1 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,000 Applause 2 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,000 >> STAND BY. 3 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:41,000 STAND BY. 4 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:59,000 Cheers and applause 5 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:14,000 Applause 6 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:15,000 >> ADIA: HEY, TWIN CITIES! 7 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:16,000 WELCOME TO TV TAKEOVER! 8 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:17,000 HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING 9 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:19,000 TONIGHT?! 10 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,000 CHEERS 11 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:22,000 >> GOOD. 12 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,000 GREAT. 13 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:24,000 I'M ADIA MORRIS AND YOU'RE 14 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:26,000 ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING 15 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:27,000 DIFFERENT ON TPT, YOUR LOCAL 16 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,000 PUBLIC TELEVISION STATION. 17 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,000 WE'VE ASKED FIVE OF THE TWIN 18 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,000 CITIES MOST DARING AND 19 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,000 INVENTIVE CREATIVE FOLKS TO 20 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:36,000 TAKE OVER OUR AIR AND FOR THE 21 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,000 NEXT HOUR, ONE OF THEM IS 22 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,000 ABOUT TO DO JUST THAT. 23 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:40,000 IT'S ALL PART OF TV 24 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,000 TAKEOVER, A 5-PART BROADCAST 25 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,000 EVENT THAT YOU CAN ATTEND IN 26 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,000 PERSON, LIKE ALL OF THESE 27 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,000 WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE LIVE IN 28 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,000 OUR STUDIO TONIGHT! 29 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:57,000 CHEERS 30 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,000 LIKE ALL THESE WONDERFUL 31 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,000 PEOPLE HERE LIVE IN OUR STUDIO 32 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:01,000 TONIGHT. 33 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,000 YOU CAN ALSO STREAM THE SERIES 34 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,000 ONLINE AT TVTAKEOVER.NET, OR 35 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,000 WATCH ON THAT LITTLE BOX IN 36 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,000 YOUR LIVING ROOM. 37 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,000 TODAY'S PARTNER IS THE 38 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,000 INCREDIBLE SPRINGBOARD FOR THE 39 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,000 ARTS! 40 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,000 PLEASE, GIVE IT UP. 41 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Cheers and applause 42 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:18,000 WE ASKED THEM TO MAKE SOME TV 43 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:20,000 FOR US AND THEY CHOSE THE 44 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:22,000 THEME YOUR SECRET ART. 45 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:23,000 SO YOU'LL BE HEARING LOTS MORE 46 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:25,000 ABOUT THEM IN THE NEXT HOUR. 47 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,000 FOLLOW ALONG ON TWITTER USING 48 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,000 THE HASHTAG TVTAKEOVER AND YOU 49 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,000 COULD SEE YOUR TWEETS POPPING 50 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,000 UP ON-SCREEN THROUGHOUT THE 51 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,000 BROADCAST! 52 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,000 BUT BEFORE WE GET ANY FURTHER, 53 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,000 LET'S HEAR WHAT SPRINGBOARD 54 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,000 FOR THE ARTS IS ALL ABOUT. 55 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000 >> HI, WELCOME TO SPRINGBOARD 56 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:48,000 FOR THE ARTS. 57 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,000 I'D LOVE TO WELCOME YOU TO OUR 58 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,000 OFFICES HERE IN BEAUTIFUL 59 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:53,000 LOWER TOWN St. PAUL. 60 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,000 SPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS IS A 61 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,000 COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC 62 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,000 DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION THAT 63 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:00,000 IS RUN BY AND FOR ARTISTS. 64 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,000 SO IF YOU COME INTO 65 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:04,000 SPRINGBOARD, YOU'LL FIND ALL 66 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,000 SORTS OF ODD, CREATIVE PEOPLE 67 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,000 WORKING HERE, PROVIDING 68 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,000 RESOURCES TO PEOPLE, ARTIST, 69 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,000 ANYONE WHO CALL THEMSELVES AN 70 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:15,000 ARTIST IS WELCOME HERE AT 71 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,000 SPRINGBOARD. 72 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,000 >> BEING AN ARTIST IS A REALLY 73 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:18,000 COMPLICATED THING. 74 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,000 THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS TO 75 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:20,000 TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. 76 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,000 AND WE USUALLY IN A 77 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:23,000 TRADITIONAL TRAINING AS AN 78 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,000 ARTIST, THERE'S ONLY A SMALL 79 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,000 PORTION OF THAT THAT IS PUT 80 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:29,000 ACROSS. 81 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,000 SO EVEN IF AN ARTIST KNOWS HOW 82 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,000 TO COMPOSE A SONG OR WRITE A 83 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,000 PARAGRAPH OR MIX PAINT, THEY 84 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:39,000 MAY NOT KNOW MANY MANY OF THE 85 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:40,000 OTHER THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO 86 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:42,000 TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. 87 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:43,000 MAKING A LIVING AS AN ARTIST, 88 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,000 WHERE TO FIND HEALTH 89 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,000 INSURANCE, HOW TO SCAN A 90 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,000 SLIDE, HOW TO WRITE A GRANT, 91 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,000 HOW TO WRITE AN ARTIST 92 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:50,000 STATEMENT. 93 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:51,000 AND IT'S THINGS THAT WE HELP 94 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:56,000 WITH. 95 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,000 IF AN ARTIST WERE TO COME UP 96 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,000 AND ASK ME WHAT SPRINGBOARD 97 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,000 DID, MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD 98 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:03,000 BE, WHAT KIND OF ARTIST ARE 99 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,000 YOU AND WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS 100 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:05,000 BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT'S 101 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:09,000 WHERE EVERYTHING STARTS. 102 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:12,000 SPRINGBOARD OFFERS A LARGE 103 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000 ARRAY OF SERVICES AND NOT 104 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:15,000 EVERYBODY NEEDS ALL THOSE 105 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,000 SERVICES SO TO HEAR A LAUNDRY 106 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,000 LIST OF WHAT WE COULD PROVIDE 107 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,000 IS USUALLY NOT AS HELP OF AS 108 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,000 FINDING OUT WHAT PEOPLE REALLY 109 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:21,000 WANT. 110 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,000 WHICH IS ANOTHER THING I LOVE 111 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:25,000 ABOUT SPRINGBOARD, WE ALWAYS 112 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,000 START THAT AN INDIVIDUAL AS A 113 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:27,000 SMALL -- OR SMALL 114 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,000 ORGANIZATION'S GOALS ARE AND 115 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:30,000 WORK FROM THERE. 116 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:32,000 >> ARTISTS ARE ALREADY 117 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:32,000 FANTASTIC. 118 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:33,000 THEY'RE PRIMED TO BE AMAZING 119 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,000 BUSINESS OWNERS, THEY'RE SUPER 120 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:36,000 CREATIVE, THEY'RE RISK TAKERS, 121 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:37,000 THEY LOVE TO PARTNER, THEY 122 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,000 LOVE TO ENGAGE ON A VERY HUMAN 123 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:40,000 LEVEL AND THAT'S THE BASELINE, 124 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,000 AND EVERYTHING WE DO IN THE 125 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,000 COMMUNITY THROUGH SPRINGBOARD 126 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:47,000 IS GOING UP FROM THERE. 127 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:48,000 >> IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE 128 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,000 TO HAVE A PLACE TO COME AND A 129 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:51,000 PLACE WHERE THEY FEEL THAT 130 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:53,000 THEY CAN GATHER AND A PLACE 131 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,000 WHERE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN 132 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,000 GET GUIDANCE IF THEY NEED IT 133 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:58,000 IN A REALLY NONJUDGMENTAL, 134 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:03,000 REALLY FRIENDLY KIND OF WAY. 135 00:05:03,000 --> 00:05:05,000 >> I RUN THE SPRINGBOARD 136 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,000 OFFICE IN FERGUS FALLS, WHICH 137 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,000 IS IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA, 138 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:09,000 ABOUT TWO AND A HALF HOURS 139 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:12,000 NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES. 140 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:13,000 SO WE'VE BEEN HERE NOW FOR 141 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:14,000 ALMOST THREE YEARS. 142 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,000 AND WE DO EVERYTHING THAT THE 143 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:17,000 SPRINGBOARD OFFICE DOES IN 144 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,000 St. PAUL. 145 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,000 SO WE DO PROFESSIONAL 146 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,000 DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS, 147 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:22,000 CONSULTATIONS. 148 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:23,000 BUT WE'VE ALSO REALLY BECOME A 149 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,000 HUB IN THE COMMUNITY FOR JUST 150 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,000 MORE CREATIVE THINKING. 151 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:29,000 IT'S CHALLENGING BEING A REAL 152 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,000 ARTIST FOR A NUMBER OF 153 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:32,000 REASONS. 154 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:32,000 CAN BE A LITTLE MORE SOLITARY 155 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,000 BEING AN ARTIST IN A RURAL 156 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:35,000 COMMUNITY AND JUST A LITTLE 157 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 MORE ISOLATING, SO JUST BEING 158 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,000 ABLE TO RUN IN TO OTHER 159 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:40,000 CREATIVE PEOPLE. 160 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,000 SO HERE, I MEAN, ONE OF THE 161 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,000 THINGS THAT SPRINGBOARD REALLY 162 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,000 VALUES IS THAT WHEN WE DO OUR 163 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 WORKSHOPS, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT 164 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:48,000 TEACHING THEM SKILLS, IT IS 165 00:05:48,000 --> 00:05:49,000 ACTUALLY ABOUT BRINGING 166 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,000 ARTISTS TOGETHER SO THEY CAN 167 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 MEET EACH OTHER AND FIND WAYS 168 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,000 TO COLLABORATE. 169 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:54,000 >> THE THING I LOVE ABOUT THE 170 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,000 WAY SPRINGBOARD THINKS OF 171 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,000 ARTISTS AND THE WAY I GET TO 172 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,000 WORK WITH ARTISTS IS TREATING 173 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,000 ARTISTS AS PROFESSIONALS, AS 174 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,000 YOU WOULD WITH ANY OTHER 175 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,000 PERSON WHO IS RUNNING THEIR 176 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 OWN BUSINESS. 177 00:06:05,000 --> 00:06:09,000 ARTISTS ARE SO CREATIVE AND SO 178 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,000 INTERESTED IN PROBLEM SOLVING, 179 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,000 AND IT'S VERY COOL TO GET TO 180 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,000 TAP INTO THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN 181 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,000 THE PROBLEM THAT YOU'RE 182 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:17,000 SOLVING IS ABOUT WHAT THEIR 183 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:18,000 NEXT STEPS ARE IN THEIR 184 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,000 CAREER. 185 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:21,000 >> I TELL ARTISTS THAT THEY 186 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:24,000 SHOULD COME TO SPRINGBOARD, 187 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:27,000 ONE, BECAUSE IT'S AWESOME AND 188 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:27,000 FUN HERE. 189 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,000 AND WE'RE REAL, WE'RE ARTISTS, 190 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,000 YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE VERY HUMAN 191 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:31,000 AND WE UNDERSTAND THEIR 192 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:32,000 POSITION. 