AND SO AT THE BACK OF YOUR REPORT, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A REAL, UM, DETAILED ATTENDANCE REPORT.

SO THIS IS FANTASTIC.

THIS IS SO QUARTER ONE FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND, WHICH WOULD BE OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.

SO THIS, THESE ARE ATTENDANCE REPORTS, UM, FOR THE GRANDVILLE

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ARTS CENTER, FOR THE PLAZA, AND FOR THE ATRIUM.

AND THE ONES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THOSE ARE OUR AFFILIATES AND ASSOCIATES.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE ATTENDANCE IN THAT.

AND THIS IS A GREAT REPORT THAT OUR NEW BOOKING SOFTWARE IS GENERATING FOR US.

SO IT SAVES A LOT OF TIME, IT SAVES SO MUCH TIME.

AND THAT KIND OF TRANSITIONS INTO, UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH TWO NEW SOFTWARE PLATFORMS, UH, FOR OUR OPERATIONS.

WE HAVE A NEW RESERVATION SYSTEM, AS TERESA ALLUDED TO, AND WE ALSO HAVE A NEW TICKETING SYSTEM.

AND BOTH OF THOSE SOFTWARES WILL IMPACT OUR GROUPS.

UM, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK MORE AT LENGTH IN MARCH WHEN WE KIND OF LOOK AT SOME POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

BUT WITH THIS NEW SOFTWARE PROGRAM, WE ARE RECONCILING ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

SO WE'RE ASKING THAT OUR CLIENTS AND OUR, OUR, OUR CLIENT ARE RENTERS ARE, ARE PAID IN FULL AT THE END OF THEIR EVENT.

UM, WITH OUR NEW TICKETING SOFTWARE, THE WAY THAT IT DOES ITS PAYOUT IS AFTER THE EVENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM A NUTS AND BOLTS, AND WE CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN MARCH, WE, WE ARE, UH, GONNA ASK FOR SOME CHANGES TO OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT I THINK WILL HELP THE GROUPS, WILL HELP US DEFINITELY FROM A MARKETING STANDPOINT, AND WILL ALSO HELP US KIND OF KEEP SOME CLEANER BOOK RECORDS, SOME BOOKKEEPING, SO MORE TO COME LATER.

UM, SO THAT TAKES CARE OF ATTENDANCE, EVENTS AND OPERATIONS.

THE NEXT THING IS A PUBLIC ART PROCESS.

IN NOVEMBER, ON NOVEMBER, I THINK IT WAS, I CAN'T REMEMBER.

14TH, I BELIEVE.

YEAH.

NOVEMBER 14TH.

UH, ONE OF THE ITEMS LISTED IN THE CULTURAL ARTS PLAN WAS TO PUT TOGETHER A PUBLIC ART PROCESS BASED ON FEEDBACK I'VE HAD FROM THE COMMISSION.

YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEEDED, THE CITY OF GARLAND REALLY NEEDED A MORE STREAMLINED APPROACH TO PUBLIC ART.

IT SEEMED LIKE THERE WERE SOME DEPARTMENTS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF CONSISTENCY.

SO WITH THE NEW PUBLIC ART PROCESS, UM, BASICALLY THERE WAS, IS A PROJECT PROPOSAL.

SO THE PROJECT PROPOSAL IS, UM, SUBMITTED AND THERE HAS TO BE A DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT PROPOSAL.

SO, FOR AN EXAMPLE, IF THERE WERE TO BE A SCULPTURE AT THE TENNIS CENTER, OKAY, THE NATURAL, UM, DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PROJECT WOULD BE PARKS AND REC.

BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I THINK FOR Y'ALL TO KNOW IS THAT ANY PUBLIC ART IN THE FUTURE WILL INVOLVE AT LEAST ONE COMMISSIONER ON THE PANEL.

SO THAT HELPS, UM, THAT HELPS GET THE ARTS COMMISSION'S VOICE AS PART OF THE PUBLIC ART PROCESS.

AND I, I, I THINK IT'S GONNA REALLY, UM, THIS IS WORKING TOGETHER.

AGREE.

ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH.

AT LEAST WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, SO I LIKE THAT.

YOU BET.

OKAY.

SO DEEPEN YOUR PACKET.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT LIKE HOW THE PUBLIC, HOW THE PANEL'S COMPRISED.

YOU KNOW, THIS APPROACH ALSO ASKS FOR VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT MAY HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF ART BACKGROUND, LIKE AN ARTIST OR AN ARCHITECT OR A GRAPHIC DESIGNER.

THEY COULD BE A PART OF THE PANEL WITH ONE, WITH A COMMISSIONER, AT LEAST ONE COMMISSIONER, AND THEN SOME OF THE CITY STAFF THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, RELATED TO THE PROJECT AS WELL TOO.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO KIND OF A LITTLE GENERAL FLOW CHART ON THE NEXT PAGE.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE FOLLOWING PAGE, THE LITTLE COLORED KIND OF A FLOW CHART STARTS WITH A PROPOSAL, A PROJECT PROPOSAL, UM, AND THEN KIND OF WORKS ITSELF THROUGH, THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

SO, QUESTION, IS THAT YES, SIR.

PER, IS THIS PER ART PROJECT? YES, SIR.

OKAY.

SO WILL WE CREATE SOME TYPE OF ROTATION FOR US, OR HOW? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO COM, UH, WHERE THE PROJECT IS BASED, WHICH DISTRICT? OKAY.

