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There's a special committee update on Art Week DC 2025, which I will give.
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There are four pieces of news I'll bring to you. First.
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We've now had two meetings
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But the Chinese cultural ambassador who's very interested in our art week
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DC project, including perhaps
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doing a Chinese pavilion.
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Similar to the pavilions that do it in the Biennale.
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in Venice. So we are working with a number of
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embassies, the Chinese embassy is ahead of the others and
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talking with us about that. On December 4th, there's a dinner in honor of DC-based
museum directors
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and independent curators in Miami during Art Odd Basel Miami.
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And we have great attendance already and some very prominent people coming. All of
this is to get people ready for
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us having our Art Week DC
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a soft launch and the staff continue to remind me
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Okay.
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I have to say it's a soft launch in 2025. It's a very soft
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launch in 2025. The launch is quite soft in 2025.
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And we'll do something much more significant in 2026 and afterwards.
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On December 13th.
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We planned a stakeholder meeting
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where we're bringing together, I think, all of those who participated in this
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probably several hundred people across the six or eight months who've done these
stakeholder meetings.
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She would talk about this Art Week DC concept.
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We're having them at the Gallup building
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Here in DC, of course.
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I'm understanding that the attendance on that is looking quite good as well.
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It's December 13th from noon to 2. So anyone who's listening, if you are one of the
stakeholders.
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And perhaps if you weren't, but you're interested, we could see if we could
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squeeze you into the space as well this is
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Our attempt at bringing all the stakeholders together and in one room to move
towards co-creating.
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But Hardweek Artweek DC will be for 25, which is a soft launch.
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And 26 after that.
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Also at that December 13th meeting, Michael Kaisler with the DeVos Institute
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who has been hired to help us develop the plan for Art Week DC
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will give a progress review.
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His work will be finished sometime in January, but
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In December, he feels he can give us a hint at where we're going and to get
reactions from the group as well.
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So those are the four events around Ard Art Week DC. It is proceeding.
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people are getting more and more excited about it.
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And we're looking forward to what it will bring
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to the city in as far as recognizing
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DC artist, but also the commerce that it hopefully will bring to the city as
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Art Basel, Miami, Paris, et cetera, have done as well.
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So I have no other new business.
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Did we miss anything?
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If not, it'd be no further business. The next meeting of the commission will be held
Monday, December 16th, 2024.
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At 5.30 p.m. The time is now 626.
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And this meeting is adjourned. Thank you.