HomeMy WebLinkAboutLetter to Black Culture Foundation re Rosa Parks statue
August 28, 2016
President
Black Culture Foundation
P.O. Box 7288
San Bernardino, CA 92411-0288
Dear Sir/Madam:
In the summer of 2014, the Fine Arts Commission of the City of San Bernardino recommended,
and the City Council later approved, a grant of $2,500.00 to your organization to go toward the
completion of the Rosa Parks statue, by local sculptor Patrick Jewett. It is our understanding that
this statue will be placed in the patio or inside the Rosa Parks Memorial Building on “E” Street.
Two years have gone by, and the statue is still not ready to install. Do you have information
about the status of this project? Has your organization had any kind of fund drive or grant
application to assist in providing the funds needed for completion? The Fine Arts Commission is
interested in having information about the projected timeline. Could you please provide us with
that information and an accounting of how the $2,500.00 was spent?
The Fine Arts Commission is extremely interested in this project as an addition to public art in
the City of San Bernardino and as a way to honor an individual who contributed greatly to the
civil rights of many persons.
Thank you for your assistance.
Dr. Dorothy Garcia, Chairperson
Fine Arts Commission
City of San B ernardino
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By: Diane G. Grant, Senior Office Assistant