00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:37.079 Tamara Liu: Hi, everyone! Hi folks on Zoom, and then we've got a couple people in person here at the office at the tannery with me today. I think we'll just start off with some introductions, so if you're on Zoom, you can just put it in the chat. 46 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:43.489 Tamara Liu: Name, pronouns if you'd like to share them, and one thing you're grateful for today. 47 00:07:44.110 --> 00:07:45.770 Tamara Liu: And… 48 00:07:46.230 --> 00:07:54.680 Tamara Liu: Yes, this meeting is being recorded, so you're welcome to remain off-camera if you're on Zoom, and if you're… 49 00:07:55.120 --> 00:08:03.539 Tamara Liu: If you're in person, you will not be on camera, so don't worry about that, but your voice might appear if you talk, so just know that. 50 00:08:03.750 --> 00:08:12.849 Tamara Liu: My name's Tamara, I'm the Grants Program Manager with Arts Council Santa Cruz County. I use both she, her, and they-them pronouns. 51 00:08:13.070 --> 00:08:25.260 Tamara Liu: I have… and then I like to do a little visual description, just for accessibility, in case there's folks who can't see me. So, I have brown hair that's pulled back right now. 52 00:08:25.260 --> 00:08:38.879 Tamara Liu: And light tan skin. I'm wearing a black top, and if you're in person, you could see Frida on it, but you can't really see that on Zoom right now. And I have clear glasses. 53 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:45.290 Tamara Liu: And… two nose piercings, and behind me is a window of our office. 54 00:08:46.310 --> 00:09:00.220 Tamara Liu: And today, I am grateful for the delicious lunch I had, which was just, leftovers from over the weekend veggie burrito bowl, but it was so good, and I was really happy I had leftovers food to eat. 55 00:09:00.950 --> 00:09:08.579 Tamara Liu: And, yeah, feel free to put that in the chat if you want to introduce yourself. 56 00:09:10.590 --> 00:09:24.699 Tamara Liu: And then… let's see… we also have captions and transcript available on Zoom, so I just wanted to let you know about that. There is a CC icon, and it should just say show captions. 57 00:09:25.800 --> 00:09:30.709 Tamara Liu: And then we'll also make the transcript available after the event, along with the recording. 58 00:09:30.980 --> 00:09:49.540 Tamara Liu: So, if you have questions as we go, please feel free to put them in the chat, or hold them to the end when we have a Q&A. And then try to stay muted, unless you really need to, and if you really need help, feel free to unmute yourself. 59 00:09:52.100 --> 00:10:04.989 Tamara Liu: And Justin put in the chat, Hi everyone, I'm grateful today for my loving family and this beautiful sunshine. Thanks, Justin. Oh, and Julian put, grateful for Walnut Cafe, yummy breakfast, and nice people keeping me happy all day. 60 00:10:05.740 --> 00:10:06.780 Tamara Liu: Awesome. 61 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:13.830 Tamara Liu: Oh, thanks. Let me let them in. 62 00:10:19.030 --> 00:10:33.219 Tamara Liu: It's hard to see on my end with all those windows. Okay, we had a few more people just join us. Sorry to leave you in the waiting room for a second. Hi, we were just doing little intros in the chat, so you haven't missed anything yet. 63 00:10:35.640 --> 00:10:48.170 Tamara Liu: And… let's see… okay, I think that is all. So, again, I'm Tamara, I'm the Grants Program Manager with Arts Council, very happy to be here today, and we're gonna kick it off with a land acknowledgement. 64 00:10:48.170 --> 00:11:00.990 Tamara Liu: So we like to honor the land that we are on, and the people that were here before us. And so I invite you to just settle in and take a couple breaths as I read our land acknowledgement. 65 00:11:01.780 --> 00:11:08.539 Tamara Liu: Arts Council Santa Cruz County is based on the unceded territory of the Owasua-speaking Yupi tribe. 66 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:26.199 Tamara Liu: The Ama Mutsen Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of indigenous people taken to Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore traditional stewardship practices on these lands and heal from historical trauma. 67 00:11:26.650 --> 00:11:41.500 Tamara Liu: And, you can learn more about the Amamutsen Tribal Band in the link, which will be included in the slides. And I also invite you to look up where you're based on, what native land you are on, with the interactive map that's also linked there. 68 00:11:45.020 --> 00:11:58.659 Tamara Liu: So today, we are going to cover a few things. First, I'll just do a little intro about the Arts Council for anyone who's unfamiliar. We'll go over the background and goals for this public art project. 69 00:11:59.130 --> 00:12:08.060 Tamara Liu: We'll talk about eligibility, who's able to apply for this. We'll go over the budget requirements and key dates. 70 00:12:08.240 --> 00:12:20.939 Tamara Liu: And then we'll get into how to apply, how to actually submit, for the first phase of this project. And then we'll finally talk about some application support you can get, and we'll do a Q&A at the end. 71 00:12:20.940 --> 00:12:28.859 Tamara Liu: So again, we are recording this. If you need to drop off at any time, just know the recording and slides will be posted on our website afterward. 72 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:35.099 Tamara Liu: And, again, try to save your questions for the Q&A at the end, or put them in the chat. 73 00:12:36.280 --> 00:12:53.369 Tamara Liu: This is a photo of the site where the artwork will be installed. Most of the photos today from this presentation are from that location, from different angles, except for the next couple slides, and all those photos are now linked on our website as well, so you can look through them. 74 00:12:53.710 --> 00:12:59.000 Tamara Liu: So… I will point out, so this angle is actually, 75 00:12:59.410 --> 00:13:11.799 Tamara Liu: facing the clock tower in front of Jamba Juice, like, if you just walked out of Jamba Juice, and the artwork will be in the raised, kind of, bed that is behind this circle tile design. 76 00:13:16.020 --> 00:13:24.530 Tamara Liu: Okay, a little about the Arts Council. Our mission is to nurture and invest in artists, culture, and the arts throughout Santa Cruz County. 77 00:13:24.670 --> 00:13:40.599 Tamara Liu: And we envision a Santa Cruz County where all artists have access to the resources they need to thrive, where a full range of creative expression is accessible to everyone, and the arts are recognized for their essential contributions to a healthy, vibrant, and representative community. 78 00:13:41.340 --> 00:13:51.840 Tamara Liu: We were founded as an organization back in 1979. We used to be called the Cultural Council, and grantmaking was one of our original programs. 