>> the costumes are so beautiful. oh, my gosh. thank you very much. the costumes are simply beautiful. wonderful thank you to them. beautiful costumes. now, what is an event would not be complete without great food? i hope you enjoyed it, and we want to thank the asian shaft -- chef association, offering the best louisiana on the bay area, and to help me find them, i would like to call upon the mayor's office of neighborhood services office manager, and she is going to say a special thank you. where is francis? claudine?

is she coming? is francis here? yes, well, you can help me thank them. >> we want to say a special thanks to the shaft -- chef. francis was going to make this presentation, but it is on behalf of the chef, the owner and executive chef and also peter wong. here we are. come on, everybody. they did a great job. >> the chef will be the incoming chair person of the chef association. it will be with us every year catering and contributing to our community. we want to express our appreciation, and thank you so

much. [applause] >> we are all about good food and pictures, of course. we would love for you to say a few words. >> good evening. it is such an honor for us to be here tonight. in the partner of the asian chef association , and in the founder of -- i am the founder of chefs without borders. for us to be year to stand in front of you, it is an honor to

be here to be part out the asian pacific americans five years in a row, and we are honored to do everything to serve the food, and we try the best we can, so tonight, i hope you enjoyed the food very much, and we hope to see you again. thank you. [applause] thank you very much. we have more food for you. two quick things -- we have finally coming up right now, and we have a green room recession after the finale -- reception after the finale. when you are on your way up, as you leave, but not yet, you will be given a little ticket, and this ticket will allow you to go up to the green room celebration was more great food -- we are asian, after all. we have great food and lots of

it. this ticket will get you into that green room reception. this ticket -- there will be a blank boxes on this ticket, and as you go to each station, you can check off that box. once the boxes are all marked, you take that ticket, put it in a raffle are -- jar, and it will be your chance to win a gift certificates from one of the participating restaurants, so you need not be present to win. you leave after the rally, get a ticket, go upstairs to the green room, check off the boxes, visit the stations, and present it to a big raffled jar, you could win a gift certificate to one of the restaurants. all right, now, our finale. here to explain our finale, please welcome our producers, the producer agile in the mist

asian america pageant. please welcome rose. -- producer of the miss asian american pageant. >> it is my pleasure to be the entertainment coordinator for this wonderful awards ceremony. i want to acknowledge the quarter not -- the choreographer, and the coordinator of all the community groups to participate. before we begin, i just want to invite those of you in the audience that if you want to participate next year, just go on to our website. hope you have a wonderful evening, and do not hesitate to apply because the folks are really dancing their heart out for you. so of music, please -- so, music , please. ♪

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come on up! vicki, come on up! c'mon! volunteers, let's go! come on up, come on up, volunteers! members of the committee, come on up! members of the committee, anybody else? , opt! volunteers in the audience,, one of -- come on up! vicki, vicki, come on op! c'mon, anybody else? come on up! whoo!

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♪ >> whoo! thank you all for coming! let's have a great evening. thank you all, everyone. thank you to all of our dancers. have a great evening. thank you for coming.

>> if you hear strange sounds, we will be hearing strange sounds all the time. this is part of our new installation called "what is missing." i am the executive director of the academy. people in san francisco are very fortunate to have a truly remarkable public arts pro gram that makes projects like this

one possible. we open this building one year ago. since then, about 2.3 million visitors have come through the california academy of arts and sciences. that is ok. my original goal was to speak alcatraz. don't tell anyone, of course. i think that we did it. it is a brilliant year. if we get a real rush, we could hit 3 million by the anniversary. we would like to have a last minute push. we are fortunate enough to have two public artworks by mai ling. the first is on the west terrace where the land meets the sea. mai is a dedicated

environmentalist and this is consistent with who she is as a person. we are quite have this book and did by her works. this is an extension of all that is in between it and it encourages people to think about the world and their responsibility to it. the academy is all about two questions, how did we get here and the challenge of sustainability? i suggest that there are no more important questions for our time and all that you see around here deals with those issues. we will hear from maya in a few minutes. i would like to think many people who made this possible. first the members of the art advisory committee, bill wilson and mary [inaudible] and the arts commissioner. the golden gate music conkers advisory committee. -- concourse advisory committee.

