WEBVTT 00:01.234 --> 00:05.138 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% >>It's really important to slow down 00:05.138 --> 00:07.040 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% in a world that's so busy 00:07.040 --> 00:10.343 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% that you feel like there's no time to appreciate art. 00:10.343 --> 00:15.348 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% But, art in any form, visual art, music, poetry, 00:16.549 --> 00:18.818 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% is something that if you take it in, 00:18.818 --> 00:22.455 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% then it definitely gives you something back. 00:22.455 --> 00:23.923 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >>Today we're going to visit 00:23.923 --> 00:27.494 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% one of the oldest contemporary art spaces in the country. 00:27.494 --> 00:30.263 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% Join us as we visit Second Street Gallery, 00:30.263 --> 00:34.200 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% a non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring new ways 00:34.200 --> 00:37.904 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% of thinking, seeing, and doing through art. 00:37.904 --> 00:38.705 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50% Come on! 00:41.074 --> 00:43.743 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>Well, Second Street Gallery started in 1973 00:44.978 --> 00:46.913 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% by a group of artists here in Charlottesville 00:46.913 --> 00:49.849 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% at a small space on Second Street 00:49.849 --> 00:52.118 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% but the other side of the Downtown Mall. 00:52.118 --> 00:54.988 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And they started to be a place to show contemporary art 00:54.988 --> 00:57.557 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and to show their own work and the work of other people. 00:57.557 --> 01:00.994 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Since then, we moved to McGuffey, 01:00.994 --> 01:02.729 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% well I say we, I wasn't there for this (laughs) 01:02.729 --> 01:05.999 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but, they moved to McGuffey Arts Center for a long time. 01:05.999 --> 01:10.437 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And then moved here to the building that was built in 2004. 01:10.437 --> 01:12.038 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >>So, talk about the mission. 01:12.038 --> 01:14.541 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Talk about the goals of the gallery. 01:14.541 --> 01:15.475 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% >>Well, we have a few. 01:15.475 --> 01:17.243 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% I mean, our main mission is to 01:17.243 --> 01:19.746 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% bring the best of contemporary art from around the world 01:19.746 --> 01:22.082 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60% to right here to Charlottesville. 01:22.082 --> 01:23.650 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% We show contemporary work. 01:23.650 --> 01:25.051 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% So its work from living artists, 01:25.051 --> 01:27.554 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% by people who are making work. 01:27.554 --> 01:31.124 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I think about it as the first draft of art history. 01:31.124 --> 01:32.392 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% >>Oh, that's great. 01:32.392 --> 01:34.360 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>It's like a museum already has the work 01:34.360 --> 01:36.629 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that's been digested by the culture a little bit. 01:36.629 --> 01:38.231 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% We're just showing the work that 01:38.231 --> 01:40.700 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% people sometimes have made the week before. 01:42.569 --> 01:46.206 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So, we're showing work that is brand new. 01:46.206 --> 01:47.740 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% We also take that work 01:47.740 --> 01:50.410 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and try to get that spirit out into the community. 01:50.410 --> 01:52.979 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% So, we have a lot of outreach programs for adults 01:52.979 --> 01:54.814 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and a lot of them for kids. 01:54.814 --> 01:57.884 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So, we bring artists into schools, 01:57.884 --> 02:01.187 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% into the Boys And Girls Club, into various places 02:01.187 --> 02:05.024 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% trying to get them interested in what we are doing with art, 02:05.024 --> 02:07.127 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and make art seem like an important thing 02:07.127 --> 02:10.230 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% for all of us to see and participate in. 02:10.230 --> 02:12.298 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>And one of the other events you do, 02:12.298 --> 02:14.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% aside from having exhibitions, 02:14.033 --> 02:16.035 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% you have other events, musical events. 02:16.035 --> 02:19.239 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% You have a really great series called Brews With A View. 02:19.239 --> 02:20.173 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% What is that about? 