79 00:13:52.160 --> 00:14:01.689 Tamara Liu: This is a new mission and vision we developed about 5 years, 4 years ago, when we started a new strategic plan and began really focusing on equity. 80 00:14:01.690 --> 00:14:12.430 Tamara Liu: And this public art opportunity is a new opportunity that we haven't offered before, although we have funded public art in the past, so we're very excited to be part of that again. 81 00:14:12.980 --> 00:14:20.179 Tamara Liu: And this photo is one of our recipients from one of our other grant programs, a support grant, which is for arts organizations. 82 00:14:22.570 --> 00:14:38.600 Tamara Liu: I also just wanted to share a little bit about our commitment to equity. This is our equity statement. We're always looking to address systemic barriers to opportunity and to promote equity and inclusion for all Santa Cruz County residents. You can learn more about that on our website. 83 00:14:38.840 --> 00:14:41.699 Tamara Liu: And that's another one of our support grantees. 84 00:14:42.790 --> 00:14:50.699 Tamara Liu: We do have a majority BIPOC board right now, which is really awesome, and that means majority people of color. 85 00:14:50.880 --> 00:15:02.389 Tamara Liu: And then our grants committee, who is involved with advising on program strategy and reviews our other grants, not this program, is also majority people of color. 86 00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:18.670 Tamara Liu: I'm always looking for more people to join our grants committee, so a little plug if you're interested in volunteering, there are small stipends available just to help with accessibility, but, love more folks who want to get involved with the grants behind the scenes. 87 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:23.970 Tamara Liu: And… yeah, I think that's all I'm gonna say about that for now. 88 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:40.939 Tamara Liu: For this program, we're very excited to be collaborating with the City of Santa Cruz, and this opportunity specifically has been funded with… by an anonymous donor. 89 00:15:41.280 --> 00:15:51.310 Tamara Liu: So, we're… yeah, we're just really grateful and excited that we have this funding to be able to support a new installation in the city of Santa Cruz. 90 00:15:51.470 --> 00:15:58.020 Tamara Liu: And it is a new site-specific public art opportunity, as I kind of alluded to a second ago. 91 00:15:59.860 --> 00:16:17.039 Tamara Liu: So, these are the goals for the artwork. We are hoping to support a visual public art installation that is life-enhancing, inspires peace, and brings beauty to Santa Cruz residents and visitors. 92 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:23.479 Tamara Liu: It should be relevant to the Santa Cruz community, culture, and history. 93 00:16:23.980 --> 00:16:29.099 Tamara Liu: And it should expand the diversity of public art in the city of Santa Cruz. 94 00:16:30.300 --> 00:16:50.280 Tamara Liu: And I also wanted to just share, this opportunity is a little different from another program that the City of Santa Cruz offers called Sculpt Tour, which is up to 5 rotating installations, also in the City of Santa Cruz, and those are on display for about 2 to 4 years. 95 00:16:50.460 --> 00:16:59.809 Tamara Liu: Depending, and this project is going to be a bit of a longer-term project, so ideally, we're hoping it will remain installed and be maintained for at least 10 years. 96 00:17:00.770 --> 00:17:05.229 Tamara Liu: So, you might have seen Sculpture in the past, or been part of it in the past. 97 00:17:05.230 --> 00:17:28.850 Tamara Liu: And the city also has put out a call for a curator for that program, so it's also different from that call for a curator. So I just wanted to make that distinction. So they're looking to contract a curator for Sculpture, and Sculpture will happen, I think, in a few months. And then this is totally separate from all of that, and it's for a single 98 00:17:28.850 --> 00:17:31.269 Tamara Liu: piece of public art. Downtown. 99 00:17:35.760 --> 00:17:55.540 Tamara Liu: So, for this piece of public art, one $50,000 award is available, and we're going to talk more about what that involves. And it is a two-phase process. So there… this first phase, which we're going to be focusing on today, is a request for… a request for qualifications, or RFQ. 100 00:17:55.730 --> 00:18:05.170 Tamara Liu: And it is also called a letter of interest, or LOI, in our system, so you might hear both of those terms. Letter of Interest. 101 00:18:05.260 --> 00:18:21.079 Tamara Liu: Request for Qualifications, RFQ, LOI. So, yeah, just wanted to be clear about that terminology. That's all part of Phase 1, and the deadline for that is going to be at August 26th at 11.59 PM, so a little bit less than a month. 102 00:18:21.690 --> 00:18:40.269 Tamara Liu: And then, once that phase is complete, we will be selecting finalists who will be invited to develop a full proposal, which will be a longer application form, including a project budget, artwork mockups, site plans, and other things, more community engagement plan, and things like that. 103 00:18:40.600 --> 00:18:50.689 Tamara Liu: And those finalists will be paid a small stipend of $750 to $1,000, to develop those longer proposals. 104 00:18:54.210 --> 00:18:57.489 Tamara Liu: Oh, I think I wanted to point out… let's see… 105 00:18:57.800 --> 00:19:17.010 Tamara Liu: I didn't go back. Okay, no, I didn't miss any pictures. So this picture is from the other angle. So this is from under the clock tower, and you're looking, and this building here is where Jamba Juice is, and the piece of public art will be in this bed in front of that. So that's just a view from far away from across the street. 106 00:19:19.450 --> 00:19:20.370 Tamara Liu: Okay. 107 00:19:20.790 --> 00:19:24.080 Tamara Liu: Now, in terms of who can apply… 108 00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:31.440 Tamara Liu: In order to be eligible, you must either be an individual artist or an artist team. 109 00:19:31.730 --> 00:19:39.270 Tamara Liu: You will have to have completed at least one public art installation of a similar scope and scale. 110 00:19:39.550 --> 00:19:54.320 Tamara Liu: The website previously said just professional public arts experience, so we made it a little bit more specific, and we'll explain about that a little bit more in this presentation, but you do have to have previous experience with an installation like this. 111 00:19:55.600 --> 00:20:10.880 Tamara Liu: You also have to be a resident of one of the following counties. Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, or San Mateo. So basically, it's Santa Cruz County, and then all the counties that border Santa Cruz County. 112 00:20:12.290 --> 00:20:18.169 Tamara Liu: You also have to be 18 years old when you apply, and you have to have a valid tax ID number. 113 00:20:18.290 --> 00:20:23.860 Tamara Liu: The award is taxable, and the awarded artist will be issued a 1099. 