>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO COMMUNITY CONNECTION.

I AM SHELLEY IRWIN.

WE WELCOME THE BEST FROM OUR GRAND RAPIDS, LINDA, CYNTHIA, HUGO, AND HANNAH BARRY.

IF I MAY SPEAK FOR ALL OF YOU.

WE COULD HAVE HAD 20 ON YOU ON HERE TO SHARE YOUR WORKS AND WORDS OF WISDOM, ARE, BUT I DO CHOOSE KNOWS WHO I KNOW SUCCESSFUL AND DOING GOOD THINGS.

TELL ME ABOUT YOU, CYNTHIA.

>> WELL, I A VISUAL ARTIST.

I HAVE MY STUDIO IN LOWELL, MICHIGAN.

I RESIDE HERE.

ALSO AM THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF SQUARE EVENT WHICH IS ART EVENT COMPANY.

>> LINDA.

>> HI.

I OWN THE GAL WHERE I MY HUSBAND, SCOTT.

WE ARE ABOUT 35 YEARS INTO COMMERCIAL ART GALLERY AND CUSTOM FRAMING AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> HANNAH BARRY.

>> YEAH.

I AM HANNAH FROM LIONS AND RABBITS.

RUN SOME OF THE PUBLIC ART INITIATIVES THEN CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS AND WORK FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR ARTISTS IN CITY AS A WHOLE.

>> HUGO.

I KNOW WE ARE TALKING TO YOU RIGHT IN YOUR STUDIO.

>> RIGHT.

I AM HERE IN THE STUDIO.

I HAVE BEEN HERE CELEBRATING 18 YEARS FROM WORK SPACE GALLERY.

I RAN A JAZZ SERIES HERE FOR THAT TIME, TOO.

>> NICE.

QUESTIONS FOR ALL OF YOU.

HUGO, HOW DID YOU GET INTO THIS BUSINESS?

WHAT IS YOUR NICHE AS AN ARTIST?

>> UM, WELL, MY DAD PASSED AWAY WHEN I WAS 13, AND HE WAS SCOUT FAR COUPLE OF RECORDS.

WOULD SIT AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE AND JUST DRAW THE FRIENDS WHEN THEY WOULD COME OVER AND AT ONE POINT, SOMEBODY, A CUES SIN FROM GRAND RAPIDS CAME AND EXPRESSED TO ME THAT THERE WAS A GREAT ART SCHOOL IN GRAND RAPIDS AND I THOUGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO GO THERE ONLY SOME DAY AND THAT IS HOW INDED UP IN GRAND RAPIDS, I JUST KEPT GOING, I TOLD MY MOM I WANTED TO COME HERE AND BECOME AN ARTIST AND SHE SAID, WHEN ARE YOU LEAVING?

SO THAT WAS EXCITING.

CAME HERE AT THE AGE OF 14 AND JUST KIND OF CONTINUED AND MET A OT OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

WORK AT THE SCHULER BOOKS FOR WHILE.

GOT CONNECTED WITH THE LOCAL ARTIST COMMUNITY WRITERS, POETS , ARTIST ALL OF THAT.

>> DESCRIBE YOUR ART, HUGO.

WELL, MY ART IS CURRENTLY A SERIES OF PAINTINGS OF WOMEN AND WRESTLING MASKS AND THE VERGE OF KICKING YOUR A-S-S, DO IN KNOW IF I CAN SAY THAT ON THE RADIO.

HAVE BEEN GOING WITH THAT THEME FOR THAT LONG.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WHICH HA HAS BEEN YOUR JOURNEY, LINDA.

>> WELL, WELL, I GROUP IN BATTLE CREEK AND WAS TAKING ART CLASSES AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND DECIDED WHEN I REALLY WANTED TO GO FOR MORE SERIOUS SCHOOL, SO I MOVED HERE TO GRAND RAPIDS TO GO TO KENDELL, AND I THOUGHT I WOULD GO TO INTERIOR DESIGN, AND BUT IN MY FIRST YEAR, I REALIZED THAT PAINTING AND SCULPTURE IS REALLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO SO WENT TO SCHOOL THERE, WORKED, MET, AND WORKED FOR MY HUSBAND, SCOTT, IN A LITTLE TINY GALLERY SPACE, NO, NO, IT WAS GNAT GALLERY SPACE, WITH ITS A FRAMING SHOP, THAT IS WHAT IT WAS.