02:20.173 --> 02:22.075 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >>Yes, so we do a fundraiser 02:22.075 --> 02:24.144 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% throughout the late spring and summer, 02:24.144 --> 02:25.378 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and into the fall, 02:25.378 --> 02:28.781 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% which is on the rooftop deck of our building. 02:28.781 --> 02:30.350 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% And we have bands play 02:31.885 --> 02:34.254 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and we have beer there for people to come 02:34.254 --> 02:36.289 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and it's like a big party. 02:36.289 --> 02:37.724 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% >>And you can hear it 02:37.724 --> 02:39.192 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% when you're walking on the mall, 02:39.192 --> 02:41.461 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and you think what am I missing, where should I be? 02:41.461 --> 02:42.929 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >>Yeah, it's one of the great... 02:42.929 --> 02:44.097 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I mean one of the great things about Charlottesville 02:44.097 --> 02:45.732 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that I loved since I moved here, 02:45.732 --> 02:50.436 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% is that idea that art, and music, and culture is everywhere. 02:51.337 --> 02:52.572 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% So, we want people to feel like 02:52.572 --> 02:54.107 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Second Street Gallery is their gallery. 02:54.107 --> 02:59.078 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I mean, it's not something that is just for certain people 03:00.280 --> 03:01.381 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% or people who are very educated or whatever. 03:01.381 --> 03:02.815 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >>Exactly, so definitely, 03:02.815 --> 03:05.418 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% because some people will avoid galleries 03:05.418 --> 03:07.020 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% because they're intimidated. 03:07.020 --> 03:09.756 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% They think, "Oh, I don't know anything about art.", but-- 03:09.756 --> 03:11.391 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >>And I totally understand that. 03:11.391 --> 03:14.327 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% But I think that, I hope that people... 03:14.327 --> 03:16.229 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% One of my jobs is convince people 03:17.830 --> 03:19.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that they can let that go. 03:19.566 --> 03:21.034 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I understand where they are coming from 03:21.034 --> 03:23.503 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but we all make aesthetic decisions in our lives 03:23.503 --> 03:24.737 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% all the time. 03:24.737 --> 03:26.506 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We pick what music we like, what shoes, 03:26.506 --> 03:27.941 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% what clothes we're gonna wear. 03:27.941 --> 03:29.576 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% We know what we like, 03:30.743 --> 03:31.978 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and you can walk into a gallery 03:31.978 --> 03:33.313 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and make those same decisions. 03:33.313 --> 03:34.647 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Oh, I like this, I don't like this. 03:34.647 --> 03:36.082 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% You don't have to be super educated. 03:36.082 --> 03:37.984 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% So, for instance with music, 03:37.984 --> 03:40.520 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I don't know everything about music theory 03:40.520 --> 03:41.788 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% or music history or things like that, 03:41.788 --> 03:43.356 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% but I know what I like to listen to. 03:43.356 --> 03:44.657 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And I know the other stuff, 03:44.657 --> 03:45.892 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% It's fine, its not for me, 03:45.892 --> 03:46.993 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I don't have to say it's bad or anything. 03:46.993 --> 03:48.361 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>Right. >>It's not for me. 03:48.361 --> 03:49.796 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And I think when it comes to visual arts 03:49.796 --> 03:51.464 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% it can be very intimidating, 03:51.464 --> 03:54.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% "I've got to know the whole history of this.", 03:54.033 --> 03:55.268 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% but really you don't. 03:55.268 --> 03:56.536 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% You should walk in 03:56.536 --> 03:57.737 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and think about your own relationship with it. 03:57.737 --> 03:58.705 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% Do I like this or not? 03:58.705 --> 04:00.206 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% You can read what's on the wall, 04:00.206 --> 04:02.542 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% you can talk to us in the gallery or to your friends, 04:02.542 --> 04:06.913 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% and maybe learn more and get more out of what you're seeing. 