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WHEREAS, Future Tenant provides a laboratory setting for artists, arts managers, and audiences to explore the limits of creative expression, presentation, and interpretation of various art forms; and
WHEREAS, it is the vision of Future Tenant to become Pittsburgh's destination for innovative artistic experiences and to support vibrant and provocative new work; and
WHEREAS, Future Tenant provides an opportunity for students of Arts Management to obtain hands-on management experience and for emerging artists to launch their careers; and
WHEREAS, Future Tenant was founded in 2002 as a joint project of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and Carnegie Mellon University's College of Fine Arts and Master of Arts Management program; and
WHEREAS, in its ten years of existence, Future Tenant has presented the work of over one hundred emerging artists and performers and worked to enhance the stature of Pittsburgh's art community; and
WHEREAS, Future Tenant has also worked to beautify and revitalize Pittsburgh's neighborhoods, encouraging the creative reuse of vacant storefronts and supporting thought-provoking installation artwork.
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NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize Future Tenant's tenth anniversary and celebrate Future Tenant's commitment to creativity, artistic expression, and community engagement; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare March 20, 2012 "Future Tenant Day" in the City of Pittsburgh.