Organization Name: Sioux Falls Arts Council ATTN: Angelica Mercado, Operations Manager Address: 326 E 8th Street Sioux Falls SD 57103 Phone: (605)271-6696 Email: amercado@artssiouxfalls.gov Organization is classified under section 501(c) (3)? Yes Briefly describe the project for which you would like to apply for funding from SFACF. This Community Fund Grant request is for more than $2,500. A well-known local sculptor, Porter Williams, has been in recent conversation with the Sioux Falls City Administration about fabricating a life-sized bronze sculpture (approx. 6 foot in height) of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The proposed sculpture placement location would be on city-owned property at the south end of the oval lawn area within Van Eps Park, adjacently west of the new City Center Building. This proposed location is near the site of the former parsonage where Dr. King spoke when he visited Sioux Falls in January 1961. The Sioux Falls City Administration is supportive of this sculpture project, with a 50/50 cost share - with the city providing $15,000 in 2020 and continued maintenance of the sculpture, and $15,000 contributed from other funding source(s). How will the community benefit? Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was well known as an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. Reverend Dr. King is best known for advancing civil rights through nonviolence and civil disobedience. What may not be known, is that Reverend Dr. King arrived in Sioux Falls SD on January 12, 1961, a guest of nearby St. John Baptist Church that once was located adjacently north of the current day Van Eps Park. Dr. King addressed an evening dinner meeting of the Knife & Fork Club at the Downtown Cataract Hotel. Dr. King stayed overnight at the church parsonage and spoke at St. John’s the next day. A Minnehaha County historical