04:06.913 --> 04:08.881 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% But in the end, it's your relationship with it, 04:08.881 --> 04:10.583 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and that's just as important 04:11.985 --> 04:14.487 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% as the most highfalutin art history professor's relationship 04:14.487 --> 04:15.722 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% with it as well. 04:15.722 --> 04:17.624 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It's our culture, it's for all of us. 04:17.624 --> 04:20.326 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Especially contemporary work, 04:20.326 --> 04:23.329 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% where the judgment of history hasn't been made yet, 04:23.329 --> 04:25.665 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and so you're part of that. 04:25.665 --> 04:26.799 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% So, I think more often than not 04:26.799 --> 04:28.501 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% you're gonna be engaged and enlightened 04:28.501 --> 04:30.536 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% and find different ways of thinking about things. 04:30.536 --> 04:32.939 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% >>Yeah, well, and talk about the exhibit, 04:32.939 --> 04:34.641 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% the exhibition that's here today. 04:34.641 --> 04:36.576 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% >>Yeah, so we have the work right now 04:36.576 --> 04:38.111 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% of the artist Siemon Allen. 04:38.111 --> 04:42.949 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% He's from South Africa, and he has collected over ten years, 04:44.350 --> 04:47.920 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% thousands and thousands of albums of South African music. 04:49.122 --> 04:50.523 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% The exhibition we have is, 04:50.523 --> 04:52.625 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% he scanned the labels of those albums, 04:52.625 --> 04:54.193 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and put them together in this beautiful curtain, 04:54.193 --> 04:57.363 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% in this immersive environment that you can walk through. 04:57.363 --> 05:00.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% It's a whole history of a century-plus 05:00.533 --> 05:02.268 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% of South African music. 05:02.268 --> 05:04.504 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% So, there will be albums by 05:04.504 --> 05:05.705 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% all kinds of South African artists. 05:05.705 --> 05:09.108 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% From hip-hop artists towards the end to jazz. 05:09.108 --> 05:11.978 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% There's some albums of speeches by famous people, 05:11.978 --> 05:15.081 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% there's rock-n-roll, there's everything. 05:15.081 --> 05:16.516 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And as you walk through it, 05:16.516 --> 05:18.217 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% you can see both the history of graphic design, 05:18.217 --> 05:19.819 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% going from a hundred years ago to now. 05:19.819 --> 05:22.922 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% But, you can also see as the culture changed, 05:22.922 --> 05:25.792 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% as the different culture, the Afrikaans culture, 05:25.792 --> 05:27.894 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the Native culture, the English culture, 05:27.894 --> 05:30.496 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% as they worked with each other 05:30.496 --> 05:32.865 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to make a unique South African culture. 05:32.865 --> 05:36.035 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Music is a great, I think, vector for that. 05:36.035 --> 05:38.371 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>And in the background what are you hearing? 05:38.371 --> 05:39.305 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% >>Oh, right! 05:39.305 --> 05:40.807 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And so we have playing music. 05:40.807 --> 05:45.144 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So, Simeon gave us an iPad full of music. 05:45.144 --> 05:46.846 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% He said over the six week run of the show 05:46.846 --> 05:48.681 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% we're never gonna hear the same song twice. 05:48.681 --> 05:49.949 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% >>Six weeks? 05:49.949 --> 05:51.651 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>Yeah, so it's over six weeks of music. 05:51.651 --> 05:53.686 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% (both laughing) 05:53.686 --> 05:55.088 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% So, we love it. 05:55.088 --> 05:56.389 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% In the gallery we're hearing it all of the time. 05:56.389 --> 05:58.057 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So one minute, we'll hear a hip-hop song, 05:58.057 --> 05:59.559 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% like I was saying before, 05:59.559 --> 06:01.561 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and the next minute we'll hear a hundred year old jazz song 06:01.561 --> 06:04.097 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that's all scratchy that he digitized. 