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stage is a necessity at Artwalk and is a common request from community partners like <br />the DTSA Farmers' Market and community event organizers. <br />Supplemental Question 1:: <br />Currently, Downtown Inc, holds the special event permit and covers insurance for the <br />event, books the art vendors, live art and music on the 2nd Saturday Promenade and <br />print a downtown -wide event map each month. We have also helped coordinate with <br />local artists and outside institutions who want to plug into Artwalk or a specific <br />business;`gallery on Artwalk but It's important to note that the main engine behind <br />Artwalk is the "unwritten" pact of dozens of special events and arts openings happening <br />on the first Saturday of the month. <br />Artwalk is expanding in geography. What started in the Artists Village is now becoming <br />a downtown -wide event including the East End promenade and Santa Ana Plaza, <br />Artwalk Alley, West End music shows and soon the closure of 4th St. to 5th St, at <br />Sycamore (to be programmed by the Santa Ana Business Council). <br />We seek to further partner with businesses across town to amplify and coordinate <br />Artwalk activities, especially supporting the payment of live arts performance and <br />community arts - making activities. <br />Supplemental Question 2:: <br />Since 1999, the "First Saturday" Artwalk in Downtown Santa Ana has been an epicenter <br />of creativity, expression and inspiration for artists, art enthusiasts and those who simply <br />want to engage in a vibrant, living city filled with culture. <br />Supplemental Question 3:: <br />This free, community -known event is the single best night of the month for downtown <br />artists, galleries and restaurants alike because of the 3,500+ monthly attendees visiting <br />around 20 galleries /museums, arts and artisan street vendors, live art performances <br />and special events going on downtown. <br />Artwalk is the most diverse night in Santa Ana where those wanted to express <br />themselves can share their voice, and residents and visitors know it's a place to come <br />and see just that. <br />Over 20 different galleries and an additional 20 restaurants actively promote Artwalk <br />through their various communication channels as do the 100's of artists who participate <br />each month. Artwalk is truly word of mouth. <br />Supplemental Question 4:: <br />Artwalk provides a platform for artists of all levels to interact with each other and an <br />ecstatic, willing local audience, Much of the local arts economy relies on Artwalk as a <br />night of sharing and building audiences. <br />Artwalk directly impacts artists as businesses hire promoters and musicians and <br />