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Hey, I'm gonna get started.

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I'd like to welcome all of you to the People's Gallery.

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Thank you so much for coming tonight.

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My name is Suzanne Burton,

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and I'm the exhibition coordinator at City Hall.

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The People's Gallery is a program of the City of Austin's

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Economic Development Department's Cultural Arts Division.

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And the gallery mission is to showcase the work of regional artists

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to encourage public dialogue and the enjoyment of visual art.

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We just opened up a call for two different application systems.

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One is our standard call, and the other one is called Install the Wall.

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This will be for the 2019 People's Gallery exhibition, which is also our 15th.

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Without much further ado, I will just dive right in.

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So as you can see, our call opened on August 1st and it's going to close at 5 p.m. October 17th.

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Whoops.

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The eligibility to apply, you must be at least 18 years of age.

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You must live or studio out of one of the following Texas counties.

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There are seven, Bastrop, Blanco, Burnett, Caldwell, Hayes, Travis, and Williamson.

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and visual arts organizations in any of these counties are eligible and we

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welcome submissions of all mediums. For our standard call there are several

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locations both inside and outside the building. Our available exterior

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exhibition space is the second floor mezzanine. If you were to take the

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elevators that you came up on from the parking garage and you went up to

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the second level, you will see the mezzanine right out there. So we also have the City

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Hall Plaza. All the exhibition spaces outside are determined on a case-by-case basis. Our

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available interior exhibition space is the first floor atrium lobby and limited locations

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in adjoining public rooms.

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Self-supporting sculptor platforms must not exceed

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a six by six foot footprint

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and must be at least four and three-quarters inches high.

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The platforms are to be provided by the artists

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and painted with a glossy washable paint.

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The weight also may not exceed 200 pounds

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per 18 by 18 inch floor tile.

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So basically why we're asking for platforms

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for large scale works is that it is ADA compliant

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and it's a liability issue if someone were to trip

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and fall over your work.

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That would definitely not be a good thing.

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So we ask for the four and three quarters inch platform

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just to keep people from getting hurt

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or hurting the artwork.

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So that's why we ask for that.

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And we ask for the glossy washable paint

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to maintain your work.

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This is a picture of the current exhibition

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from the second floor walkway over the atrium.

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This is in the second floor staircase,

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not the mayor's staircase,

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but it's directly out here in the atrium.

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So we do have spaces in all kinds of nooks and crannies

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in the building.

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Here's an example of large scale sculptures

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we have had in the past

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that are on artist-provided platforms.

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And this year, in addition to our standard application,

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we're hosting Install the Wall.

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For this application, we're seeking submissions

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of proposals for two- and three-dimensional works

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for installation in the mayor's stairwell.

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And before I go on with the budget

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and more information about that,

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if any of you after this presentation

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would like to go on a group tour with me,

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I'm happy to show you all the spaces

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and answer any questions you might have.

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So for install the wall, our budget is $3,000,

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and the budget must include materials,

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installation, and de-installation of the work.

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Unfortunately in that stairwell,

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we do not have any electrical outlets,

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so no works that involve electronics

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or lighted components will be viable.

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So, that's just something to think about.

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If you're chosen, the budget, also, since it goes towards installation and de-installation,

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the city does not provide ladders or scaffolding, so if you're chosen, that would be part of

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your installation and de-installation costs from the budget.

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So, here we have a blueprint for install the wall.

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This is a stairwell that's directly behind me.

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It leads from this room, Council Chambers, up to the mayoral wing of City Hall.

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You will see on our website and also within the application system that the same blueprint

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image is there.

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So this is a shot of the mayor's stairwell where install the wall is we're taking applications.

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In the second floor elevator lobby and surrounding conference rooms, the East and West Hallway

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corridors which are the council member's wing, economic development, and the mayor's wing.

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So those are the available spaces on the second floor and that's where the bulk of artworks go

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because we have the most room.

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Here's a picture of an installation we had a few years back in that

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stairwell and

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this is an installation shot from another artist who also installed on that wall.

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is just an example of what the gallery looks like and there's the staircase again.

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So basically each year, when the works are chosen, they're installed by professionals

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and these are just some process shots of how the works go up in different areas in

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which they are installed.

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Thank you.

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Other available spaces on the third floor, there is a walkway that this sculpture is

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currently installed in.

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There are lobby and conference room areas.

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Again, the self-supporting sculptures, large-scale sculptures, must have platforms, but for the

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third floor stairwell, they may not exceed 42 inches in depth.