YEAH.

THEN IT AUTOMATICALLY, YOU'RE THE COMMISSIONER REPRESENTING THAT DISTRICT.

YOU HAVE TO WRITE A FIRST REFUSAL AT, LIKE, IF YOU CAN'T DO IT, THEN, THEN WE COULD ASK SOMEBODY ELSE.

IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT, YOU WOULD BE THE, THE FIRST ONE UNLESS YOU COULDN'T DO IT.

AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET SOMEBODY ELSE OF US.

OKAY.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I THINK WHAT IT DEMONSTRATES, IT SHOWS THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT OUR PUBLIC ART.

IT SHOWS THAT THERE'S KIND OF A PROCESS THAT'S TRANSPARENT AND THAT'S CONSISTENT TOO.

SO IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, ONE GROUP JUST GOING OUT AND PICKING AN ARTIST AND DOING A PROJECT.

THERE'S, THERE'S SOME CONSISTENCY WITH IT.

SO, GOOD.

WE HAD A LOT.

YEAH.

SO THAT, THAT WAS A BIG WIN.

WE'RE, WE'RE FEELING GOOD ABOUT THAT.

YOU THINK? JUST ONE SAY, UH, THE RAINBOW, UH, DOWN ON 66, YOU KNOW, WE, THEY HAD, THEY BUILT THAT, UH, JUST GOING INTO THE, GOING

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INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, LIKE A CEMENT THING, YOU KNOW? YES.

WELL, NOW ON THE OTHER SIDE, THERE'S ANOTHER RAINBOW THING.

I WONDER WHERE THAT CAME FROM.

I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE SAME PROJECT WITH NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY.

OH, OKAY.

I BELIEVE IT IS.

SO, I MEAN, CUZ THAT OTHER ONE HAD BEEN THERE FOR SO LONG, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, NOW THIS ONE'S HERE.

LET ME, LET ME DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT.

THAT'S KIND OF INTERESTING.

I'M JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHERE IT, WHO, WHO DID IT OR WHERE IT CAME FROM.

WHO BAITED IT TALKING.

IT'S REALLY, I MEAN, IT'S NICE, BUT IT'S ON 66 A RAINBOW.

YEAH, RIGHT PAST THAT BALLPARK ON THE LEFT.

ANYWAY, RAINBOW ESTATE.

YEAH, I, THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED.

BUT ANYWAY, UH, IT'S VERY PRETTY.

BUT I WAS JUST LIKE, WHERE'D THAT COME FROM? ? YEAH.

BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE'D ONLY DONE THE CEMENT ONE.

YES.

I, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

OKAY.

NOPE.

NO BIGGIE QUESTION.

SO, ON, ON THE SAME QUESTION.

YES SIR.

HOW, SO? SELECTING THE COMMISSIONER BY DISTRICT, BUT THEN YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY'LL BE COMMUNITY INDIVIDUALS, HOW THOSE INDIVIDUALS SELECTED.

SO THAT IS SELECTED BY THE SPONSORING DEPARTMENT.

I MEAN, I REALLY HOPE THAT THE, UH, CITY DEPARTMENT SPONSOR, UHHUH CITY DEPARTMENT SPONSORED.

YES.

I, I, WE'LL SEE.

WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE OF THESE COME THROUGH THE SYSTEM YET.

RIGHT.

SO ONCE ONE OF THESE COME THROUGH THE SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, WORK THE FLAWS WORK, YEAH.

KINDA WORK THROUGH THE KINKS.

YOU KNOW, UM, OUR, UH, WHAT WE SHARED WITH COUNCIL IS THAT REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE ARTS COMMISSION, THIS IS THE GROUP THAT HAS THE KNOWLEDGE AND THE EXPERIENCE AND, YOU KNOW, IS, IS CHARGED WITH PROVIDING ARTS AND CULTURAL EXPERIENCES FOR GARLAND.

SO, YOU KNOW, FIGURING OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN REALLY HAVE THIS GROUP BE A PART OF THE PROCESS, I THINK WILL BE HELPFUL TO EVERYONE.

GREAT.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE PUBLIC ART PROCESS OR, UM, I SEE A STRUCTURE, BUT I DON'T SEE HOW IT, UM, ENSURES DIVERSITY.

SO I WOULD SAY, LET'S JUST LOOK AT THAT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE POWER OF THE SELECTION IS WITHIN THE CITY GROUP.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE PRESENT THOSE PARAMETERS, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW THAT.

IT'S A GREAT POINT.

HAVE SOME TYPE OF GUIDELINES TO MAKE SURE THAT IT COMES OUT.

THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

YEAH.

THAT'S A, I THINK, UH, WE NEED TO, I DON'T KNOW HOW I BETTER SAY THIS, JUST CANNOT SAY IT.

WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO OUR, UM, MINORITY COMMUNITIES TO FIND ARTISTS THAT ARE HIDING AWAY.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT IN SCHOOL ANY LONGER, SO THEY DON'T HAVE A WAY TO EXPRESS IT.

BUT I THINK MAYBE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA YEAH.

WE CAN REACH OUT AND FIND IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE A, A, A REALLY GOOD HISPANIC ARTIST, NOT JUST TO DRAW OUR PAINT, BUT SCULPTURE PLAYS THE GUITAR, RIGHT.

PLAYS THE PIANO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SAME THING FOR ANY OF OUR MINORITY GROUPS.

