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Home My WebLink About2017-18 Final Eval - Arts ConnectionSAN BERNARDINO FINE ARTS COMMISSION 2017-18 GRANTS FINAL REPORT Dear Grantees: 21016 JUL 30 AM lit 00 Your organization received a grant from the City of San Bernardino Fine Arts Commission to be used between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018. Although the Fine Arts Commission has been dissolved, it was very important to the former Commissioners to work to ensure the continued funding of Arts Organizations within our community. One of their final requests as a Commission was that the City Clerk's Office follow through with the evaluation process and forward the results to the new Fine Arts and Historical Preservation Commission, in the hopes that the new commission would see the effectiveness of awarding grants to arts organizations and continue to lobby for and give funding to such Arts Organizations in San Bernardino. Please fill in the form below. Return by Monday, July 30, 2018 to: City of San Bernardino Office of the City Clerk —Attention: Diane Grant 290 N. "D" St., San Bernardino, CA 92401 Please Note: Many of the former Fine Arts Commissioners expressed an interest in serving on the new commission and if appointed will be looking for these evaluations to help in creating any processes the new commission uses to fund grants for organizations if they receive funding through the general budget to do so. The future availability of funding and the processes used to choose the organizations to be funded may depend on the ability of the new commission to access the information you provide. 1. Name of Organization: f 64S w n r? e C 4-i c 2. Project/ Event Name:- Fal t -e v) t—ry ; /3erri Urd I n o 3. Date(s) of Project: 4. Total Numbers Attending: As Audience Anticipated 1 ? 'i Actual /cam As participants Anticipated 1 -7 5- Actual % %5 Of these, how many Under 18 Over 18 were aged? -2 r 25-0 5. How much was your grant? X/0 000. 6. How much of your project was funded from other sources? Including ticket sales /( Zoo. 7. How important was the grant from SB Fine Arts Commission to the success of your project? �I�cLse 5e-- Q �� ski o�� s �Y �iC) 8. What impact (if any) has your project had locally? Cz-t t"e:, c. ►-. r SH'. P 9. Please fill in the items paid for and the expenditure figures for your project. Items Spentforthis item r_✓ II e. �j"T'�c� '/?^((Ai r' ZtiG°�'�'2✓jC'1(S ?,Y i f• ��cJ�. Gcil 6'a C �: �'e,—. rLo� it n e. C-t-T'g5,q C Ad i,, -r 1-nZ' 0 o d LuK S�il LS 4? TOTAL f 10.606 Note: Total expended should equal the amount of the grant. 10. Were the aims of your project achieved? What aspects went especially well, or not so well? sec L,e t SHeQ i- 11. Were there barriers to fulfilling your goals/aims? SQ e. cz4-- ,cL,p 4 Sl1.ee fi Please include the most recent financial report for your organization. Please send photographs, programs or copies of press releases relating to your project. Arts Connection SBFAC final report questions: 7. How important was the grant from the SBFAC to the success of your project? Grant support from the SBFAC was critical to the success of this project. The project grew out of a call from the California Arts Council for the "Artists in Communities" grant opportunity, which supports artists working in community settings, demonstrating that artists are integral to healthy communities and that the arts are a societal cornerstone that brings people together, builds community, and fosters social progress. California Arts Council requires applicants to secure matching funds. The SB City Fine Arts Commission grant helped us to meet the grant match requirement and bring the full scope of the project to fruition, making this large-scale project possible and accessible to residents. 8. What impact has your project had locally? The project has provided an opportunity for residents to come together to experience San Bernardino as a fruitful place, exploring the meaning of community through creative writing, collage, and the adoption and planting of fruit trees by residents in a variety of neighborhoods throughout the city and at the Garcia Center for the Arts. We adopted out 90 trees over three events and planted and additional 12 at the Garcia Center for the Arts. The three events, held at the San Bernardino County Museum, The Norman F. Feldheym Central Library, and The Garcia Center for the Arts also included a zine workshops with local artist Bob Hurton and poet Nikia Chaney in which participants shared conversation, writing and collage. The San Bernardino County Museum also hosted an exhibition, and an activity titled, "Orange you glad I Didn't Say Banana?" where participants drew a self-portrait on an orange in exchange for a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice from the museum's heritage orchard. Participants were photographed with their orange self-portrait and shared via social media. These images, along with images of residents and their adopted trees were also printed and will be shown this coming fall (date TBD) at the Garcia Center for the Arts. The adopted trees are being mapped by the public on the EndlessOrchard.org website, and the artwork and writing has been published in an online