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<br /> For the community:
<br /> Twice a month FRANK hosts local artists and community members who present
<br /> their art, music,and their life's work to the community. The programs have included:
<br /> Deep Dish Theater, Mallarme Chamber Players and KidZNotes. In addition,artists have
<br /> demonstrated traditional pottery techniques, black-and-white and infrared photography,
<br /> encaustic painting,eco farming,dance,bookmaking as art, bee keeping,wallpaper and
<br /> tile design and drawing. mahaloJazz participated in the FRANK::inFocus outdoor slide
<br /> show and will return with a Downtown Arts Project grant for a
<br /> photography/video/musical improvisation sound and light performance.
<br /> With grant support from OCAC,FRANK offered its first series of educational
<br /> workshops this past year including drawing, photography,and singing. We have since
<br /> expanded these offerings through a series of educational forums through the
<br /> FRANK::inFocus festival where we offered over 20 free events to the community free of
<br /> charge. Topics ranged from collecting photography as art to journalistic practices in
<br /> documentation for publications. We brought speakers from a variety of organizations
<br /> such as the photography curator of the NC Museum of Art,The Light Factory in
<br /> Charlotte, the past co-president of the MidAtlantic American Society of Media
<br /> Photographers,Director of the Lewis Hine Foundation at the Center for Documentary
<br /> Studies, and owner founder publisher of Daylight magazine, based in Hillsborough,NC.
<br /> Through this endeavor,we were able to build and strengthen our relationships with area
<br /> schools, galleries, museums, art organizations,and community centers.
<br /> See Supplementary materials of ongoing projects from 2010-Current and the
<br /> FRANK::InFocus catalogue
<br /> Grant Request for FRANK:JNFOCUSFocus on Photography
<br /> In conjunction with our Community Outreach mission,we are requesting funding from
<br /> the Arts Commission to enhance our successful educational outreach project, FRANK::
<br /> inFocus. This year we are seeking support for community photography programs and fall
<br /> photography festival. Expenses include marketing and promotion, materials and supplies,
<br /> and honoraria for speakers and juror for our photography exhibition.
<br /> PWo5pd Uses of Grant Funds
<br /> Our 2012 photography exhibition, Changing Focus,the Image in Flux, showcased
<br /> the work of FRANK photographers,producing a well received display of 11
<br /> photographers,a show catalog,and a series of educational forums,drawing participants
<br /> from the Triangle as well as the DC metro area, South Carolina,and Florida.
<br /> Our fall 2013 featured photography exhibition will be a Juried show focusing on
<br /> photography-inspired art,open to any discipline that incorporates lens-based media in
<br /> theory or practice. We hope to commission an established professional juror to curate the
<br /> show and to produce,a small catalog to accompany.
<br /> The partnered events will cluster around three Friday Art walks in Orange
<br /> County, Durham,and Raleigh partnering with local galleries, museums, and universities
<br /> to provide exhibitions,critique sessions,peer and professional portfolio reviews, and
<br /> slideshows. Our focus is Chapel Hill, Caffboro,and Hillsborough.
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