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From YouTube: City Spotlight Feb. 2011
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City spotlight with Mayor Frank Cownie in celebration of Black History Month interview Betty Andrews of "Ill Make Me A World in Iowa' and PhD Brenda Jones of Iowas State University
Exec. Producer: Amelia Hamilton Morris
Assoc. Producer Shekinah Young
Video Production : Digital Matters Kris DeBolt
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A
I'm
Mayor
Frank
County,
welcome
to
this
edition
in
the
city
spotlight
this
month
were
forty.
Seven
hundred
grand
avenue
at
the
Des
Moines
art
center
to
celebrate
life
today
will
speak
with
Betty
Andrews
executive
director
of
I'll.
Make
me
world
in
Iowa,
then
we'll
visit
with
associate
professor
of
Art
and
Design
at
Iowa
State
University,
brenda
jones
in
the
exhibit
of
henry
tanner,
a
distinguished
African
American
painter,
who
paved
the
way
for
artistic
social
change,
we'll
wrap
things
up
with
opinions
of
some
local
familiar
faces
on
what
Black,
History
Month
means
to
them.
A
B
A
B
Actually,
it's
not
just
my
vision,
it
is
the
vision
of
a
community
and
the
way
this
whole
thing
to
guard
on
began
was
in
1999
about
20
different
collaborating
agencies
and
organizations
came
together
in
answer
to
a
national
challenge
to
produce
some
programming
around
the
documentary
that
was
going
to
be
released
in
about
african-american
arts
and
culture,
and
that
program
was
called
I'll.
Make
me
a
world
well
Iowa,
being
the
great
state
that
we
are.
B
We
took
up
the
channel
the
challenge
and
we
took
it
up
very
strongly
and
we
came
up
with
the
program
called
hiyo
McNeil
world
in
Iowa
and
what
we
did
with
that
was
put
together
all
types
of
arts
and
culture
and
a
day-long
celebration.
We
included
soul
food,
and
so
what
we
found
out
that
first
year
in
1999,
is
that
we
fulfilled
a
niche
and
since
then
the
festival
has
grown
and
we
began
with
thinking
we're
going
to
have
2300
people.
B
He
started
out
the
at
the
a
very
great
venue
we
started
out
at
the
Iowa
historical
building
and
the
reason
why
we
started
out
at
the
state
historical
building
was
that
patents
exhibit,
and
that
was
an
exhibit
from
a
printer
who
was
on
center
street
in
Des
Moines.
And
if
anyone
knows
about
center
street
dude
was
the
street,
where
a
lot
of
African
Americans
lived
and
did
business
and
stuff
like
that.
B
So
this
printer
had
a
lot
of
information
and
that
information
has
been
archived
at
the
state
historical
building,
so
that
was
kind
of
our
centerpiece
for
I'll.
Make
me
a
world
in
Iowa
and
we
started
there.
We
got
so
big
there
that
we
had
to
move,
and
so
we
are
currently
at
the
Polk
County
Convention
complex
for
the
festival,
but
also
our
gala
started
out
at
terrace
hill
and
we
have
moved
you
know
it
around
kind
of
keeping
it
fresh
and
everything.
And
so
this
year
we're
at
the
Des
Moines
art
center
is.
B
B
C
A
B
We're
at
the
gala
tonight,
and
so
we
like
a
simple
soul.
Food
orders
will
have
wine
and
a
number
of
other
things
and
we're
here
for
the
FB
art
center
featuring
the
Tanner,
exhibit
exhibit
I'm.
Sorry
Henry
will
saw
a
Tanner
exhibit
and
from
there
next
week,
we'll
be
at
the
festival
at
Iowa's
african
american
festival,
and
during
that
festival
you'll
see
a
lot
of
things.
We
have
two
stages
of
iowa
performers.
B
We
have
Ruben
Studdard,
American,
Idol,
idol
winner
I,
think
season
two
he's
going
to
be
with
us
and
he's
going
to
give
us
a
free
concert.
There
are
a
number
of
other
things,
including
as
I
meant
soul.
Food-
and
this
is
just
you
know,
soul.
Food
will
have
a
ton
of
vendors,
will
have
art,
exhibits
and
we'll
have
we'll
have
a
bike.
Show
the
black
bikers
association
will
be
there.
B
A
B
Great
thing
is
we
just
relaunched
our
website
and
it
is
awesome
so
that
address
is
world
in
iowa,
org,
so
world
in
Iowa,
DOT
more,
and
so,
if
you
go
to
that
website,
you'll
be
able
to
find
all
about
how
out
all
about
I'll
make
me
a
world
in
Iowa
and
then
you
can
also
call
us
at
288
71
71,
that's
our
number!
So
anything.