YEAH.

AND I, THERE WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO REACH OUT AND TRY TO FIND THESE PEOPLE, BRING 'EM OUT FROM HIDING AND, AND THEN GET THEM INVOLVED WITH OUR, UH, CULTURAL ARTS ACTIVITIES.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE, WITH THE GIS D ART SHOW, AT LEAST THAT GETS THAT GROUP AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW? AND SO, I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE PERHAPS STUDENTS, NOT STUDENTS.

YEAH.

BUT, BUT THAT THEY'RE AT LEAST INTRODUCED TO THAT.

YES.

SO THAT ONCE THEY GET OUT, THEY KNOW STILL WHAT'S GOING.

SO YES.

BUT THAT'S JUST AT LEAST A START.

I MEAN, I AGREE THAT WE, I DON'T TO DO IT.

THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING THAT WE, WE JUST NEED TO FIND A WAY, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY IDEAS HOW WE CAN REACH OUT, MAYBE SEND, YOU KNOW, UH, ANNOUNCEMENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO THE CHURCHES.

YOU REACH OUT TO THE CHURCHES, THESE PEOPLE, UH, THEY SHOULD BE GOING TO CHURCH, BUT WE CAN REACH OUT IN THAT, IN THAT DIRECTION, UHHUH, YOU KNOW, AND SAY, OKAY, THE SEA OF GARLAND IS THINKING ABOUT DOING THIS.

RIGHT.

SEND SOMETHING, SOME KIND OF NOTICE TO THE CHURCHES SO THAT THE CHURCHES CAN ANNOUNCE IT.

SOME KIND OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR SURE.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A VIETNAMESE CULTURAL CENTER THERE ON BELTLINE TOO.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

WE'VE, WE JUST, WERE AT THE CALI SAIGON LUNAR MM-HMM.

, UH, CELEBRATIONS.

SO I THINK THIS IS THOUGH WHERE Y'ALL AS BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN HELP CONNECT AND HELP MM-HMM.

, YOU KNOW, HELP OPEN UP UP SOME OF THOSE DOORS.

I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO SEND INFORMATION ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS, BUT SOMETIMES Y'ALL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS

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MAY KNOW, OH GOSH, YOU REALLY NEED TO TALK TO THIS PERSON THAT, YOU KNOW, MOUNT HE MM-HMM.

OR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE LOVE ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET.

SO.

ALRIGHT.

NOW LUTA AND I, UH, I MEAN, UNLESS Y'ALL ALL SPEAK SPANISH AS WELL, BUT IF, IF ON MY PART, IF YOU HAVE A HISPANIC CHURCH OR HISPANIC COMMUNITY CENTER, WHATEVER, AND YOU WANT ME TO COME AND TALK TO THEM, LET ME KNOW.

YEAH.

I'LL BE GLAD TO MAKE SOME TIME TO GO.

I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO THAT.

YEAH.

WHAT ABOUT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I NOTICED SOMETIMES ON, UH, BROADWAY AND SOMETIMES THEY PUT UP, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE BANNERS, LIKE SAY, ARE WE GONNA HAVE ANYTHING FOR BIG ART DAY? OR ARE WE GONNA HAVE ANY OF THAT? AND IF IT'S, IS THAT UP TO US TO PUT THOSE UP? DOES THE CITY DO IT? HOW DO WE GET THOSE OUT? SURE.

NO, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

SO LIKE POLE BANNERS.

YEAH.

OKAY.

SO WHEN WE GET INTO THE BIG ART DAY CONVERSATION, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S FINE.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S, YEAH, NO PROBLEM.

OKAY.

WE'LL HAVE SIT BACK.

OKAY.

THAT'S GREAT.

NO.

OKAY.

I, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S A CONSTANT, AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE THAT COUNCIL SHARED WITH, UM, MR. REX AS THEY WERE KIND OF INTERVIEWING IT'S COMMUNICATION.

THERE SEEMS TO BE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS HARD, I THINK, FOR THE CITY TO REACH RESIDENTS IN WAYS, YOU KNOW, AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, WELL, IS THE CITY PRESS REALLY A USEFUL TOOL? AND DOES IT NEED TO BE IN MULTI, YOU KNOW, LINGUAL? AND SO, WELL, I THINK IT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS NEED TO BE VERY AWARE OF IS HOW WE'RE, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT AND WHO, WHO AND WHERE.

AND BECAUSE WE WANT INVOLVEMENT FROM EVERYONE.

YES, FOR SURE.

SO, UM, THE NEXT THING THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS COMMISSION TO KNOW, UM, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, BUT, UH, WE ARE PURSUING, AND THIS WAS ALSO OUTLINED IN THE, UH, CULTURAL PLAN.

UH, A CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION FOR, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS DOWNTOWN AREA THAT INCORPORATES THE ARTS CENTERS AND THE HISTORY MUSEUM AND DOWNTOWN.

AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN PROBABLY TOUCHING A LITTLE BIT TO CENTRAL PARK.

SO AT THE END OF JANUARY THIS MONTH, WE'LL HAVE A LETTER THAT GOES TO AUSTIN THAT SAYS THAT THE CITY OF GARLAND IS OFFICIALLY PURSUING A CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION.

UM, AND THEN IN JANUARY, OR EXCUSE ME IN JUNE, WE'LL SUBMIT THE APPLICATION.

