MEDIA ARTS SANTA ANA, A PROJECT OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 103FD4D9-71 F7-430D-B935-4E4C68A17877 Event Date(s) March 8, 2023 - April 6, 2023 Is this event FREE Yes and OPEN to the public? Event Location(s) The festival will take place in all six of Santa Ana's wards with locations to be determined. Festival planning, free AR classes and the AR gallery exhibit will take place at MASA's digital maker space and MASARTE Gallery, located at 1666 N Main in Santa Ana. What city ward(s) will Ward 1 the event be located Ward 2 (click on link below to Ward 3 find wards)? Ward 4 Ward 5 Ward 6 Number of expected 800 attendance for your event Brief Description of With support from the Santa Ana Special Event Sponsorship, Media Arts Project Santa Ana (MASA) will produce the first "We AR Santa Ana" Citywide Augmented Reality Public Art Festival. This monthlong festival will take place in all six of Santa Ana's wards and will include an Augmented Reality exhibit in MASA's gallery space, MASARTE. The "We AR Santa Ana" festival will feature 15-20 local artists creating new work exploring what it means to be from Santa Ana from the lens of Santa Ana's past and envisioned future. As part of the festival, MASA will provide free AR classes to the public. Describe the "We AR Santa Ana" Citywide Augmented Reality Art Festival will benefit the community benefits Santa Ana community riot only by launching an exciting and innovative new of this event arts and technology festival, but also by providing a free augmented reality (AR) training course for 15-20 Santa Ana artists who may have no previous AR experience. The festival will launch at MASARTE Gallery on Friday, March 8, 2024, with tours of the public art locations throughout the city on Saturday, March 9 and Sunday, March 10. The project will also provide free bilingual augmented reality classes for youth and adults at MASA's TVGB digital maker space on four Saturdays within the month -long festival period (March 16, March 23, March 30 and April 6). The "We AR Santa Ana" Citywide Augmented Reality Art Festival will be presented and shared to the public free of charge via AR public art experiences in all of Santa Ana's six wards, as well as an AR exhibit at the MASARTE Gallery, located at 1666 N Main in Santa Ana. The augmented reality artworks will be geotagged, similar to Pokemon Go, and will be accessible using tablets and smart phones. These Augmented Reality public artworks will become fun destinations that encourage Santa Ana families to visit parks, historical and culturally -significant locations throughout the city and see them in a delightful new way.