114 00:20:25.630 --> 00:20:38.570 Tamara Liu: We will also be verifying, identity and also residency for the awarded artists, so just know that you will probably need to show some documents related to residency and such. 115 00:20:41.830 --> 00:20:48.230 Tamara Liu: Okay, so now we'll go over some of the details about the artwork project itself. 116 00:20:49.590 --> 00:20:56.620 Tamara Liu: So, first of all, the budget, $50,000, includes all of the project-related expenses. 117 00:20:56.620 --> 00:21:10.489 Tamara Liu: So that could include, but is not limited to, your fee as a designer and the artist to design the artwork, engineering and fabrication of the artwork, if it's not already created. 118 00:21:10.570 --> 00:21:15.600 Tamara Liu: Materials, any materials you might need, any transportation. 119 00:21:15.860 --> 00:21:27.520 Tamara Liu: All of the installation costs, so if you need… you probably need to contract someone to do that piece of it, that would be included in that, any subcontractors. 120 00:21:27.730 --> 00:21:36.999 Tamara Liu: Any equipment, travel is kind of the same as transportation, permits, documentation, taxes, all of that. 121 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:45.549 Tamara Liu: The City of Santa Cruz has said that they will cover the cost of the base that will be installed for the artwork. 122 00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:48.249 Tamara Liu: And liability insurance. 123 00:21:48.630 --> 00:21:56.829 Tamara Liu: But everything else needs to go into that $50,000 budget. And for this first phase, you don't need to submit a budget. 124 00:21:56.880 --> 00:22:09.700 Tamara Liu: But I just wanted you to be aware of that, that you may not be taking home the full $50,000, but all of that has to be included. And you will be asked to submit a budget in the second phase if you are selected as a finalist. 125 00:22:12.970 --> 00:22:31.380 Tamara Liu: And then this… yeah, so as I said, the City of Santa Cruz will put in the new base. It could potentially be a removable base if needed, if the artwork needs to be, you know, repaired or something like that, so that could be an option. They will cover li-ability insurance, plaques. 126 00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:36.300 Tamara Liu: For the artwork, and there will also be acknowledgement of the donor on a plaque. 127 00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:54.159 Tamara Liu: landscape mitigation as needed to prevent damage, and maintenance for up to 10 years. And we'll talk about this a little bit later, but the artist also needs to be prepared to repair any damage to the artwork for up to 10 years. 128 00:22:54.680 --> 00:23:03.159 Tamara Liu: The city does reserve the right to remove it if necessary, but as I said before, ideally it stays in for 10 years, which would be really awesome. 129 00:23:07.350 --> 00:23:15.529 Tamara Liu: Let's see… Okay, sorry, gonna go back a couple slides, because I wanted to mention the photos. So… 130 00:23:15.530 --> 00:23:36.190 Tamara Liu: This is another shot. The artwork would actually be going right in this area, kind of between the barrel and the succulent. You can see a little old plaque there, so in this area here. There is a base there, and if you come to the site tour, we'll show you it now, but we're thinking a new base is probably needed. 131 00:23:36.970 --> 00:23:43.219 Tamara Liu: And then… This is another kind of… 132 00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:57.849 Tamara Liu: artwork or monument that exists right near the area. So, Mercedes, our communications manager, snapped a photo of it from that angle, too. So again, the artwork is going to go in this flower bed, and then there's this other monument here. 133 00:24:00.570 --> 00:24:10.949 Tamara Liu: And then… Here's another shot of where the artwork was, and there used to be another piece here. 134 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.590 Tamara Liu: Okay. 135 00:24:16.270 --> 00:24:31.370 Tamara Liu: So for the artwork, it needs to align with the stated goals, which we talked about a second ago. It does need to include either community input in the final design of the artwork, if you're going to be designing it. 136 00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:40.410 Tamara Liu: Or, if it's something that's already been created, and you're just installing it, then you could alternatively include community engagement activities after installation. 137 00:24:40.540 --> 00:24:50.729 Tamara Liu: But the reasoning behind that is we just really want the community to feel connected and have some ownership or engagement with the piece, so that's why we included that. 138 00:24:51.560 --> 00:25:01.810 Tamara Liu: It does not need to be indestructible, but it does need to be durable and suitable for long-term outdoor installation, since it's going to be there for quite a while. 139 00:25:02.390 --> 00:25:17.300 Tamara Liu: And it should be able to be maintained with reasonable care. For the finalists, we will ask for a graffiti abatement plan to prevent graffiti or deal with graffiti, but it does not have to be graffiti resistant. 140 00:25:18.710 --> 00:25:29.440 Tamara Liu: There is electricity available at the site, but we are not able to provide water, so, no water-related things, but electricity is okay. 141 00:25:30.670 --> 00:25:38.240 Tamara Liu: And the artwork must be welcoming to all walks of life, including families or children, and the houseless community. 142 00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:53.679 Tamara Liu: This is, like, a prime downtown location, lots of cars and pedestrians going by, lots of houseless folks in the area, so it's very high visibility, and that's why it should be welcoming to everyone. 143 00:25:53.820 --> 00:26:02.290 Tamara Liu: It may also be interactive, if safety and accessibility is prioritized, so that's definitely an option as well. 144 00:26:07.350 --> 00:26:17.939 Tamara Liu: And this is a high-level summary of the key dates. So, this Friday, August 7th, from 12 to 1 p.m, we're going to do a site tour where we are at the site and able to answer questions. 145 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:34.680 Tamara Liu: Mondays from 4 to 5 p.m, we have drop-in office hours, both here in the office and on Zoom, so if you have questions after that, you can come in for questions or to get any support with your application. We'll talk a little bit more about that later. 146 00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:40.719 Tamara Liu: As I mentioned, it's due Wednesday, August 26th at 11.59pm for this first phase. 147 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:49.949 Tamara Liu: Then, we'll go through a review process, which I'll talk about, and the decision emails for the initial phase will be sent out on October 9th. 148 00:26:51.350 --> 00:26:59.579 Tamara Liu: And then applicants will have… I mean, not applicants, finalists will have until November 23rd to submit their full proposals. 