193 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,000 BUT WE'RE ALSO VERY BRASS TAX, 194 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:36,000 AND, SO, WHEN PEOPLE SAY, OH, 195 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:37,000 I'VE HEARD OF YOU GUYS, YOU 196 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,000 GUYS ARE SO MUCH FUN OR 197 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,000 SOMEBODY SAID I SHOULD REALLY 198 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,000 TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS VERY 199 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,000 SERIOUS THING IN MY LIFE, THEN 200 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,000 WE SAY, YEAH, COME ON IN, 201 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:47,000 LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. 202 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:48,000 IT WILL BE FUN. 203 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,000 >> YOU KNOW, WE'RE A PLACE 204 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:51,000 WHERE PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE 205 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:53,000 TO COME IN FOR ADVICE, TO BE 206 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:55,000 ABLE TO DO THE WORK BUT THEN 207 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,000 HAVE US NEARBY IF THEY HIT A 208 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:58,000 STUMBLING BLOCK. 209 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,000 YEAH, I MEAN, I'M THE SAME 210 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:00,000 WAY. 211 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:01,000 I WISH THAT I HAD HAD 212 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,000 SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHEN I WAS 213 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,000 FIRST THINKING ABOUT MY OWN 214 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,000 CAREER AND IT'S JUST DIFFERENT 215 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:06,000 THAN ANY OTHER CAREER CENTERS 216 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,000 OR WORKFORCE CENTERS, YOU 217 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:09,000 KNOW, WE JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT 218 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,000 WAY OF DOING THINGS AS 219 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:40,000 ARTISTS. 220 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:41,000 >> WELCOME BACK. 221 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:42,000 THE VIDEO WAS AWESOME. 222 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:43,000 I LOVED HEARING ABOUT WHAT 223 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,000 SPRINGBOARD DOES. 224 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:45,000 SO WE'RE HERE WITH THE 225 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,000 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 226 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:47,000 SPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS, THIS 227 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,000 IS LAURA. 228 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:51,000 HI, LAURA. 229 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:51,000 >> HI. 230 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:52,000 >> WELCOME. 231 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,000 SO THE FIRST QUESTION I HEARD 232 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,000 MOLLY ASK ON THAT VIDEO WAS 233 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:58,000 WHAT KIND OF ARTIST ARE YOU, 234 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,000 EXPLAIN WHAT SPRINGBOARD DOES. 235 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:00,000 SO WHAT KIND OF ARTIST ARE 236 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:01,000 YOU? 237 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,000 >> I AM A THEATER ARTIST. 238 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,000 AND EVERYONE WHO WORKS AT 239 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,000 SPRINGBOARD IS A PRACTICING 240 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,000 ARTIST, THAT IS KIND OF A 241 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:07,000 UNIQUE PART OF BEING THERE. 242 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,000 SO WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT AND 243 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,000 VARIED ARTISTIC PRACTICES THAT 244 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:11,000 WE BRING TO WORK EVERY DAY. 245 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:11,000 >> THAT'S VERY COOL. 246 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,000 WHAT WAS THE LAST ARTISTIC 247 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,000 ENDEAVOR YOU DID? 248 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,000 >> I WAS JUST IN A PLAY, 249 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:17,000 ACTUALLY, AFTER QUITE A LONG 250 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:19,000 BREAK, SO NOW IT MAKES ME LOOK 251 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:20,000 GOOD, LIKE MAYBE I'M 252 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,000 PRACTICING ALL THE TIME. 253 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:23,000 >> THAT'S AWESOME. 254 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,000 THE THEME FOR TONIGHT'S SHOW 255 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:25,000 IS YOUR SECRET ART. 256 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,000 WHY DID SPRINGBOARD PICK THAT? 257 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,000 >> WE PICKED YOUR SECRET ART 258 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:31,000 BECAUSE I THINK A REAL CORE 259 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:32,000 VALUE FOR SPRINGBOARD IS THAT 260 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,000 WE BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE HAS 261 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:35,000 CREATIVE CAPACITY AND THAT 262 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:37,000 ARTISTS ARE EVERYWHERE AND 263 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:39,000 THAT ALL NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE 264 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,000 ARTISTS. 265 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,000 BUT SOMETIMES THAT MEANS THAT 266 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,000 WE HAVE TO KIND OF GET IT OUT 267 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,000 OF PEOPLE. 268 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,000 NOT EVERYBODY IS WILLING TO 269 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:45,000 CLAIM THAT RIGHT AWAY. 270 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:46,000 >> YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. 271 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:51,000 WELL, HOW WOULD YOU DEFINE AN 272 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:51,000 ARTIST? 273 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:52,000 THROUGH LET'S SAY SIX WORDS, 274 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:52,000 IF YOU CAN. 275 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,000 >> IT'S A BIG TENT. 276 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,000 AT SPRINGBOARD. 277 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,000 I THINK ARTISTS ARE MAKERS, 278 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,000 THEY'RE PRODUCERS, THEY'RE 279 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,000 CREATORS, THEY'RE ENERGETIC 280 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,000 QUESTIONSERS -- QUESTIONERS 281 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,000 AND CREATIVE THINKERS. 282 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,000 >> AWESOME. 283 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:09,000 >> AS LAURA POINTED OUT, ART 284 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:10,000 IS ALL AROUND US! 285 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:11,000 ANYONE YOU MEET COULD HAVE A 286 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:12,000 SECRET ARTISTIC TALENT THAT 287 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,000 YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT. 288 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:14,000 TO PROVE THIS TO YOU, WE FOUND 289 00:09:14,000 --> 00:09:16,000 TWO LOCAL REALTORS WHO EACH 290 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:16,000 HAVE A UNIQUE, HIDDEN ARTISTIC 291 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,000 PASSION. 292 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:25,000 TAKE A LOOK. 293 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,000 >> MY NAME IS STEVE SMILEY. 294 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:28,000 I'M A REALTOR. 295 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:32,000 THIS IS STEVE. 296 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:34,000 >> AND MY SECRET ART IS I'M A 297 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:42,000 DRUMMER IN A BAND. 298 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:43,000 >> HIT IT. 299 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:46,000 >> MY NAME IS EPHRIM. 300 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:47,000 I'M A REALTOR. 301 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,000 SOME OF THE BOOK SHELVES DO 302 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:51,000 COME WITH PROPERTY. 303 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,000 AND MY SECRET ART IS I DO ALL 304 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:59,000 KINDS OF ART. 305 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:01,000 I FEEL LIKE BOB ROSS RIGHT 306 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:07,000 NOW. 307 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,000 >> I'VE BEEN A REALTOR FOR 12 308 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:09,000 YEARS NOW. 309 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,000 BEING A REALTOR IS A GREAT JOB 310 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,000 BECAUSE IT'S -- IT IS A REALLY 311 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:16,000 FUN JOB, YOU GET TO HELP 312 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:18,000 PEOPLE OUT, FIND A NEW HOUSE 313 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,000 OR SELL THEIR HOUSE. 314 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:23,000 YOU KNOW, IT'S EXCITING AND 315 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:25,000 IT'S FUN AND I GET TO MEET A 316 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,000 LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE. 317 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:31,000 >> I HAVE WORKED WITH A LOT OF 318 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,000 BUYERS AND SELLERS FROM THE 319 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:33,000 MUSIC SCENE. 320 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,000 SO IT'S ACTUALLY A HUGE PART 321 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:37,000 OF MY BUSINESS IS WORKING WITH 322 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:42,000 PEOPLE IN THE MUSIC SCENE. 323 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:43,000 >> AS A REALTOR, YOU HAVE TO 324 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,000 COME UP WITH A LOT OF CREATIVE 325 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:48,000 SOLUTIONS AND THINK ON THE 326 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:51,000 FLY, AND, SO, IT IS ALMOST 327 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,000 LIKE IMPROV SOMETIMES WHEN 328 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,000 YOU'RE NEGOTIATING. 329 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:55,000 THAT USES, I BELIEVE, THE SAME 330 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,000 PART OF MY BRAIN AS A CREATIVE 331 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:04,000 PART. 332 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:06,000 >> THE BAND I'M IN RIGHT NOW 333 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:07,000 IS CALLED DEEP CUTS. 334 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,000 AND WE'RE A POP PUNK BAND. 335 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,000 WE PLAY FAIRLY OFTEN, IN 336 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:15,000 SMALLER VENUES, LIKE, OR WE 337 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:19,000 PLAY A LOT OF BASEMENT SHOWS. 338 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:22,000 A COUPLE PEOPLE ARE SEMI 339 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,000 AWARE, BUT IT'S MY SECRET. 340 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,000 FOR SURE. 341 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:27,000 TRY AND KEEP IT THAT WAY. 342 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,000 I'M A DRUMMER, I DON'T LIKE 343 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:29,000 THE ATTENTION ON ME. 344 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:32,000 I'M HAPPY TO SIT IN BACK AND 345 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,000 LET SOMEBODY ELSE TAKE ALL THE 346 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:39,000 ATTENTION. 347 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:40,000 >> I FOUND THAT IF I DON'T 348 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:43,000 HAVE ART IN MY LIFE, I'M 349 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:44,000 PRETTY MISERABLE. 350 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:47,000 I CAN BE GRUMPY AND FEEL LIKE 351 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,000 I'M NOT BEING ABLE TO EXPRESS 352 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,000 MYSELF FULLY. 353 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,000 I THINK THE KEY IS TO JUST LET 354 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,000 YOURSELF BE YOURSELF AS MUCH 355 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:59,000 AS POSSIBLE. 356 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,000 THE JOB THAT I HAVE CAN BE 357 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,000 VERY STRESSFUL. 358 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:07,000 IT EATS UP A LOT OF TIME. 359 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,000 AND, SO, YOU GOT TO HAVE 360 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:11,000 SOMETHING ELSE TO DO. 361 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,000 IT HELPS YOU STEP BACK AND 362 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:23,000 KIND OF REENERGIZE. 363 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:28,000 >> I THINK EVERYBODY IS 364 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:30,000 CREATIVE IN MANY DIFFERENT 365 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,000 WAYS. 366 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:34,000 AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S OUR 367 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:41,000 NATURE TO CREATE AND MAKE ART. 368 00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:45,000 WHETHER IT BE KNITTING OR 369 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,000 COOKING OR PAINTING YOUR CAR 370 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:48,000 OR WHATEVER, IT'S IMPORTANT 371 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:51,000 FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEIR 372 00:12:51,000 --> 00:13:19,000 INDIVIDUALIZED EXPRESSION OUT. 373 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:22,000 Cheers and applause 374 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:22,000 >> WE ARE BACK. 375 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,000 WE ARE BACK! 376 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:25,000 WHOA, PEOPLE ARE REALLY 377 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:26,000 EXCITED HERE. 378 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,000 WE'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF 379 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:27,000 THIS. 380 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,000 AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS 381 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,000 BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE 382 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:31,000 ARTIST. 383 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:32,000 WHERE MIGHT HE BE? 384 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:33,000 THERE HE IS. 385 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:33,000 HI. 386 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,000 WELCOME. 387 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:34,000 WELCOME. 388 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,000 SO, EVERYONE, THIS IS PETER 389 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:37,000 THOMPSON, AND HE IS THE 390 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:38,000 ARTIST, THE CREATOR OF THIS 391 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:39,000 PIECE. 