WE MET SO MANY AMAZING ARTISTS, SO MANY ARTISTS, THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO SHOW THEIR WORK, AND THE WORK WAS SO ARE DARN GOOD THAT WE WANTED TO GET THEM OUT THERE, SO THAT IS WHAT WE DID OURSELVES AND MEANWHILE, I CONTINUE TO MAKE ART MY OWN ART.

>> SO CYNTHIA, I KNOW YOU WEAR MANY ARTISTIC HATS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

TALK ABOUT YOURSELF.

>> WELL, MY BACKGROUND STARTED IN MANAGEMENT AND DESIGN AND ECONOMICS, AND SO I WAS MORE OF THE BUSINESS ROUTE, AND WHEN I TRANSFERRED AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY AS HOOSIER AND AWAS GOING THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT CLASSES, I REALLY, WHAT I APPRECIATED WAS HOW ART CONNECTED BE WITH PEOPLE AND IT WAS ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT.

LAUNCHED, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT WAYS OF CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH EVENTS, AND ALONG THAT PROCESS, OF HAVING A FAMILY AND KIDS, I STARTED WITH MY KIDS, HONESTLY, I REMEMBER SEEING AT THE KITCHEN TABLE AND THEY RAN OFF TO THE PLAYROOM AND I KEPT PAINTING, I JUST KEPT PAINTING AND I FOUND THIS OTHER SIDE OF REALLY TRYING TO LEARN EVERYTHING I CAN ABOUT PAINTING AND EXPRESSION AND THE TWO CAME TOGETHER WITH SOME OF THE EVENTS I WAS PRODUCING SO I WAS DOING LIVE MANNEQUIN, I PRODUCED THAT FOR GOSH ABOUT 15 YEARS AND THE MICHIGAN AREA AND THAN WAS WORKING WITH VISUAL AS WELL AS LIKE MERCHANDISING FASHION AND BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN A WAY FOR RETAIL AND COMMERCE TO BE ABLE TO MARKET AND SELL THEIR PRODUCTS AND FROM THERE, I MEAN, IT HAS EVOLVED IN MY OWN ART AND WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.

YES.

WE KNOW HANNAH, YOU ARE A HOME AWAY FROM HOME.

YOU ARE LIONS AND RABBITS STUDIO.

TALK ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS SENSE AND YOUR ART SENSE.

>> YEAH.

SO LIONS AND RABBITS WAS SPIRAL OF BEING A SERVER IN GRAND RAPIDS AND GOING TO SCHOOL FOR EDUCATION AT KENDALL AND I GOT THIS BUILDING FROM A REGULAR FROM THERE TO DO SOME KIND OF ARTISTS WORK SPACE AND SINCE THEN HAVE BEEN MET WITH A COUPLE OF BARRIERS OF ACCESS THAT I HAVE FOUND PASSION IN WHICH HAVE PROPELLED US TO A MORE PUBLIC ARTS REALM AND WHAT IS THE ARTS FOR THE LOCAL ARTISTS AND WHERE IS LOCAL ARTS ECONOMICS IN GRAND RAPIDS, SO ARE REALISTICALLY, LIKE MOST OF THE WORK THAT WE DO, HALF ROUGH IT ABOUT US AND THE OTHER HALF IS HOW ART DRIVES ACCESS AND CONVERSATION FORWARD.

IT HAS BEEN A REALLY COOL RIDE.

I MET A LOT OF INCREDIBLE ARTISTS, LIKE YOU SAID, IN GRAND RAPIDS, THAT JUST COULD THRIVE WITH ORGANIZATION BEHIND THEM, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

SO IT HAS BEEN GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE DO SUCH GOOD WORK.

>> WONDERFUL.

WELL, OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD IN 2021 STILL ON THE SURF OF OUR COVID-19.

I WILL TURN TO YOU, LINDA, HOW HAVE YOU SHIFTED?

HOW ARE WE STILL GETTING ART OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IN THESE TIMES.

>> GOOD QUESTION.