149 00:27:00.150 --> 00:27:08.240 Tamara Liu: Then we'll go through another review process, and we'll finalize who is getting the award in February. 150 00:27:11.690 --> 00:27:16.120 Tamara Liu: Okay, so now we'll talk about how to apply. This is the fun part. 151 00:27:16.970 --> 00:27:36.149 Tamara Liu: So… here's a high-level summary of what's required for this first phase. You'll be writing a letter of interest, or LOI, which is also what it's called… the form is called in the grants portal. You'll be submitting an artist statement. 152 00:27:36.800 --> 00:27:45.220 Tamara Liu: A bio, resume, or CV, for your team members or for yourself as the lead artist. 153 00:27:46.540 --> 00:28:04.529 Tamara Liu: up to 10 images of previously completed artwork. So, we aren't asking for concept sketches at this stage, just any artwork, that you've done before, and ideally it's, you know, public art installation related, because that is what this project is about. 154 00:28:04.530 --> 00:28:11.030 Tamara Liu: And then you will have image descriptions. There's some information we ask for about the images, I'll show you that. 155 00:28:11.070 --> 00:28:17.850 Tamara Liu: And then there's two optional support material links that you can submit as well. 156 00:28:19.260 --> 00:28:29.220 Tamara Liu: Both the letter of interest and the artist statement are about a page maximum, and then the bio, resume, or CV is up to 2 pages per person. 157 00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:41.100 Tamara Liu: Okay, so, let me show you how to get to… the webpage. 158 00:28:44.540 --> 00:28:56.799 Tamara Liu: So, if you go to our main webpage, artscouncilsc.org, you'll want to go to this Opportunities and Resources drop-down here. 159 00:28:56.950 --> 00:29:05.040 Tamara Liu: And then you'll see the headline, apply for a Grant, and right underneath that, it says Downtown Santa Cruz Public Art. So you're going to click on that. 160 00:29:05.560 --> 00:29:19.900 Tamara Liu: And that's the main webpage for this opportunity, where all the information is about eligibility and review criteria and basically everything we're going over today. To get to the online form, you're going to click on this green Grants Portal button. 161 00:29:20.280 --> 00:29:22.440 Tamara Liu: And I'll show you that in just a moment. 162 00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:33.329 Tamara Liu: But I want to show you the rest of the webpage first. So, we're scrolling down, it talks about the two-phase process, which I mentioned, and then there's another link to the grants portal here. 163 00:29:34.050 --> 00:29:49.699 Tamara Liu: Here's all the key dates that I just mentioned, and there's more information under each of these, so you can find the address for the site tour, contact info, and things like that if you just click on each of the key date drop-downs. 164 00:29:51.480 --> 00:30:02.499 Tamara Liu: Contact information again, background and goals that we talked about, the budget, the project requirements, all of that is in this overview section, all the things we just went over. 165 00:30:03.410 --> 00:30:12.639 Tamara Liu: Eligibility requirements, And then here's all the information about the application and review process, again, in dropdowns. 166 00:30:13.550 --> 00:30:15.109 Tamara Liu: At the very bottom. 167 00:30:15.530 --> 00:30:34.109 Tamara Liu: This is where we're going to post the recording and the slides from today, as well as the transcript. And then, just a little bit before this session, we posted our LOI question list here as a Word doc, so you are able to download that as a Word doc and work on your responses outside of the online form. 168 00:30:34.110 --> 00:30:40.470 Tamara Liu: I definitely recommend doing that, just so you have, like, a backup copy, and then you can copy and paste them into the online form. 169 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:49.740 Tamara Liu: And then we've also linked to the site photos here, so you can view all those photos of the site that are in my presentation, to see it from different angles. 170 00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:54.790 Tamara Liu: So that's our webpage. 171 00:30:55.080 --> 00:31:00.539 Tamara Liu: And again, contact information is here in the overview section if you need to reach out to us. 172 00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:07.160 Tamara Liu: So, going back to the top, we're gonna go over to the grants portal now. 173 00:31:11.110 --> 00:31:13.610 Tamara Liu: And… give me one second… 174 00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:32.699 Tamara Liu: Okay, so if you have applied for an Arts Council grant before, you can just use your existing account to log on, and if you don't remember your password, just click forgot your password. If you've never applied for an Arts Council grant before, you'll click Create a New Account. 175 00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:49.140 Tamara Liu: And I'll show you briefly what that looks like. It does have this organization information section. You're just going to enter your last name as the organization. You don't have to put your tax ID here. Since you're an individual, you can just put NA. 176 00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:55.990 Tamara Liu: But you do have to enter your telephone, your address, etc. 177 00:31:57.140 --> 00:32:16.479 Tamara Liu: Then when you click next, it'll ask you to enter your name and your contact info again, and there's actually, like, a copy button, so you can click copy contact information or something like that, and then it'll just populate it from what you already entered. It makes it a little easier. You set a password, and then you'll get into the grants portal. 178 00:32:18.140 --> 00:32:22.460 Tamara Liu: So, I am going to log on… 179 00:32:24.450 --> 00:32:27.470 Tamara Liu: with this account that I've created. 180 00:32:29.130 --> 00:32:54.089 Tamara Liu: So if… also, if you've been a reviewer for Arts Council grants in the past, you might see something that looks like this, where it shows evaluations, and in that case, you would want to switch to your applicant role. One of the things we've been wanting to do is go through and remove everyone as evaluators, but that's a lot of work, so we haven't been able to do that. But just know if you're not finding it, you'll switch to the applicant 181 00:32:54.090 --> 00:32:55.390 Tamara Liu: Roll up there. 182 00:32:55.390 --> 00:33:03.909 Tamara Liu: I am a very bad grantee, and I have all these past due reports. Hopefully that isn't the case for you, if you've received grants in the past. 183 00:33:04.140 --> 00:33:10.770 Tamara Liu: But to go to a new application, you're gonna click Apply in the top menu bar here. 184 00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:20.679 Tamara Liu: And then once you do that, you'll see this is the only grant available right now, Downtown Santa Cruz Public Art, and you'll click the Apply button. 