Meyer  Memorial  Trust  Grassroots  Grant  2011  Presenta5on:  November  29,  2010  

Roya  Amirsoleymani,  Marissa  Laubscher,  Lisa  HewiC  &  Ka5e  Kelley  

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Founded in 2005, our mission is to create unique conditions that enrich, connect, and engage the greater Eugene community by repurposing public space as a platform for contemporary art and media experiences.

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Dr. John Fenn, President Assistant Professor, University of Oregon

Marcela Mendoza, Vice President Executive Director of Centro Latino Americano

Isaac Marquez, Secretary Public Art Manager, City of Eugene

Mindy Linder, Treasure Steering Committee Member, Arts and Business Alliance of Eugene

Jill Hertz Executive Director, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

Jamie Hosler Co-Owner Bijou Arts Cinema

Michael Kinnison Neighborhood Empowerment Initiative, City of Eugene

Suzi Steffen Arts Editor, Eugene Weekly

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ENAC’s most successful events include Ten Tiny Dances in Monroe Park; the Andy Warhol Guerilla Film Festival; and Audio Impressions.

We combine participatory arts programming with public dialogues, educational salons, workshops, a web-based community arts publication, and artist residencies and commissions

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•  Over 80 volunteers •  500 donors •  Annual attendance totaling over 20,000 •  Annual operating budget of $500,000

Last year, 90% of survey respondents agreed that ENAC’s events exposed them to art they would not have experienced otherwise.

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Quali!cations Vanessa Renwick

Camille Utterback

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ENAC History A three night festival (September 23-25, 2011) that will visually transform three Eugene landmarks through video projections by three artists representing local, national, and international practices and diverse perspectives on aesthetics, gender, politics, and sexual identity.

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ENAC History The Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson Memorial House Whiteaker Neighborhood

Positioned on Skinner’s Butte in Whiteaker, the house is highly visible from downtown and the market district and is a treasured historical resource.

Vanessa Renwick (Portland, OR) works with experimental and poetic documentary forms to produce !lms, videos, and installations that explore the possibility of hope in contemporary society. Her iconoclastic work re$ects an interest in place, relationships between bodies and landscapes, and all sorts of borders and has been curated internationally in galleries, museums, and art festivals. Renwick is represented by PDX Contemporary Art.

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Petersen  Barn  Community  Center  Bethel/Trainsong  Neighborhood  

Petersen  Barn  is  located  in  Bethel  neighborhood  within  close  proximity  to  Trainsong  Neighborhood  where  the  majority  of  households  fall  below  the  median  income  level  of  Eugene  as  a  whole  and  have  limited  access  to  services.  

Camille  UCerback  (San  Francisco,  CA),  an  interna5onally  renowned  abstract  ar5st,  engages  audiences  through  interac5ve  installa5ons  and  exhibits  and  reac5ve  sculptures.  Her  work  has  been  exhibited  in  the  New  Museum  of  Contemporary  Art  (NY)  and  the  Netherlands  Ins5tute  for  Media  Art.    

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ENAC History Eugene Downtown Library: Central and accessible location, a landmark of downtown Eugene

Founded in 1998 Seeper (London, UK) is an interactive arts and technology collective whose work explores natural user interaction, responsive environments, devices, and architecture to create multi-sensory experiences and memories. Seeper has worked with such partners as Nokia, Volkswagen, Chanel, Intel, Nike, Sony Playstation, and the Glastonbury Music Festival.

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A collaboration among the following senior staff:

Arts Program Director •  Artist relations •  Projection venue coordination •  City permit procurement •  Partnerships with local government and neighborhood coalitions •  Coordination of contracted technology/projection specialists •  Project evaluation

Education & Community Outreach (ECO) Director •  Online blog of artists, festival events, and community response •  Sunday Salon - budget, venue coordination, and evaluations •  Volunteer training/management

Communications Director •  Marketing and promotion as far north as Portland •  Print web, street-level advertising •  Public/media relations

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ENAC History The goal of (sub)Urban Projections is to provide accessible, affordable multimedia art in diverse neighborhoods that:

•  serves as an enjoyable, educational, community-oriented experience

•  engages participants from low socioeconomic backgrounds

•  helps citizens celebrate and re-envision its public spaces through contemporary art

•  secures participation and encourages future engagement in ENAC and other arts programs from individuals who do not regularly attend cultural events

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The  primary  outcomes  of  (sub)Urban  Projec5ons,    to  be  measured  through  in-­‐person  and  e-­‐mail  surveys    at  and  following  the  fes5val),  are  for  a  minimum  of:  

• 80%  of  respondents  to  indicate  that  the  event  was  enjoyable,      educa5onal,  and/or  increased  their  sense  of  community  

• 25%  of  respondents  to  report  income  levels  below  Eugene’s      median  

• 80%  of  respondents  to  indicate  that  the  event  made  them      think  differently  about  Eugene’s  public  spaces  

• 15%  of  respondents  to  indicate  that  they  do  not  regularly      aCend  arts  or  culture  events  

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ENAC History Diverse Staff & Board Leaders in the arts, neighborhood enhancement, multiculturalism, academia, government, and economic sustainability whose academic and professional experience includes top-ranked arts and business programs, nonpro!ts, and universities

Notable Artists Andrea Zittel, Ryan Trecartin, raqs Media Collective, Nick Cave, Gabriel Orozco, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Margarita Cabrera, Harrell Fletcher, Miranda July

Media Coverage Art Papers, Art Ltd., X, Juxtapoz, The San Francisco Chronicle, TimeOut Chicago,The Los Angeles Times, The Oregonian, Portland Mercury, Willamette Weekly, Eugene Weekly, The Stranger, BOMBlog, Art Lies, Glasstire

Past Funding William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Paul G. Allen Foundation, Oregon Arts Commission, Lane County Cultural Coalition, Collins Foundation, Lane County Arts Council & Cultural Coalition

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ENAC History Organization Budget: $500,000 Program/Admin Funding: 75%/25%

(sub)Urban Projections – Total Cost: $68,588

Grants Received: William & Flora Hewlett Foundation - $22,000 Oregon Arts Commission - Arts Build Communities - $6,000 Lane County Cultural Commission - $3,000 Lane County Arts Council - Community Arts Grant - $2,000

Meyer Memorial Trust Funds If received, Meyer Memorial Trust funds would be allocated to direct program expenses, speci"cally artist compensation and projection equipment for artistic displays.  

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(sub)Urban Projections addresses the following community needs for arts and culture in the Greater Eugene area:

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• The Contemporary