Item 08 - Receive and File Bowers Museum Report

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Receive and File Bowers Museum Report June 4, 2024 Page 4 The Bowers Museum has an approximate value of $70 million dollars in real estate assets. Upon termination of the operating agreement with the Corporation, the interest of the Corporation including all real estate, personal property, and donated or loaned to the Corporation for museum purposes shall be turned over and become the property of the City. Bowers Museum employs 66 staff, 26% of which are Santa Ana residents, including the current Corporation President. Local artists are also contracted by the Corporation to provide arts and education at the Museum for their annual programing. The artist range to novice to experienced professionals, thus allowing opportunities for showcasing of art with diverse artist backgrounds and experience. Bowers Museum provides free year-round programing including family friendly events such as Day of the Dead, Celebration of India, Lunar New Year, and Mehregan Persian Festival (Exhibit 4). City of Santa Ana residents receive free general admission on Sundays year-round. Additionally, beginning March of 2024, Bowers Museum has extended free admission every day through September 8th for Santa Ana residents. (Exhibit 5). Sample of 2023 Bowers Museum Activities: Year round, General Admission is free for Santa Ana residents every Sunday and in 2023 over 1,600 residents visited through this offering. • Free family festivals hosted more than 27,500 residents for free live performances, free art projects, free face painting, and free treats to celebrate a new culture each month of 2023, including our annual Dia de Los Muertos Festival and Cinco de Mayo. • Free school tours, bus reimbursements, and art lessons including gallery tours led by highly trained docents and art projects led by teaching artists for over 1,752 students. This also includes a special partnership with at -risk youth from Project Kinship, to whom the museum offers free tours and free use of its space for graduations and fundraisers. • Free senior enrichment workshops for 1,170 Seniors from Santa Ana through the Anne's Treasures program, held twice every month. Program includes free breakfast, teaching artist led workshops with giveaways that participants take home (i.e.: tote bags, scarfs, days of the dead skulls painting, etc.) and quarterly free tours of our featured exhibitions. • Participated in nine offsite City of Santa Ana free community events, providing free art projects and giveaways for hundreds of Santa Ana participants.