392 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,000 PETER, WHAT IS THIS? 393 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:42,000 >> IT'S CALLED AN 394 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:43,000 EXPEDITIONARY CONVERSATION 395 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:43,000 TENT. 396 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,000 >> OKAY. 397 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,000 SAY THAT AGAIN ONE MORE TIME. 398 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:46,000 Laughter 399 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,000 >> IT'S CALLED AN 400 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,000 EXPEDITIONARY CONVERSATION 401 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:49,000 TENT. 402 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,000 AND THE IDEA IS THAT SOMEONE 403 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:52,000 CHECKS IT OUT FOR ME, THEY'RE 404 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:53,000 IN MY GARAGE IN SOUTH 405 00:13:53,000 --> 00:13:55,000 MINNEAPOLIS, AND USES IT FOR A 406 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:55,000 CONVERSATION THAT THEY WANT TO 407 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,000 HAVE. 408 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:56,000 >> OKAY. 409 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,000 WELL, THAT SOUNDS LIKE WE WERE 410 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,000 SAYING EARLIER, IT SOUNDS LIKE 411 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:00,000 A VERY MINNESOTAN THING. 412 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:01,000 NEEDING TO HAVE A SPECIAL 413 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,000 PLACE TO HAVE A DIFFICULT 414 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:02,000 CONVERSATION. 415 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:03,000 >> YEAH. 416 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:03,000 YES. 417 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:04,000 OR AN EASY ONE. 418 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,000 YOU CAN HAVE AN EASY ONE IN 419 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,000 THIS, TOO. 420 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:08,000 >> YOU CAN HAVE AN EASY ONE, 421 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,000 OKAY, GOOD, GOOD. 422 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,000 HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT FOR 423 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,000 YOU? 424 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:12,000 WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR 425 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:12,000 THIS? 426 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,000 >> WELL, I LIKE TENTS. 427 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:15,000 I LIKE COMPETENT ADDITIONS. 428 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:17,000 AND I'M -- EXPEDITION SAYS. 429 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:18,000 AND I'M ALSO A VERY FAIRLY 430 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,000 SHY PERSON, A LOT OF MY ART IS 431 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,000 ABOUT MAKING TOOLS THAT MAKE 432 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,000 IT EASIER FOR ME TO HAVE 433 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,000 CONVERSATION OR FOR OTHER 434 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:26,000 PEOPLE TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS. 435 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,000 SO IF I MAKE A TENT THAT SAYS 436 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,000 CONVERSATION, I CAN HAVE A 437 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:30,000 CONVERSATION. 438 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:31,000 >> YOU CAN HAVE SOME 439 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,000 PARAMETERS AROUND THAT? 440 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,000 HOW OFTEN DO PEOPLE RENT THESE 441 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:34,000 FROM YOU? 442 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:35,000 >> I HAVE SIX OF THEM AND 443 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,000 THEY'RE PROBABLY LIKE TWO TO 444 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,000 THREE RENTED PER MONTH. 445 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,000 YEAH. 446 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:38,000 >> WOW. 447 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:39,000 THAT'S REALLY AWESOME. 448 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,000 WELL, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A 449 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,000 CONVERSATION IN THERE LATER 450 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:42,000 TONIGHT. 451 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:43,000 >> YES. 452 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,000 >> YEAH. 453 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,000 HEY. 454 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,000 Laughter 455 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:47,000 OKAY. 456 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:48,000 >> EVERYONE, HAVE A 457 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,000 CONVERSATION. 458 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:50,000 >> ON THAT NOTE, I'M GOING TO 459 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:52,000 GO OVER HERE AND TALK TO 460 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:52,000 SUSAN. 461 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,000 THANK YOU, PETER. 462 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,000 >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 463 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,000 >> SUSAN, SUSAN IS THE CREATOR 464 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,000 OF THIS PIECE RIGHT HERE. 465 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,000 AND, SO, DID I SAY YOUR NAME 466 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:00,000 RIGHT? 467 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,000 >> HERSHMUGEL. 468 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:02,000 RIGHT, YES. 469 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,000 >> WE'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF 470 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,000 THIS POLE, COME FORWARD. 471 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,000 THERE WE GO. 472 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,000 SHE'S THE CREATOR OF THIS 473 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:08,000 PIECE RIGHT HERE. 474 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,000 WHAT IS THIS? 475 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,000 TELL ME ABOUT THIS ONE. 476 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:16,000 >> IT'S A SPARKIT, IT'S A 477 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:17,000 POP-UP PARK. 478 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,000 I'VE BEEN WORKING AS AN ARTIST 479 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:20,000 ORGANIZER WITH THE TRUST FOR 480 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:21,000 PUBLIC LAND THROUGH 481 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:22,000 SPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS AND 482 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:22,000 CREATING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT 483 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:25,000 HOW TO GET MORE GREEN SPACE 484 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:26,000 SAYS ALONG UNIVERSITY AVENUE, 485 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:28,000 ALONG THE GREEN LINE. 486 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,000 AND, SO, THE TRAILER WAS 487 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:33,000 CREATED AS THE END OF MY WORK, 488 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,000 SOLO PROJECT, AND THE IDEA IS 489 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,000 TO TAKE IT OUT AND HAVE 490 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,000 CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE, 491 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:39,000 AGAIN, ABOUT WHAT MAKES GREAT 492 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:39,000 GREEN SPACE. 493 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:40,000 >> THAT'S VERY COOL. 494 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:40,000 >> YEAH. 495 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:42,000 >> SO I HEARD THAT THERE'S 496 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:43,000 SOMETHING YOU CAN OPEN UP IN 497 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,000 THE BACK HERE. 498 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:46,000 >> OPEN UP THE INSIDE. 499 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:47,000 MY FAVORITE PART IS THE BACK 500 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:48,000 BECAUSE IT POPS OPEN. 501 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:49,000 >> OH. 502 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:53,000 >> AND IT CAN BECOME A TOY. 503 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:54,000 RIGHT NOW IT'S GOT LOTS OF 504 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:55,000 GAMES AND ADVENTURE THINGS. 505 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:58,000 SOMETIMES IT HAS ART PROJECTS. 506 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,000 THINGS IN PICNIC BASKETS. 507 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,000 >> YES. 508 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,000 >> SOMETIMES IT'S A SNACK 509 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,000 SHOW. 510 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:05,000 AND OTHER KINDS OF THINGS. 511 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,000 THERE'S ALSO A P.A. SYSTEM 512 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,000 INSIDE SO WE CAN HAVE A DANCE 513 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:08,000 PARTY. 514 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:09,000 IF WE WANT TO. 515 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,000 >> OH, WAIT. 516 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:11,000 IS THIS RENTABLE? 517 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:12,000 THIS ONE? 518 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:14,000 >> THIS ALSO CAN GO OUT AND 519 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:15,000 TRAVELS AROUND ON THE GREEN 520 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:16,000 LINE, BUT TRAVELS TO OTHER 521 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,000 PLACES AS WELL. 522 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,000 TOMORROW IT WILL BE AT OPEN 523 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,000 STREETS IN NORTH MINNEAPOLIS. 524 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,000 >> VERY COOL. 525 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,000 Applause 526 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:25,000 >> YES, YES. 527 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:29,000 WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY 528 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:29,000 JENGA LATER. 529 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,000 JUST LIKE WE'RE WITNESSING 530 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,000 FIRSTHAND IN OUR STUDIO 531 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,000 TONIGHT, ART CAN HAPPEN 532 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,000 ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME. 533 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:37,000 IN FACT, SPRINGBOARD FOR THE 534 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,000 ARTS PUT TOGETHER A SERIES OF 535 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:39,000 POP-UP PERFORMANCES IN 536 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,000 LIBRARIES AROUND THE CITIES TO 537 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:41,000 GIVE PEOPLE A TASTE OF ART IN 538 00:16:41,000 --> 00:17:05,000 UNUSUAL SPACES. 539 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:17,000 OPERA 540 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,000 >> I'M TAMI MORSE AND I'M 541 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,000 TERRY SHAW AND WE'RE GLORIOUS 542 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:23,000 REVOLUTION. 543 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:24,000 WE JUST PLAYED A LITTLE 544 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:25,000 CONCERT IN THIS LIBRARY. 545 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:26,000 >> IT'S EXCITING, IT'S 546 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:27,000 INTIMIDATING, TOO, BECAUSE YOU 547 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,000 HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE AND YOU 548 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,000 DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY THINK OF 549 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:30,000 THIS. 550 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:33,000 >> WE'RE JUST ACCIDENTALLY IN 551 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,000 THE SAME ORBIT FOR TEN 552 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:36,000 MINUTES. 553 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,000 AND I HOPE WHAT THEY DO, THEY 554 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:39,000 WALK AWAY AND THEY SAY, I'VE 555 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:40,000 NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE. 556 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,000 MY WORLD JUST EXPANDED BY A 557 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:47,000 FEW DEGREES. 558 00:17:47,000 --> 00:18:01,000 Applause 559 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:05,000 >> I THINK THE LIBRARY -- YOU 560 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:05,000 KNOW, TO HAVE A LITTLE 561 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,000 ENTERTAINMENT, HAVE THE KIDS 562 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:08,000 TAKE THEIR MIND OFF OF WORK 563 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,000 AND STUDY. 564 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,000 TAKE YOUR MIND OFF OF THINGS A 565 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:37,000 LITTLE BIT. 566 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:39,000 >> DANCING IN LIBRARIES, FIRST 567 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:41,000 TIME DANCING IN A LIBRARY, AND 568 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,000 IT WAS VERY AWESOME TO SEE 569 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:46,000 EVERYONE'S REACTION. 570 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,000 I JUST WAS STUDYING LIKE THIS, 571 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,000 I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL, 572 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,000 WE'RE INVOLVING THE ARTS NOW, 573 00:18:51,000 --> 00:19:01,000 HOW IT'S ALL MESHING TOGETHER. 574 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:02,000 >> WOULD NOT EXPECT THAT. 575 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:03,000 DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS GOING 576 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:04,000 TO BE DANCING IN THE LIBRARY, 577 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:05,000 BUT IT WAS COOL. 578 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:06,000 IT WAS ENTERTAINING. 579 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:07,000 YEAH. 580 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:07,000 YEAH. 581 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,000 DOING MY RESUME, IT WAS VERY 582 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:24,000 ENTERTAINING. 583 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:25,000 >> IT CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD BUT 584 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:26,000 IT WAS REALLY COOL. 585 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:27,000 I LIKED IT. 586 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,000 IT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. 587 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,000 IT WAS GREAT. 588 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,000 THEY DID AN AWESOME JOB. 589 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,000 LAST NIGHT 590 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,000 >> WORKING TOGETHER AS A 591 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:46,000 COMMUNITY NOW. 592 00:19:46,000 --> 00:22:00,000 Cheers and applause 593 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:06,000 Cheers and applause 594 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,000 >> THAT WAS AMAZING. 595 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,000 I WANT TO DO FLAMENCO NOW. 596 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:11,000 WELL, WE ARE BACK. 597 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,000 I'M BACK WITH LAURA. 