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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON
BEACH AND THE ART LEAGUE OF HUNTINGTON BEACH FOR USE OF SPACE AT
THE HUNTINGTON BEACH CENTRAL LIBRARY
THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ("MOU") is made and entered into by and between the CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, a municipal corporation of the State of California ("City"), and THE ART LEAGUE OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, a nonprofit corporation ("Art League"), collectively (the "Parties").
WHEREAS, CITY seeks to collaborate with ART LEAGUE to provide Art Exhibits in a gallery area (the “Gallery”) at Huntington Beach Central Library to enhance the Library’s collection, resources, and programming and to provide cultural opportunities to library patrons; and
ART LEAGUE will have access to use of Library space, identified herein, to display Art Exhibits in support of this collaborative effort,
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
1. TERM.
The Term of this MOU shall be three years commencing at 12:01 a.m. on _________, 2025, and ending at 11:59 p.m. on _________, 2028, unless extended or sooner terminated as provided for herein. Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time for any reason, upon thirty (30) days prior written notice.
2. GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES OF THE PARTIES.
City will provide free of charge, a portion of the south side of the 4th floor stacks in the City’s Central Library for the display of Art Exhibits. This area may be described as ‘Upstairs Art Gallery’ and the ‘West End Art Gallery.’
The City retains the sole right to determine the location of the Gallery. The CITY will provide advance written notice if the Art Display needs to be moved.
The City Manager or designee will review exhibition items prior to going on display, and has final approval and reserves the right to remove items that are deemed inappropriate for the wider audience from public viewing where children are present, i.e., no graphic displays of violence, language or nudity.
The City may use exhibit space up to four (4) times per year for non-Art League art displays.
Art League may host/sponsor an opening reception as desired for each exhibit; all costs associated with a reception (including invitations, food and beverages) will be borne by Art League.