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>>It's really 
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in a world that's so busy

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that you feel like there's 
no time to appreciate art.

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But, art in any form, 
visual art, music, poetry,

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is something that 
if you take it in,

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then it definitely gives 
you something back.

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>>Today we're going to visit

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one of the oldest contemporary 
art spaces in the country.

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Join us as we visit 
Second Street Gallery,

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a non-profit organization 
dedicated to inspiring new ways

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of thinking, seeing, 
and doing through art.

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Come on!

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>>Well, Second Street 
Gallery started in 1973

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by a group of artists 
here in Charlottesville

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at a small space 
on Second Street

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but the other side 
of the Downtown Mall.

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And they started to be a 
place to show contemporary art

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and to show their own work 
and the work of other people.

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Since then, we 
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well I say we, I wasn't 
there for this (laughs)

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but, they moved to McGuffey 
Arts Center for a long time.

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And then moved here to the 
building that was built in 2004.

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>>So, talk about the mission.

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Talk about the goals 
of the gallery.

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>>Well, we have a few.

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I mean, our main mission is to

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bring the best of contemporary 
art from around the world

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to right here to 
Charlottesville.

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We show contemporary work.

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So its work from living artists,

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by people who are making work.

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I think about it as the 
first draft of art history.

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>>Oh, that's great.

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>>It's like a museum 
already has the work

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that's been digested by 
the culture a little bit.

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We're just showing the work that

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people sometimes have 
made the week before.

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So, we're showing work 
that is brand new.

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We also take that work

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and try to get that spirit 
out into the community.

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So, we have a lot of 
outreach programs for adults

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and a lot of them for kids.

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So, we bring artists 
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into the Boys And Girls 
Club, into various places

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trying to get them interested 
in what we are doing with art,

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and make art seem like 
an important thing

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for all of us to see 
and participate in.

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>>And one of the 
other events you do,

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aside from having exhibitions,

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you have other events, 
musical events.

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You have a really great series 
called Brews With A View.

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What is that about?

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>>Yes, so we do a fundraiser

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throughout the late 
spring and summer,

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and into the fall,

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which is on the rooftop 
deck of our building.

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And we have bands play

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and we have beer there 
for people to come

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and it's like a big party.

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>>And you can hear it

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when you're walking on the mall,

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and you think what am I 
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>>Yeah, it's one of the great...

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I mean one of the great 
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that I loved since I moved here,

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is that idea that 
art, and music, and 
culture is everywhere.

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So, we want people to feel like

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Second Street Gallery 
is their gallery.

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I mean, it's not something 
that is just for certain people

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or people who are very 
educated or whatever.

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>>Exactly, so definitely,

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because some people 
will avoid galleries

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because they're intimidated.

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They think, "Oh, I don't know 
anything about art.", but--

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>>And I totally understand that.

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One of my jobs is 
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that they can let that go.

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I understand where 
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but we all make aesthetic 
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all the time.

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We pick what music 
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what clothes we're gonna wear.

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We know what we like,

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and you can walk into a gallery

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and make those same decisions.

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Oh, I like this, 
I don't like this.

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or music history or 
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but I know what I 
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It's fine, its not for me,

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I don't have to say 
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>>Right. 
>>It's not for me.

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it can be very intimidating,

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"I've got to know the 
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but really you don't.

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You should walk in

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and think about your own 
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Do I like this or not?

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you can talk to us in the 
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and maybe learn more and get 
more out of what you're seeing.

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and that's just as important

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as the most highfalutin art 
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with it as well.

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It's our culture, 
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Especially contemporary work,

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where the judgment of 
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and so you're part of that.

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So, I think more often than not

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you're gonna be 
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and find different ways 
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>>Yeah, well, and talk 
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the exhibition 
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of the artist Siemon Allen.

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He's from South Africa, and he 
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thousands and thousands of 
albums of South African music.

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The exhibition we have is,

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he scanned the labels 
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and put them together in 
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in this immersive environment 
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of South African music.

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all kinds of South 
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there's rock-n-roll, 
there's everything.

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you can see both the 
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going from a hundred 
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as the different culture, 
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the Native culture, 
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as they worked with each other

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to make a unique 
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>>And in the background 
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>>Oh, right!

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And so we have playing music.

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So, Simeon gave us an 
iPad full of music.

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He said over the six 
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we're never gonna hear 
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>>Six weeks?

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>>Yeah, so it's over 
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So, we love it.

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In the gallery we're 
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like I was saying before,

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and the next minute we'll hear 
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that's all scratchy 
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or a rock-n-roll song 
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to hear as well as see 
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of this one country.

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You know, he said, "Yeah, 
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It's a love for his culture

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and wanting to hold on 
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that are unique to that.

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>>We do about ten shows a year.

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One of the things 
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is to bring work here 
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if it's not in our space.