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depth. Again, it's an ADA compliance and liability issue. So the width of the pedestal can't

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exceed 42 inches in depth, but the piece may be probably up to 20 feet wide. So that's

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something to keep in mind if you're a large-scale sculptor. And on the fourth floor of the

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building, there is no artwork. So the gallery is just taking up the first three floors.

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Each year we have about 90 artists who are chosen out of 350 plus applicants.

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We get about 1,300 submissions.

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And of those submissions we have about 120 artworks that are chosen.

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Here's another example of that walkway.

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This sculpture was no deeper than 42 inches, but as you can see it was about 15 feet wide.

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And I will take you to this website after this PowerPoint presentation.

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I, in the next five slides, have some excerpts from our full guidelines, which are on our website.

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These guidelines will be very important to review because they're folded into the loan agreement.

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If your work is chosen, the guidelines that are at austincreates.com will be part of your loan agreement.

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So,

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things that have been gleaned from that information in the complete call, we respect

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freedom of expression and visual art, but City Hall and the public plaza do not function

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as a traditional gallery or museum.

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The City reserves the right to allow the installation of artwork and to remove or relocate

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artwork at its sole discretion.

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Display of artwork in Austin City Hall does not create a public forum.

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Artwork displayed within the City Hall block shall be appropriate to an office setting and

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for viewing by public officials, city employees, and citizens transacting business in the building.

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If the program manager receives a complaint that a particular work of art is derisive,

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vulgar, gruesome, or otherwise offensive to visitors, the city manager shall review

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the complaint and make a determination. The city manager retained sole discretion as to

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whether to move or remove artwork subject to a complaint. So basically this building was

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built as an office setting. It began, the building opened in 2005 and Mayor will win

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at the time. His wife decided this was a wonderful place to have an art gallery.

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But again, the architect did not have in mind that it would be a gallery.

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So everything must be suitable to the public.

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If any of your submissions are accepted and you agree to exhibit with us, you may offer

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your works for sale.

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All of the sales are between you and the buyer.

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The city is not involved in any sales transactions and does not receive a commission.

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People who work in the city of Austin's economic development department are ineligible to apply.

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If you work for another department, you are eligible to apply but may not offer your work

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for sale.

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Insurance.

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Our fine arts insurance policy provides coverage for artwork loaned to the city for exhibition.

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However, we disclaim liability up to the policies deductible of $2,500 and in excess

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of the policy limits.

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We'll take every reasonable precaution

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to secure the safety of artwork

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on loan to the city,

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but are not responsible for damage or theft,

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except as covered in the

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fine arts insurance policy.

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The lender of the artwork assumes

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all uncovered risk.

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If the lender wants to waive coverage

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under the city's fine arts insurance policy,

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you may provide

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your own insurance, we would just need

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a certificate of insurance.

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The lender will be responsible for all installation and de-installation costs that exceed normal

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installation and de-installation methods as provided by the city.

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The program manager may allow the lender to install and de-install the work under their

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supervision.

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The program manager also may allow artwork to be removed and replaced at specified

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during an exhibit, but prefer that the work remains on display for the term of the loan agreement.

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The same guidelines apply to artwork removed and replaced during an exhibition as applied to the original

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install or dismantling of an exhibition.

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So basically when your work is accepted and dropped off at City Hall, we do have professional installers

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that will put the works up.

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If you have a large-scale or unwieldy piece,

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you would be welcome to come install it yourself.

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We have very limited staff to help,

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but we're always happy to help.

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If you find that you need to remove a work during the show,

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we do prefer that they stay here for the entire 11 months.

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But we're all about promoting you and helping you sell your works.

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So if something sells or it gets into a show,

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I'll make all the accommodations I can to help you in doing that.

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But we would request that you replace the piece you take out with another piece.

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Again, City Hall was not designed as a gallery space.

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It has lots of hallways.

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Some of them are narrow.

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They're not always ideal to each artist, locations that their works are in.

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but we do our best with the space we have.

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Artwork that is left beyond the loan agreement end date

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will be considered abandoned property

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and the city may dispose of the artwork

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in accordance with its applicable policy

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regarding abandoned property

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found in Chapter 911 of the city code

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or as the city's policy may be subsequently amended.

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The city is not responsible for the storage of artworks

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after expiration of the loan agreement.

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Lender may be liable for city's cost to remove

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and dispose of the artwork.

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And this is a quick video that shows our exhibit this year.

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And if you noticed in the video, there are a majority of limestone walls here on the first

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floor, so we would involve different hanging methods than we would for pieces that could

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go on the drywall on the second and third floors. I'll get more into that later when

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we get to the actual application. Each year, we have something called the people's choice,

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The public and staff, any visitor to the building is welcome to vote for their top three favorite artworks.