WE ARE STILL WORKING ON THAT.

WE ARE STILL EVOLVING THAT.

BUT WE ARE OPEN.

WE ARE MAKING IT BY APPOINTMENT WHENEVER POSSIBLE SO WE CAN KEEP IT SAFE.

WE'RE BUSY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THINGS FOR THEIR HOME AND FOR THEIR OFFICES, MORE FOR HOME.

BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS DUG IN, RIGHT?

AND SO, THAT HAS BEEN, THAT HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT TO BE ABLE TO BE TO STILL CONNECT WITH, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC THAT WAY, PEOPLE I THINK ARE VALUED AT THEIR WORK MORE.

WHAT THEY HAVE.

I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE ELSE IS FEELING THAT, THEY ARE CHERISHING WHAT THEY HAVE.

THEY ARE MAKING DIFFERENT CHOICES, NOT JUST ASTETTIC BUT HOW IT FEELS.

THAT FEELS REALLY GOOD.

THAT WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO IS FOR THAT REASON ALONE.

>> YEAH.

KEEP GOING.

LET ME MOVE TO YOU HUGO.

YOUR TEEN THAT, THE FOLLOW-UP TO DID A?

>> WELL, I HAVE BEEN TAKING A LOT OF TIME JUST TO STUDY.

I HAVE BEEN USING THE TIME TO KIND OF FLEX THE SOCIAL CAPITAL THAT I HAVE ACCUMULATED, I JOINED THE BOARD OF THE UICA.

JOINED THE BOARD OF THE LATINO COMMUNITY COALITION.

AND I SPEND A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT PUBLIC ART, PUBLIC ACCESS, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT NAN HAS BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT AND A LOT OF STUDY IN THE RIGHTS TO THE CITY AND JUST KIND OF GOING BACK BEFORE OUR PRICE.

THOSE ARE VERY STRONG ART COMMUNITY HAPPENING LOCALLY AND I THINK THAT OUR PRICE SHIFTED THE ATTENTION FROM THE LOCALS IN A WAY, VOW BEEN TAKING TIME TO STUDY AND TO WORK MY OWN THINGS TO KIND OF PIVOT WHERE I LEFT OFF, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A LOT OF CLOSE COMMUNITY WITH THE MUSICIANS, THE ARTISTS AND THE POETS AND STUFF, SO WE ARE JUST TRYING TO RECALIBRATE TO SEE HOW WE CAN ACTIVATE SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE TO WORK IN SPACES AND EITHER TO BE WORKSHOPS LIKE ON ZOOM OR JUST CONVENE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO GOING FORWARD.

>> NAN, HOW HAVE YOU BEEN, I GUESS, BALANCING YOUR BUSINESS SENSE VERSUS YOUR ARTISTIC SENSE, IF YOU WOULD.

>> SO EVENTS ARE CLOSED OBVIOUSLY, AND IT HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING YEAR BECAUSE WE REASON THE THIRD, FOURTH YEAR OF BUSINESS, THAT WHENS THEY ARE THRIVING, RIGHT?

WE WERE GOING TO BE A IN THAT SPACE PUSH BUT WE BECAME AN ARTS THRIVING BUILDING, ALMOST.

AND IF YOU WILL, IT HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF A LOT OF PUBLIC ART PROJECTS THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE MET AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF ARTISTS LIKE I SAID EARLIER, BUT THROUGH THAT, IT IS REALLY HAS BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP OUR PROGRAMMING FOR EVERYONE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, AND THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BIG CHALLENGES OF SOME ORGANIZATIONS IS LIKE HOW DO UL ADOPT?

WHAT TRANSITIONS?

WELL, WE TRANSITION STREET PARTIES INTO BOARD GAME, SO YOU CAN STILL PLAY AT HOME, YOU NO WHAT I MEAN?

SO IT IS MORE LIKE FOR THE CREATIVE PEOPLE.

IT IS EASIER TO BE ABLE TO ADAPT BECAUSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY ADOPTING.

WE'RE AT THE TABLE TO CREATE SOLUTIONS.

SO I THINK BEING ABLE TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE BE ABLE TO CREATE SO MANY DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS.

