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Agenda Item No. 4(A) EL CERRITO CITY COUNCIL PROCLAMATION In Recognition of the El Cerrito Art Association and Commending Catherine Woolf on her Receipt of the Mayor’s Award at the Annual El Cerrito Art Association Show WHEREAS, the El Cerrito Art Association (ECAA) was founded in 1976 and supports the arts and artists in the East Bay. The Association’s members live in the area surrounding El Cerrito and include artists who paint, draw, take photographs, sculpt, create mixed media and digital images; and WHEREAS, the ECAA meets at the El Cerrito Community Center from February to November. Each meeting features a mini art show of member works and a program or demonstration by an artist; and WHEREAS, the ECAA sponsors an art show and sale each October hosting as many as 350 works by more than 100 artists from around the East Bay and also sponsors a Plein Air Painting Group and curates exhibits of member artists work at various local venues; and WHEREAS, the October 2014 show, which kicked off with a reception attended by approximately 300 people, featured 318 registered Artworks and included 116 artist participants of which 105 were ECAA members; and WHEREAS, approximately seventy awards, including honorable mentions, were issued in the categories of oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, photography, digital art, sculpture, mixed media, drawing, and printmaking; and WHEREAS, each year the Mayor of El Cerrito makes a selection for the “Mayors Award” and this year, Mayor Abelson selected and presented the Mayor’s Award to Catherine Woolf for her painting “Aaliyah & Rabbit.” NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of El Cerrito hereby recognizes the importance of the El Cerrito Art Association in supporting and publicizing arts and artists in the East Bay, commends all artists in the community for their skill, talent and creative expression and congratulates Catherine Woolf on her receipt of the Mayor’s Award at the October 2014 ECAA Art Show. Dated: November 18, 2014 Janet Abelson, Mayor