the former curator of the deyoung museum. can you imagine? this is fantastic. the academy scientists who work during the early design phase of this installation included [inaudible] carol tang, brian fisher, jack dunn blocker, [inaudible] i also want to acknowledge my predecessor who played such a

seminal role in the design of the academy. he is now at the university of colorado. the director of the exhibit development who insured that the installation went off without a hitch just as he ensured that the entire academy moved to howard street and then moved back without one lost fish. of course, the arts commission in the city of san francisco. it is my pleasure to introduce this senior adviser to mayor gabonese som - -gavin newsom. >> i am here representing the mayor.

he is anticipating the birth of his child which should come to any minute now. on behalf of the mayor, welcome to this dedication of the sculpture. the mayor early in his career realize the transforming power of public arts. it starts a discourse. it challenges us as citizens. what is missing is the expression of what people in san francisco and the mayor are trying to achieve. we are trying to be the greatest city possible. our art should reflect our times and values. composting, water conservation, bicycling, plastic bags, plastic bottles, we are mocked sometimes for how we lead and today we are the been on public art.

90% of our big fish are gone. 1/3 of all species are missing. what is yet to be determined is that this is a memorial for us to listen. this will be spoken to millions of children. thank you for your gift. you have already exceeded our expectations. i would like to give you the president of the arts commission. >> thank you.

on behalf of the city family and all of our elected officials and especially the arts commission, it is on honor to be here and to mark this incredible vacation. -- occasion. with this addition to the city's civic collection, san francisco will become home not only to this last public memorial but also the artist's first multimedia work. if you have not had a chance to get up close, please do so as a very exciting and innovative art work. i would like to thank the

academy of sciences for being such a wonderful partner in this project with us and for welcoming not only the artist but the arts commission. some of us grew up in these avenues and it is a very joyous occasion to come back and rekindle our love in this new incredible facility. what could be a better home for these two artworks, these two pieces, then this incredible building? we now have to two amazing pieces by a world class -- one of the greatest artists working in the world today. this is perhaps one of the best masterpieces in the world.

this project is the result of an ordinance which is providing capital construction projects and the city dedicates 2% to the development of public art. although the academy of sciences is a not-for-profit institution, this is on public land after all. the san francisco arts commission worked tirelessly to applying the arts in richmond fund and then we got a little bit of help along the way. -- enrichment fund and then we got a little bit of help along the way. finally, i think that we should take a moment to not only and knowledge and celebrate the brilliance of the artists but

also the hard work and the tenacity of the many people who helped make this happen. greg mentioned a few of them, i would like to make a mention in particular, the director of public arts for the city and county of san francisco who shepherded the project from its inception to this day with a lot of help from my former colleagues on the arts commissioner. the former chair of the public art committee as well as in other former commissioner who contributed their expertise to the project and helped to guide it to success. we would not be here today without their dedication and tenacity.

we'll be joined by the dean of academic affairs at the san francisco art institute. i want to thank her and welcome her to the microphone. thank you. [applause] >> thank you for coming. it is a distinct pleasure and honor to have been lucky enough to have been there for the very beginning of this project and the selection phase. sometimes, we don't get to see things all of the way through so this will be special to me. particularly, it was a special and extraordinary and creative opportunity to work with the artist. one of the excitemenexciting tho watch the credit process unfold and also to be a part of it sometimes. -- watched the creative process

unfold. they want to aspire to work as a part of their career. sometimes, with public art, we focus so much on the environment in which we take place. the constraints under which it takes place, it can be outdoors, it can be allowed, it has to be approachable and accessible. sometimes things can become so overwhelming, i was laughing at a press conference when maya was concerned about the cooling system. sometimes we lose sight of what is so extraordinary about public art when it works so well. when she came to us for the initial proposal, she said she wanted to do