IT HAS BEEN LIKE SA THING WHERE YOU PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT, A ARE THE BEST PROJECTS AND WHERE DO YOU SEND THEM KIND OF AT THIS POINT FOR US IN THE ARTS WORLD.

>> YES.

NOW, OF COURSE.

CYNTHIA, NOT ONLY YOU CONTINUE TO MAKE YOUR ART, BUT YOU IS A PLATFORM FOR THOSE WHO MAY NEED SOME EXTRA, EXTRA CARE AND ATTENTION.

TALK ABOUT YOUR, THAT NICHE THAT YOU HAVE DEVELOPED.

>> WELL, I STARTED A PROGRAM CALLED QAIR AND CANVAS.

I AM IN IN THE THIRD YEAR FOR THAT.

I WORK WITH KIDS AND ADULTS WITH VARIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES AND THEY CAN BE ALL DIFFERENT ABILITIES BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE STRUGGLING WITH CERTAIN THINGS AND KIDS WITH CANCER, ADULTS, ADULTS WITH WHETHER THEY HAD STROKE OAR HEART ATTACK OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

MANY OF THEM BEING IMMUNE COMPROMISED AND SO RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAY, IT WAS AROUND THANKSGIVING.

I WENT TO STRICT QUARANTINE ISOLATION AND SO THAT WAY, SEWS ESPECIALLY THE KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT ARE IN STRICT QUARANTINE THEM SEMS NOOM THE STUDIO AND PAINT FREELY FOR THIS PROJECT IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE AND NOT FEEL LIKE, YOU POE, THAT A LOT OF THE FAMILIES CANNOT GET OUT.

AND SO THEY CAN JUST HAVE EXPERIENCE AND EXPRESSION TO BE ABLE TO PAINT AND HANG WITHOUT ME AND SLIGHT BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE.

I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED.

LIKE I SAID, I HAD VARIOUS PEOPLE IN THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES AND REALLY HEALTHY PUB BELL.

THEIR BUB BELL TO MY BUBBLE AND BEING ABLE TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE LIKE BE THAT HAS BEEN REWARDING.

>> HUGO, HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO BE SUPPORTIVE FROM THE GRAND RAPIDS COMMUNITY OR DO YOU NEED TO LOOK OUTSIDE OF THE WEST MY?

I HOW ARE WE DOING WITH SUPPORTING OUR OWN ARTISTS?

>> WELL, UM, TO BE HONEST, THERE IS, THERE IS AFTER THE GRAND RAPIDS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE SKILL, SOMEBODY HELP ME OUT.

>> WHICH ONE?

>> IT WAS LIKE, LIKE IF WANTED TO GET IT.

NOW I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE -- I DON'T KNOW IF ITS THE SAUGATUCK, BEFORE YOU CAN GO TO GET WHEN THE GRANTS, HERE LOCALLY, THOSE ARE LIKE ARTS ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD HOPE YOU DO THAT, SO I, I SEEK GRANTS THROUGH LATINO ORGANIZATION THAT IS OUT IN SAN FRANCISCO AND HONESTLY, AFTER THAT ORGANIZATION CLOSED -- >> I THINK IT IS ART?

>> YEAH.

ART COUNCIL.

>> SORRY.

>> AFTER THEY WERE GONE, IT WAS JUST MORE DIFFICULT.

WOULD YOU HAVE TO GO, YOU KNOW, TO DO ANYTHING WITH -- I AM SORRY.

>> IT IS DIFFICULT, HUGO.

OBVIOUSLY, I WILL ASK HOW CAN THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT YOUR ART, HUGO?

>> WELL, UM, I THINK THERE IS MORE MONEY BEING MADE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC ARTS AND NAN CAN PROBABLY SPEAK MORE TO THAT.

BUT I THINK THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT I AM CLOSE WITH ARE DOING THINGS LIKE ON-LINE SALES, EITHER THROUGH FACEBOOK OR OTHER PLATFORMS, BUT YOU THINK THAT IS KIND OF LIKE WHERE WE ARE GOING TO HEATED IF THIS CONTINUES LONGER.

KIND OF LIKE SELLING ON-LINE, EITHER THROUGH ETSY OR ANY OTHER PLATFORMS.

>> YES.

