(clapping) >> are you a parents that's unemployed and struggling to pay child support we have teamed up and positions ourself to offer an opportunity for permanent employment. for more information call >> we came to seven straight about 10 years ago. -- 7th street about 10 years

ago. the environment is huge. it is stronger than willpower. surrounding yourself with artists, being in a culture where artists are driving, and where a huge amount of them is a healthy environment. >> you are making it safer. push, push. that is better. when i start thinking, i see it actually -- sometimes, i do not see it, but when i do, it is usually from the inside out. it is like watching something being spawned. you go in, and you begin to work, excavate, play with the dancers, and then things began

to emerge. you may have a plan that this is what i want to create. here are the ideas i want to play with, but then, you go into the room, and there maybe some fertile ideas that are becoming manifest that are more interesting than the idea you had initially set out to plan. so there has to be this openness for spontaneity. also, a sense that regardless of the deadline, that you have tons of time so the you can keep your creativity alive and not cut it off and just go into old habits. it is a lot like listening. really listening to watch what is going to emerge. i like this thing where you put your foot on his back. let's keep it. were your mind is is how you build your life. if you put it in steel or in failure, it works. that works.

it is a commitment. for most artists, it is a vacation and a life that they have committed themselves to. there is this notion that artists continue to do their work because of some kind of the external financial support. if that was taken away, artists would still do their art. it is not like there is a prerequisite for these things to happen or i will not do it. how could that be? it is the relationship that you have committed to. it is the vocation. no matter how difficult it gets, you are going to need to produce your art. whether it is a large scale or very small scale. the need to create is going to happen, and you are going to have to fulfill it because that is your life.

>> welcome, welcome welcome. to the ground breaking new strands theatre (clapping) this is i've been dreaming about this for 20 years and it's to

incredibly tlifrl it's fm happen p were on central mark we've got government on two side and an incredibly rich neighborhood filled with defy ideas and we hope to be part of the amazing dialog. we're next door to our custom shop and it was the incubator ofor neighborhood. we have been know eleanor. when they arrived from san francisco we looked at where we're here and with the help of terry shulman we turned this into a community based on art space. we've welcome dozens of groups

into the community to share that space with us. we'll have argue teacher training here and accessible programs and we realized that market street is happening. it's important that arts groups as we also do take the lead in creating civic discourse. we're going to begin build open it. in this space we've got the supermarket orange will a new theatre and front of the of that it will be a 2 hundred seat black box theatre and a double story lobby. great coffee we promised. to really welcome the neighborhood and to light up this block. part of what gives me joy is

expanded the story of kc e t. this city helped us donors and trustees people that work here and they helped to rebuild gary and we knew that c e t are here. a lot of the students raise your hand. the merge theatre folks standing here we've got educational proomz programs. we're deeply involved with this neighborhood and we incubate a lot of newark. it's such a beautiful cathedral of a spates. in the another way for us to partner with the community. this this space we hope to

produce newark and engage new and local and old after the. we hope to share this space. in the a neighborhood filled with arts. a lessons king and luggage store. we're privileged to be part of this community. we look across the street to the museum. thank you for being here today. we know we've got the art community here and scott wiener is a big supporter. thank you scott. it's been an amazing journey. we'll see a rich array ray the hope is it will be a way for k

correction e it to acknowledge the education and training i training is an numerous part 3 will transform this city. i want to quickly acknowledge a lot of community arts based on organization that have helped us in this journey that were i want to thank john the director who helped us spearhead this and our amazing architects and plant consultants and everybody who helped us realize this project. the nearest and dear it are the k c e t folks nancy liv stone for one. rusty >> patty and last but certainly not at least the jeff the

amazing member of the board he was a respectableer when nobody thought of this was going to happen. we're standing across from a revitalized u.n. plaza with hope in our heart from a city that leads in the art and cultures. and jeff was really a wonderful supporter >> it's my worst nightmare i'm following kari and this is exciting for any donor that's how i felt about bringing this to market street to advance k c e t for new works in collaboration of after the fits

with the possibilities of the central corridor. arts transforms neighborhoods especially at night. in the case of k c e t and our master students brings tremendous energy through this door. ac ta inefficient taken the lead in market street focusing on smaller arts organizations. mayor lee our support and enthusiasm is sincere and it makes you a nature leader of this awesome city (clapping) >> having been under no circumstances on the ac t board

with 10 years i can speak with authority about caring kari. in this fast lane makes her mind race faster. i'm honored now in my captain of chair of the capital campaign to nouns some fun stuff it's 32 1/2 millions and we've received many million dollars in new tax credits we've raised $10 million in private contributions to date from our mayors board and a if i other good friends of ac t. today, i'm to nouns one gift it's a $5 million equivalent from an awe moms duo donor.

with those gifts our campaign is 6 and a half million dollars (clapping) arrest so we're getting close but we need hope kari and a allen told me to say that percent this is as picasso said it's first an act of distribution so bring down the hammer. next up my good friend and an awesome mayor, mayor ed lee (clapping) >> thank you well jeff and kari congratulations. i've just been allotted a tour with s o m and plant organizations to take a at the

theatre. let me tell you it is transform active for this corridor. i know how hard supervisor wiener and kim and mark leno when we all had been thinking about how to reinvest in this whole life corridor on market street. we were waiting for moments like this. to truly signal a big transformation change along market street and k c e t strand is wonderful you'll see the 3 hundred seats in the theatre and wonder why didn't we do this long time ago. i've often said market street is a big priority but i have to tell you the truth it wasn't twitter it began with arts

grassroots organizations taking the risks the costume shop and others joined supervisor that kim and i and said can you take the risk first and a attract some of the small businesses. they went about it when twitter and is an desk and other wonderful companies that are located here now were then ref the compliment. we talk about technology in the city. technology can't live without of the arts and the vice versa. and our kids are learning that that's why we teach arts and math and i came back from new york and they're jealous. i have to say they're jealous because they see and hear the

vibratecy in our city and when he host the u.s. conventions of mayors i want them to feel the vibratecy of the theatre. i believe that every company that exist in the city of san francisco b would love to have their name associated with this theatre. this will be the kind of theatre you'll want to have it's in the middle of the life corridor of our city that's it that's where things are happening. by the way, it's not just in the daylight but and you see this all happening but we're bringing vibrant night life back to san francisco lead by k c e t strand

and with all the technology companies that are locating along market street. i can showcase something that's going to be well received by everybody. theatre has been part of my life a long time. i know for leno and kim and supervisor wiener perhaps we can do something like that political theatre here (laughter) what do i think. what was their little envisioning thing. in college i did drama and little plays and - (laughter) that's why i of those a bureaucrat for years. look it up butterflies are free. that's what i thought about when

i came up open stage. i would be proud of any great city like san francisco to display this to talk about why we're able to get this together and talk about the history of effort that's gone on. thirty years of investment on market street 83 and now we're at that time, people want to invest in the cultural life. without that culture of san francisco and the arts i don't think the technology workers would want to be here by a theirs attracted atkins and the talent is attracted to places like this because of the arts. besides our taking care of people and the shared economy we have a rich rich art. this will be a wonderful display

>> again jeff and keri and a nancy and all the board of trustees the america's board. congratulations i'll be with you and hosting quite a few meeting down here. thank you very much (clapping) >> and butterflies are free. i'm considering it. for our opening. if you'll star in it, it's a great idea. now i'm going to welcome senator mark leno who's been a great advocate and has an honorary degree in acting. inasfar mark leno (clapping) >> i still have no clue as to why