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The voting ends at the end of October of each year.

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And we pick the highest voted piece if it's within our budget of $5,000,

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and it is purchased by the city for its permanent collection.

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So if you get into the show and your work is for sale, it's eligible to be purchased by the city.

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And next year, being our 15th iteration of the exhibition series, we will announce that are opening the 14th piece that is being purchased by the city.

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And if you would like to vote for any of the pieces in this show, we do have ballots in the second floor lobby.

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So feel free to be a part.

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So these are just a couple of examples of pieces that we have right here in City Hall.

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Our jurors this year, we select a diverse panel of three local visual arts professionals

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to serve in the jurying process, and we have a new panel each year

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in order to maintain a mix of artistic perspectives and experience in artwork selection.

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election. This year, local artists Vino, Rick Nelson, and Stephanie Sandoval will review

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all submissions and recommend artworks for the 2019 exhibition.

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Our timeline, which we

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usually keep on point but it is subject to change, 5 p.m. on October 17th is our application

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deadline. If you wait until 4.59 p.m. and try to submit, it might not go through, so

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be sure to get your applications in before then. The call will disappear off the Internet

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at 5 p.m. and there will be no way to apply after that time.

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So in late October, early November, the applications are reviewed and the artworks

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are selected. The show is laid out towards the end of November prior to final review.

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In early December of this year, the final reviews will take place and we will send notice

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to all of the applicants. If you receive notice that your work or works were selected,

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you must confirm receipt of acceptance and give notice of agreement to participate.

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that will be in the e-mail.

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January 19th and 20th of 2019 are the days that artists

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can deliver the selected works.

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We will not accept the works without the loan agreement,

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which is to be signed by staff upon delivery.

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February 22nd of 2019 is our 2019 opening reception

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here at City Hall,

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and the show will run from February 22nd, 2019, until January 1st of 2020.

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For questions regarding this call for artworks, you can always call or email me.

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We have cards outside the room that have contact information,

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and when I take you to our website, you'll see that we have links.

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Also, this is being video recorded, so if you've missed anything,

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If you weren't able to get here when I started, feel free, you can go online, it should be

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live in about a week.

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Applicants will be notified of acceptance, modification, or rejection of their applications

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by email from People's Gallery at austintexas.gov.

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Please be sure to add this email address to your safe sender's list to ensure you

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receive our responses.

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When the application period has closed, please do not contact staff about the status of your application.

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We will definitely let you know.

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And here are just some examples of other works and spaces.

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This is the atrium, column,

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and a couple of installation shots of larger scale work.

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and

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I am going to go to that computer and I will show you the application system.

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of art, you can click on it and it will

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irritate you to an explanation and some links. Firstly,

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our complete guidelines for the program, which I had mentioned that we exerted from

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maybe found here. So you can just click on this and when you have time to look at it,

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please do read it carefully because, again, that is part of the loan agreement.

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So, when you come to the People's Gallery page, there's a Big Apply Now button,

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so click on that, and it will take you to the Submitable Calls.

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Both of them are listed here, and basically both calls are asking for the same information.

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They are just for separate locations.

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So if you click on the More button, for the standard call, we have one of the videos that

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we showed you.

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It's free to apply.

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There's a summary, eligibility, application requirements, and these are all things that

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are also in the call itself.

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So once we get into the application, I'll go over this information with you.

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But be sure to read the call guidelines closely.

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I presented most of this information.

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So once you look at the guidelines by clicking the more button,

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you can click that again and it will collapse it.

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Same thing for install the wall.

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And here, as I said, we do have the blueprint measurements still free to apply and it just

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has a summary of the information about the budget for the call and everything else is

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the same information.

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So now I'm going to collapse that, whichever call you decide to apply to, you can apply

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to one or both of them.

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You would just click the submit button.

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it opens up the guidelines again and you just scroll to the bottom and it will

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ask you to create an account so once you click on that all you need is an email a

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password your first and last name there's no charge to sign up for this and I

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have an account so I'm going to log in. We're

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into the system again all of the

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call information is repeated there's no way to avoid that but now we're into the

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application which is directly below the guidelines and the asterisked fields

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are required so we will need your first name and your last name as you would

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like them displayed in the guides and also on the artwork labels we need your

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street address city state zip code and county again in order to be eligible to

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apply you must live or work in one of the counties listed which are Bastrop

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Blanco Burnett Caldwell Hayes Travis and Williamson if you do not live in

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one of these counties you are unfortunately ineligible.

