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Board approves seven mural grants totaling $29,500, 7-0
The board approved, 7-0, seven grants recommended by its subcommittee: Color Art ($5,000), The Roseberry ($3,500), El Vaquero ($2,500), Sunset Center ($6,000, artist Malcom Byers), Pergola Shop ($3,500), Barnes Jewelry ($6,000 of $6,500 requested) and ALT ($3,000 of $6,000 requested). Every mural except Sunset Center was to be painted by Blank Spaces. Two applications were not funded. In September 2022 staff reported that The Roseberry had withdrawn.[1][2]
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The February 8, 2022 minutes list seven awarded applications with a "Total of Recommendation Amount: $29,500," approved "unanimously with a 7 to 0 vote." Six of the seven murals list Blank Spaces as the artist; Sunset Center lists Malcom Byers. Barnes Jewelry was recommended $6,000 of $6,500 requested and ALT $3,000 of $6,000 requested ("With recommended changes and acceptance of funds allocated"). [1]
- Awards
- 7
- Total
- $29,500
- Votes for
- 7
- Votes against
- 0
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On September 13, 2022 the coordinator reported that the awardee The Roseberry "has withdrawn their application," and she and the Parks director suggested directing the approved funds to marketing material showing the murals installed to date. On October 11 the board heard that the City's Hoodoo Mural Festival sponsorship had shifted from a booth to "donating $2,500 towards the supplies for the local wall"; the coordinator said she had removed herself from the conversation because of her involvement with both the board and the festival. [2][3]
