WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:02.630 I'm Natalie Gray and I'm the Youth Services Coordinator 2 00:00:02.630 --> 00:00:03.860 at the Arts Commission. 3 00:00:03.860 --> 00:00:06.720 The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo is a non-profit 4 00:00:06.720 --> 00:00:08.010 that handles all the art in Toledo, 5 00:00:08.010 --> 00:00:09.940 that's not a school or a museum. 6 00:00:09.940 --> 00:00:12.100 So, we maintain all the public art. 7 00:00:12.100 --> 00:00:13.710 line:15% We have the Young Artist at Work Program, 8 00:00:13.710 --> 00:00:16.880 line:15% where we employ teens to make public art in the summer. 9 00:00:16.880 --> 00:00:19.100 line:15% We have the Art Loop every third Thursday of the month. 10 00:00:19.100 --> 00:00:20.630 line:15% We have a free arts, glass 11 00:00:20.630 --> 00:00:22.630 line:15% and music festival called Momentum. 12 00:00:22.630 --> 00:00:25.060 We give away grants to artists, 13 00:00:25.060 --> 00:00:27.000 and we have a creative place making program. 14 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:28.870 As the Young Artist at Work Coordinator, 15 00:00:28.870 --> 00:00:31.340 I hire about 45 teens every summer. 16 00:00:31.340 --> 00:00:34.210 line:15% They work full time and make minimum wage, 17 00:00:34.210 --> 00:00:36.810 line:15% 30 hours a week for about six weeks. 18 00:00:36.810 --> 00:00:39.200 line:15% They learn professionalism, financial literacy, 19 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:40.540 line:15% and they make murals usually. 20 00:00:40.540 --> 00:00:42.970 line:15% So, they'll make murals and learn entrepreneurial 21 00:00:42.970 --> 00:00:46.240 skills and learn that art is a career, art is a job. 22 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:47.870 And, the creative industry has really changed 23 00:00:47.870 --> 00:00:49.450 the landscape of our cities. 24 00:00:49.450 --> 00:00:51.210 My busiest time is in the summertime, 25 00:00:51.210 --> 00:00:53.680 when we have, I have a seasonal team, 26 00:00:53.680 --> 00:00:57.860 so when I have 45 teenagers and six instructors, 27 00:00:57.860 --> 00:01:00.610 the days are busy running around, 28 00:01:00.610 --> 00:01:03.973 delivering paints, signing time sheets, 29 00:01:05.540 --> 00:01:07.640 and just making sure that everyone's 30 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:09.050 line:15% physically and emotionally safe, 31 00:01:09.050 --> 00:01:10.900 line:15% is a lot in the six weeks. 32 00:01:10.900 --> 00:01:12.640 line:15% So, that's my busiest time, is when I'm trying 33 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:14.610 line:15% to hire people and get these projects. 34 00:01:14.610 --> 00:01:17.540 line:15% They usually do three major projects each year in six weeks. 35 00:01:17.540 --> 00:01:19.230 So, that's the busiest time for me. 36 00:01:19.230 --> 00:01:21.620 But, the rest of the year we plan, we hire, 37 00:01:21.620 --> 00:01:25.040 we do a lot of interviewing and grant reporting. 38 00:01:25.040 --> 00:01:26.720 Typically yeah, I work full time in an office, 39 00:01:26.720 --> 00:01:29.113 and I do a lot of the hiring coordination, 40 00:01:31.070 --> 00:01:33.600 posting online, connecting with partners. 41 00:01:33.600 --> 00:01:37.690 Everything I do is outside of our organization. 42 00:01:37.690 --> 00:01:39.130 It's all outreach to schools. 43 00:01:39.130 --> 00:01:40.500 It's outreach to partners. 44 00:01:40.500 --> 00:01:43.930 Partnering with libraries and different venues 45 00:01:43.930 --> 00:01:45.460 to do art shows. 46 00:01:45.460 --> 00:01:47.940 line:15% Figuring out whose building we wanna paint on next year. 47 00:01:47.940 --> 00:01:51.090 line:15% So, everything I do is with somebody else. 48 00:01:51.090 --> 00:01:53.160 line:15% But, I typically work in an office full time, 49 00:01:53.160 --> 00:01:55.643 line:15% and sometimes that's going out and painting, 50 00:01:57.050 --> 00:01:59.120 patching up a mural that's been tagged unfortunately. 51 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:01.130 And, sometimes it's you never know, 52 00:02:01.130 --> 00:02:02.380 you have to be versatile.