185 00:33:21.510 --> 00:33:28.809 Tamara Liu: And we will not be opening any other grants before this one closes, so it should be the only one that you see there. 186 00:33:30.520 --> 00:33:34.740 Tamara Liu: So, if you click Apply, now we're in the form 187 00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:52.350 Tamara Liu: I always encourage you to check your contact information up here, especially if you have an existing account. Just make sure it hasn't changed, and you can always edit it here, or by clicking on the person icon up here to edit your contact information. 188 00:33:53.610 --> 00:33:56.530 Tamara Liu: Let's see… 189 00:33:57.710 --> 00:34:09.290 Tamara Liu: So, there's some introductions with helpful tips, and communication information. All of these sections, you can click on the section header to expand and collapse the sections. 190 00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:13.680 Tamara Liu: Let's see… 191 00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:29.279 Tamara Liu: We'll ask for a proposal title. If you can just enter a short name for your proposed artwork, that will really help us in keeping track of which application is which. You can enter your artist or team name, if that's different from what you have up top. 192 00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:38.750 Tamara Liu: There's an eligibility, just confirming that you meet all the eligibility requirements, and selecting which county you live in. 193 00:34:39.030 --> 00:34:52.540 Tamara Liu: And then here's where you're going to enter your letter of interest. So you will be entering it in the text box, and for that, we're asking to write about your interest in the project, describe your community engagement experience. 194 00:34:53.120 --> 00:35:00.690 Tamara Liu: And you are asked to provide a written description of the proposed artwork. So that will definitely be a big focus of the letter. 195 00:35:01.120 --> 00:35:06.609 Tamara Liu: And, and then any information about any confirmed team members that you're working with. 196 00:35:06.890 --> 00:35:14.449 Tamara Liu: So, each of these doesn't have to be the same length, but please try to make sure you include all of those in your letter, in your response. 197 00:35:16.170 --> 00:35:20.619 Tamara Liu: There's a place for your website, if you happen to have one, you're welcome to put it in there. 198 00:35:20.950 --> 00:35:28.790 Tamara Liu: And then there's a support material section. So this is where your artist statement goes, and for your artist statement, again, you'll just be entering it in the text box. 199 00:35:29.350 --> 00:35:38.369 Tamara Liu: For your bio, resume, or CV, you do have to upload it, so the instructions for uploading are up here if you need to refer to them. 200 00:35:39.140 --> 00:35:47.989 Tamara Liu: You'll just upload a file, select it from your computer, and then once you upload it… let me see if I can do a test here. 201 00:35:50.350 --> 00:35:52.170 Tamara Liu: It will appear like this. 202 00:35:52.380 --> 00:36:06.309 Tamara Liu: If you click on the blue text, it's just gonna download it again, but you can check that it's uploaded correctly by clicking on the eye icon there, and it'll pop up with this window where you can preview what you've uploaded. 203 00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:12.600 Tamara Liu: Okay. Then, for your previous work. 204 00:36:12.770 --> 00:36:19.039 Tamara Liu: you have two options to add images. You can either upload them, or add a link. 205 00:36:19.520 --> 00:36:37.829 Tamara Liu: If you're gonna upload them, they do have to be combined into one document. So you can't upload multiple documents to that one button, you can only upload one at a time. So that means you have to put them into a PDF together, or something like that. 206 00:36:38.080 --> 00:36:46.299 Tamara Liu: If you know how to do that, awesome, and then feel free to upload it. There is a 30 megabyte upload limit. 207 00:36:46.570 --> 00:37:11.420 Tamara Liu: Or the other option is you can provide a link. So you can put them in a Google Drive folder, or on a web page. Just make sure that the, Google Drive folder is viewable, or if it's Dropbox or anything like that. It needs to be viewable to anyone, publicly viewable, because the reviewers will want to be anonymous and don't want to have to request access and things like that. 208 00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:13.570 Tamara Liu: So just make sure it's a public link. 209 00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:22.940 Tamara Liu: And I will be able to show you how to do that. If you need help with that, you can come to the office hours or reach out to me, and I can provide some tech support. 210 00:37:24.240 --> 00:37:31.659 Tamara Liu: So again, you have images, either an upload or a link, and you get up to 10 images total of previous work. 211 00:37:32.290 --> 00:37:44.989 Tamara Liu: Then, for the description, please number those images so we know which one you're referring to, and then we ask that you include the title of the image or artwork, the year it's from. 212 00:37:45.090 --> 00:37:49.650 Tamara Liu: The medium, the dimensions, the budget. 213 00:37:50.130 --> 00:37:58.130 Tamara Liu: A commissioning agency or client, if that's applicable. And then, of course, a password for any links, if that's necessary. 214 00:38:00.450 --> 00:38:15.109 Tamara Liu: And then you get two additional bonus links for anything else you might want to include. You did have the website link as well, but if you have, like, video you want to include, you could add that to YouTube and put a YouTube link here. 215 00:38:15.110 --> 00:38:33.420 Tamara Liu: It could be other websites, it could be press materials, reviews, or even a letter of support, anything like that, you could add here, but it does have to be a link. Again, it could be, like, a link to a Google Drive document or something like that, as long as it's publicly accessible. 216 00:38:34.580 --> 00:38:43.669 Tamara Liu: And then again, a text box to just describe what you put in, any passwords if needed, and then just any information you might want to share about those links. 217 00:38:44.810 --> 00:39:02.160 Tamara Liu: We do have a demographics section as well. This is not part of our review process, it's really just used for looking back and evaluating our program afterward. So, we would really love it if you filled it out. It is all optional. It is very secure, 218 00:39:02.160 --> 00:39:16.799 Tamara Liu: And then when we look at the information, it's always aggregated without any of your personal identifying information, so it's very private, and what we really just look at is, like, on a big scale, who we're reaching, who's applying to our grants, and that type of thing. 