A
A
D
Actually,
the
first
time
I
was
introduced
to
paintings
was
through
my
father,
and
he
introduced
me
to
Michelangelo
Leonardo
da
Vinci.
My
heart
teacher
introduced
me
to
Tanner
mrs.
Powell,
the
late,
mrs.
Powell.
She
introduced
me
to
Tanner
mentees,
oh
gosh,
Kandinsky,
a
whole
group
of
artists,
including
Augustus,
a
who's,
an
African
American,
painter,
Charles
white,
and
this
is
a
whole
group
of
artists
that
just
no
one
really
understood-
and
you
have
another
group
of
artists-
that's
right
before
tan.
That
was
very
important
to
him
as
well
as
to
me.
D
So
there's
this
a
very
small
window
of
african-americans,
but
you
have
to
put
them
in
the
sequence
of
events
and
actually
tannaz
life
is
a
lot
like
mom
believe
it.
My
father
was
a
minister
Church
of
God
in
Christ
minister,
but
my
dad
died
a
couple
years
ago
and
I
went
to
Rome
to
study
because
it
was
important
to
me
to
do
that
and
I'm
taking
students
to
Rome
on
the
poster
design.
We've
been
doing
that
for
almost
15
years
and
we
go
for
a
semester.
D
A
Me
ask
you:
do
you
still
paint
yourself
on
the
New
York,
so
you
have
it
into
that
now.
Let
me
ask
you,
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
are
artists
and
we
find
them
around
in
Des
Moines,
who
can't
don't
seem
to
be
able
to
mix
the
classroom
and
painting
it
seems
like
they're.
They
seem
like
they're
across
purposes
or
you
feel
it's
more
stimulating.
I
mean
how
do
you?
How
do
you
feel
about
working?
Well,
your
art
ambition.
D
I
Tesco's,
you
get
a
job
to
support
your
work.
Okay,
first
of
all
and
you
let
their
enter
University.
We
have
a
visor
section
that
should
help
them
know
what
courses
to
take.
So
they
can't
do
just
that,
because
the
art
cannot
be
something
that
you
just
make
to
make
money
off
of
London
the
fine
arts
we.
C
D
Have
graphic
design
interiors
that
we
have
other
hearts
sale,
but
in
the
fine
arts
it
has
to
be
an
evolution
of
the
best.
That's
gonna
occur
in
their
life.
These
are,
they
all,
have
to
really
dig
in
and
work
and
they
have
to
have
a
passion.
So,
of
course
we
won't
have
that
many
people
that
will
come
out
is
painters
are
a
sculptors,
but
the
students
that
will
go
through
those
classrooms
will
have
critical
thinking
techniques
they'll
know
and
be
able
to
understand
things
that
most
people
will
only
see
it
multiple
to.
D
D
I
started
looking
at
town
of
years
ago
because
I
loved
the
banjo
player,
but
also
love
the
idea
that
the
religious
pieces
that
he
did
and
is
really
quite
interesting
because
of
Lois
Mae
Lou
Jones,
is
another
artist
that
went
to
Europe
and
she
loved
Paris
also
and
in
these
are
periods
of
history,
because
I
have
integrate
things
when
I
was
growing
up,
and
these
appears
in
history
that
was
very,
very
difficult
for
those
artists.
Tanner
at
the
age
of
13
became
an
artist
in
his
mind.
E
D
So
he
fell
in
love.
This
man
was
in
the
salon.
He
you
know
he
never
stopped
creating,
but
he
had
thomas
eakins
with
him
who's
an
american
artist
in
Philadelphia,
but
he
also
integrated
that
program
too.
So
all
of
that
just
it
was
an
amazing
thing,
because
I
remember
growing
up
and
most
of
the
students
that,
when
I
went
to
college,
had
no
idea
who
these
people
work
and
that's
the
amazing
thing
to
me
too.
You've.
A
D
It's
a
little
bit
like
what
I
would
tell
soon
as
they
need
as
much
our
history
as
possible
and
as
much
history
as
possible.
The
reason
for
that,
because
you'll
end
up
ledger:
izing
yourself:
if
you're,
not
careful,
you'll
start
doing
things,
thinking
is
brand
new,
but
it's
not
specific
with
our
technology
now
quick
ratification.
So
it
is
extremely
important
that
they
dig
a
little
bit
deeper
if
you're
going
to
look
at
Tanner
find
out
who
this
man
study
quit
and
who
we
looked
at
and
find
out
about
this
subject
matter.
D
Vice
versa,
if
you're
going
to
study
any
artists,
twenties
finding
amenties,
look
at
you
can't
just
stop,
you
have
to
keep
reaching
to
so
that
you
have
an
understanding
and
then
you
go
back
to
the
table
and
you
come
up
with
subject
matter
and
then
you
buy
all
of
those
forms
to
work
with
yours
and
it
works.
