2013-525 Arts - Janice French for Fall 2013 Art Grant Agreement $300

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J Community Impact The Lift Every Voice Art Project, due its creation method,use and central location at the the MLK Day Celebration, will impact about 1500 individuals serving as contributing artists, program participants or as audience members at the well-attended annual CFS community sponsored event, , which promotes public participation and community service. The art project will be focal point for the celebration, and will likely continue as an independent work after the celebration. Facilitating Community Participation CFS is a pre-K to grade 12 private day school serving 480 students with educational philosophy inspired by Quaker values,teaching children that it is possible to change the world. The main campus on Carolina Friends Road houses most student facilities;there are 2 off campus Early Schools(K-preK)in Durham and Chapel Hill. During the Art project development in the CFS classrooms, students will have the opportunity to contribute ideas,to work together to create and make contributions to elements of the finished collaborative artwork in a way that is personally meaningful and relates to the theme. CFS invites parents,members of the Mt Sinai Baptist Church and neighborhood,and local Friends at local meeting houses to participate as well as attend the open celebration. The artwork will be incorporated or referenced and affect celebration participants working near or with the piece during rehearsals and setup. Planning and preparation involve many students, staff, alumni,past participants and other local community members gathering an enthusiastic at-capacity crowd(1500 attendees)in the gymnasium on the celebration day! Part of Annual Celebration as Inspiration and Culmination of Community Service Activities CFS conducts an MLK Jr. celebration each year on the MLK Monday holiday. The celebration is coordinated by staff on the MLK Day Committee, and presented by students and staff with community participation around a MLK Jr.-inspired theme. Planning and participation in the many activities engage the community for several weeks culminating at the actual celebration. Past MLK Day community activities have included nationally known inspirational speakers, all school art projects, gospel choir, drum band,drama,and other music and dance performances. (CFS has marched in Durham's annual MLK parades.) Generally,the community also uses the event to promote and collect various materials for local charities,to display campus service learning group accomplishments, and to provide organized service opportunities in the Durham and Chapel Hill happening directly after the celebration. The fin hed community at project as prominently displayed in the CFS gymnasium complex will a part of the celebration. In the past I have found places willing to exhibit the main piece after the celebration.