zine (short for magazine), available for free download at the ArtsConnectionNetwork.org website. Six quotes have been excerpted from the Zine and etched into wooden picnic tables, creating a living, active communal space at the Garcia Center for the Arts to celebrate the project and allow the community to continue to come together over food—the universal language. The project also brought people into the City of San Bernardino from neighboring areas, and demonstrated the proud, generous, and dedicated spirit of this community, providing positive experiences for all involved and positive press for the community. New research has just been published which found that having access to even small green spaces can reduce symptoms of depression for the people who live near them, especially in low income neighborhoods (see JAMA Network Open published 7/20/18, "Effect of Greening Vacant Land on Mental health of Community Dwelling Adults.") 10. Were the aims of your project achieved? what went especially well or not so well? Yes, the aims of our project were achieved. We were thrilled to see the community embrace the project, but the most meaningful moments emerged from the time spent sitting together around the table and sharing conversation while working on drawings, collages, and writing for the zine. These activities brought people together in unexpected ways; sitting together over an extended period of time allowed participants to share stories about food, personal histories, and place. Fruit/food acted as a cross cultural, communal language. There was a palpable appreciation and valuing of each other's traditions; people were open and listening intently. It was truly a celebration of our diverse community. Also exciting was seeing the community around the Garcia Center join the activities. Adjacent neighbors who had not been to the center previously, came to the tree adoption and many stayed to share their stories—some of which are now engraved on the picnic tables that will live at the center. 11. Were there barriers to fulfilling your goals/aims: We did run into some difficulties with scheduling at the Feldheym library, but these issues were resolved and we had a successful event there. The library, while consistently supportive of the project, had to ensure that the events fell within city guidelines/permitting, which initially caused delays. The delays resulted in some scheduling conflicts, but through close communication with the library's Executive Director and Program Coordinator we were able to adhere to the necessary parameters and move forward with the project. Arts Connection STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION As of July 26, 2018 (VIAL ASSETS Current Assets Bank Accounts 1000 Cash on hand -4,123.45 1020 Chase Checking 33,545.74 Total Bank Accounts $29,422.29 Other Current Assets 1900 Payroll Clearing 838.97 Total Other Current Assets $838.97 Total Current Assets $30,261.26 TOTAL ASSETS $30,261.26 LIABILITIES AND EQUITY Liabilities Current Liabilities Other Current Liabilities 2200 Payroll Tax Payable 1,802.21 Total Other Current Liabilities $1,802,21 Total Current Liabiitties $1,802.21 Total Liabilities $1,802.21 Equity 3900 Retained Earnings 28,739.05 Net Revenue -280.00 Total Equity $28,459.05 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY $30,261.26 Cash Basis Thursday, July 26, 2018 06:02 PM GMT -7 1/1 Subscribe Past Issues Translate - RSS Coming up May 12th and 19th! Fallen Fruit San Bernardino! 4� ARTS CONNECTION THE ARTS COUNCIL ',,OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY Arts Connection Press Release Contact: Danielle Wallis, Program Specialist Danielle artsconnectionnetwor Date: May 1, 2018 Public art project, "Fallen Fruit San Bernardino!" May events San Bernardino, CA— Artists are integral to healthy communities; the arts are a cornerstone, bringing people together, building bridges, and fostering social change. Arts Connection, The Arts Council of San Bernardino County, was awarded a California Arts Council Artists Activating Communities grant to bring a project from artist collective, Fallen Fruit to life in San Bernardino! Additional funds for programming were awarded by the San Bernardino Fine Arts Commission and Southern California Gas Company. Subscribe Past Issues Translate RSS Upcoming events are taking place at The Norman F. Feldheym Central Library on May 12th, and The Garcia Center for the Arts on May 19th. The library event will take place between 1 pm-3pm, and the Garcia Center event will be from 12pm-3pm. Activities will include a zine workshop (zine is short for magazine) to share our local stories around fruit, and "Endless Orchard" projects, which strive to build community through expanding public access to fresh fruit. The zine workshops will result in the creation of a Fallen Fruit San Bernardino Magazine, celebrating our countywide community! Printmaker Uncle Bacon (a.k.a. Bob Hurton) and Inlandia Poet Laureate, Nikia Chaney will help guide participants as they create work through collage, illustrations and short written text. The final document becomes an electronic PDF available free for download. The Endless Orchard events will include a public fruit tree adoption at the Feldheym