Art Wall Mural Elevation From Artist PLAZA GRANADA MURAL Developed for Developed By David Grossman Tracy Lee Stum & Sayak Mitra The Jurkowitz Center for Community 11391 Citrus Drive, #103 Engagement Ventura, CA 93004 (805) 899-3000 ext 140 (805) 340-3907 Cover Letter David Grossman The Jurkowitz Center for Community Engagement 1214 State Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Re: Plaza Granada Mural RFP Dear David, With great pleasure we submit our presentation as a collaborative team for consideration in selection for the Plaza Granada Mural Project. Thanks to the JCCE for creating a fantastic opportunity for any artist focused on public engagement and beautification! As a resident of Ventura County, I have long had a relationship with Santa Barbara regarding art and local history. I have been a 21 year contributor to the I Madonnari Festival at the Old Mission, creating large scale ephemeral pastel murals for the public. This festival gave me my 'start' in public philanthropic works, which I carried onwards as my career of choice. Prior to the discovery of street painting I enjoyed a career in mural painting, creating original works in a variety of painting traditions for large hospitality and commercial properties. I continue to work in this capacity on select projects. My husband Sayak Mitra is an art practitioner from Kolkata, India, who has relocated to Ventura, in hopes of expanding his art career while making a new life here in the US. A gifted designer /artist, he has shown his work throughout India and is a regular contributor to the Kolkata art community. He has worked as a volunteer on several large scale mural projects in Kolkata through the American Center in conjunction with community outreach exchanges. We thank you again for this opportunity! Warm regards, Tracy Lee Stum & Sayak Mitra 1 Artist Information Tracy Lee Stum 11391 Citrus Drive, #103, Ventura, CA 93004 805-340-3907 [email protected] www.tracyleestum.com Sayak Mitra 11391 Citrus Drive, #103, Ventura, CA 93004 805-766-4244 [email protected] www.sayakmitra.in 2 Our Team Tracy Lee Stum Professional street painter, muralist and instructor with over 20 years of experience, specializing in 3d / anamorphic art design. A former Guinness World Record holder, Tracy is ?a visionary and master in the chalk art world.' Tracyʼs mind-blowing 3D images continue to ?wowʼ, inspire and amaze viewers around the globe. A published author, Tracy is also a US State Department Arts Envoy grant recipient. She has presented art instruction to high school and university students through international workshops worldwide. Sayak Mitra My main subject matter involves cultural nuance, political issues and social incidents, which are employed to establish discourse on the relationship between simple human emotions - love, happiness, agony - through the language of abstraction. Investigating human values in present time, I take ordinary mundane objects, scenes, symbols & characters, and introduce them as symbols of something much deeper. The multidisciplinary nature of my work is inspired by fugacious exploration of human existence with unrestricted palette. Using representational elements in union with repetitious forms, I emphasize the pleasures of eternal entanglements. I take from the world around me - whether it be semiotics or journalistic materials like newspaper, magazine photos or television news. It could be something as banal as driving signs, fashionable textile patterns, or any significant infographic I find on my mobile app. The complex union of incoherent images, vivid colors and layered application designed with both digital tools and paint brush, invite us to communicate with the visual evidence gathered. 3 CURRICULUM VITAE - TRACY LEE STUM [email protected] EDUCATION 2004 Florence Academy of Art - Studio Program; Florence, Italy 1983 Tyler School of Art / Temple University - BFA Painting & Drawing;; Philadelphia, PA PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Artist/Creative Director/Owner, Inspire Artfulness, Inc. 2010 - Present Professional 3d street painting art studio, providing original works in pastel, paint and digital formats for major marketing and promotional campaigns worldwide. Specializing in interactive optical illusions, Inspire Artfulness provides custom art services for corporate, government, education and entertainment sectors. As owner / creative director, duties include client interaction, campaign / brand enhancement strategizing, art directing, production / team management, social media support, and public engagement. Services include live paintings in chalk and paint, custom canvas designs, print vinyl graphics, multiple image / market campaigns, and Augmented Reality applications. Independent Carpet Designer 2006 - 2008 Durkan Hospitality, Mohawk Group Contracted as an independent designer for Durkan Hospitality Group. Created 4 independent print carpet line collections - Mandalas, Sajai, Electric Lotus, California Poppy (3d concept carpet design). Independent Carpet Designer 2005 - 2006 Milliken and Company Contracted as an independent designer for Milliken's Hospitality Carpet Design Group. Created two print carpet line designs for the 'Etage' product line. (Cazal and Orsay) Orsay design garnered 'Best New Product' at the 2006 Hospitality Design Show, Las Vegas. Additionally designed three vendor carpet lines for Hilton Garden Inn hotel group. 