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Powered by ZoomGrants™ <br />City of Pleasanton <br />FY 2024/2025 Community Grant Program - Civic Arts <br />Alliance for the Visual Arts <br />Open Studios TVAST <br />Requested Amount <br />$ 5,000.00 <br />Official Amount <br />$ 3,800.00 <br />Provide a brief summary of the project for which your agency is seeking funding for (no <br />more than 3 sentences; this text will be used widely during the review and implementation <br />process to describe your project.) <br />The fourth annual Tri-Valley Artist Studio Tour (TVAST) is a showcase for the Tri-Valley's <br />creativity, and a key platform for 100+ visual artists to learn how to exhibit well, interact with <br />the public, develop a following, and make sales, all of which are important for increased <br />professionalism and growth. For the anticipated 3,000+ Pleasanton residents attending this <br />free event, it provides access to visual arts in the artists' studios over one weekend in May, <br />inspiring attendees to create their own art, offering art demonstrations, making direct <br />connections with local artists, and giving art purchase opportunities. In addition to providing <br />locations to drive to studios, TVAST will again produce a bike tour option encouraging bike <br />enthusiasts and families to participate. <br />Describe the following:a. The problem(s), need(s), issue(s) or service gaps to support the <br />need for this project in Pleasanton. b. How your project relates to the problem, need, issue <br />or service gap. c. How this relates to the Cultural Plan. <br />There are limited visual arts exhibition venues in the Tri Valley, especially ones that allow <br />artists and the community to interact. This lack holds artists back and prevents audiences <br />of all ages and types from experiencing art, which is detrimental to community cultural <br />health. <br />Page 27 of 116