598 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:13,000 LAURA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING 599 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:14,000 ME AGAIN. 600 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,000 SO, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A COUPLE 601 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:17,000 OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU ABOUT 602 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,000 THIS WHOLE BUSINESS OF MAKING 603 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:19,000 ART. 604 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,000 AND, SO, WHEN YOU'RE MAKING 605 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:24,000 ART, AS YOU'RE LIVING, IT CAN 606 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:25,000 MEAN RUNNING A BUSINESS CAN BE 607 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:26,000 REALLY CHALLENGING. 608 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000 HOW DOES THAT ALL WORK FOR 609 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:28,000 PEOPLE? 610 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:29,000 >> RIGHT. 611 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,000 ARTISTS NEED A LOT OF THINGS. 612 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:32,000 ARTISTS ARE OFTEN 613 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,000 SELF-EMPLOYED AND THEY HAVE TO 614 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,000 KIND OF RUN THINGS THEMSELVES. 615 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,000 THEY HAVE TO BE ENTREPRENEURS 616 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:37,000 AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. 617 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:38,000 SO SPRINGBOARD DOES A LOT OF 618 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:39,000 THINGS TO HELP ARTISTS MAKE A 619 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,000 LIVING AND A LIFE, INCLUDING 620 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,000 BUSINESS SKILLS TRAINING AND 621 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:44,000 ALSO HEALTH CARE. 622 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,000 WE ACTUALLY ARE A NAVIGATOR 623 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,000 AND OUTREACH PARTNER FOR 624 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:49,000 MNsure THIS YEAR, KIND OF AN 625 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,000 UNUSUAL ROLE FOR AN ARTS 626 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:52,000 ORGANIZATION BUT ONE THAT'S 627 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:53,000 IMPORTANT. 628 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:53,000 >> COOL. 629 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:54,000 AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU 630 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:56,000 WISH ARTISTS KNEW MORE ABOUT 631 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:57,000 BEFORE THEY STARTED THE 632 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,000 BUSINESS OF ART? 633 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,000 WHAT DO YOU WISH THEY KNEW? 634 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,000 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK IF 635 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:03,000 THERE'S ONE THING THAT I WISH 636 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,000 ARTISTS KNEW IS THAT THERE ARE 637 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,000 A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS 638 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:06,000 OF SUCCESS. 639 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,000 AND THERE ARE A LOT OF 640 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:09,000 DIFFERENT WAYS TO BE AN ARTIST 641 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:10,000 AND I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT 642 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,000 THING AN ARTIST CAN DO IS FIND 643 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,000 THAT DEFINITION OF SUCCESS FOR 644 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:16,000 THEMSELVES. 645 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:16,000 SOMETIMES THAT'S MAKING A 646 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:17,000 LIVING BUT SOMETIMES IT'S 647 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,000 RECOGNITION OR SOCIAL CHANGE 648 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,000 OR CONNECTION TO YOUR 649 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:20,000 COMMUNITY. 650 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,000 >> YEAH, YEAH. 651 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,000 LIKE WATCHING A FLAMENCO 652 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:24,000 PERFORMANCE ON TV, THAT'S 653 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,000 PRETTY COOL. 654 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:27,000 WELL, WHAT ARE THE WAYS THAT 655 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:28,000 SPRINGBOARD HELPS? 656 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:29,000 HOW CAN THEY HELP ARTISTS 657 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,000 CREATE THEIR ART AND RUN THEIR 658 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:31,000 BUSINESS? 659 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,000 >> WE SAY THAT WE MAKE 660 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,000 PROGRAMS THAT HELP ARTISTS 661 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000 MAKE A LIVING AND A LIFE. 662 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,000 AND PROGRAMS THAT HELP 663 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:38,000 COMMUNITIES CONNECT TO ARTISTS 664 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,000 AND THAT'S ALL ABOUT BUILDING 665 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:41,000 RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIPS 666 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:42,000 BETWEEN ARTISTS AND THEIR 667 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:43,000 COMMUNITIES. 668 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:43,000 SO SOMETIMES THAT'S COMING 669 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:44,000 INTO THE OFFICE AND GETTING 670 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:46,000 HELP WITH A BUSINESS PLAN. 671 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,000 AND SOMETIMES IT'S GETTING 672 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,000 HELP WITH HEALTH CARE AND 673 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,000 SOMETIMES IT'S GETTING HELP 674 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,000 BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH A 675 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,000 COMMUNITY GROUP SO THAT YOU 676 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,000 CAN DO SOMETHING IN YOUR OWN 677 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:54,000 NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS 678 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:55,000 MEANINGFUL AND RELEVANT. 679 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,000 >> YEAH. 680 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,000 VERY COOL. 681 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,000 WELL, AS LAURA MENTIONED, AS 682 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:01,000 SHE SAID, RUNNING A BUSINESS 683 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,000 AND SUPPORTING THAT ART, IT 684 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,000 CAN BE A REALLY TRICKY BALANCE 685 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:07,000 TO MAINTAIN. 686 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,000 LUCKILY, SPRINGBOARD KNOWS A 687 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,000 LOT OF TALENTED PEOPLE IN THE 688 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:11,000 COMMUNITY WHO ARE WILLING TO 689 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,000 LET YOU IN ON THEIR SECRETS. 690 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:20,000 LET'S FIND OUT. 691 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:23,000 >> I'M ANNA MET CALF AND I'M A 692 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:24,000 CERAMIC ARTIST. 693 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,000 MY WORK TENDS TO BE ABOUT 694 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:28,000 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND FOOD 695 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,000 SYSTEMS, THE CERAMIC OBJECT IS 696 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,000 A VEHICLE FOR A CONVERSATION 697 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,000 AND I LOVE THAT IT'S AN OBJECT 698 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,000 THAT IS ACCESSIBLE, SO IT 699 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,000 MAKES PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND 700 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,000 RELATE TO THE OBJECT ITSELF. 701 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,000 >> I'M JANA AND I DESIGNED THE 702 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,000 OPTICAL EXPERIENCES FOR PUBLIC 703 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:48,000 SPACES AND FOR STAGES AND USE 704 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,000 INTIMATE EXPERIENCES OF THOSE 705 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,000 BIG VISUAL ELEMENTS TO DO 706 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:54,000 THAT. 707 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:59,000 >> MY NAME IS TONI PERSANCE 708 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,000 AND I'M ALSO THE ARTISTIC 709 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:02,000 DIRECTOR. 710 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,000 >> MY NAME IS URI, I AM 711 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,000 ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. 712 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:08,000 >> WE LIVE AND BREATHE TO 713 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,000 DANCE AND WE'VE GROWN INTO 714 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,000 CHOREOGRAPHERS AND TEACHERS. 715 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:14,000 >> HAVE YOU CLAIMED YOUR 716 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,000 CAREER? 717 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:16,000 >> YES, I'VE -- HAVE YOU 718 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:17,000 PLANNED YOUR CAREER? 719 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,000 >> YES, I'VE DONE EVERYTHING 720 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:19,000 I'VE -- NO. 721 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:23,000 >> I THINK I'M THE INADVERTENT 722 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:24,000 ANARCHIST DAUGHTER OF TWO 723 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:24,000 DOCTORS. 724 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:25,000 THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT I 725 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,000 WAS DOING AND STILL STRUGGLE 726 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,000 WITH IT. 727 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,000 BUT WHY HAVE I CONTINUED TO 728 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,000 PURSUE IT IS THE QUESTION. 729 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,000 AND THE WORK THAT I DO AND 730 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,000 PROBABLY THE REASON I DO SO 731 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,000 MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF 732 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,000 THINGS IS BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS 733 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,000 LOOKING TO GO TO THE LIMITS OF 734 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:41,000 WHAT I'M ABLE TO DO AND ABLE 735 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:43,000 TO KNOW. 736 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,000 AND I'M SURE THERE ARE MANY 737 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,000 FIELDS WHERE YOU CAN DO THAT 738 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,000 CONSTANT PURSUIT OF 739 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,000 BOUNDARIES, BUT ART STANDS OUT 740 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,000 AS A REALLY OBVIOUS ONE WHERE 741 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:54,000 ARTISTS LIVE AT THE BOUNDARIES 742 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,000 AND MARGINS OF EXPLORING HOW 743 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,000 AND WHAT WE KNOW AS HUMANS. 744 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:01,000 CALLING IT A JOB CAN BE REALLY 745 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,000 HELPFUL TO ARTISTS AND I LIKE 746 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,000 TO THINK OF THE CREATIVE, THE 747 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,000 DESIGN WORK, THE REALLY 748 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,000 IMPORTANT CREATIVE PROCESSES 749 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,000 AS BEING -- AND THEN THERE ARE 750 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,000 OTHER THINGS THAT ARE 751 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:14,000 IMPORTANT TO BE DONE BUT THEY 752 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,000 DON'T REQUIRE MY PEAK MENTAL 753 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000 ENERGY AND THOSE ARE BETA 754 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:19,000 TIMES. 755 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,000 SO ORGANIZING FIRST ALL OF THE 756 00:26:20,000 --> 00:26:22,000 ALPHA ACTIVITIES IN MY WEEK, 757 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,000 MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE IN 758 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:24,000 PLACE BEFORE I FILL IN THE 759 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,000 REST OF THE ACTIVITIES. 760 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,000 >> FOR ONE WHO MIGHT SAY THAT 761 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:31,000 THE ART ISN'T REALLY A 762 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:34,000 PROFESSION BECAUSE YOU LOVE TO 763 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:37,000 DO IT, I WOULD CHALLENGE THAT 764 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,000 BY JUST SIMPLY SAYING, WHEN 765 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:41,000 YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE 766 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,000 BEEN GIFTED AT DOING, YOU HAVE 767 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,000 AN ENORMOUS RESPONSIBILITY TO 768 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,000 THAT GIFT. 769 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,000 AND THAT REQUIRES ENORMOUS 770 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,000 WORK, WHETHER YOU ARE 771 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:55,000 MATHEMATICIANS AND GREAT WITH 772 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,000 NUMBERS OR YOU COULD BE AN 773 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,000 INCREDIBLY AGILE ATHLETE OR 774 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:02,000 YOU CAN BE A PROFESSIONAL 775 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000 DANCER, IT'S ACTUALLY MORE 776 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:04,000 WORK. 777 00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:05,000 IF I DIDN'T LOVE WHAT I WAS 778 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,000 DOING, THEN, OH, I COULD JUST 779 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:11,000 CLOCK IN, CLOCK OUT. 780 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:12,000 I DON'T GO HOME AND SLEEP OR I 781 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:13,000 DON'T WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF 782 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:14,000 THE NIGHT THINKING ABOUT IT, 783 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:15,000 BUT DANCE I DO. 784 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,000 >> I FIND THAT HAVING A 785 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,000 BUSINESS PLAN IS HELPFUL 786 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,000 BECAUSE IT HELPS ME ESTABLISH 787 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,000 PRIORITIES, AND IT ALSO 788 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:26,000 LEGITIMIZES, IN A WAY, THE 789 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,000 FACT THAT MY ART PRACTICE IS A 790 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,000 BUSINESS. 