219 00:39:17.440 --> 00:39:25.690 Tamara Liu: Reviewers cannot see this information. It's only visible to me as the administrator. 220 00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:32.220 Tamara Liu: And other staff who sign confidentiality things and all that. So, it's very confidential. 221 00:39:33.510 --> 00:39:42.899 Tamara Liu: And then at the bottom, you have a box for anything else you might want to share, and then you'll just sign and date it. There is a newsletter sign-up box. 222 00:39:43.000 --> 00:39:46.559 Tamara Liu: And… some information about… 223 00:39:46.620 --> 00:40:07.209 Tamara Liu: submitting your application. This email is very important. This is where all the emails are sent from the grants portal. So, like, if I reach out to you because there's something wrong with your application, this is the email it's going to come from. So make sure to add that email to your contacts so that it doesn't go to your spam. 224 00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:09.530 Tamara Liu: And… 225 00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:27.699 Tamara Liu: You can click Save LOI at the bottom. That will save everything you've put in, but it won't submit it. I do encourage you to do that every time you work on the application. It is supposed to autosave it, but you just never know, so please click Save before ending working on it. 226 00:40:27.700 --> 00:40:41.870 Tamara Liu: And then when you're ready to submit, you can click Submit. Once you submit, you can't make any changes, but if you realize there's an issue, just reach out to us, and I'm sure we'll be able to fix it. Or we can even open it back up for you, so you can edit it more. 227 00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:50.420 Tamara Liu: As long as that's before the deadline. After the deadline, it gets harder to make changes, because then, at that point, it's getting passed on to reviewers and all of that. 228 00:40:53.100 --> 00:40:58.089 Tamara Liu: Okay. I think that's all I wanted to show about… 229 00:40:58.460 --> 00:41:09.159 Tamara Liu: the application form. So again, this is for the first phase, and then if you are selected as a finalist, you'll be assigned a different form in the grants portal that will include more questions. 230 00:41:10.510 --> 00:41:13.469 Tamara Liu: I'm gonna go back to my presentation here. 231 00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:38.460 Tamara Liu: Okay, so again, we keep everything super confidential unless we're required to disclose it by law, so you don't need to worry about that. And we also have a commitment to non-discrimination. We, again, we don't consider ethnicity, color, creed, religion, age, gender, any of those things that are protected identity characteristics, those are never considered as part of our review process. 232 00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:39.140 Tamara Liu: process. 233 00:41:42.430 --> 00:41:51.599 Tamara Liu: Let's see… Okay, so I wanted to share a little bit more about how the submissions will be reviewed. 234 00:41:51.730 --> 00:41:54.370 Tamara Liu: We have 4 criteria for this 235 00:41:54.640 --> 00:42:09.409 Tamara Liu: artwork. First, it… how well it aligns with the program goals, which I discussed earlier, and that is for both the artwork that you're proposing, which you're gonna give us a short description of, as well as your previous work. 236 00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:29.729 Tamara Liu: Your qualifications, which means your experience in doing projects that are similar to this one, similar scope and scale, and that could include collaboration experience, if that's applicable to what you're doing, and so that will be mostly, like, your resume, your bio, your artist statement, and things like that. 237 00:42:30.100 --> 00:42:43.250 Tamara Liu: The appropriateness to the site, so that's again about the proposed artwork and whether it fits in with the site, and then your community engagement experience, which you'll write about in the letter of interest. 238 00:42:45.030 --> 00:42:55.999 Tamara Liu: And this view is… you can see it really far away, so it's like we stepped back from under the clock tower, where we were before, and now you can see it. This is the Jamba Juice building down there. 239 00:42:57.520 --> 00:42:59.110 Tamara Liu: Okay. 240 00:43:02.070 --> 00:43:14.680 Tamara Liu: Our selection panel, we are still putting together, but it's gonna include people from our staff and board. It's going to include a Santa Cruz City Arts Commission member. 241 00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:17.259 Tamara Liu: Santa Cruz City Arts stuff… 242 00:43:17.540 --> 00:43:22.790 Tamara Liu: A member of the Downtown Association of Santa Cruz. 243 00:43:23.590 --> 00:43:33.639 Tamara Liu: and artists with public art installation experience, as well as the donor who has funded this project. So, it'll be a pretty diverse group. 244 00:43:33.740 --> 00:43:44.679 Tamara Liu: If you do end up not applying, and you'd like to serve on the panel, feel free to reach out to me. I will… that will be the next phase of my work, is putting together that panel. 245 00:43:48.010 --> 00:44:04.190 Tamara Liu: And then in terms of the review process, for this first phase, it's a three-step process. First, the panel is going to review and score the qualifications in the grants portal, so they'll be scoring them based on those four criteria I just went over. 246 00:44:04.520 --> 00:44:11.480 Tamara Liu: Then they'll meet to discuss the scores and comments, and select finalists to develop the full proposals. 247 00:44:11.690 --> 00:44:15.790 Tamara Liu: So then the finalists will be invited to submit those full proposals. 248 00:44:17.220 --> 00:44:29.339 Tamara Liu: And they'll have about 6 weeks to do that, which I think I put on the next slide. Yeah. Finalists will have 6 weeks to develop those full proposals, and again, they'll be paid a small stipend in order to do that. 249 00:44:30.010 --> 00:44:44.150 Tamara Liu: And then we're gonna go through that three-step process again. So we'll have another selection panel, potentially a smaller group, who will review and score the full proposals. We'll have, maybe slightly different criteria, a bigger application form. 250 00:44:44.160 --> 00:44:48.320 Tamara Liu: And then the panel will meet again to make the final selection. 251 00:44:48.320 --> 00:45:08.629 Tamara Liu: We might ask applicants, the finalists, to present their proposal at that time. We'll kind of see how it goes and where we're at, so that… just wanted to let you know that that might be required. And then the award will be approved by our board, the Arts Council board, or possibly our executive committee in early 2027. 252 00:45:09.540 --> 00:45:13.909 Tamara Liu: And the City Council will approve the installation. 