65B - ARTS AND CULTURE MASTER PLAN

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County.21 By 1984 the Urban Land Institute was advocating for developing the Downtown as an area for 'Anglo-American items', pottery, artifacts, Mexican art, live entertainment, and puppet shows, and strolling musicians .22 The plan called for redevelopment of the Yost, establishing art galleries on West 4th Street, and welcoming Mexican artists and musicians to serve as a nuclei.23 This concept began to gather institutional support to move forward as an increasing number of stakeholders began to see the economic value of creating a strong arts and culture infrastructure. The foundation for the current art scene was laid in place with the gradual creation of the Grand Central Art Center, Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts, Orange County High School of the Arts, The Wooden Floor, and Orange County Therapeutic Art Center. Outside of the institutional realm, independent gallery spaces began to emerge to fill the art vacuum. By the early 90's the Caged Chameleon exhibited some of Emigdio's Vazquez's works and was being promoted by Orange Coast Magazine as a destination for alternative art 24 Additional alternative friendly spaces like Koo's Cafe and the Dark Arts gallery began to attract coverage from the LA times .25 The Neutral Grounds Cafe served as a safe zone for the generation of artists creating their work in the boarded up Santora and the Calafia art gallery provided a place for local artists to market themselves across the street from the Bowers. In 2016 there are more public art pieces, gallery spaces, and independent artists actively contributing to Santa Ana's arts and culture than ever before. As stewards of this legacy we must not ignore the value of what previous generations have created. Instead we will need to take steps to ensure that we carry on the long tradition of creativity in the Golden City. " Woolley, Beverly. Community Survey of Santa Ana, 1963. 41 22 Urban Land Institute. Santa Ana California, an Evaluation of Redevelopment: Potential Plans and Strategies for the City of Santa Ana, 1984. 3 23 Urban Land Institute. Santa Ana California, an Evaluation of Redevelopment: Potential Plans and Strategies for the City of Santa Ana, 1984. 24 Communications, Emmis. Orange Coast Magazine. Emmis Communications, 1993. 31 26 Lee Romney. "Vacant Building Reborn as Santa Ana Coffeehouse: Redevelopment: A Group of Students and Aspiring Artists Open Cafe in Hopes of Luring People back to a Friendly City." Accessed June 11, 2016. http://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-06/local/me-35323_1_santa-ana. �I M •