06:04.097 --> 06:05.565 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And the next minute we'll hear a speech 06:05.565 --> 06:08.501 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% or a rock-n-roll song and so you start to begin 06:08.501 --> 06:12.338 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to hear as well as see the breadth of the culture 06:12.338 --> 06:13.506 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% of this one country. 06:13.506 --> 06:16.509 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And for him, I asked him this this. 06:16.509 --> 06:18.378 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% You know, he said, "Yeah, its an act of love." 06:18.378 --> 06:19.812 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% It's a love for his culture 06:19.812 --> 06:22.749 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and wanting to hold on to some of the things 06:22.749 --> 06:25.451 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% that are unique to that. 06:25.451 --> 06:28.621 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% ♪ Soweto ♪ 06:28.621 --> 06:31.557 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >>We do about ten shows a year. 06:31.557 --> 06:33.860 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% One of the things that really excites me 06:33.860 --> 06:37.430 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% is to bring work here that may not be seen 06:37.430 --> 06:40.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% if it's not in our space. 06:40.066 --> 06:41.501 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% Over the years, 06:41.501 --> 06:44.370 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% we've had a number of artists who are local heroes 06:44.370 --> 06:47.340 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and then also very widely known. 06:47.340 --> 06:50.009 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And then some very widely known local heroes. 06:50.009 --> 06:54.447 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So, through "Look 3" we've had Sally Mann, 06:54.447 --> 06:57.283 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Gregory Crewdson, Dean Dass, 06:57.283 --> 07:01.387 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% who is definitely a favorite in this community. 07:01.387 --> 07:06.392 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Robb Tarbell, Amy Sherald, who is a rising star, 07:07.560 --> 07:09.862 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% whose work is to be absolutely looked for 07:09.862 --> 07:11.697 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% in a number of fora. 07:11.697 --> 07:14.801 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And then artists who may not be known yet, 07:14.801 --> 07:17.570 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% but are definitely people to look out for 07:17.570 --> 07:19.138 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% in the coming years. 07:19.138 --> 07:20.506 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% >>Now you're an artist, 07:20.506 --> 07:22.442 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% you're also the executive director here. 07:22.442 --> 07:25.411 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% So, talk a little bit about your role as an artist 07:25.411 --> 07:26.946 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and then how it helps you here. 07:26.946 --> 07:29.782 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>Yeah, so this space was started by artists 07:29.782 --> 07:32.018 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% and it's artists-run now. 07:33.186 --> 07:34.921 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% The previous director was also an artist. 07:36.222 --> 07:37.457 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% My history as an artist. 07:37.457 --> 07:41.227 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So, I have shown here, I have curated here, 07:41.227 --> 07:43.362 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I have seen this as a resource, 07:43.362 --> 07:45.631 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% both as an audience member to come in 07:45.631 --> 07:48.034 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and meet other artists and see the work they're doing. 07:48.034 --> 07:51.938 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And again, see work in this space that I wouldn't see 07:51.938 --> 07:54.240 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% unless I was in New York or London or-- 07:54.240 --> 07:56.476 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>And your art has been in all of these places. 07:56.476 --> 07:57.944 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% We need to say that too. 07:57.944 --> 08:00.079 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >>Yeah, yeah, I have shown all those places right, right. 08:00.079 --> 08:01.113 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% But I think as an artist, 08:01.113 --> 08:03.149 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% what I can bring to this is, 08:04.717 --> 08:08.321 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% both a relationship to how the space works, 08:08.321 --> 08:09.856 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and how important it is to artists. 08:09.856 --> 08:14.026 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I mean, we work really hard to support our artists, 08:14.026 --> 08:17.330 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to help them pay for shipping, to get them here, 08:17.330 --> 08:20.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to get them hotel rooms, to pay them honorariums. 