UM, SO IT'S A, IT'S A PRETTY EXCITING POSSIBILITY FOR US BECAUSE IT WOULD OPEN UP SOME GRANT OPPORTUNITIES IF WE GET THIS CULTURAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION.

THERE ARE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES INVOLVED THAT COULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR NOT ONLY OUR GROUPS, BUT FOR ANY TYPES OF PROJECTS OR INITIATIVES THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THE COMMISSION IS THINKING ABOUT.

UM, AND I THINK ONE OF GARLAND'S STRENGTHS WILL BE THE DIVER DIVERSITY.

IT'S JUST WHAT A DIVERSE COMMUNITY THIS IS.

I THINK THAT IS GONNA BE A HUGE, UM, STRENGTH IN OUR APPLICATION.

SO, UM, JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S OUT THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL KIND OF, I THINK, FLOATING AROUND SOME DIFFERENT, UM, NAMES OF WHAT THE DISTRICT MIGHT BE.

BUT, UH, SOME INPUT HAS BEEN THE DOWNTOWN GARLAND CULTURAL ARTS DISTRICT.

IT'S KIND OF WHAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW MM-HMM.

.

SO, UM, WE HAVE LOTS OF AWESOME THINGS HAPPENING HERE IN THE NEXT, UH, FEW MONTHS.

ACTUALLY, WAY MORE THAN THAT'S ON THIS LITTLE LIST HERE.

DOMINIQUE CAN ATTEST.

SHE'S BEEN MADLY UPDATING THE WEBSITE AND CREATING FACEBOOK EVENTS.

UM, A FEW THINGS THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ARE ON YOUR RADAR.

THE CHAMBER AWARDS, UM, ARE ON MONDAY, JANUARY THE 30TH, WE WILL HAVE REPRESENTATIVE TIPS FROM OUR, UM, OUR CHAIR, OUR CHAIR, AND OUR VICE CHAIR AND TREASURER WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE, WHICH IS TERRIFIC.

UM, THERE'S ALSO STATE OF THE CITY ON FEBRUARY 13TH.

SO THE MAYOR WILL PROVIDE HIS UPDATE AND THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME REPRESENTATION FROM DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THE CITY.

THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW.

WHERE WILL THAT BE? UM, THAT WILL BE AT THE ATRIUM.

SO BOTH THE CHAMBER AWARDS AND STATE OF THE CITY ARE AT THE ATRIUM.

SEVEN O'CLOCK, UH, I THINK ISH.

IS THE CHAMBER WARS TICKETED? THE CHAMBER AWARDS IS TICKETED IN THE MORNING.

EVENTS IN THE MORNING.

10 30 IS IN THE MORNING.

YEAH.

YEAH.

WHY DID THEY DO THAT? THEY, I DON'T YEAH, BECAUSE THEY WANNA BE AT WORK WHEN THEY'RE DOING IT AND NOT HAVE TO WORK AFTER MAYBE, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW.

COULD BE.

YEAH.

BUT THE STATE OF THE CITY IS AN AFTER HOURS.

THAT'S AN EVENING TYPE OF EVENT.

OKAY.

UM, THE OTHER THINGS TOO, THE, THESE ARE NOT COMMISSION FUNDED, UH, PERFORMANCES, BUT THEY ARE COMING OUT OF OUR,

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UM, CULTURAL ARTS CITY DOLLARS EVENTS ARE, WE'RE HAVING THIS MAVA STAPLES ON MARCH 24TH.

HUGE.

HUGE, HUGE, HUGE.

UM, AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE PEAKING ACROBATS ON MARCH 27TH, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING TOO.

THEY'VE BEEN ON, THEY 'EM OUT OF CHINA, .

OH, WHAT MITCH, WHAT'D YOU SAY? SHUT DOWN AND OFF.

YEAH.

YEAH.

THEY'RE TOURING OVER THE PLACE RIGHT NOW, AMERICA.

IN AMERICA.

BUT THE, THIS GROUP HAS BEEN ON TOUR FOR 30 YEARS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE A POLITICAL MESSAGE.

THERE'S SOME OTHER KINDS ABOUT, NO.

YEAH.

OH, I KNOW.

ARE THEY, ARE THEY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES NOW? THEY'RE NOT TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH.

THEY ARE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

YEAH.

THEY, THEY KICKED OFF THEIR SPRING.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

IS THAT THEY'RE YEAH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WE'RE, THEY'RE BEING WORKED IN ON A MONDAY, RIGHT? YES.

YEAH.

WE COULD ONLY GET 'EM HERE TO GARLAND ON A MONDAY, BUT IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE TERRIFIC.

SO LOTS OF GOOD STUFF THERE.

UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE Y'ALL A QUICK UPDATE TOO, JUST ON OUR MARKETING OUTLETS.

UM, AS I REFERENCED EARLIER, OUR, OUR FACEBOOK, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA RIGHT NOW, THE CITY, UM, IS PRETTY CONSERVATIVE IN TERMS OF LIKE, USING OTHER PLATFORMS. SO THE CITY IS REALLY ONLY COMFORTABLE, UH, WITH US HAVING A FACEBOOK PAGE AT THIS TIME.

WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT.

UM, BUT, UH, WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND THERE.

OUR EMAIL LIST IS, THIS IS AN AMAZING LIST JUST BECAUSE OF THE RATE OF OPENS.

I MEAN, IT'S A REALLY OPENED, PEOPLE ARE USING IT.

IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A 1% OPEN.

I WANNA SAY IT'S 30, 35% OPEN.

UM, AND THEN OUR MAIL LIST IS ABOUT 16,000.

TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT.

CUZ YOU, MY AGE METER STARTS RUNNING.

SO YEAH, WE'RE ONLY ON FACEBOOK.

YEAH.

BECAUSE THE CITY, THE CITY THAT'S, CAUSE THAT'S THEIR PREFERRED PLAN BECAUSE THE CITY GETS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY AND, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO IT'S ONE THING FOR CITIES TO KIND OF MONITOR, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY HAVE TO START TO MONITOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLATFORMS AND YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE, IF INFORMATION IS NOT BEING PRESENTED IN A WAY THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH OR IF THERE'S COMMENTS.

SO RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST FACEBOOK, BUT IT'S THE COMMENTS ON FACEBOOK.

THE COMMENTS.

YEAH.

WELL, WELL, I MEAN, I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WAS KIND OF CREATED THAT PRESENTATION IN THIS.

YEAH, SO THERE IS AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT FOR THE CITY OF GARLAND.

OKAY.

BUT US AS A DIVISION, WE'RE NOT, I DON'T KNOW.

DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? I KNOW YOU'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS.

YEAH, I'VE TALKED WITH, UH, OUR, THE SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER ABOUT IT.

HE BASICALLY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT THEY ARE HESITANT ABOUT LIKE, HAVING, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS BEING ON MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, IT'S HARDER FOR THEM TO LIKE MONITOR SOMETIMES PEOPLE FOR, FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WHEN THEY DO GET THE MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, THEY DON'T KEEP UP WITH ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.

RIGHT.

SO NOW WE JUST HAVE DEAD PAGES THAT LIKE ARE, YOU KNOW, ALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME DEPARTMENT.

AND SO HE DOESN'T WANT ANY MORE OF THAT HAPPENING.

HE WOULD RATHER, IF YOU DO WANNA POST ON INSTAGRAM, JUST SHARE IT WITH THE CITY'S INSTAGRAM AND THEN THEY CAN SHARE IT THAT WAY.

BUT I DO THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO HAVE AN INSTAGRAM BECAUSE IT'S 2023 .

YEAH.

AND LIKE, EVERYBODY'S ON INSTAGRAM NOW.

AND SO, UH, TWITTER NOT SO MUCH, BUT INSTAGRAM FOR SURE.

SO, YEAH.

WHAT'S THE CITY OF DARLING'S, UH, POSITION ON TIKTOK? I KNOW A LOT OF GOVERNMENTS, IT'S LIKE THEY'RE KIND OF, THEY'RE, THEY HAVEN'T OFFICIALLY SHUT IT ALL.

YEAH.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS A TIKTOK YET, RIGHT.

NO.

AND YEAH, THEY'RE KIND OF NOT REALLY FEELING IT RIGHT NOW AND UNDERSTANDABLY SO.

SO A LITTLE BIT MORE PERSONAL.

YEAH.

THE STATE HAS SAID THE STATE EMPLOYEES CAN'T HAVE IT ON THERE.

YEAH.

THAT ON THEIR STATE ISSUED DEVICE.

OH YEAH.

I WAS LIKE, UHOH .

BUT YEAH, THAT'S THE GOOD THING ABOUT INSTAGRAM IS THAT THEY HAVE LIKE REELS AND AVAILABLE AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY REALLY POPULAR IN THERE.

FACEBOOK HAS REELS TOO, BUT NOT AS POPULAR ON FACEBOOK.

BUT THAT'S WOULD BE A GOOD ADD-ON CUZ WE COULD DO VIDEO IF WE DID HAVE AN INSTAGRAM.

SO FOR NOW MM-HMM.

, THE EVENTS THAT WE HOST OR THAT ARE HOSTED IN ONE OF THE FACILITIES, Y'ALL JUST FORWARD ALL THAT TO THEM FOR INSTAGRAM TRAFFIC.

SO I ONLY WANT TO DO THAT ON THE CITY WHEN IT'S AN IMPORTANT EVENT OR A VERY BIG EVENT BECAUSE, OR NOT IMPORTANT CAUSE THEY'RE ALL IMPORTANT EVENTS, BUT LIKE A REALLY BIG EVENT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LIKE CLOG UP THEIR INSTAGRAM WITH ALL OF THEIR EVENT, OUR EVENTS BECAUSE THEN, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT AS WELL SPACE.

EXACTLY.

YEAH.

AND SO LIKE, THEY ALSO HAVE ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT DON'T HAVE INSTAGRAMS THAT WANNA SHARE INFORMATION TO THEM AS WELL.

AND SO I'M KIND OF SAVING THAT LIKE, STUFF TO SHARE WITH THEM WHENEVER IT'S SOMETHING BIG.

SO LIKE NATIVE STAPLES, I'M GONNA LET THEM KNOW ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY GOT IT SOON HERE SO I CAN, WE CAN GET SOME MORE, YOU KNOW, LAST MINUTE TICKET SALES, STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT YEAH, THAT'S LIKE MY IDEA GOING INTO IT NOW.

HOPEFULLY WE GET AN INSTAGRAM, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, BUT, BECAUSE I

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THINK OUR INFORMATION TRANSLATES WELL INTO INSTAGRAM.

RIGHT.

WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING STUFF.

YOU GOTTA SEE A PICTURE OF IT.