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we've had a number of 
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and then also very widely known.

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And then some very widely 
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So, through "Look 3" 
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Gregory Crewdson, Dean Dass,

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who is definitely a 
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Robb Tarbell, Amy Sherald, 
who is a rising star,

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whose work is to be 
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in a number of fora.

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but are definitely 
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in the coming years.

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>>Now you're an artist,

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you're also the 
executive director here.

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So, talk a little bit about 
your role as an artist

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and then how it helps you here.

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>>Yeah, so this space 
was started by artists

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and it's artists-run now.

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The previous director 
was also an artist.

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My history as an artist.

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So, I have shown here, 
I have curated here,

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I have seen this as a resource,

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both as an audience 
member to come in

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and meet other artists and 
see the work they're doing.

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And again, see work in this 
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unless I was in New 
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>>And your art has been 
in all of these places.

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We need to say that too.

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>>Yeah, yeah, I have shown 
all those places right, right.

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But I think as an artist,

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what I can bring to this is,

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both a relationship to 
how the space works,

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and how important 
it is to artists.

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I mean, we work really hard 
to support our artists,

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to help them pay for 
shipping, to get them here,

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to get them hotel rooms, 
to pay them honorariums.

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We do a lot of things

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that a lot of other non-profits 
spaces aren't able to do.

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I mean, that's because 
of the sponsorship

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and the donations we get from 
the people in my community.

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We wanna treat 
the artists right.

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So, that part of it

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really helps us to also 
have a good reputation

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and get artists of a 
much bigger caliber.

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For instance, Simeon Allen,

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the piece that we have here

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was shown in the Venice 
Biennale in 2011.

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That's a big 
international art fair,

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probably the most famous one.

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This has never been shown 
in the United States before,

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and we have it right 
here in Charlottesville!

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>>And its right here!

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>>And this is the kind of thing

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that happens again 
and again here.

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We get people in to this 
space that are huge,

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and I'm shocked that we can 
get, (laughs) it's great.

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>>And you know, Charlottesville,

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it's not just that 
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and that we want to support 
it, because we love the arts,

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but the arts really 
help our city.

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>>Yeah, yeah, there is a--

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>>There's been a study, the PCA.

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>>The Piedmont Council of 
the Arts did a cultural plan,

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a couple of years ago,

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that looked at what the 
economic benefit is of,

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among other things,

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what the economic benefit is

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of all the cultural 
organizations here in town.

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And it's significant.

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I mean, this idea, not 
only of the actual dollars,

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but making a place where

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people who are going 
to solve problems,

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who are going to make 
Charlottesville a better place,

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to attract them and 
keep them there,

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is one thing that 
cultural organizations do.

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So it's hard sometimes to 
quantify that, I think,

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into a dollars and cents thing,

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but I think when you sit 
back and really look at it.

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I know for me, I've stayed 
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because it's a great 
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I can go see plays, 
I can see films,

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I can go to the festival, all 
of the festivals that we have.

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Of course I can see 
great art as well.

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>>So, here with me to my right

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is a photographic 
installation with sound,

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by an artist name Mai Al Shazly,

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and Mai is visiting from Cairo.

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So ,when you think 
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presenting a woman whose 
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or the way that this headscarf 
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in relation to what 
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as a more traditional hijab.

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There's a way that she's 
emphasizing the identity

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of each of her sitters.

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But then, she's also 
emphasizing a lyricism,

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and a cosmopolitan 
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of each of the people that is 
portrayed in her photography.

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>>So, if somebody 
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with Second Street Gallery,

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there're a lot of different ways

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that you can become a part of 
it and support the gallery.

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How do you do that?

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>>Yeah, so the first 
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is come in and see a show.

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We have free admission 
all of the time.

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We're open Tuesday through 
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Come in, talk to us, 
bring your friends,

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argue about the work (laughs).

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Whatever you wanna do.

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That's the number one thing.

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And I want to make 
sure everyone knows

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it's free to get in, 
and we want you here.

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We also love for 
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We need people,

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everything from helping 
artists to hanging work.

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In which case you get 
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>>Ooo, that's cool.

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>>Gallery sitting on a 
Saturday so we can stay open.

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Helping us at events.

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Then of course, we want 
people to join as members,

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and we want people to 
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We rely on sponsorships 
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to keep this thing going.

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for all of the support 
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from a wide range of 
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and we'd love for other people

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to come and help us in that way.

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>>There's one thing 
that's really fun

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about this space is that 
it's incredibly flexible.

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then you absolutely must come 
back later in the season,

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because the space will 
be totally re-invented.

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So, even if you don't 
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these types of 
reciprocal experiences,

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supporting local artists,

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even if it's just coming 
in and sitting on the couch

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and taking a moment 
out of your day

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to see that type of creativity 
growing is really important.

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(jazz music)