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Again to be eligible you must be

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at least 18 years of age so you can just click on yes or no. If you live within the city limits

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we ask for you to provide your council district. If you don't know what your council district

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number is you can click on this link which takes you to a geolocation

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website in which you can search for your council district. All you have to do is

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click on the little button that says I want to. I want to find my council

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district and

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I'm going to enter in city halls address click next and

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it

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should come up as district nine.

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So there you go.

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Once you find what your council district is,

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you can go back to the application

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and choose from one to 10.

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If you do not live in a council district,

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that's just fine, so long as you live

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or work out of one of the seven counties.

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We will ask you if you work for the city of Austin.

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If you do, please click whether you work

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economic development or another department. Also required is a day phone

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number at which we may reach you. We need your email address so that we may

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contact you with notice and for the website address it is a required field

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but if you do not have a website address basically if your work is

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selected, this information will be in our guide and it will be on our labels so that

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buyers might contact you directly.

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So if you do not have a website address and want us to list either your Facebook page or

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email address, whatever is the best way to get to images of your work and contact info,

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just enter that into this field.

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Here we have questions that are not required, they're just optional and for

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internal purposes, they're demographic questions.

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Here on the left under the

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required field for resume it tells you the acceptable file types. Here you can

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upload your resume and please limit it to three pages only. If you do not have

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a professional art resume, that is fine. Feel free, you can upload a bio or a statement

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about the series of work that you have, just so that we can have some more information

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about you.

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Here's the required artwork file number one. You can upload images or movies.

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When you upload your file, please be sure that it is in the following format.

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When you have one art, the first artwork should correspond with zero one, your last name, your first name, and the title of the work.

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That makes it very useful for us when we're cataloging 1300 images.

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The image file size should be between 500K and a megabyte for the best quality.

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If you have a video submission of either a movie you've created, if it's a time-based sculpture or piece,

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This is where you can upload.

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Code movie files, but make sure that your video submissions are no longer than three minutes

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in time.

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And everything for the first piece of work is a required field, but it's up to

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you if you want to go further and submit up to five pieces. So you can enter the title

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of your first work here and a brief statement pertaining to the piece, and that has a limit

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of 100 words, your artist statement, the title, the medium, the year of completion,

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all of these will be on your artwork label.

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And we ask for the final framed dimensions of your 2D work, measuring height by width

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by depth, delicate two-dimensional works or works on paper should be framed and ready

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to hang.

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Canvases do not need to be framed but should be ready to install and we ask

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that you please do not have sawtooth hangers on the backs of your works. It

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makes it a lot harder to install. And the reason we're asking for the depth

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of your 2D work is because as I mentioned before we have some narrow

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hallways and if you identify whether your piece is five or ten inches deep

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versus two inches it's a lot easier to design the show with your work in mind

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in the best place it can be. So for your three-dimensional work please also list

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the dimensions as height by width by depth. Let us know if this piece is

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for indoor display, outdoor display, or if it can be used for both.

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This is not required special installation needs, but it would be helpful for works that

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have special requirements.

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So please list how the work is to be installed if you have any special installment requirements

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or needs.

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And if a work is to be installed against a wall, please specify whether it's a

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cleat, d-rings and wire or another alternative,

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and again, we ask you to please not have sawtooth hangers

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on your works.

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The reason we ask for whether your piece has a cleat

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or d-rings and wire is, again,

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because we have so many limestone walls,

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we have a special wire hanging system,

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so if a piece of yours were to be hung with a cleat,

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it would not be viable on limestone

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and would rather have to be against drywall.

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So the more information you can provide, the better.

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If you have special maintenance instructions for your work,

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please tell us how to best care for and maintain it.

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Here is where you can put in your sale value,

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insurance and sale value of your work

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that is required if your work is chosen

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and you choose to use the city's fine arts and insurance policy we do ensure

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the works for whatever the insurance sale value is also required is is this

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work available for sale if it's not for sale just click NFS and this

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information will be in the guide but on not on the labels if your work is not

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available for sale in the guide it will say NFS. If it is available for sale it

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will list your insurance sale value and again we will list your website or email

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address whichever you prefer in the guide so that prospective buyers might

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get in touch with you.

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Basically for artwork files number two through five

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it is exactly the same but nothing is required of you to fill out.

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So that's

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That's basically the nuts and bolts of the system.

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It's pretty easy and not

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going to do it.

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Another thing to mention is that there are postcards outside the room.

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We have a virtual tour of the gallery that you can view either from home or on your

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cell phone.