08:20.566 --> 08:22.001 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% We do a lot of things 08:22.001 --> 08:24.337 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that a lot of other non-profits spaces aren't able to do. 08:24.337 --> 08:26.439 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I mean, that's because of the sponsorship 08:26.439 --> 08:29.742 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and the donations we get from the people in my community. 08:29.742 --> 08:31.110 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We wanna treat the artists right. 08:31.110 --> 08:32.345 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% So, that part of it 08:32.345 --> 08:35.114 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% really helps us to also have a good reputation 08:35.114 --> 08:38.050 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and get artists of a much bigger caliber. 08:38.050 --> 08:39.418 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% For instance, Simeon Allen, 08:39.418 --> 08:40.586 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% the piece that we have here 08:40.586 --> 08:42.722 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% was shown in the Venice Biennale in 2011. 08:42.722 --> 08:44.323 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% That's a big international art fair, 08:44.323 --> 08:45.925 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% probably the most famous one. 08:45.925 --> 08:48.194 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% This has never been shown in the United States before, 08:48.194 --> 08:49.795 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and we have it right here in Charlottesville! 08:49.795 --> 08:50.730 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% >>And its right here! 08:50.730 --> 08:51.964 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >>And this is the kind of thing 08:51.964 --> 08:53.165 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that happens again and again here. 08:53.165 --> 08:57.036 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We get people in to this space that are huge, 08:57.036 --> 09:01.274 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and I'm shocked that we can get, (laughs) it's great. 09:01.274 --> 09:03.276 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >>And you know, Charlottesville, 09:03.276 --> 09:05.478 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% it's not just that it's a cultural town, 09:05.478 --> 09:08.381 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and that we want to support it, because we love the arts, 09:08.381 --> 09:11.551 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% but the arts really help our city. 09:11.551 --> 09:12.818 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >>Yeah, yeah, there is a-- 09:12.818 --> 09:14.587 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >>There's been a study, the PCA. 09:14.587 --> 09:16.789 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >>The Piedmont Council of the Arts did a cultural plan, 09:16.789 --> 09:18.057 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% a couple of years ago, 09:18.057 --> 09:22.728 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% that looked at what the economic benefit is of, 09:23.462 --> 09:24.397 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% among other things, 09:24.397 --> 09:25.798 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% what the economic benefit is 09:25.798 --> 09:27.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% of all the cultural organizations here in town. 09:27.366 --> 09:28.801 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% And it's significant. 09:28.801 --> 09:31.771 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I mean, this idea, not only of the actual dollars, 09:31.771 --> 09:33.539 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% but making a place where 09:33.539 --> 09:36.609 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% people who are going to solve problems, 09:36.609 --> 09:40.246 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% who are going to make Charlottesville a better place, 09:40.246 --> 09:42.181 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% to attract them and keep them there, 09:42.181 --> 09:44.216 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% is one thing that cultural organizations do. 09:44.216 --> 09:46.919 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% So it's hard sometimes to quantify that, I think, 09:46.919 --> 09:48.621 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% into a dollars and cents thing, 09:48.621 --> 09:52.191 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% but I think when you sit back and really look at it. 09:53.659 --> 09:55.628 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I know for me, I've stayed in Charlottesville partly 09:55.628 --> 09:57.663 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% because it's a great cultural place. 09:57.663 --> 10:00.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% I can go see plays, I can see films, 10:00.333 --> 10:03.035 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I can go to the festival, all of the festivals that we have. 10:03.035 --> 10:05.037 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Of course I can see great art as well. 10:05.037 --> 10:07.740 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >>So, here with me to my right 10:07.740 --> 10:11.644 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% is a photographic installation with sound, 10:11.644 --> 10:14.880 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% by an artist name Mai Al Shazly, 10:14.880 --> 10:16.983 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and Mai is visiting from Cairo. 