EXACTLY.

IT'S NOT LIKE, HEY, REMEMBER DON'T TAKE OUT YOUR TRASH ON THURSDAY.

I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S SALES.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

WE'LL GET THERE.

AND SHE'S SO GOOD.

I MEAN, I THINK WE'LL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ALSO GIVE THEM A COMFORT LEVEL THAT OUR CONTENT WILL BE QUALITY AND YEAH.

IS THERE ANY PROVISION OF, NOT THE PROVISION, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD, IS THERE ANY PROHIBITION AGAINST US USING OUR INSTAGRAM, TIKTOK, TWITTER TO COPY THE INFORMATION AND SEND IT OUT? I DON'T THINK SO.

NO.

I JUST WANT, YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I MEAN, I THINK ANYTIME, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, Y'ALL ARE OUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND.

YOU'RE THE VOICES IN THE, THE COMMUNITY.

ANYTIME YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE SHARING LIKE THE BIG ART DAY OR WHATEVER, UH, WAS SENT OUT AND THEN MM-HMM.

, I, I PUT IT ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE JUST SO MY PEOPLE ON INSTAGRAM I THINK TOO.

SO YEAH.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

YEAH.

OKAY.

AND CAN WE GO BACK A LITTLE BIT? SURE.

THE EMERALD CITY FUNDRAISER, UHHUH .

WE'LL GET TO, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE YET.

WE'RE GONNA GET TO, GONNA GET, HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE YET.

OKAY.

.

OH, OKAY.

YOU'RE LIKE, PHEW.

COME DOWN .

UM, SO THEN, UH, I MEAN, I GUESS ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT MARKETING AT THIS TIME OR, OKAY, WELCOME.

YES, WELCOME.

WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HER HERE.

I NOW, SINCE OCTOBER , SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN IN THERE.

YEAH.

YEAH.

SO, UH, JUST AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE SENT THESE OUT KIND OF AN EMAIL, BUT JUST AS A QUICK REVIEW, YOU KNOW, HERE ARE SOME OF THE TENTATIVE TOPICS FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS.

OUR MARCH MEETING IS REALLY GONNA BE ABOUT THE GRANT PROCESS.

UM, AND SOME POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MAY, I'M HOPING THAT WE WILL AS, UM, MEMBERS OF BUSINESS, UH, UH, YEAH.

BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS , UH, WE WE'RE, WE'RE ELIGIBLE TO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM, UM, BCA HERE.

AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL WORK FOR, FOR KATHERINE WAGNER, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

JULY, YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE A TIME FOR US TO TALK STRATEGY ABOUT THE NEXT YEAR.

UM, SEPTEMBER'S, OUR GRANTING IN OCTOBER IS THE VOTING.

IT JUST MM-HMM.

.

YEP.

JUST ROLLS, ROLLS ON.

SO, UM, AND I THINK WITH THAT, WE WOULD MOVE INTO AN UPDATE ABOUT BUSINESS COUNCIL ON THE ARM BUSINESS COUNCIL ARTS.

YES.

WE'VE HAD, I THINK WE'VE HAD THREE MEETINGS SINCE THE LAST TIME WE TALKED.

AND I'M, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS KIND OF STORM SOME OF WHAT WE HAD IN THE LAST ONE AND, AND MAYBE HAVE A PRESENTATION SOMETIME.

OKAY.

THE WORK SESSION OR SOMETHING.

CAUSE IT WAS ABOUT, THIS LAST ONE WAS ABOUT FUNDRAISING AND THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.

I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GOOD.

THE, UM, THE, OUR THIRD SEC IN NOVEMBER, OUR, UH, PRESENTATION WAS ART AND SOCIAL IMPACT.

AND IT WAS HELD AT THE DALLAS HOLOCAUST AND HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEUM.

AND WE HAD TALKED FROM, FROM THE, THE, THE PRESIDENT OF, OF THAT, UH, ORGANIZATION TALKED ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM AND HUMAN RIGHTS, HOW IT'S BEYOND THAT.

AND IT'S, UH, IT, UH, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE, IF YOU HAVEN'T EVER BEEN THERE, YOU NEED TO GO.

IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLE.

IT'S INCREDIBLE.

IT, IT, IT FOCUSES ON THE HOLOCAUST AND THEN MOVES INTO HUMAN RIGHTS, UH, OVERALL KIND OF A THING.

IT'S, AND THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, THEIRS? OR IS THAT THE ONE? THIS IS A BRAND.

THIS IS A NEW BUILDING, YES.

THAT'S FOUR YEARS OLD AND IT'S OKAY.

AND WHERE'S IT LOCATED? IT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SIXTH FLOOR MUSEUM.

IT'S A BIG MUSEUM DOWNTOWN.

DOWNTOWN.

OH, OKAY.

GOT IT.

DOWNTOWN.

IT'S A BIG OKAY.

REALLY NICE.

WOW.

OKAY.

BEAUTIFUL EXHIBIT.

IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLE.

SO WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM HER AND ALSO FROM A GROUP CALLED ART DISTILLERY AND ONE FROM THE DALLAS BLACK FILM FESTIVAL.

UH, AND IT WAS ALL BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT ART AND, AND THE IMPACT ART HAS ON SOCIETY AND, UH, AND, UH, BRINGING ART TO DIFFERENT VENUES AND DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, BREAKING OUT OF WHICH YOU NORMALLY THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, ART BEING, UH, THE DECEMBER SESSION WAS ABOUT FINANCIAL MATTERS, AND IT WAS HELD AT THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER.