791 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:30,000 >> HAVING A BUSINESS PLAN IS 792 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,000 LIKE HAVING AN AN ITINERARY. 793 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,000 AND THE ASPECTS OF AN 794 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:36,000 ITINERARY THAT ARE IMPORTANT, 795 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:40,000 I THINK, ARE A TIMELINE, AND A 796 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:41,000 DESTINATION. 797 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,000 AND ONCE YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR 798 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:44,000 DESTINATION IS AND YOU KNOW 799 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:45,000 HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE 800 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:47,000 YOU TO GET THERE, THEN IT'S 801 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:49,000 PRETTY CLEAR WHAT YOUR MAP IS 802 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:50,000 GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT YOUR 803 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:51,000 COURSE IS GOING TO BE. 804 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,000 >> A GOOD FRIEND OF OURS SAID 805 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:54,000 TO US ONCE, A DREAM WITHOUT A 806 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,000 PLAN IS A WISH. 807 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,000 SO I THINK NOW PART OF OUR 808 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,000 MAKEUP AND PART OF OUR 809 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,000 FORESIGHT IS ABOUT LAYING OUT 810 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,000 SOME SORT OF PILLARS, LAYING 811 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:05,000 OUT SOME SORT OF FOUNDATIONAL 812 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,000 WORK. 813 00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:10,000 IF YOU COULD FIND A WAY TO 814 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,000 ARTICULATE IN NUMBERS WHAT YOU 815 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,000 WOULD IN A NARRATIVE OR ANY 816 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,000 SORT OF LIKE WRITTEN PROPOSAL, 817 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,000 THAT WOULD BE IDEAL. 818 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,000 BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR YOU TO 819 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,000 REALLY SEE IN A CONCRETE WAY 820 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,000 WHAT IT MIGHT TAKE TO 821 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,000 ULTIMATELY PULL IT OFF. 822 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:29,000 >> SO BEING AN ARTIST IS 823 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:30,000 COMPLICATED PSYCHOLOGICAL 824 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,000 BALANCING ACT. 825 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,000 AND HAVING A MENTOR IS HAVING 826 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:37,000 SOMEONE WHO IS LIKE A 827 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:37,000 PROFESSIONAL PARENT, SOMEONE 828 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:41,000 THAT YOU CAN TURN TO TO ASK 829 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:43,000 THE REALLY BASIC THING THAT IT 830 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:44,000 FEELS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE 831 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,000 KNOWS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW YET. 832 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:48,000 I THINK WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I 833 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,000 THOUGHT THAT MENTORS WOULD 834 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,000 FIND ME, BUT I'VE COME TO 835 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:54,000 REALIZE THAT YOU NEED TO 836 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,000 CULTIVATE THEM AS MUCH AS YOU 837 00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:57,000 WANT THEM TO CULTIVATE YOU. 838 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:00,000 >> THE ADVICE I WOULD GIVE TO 839 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,000 ANY ARTIST THAT'S JUST 840 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,000 STARTING OUT WHO'S TRYING TO 841 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,000 BUILD A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN 842 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,000 THE ARTS IS TO SURROUND 843 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,000 YOURSELF WITH THE PEOPLE WHO 844 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,000 HAVE DONE IT BEFORE. 845 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,000 FIND A WAY TO ENGAGE WITH 846 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,000 THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY TAKEN 847 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,000 THE ROAD THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO 848 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:18,000 TAKE. 849 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,000 LET THEM GUIDE YOU A LITTLE 850 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:20,000 BIT. 851 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,000 YOU KNOW, ALL WITHOUT EVER 852 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:24,000 LOSING THE SOLE PURPOSE OF 853 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,000 WHAT WHY YOU WANT TO GO AFTER 854 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:54,000 THE VISION THAT YOU HAVE. 855 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,000 >> HI, EVERYONE. 856 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,000 WE ARE BACK. 857 00:29:56,000 --> 00:30:00,000 WE HAD A -- SOME EXPERTS TO 858 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,000 CREATE SOME NOISE FOR YOU. 859 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:02,000 SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. 860 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:03,000 WE ARE HERE AGAIN WITH LAURA 861 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:04,000 AND ALSO WITH JULIE LONG, WHO 862 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:06,000 IS ALSO A MEMBER OF -- AN 863 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,000 EMPLOYEE OF SPRINGBOARD FOR 864 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:10,000 THE ARTS. 865 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:10,000 WHAT DO YOU DO? 866 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,000 >> AT SPRINGBOARD, I'M THE 867 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,000 ARTIST COMMUNITY ORGANIZER SO 868 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,000 I RUN THE COMMUNITY 869 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:16,000 DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS WHICH 870 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,000 CONNECTS ARTISTS TO COMMUNITY. 871 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:17,000 >> VERY COOL. 872 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,000 AND I THINK THIS THING BEHIND 873 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,000 US IS RELATED. 874 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,000 WE'VE GOT A FRIEND HERE THAT I 875 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,000 DIDN'T INTRODUCE. 876 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,000 BUT WE'LL GET TO HIM LATER. 877 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,000 SO, GIVE US A QUICK RUNDOWN OF 878 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,000 WHAT IRRIGATE IS, WHICH IS 879 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,000 WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT. 880 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:32,000 >> SURE. 881 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:33,000 IRRIGATE IS A PROGRAM THAT 882 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:35,000 MOBILIZES LOCAL ARTISTS TO 883 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:36,000 CONNECT WITH COMMUNITY 884 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,000 CHALLENGES. 885 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,000 AND IN THE CASE IN St. PAUL, 886 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,000 IT WAS REALLY THE CONSTRUCTION 887 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:40,000 OF OUR LIGHT RAIL LINE AND HOW 888 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,000 TO DEAL WITH THAT FOR THREE 889 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,000 YEARS. 890 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:43,000 >> OKAY. 891 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:44,000 WOW. 892 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:44,000 VERY COOL. 893 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:45,000 SO, WHAT WERE SOME OF THE 894 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,000 BIGGEST CHALLENGES WITH THE 895 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:47,000 WHOLE IRRIGATE PROJECT AND 896 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:48,000 WITH THE LIGHT RAIL 897 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,000 SPECIFICALLY, TOO? 898 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:49,000 >> SURE. 899 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,000 WELL, IT WAS THREE YEARS, SO 900 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,000 IT WAS A LONG TIME TO BUILD 901 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,000 SORT OF MOMENTUM AND REALLY 902 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:56,000 ENGAGE ARTISTS WITH DIFFERENT 903 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,000 COMMUNITY GROUPS AND 904 00:30:57,000 --> 00:31:00,000 BUSINESSES, SO, THAT ACTUALLY 905 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:01,000 DIDN'T -- IT WAS LITTLE BITS 906 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:02,000 AND PIECES THAT SLOWLY ADDED 907 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,000 UP TO A LOT OF MOMENTUM. 908 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:04,000 >> VERY COOL. 909 00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:06,000 WHAT WERE YOUR FAVORITE 910 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:07,000 MOMENTS, FAVORITE MOMENT? 911 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,000 >> WELL, A COUPLE FAVORITE 912 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:09,000 MOMENTS. 913 00:31:09,000 --> 00:31:10,000 ONE IS WHEN YOU GO OUT WITH 914 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:11,000 THE BLACK DOG. 915 00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,000 AND, YOU KNOW, HE SORT OF 916 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,000 REMINDS US THAT THE BLACK DOG 917 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,000 CAFE EXISTS IN LOWER TOWN, BUT 918 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,000 EVERYBODY STOPS, CARS PULL 919 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:20,000 OVER, PEOPLE JUMP OUT TO TAKE 920 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,000 A PICTURE OF HIM. 921 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,000 SO IT'S A LOT OF MOMENTS LIKE 922 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,000 THAT ARE SURPRISING THAT GET 923 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,000 PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR NORMAL 924 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:26,000 EVERYDAY SHELL. 925 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,000 >> WITH THE LIGHT RAIL OPEN, 926 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:28,000 WHAT'S NEXT? 927 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:29,000 >> SURE. 928 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:30,000 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S NEXT 929 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,000 IS ACTUALLY THINGS LIKE PETER 930 00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,000 AND SUSAN'S PROJECT AND HOW DO 931 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,000 WE CONNECT THEM TO COMMUNITY 932 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,000 GROUPS THAT MAYBE SEE THEM ON 933 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,000 TV AND THEN THEY'RE, LIKE, HOW 934 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,000 DO WE GET THEM AT OUR EVENT? 935 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,000 SO WE'RE STARTING A PROJECT 936 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:42,000 CALLED READY GO. 937 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,000 AND THAT WILL BE SOMETHING 938 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:45,000 THAT COMES OUT OF IRRIGATE. 939 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:46,000 >> WONDERFUL. 940 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:51,000 WELL, I'LL LOOK FOR THAT. 941 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:52,000 >> LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THREE 942 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:53,000 OF SPRINGBOARD'S IRRIGATE 943 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,000 PROJECTS NOW AND LEARN HOW 944 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,000 THEY HELPED REVITALIZE AREA 945 00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:56,000 BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORHOODS, 946 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,000 INCLUDING ONE PROJECT THAT 947 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:58,000 RESULTED IN THE MAKING OF OUR 948 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:21,000 FURRY FRIEND HERE. 949 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:52,000 Cheers and applause 950 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,000 >> I'M MIKE. 951 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:54,000 >> I'M JOHN. 952 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,000 >> TOGETHER WE ARE BROKEN 953 00:32:56,000 --> 00:33:04,000 CROW. 954 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,000 >> THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE 955 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:08,000 SPECIALIZE IN, LARGE-SCALE 956 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:11,000 STENCIL MURALS OF ANIMALS. 957 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,000 WE ARE IN CHARGE OF DESIGNING, 958 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,000 MANUFACTURING, PRODUCING, AND 959 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,000 BASICALLY ALL OF THE LOGISTICS 960 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,000 TO COMPLETE A MULTILOCATION 961 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,000 MURAL. 962 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,000 >> WE WON A CULTURAL STAR 963 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:28,000 GRANT THROUGH THE CITY OF 964 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:30,000 St. PAUL, AND WE WERE IN 965 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,000 THE -- AND WE'RE IN THE 966 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:32,000 PLANNING STAGES OF THIS 967 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,000 PROJECT AND THE DESIGN PHASES 968 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:35,000 AND THE PROJECT JUST NEEDED A 969 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,000 LITTLE PUSH AND A LITTLE MORE 970 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:37,000 ORGANIZATION, SO IRRIGATE 971 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:41,000 STEPPED IN AND HELPED US MEET 972 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:42,000 WITH DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS 973 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:43,000 AND PEOPLE WHO COULD POINT US 974 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:44,000 IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OF 975 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,000 BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT BE OPEN 976 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:51,000 TO OUR SORT OF PROJECT. 977 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,000 >> MIKE CAME TO ME, THE 978 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:54,000 ARTIST, AND HE STOPPED IN MY 979 00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:56,000 STORE ONE DAY A COUPLE MONTHS 980 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,000 AGO AND HE SAID, HEY, I HAVE 981 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,000 MONEY FOR A MURAL. 982 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,000 AND YOU GOT A BIG WALL OUT 983 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:09,000 THERE. 