>> I AM IN A SPECIAL PLACE BECAUSE I WAS AT KENDELL WHEN THE ARTS FUNDING ENDED SO THERE WAS BIG CONTROVERSY OF OBSCENE PHOTO AND THEN ALL OF THE FUNDING FOR INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS PRETTY MUCH STOPPED RIGHT THEN.

THAT WAS THE LINE IN THE SAND FOR ME.

IT WAS LIKE BEGINNING OF LIBERALISM TAKING OVER HOW WITH WE DID ARTS FUNDING KIND OF LIKE PUBLIC PRIVATE TYPE SOLUTIONS AND A LOT OF TIMES THE MONEY IN MY OPINION IS TIED TO DIRTY MONEY IF YOU WILL, SO I KIND OF JUST STOPPED LOOKING FOR FUNDING IN THOSE WAYS, I THINK THAT I WAS ALWAYS VERY OBSERVANT OF HOW MONEYS WERE SPENT OR HOW MANY OR HOW MUCH MONEY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO INVEST IN ART, SO EARLY ON, I DECIDE I WAS GOING TO FIND A WAY TO FUND MY OWN ART, SO I GENERALLY HAVE A DAY JOB, I AM A WORKER DURING THE DAY, THEN I AM ON AT NIGHT WHERE I HAVE MUCH MORE FREEDOM TO EXPRESS MYSELF, WHERE IT IS LIKE, WHERE IF I WORK FOR COOPERATION, SOMETIMES LIKE MY NAME WOULDN'T BE WANT TO BE A TAMED TO SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT I WOULD DO.

SO THAT IS HOW I -- SURE.

BOTTOM LIPE, YOU PRACTICING WHAT YOU ARE TALENTED IN.

HANNAH, WOULD YOU FOLLOW UP ON HOW, HOW ARE YOU CONTINUING TO ASK FOR, WELL, HELP FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND OBVIOUSLY, ARE YOUR DOORS OPEN FOR US?

>> YEAH.

SO OUR GALLERY IS SEMI OPEN.

WE'RE OPEN BY APPOINT AS WELL AS LINDA.

WE REALLY ARE FOCUSIN ON RAISING FUNDS FOR PUBLIC ART, SO WE HAVE AFTER DARK GR.COM AS PLATFORM, THAT ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS GO BACK TO COMMUNITY ARTIST FOS ARE THEIR DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC ART AND EACH NEIGHBORHOOD LASS A LEADER THAT IS LEARNING THE PROCESS THAT I DO SO THEY CAN GO AND DO IT.

WE PRECOVID AND POST CO RID, WE'LL HAVE STREET PARTIES.

THIGHS WE HAVE SOON THE BIGGEST IMPACT THAT WE CAN BRIDGE.

THAT WE CAN BRING TO THE CITY, BUT LIKE, HUGO, SUPPORT PLACES LIKE PACK ELEPHANT, THAT ARE SELLING ARTISTS WORK, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN WHETHER IT IS WHOLESALE FOR SOMEBODY OR ON KORNSTEINMENT.

YOU ARE STILL PUTTING FOOD ON THEIR TABLES AND NOW, SO MUCH OF THE ART THAT IS MADE IS FUNCTIONAL.

SO YOU CAN WEAR IT.

CAN YOU GIFT IT.

YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT.

YOU CAN READ IN IT.

YOU ARE A PART OF IT.

SO I THINK REALLY EXPLORING WHAT ARTIST AND IF YOU HAVE FUNDS, GIVE TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE GIVING BACK CONTINUALLY.

>> YES.

>> LINDA, AGAIN, SAME QUESTION TO YOU.

YOU WANT US TO COME TO YOUR GALLERY AND YET, YET YOU STILL WANT TO SHARE YOUR ARTISTS TREE WITH US, EXPAND HERE.

>> SURE DO.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE STILL SO SURPRISED WHEN THEY FIND OUT WE'RE OPEN EVEN THOUGH IT IS OUT THERE AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO COME IN.

WE NEED PEOPLE TO SUPPORT OUR ARTISTS BECAUSE, YEAH.

THEY ARE HOME STRUGGLING THEMSELVES AND THEY ARE DOING WWHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO AS BEST AS THEY CAN.