253 00:45:19.820 --> 00:45:35.379 Tamara Liu: The awarded artists, there is a few requirements that I wanted to make sure you're aware of. You will have to sign a grant agreement with the Arts Council for your award, and then you will also have to complete a contract with the city for the artwork and the installation. 254 00:45:35.640 --> 00:45:41.570 Tamara Liu: You also have to complete a W-9 form along with the grant agreement so that we can get you that payment. 255 00:45:41.920 --> 00:46:05.760 Tamara Liu: And then you will have to lead and coordinate the installation, so this is what I was referring to earlier. The $50,000 does have to include installation. It doesn't have to be you doing it, but if you are engaging subcontractors, that has to be included in the budget, and you have to be ready to do that. We aren't able to provide a lot of support around that installation, so 256 00:46:06.050 --> 00:46:12.390 Tamara Liu: You would need to be comfortable leading and engaging those subcontractors on your own. 257 00:46:13.760 --> 00:46:21.470 Tamara Liu: And then you do have to include community input, we talked about that, or possibly community engagement, if it's an artwork you've already created. 258 00:46:21.770 --> 00:46:35.710 Tamara Liu: We do ask that you recognize the Arts Council and the City and any promotional materials. We may ask for some marketing or promotion plan in the full proposal. That might be one of the requirements. We're not quite there yet. 259 00:46:35.770 --> 00:46:49.850 Tamara Liu: And then you will have to retain and submit financial records related to the project, so, for all of our grant awards, we do have a final report form, and financial records are part of that, so save your receipts. 260 00:46:49.880 --> 00:47:06.800 Tamara Liu: And, ideally, you can upload all the receipts to your final report. Worst case, if you lose them, we do allow you to just list them out, but ideally, we have the actual receipts, invoices, or contracts, or whatever it is, to document how the grant funds were used. 261 00:47:09.080 --> 00:47:21.640 Tamara Liu: And the final report form, other than that, it's pretty simple. It's usually just reporting on how the project went, a couple responses about any challenges or changes, and a photo, photo or photos would be great. 262 00:47:22.150 --> 00:47:33.369 Tamara Liu: And then, like I mentioned earlier, we do ask that the artist will repair any future damage to the artwork for the duration that it is installed, which could be up to 10 years, and hopefully will be 10 years. 263 00:47:35.040 --> 00:47:38.980 Tamara Liu: But the city will provide, kind of, that regular maintenance. 264 00:47:41.000 --> 00:47:51.880 Tamara Liu: Okay, what time… what's our time at right now? 443, okay, awesome. So, just a couple more slides about how to get more support as you work on your submission. 265 00:47:55.430 --> 00:48:10.049 Tamara Liu: So we do have the site tour this Friday at 12pm, so we're gonna meet downtown in front of Jamba Juice. Again, we're under the clock tower here, and so Jamba Juice is right here, we're gonna meet right in front there by the site. 266 00:48:10.050 --> 00:48:18.370 Tamara Liu: And I'll be there, and a member of the Santa Cruz City staff will be there, and we can answer questions that you might have. 267 00:48:18.520 --> 00:48:33.370 Tamara Liu: You don't have to register for this, but if you prefer Spanish, or if there's other accommodations you need, please email me ahead of time, ideally now, so I can figure that out. 268 00:48:33.370 --> 00:48:42.750 Tamara Liu: And if, you know, if we can't figure it out for that day, we can always arrange another time as well. Also, if you're unable to attend, just reach out to me, and I'm happy to meet you there at another time. 269 00:48:46.520 --> 00:48:53.779 Tamara Liu: I mentioned drop-in office hours earlier, so I'll be here at the office from 4 to 5 p.m. every Monday. 270 00:48:53.780 --> 00:49:14.480 Tamara Liu: And I will also be on Zoom, so feel free to drop in during that time frame. You'll know I'll be here during that time, and I can answer any questions or give some advice about the application. Again, no registration needed, but if you need Spanish or other accommodations, please let me know in advance. 271 00:49:14.700 --> 00:49:26.059 Tamara Liu: And then there's also a link, if you can't be available at that time, you can book another time with me, both on Zoom or in person, so feel free to use that. 272 00:49:27.520 --> 00:49:36.729 Tamara Liu: And if multiple folks show up to office hours, we usually just kind of do a learning circle approach, where we go around and have people ask questions and learn from each other. 273 00:49:37.490 --> 00:49:42.290 Tamara Liu: But usually not that many people come, so I really encourage you to show up to those. 274 00:49:43.620 --> 00:49:56.930 Tamara Liu: I also have a few more tips I wanted to share. Do start right away. It is a short application period, it's a little bit less than a month, so make sure to get logged into the grants portal and start working as soon as you can. 275 00:49:56.930 --> 00:50:11.429 Tamara Liu: I encourage you to go back to that webpage and review the whole… all the guidelines, which is basically everything I showed you on the webpage. And especially as you're working on your application, look at the review criteria again. 276 00:50:11.500 --> 00:50:15.139 Tamara Liu: Because that's how your application is going to be reviewed and scored. 277 00:50:16.180 --> 00:50:23.370 Tamara Liu: Going back to the presentation, definitely collect all your work samples, like images, early. 278 00:50:23.370 --> 00:50:39.410 Tamara Liu: And upload them to the grants portal early, because if you run into tech issues, again, I can be available to help, but the closer it gets to the deadline, more people are reaching out. Sometimes the grants portal is also slow close to the deadline, so uploads might not load very quickly. 279 00:50:39.410 --> 00:50:44.240 Tamara Liu: So try to upload them, like, maybe at least the day before at the very latest. 280 00:50:45.180 --> 00:50:52.489 Tamara Liu: And then work on your letter of interest, since that's the main part you're probably gonna have to write from scratch, or mostly from scratch. 281 00:50:52.750 --> 00:50:55.930 Tamara Liu: You can be concise, you don't have to repeat yourself. 282 00:50:56.150 --> 00:51:06.180 Tamara Liu: You can use simple and clear language. We don't need a lot of, like, jargon or extra fluff. The artwork description is very important, of course. 283 00:51:06.610 --> 00:51:21.630 Tamara Liu: And don't forget your artist statement and bio, resume, or CV. If you need help with an artist statement, we did have a workshop about that earlier this year, so there's a recording there where you can learn about how to put together an artist statement. 