It's
just
a
is.
A
D
I
think
for
me,
I
think
it's
probably
portraits
religious
symbolism,
biblical
images
he
used,
but
also
landscape
cityscapes,
because
this
guy
really
did
love
the
idea
of
the
land.
Remember
there's
a
lot
of
different
groups
in
Philadelphia,
the
rhode
island,
whose
a
lot
of
groups
at
that
period
of
history.
So
I
can
see
even
the
usage
of
color
you
Cassini's,
looking
in
and
prejudice'
comes
in
an
oddity
of
that
market,
because
these
are
not
as
dark
as
locally
with
a
very
beautiful
pieces.
But
that's
the
common
thing.
D
D
Think,
like
everything,
is
a
start
and
I
think,
because
when
he
went
to
Paris
when
he
came
back,
they
actually
before
he
went,
he
wasn't
accepted
his
most
artists,
but
there
was
another
artist
before
him
that
would
probably
the
most
famous
at
that
moment.
But
when
he
came
back
from
Paris,
he
received
one
of
the
most
important
awards
that
Legion
award.
D
D
So
that
gives
you
an
idea
how
important
this
so
to
bring
that
back
to
young
artists
that,
because
our
is
a
passion,
it
isn't
something
that
you
can
take
away,
something
you
do
love
and
you
want
to
know
more
and
so
to
have
that
and
have
someone
to
say:
okay,
look
at
this
work.
This
is
just
incredible
and
doing
the
Harlem
Renaissance
you're
getting
in
imagine
know.
D
C
A
D
He
showed
the
world
that
forget
about
color,
that
intellect
and
knowledge
and
a
passion
to
create
as
no
balance,
he
broke
those
boundaries
and
it's
a
constant
breaking
boundaries,
but
he
was
one
of
the
first
to
break
and
that
contribution
cannot
be
denied
I
doubt
if
I
would
be
standing
here
with
you.
Well.
A
Let
me
ask
you,
as
you
work
with
your
students,
that
I
would
say
in
the
classroom
and
you
think
about
your
own
work.
How
do
you,
how
do
you
feel
here
we
are
2011
already
and
thinking
about
five
or
10
years
from
now?
How
do
you
feel
like
you're
moving
in
your
art
and
where
your
students
going
here
in
the
21st
century?
Well.
D
C
D
Tell
you
right
off
the
bed:
Patos
sculpture,
ceramics,
jewelry
makers.
These
guys
have
done
a
prolific
job
and
they're
very
successful,
but
they
had
to
balance
their
world
and
they
had
to
take
responsibility.
So
you
don't
go
in
debt
and
credit
cards,
you
don't
do
certain
things
and
we
talked
about
that
engine.
But
the
main
ingredient
is
to
do
the
art
and
not
stop
find
what
your
feet
get
that
into
self
it
and
then
just
do
it.
A
D
D
How
do
we
maintain
that
edge
and
it
has
to
come
from
the
individual?
It
can
I
come
from
wishing.
We
have
to
beat
the
machine,
and
so
the
students
are
told
this
and
they
know
they
have
to
do
we're.
Always
eloping
I,
don't
know
a
faculty
member
in
the
cause
of
design
that
would
not
open
that
door.
For
our
student
and
I'm
on
this
student
I'm.
A
F
D
And
I
would
make
a
critique
and
then
I'll
we
go
to
dinner
party
and
they
withstand
there's,
and
you
know
this
is
the
hardest
to
each
other,
with
yes
with
over
the
door,
and
it's
very
important
survey
and
is
a
high
area
is
really
because
the
more
you
know
creatively
the
more
you
understand
how
to
see
outside
of
this
little
narrow
viewpoint.
Sometimes
it's
so
worth
it
for
our
kids.
Just
you
didn't
give
enough
a
day
so
yeah
you
can
take
classroom.
Oh
I'd,.
A
A
G
You
know
broccoli
means
a
tremendous
amount
of
two
I
think
I
myself,
my
family
as
well
I
think
about
fitness
community.
It's
a
great
opportunity
for
the
community
to
concentrate
on
the
contributions
of
african-americans
and
I
like
to
constitute
concentrated
on
not
only
their
contributions,
but
specifically
the
contributions
of
African
American
was
the
opportunity
to
look
what
they've
done
with
the
accomplishment
and
to
bring
that
to
the
forefront.
Of
course,
you
do
understand
me.
G
He
know
tanner
the
artist
that
I've
been
freaking,
it's
a
good
opportunity
for
me
to
sit
down
with
them
and
talk
to
him
about
what
he
could
do
and
how
he
could
do
some
things
for
himself
and
how
he
cannot
allow
himself
to
be
stopped
by.