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It's a web-based browser tour.

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You can go to AustinCityHall.onsell.com to check out the space.

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There's a tour of People's Gallery as well as City Hall there.

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You can click on our Facebook page.

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Be sure to like us so that you can get updates about the call.

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And here is Austin Creates again.

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So when you go into the submission site, we do have a lot of links for you.

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so that you can find and get in contact with us. Does anyone have any questions?

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If so, there is a live wireless microphone right here.

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Danny, if you have questions?

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Who does the engineering review for pieces that might require that?

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Who does the engineering review, the building engineer, or if it's a sculpture that has an engineering component?

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It depends on the jurors and it also depends we don't have an engineer that

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so wait safety what about the weight limits on the on the wall weight limits

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on the wall have not been determined yet it is a drywall surface so I would

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assume that if it had the proper anchoring that it could get fairly heavy, but if that

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becomes a frequently asked question, I will inquire to see if there are any engineers

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who can answer that for me.

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There is, but I'm not sure who the building engineer is.

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Absolutely.

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Absolutely.

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Well, oh, you have a question?

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Yes, I wanted to know about the time frame for the actual installation on the wall.

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Is there an amount of time?

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It would have to be installed once the notice goes out in very early December.

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The works come in at the end of January and the works would have to be installed

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before the opening on February 22nd.

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So there's wiggle room for installation.

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Well, I guess that about wraps it up.

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If anyone would like to come take a walk with me to check out the space, I'm very happy to take you.

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Sure, we have one more question.

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I was wondering, could you say a little bit about some of the factors that go into how you choose the artist

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And if you could say a little bit just about maybe the,

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not the demographics necessarily, but just like the mix of artists you've had in past shows.

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Well, so far as the mix of artists goes in past shows,

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we usually have about 50 to 60% new exhibitors to the gallery who are accepted.

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The way the city chooses the jurors is we look for applicants who are from varied background.

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who are arts professionals and that's how we chose every year's panelists. We

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never have the same panelists twice to keep it fair. And does that answer all

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of it?

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Yeah this this gallery is a really good launching point for lots of

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careers. We've helped garner sales and commissions. Some artists go on to have

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their first solo exhibition at other galleries. We have about 210,000 visitors to the building

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each year. We have foreign delegates. We have city managers and mayors from other places

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who come and visit. We have the general public, tourists, and because we'll have

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all of your information in the guides which are readily available to anyone who would

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like one, and on your artwork labels,

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it's just a better possibility for you

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to really get your information out there

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and hopefully garner some sales and commissions and shows.

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Is there a place we can go

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to see the exhibits of the past, what's been done before?

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Let me go to Austin Creates

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and see if it is still up there.

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Hang on one second.

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And

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also I have another kind of two-part question.

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Sure.

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So the works that we put on the application, is that what we intend to show?

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Is that what's going to actually be entered in?

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Or can we show stuff we've done and then maybe have something new?

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No, we only take five submissions per applicant,

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and they would have to be the works that are available for the exhibit.

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it, you are welcome to draw up proposals. If a proposal is chosen, it's dependent on

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if you have samples of the work or the completed piece to be installed. So if you were to just

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give like a history of works that you have done, I suppose you could make that into

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a document and upload it in the resume field of the application.

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And let me see if we still have information about prior shows.

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I think that came down, but I can be sure to have it go back live.

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But we do have digital catalogs of past shows.

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Hi.

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Hi.

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Any size requirements minimum or maximum?

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Well, there is no minimum.

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The maximum is really variable.

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The largest space we have is the mayor's stairwell

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for the install the wall call.

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We have a column over the atrium

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which can take a pretty large scale work.

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We have a couple of other areas

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I can walk you all through to show you

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what is available.

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So if you wanted to propose a site specific piece

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and you have a site in mind,

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then you could apply that way as well.

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But the mayor's stairwell is the only area that has a budget.

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Does anyone else have a question?

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Me and somebody else wanted to do a piece together.

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Is that possible?

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Yes, artist teams are welcome to apply as well.

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when after you have signed up to get into submitable when you go to the

476
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application where you have the first name field and the last name field you

477
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could put the first artists first and last name in the top field and the second

478
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artists in the bottom field okay and then we could each submit our own stuff

479
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if I wanted to, or is it just like one, okay.

480
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Yeah, that should be fine.

481
00:43:10,540 --> 00:43:11,420
Okay, awesome, thanks.

482
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Thank you.

483
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Well, if that's it for questions,

484
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we're going to wrap this up and take a tour.