10:16.983 --> 10:20.019 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So ,when you think about things like 10:20.019 --> 10:24.490 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% presenting a woman whose head is not covered, 10:24.490 --> 10:29.095 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% or the way that this headscarf may be very contemporary 10:29.095 --> 10:31.831 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% in relation to what one may think of 10:31.831 --> 10:34.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% as a more traditional hijab. 10:34.233 --> 10:37.970 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% There's a way that she's emphasizing the identity 10:37.970 --> 10:39.705 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% of each of her sitters. 10:39.705 --> 10:43.209 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% But then, she's also emphasizing a lyricism, 10:43.209 --> 10:46.479 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and a cosmopolitan characteristic 10:46.479 --> 10:50.783 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% of each of the people that is portrayed in her photography. 10:50.783 --> 10:52.585 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% >>So, if somebody wants to get involved 10:52.585 --> 10:53.853 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% with Second Street Gallery, 10:53.853 --> 10:55.388 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% there're a lot of different ways 10:55.388 --> 10:58.090 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% that you can become a part of it and support the gallery. 10:58.090 --> 10:59.392 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% How do you do that? 10:59.392 --> 11:00.359 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>Yeah, so the first thing you should do 11:00.359 --> 11:01.694 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% is come in and see a show. 11:01.694 --> 11:04.497 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We have free admission all of the time. 11:04.497 --> 11:08.034 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We're open Tuesday through Saturday, 11 to six. 11:08.034 --> 11:11.103 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Come in, talk to us, bring your friends, 11:11.103 --> 11:12.605 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% argue about the work (laughs). 11:12.605 --> 11:13.539 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% Whatever you wanna do. 11:13.539 --> 11:14.774 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% That's the number one thing. 11:14.774 --> 11:16.008 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% And I want to make sure everyone knows 11:16.008 --> 11:18.144 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% it's free to get in, and we want you here. 11:18.144 --> 11:20.379 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We also love for people to volunteer. 11:20.379 --> 11:21.647 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% We need people, 11:21.647 --> 11:23.249 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% everything from helping artists to hanging work. 11:23.249 --> 11:24.750 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% In which case you get to work with the artist. 11:24.750 --> 11:26.152 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% >>Ooo, that's cool. 11:26.152 --> 11:28.454 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >>Gallery sitting on a Saturday so we can stay open. 11:28.454 --> 11:29.955 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Helping us at events. 11:29.955 --> 11:32.925 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Then of course, we want people to join as members, 11:32.925 --> 11:34.527 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and we want people to donate to the gallery. 11:34.527 --> 11:36.595 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% We rely on sponsorships and donations 11:36.595 --> 11:37.997 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% to keep this thing going. 11:37.997 --> 11:41.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And so we're really grateful 11:41.233 --> 11:42.968 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% for all of the support we've gotten over the years 11:42.968 --> 11:45.504 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% from a wide range of people in the community, 11:45.504 --> 11:46.939 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and we'd love for other people 11:46.939 --> 11:48.774 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% to come and help us in that way. 11:48.774 --> 11:51.310 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% (machine drilling) 11:51.310 --> 11:52.845 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>There's one thing that's really fun 11:52.845 --> 11:55.681 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% about this space is that it's incredibly flexible. 11:55.681 --> 11:58.417 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And so if you come one month to see a show, 11:58.417 --> 12:00.920 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% then you absolutely must come back later in the season, 12:00.920 --> 12:04.190 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% because the space will be totally re-invented. 12:04.190 --> 12:07.593 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So, even if you don't know anything about art, 12:07.593 --> 12:10.830 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% these types of reciprocal experiences, 12:10.830 --> 12:12.965 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% supporting local artists, 12:12.965 --> 12:15.367 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% even if it's just coming in and sitting on the couch 12:15.367 --> 12:17.670 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and taking a moment out of your day 12:17.670 --> 12:22.341 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to see that type of creativity growing is really important. 12:23.843 --> 12:26.345 align:left position:30% line:5% size:60% (jazz music)