984 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,000 >> WE HELP THE COMMUNITY GET 985 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,000 STRONGER AND BECOME MORE 986 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:13,000 ORGANIZED THROUGH THE THINGS 987 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:16,000 THAT HAPPEN WITH THE 988 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:16,000 WORKSHOPS. 989 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:17,000 AND ARE ABLE TO ACTUALLY 990 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,000 TACKLE A LOT OF THE SORT OF -- 991 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,000 THE THINGS THAT COME ALONG 992 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:23,000 WITH REALLY LONG-TERM 993 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:29,000 CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. 994 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,000 >> YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE 995 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,000 GRAFFITI ARTS, I THINK, KIND 996 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:33,000 OF RESPECT THESE ARTISTS' 997 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,000 WORK, WHATEVER, SO THEY WON'T 998 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,000 TAG YOUR BUILDING, SO I 999 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:37,000 THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF A 1000 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,000 WIN-WIN FOR BOTH OF US. 1001 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,000 MAKES MY BUILDING MORE 1002 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:42,000 VISIBLE, WHICH MAY BRING ME 1003 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:43,000 MORE CUSTOMERS. 1004 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:44,000 I CAN TELL PEOPLE NOW THAT, 1005 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,000 YEAH, TURN FOR MY PARKING LOT 1006 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:51,000 AT THE PURPLE HIP POTTED MUSS. 1007 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:53,000 HIPPOPOTAMUS. 1008 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,000 IRRIGATE IS KIND OF A BRIDGE 1009 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:58,000 BETWEEN ARTS ORGANIZATIONS AND 1010 00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,000 PEOPLE. 1011 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:02,000 YOU KNOW, IT PROVIDES TRAINING 1012 00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:05,000 AND A LOT OF RESOURCES TO MAKE 1013 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:06,000 A PROJECT. 1014 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:08,000 YOU KNOW, YOU TOOK IT UPON 1015 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,000 YOURSELF TO GO TO ONE OF THESE 1016 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,000 WORKSHOPS, YOU'RE GOING TO 1017 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,000 MEET ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE WHO 1018 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,000 ARE LIKE-MINDED AND THAT JUST 1019 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,000 KIND OF HELPS STIR THE POT OF 1020 00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:19,000 CREATIVITY. 1021 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,000 >> I THINK MOSTLY WE JUST -- 1022 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:22,000 WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED THAT 1023 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:23,000 THE CITY TOOK A STEP FORWARD 1024 00:35:23,000 --> 00:35:25,000 AND BEING PROGRESSIVE ENOUGH 1025 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,000 TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO REALLY TRY 1026 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:28,000 TO PULL OFF COOL ART PROJECTS 1027 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,000 THAT HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL 1028 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,000 TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT PEOPLE 1029 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,000 INTERACT WITH THEIR WORLD. 1030 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,000 THAT, TO ME, IS REALLY 1031 00:35:35,000 --> 00:36:00,000 INSPIRING. 1032 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,000 >> WE'RE CREATING THIS BIG 1033 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:04,000 BLACK DOG THAT IS A MASCOT 1034 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,000 THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ON 1035 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:10,000 THE LIGHT RAIL LINE. 1036 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:11,000 >> AND WE'RE A CAFE OF ABOUT 1037 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:14,000 14 YEARS OLD AND WE ARE A 1038 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,000 GREAT DESTINATION FOR FOOD AND 1039 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,000 WINE AND A REALLY COOL OLD 1040 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:19,000 WAREHOUSE BUILDING. 1041 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,000 WE SEE IT AS A WAY TO ENGAGE 1042 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:23,000 THE COMMUNITY IN WHAT WE'RE 1043 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:24,000 DOING. 1044 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:27,000 YOU KNOW, BUILDING OVER THE 1045 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:28,000 DAY HAS BEEN REALLY 1046 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:29,000 FASCINATING TO KIND OF WATCH 1047 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:31,000 IT. 1048 00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:32,000 >> WELL, I WAS APPROACHED FROM 1049 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,000 THE BLACK DOG CAFE HERE AND 1050 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,000 SAID, HEY, WE'VE GOT THIS 1051 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:40,000 PROGRAM THAT WE WANT TO ENGAGE 1052 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,000 IN ADMINISTERED BY SPRINGBOARD 1053 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:43,000 FOR THE ARTS, IT'S CALLED 1054 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,000 IRRIGATE, AND WE WOULD REALLY 1055 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,000 REALLY LIKE YOU TO BUILD US A 1056 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:50,000 BLACK DOG. 1057 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,000 >> THE IDEA OF THE PROJECT IS 1058 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,000 PRETTY CLEAR GOING INTO IT 1059 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,000 BECAUSE WE KNEW ABOUT CHRIS' 1060 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,000 PUPPETS AND WE KNEW HOW 1061 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,000 AMAZING THEY WERE AND WANTED 1062 00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:02,000 TO MAKE THIS BIG LUMBERING 1063 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:03,000 TWO-BODY-CONTROLLED PUPPET OF 1064 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:06,000 A BLACK DOG, SORT OF A MASCOT 1065 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,000 FOR THE BLACK DOG CAFE, 1066 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,000 COFFEE, WINE BAR IN LOWERTOWN, 1067 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:11,000 LOWERTOWN IS RIGHT AT THE END 1068 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:12,000 OF THE LIGHT RAIL, CREATE IT 1069 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,000 WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THEN 1070 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:24,000 TAKE IT ALONG THE LIGHT RAIL. 1071 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,000 >> NICE DOGGIE. 1072 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,000 >> ONE, TWO, THREE. 1073 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:29,000 >> SINCE LAST WE TALKED, 1074 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,000 THERE'S BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF 1075 00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:35,000 MAKING OF THE DOG HAIR. 1076 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:40,000 THE HAIRING OF THE DOG. 1077 00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,000 >> SO NOW WE'RE AT THE 1078 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,000 LAUNCHING OF THE PROJECT. 1079 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,000 WE CAN NOW TAKE WHAT WE HAVE, 1080 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,000 HOPEFULLY TAKE IT OUT ONTO THE 1081 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,000 LIGHT RAIL. 1082 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,000 WE'RE SETTING HIM FREE ON THE 1083 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:59,000 TRACK. 1084 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:14,000 >> WHAT IS THAT? 1085 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,000 >> I PET. 1086 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,000 >> IT'S SO BIG. 1087 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:17,000 IT'S SO MONUMENTAL. 1088 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,000 AND PEOPLE JUST GO, HA, AND 1089 00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:21,000 PEOPLE ARE PULLING OUT THEIR 1090 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,000 CAMERAS AND EVERYONE'S FILMING 1091 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:25,000 AND IT TURNS THE BUSINESS AS 1092 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:26,000 USUAL INTO SOMETHING REALLY 1093 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,000 FUN. 1094 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,000 >> PEOPLE JUST STOP AND STARED 1095 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:32,000 AND THEY'RE, LIKE, WHAT IS 1096 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:33,000 THIS THING? 1097 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,000 AND EVEN SOME OF THE VENDORS 1098 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:36,000 WERE JUST KIND OF MYSTIFIED 1099 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,000 AND THERE WAS A COMBINATION OF 1100 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:41,000 DELIGHT AND JUST SORT OF, YOU 1101 00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,000 KNOW, CURIOSITY AND IT WAS 1102 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,000 REALLY FUN. 1103 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,000 >> FUTURE PLANS FOR THE BLACK 1104 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:49,000 DOG PUPPET WILL BE TO FIND 1105 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:50,000 WAYS TO BRING IT ALONG THE 1106 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,000 LIGHT RAIL, BRING IT TO OTHER 1107 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:52,000 BUSINESSES AND HOPEFULLY GET 1108 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:53,000 SOME MORE PUBLICITY FOR THEM 1109 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:54,000 ALONG THE WAY. 1110 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,000 WE HAVE THE DOG COMPLETE. 1111 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,000 BUT THE REST OF THE PROJECT IS 1112 00:38:58,000 --> 00:38:59,000 PUTTING IT OUT THERE AND 1113 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:10,000 LETTING OTHER PEOPLE ENJOY IT. 1114 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:35,000 Cheers and applause 1115 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:41,000 >> RIGHT NOW I'M IN A VERY 1116 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:44,000 VERY BAD SITUATION. 1117 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,000 I CAN LOST MY PLACE ANY TIME. 1118 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:49,000 I HAVE MAYBE NINE MONTHS TO GO 1119 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:53,000 BEFORE I COMPLETELY LOSS. 1120 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:54,000 BECAUSE I DON'T MAKE ENOUGH 1121 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,000 MONEY TO PAY THE BANK. 1122 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,000 THE CUSTOMER DECREASED AND 1123 00:39:58,000 --> 00:39:59,000 MOST OF THEM COME HERE, AND 1124 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:02,000 THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, MAI, WE 1125 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:03,000 LOVE YOUR FOOD, WE LOVE YOUR 1126 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,000 RESTAURANT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M 1127 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:06,000 SORRY, THE CONSTRUCTION, YOU 1128 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:09,000 KNOW, IT'S JUST -- IT TAKES ME 1129 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,000 LIKE 45 MINUTES TO COME HERE. 1130 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:18,000 WE ARE SUFFERING RIGHT NOW. 1131 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:19,000 >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I 1132 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:20,000 FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IS 1133 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:21,000 THE POWER OF THE ARTS TO 1134 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:22,000 CHANGE LIVES AND TO MOVE 1135 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,000 PEOPLE AND TO MAKE THINGS 1136 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:25,000 HAPPEN. 1137 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:27,000 AND, SO, THE INTERSECTION 1138 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:29,000 BETWEEN THE ARTS AND THE 1139 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:30,000 CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC VITALITY 1140 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,000 OF THE AVENUE JUST SEEMED LIKE 1141 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:36,000 A GREAT FIT. 1142 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:37,000 >> MIRA COME AND INTRODUCE 1143 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:39,000 HERSELF TO ME. 1144 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:42,000 AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD LIKE TO 1145 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:48,000 INTRODUCE HER MUSIC. 1146 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,000 A LOT OF THE PEOPLE AROUND 1147 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,000 HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY LIKES, 1148 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:53,000 YOU KNOW, JAZZ. 1149 00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:55,000 AND, SO, THEY COME BACK TODAY, 1150 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,000 YOU KNOW, THEY COME BACK TO 1151 00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:02,000 SEE HER PLAY, THEY REALLY LIKE 1152 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:03,000 IT. 1153 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:06,000 >> THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS 1154 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,000 AN IRRIGATE CITY ARTS PROJECT, 1155 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:11,000 AND I WENT TO ONE OF THE PLACE 1156 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:12,000 MATS MAKING WORKSHOPS IN MARCH 1157 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:13,000 AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY 1158 00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,000 ASKED US TO DO WAS TO 1159 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:16,000 BRAINSTORM ABOUT SOME IDEAS 1160 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:17,000 THAT WE MIGHT HAVE. 1161 00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:19,000 AND I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT OF 1162 00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:20,000 JAZZ ON THE LINE BECAUSE I 1163 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,000 THOUGHT WHAT A GREAT IDEA TO 1164 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,000 HAVE MUSIC ALL UP AND DOWN 1165 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,000 THIS CORRIDOR FROM MINNEAPOLIS 1166 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,000 TO DOWNTOWN St. PAUL, PLACES 1167 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,000 WHERE PEOPLE COULD LISTEN TO 1168 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,000 MUSIC, HOP ON THE TRAIN, GO TO 1169 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:32,000 ANOTHER PLACE, LISTEN TO 1170 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:41,000 MUSIC. 