I DO THINK WHAT YOU TOUCHED ON HERE AND I THINK YOU DID, TOO, HUGO, IS EACH ARTISTS IS EXPANDING THEIR EXPOSURE SO MUCH THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

THAT IS REALLY GOOD FOR ALL.

WHEN WE STARTED 35 YEARS AGO AND, NO.

IT WAS NONE OF THAT.

YOU KNOW SHALL WITH YOU WERE TRYING SO HARD TO JUST TO GET IT OUT THERE SO IT REALLY HELPED SOCIAL MEDIA THEN.

SULZ A GOOD PRESENCE THERE AS WELL.

SO PEOPLE ARE STILL COMING IN FOR RESPITE FOR PLACE TO CALM THEMSELVES AND A PLACE TO FIND BEAUTY TO EBB PERIENCE ART AS WE ALL KNOW AND IT IS WHETHER IT IS MUSIC OR OR FILM BUT THE VISUAL ARTS ARE JUST REALLY WHAT BRING US BACK, BRING US BACK TO OURSELVES, IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART AND WE ARE NORTH NATE TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT REALLY HAS SUPPORTED AND GLAD TO BE A PART OF THAT.

>> CYNTHIA, AGAIN, YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY A TALENTED ARTISTS BUT THE OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPERIENCE ART WITH YOU.

KNOW ART PRIZE HAS BEEN IMPORTANT IN YOUR LIFE, SHARING THE ART OF LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, TALK ABOUT ART AS AN EXPERIENCE WITH PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS.

WELL I WAS WORKING WITH THE CITY EVENT AND THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AND AFTER I DID THAT FOR THREE YEARS, I THOUGHT HOW CAN I WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN PUTTING A PIECE OF ART IN ART PRIZE AND YOU KNOW WORKING WITH ROCK STARS LIKE YOU BE A ALL THE OTHER DIFFERENT PEOPLE AS FAR AS COMMUNITY LEADERS.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING FOR THEM TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE, FOR YEARS AND THE EXPERIENCE TO PAINT IN THE STUDIO AND WHAT IT LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ART AND TO HAVE A DIFFERENT VOICE AS A COMMUNITY LEADER AND NOT JUST PROMOTING IT.

BUT ACTUALLY EXPERIENCING IT AS AN ARTISTS AND WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO PUT YOUR WORTH ON THE WALL, YOU NO, WHAT I CAN DO, SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT HOW MANY YEARS NOW?

FIVE YEARS, SIX YEARS, SOMETHING LIKE TO.

YOU ARE THERE.

YOU ARE THERE FIRST.

>> I WAS NOT GOING THERE.

>> JUST THE EXPERIENCE.

AND THE EXPERIENCES AGAIN PRECOVID OF THOSE WHO GATHER IN YOUR PROPERTY TO EXPERIENCE MAKING ART.

>> RIGHT.

SO DURING THE SUMMER WHEN A LITTLE BIT OPEN BUT I COULD HAVE EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE, I ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE AT HUBS AND RESTAURANTS DOING THIS.

THAT DIDN'T WORK, WHEN I DEDEE SIDED, OK. CAN BRING YOU THINGS OUT HERE AND PEOPLE CAN DO TAKEOUT, BUY DO IT IS CALLED LAWN PARTIES WITH THE PARTIESES WITH THE ART, AND IT WOULD BE FOR EXAMPLE, THE BACKYARD, THE GARDEN, AND PEOPLE WOULD COME OUT AND EXPERIENCE WHAT IT WOULD BE AS IF YOU WERE IN THE BACKYARD AND I WOULD HAVE ALL OF THE ART SUPPLIES AND PROJECTS THAT PEOPLE DOO EXPERIENCE THAT ART IS BUT WHETHER IT IS MONET, OR YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS THEY COULD DO TO BE TYKES PERIENCE THE ART.

>> YES.

>> I WISH YOU HAD MORE TIME, IT IS NOT TIME FOR QUICK ROUND ROBIN OF FINAL COMMENTS HOW WE FIND YOUR ART.

I BEGIN WITH YOU, LINDA?

>> WELL, 8383 LAKE DRIVE OR GO TO THE WEBSITE.