AND, UH, WE HAD, UH, THE MAIN PRESENTATION FROM WAS FROM, UH, UH, A LADY MAUREEN MCAKY, WHO IS, UH, UM,

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LECTURER AT SMU.

AND, UH, TALKING ABOUT FINANCIALS.

MOST OF ALL THE PROGRAMMING IS, IS BASICALLY THE PEOPLE IN THE, IN THIS LEADERSHIP CLASS, IT'S ALMOST TRAINING TO BE ON A BOARD.

SO A LOT OF THIS IS ORIENTED ABOUT THE FINANCIAL, ABOUT THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF BOARDS AND YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND, AND IT GETS IN A LOT, A LOT OF THAT RESPONSIBILITIES.

AND I HAVE A LOT OF DOCUMENTS IF ANYBODY WANTS ANY, ANYTHING, ANY INFORMATION ON THESE THINGS.

UH, AND LIKE I SAID, THIS LAST ONE IN JANUARY LAST WEEK, UH, WAS ABOUT FUNDRAISING AND DEVELOPMENT.

AND, UM, THE MAIN, UH, PRESENTER WAS CAROL RELANDER.

IT'S, UH, SHE'S HAS A CONSULTING FIRM ABOUT, UH, FUNDRAISING.

AND I'M, I'VE GOT TONS OF INFORMATION FROM HER AND, UH, I THINK IT'S A LOT OF IT IF, UM, AND IT GOES TO THE LLC.

BUT IF WE TALKING ABOUT FUNDRAISING, I, I THINK IT'D BE REALLY GOOD TO, FOR ME TO BREAK OUT A LOT OF HER SLIDES AND A LOT OF HER, WHAT SHE DID AND, AND PRESENT, PRESENT THAT TO, TO THE GROUP AND TALK ABOUT IT.

CUZ THERE WAS A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION.

WE ALSO HAD A PRESENTATION FROM ELIZABETH WHITELEY THAT'S IN CHARGE OF THE FOREST FORWARD, WHICH IS AN INCREDIBLE THING IN SOUTH DALLAS, TAKING THE, THE FOREST THEATER AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

THAT'S RIGHT.

IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLE WHAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING.

IT'S CONNECTED WITH A, A NEW, A NEW ART SCHOOL THAT, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE A FEEDER INTO BOOKER TEA AND, UH, UH, AND HAVE HOUSING SHOPPING.

AND, UH, THEY'VE EXPANDED THE THEATER TO HOLD WHAT, 1200 I IT'S, IT'S QUITE THE, IT IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

AND THE LADY, THIS, UH, ELIZABETH WHITELEY, SHE'S VERY IMPRESSIVE YOUNG LADY.

AND, UM, UM, WELL SAID A PRESENTATION FROM A LADY, UH, ASHLEY SAGES THAT TALKED ABOUT CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION DONORS.

UH, IT KIND OF TIED IN A LOT WITH WHAT THE CAROL RELANDER DID.

SO I'VE GOT ALL THAT INFORMATION.

LOVE TO SHARE.

UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY INTERESTING WITH, WE TALK ABOUT FUNDRAISING SOMETIMES, UH, ALSO IN CONJUNCTION WITH EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING THERE AT THE, THE LEADERSHIP ARTS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY, THEY DO IS THERE'S A, A CLASS PROJECT THAT EVERY CLASS DOES THEIR OWN PROJECT, UH, TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON, ON ART, UH, IN THE, UH, DART COMMUNITY IN, IN DALLAS.

UM, UH, ALL THE IDEAS WERE PRESENTED THAT WERE DEVELOPED AND PRESENTED IN THIS IN THE FALL.

UH, I WORKED WITH A, A YOUNG LADY ON A, ON A PROJECT IDEA AND OURS WAS ACCEPTED THIS LAST MEETING.

AND SO SHE AND I ARE CO-CHAIRS OF THIS, THIS, UH, PROJECT.

AND WHAT IT IS, IT'S GOING TO BRING, IT COMES FROM THE IDEA THAT, THAT ARTISTS WORKING, ARTISTS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR A CAREER IN ART OR, OR HAVE A CAREER IN ART, GET ALL KINDS OF TRAINING IN ART.

THEY KNOW TECHNIQUE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT THEY PROBABLY ARE NOT WELL VERSED IN THE BUSINESS OF RUNNING IT.

HOW TO MARKET YOUR WORK, UH, ART, LAW, ART, UH, RIGHTS, UH, HOW TO PRICE YOUR WORK.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS THAT, THAT THERE'S NOT TRAININGS OF.

AND OUR PROJECT IS TO KIND OF TRY TO ADDRESS THAT AND HAVE A ONE OR TWO DAY SEMINAR, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MAJOR ART EVENT.

IT MAY BE DIFFERENT.

IT WAS GONNA BE THE DALLAS ART, IT MAY BE THE DALLAS ART FAIR, IT MAY BE THE OTHER ART FAIR.

MM-HMM.

, IT, IT'S ONE OF THOSE TWO THAT'S IN THE SPRING.

AND WE'LL HAVE A, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEMINARS BRINGING IN SPEAKERS TO TALK ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT TOPICS AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO, FOR DALLAS AREA ARTIST, UH, TO, TO COME AND, AND, UH, BENEFIT FROM, UH, OUR, OUR THOUGHTS WAS, UH, WE'D REALLY LIKE IF, IF, AND THE BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, SORRY.

