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<br />Araiza, Fatima <br />From:Quyen Dinh <qdinh1977@yahoo.com> <br />Sent:Tuesday, May <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:Arts Funding - Item 30 Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget Work Study Session <br /> Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br /> <br /> <br />Mayor and city council, <br /> <br />I am writing to you today to make a public comment in support of robust arts funding in our city. <br /> <br />Arts funding in our city is in jeopardy. Despite having one of the best creative communities, we are lowest in arts funding <br />compared to other cities in Orange County. <br /> <br />As an artist, I can see how our city has become a vibrantly creative community through previous artist grants and event <br />sponsorships, especially for monthly artwalks. <br /> <br />I urged the city to resume arts funding so that our downtown culture can continue to flourish and thrive artistically, <br />which in turns, brings in economic value and profit. <br /> <br />I, myself, am proud to be a part of this community and contribute to its creative environment by being a fulltime artist <br />with open studio events here in downtown. I want to see this arts community continually supported so that we can <br />make a good thing even better. Please resume and continue our funding as it will help the city in innumerable ways. <br /> <br />Thank you for your attention and consideration. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Quyen Dinh <br />You can find my work on IG @the_parlor_workshop <br />1 <br />