 Hi, I'm Leslie McVane. Welcome to CTN member highlights and today. I'm with Bonnie Norlander the administrative Director of tempo art. Hi Bonnie. Hi. It's so great to see you again. It's great to see you It's been a while since we've sat here together, but you've got something really exciting coming up on October 16th It's coming up fast. Yeah, this coming Monday. It's I can't believe it's already here But this Monday the 16th at 5 30 we're gonna be having an event at the cellar door winery down at Thompson's Point and Basically, it's it's not only a fundraiser for tempo art, but it's also a celebration of some pretty amazing landmarks that We've achieved so far. So and also an information Yeah, I'm for people to learn more about what tempo arts doing and has done and now you've got a history like last year You'll be celebrating a little bit at this event. I assume the wonderful artists of 2017 absolutely. Yes, but so if you weren't able to see the works over the summer or even if you were As you went around town maybe you saw the ghost fence in the Franklin arterial by John Sundling or Maybe you happen to drive by also on Franklin and see Christina Beck steins collaboration with sister making and the Boyd Street Urban Farm and then of course in August we had Christian Prash who did the occupied wall over by Tommy's Park and Each of those pieces was really a Short installation a temporary installation as is part of our program But it also allowed us to have educational partners in the community to have youth react to the work and Really made an interesting impact. I think on people this summer being able to see a broader Well a breadth of what we could do after the American dream sculpture and So it's really exciting to see the the portfolio grow and we'll also hear from our next artist That I am so excited about. Yes Matthew. Maas. Maasota. Maasota. Yes, maasota. Oh my gosh We are so excited to be working with him and Christina Lanzel who's the curator who brought him to us and They will be present Matthew will be speaking a bit about his work at this point We still don't know specifics about what he's going to be doing. He's working on his proposal But if you look him up on our Facebook page or online Oh, yeah, his work is really fantastic. Well in his cloud house Is one people if you don't know about it, you've got to look it up because it's just the most amazing thing I've ever ever Seen so that night. He will be talking. You will have food. There'll be a cash bar Tickets are $40 and up. Yes depending on what level you want to participate Yeah, so exactly the details are Monday night Starting at $40 you can either buy a ticket online Through our website tempo art main or g Or at the door if you come at 5 30 on Monday Or approximately around that time and there will be hors d'oeuvres there will be a cash bar and We're gonna try and keep our words short Because we really just want to enjoy being together and talking about the work Yeah, and a lot of what temple art does it's it's art, but it's architecture and Activism it's it's all of that together to educate and have people see space in different ways Yeah, we are really taking advantage with our program of partnering with people who are in the arts education field who whether it's Oak Street studio or whether it's the telling room where We partner with those organizations to really creatively respond to the artist's work and provoke young people's thinking and we really hope to Not only make something beautiful in the community, but also make something that Engages people civically so yeah, well great. I'm looking forward to it. Yeah, I know you are Yeah, it's really gonna be a fantastic event and we'll have You know, of course our summer artists We hope all of them will attend and Matthew will be there and it's really an opportunity to access the people who are making this happen and Celebrate with them and also just learn directly from them about the work and to find out more about it They can call you or go online absolutely So my contact information is on the website and people can go to our website tempo art main org Click on catalyst, which is the name of the event Essentially symbolizing that we have something that we've started and we need it to continue growing and be Catalyzed into the communities. Oh great and thank you so much for being here. Thank you. I really appreciate it