4 Tracy Lee Stum Fine Art - 1996 - 2009 Professional mural, fine art and street painting services for applied product art design, marketing, branding, event promotion, web, TV, film, video, and print media worldwide. Additional services included murals, decorative painting and concept design development for the hospitality market. Projects included: - The Venetian Resort and Casino, Las Vegas - Casino gaming floor murals - Caesar's Palace Forum Shops, Las Vegas, expansion - murals for the 2003 lobby expansion & 2015 renovation - Disney Resort, Hong Kong - murals US STATE DEPARTMENT ARTS ENVOY GRANT RECIPIENT 2008 - present Grant recipient supporting educational programs designed to support cultural outreach initiatives via the US State Department Arts Envoy program. Curriculum includes designing, planning and facilitating introductory workshop programs specializing in 3d street painting / 3d street art targeting youth ages 16 - 25. 3D Street Painting Workshop Programs 2016 US Embassy Hyderabad - Arts Envoy: The Ken Foundation / CMR Central Mall - Visakhapatnam Prasad's Multiplex - Hyderabad 2015 US Embassy Bangkok - Arts Envoy: Bangkok Art and Culture Center; Chulalongkorn University; Conrad Hotel -Bangkok Chiang Mai University Art Center - Chiang Mai Khon Khen University - Khon Khan 2013 Kazakhstan National Federation of UNESCO Clubs / Republican Youth Biennale - Almaty, Kazakhstan 2012 US Embassy / American Center New Delhi - Arts Envoy: Jaipur Literary Festival - New Delhi Kala Rhoda Arts Festival - Mumbai IIT Vellore Riviera Festival - Chennai Puri Jugalbandi with Sudarshan Patnaik - Hyderabad Kolkata Book Fair / Nandan Center - Kolkata 2012 US Embassy Tajikistan - Arts Envoy - Dushanbe, Khujand 5 2009 US Embassy / American Center New Delhi - Arts Envoy: IIT Kanpur Antaragni Festival - Kanpur Habitat Center - New Delhi JJ School of Arts - Mumbai Government College of Art - Kolkata 2008 American Center Mumbai - Arts Envoy: IIT Mumbai Mood Indigo Festival - Mumbai JJ School of Art - Mumbai Select Street Painting Workshops 2016 World Street Painting Festival - Arnhem, the Netherlands 2014 Techkriti Student Festival - IIT Kanpur, India 2009 Antaragni Student Festival - IIT Kanpur, India 2005 - 2007 Con Arte / Governor's Office of Monterey - Monterey, Mexico 2005 Youth Arts Organization - Hong Kong, China 2006 International Children's Festival - St. Paul, MN 2004 Toba Primary School District - Toba, Japan 2002 Center for the Arts - La Habra, CA 2001 Pennsylvania Board of Education / PA State Arts Week - Harrisburg, PA 2001 Bucksbaum Center - Grinnell, IO 2000 Cumberland Valley School District - Carlisle, PA 2001 Red Oak School District - Agoura, CA Select International Arts Festivals 2018, 2015, 2014 Dubai Canvas - Dubai, UAE 2017, 2016 World Street Painting Festival - Arnhem, the Netherlands 2015 Monastir International Arts Festival - Monastir, Tunisia 2014 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation / Krasnoyarsk Music and Arts Festival - Krasnoyarsk, Russia 2014 Tilottama: Durga Puja - Kolkata, India 2014 Living Arts Festival - Bangkok, Thailand 2014 Techkriti Student Festival - IIT Kanpur, India 2009 Antaragni Student Festival - IIT Kanpur, India 2003 - 2013 Festival Bella Via - Monterey, Mexico 6 Select Community Projects 2010 Sarasota Chalk Festival - Mousetrap - lead artist 2007 Bella Via/Monterey Forum - Sistine Chapel reproduction, Monterey, Mexico - lead artist 2005 Youth Arts Festival Street Painting Spectacolare- Hong Kong, China - lead artist 2003 Youth in Arts 10th Anniversary- Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel reproduction - lead artist HONORS & AWARDS 2014 Cannes Gold Lion - Filmcraft: Art Direction / Production Design Consultant and member of the award winning team responsible for creating the optical illusions in ‘The Impossible Made Possible' advert, Honda CRV. 2014 Best Artist - Maha Nayak Award; Tilottama - Durga Puja Festival, Kolkata, India 2006 to 2012 - Guinness World Record holder - Largest Chalk Painting by an Individual - Sony Entertainment, New York, New York FILM / VIDEO 2017, 2015, 2013 Home and Family TV - featured artist 2017 Witness World Wide - Katy Perry livestream