1171 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,000 >> AT FIRST I KIND OF HESITATE 1172 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:44,000 A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I DON'T 1173 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:44,000 KNOW. 1174 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,000 BUT NOW I KNOW IT AND I WANT 1175 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:50,000 IT. 1176 00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,000 >> LOCAL IRRIGATE REALLY HELPS 1177 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,000 BUSINESSES, IT BRINGS IN 1178 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:56,000 PEOPLE THAT WOULD NOT 1179 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:59,000 OTHERWISE COME OUT, BUT ALSO 1180 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:00,000 ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO NOT 1181 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:03,000 FORGET ABOUT THE BUSINESSES 1182 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,000 THAT ARE HERE DURING 1183 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:05,000 CONSTRUCTION. 1184 00:42:05,000 --> 00:42:07,000 >> I THINK THAT IN THE LONG 1185 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:09,000 RUN, IF THIS CAN LITERALLY 1186 00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:10,000 REVITALIZE THE COMMUNITY AND 1187 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:12,000 IF PEOPLE CAN TAKE OWNERSHIP 1188 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,000 AND IF THESE PLACE MAKING 1189 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:15,000 PROJECTS CAN BECOME A SMALL 1190 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,000 PART OF THAT, THEN WE WILL 1191 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:18,000 LOOK BACK AND HAVE CELEBRATED 1192 00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:20,000 THE FACT THAT WE DIDN'T WAIT 1193 00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,000 TO MAKE THIS CHANGE. 1194 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,000 AND I'VE ENJOYED GETTING TO 1195 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,000 KNOW MAI AND HER HUSBAND. 1196 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,000 WE'LL BE DEFINITELY BACK HERE 1197 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:38,000 TO PERFORM AGAIN. 1198 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:39,000 >> WHAT'S A PARTY WITHOUT SOME 1199 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:39,000 DANCING? 1200 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:40,000 HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING 1201 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,000 TONIGHT? 1202 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:44,000 HOW IS EVERYBODY DOING? 1203 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:45,000 Cheers and applause 1204 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:48,000 >> YES. 1205 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,000 ANOTHER OF SPRINGBOARD'S 1206 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,000 IRRIGATE PROJECTS INVOLVED 1207 00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:52,000 DANCING ALONG THE LIGHT RAIL'S 1208 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,000 GREEN LINE! 1209 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,000 DANCE INSTRUCTOR DIANNE 1210 00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:55,000 E'LAINE CREATED A DANCE CALLED 1211 00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:57,000 THE LIGHT RAIL SHUFFLE. 1212 00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,000 I'M NOT SO GOOD AT IT. 1213 00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:10,000 TAKE A LOOK. 1214 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:13,000 >> YEAH, GOOD JOB. 1215 00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:17,000 LIGHT RAIL COMIN' DOWN THE 1216 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:18,000 TRACK 1217 00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:19,000 Laughter 1218 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:22,000 LIGHT RAIL COMIN' 1219 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:23,000 OH, YEAH 1220 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:26,000 LIGHT RAIL COMIN' DOWN THE 1221 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:26,000 TRACK 1222 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:29,000 LIGHT RAIL COMIN' 1223 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,000 NOW DO THE LIGHT RAIL 1224 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:31,000 SHUFFLE 1225 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,000 LIGHT DO THE LIGHT LIGHT 1226 00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:34,000 LIGHT LIGHT 1227 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:35,000 DO THE LIGHT RAIL SHUFFLE 1228 00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:36,000 SHUFFLE SHUFFLE 1229 00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:39,000 >> THE LIGHT RAIL IS A DANCE 1230 00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:42,000 THAT KIND OF MIMICS THE SOUND 1231 00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:46,000 OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, 1232 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,000 THE JACKHAMMER AND ALL THAT. 1233 00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:48,000 YOU'LL HEAR ALL THAT. 1234 00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:51,000 BUT IN THE LYRIC, YOU'LL HEAR 1235 00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:52,000 ME SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE 1236 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,000 LIGHT RAIL CORRIDOR IS COMING 1237 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:58,000 DOWN THE TRACKS. 1238 00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:01,000 MAKE SURE YOU FIT IN SO YOU 1239 00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:03,000 WON'T BE LEFT BEHIND 1240 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,000 >> BUT WILL IT BENEFIT THE 1241 00:44:05,000 --> 00:44:07,000 PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THIS 1242 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:07,000 TIME? 1243 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:10,000 AS A LITTLE REFERENCE TO 1244 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,000 RONDO, WHAT HAPPENED MAYBE 40 1245 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:15,000 SOME YEARS AGO WITH THE 1246 00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:17,000 DISPLACEMENT OF THE BLACK 1247 00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:20,000 COMMUNITY IN RONDO DISTRICT. 1248 00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:21,000 LIGHT RAIL COMIN' DOWN THE 1249 00:44:21,000 --> 00:44:22,000 TRACK 1250 00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:24,000 AH-HA 1251 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,000 LIGHT RAIL COMIN' 1252 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,000 COME ON COME ON COME ON 1253 00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:29,000 LIGHT RAIL COMIN' DOWN THE 1254 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:30,000 TRACK 1255 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:31,000 YEAH 1256 00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:35,000 LIGHT RAIL COMIN' 1257 00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:36,000 >> OW OW OW 1258 00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:39,000 >> I GOT A GRANT FROM THE 1259 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:41,000 SPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARGLETS, 1260 00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:42,000 THE -- ARTS, IRRIGATE PROJECT 1261 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:43,000 WHICH IS SUPPORTING BUSINESSES 1262 00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:48,000 ALONG THE LIGHT RAIL CORRIDOR 1263 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,000 AND I'VE BEEN DOING IT HERE 1264 00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:52,000 SINCE DECEMBER. 1265 00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:55,000 AND TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO DO 1266 00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:57,000 IT OUTSIDE TO COMMEMORATE THE 1267 00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:58,000 LIGHT RAIL SHUFFLE. 1268 00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:00,000 AND I WROTE A SONG CALLED 1269 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:02,000 LIGHT RAIL SHUFFLE WHICH 1270 00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:09,000 WE'LL BE DANCING TO. 1271 00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:10,000 >> OH, IT WAS GREAT. 1272 00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:11,000 I'M VERY HAPPY. 1273 00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:13,000 I'M SO GLAD. 1274 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,000 I LIKE THIS OUTDOOR THING. 1275 00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:16,000 WE MIGHT HAVE TO TRY THIS 1276 00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:17,000 AGAIN. 1277 00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:18,000 YEAH. 1278 00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,000 >> THANK YOU, LADIES AND 1279 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:20,000 GENTLEMEN. 1280 00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:33,000 Applause 1281 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:35,000 LIGHT RAIL COMIN' DOWN THE 1282 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:36,000 TRACK 1283 00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:37,000 LIGHT RAIL 1284 00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:39,000 LIGHT RAIL COMIN' 1285 00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:40,000 >> DO THAT AGAIN. 1286 00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:41,000 OH, YEAH. 1287 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:43,000 LIGHT RAIL COMIN' DOWN THE 1288 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:43,000 TRACK 1289 00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:47,000 LIGHT RAIL COMIN' 1290 00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:48,000 NOW DO THE LIGHT RAIL 1291 00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:49,000 SHUFFLE 1292 00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:51,000 DO THE LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT 1293 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:51,000 LIGHT 1294 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:52,000 >> COME ON. 1295 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:54,000 DO THE LIGHT RAIL SHUFFLE 1296 00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:55,000 SHUFFLE 1297 00:45:55,000 --> 00:45:58,000 NOW DO THE LIGHT RAIL 1298 00:45:58,000 --> 00:45:59,000 SHUFFLE 1299 00:45:59,000 --> 00:46:01,000 COME ON, EVERYBODY 1300 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:03,000 DO THE LIGHT RAIL SHUFFLE 1301 00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:10,000 WITH ME 1302 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,000 >> YEAH. 1303 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:15,000 THE LIGHT RAIL COMIN' HERE 1304 00:46:15,000 --> 00:46:18,000 THE CLICKITY CLACK 1305 00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,000 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS DOWN ON 1306 00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:21,000 THE JACK 1307 00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:23,000 ONE THING THAT MOST PEOPLE 1308 00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:24,000 HERE WON'T KNOW 1309 00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:27,000 IS WILL IT HELP OUR 'HOOD 1310 00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:28,000 THRIVE AND GROW 1311 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:30,000 DO THE LIGHT RAIL SHUFFLE 1312 00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:31,000 DO THE LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT 1313 00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:32,000 LIGHT LIGHT 1314 00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:34,000 DO THE LIGHT RAIL SHUFFLE 1315 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:35,000 SHUFFLE SHUFFLE 1316 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:36,000 YEAH 1317 00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:37,000 NOW DO THE LIGHT RAIL 1318 00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:38,000 SHUFFLE 1319 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:39,000 IT'S EASY 1320 00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:41,000 COME ON, EVERYBODY 1321 00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:43,000 DO THE LIGHT RAIL SHUFFLE 1322 00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:46,000 WITH ME 1323 00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:47,000 >> WE HAVE ONE MORE PERSON 1324 00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:47,000 WITH A SECRET ART TO SHOW 1325 00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:48,000 YOU TONIGHT, MAXINE FROM 1326 00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:48,000 FERGUS FALLS. 1327 00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:56,000 TAKE A LOOK! 1328 00:46:56,000 --> 00:47:00,000 HOPE IT'S NOT A REPEAT OF 1329 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:00,000 RONDO THIS TIME 1330 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:02,000 MAKE SURE YOU FIT IN SO YOU 1331 00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:04,000 WON'T BE LEFT BEHIND 1332 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:06,000 IT'S GOT TO BENEFIT THE 1333 00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:07,000 PEOPLE THIS TIME 1334 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:09,000 DO THE LIGHT RAIL SHUFFLE 1335 00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:10,000 DO THE LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT 1336 00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:12,000 LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT 1337 00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:14,000 DO THE LIGHT RAIL SHUFFLE 1338 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:15,000 SHUFFLE SHUFFLE 1339 00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:16,000 COME ON NOW 1340 00:47:16,000 --> 00:47:19,000 DO THE LIGHT RAIL SHUFFLE 1341 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:20,000 IT'S EASY, YOU SEE 1342 00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:22,000 COME ON, EVERYBODY 1343 00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:23,000 DO THE LIGHT RAIL SHUFFLE 1344 00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:32,000 WITH ME 1345 00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:35,000 >> I'M MAXINE, I WORK ALONG 1346 00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:37,000 WITH MY HUSBAND GENE AS A TOUR 1347 00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:38,000 GUIDE. 1348 00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:41,000 SO THIS WAS THE APARTMENT OF 1349 00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:42,000 SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAM AND HIS 1350 00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:46,000 WIFE MARGARITE. 1351 00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:48,000 MY SECRET ART IS PLAYING THE 1352 00:47:48,000 --> 00:48:06,000 ORGAN. 1353 00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,000 TALL AND STRONG 1354 00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:10,000 >> MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUCH 1355 00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:12,000 AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY LIFE, 1356 00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:14,000 WHETHER IT WAS SINGING OR 1357 00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:15,000 PLAYING. 1358 00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:17,000 AND I BROKE MY WRIST A FEW 1359 00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:19,000 YEARS BACK SO I COULDN'T PLAY 1360 00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:20,000 FOR A WHILE. 1361 00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:22,000 BUT I DID, INSTEAD OF GOING TO 1362 00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:24,000 THERAPY, I SAID, I'M AN 1363 00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:26,000 ORGANIST, AND, SO, THEY SAID 1364 00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:26,000 THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL 1365 00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:28,000 THERAPY, YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND 1366 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:28,000 PLAY. 1367 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:33,000 SO I DID. 1368 00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:34,000 ON OUR TOURS I HAVE EVERYBODY 1369 00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,000 COME IN THIS LITTLE AREA AND I 1370 00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:37,000 STAND HERE AND THEN I OPEN THE 1371 00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:39,000 DOOR AND SAY, WELCOME TO MY 1372 00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:40,000 NEW HOME. 1373 00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:44,000 AND THEN I HEAR, WOW. 1374 00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:50,000 CAN I BE YOUR ROOMMATE? 