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Print Window https://mail.yahoo.com/d/search/keyword=mural/messages/24334 <br />What is the process for obtaining permission for creating public art? <br />We as well as other artists had hoped to propose murals for that same site. I'm sure many other <br />qualified artists would have loved to put forth their own visions in a fair and open selection process. <br />The Workshop for Community Arts and Grain Project are both fine organizations who are a great <br />asset to Santa Ana, but neither is known for murals or has the experience to successfully move <br />forward on a project of this size. They've had only a handful of meetings that have not resulted in <br />any firm design concepts, procuring the needed materials, meeting fundraising goals or even getting <br />a representative group of local artists onboard to work on this project. <br />Also, many important Art orgs in Santa Ana have been completely left out of and discouraged from <br />participating in the project, such as United Artists of Santa Ana and El Centro Cultural de Mexico <br />among others. <br />What process was undertaken to select this wall and did it go up for public review? <br />As we move into an era when Santa Ana will see more Public Art production -- the Electrical Boxes, <br />more Murals, Mural Restoration, Sculpture, etc -- it's important to create an infrastructure so that <br />public assets are made available to local artists in an equitable way. <br />It appears that now more than ever, a City Arts Council, Bureau or Commission is needed to oversee <br />the transformation of public assets into art, coordinate large neighborhood arts programs, help <br />building owners vett live/work prospects, engage with national art organizations, write grants, etc. <br />So I hope you all will consider, supporting the forming of an Arts collective that has Ward <br />Representation and is Community Based. <br />It's frustrating to see what could have been high quality, nationally recognized Public Art projects <br />created by Award -Winning Artists, be given away without broad-based community input or <br />oversight. <br />Sincerely, <br />--- Sandra "Pocha" Pena <br />Sandra "Pocha" Pena Sarmiento <br />"Frontier Arts & Hybrid Culture" <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />oft 7/17/2018, 2:15 PM <br />