You
know
the
mere
fact
that
he
has
dark
skin
coat.
He
still
can
do
great
things,
and
so
it's
a
good
opportunity
to
come
straight
on
the
community
custard
on
the
family
and
also
the
concentrate
on
myself.
It's
true
thanks.
A
A
C
C
We
have
built
this
nation,
benjamin
banneker,
who
surveyed
washington,
DC
too
low
buffalo
soldiers
in
the
West
two
judges,
black
elected
judges,
was
only
nineteen.
Seventy
three
vice
president
Hannibal
Hamlin
was
a
mixed
race.
Man
Grambling's
first
vice
president,
was
mixed
race,
just
an
extraordinary
legacy
of
accomplishment
in
medicine
and
law
and
business
politics.
In
sports.
We
have
fundamentally
changed
the
scenery
in
America
and
in
Iowa.
Iowa
has
a
very
rich
in
a
very
large
african-american
history
tradition,
going
back
to
before
statehood.
C
As
you
as
you
well
know,
the
Iowa
Supreme
Court
desegregated
schools
in
1868,
the
Iowa
Legislature,
took
the
white
early
language
of
the
state
constitution
in
eighteen.
Eighty
four
are,
of
course
we
have.
The
Blackhawks
escaping
40,
born
in
1917
and
Iowa
has
been
a
revolutionary
in
many
respects.
In
african-american
history,
we
seated
our
first
black
legislature
back
in
the
early
late
1950s
early
1960s,
and
it
has
been
a
record
of
accomplishment
really
that's
like
no
other
state
in
the
Union
I
have
black
Americans
at
visit
me
from
all
over
the
country.
C
They
are
astounded
at
the
level
of
sophistication
of
african-american
history
in
the
state
from
outside,
in
that
was
published
several
years
ago
about
Satan's
Oracle
society
back
to
chases
here
from
dmacc.
That
puts
to
shame
any
state
in
the
union
that
has
published
anything
about
the
history
of
his
African
Americans.
That
book
puts
everybody
to
shame
and
I'm,
proud
of
this
state,
I'm,
proud
of
its
history
and
its
record,
and
that's
why
I'm
still
here
so
doesn't
like
it.
Black
history
book
means
to
me
absolutely
thanks
for
sharing
ideas
and.
A
A
H
Black
history
means
a
chance
for
us
to
share
and
it
gives
us
a
chance
to
see
differences,
because
once
you
identify
the
differences
there's
you
know,
then
your
things
that
you
have
in
common
has
substance.
But
if
you
don't
know
the
differences,
then
how
does
your
similarities
have
something?
And
this
gives
us
a
chance
to
learn.
I
An
apartment
here
right
things
that
works
like
I,
was
also
looking
or
some
different
ways
that
African
Americans
Latinos
Asian
women
and
whoever
did
the
morn
fall
violin
site.
So
we're
looking
for
governments,
goals
of
trying
to
personal
income
and
tried
to
create
jobs
and
looking
on
what
we
can
do
to
try
to
get
more
folks
involved
in
those
jobs
to
create
these
jobs
and
to
have
a
level
success
here.
Thanks
for
coming
with
an
idea.
A
J
To
black
history,
well,
I
have
the
privilege
of
representing
Iowa,
State,
University
and
iowa
state
university,
so
a
long
tradition
and
history
actually
with
the
omnia
world
celebration,
but
frankly,
going
back
to
George
Washington
Carver,
who
is
our
I?
Don't
think
anyone
would
argue,
as
Iowa
State
get
worse,
most
famous
alum.
He
received
his
bachelor's
in
his
master's
degree,
at
Iowa,
State
University,
before
moving
on
to
skiing.
So
we
thought
many
years
ago,
when
I'm
a
mere
world
in
Iowa's.
J
Starting
up
that
we
should
really
be
a
part
of
the
celebration,
but
it's
a
natural
fit
because
with
George
Washington
Carver
were
connected
to
Black
History,
going
way
way
back.
So
the
bottom
line
is
with
particular
George.
Washington
Carver
is
the
connector
and
the
work
of
Pioneer,
and
he
did
with
pioneer
and
now
without
making
your
world
in
Des
Moines.
It
gives
Iowa
State
University
an
opportunity
to
represent
all
colleges
and
universities
and
promoting
educational
opportunities
for
our
youth
in
Iowa.
J
We
co-sponsor
education
day,
which
is
next
Friday
right
before
the
celebration
day,
and
we
have
750
students
from
all
around
Iowa
who
are
learning
about
their
heritage
culture.
But
more
importantly,
educational
opportunities,
we're
promoting
higher
education
in
the
state
of
Iowa.
So
it's
a
it's
a
great
fit
for
Iowa
State
University
best.