1375 00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:53,000 MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT 1376 00:48:53,000 --> 00:48:54,000 THIS BUILDING IS. 1377 00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:56,000 IT IS NAMED AFTER Dr. THOMAS 1378 00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:57,000 KIRKBRIDE, WHO WAS A PHYSICIAN 1379 00:48:57,000 --> 00:48:59,000 IN PENNSYLVANIA IN THE 1800s 1380 00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:01,000 WHO TOOK CARE OF MENTALLY ILL 1381 00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:01,000 PEOPLE. 1382 00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:02,000 THE NAME TO OUR BUILDING THAT 1383 00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:05,000 WE ARE IN WAS BUILT IN 1895. 1384 00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:08,000 THE BUILDING WAS ENTIRELY 1385 00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:10,000 VACATED IN 2009. 1386 00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:12,000 THE FINAL CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY 1387 00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:14,000 PATIENTS MOVED OUT AND 1388 00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:15,000 FOLLOWED SHORTLY THEREAFTER BY 1389 00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:18,000 THE ADMINISTRATION. 1390 00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:19,000 HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS 1391 00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:21,000 IMPORTANT AND LANDMARKS ARE 1392 00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:22,000 IMPORTANT. 1393 00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:24,000 IT GIVES US A SENSE OF 1394 00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:26,000 IDENTITY OF WHERE WE CAME 1395 00:49:26,000 --> 00:49:27,000 FROM. 1396 00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:29,000 THIS KIRKBRIDE BUILDING WAS A 1397 00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:30,000 MAJOR PART OF THE GROWTH OF 1398 00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:31,000 FERGUS FALLS. 1399 00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:33,000 MANY MANY PEOPLE WORKED HERE. 1400 00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:34,000 MANY MANY PEOPLE HAVE A HUGE 1401 00:49:34,000 --> 00:49:35,000 CONNECTION TO THIS BUILDING. 1402 00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:38,000 AND WHAT TOOK PLACE HERE. 1403 00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:41,000 THIS WAS THE ADMINISTRATION 1404 00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:42,000 AREA. 1405 00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:43,000 OVER THERE WAS 1406 00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:44,000 Dr. PATTERSON'S OFFICE. 1407 00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:47,000 OUR TOURS HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY 1408 00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:47,000 POPULAR. 1409 00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:50,000 WE HAVE HAD OVER 9,000 PEOPLE 1410 00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:53,000 TAKE OUR TOURS. 1411 00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:55,000 SO, WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN DOING 1412 00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:56,000 THIS. 1413 00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:57,000 IT'S VERY INTERESTING. 1414 00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:08,000 AND WE HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH. 1415 00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:11,000 WELL, DO CONSIDER IT A 1416 00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:13,000 GOOD-GIVEN GIFT, AS FAR AS MY 1417 00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:14,000 MUSICAL TALENTS GO. 1418 00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:15,000 AND I FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT TO 1419 00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:18,000 SHARE YOUR TALENTS. 1420 00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:20,000 MUSIC IS THERAPY. 1421 00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:22,000 MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF 1422 00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:23,000 MY THERAPY AS WELL. 1423 00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:25,000 WHEN I'M UPSET, I CAN SIT DOWN 1424 00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:52,000 AT THE ORGAN AND BE RELAXED. 1425 00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:52,000 >> WE'VE SEEN AND HEARD FROM 1426 00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:53,000 SO MANY AMAZING LOCAL ARTISTS 1427 00:50:53,000 --> 00:50:57,000 TONIGHT, HAVEN'T WE? 1428 00:50:57,000 --> 00:51:00,000 CHEERS 1429 00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:01,000 WELL, ONE OF THE TOUGHEST 1430 00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:02,000 THINGS FOR AN ARTIST TO DO CAN 1431 00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:03,000 BE TO PUT A PRICE ON WHAT THEY 1432 00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:05,000 CREATE. 1433 00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:07,000 LUCKILY, SPRINGBOARD CAUGHT UP 1434 00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:08,000 WITH SOME ARTISTS AND LEARNED 1435 00:51:08,000 --> 00:51:09,000 SOME TIPS FOR TAKING THE 1436 00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:10,000 GUESSWORK OUT OF PUTTING A 1437 00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:25,000 PRICE ON THEIR ART. 1438 00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:27,000 >> I THINK WHEN I STARTED OUT, 1439 00:51:27,000 --> 00:51:28,000 I WAS PROBABLY CHARGING TOO 1440 00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:29,000 LITTLE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN 1441 00:51:29,000 --> 00:51:31,000 YOU'RE STARTING OUT AS AN 1442 00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:33,000 ARTIST, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO 1443 00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:34,000 KIND OF GAUGE YOUR TIME, SO 1444 00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:37,000 YOU BELIEVE THAT OTHER ARTISTS 1445 00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:38,000 OR OTHER PEOPLE WON'T VALUE 1446 00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:39,000 YOUR WORK SO YOU'RE GOING TO 1447 00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:42,000 PRICE IT REALLY WELL LOW -- 1448 00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:44,000 YOU'RE GOING TO PRICE IT 1449 00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:45,000 REALLY LOW. 1450 00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:46,000 I USED TO THINK THAT ANY GIG 1451 00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:47,000 WAS A GOOD GIG AND I USED TO 1452 00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:48,000 SAY, AS LONG AS I COVER MY 1453 00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:50,000 EXPENSES, I'LL BE FINE. 1454 00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:51,000 THERE WAS THIS NAGGING FEAR 1455 00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:52,000 IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD, OH, IF 1456 00:51:52,000 --> 00:51:53,000 I ASK FOR MONEY, THEY'RE JUST 1457 00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:56,000 NOT GOING TO GO FOR ME. 1458 00:51:56,000 --> 00:51:59,000 >> I DISCOVERED WELL INTO MY 1459 00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:01,000 CAREER THAT I WAS UNDERSELLING 1460 00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:03,000 MY WORK AND THE REASON I 1461 00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:06,000 REALIZED THAT WAS BECAUSE I 1462 00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:07,000 ALWAYS HAD LESS MONEY IN MY 1463 00:52:07,000 --> 00:52:09,000 BANK ACCOUNT THAN I WAS 1464 00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:10,000 PUTTING INTO THE WORK ITSELF. 1465 00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:12,000 >> I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT, 1466 00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:14,000 LIKE, TRACKING MY TIME OR MY 1467 00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:14,000 HOURS. 1468 00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:18,000 ONCE I STARTED TO DO THAT, IT 1469 00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:19,000 GIVES ME AN AVERAGE, LIKE, HOW 1470 00:52:19,000 --> 00:52:21,000 LONG IT TAKES ME TO DO A WATER 1471 00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:22,000 COLOR AND HOW LONG IT TAKES ME 1472 00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:25,000 TO DO AN ACT CRIMINALLIC. 1473 00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:27,000 >> AND THEN I ALSO WORK IN THE 1474 00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:28,000 COST OF THE MATERIALS, AS WELL 1475 00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,000 AS MY OVERHEAD COSTS AND THEN 1476 00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:32,000 I REALLY DO TRY AND BUILD IN A 1477 00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:33,000 PROFIT MARGIN TO EVERY PIECE 1478 00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:36,000 THAT I MAKE. 1479 00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:36,000 ACRYLIC. 1480 00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:37,000 >> AND AFTER I MADE THE 1481 00:52:37,000 --> 00:52:38,000 INITIAL CONTACT WITH A 1482 00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:40,000 PROMOTER AND WE'RE TALKING 1483 00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:41,000 ABOUT HIRING ME, THEN I CAN 1484 00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:42,000 THROW OUT PRICES. 1485 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:45,000 AND I ALWAYS PREFACE MY LIST 1486 00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:47,000 OF PRICES WITH A STATEMENT 1487 00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:50,000 THAT SAYS, I CAN PROBABLY WORK 1488 00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:52,000 WITH WHATEVER IS IN YOUR 1489 00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:53,000 BUDGET. 1490 00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:55,000 HAVING SAID THAT, HERE'S WHAT 1491 00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:56,000 I AIM FOR. 1492 00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:58,000 >> IT TOOK ME MANY YEARS TO 1493 00:52:58,000 --> 00:53:00,000 COME UP WITH A FORMULA TO SEE 1494 00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:01,000 WHAT WORKED. 1495 00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:03,000 ONCE YOU KNOW YOUR PROCESS AND 1496 00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:06,000 HOW FAST IT TAKES YOU TO DO 1497 00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:07,000 SOMETHING, IT WILL BE EASIER 1498 00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:08,000 TO PRICE THINGS. 1499 00:53:08,000 --> 00:53:10,000 >> BUT THEN THE SECOND PART OF 1500 00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:11,000 PRICING, I THINK, HAS TO DO 1501 00:53:11,000 --> 00:53:13,000 WITH MARKET RESEARCH. 1502 00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:15,000 AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT ANY 1503 00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:17,000 GIVEN ART OBJECT IS VALUED AT 1504 00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:19,000 WITHIN A CERTAIN CONTEXT. 1505 00:53:19,000 --> 00:53:21,000 AND THAT IS THE TRICKY PART. 1506 00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:24,000 >> THE VALUE OF WHAT I DO AS A 1507 00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:26,000 PERFORMER IS A LITTLE BIT 1508 00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:28,000 DEPENDENT ON THE VENUE. 1509 00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:29,000 THE VENUE'S BUDGET AND THE 1510 00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:31,000 REGION THAT I'M PERFORMING IN. 1511 00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:33,000 IF I'M DRIVING TO CHICAGO TO 1512 00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:34,000 PLAY A GIG, I'M NOT GOING TO 1513 00:53:34,000 --> 00:53:36,000 DO IT FOR $100. 1514 00:53:36,000 --> 00:53:38,000 IT'S JUST NOT WORTH THE TIME. 1515 00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:39,000 SO I HAVE TO TAKE THAT ALL 1516 00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:41,000 INTO ACCOUNT WHEN I'M LISTING 1517 00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:42,000 PRICING. 1518 00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:43,000 >> MAKING THOSE MISTAKES IS 1519 00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:44,000 IMPORTANT, BUT THEN ALSO 1520 00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:46,000 LEARNING VERY QUICKLY FROM 1521 00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:46,000 THOSE MISTAKES. 1522 00:53:46,000 --> 00:53:48,000 SO THAT IT DOESN'T TURN INTO 1523 00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:50,000 SOMETHING THAT IS DEMORALIZING 1524 00:53:50,000 --> 00:53:51,000 AND REALLY DISCOURAGING WHEN 1525 00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:53,000 SO MUCH ENERGY GOES INTO THE 1526 00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:54,000 PRODUCTION OF A PIECE OF ART 1527 00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:56,000 AND IT'S NOT RETURNED TO YOU 1528 00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:59,000 IN A VALUABLE WAY. 1529 00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:02,000 >> I'VE LEARNED TO VALUE 1530 00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:03,000 MYSELF BECAUSE IF I MAKE MONEY 1531 00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:04,000 FROM WHAT I DO, I CAN CONTINUE 1532 00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:06,000 TO DO WHAT I DO. 1533 00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:07,000 I HAVE TO MAKE A LIVING IN 1534 00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:09,000 ORDER TO KEEP PUTTING MY ART 1535 00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:09,000 OUT THERE. 1536 00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:11,000 THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO. 1537 00:54:11,000 --> 00:54:13,000 SHARING ART WITH PEOPLE, BEING 1538 00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:30,000 ABLE TO DO THAT. 1539 00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:31,000 >> THAT'S TV TAKEOVER FOR 1540 00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:32,000 TONIGHT. 1541 00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:32,000 A BIG THANK YOU TO SPRINGBOARD 1542 00:54:32,000 --> 00:54:33,000 FOR THE ARTS FOR BEING SUCH AN 1543 00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:34,000 AWESOME PARTNER! 1544 00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:36,000 Cheers and applause 1545 00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:37,000 DID YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME, 1546 00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:38,000 LAURA? 1547 00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:40,000 >> WE HAD A GREAT TIME. 1548 00:54:40,000 --> 00:54:42,000 >> GOOD, GOOD. 1549 00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:43,000 BE SURE TO JOIN US NEXT FRIDAY 1550 00:54:43,000 --> 00:54:44,000 WITH A NEW PARTNER, 1551 00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:48,000 NORTHERNLIGHTS.MN! 1552 00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:49,000 YES, YOU CAN CHEER FOR THEM. 1553 00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:51,000 CHEERS 1554 00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:51,000 WE'LL BE THROWING A MINI 1555 00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:52,000 NORTHERN SPARK FESTIVAL RIGHT 1556 00:54:52,000 --> 00:54:54,000 HERE IN THE STUDIO. 1557 00:54:54,000 --> 00:54:55,000 AND REMEMBER, YOU CAN BE A 1558 00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:55,000 PART OF THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE 1559 00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:57,000 TOO, BY JOINING US FOR THE 1560 00:54:57,000 --> 00:54:59,000 PARTY. 1561 00:54:59,000 --> 00:55:00,000 ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HEAD TO 1562 00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:00,000 TVTAKEOVER.NET AND PICK UP A 1563 00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:01,000 TICKET. 1564 00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:03,000 GOOD NIGHT! 1565 00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:05,000 AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A 1566 00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:06,000 SELF-IE. 1567 00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:06,000 ALL RIGHT. 1568 00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:17,000 GET IN THERE. 1569 00:55:17,000 --> 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