YOU CAN SEE US THERE.

MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.

COME ON IN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

HUGO, WHAT DO YOU LEAVE US WITH?

>> UM, THE BEST WAY TO GET A HOLD OF ME IS TO SEND ME A MESSAGE TO FACEBOOK.

I DON'T HAVE ON-LINE PRESENCE RIGHT NOW.

OR YOU CAN CALL ME AT MY NUMBER OR WHICH IS LISTED ON THERE.

SO THERE IS A CASE.

YES.

>> HUGO, ARE YOU WORK ON YOUR ART TODAY?

>> I AM WORKING FOR NEW PAINTINGS, AND THERE IS A NEW GALLERY THAT OPENED UP HERE.

I AM SORRY, I DON'T KNOW THE NAME.

THERE IS A NEW GALLERY DOWN BELOW AND THEY ASKED ME TO, I THINK, AMY, NEVER MIND.

>> IT IS ALL GOOD.

>> WE KNOW YOU ARE A BIG DEAL.

>> YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> NAN BARRY.

LEAVE US WITH INSPIRATION, PLEASE.

>> YES.

SO MUCH GOOD ON THE HORIZON.

AFTER DARK GR.COM ARE THE TWO PLACES TO GET INVOLVED AND WE HAVE MANY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES COMING UP, TOO SO AND THE 15-YEAR-OLD AND LISTENING AND FEELS LIKE HE ARE SHE IS A GOOD ARTISTS.

WHERE DO YOU START.

WHERE DO YOU GO FROM SNEER I THINK IT IS REALLY GREAT THAT THESE ON-LINE PLATFORMS HAVE BEEN BUILT BECAUSE LIKE DISTRICT LIVE BE A RAILROAD OFFERS FREE CLASSES THAT ARE PRERECORDED THAT YOU COULD WATCH AND THEY PAY THE LOCAL ARTISTS TO DO THEM SO WE HAVE CLASSES AND PENGUINS AT THE ZOO AND SON WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS THERE.

I ALSO THIS LIKE I SAID, THE INTERNET IS I MOOSED RIGHT NOW BUT I THINK YOU CAN SEND A PARKING LOT AND DRAW MURAL WITH KID FUSS WANT OR SIDEWALK CHALK IS STILL AVAILABLE, TOO.

THERE IS MANY OPTION.

>> YEAH.

I IMAGINE JUST DO IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, HANNAH.

CONTINUED SUCCESS TO YOU.

CYNTHIA, TAKE US HOME, PLEASE.

>> I AM CYNTHIA ON-LINE AND FACEBOOK IS THE BEST MEDIUM OR STREAK GET A HOLD OF ME WITH DIFFERENT EVENTS WE ARE DOING.

OTHERWISE, CYNTHIA AT MSN.COM IS ANOTHER WAY, E-MAIL.

>> GREAT.

WITH THE 30 SECONDS LEFT.

WHAT IS THAT PIECE BEHIND YOU?

>> OH.

A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PIECES THAT IS MY DINING ROOM SO I AM MORPHED EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

>> SEE.

THERE IS A SUGGESTION EACH OF YOU AND IMAGINE HAVE THE PIECES BEHIND YOU FOR SALE.

REACH OUT.

CERTAINLY GET TO KNOW IT.

CYNTHIA, FINAL QUESTION TO YOU.

I TRUST IF YOU WANT, IF YOU HAVE A DREAM, GO FOLLOW IT.

START PAINTING YESTERDAY?

>> YEAH.

GO.

TRY IT.

THAT IS THE BIGGEST THING IS.

YOU KNOW, TRY SOMETHING NEW, TRY SOMETHING AND THE EXPERIENCE LIKE HUGO IS SAYING THIS IS TIME FOR ED CALL ITING OUR MINES AND DISCOVERING WHAT WE ALL THE NEW THINGS AHEAD OF UT ARE US.

>> GREAT.

THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING YOUR ART WITH US.

TAKE CARE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT.

GREAT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.

>> IF YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD LOO LIKE TO BE CONCERN ARE CONSIDERED FOR COME IN THE CONNECTION SEGMENT OR YOU HAVE AN EVENT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THE COMMUNITY CALENDAR.