Library, and a "plant the perimeter" event at the Garcia Center for the Arts. What if instead of going to the grocery store for an apple, you just walked outside your door? Fallen Fruit helps the community to create a real living fruit orchard planted by the public, for the public — a movement of citizens transforming their own neighborhoods. Neighbors adopt fruit trees and plant them next to the sidewalk to share with the community. Participants sign an adoption form, agreeing to care for and share the fruit tree. Trees are mapped on the San Bernardino Endless Orchard Map- where anyone can map, plant and share fruit. The anchor of this map will be 12 trees planted on the grounds of the Garcia Center for the Arts. The first "Fallen Fruit San Bernardino!" events took place in partnership with the San Bernardino County Museum in March. The museum hosted an art exhibition "Life in the Cracks," a zine workshop and "Orange You Glad I didn't Say Banana?" in which participants drew their self-portrait on an orange in exchange for a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice. Future "Fallen Fruit San Bernardino!" events are being planned in Victorville and Crestline. Details will be announced as dates and times are confirmed. For more information please visit http://www.artsconnectionnetwork.org Fallen Fruit is an art collaboration originally conceived in 2004 by David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young. Since 2013, David and Austin have continued the collaborative work. Fallen Fruit began by mapping fruit trees growing on or over public property in Los Angeles. The collaboration has expanded to include serialized public projects and site-specific installations and happenings in various cities around the world, and will now include San Bernardino! The projects and works reimagine public interactions with the Subscribe Past Issues Translate - RSS Join us! May 12th at the Feldheym Library from 1-3pm 555 W 6th St., San Bernardino, CA 92410 • Fallen Fruit zine workshop with Uncle Bacon • The Endless Orchard, Fruit Tree Adoption May 19th at The Garcia Center for the Arts from 12-3pm 536 W 11th St., San Bernardino, CA 92410 • Fallen Fruit zine workshop with Nikia Chaney • The Endless Orchard-- plant the perimeter! Orange you glad I didn't say banana? Above is a sampling of community portraits from "Fallen Fruit San Bernardino!' at the San Bernardino County Museum. Visit the museum to see the installation on view now! Subscribe Past Issues �1 Translate - RSS CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL M. SoCalGas A �6 Sempra Energy uwity' Copyright L 2018 SSArtsConnection, All rights rese,ved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You ca update Your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. IPA giO;l boe,� February 28, 2018 Fallen Fruit San Bernardino! Written by Danielle San Bernardino, CA— Artists are integral to healthy communities, bringing people together, building community, and working toward social change. Arts Connection's Annual Conference creates opportunities for this to happen, and in 2016 Fallen Fruit presented the keynote at the University of Redlands and planted the seed for this project. There was an incredible response to their talk, and many who heard it expressed their desire to see Fallen Fruit do a project in San Bernardino County. Together, Arts Connection and Fallen Fruit submitted grant applications to the California Arts Council, the San Bernardino Fine Arts Commission, and SoCalGas. We were successful in our applications, and are excited to share the programs that we have planned. Fallen Fruit present keynote at the 2016 Arts Connection Conference. Fallen Fruit's project for San Bernardino will involve working together with community members in the creation of a living artwork. The project's main site will be The Garcia Center for the Arts in the City of San Bernardino, with other programming taking place at the San Bernardino County Museum, The Feldheym Library, and sites in Victorville and Crestline (which are still being determined). The project will include plantings of a variety of citrus trees at the Garcia Center, fruit tree adoption opportunities, an art exhibition, poetry and collage that will come together in a zine, hand-crafted wooden picnic tables etched with community quotes, and other public participatory projects. Other local artists, including Printmaker Bob Hurton (aka Uncle Bacon) and Inlandia's Poet Laureate, Nikia Chaney, will work with Fallen Fruit and community participants on the creation of the Zine. Mark your calendars with the dated below and stay tuned for more information and event registration! Fallen Fruit was originally conceived by David Burns, Matias Viegener and Austin Young. Since 2013, David and Austin have continued the collaborative work. Events: March 3-31,2018 "Life in the Cracks," an exhibition in conjunction with Fallen Fruit. Reception 3-5pm on March 3rd. March 10, 2018 Fallen Fruit at the San Bernardino County Museum May 12, 2018 Fallen Fruit at the Feldheym Library from 1-3pm, Adopt a tree or take part in Fallen Fruit Magazine, with special guest printmaker Bob Hurton, aka "Uncle Bacon." 