UH, IT'S ABOUT THE PAIRING OF THE ART COMMUNITY AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

AND IF YOU WANT A STRONG BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN, IN DALLAS, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THE IMPACT OF THE ARTS ON THE ECONOMY.

AND A STRONG ART COM, UH, ART, STRONG ART COMMUNITY CAN BUILD A STRONG OVERALL COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS, THIS WILL HELP DALLAS AND HOLD HOK.

YOU HAVE EDUCATED ARTISTS WHO ARE, ARE, ARE, UH, SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'VE GOTTA STEP AHEAD OF MOST OF THEIR ARTISTS.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

AND WE HAVE LIKE THREE MONTHS TO PULL IT TOGETHER.

SO , UH, WE'RE, WE'RE IN THAT.

SO YEAH.

ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S, AND

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AND, OKAY.

ONE, ONE OTHER THING IS THE, THE VCAS SO LIKES THIS PROJECT THAT THEY'RE HOPING TO MAKE IT AN ONGOING THING THAT THEY SPONSOR FROM HERE ON EAR YEAR.

COOL.

AND, AND HAVE, HAVE, UH, OTHER PROGRAMS ALIGN WITH IT AND A POSSIBILITY, MAYBE GARLAND CAN HOST SOME OF THIS.

YEAH.

FANTASTIC.

UH, MAKE AN ANNUAL, SEMI-ANNUAL WHATEVER DIFFERENT.

SO I'M HOPING THAT GARLAND CAN HOST ONE OF THESE.

SORRY.

THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

YEAH, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

SO AWESOME.

THANK YOU FOR YEAH.

SEEM VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT TOO, SO THAT'S AWESOME.

OH, YEAH.

YEAH.

I, I'M, WELL, I'M RUNNING ON ADRENALINE RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE KIND OF HAVING OUR FIRST LEAD, FIRST STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING TOMORROW, SO THAT'S COOL.

AND, UH, SO, SO, OH MY GOSH, WE'RE GONNA GET THIS.

WE REALLY STEPPED INTO IT, SO, BUT WITH OUR VIBE AND EVERYTHING COMING UP TOO.

YEAH.

I THINK THAT WILL BE HELP US YEAH.

GET THAT ROLLING AS WELL.

SO, YEAH.

GREAT.

AWESOME.

ALL.

SO I, I THINK THAT WE HAVE OUR, UM, OUR FUTURE MEETINGS CUT.

WE KIND OF COVERED A LITTLE BIT.

MISSED THAT ALREADY.

MM-HMM.

AND, UH, ITEMS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS.

WE JUST, UH, I WOULD, UH, SUGGEST THAT WE REVISIT THE ARTIST DIRECTORY.

I THINK YOU BROUGHT IT UP A FEW TIMES MM-HMM.

, BUT I THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO KIND OF PUT SOME MEAT ON SKELETON AND I'M AKA WE, WE DO HAVE SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT WE CAN KIND OF ADD TO.

UM, BUT WE CAN, I WAS GONNA SAY, DO Y'ALL HAVE THAT ON? YOU SHOULD HAVE A, A LIST OR SOMETHING.

WE DO HAVE A LIST OF ARTISTS SIZE LIST.

IT'S QUITE A GOOD SIZE, BUT YOU KNOW, TO HAVE IT OUT THERE REPORTED TO ME THAT'S ON OUR GC, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN UPDATES ON OUR GC LINK.

OKAY.

SURE.

HOW OFTEN.

I THINK THAT'S WHEN WE LAST TALKED, KNEW HAD SOMETHING, BUT WE NEEDED TO TALK ABOUT HOW DID WE WANT TO KIND OF, UM, REVAMP IT TO SEE HOW WE GET NEW ARTISTS AND HOW DO WE DIVERSIFY THE ABSOLUTELY.

INDUSTRY.

WHAT'S YOUR, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO REACH OUT US? YEAH.

WELL, AND ONCE WE THIS, UH, ONCE WE GET INTO THE, YOU KNOW, OUR ART SHOW, THE ART THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, THEN THAT, THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO EVERYONE.

SO WE DEFINITELY NEED TO BE UP DOING THAT EQUIPMENT, SO.

OKAY.

SO WE NEED TO GET THAT LIST.

YEAH.

AND I HEARD YOU MISSING ART VIBE.

WE'RE STILL DOING THAT.

YES.

HE'S, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IN OUR NEXT, IN THE EIGHT MEETING COMING UP.

YEAH.

THAT'S WHERE WE GOT A LOT TO GO TO.

THAT'S WHERE THE, UH, THE, UH, WHAT IS THIS? UH, THE FUNDRAISER? THE, THAT'S, THAT'S COMING UP.

YEAH.

ANYTHING TO DO WITH MONEY, MONETARY, ANYTHING THAT WE, THAT WILL BE IN OUR EIGHTH MEETING.

OKAY.

SO BACKWARDS THIS TIME.

? NO, WE USUALLY DO EIGHT SECONDS A SECOND.

USUALLY SECOND.

SO ANYWAY.

ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, UH, THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT? IF NOT, LET'S DO ADJOURN.

ADJOURN.

AND A SECOND.

SECOND.

OKAY.

SHE, SECOND.

SECOND, SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

WELCOME LENA.