284 00:51:22.960 --> 00:51:32.029 Tamara Liu: And I guess what I'll just say, if you're not familiar, an artist statement is more about, like, how and why you create your artwork, and the meaning behind it. 285 00:51:32.340 --> 00:51:40.420 Tamara Liu: Whereas the bio, resume, CV is more like what you've done, your accomplishments, like installations or exhibits and things like that. 286 00:51:42.380 --> 00:51:57.859 Tamara Liu: Feel free to ask others for feedback, I think that's always super helpful, when I submit different applications for things, you know, like, it's very easy to get lost, and you know your own artwork so well, that sometimes it's good to just run it by others and get their thoughts. 287 00:51:58.360 --> 00:52:15.600 Tamara Liu: And then, of course, submit well ahead of the deadline. Again, in case of technical issues, please don't wait till 11.59pm. We did make this one 11.59pm. We will not be available after, like, 5pm to provide support. So… 288 00:52:15.600 --> 00:52:22.740 Tamara Liu: you know, up to 5pm on the day of the deadline, August 26th, we will be here, but after that, you're on your own, so… 289 00:52:23.940 --> 00:52:25.790 Tamara Liu: Yeah, submit early if you can. 290 00:52:26.580 --> 00:52:27.540 Tamara Liu: Okay. 291 00:52:28.390 --> 00:52:34.260 Tamara Liu: And then our contact information is also here on the last slide, if you need it. 292 00:52:34.920 --> 00:52:43.309 Tamara Liu: So, I will open it up now for any questions. Let me stop screen sharing. 293 00:52:44.730 --> 00:52:45.650 Tamara Liu: Okay. 294 00:52:47.190 --> 00:52:50.130 Tamara Liu: And… yeah, so any questions? 295 00:52:57.040 --> 00:53:01.199 Tamara Liu: And if not, that's okay, too. There's one thing I was slightly confused about. 296 00:53:01.200 --> 00:53:02.530 Jeronimo Sanchez: Hello? 297 00:53:02.820 --> 00:53:03.490 Tamara Liu: Potential. 298 00:53:03.490 --> 00:53:04.220 Jeronimo Sanchez: 10 to 11. 299 00:53:23.170 --> 00:53:33.619 Tamara Liu: Yeah, that's a good question. So the question was from someone here in the room with me, and they asked, how do you envision the artwork being interactive? Because it is kind of on this raised bed. 300 00:53:33.620 --> 00:53:48.959 Tamara Liu: And that is a good question that I don't know the answer to. I would say it would be pretty hard for it to be, like, very interactive because of… there's no walkway there, but there may be other ways that it's interactive. 301 00:53:49.050 --> 00:53:52.150 Tamara Liu: Yeah. Yeah. 302 00:53:53.050 --> 00:54:01.779 Tamara Liu: And if you have an idea where you think you're not sure whether it could be possible or not, feel free to let us know, and we could maybe talk it through. 303 00:54:06.580 --> 00:54:10.910 Tamara Liu: Jeronimo, did you have a question? I saw you unmuted yourself for a second. 304 00:54:15.490 --> 00:54:24.549 Tamara Liu: Oh, I see in the chat, is there a streamlined pathway with city permits for this art installation, or will it follow typical permitting process? 305 00:54:26.940 --> 00:54:30.990 Tamara Liu: I think the only permitting, but at this point that I can think of is… 306 00:54:35.340 --> 00:54:50.809 Tamara Liu: I have, someone from the city here, and they're saying that, they think the only permit is an encroachment permit, which doesn't… how long does that usually take? It's temporary, it would be to block the sidewalk during installation. Oh, during installation. 307 00:54:51.100 --> 00:55:06.669 Tamara Liu: So, it would be for the installation process. And then we also have built into the… so the second stage, the full proposal stage for finalists, we have built in, kind of city approval into that, so… 308 00:55:06.670 --> 00:55:16.270 Tamara Liu: Once the applicants submit their full proposals, the city will be looking at them to make sure there's no major issues there, so there is kind of a city approval 309 00:55:16.270 --> 00:55:25.240 Tamara Liu: built in, that's not necessarily permitting, but yeah. So is there a fee that would be rolled into the budget that comes with that specific bonus? 310 00:55:25.710 --> 00:55:26.550 Tamara Liu: Yes. 311 00:55:28.300 --> 00:55:36.589 Tamara Liu: The question was, is there a fee for the encroachment permit? And the answer was yes, and we can get you the answer to how much that is, if… 312 00:55:36.750 --> 00:55:40.560 Tamara Liu: Before the full proposal phase. 313 00:55:54.270 --> 00:55:56.209 Tamara Liu: Any other questions? 314 00:56:02.580 --> 00:56:03.580 Tamara Liu: Whoa. 315 00:56:04.010 --> 00:56:09.179 Tamara Liu: If that's it, I can let you all go for the evening. I appreciate you being here. 316 00:56:16.020 --> 00:56:24.030 Tamara Liu: I have a question in the chat. My past experience with public art is mural work, not sculpture. Would that disqualify based on scope? 317 00:56:24.980 --> 00:56:38.240 Tamara Liu: I think it would be pretty hard to qualify if you've only done mural work, because you don't really have the qualifications to do the installation and lead that part of the process. 318 00:56:38.700 --> 00:56:44.340 Tamara Liu: Which is a significant kind of piece of work that we can't really guide the artist through, so… 319 00:56:44.690 --> 00:56:58.219 Tamara Liu: Yeah, there will probably be folks applying who do have installation experience, so I would say this one probably isn't the best fit for you, because you really need to be able to lead that, and have experience with that. 320 00:57:07.430 --> 00:57:25.030 Tamara Liu: If you do have, like, installation experience and you're not sure whether it's, like, enough, then I would encourage you to apply, because we, you know, we'll be taking a look at that in the application, but I would say you have to have installation experience specifically. Fabrication, yeah, yeah. 321 00:57:25.990 --> 00:57:36.119 Tamara Liu: Fabrication, installation. Public art… That is, sculpture, or whatever you want to call it. Not a mural, yeah. 322 00:57:41.060 --> 00:57:56.919 Tamara Liu: Okay. Well, if you have any other questions that come up after this, feel free to reach out. We'll get this recording up on the webpage as soon as possible after this, and hopefully we'll see you on Friday at the site tour, and if not, maybe at office hours. 323 00:57:57.020 --> 00:58:02.879 Tamara Liu: And, yeah, look forward to hearing about your ideas! It's gonna be really exciting! 324 00:58:02.990 --> 00:58:09.789 Tamara Liu: I'm really excited to see what is gonna go in there after all this, so it'll be good to have a beautiful new piece of art there. 325 00:58:11.020 --> 00:58:23.739 Tamara Liu: And thank you to the city for collaborating with us on this, and special thanks to the donor as well, who's funding it. So, yay all around, and special thanks to all of you for putting in the work to figure out what it will be, and… 326 00:58:23.930 --> 00:58:25.799 Tamara Liu: Yeah, have a good rest of your evening. 327 00:58:27.680 --> 00:58:29.110 Tamara Liu: Bye!