555 West 6th Street, San Bernardino May 19, 2018 Fallen Fruit at the Garcia Center from 12-3pm, Help create a fruit park and add your voice to Fallen Fruit Magazine, with special guest, Poet Nikia Chaney! 536 W 11th Street, San Bernardino *****Stay tuned to find out about more upcoming activities in Victorville and Crestline***** Below are some of the activities that will be taking place throughout the course of our project! ORANGE YOU GLAD I DIDN'T SAY BANANA and LEMONADE STAND In exchange for drawing a self-portrait onto a hand-picked piece of fruit (oranges and lemons), each participant receives a glass of organic juice. Collectively the citrusy self- portraits create a group portrait of everyone who joins us! Hand -drawn expressions illustrate joy and innocence as well as wisdom and age. During the project we will take portraits of participants along with their self-portraits and record stories about neighborhood and families of San Bernardino on the theme of ... "Orange you glad..." Black markers and fruit become the drawing materials, and participants are asked to draw a picture of themselves without using a mirror in exchange for a glass of fresh juice. We will upload and tag photos of the participants which will strengthen community bonds and public interactions. People can use the portraits on social media accounts as icons and avatars with hashtags #sanbemadinocountymuseum #orangeyougladtoseeme #FallenFruitSanBernardino FALLEN FRUIT MAGAZINE Join us! Fallen Fruit Magazine brings together public participation, local histories and story -telling. Using strategies of collage this temporary team of culture advocates use fruit as a symbol, object and/or subject to create original editorial content to produce in one -day a site-specific limited edition contemporary culture magazine. Each edition is unique and is editorially focused to topics and subject matter that is historically meaningful to the neighborhood and/or region. Freedom of speech! Free enterprise! Power to the people! Share your fruits! Magazines are assembled in 2 collaborative actions: 1) Story-telling/memories, critical theory, creative writing and interviews with real-time content creation by invited guests artists, cultural leaders and the public. 2) Drawing from our project,'Fallen Fruit Factory,' we create cut-out collage, hand -made graphics, illustrations for written text, original artwork, and political posters all through a lens of local fruit and the agency of public space. Note: Fallen Fruit has a strong preference for project development in native languages and visual vocabularies that are dominant in the area where the body of work is created. The final document is edited in collaboration with a local curator and the art institution hosting Fallen Fruit Magazine. Editions are available to the public and electronic PDF versions are available for download. We'll create cut-out collage, hand -made graphics, illustrations for short written text, original artwork, current event commentary all through a lens of personal and local history, and contemporary culture. The final document becomes an electronic PDF available for download. Uncle Bacon (Bob Hurton) and Inlandia Poet Laureate,Nikia Chaney, will be working with us on this on this project. PUBLIC FRUIT TREE ADOPTION (THE ENDLESS ORCHARD) What if instead of going to the grocery store for an apple, you just walked outside your door? We'll create a real living fruit orchard planted by the public, for the public — a movement of citizens transforming their own neighborhoods. Neighbors adopt fruit trees and plant them next to the sidewalk to share with the community. Participants sign an adoption form, agreeing to care for and share the fruit tree. Trees are mapped on the San Bernardino Endless Orchard Map - where anyone can map, plant and share fruit. The anchor of this map will be 12 trees planted on the grounds of the Garcia Center for the Arts. Participants will attend a planting how-to and fruit care clinic before receiving their adopted trees. **** Please note supplies are limited**** You can apply to adopt a tree if: • You have a home, business, or community center in San Bernardino. Preference will be given to our neighbors in the Inland Empire basin. • The tree will be accessible to neighbors and passersby — placed in the front of your yard right next to the sidewalk. • You agree to water and care for the tree for the first three years. • You're willing to share the bounty! Your tree will be part of the Endless Orchard map, which shares the locations of public fruit trees throughout the city. Contact David and Austin at info @ fallenfruit.org with any questions or to learn more. Fallen Fruit San Bernardino was made possible by grant funding'from the California Arts Council, the San Bernardino Fine Arts Commission, and SoCalGas. Thank you to all of our funders and special thanks to the San Bernardino County Museum for their partnership! Twee SA LIFRNIA >ARTS COU CIL The San Bernardino City Fine Arts Commission SoCalGas A Sempra Energy wnty G+ Dallielle Artist and educator living in Redlands, CA. Website: www.giudiciwallis.com Login to post comments J, L� m i r. 9w "-r A.V ts s. ei. tj IL A Cl) UOSIaN UV(l qlp V, Air -t ri 44 off 41W 414 Z W'Idl` P w p 0. - k V.01 ri rl JAW w so lip aj V � y t