2014-602-E Arts - Friends of the Carrboro Branch Library for 2014 Arts Grant Agreement $1,500

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DocuSign Envelope ID: C65FFCA2-OCAA-4476-9EO3-793FA837F635 In 2015 the Library Arts Program has as its theme "Community Spotlight"focusing on the service and involvement of some of our region's residents in pivotal local and global issues. The first exhibit from mid January through late March 2015 is entitled"Thank You Artists!: Celebrating members past and present of the Carrboro Branch Library's Art Committee."For over eighteen years local working artists have served both the Library and the community by selecting, curating and hanging exhibitions,preparing grant applications and involving over 1700 artists in this Library's endeavor which has won one national and two state awards.Now this is the turn of the Library to honor these artists by exhibiting their work. Information on participants is contained in the envelope attached to this application. Our second exhibit from late March through mid June 2015 will focus on the art work of people with disabilities and in particular on the work of artists with autism. This exhibition will be in conjunction with events at FRANK Gallery celebrating Autism Awareness Month in April,2015. The Library's exhibition will focus on the work of Greensboro self declared"on the spectrum" artist, Susan Kermon,whose first major exhibition this is.The show also includes work from InFocus, a Greensboro based advocacy organization that empowers individuals of varying abilities who are marginalized by society through many creative endeavors and images by local artist/advocate Barbara Tyroler who is involved with the Chapel Hill Aquatics Program for people"on the spectrum".We are hoping to have programming around this exhibition in conjunction with both the Library and FRANK Gallery. We are requesting funding to assist with preparing,hanging and publicizing this exhibition and for programming.Exhibition related information is available in the relevant envelope attached to this application. This exhibit will be on display at the time of the Community Dinner in McDougle Cafeteria at which time we expect hundreds of people to see this show. Our third exhibit from mid June to mid October 2015 is " Food: From Farm to Table" curated by Art Committee member David Taylor. He writes"The emphasis for this show will be to illustrate and educate how the food that we eat is grown, distributed, and prepared. For this exhibition, we will recruit artists with various skills, including plein air painters, sketchers,photographers, and still life artists. We want to follow the cultivation and harvest of food at local farms,the presentation of food at farmers markets, its preparation in restaurant kitchens, and the mouth-watering dishes that result. We would expect to exhibit banners,photos,paintings, and drawings of various sizes from 15 or 20 local artists. The exhibit will also include comments from farmers and restauranteurs about their methods and concern to create and deliver tasty,nutritious food to people who live in Orange County. We even envision having some recipes to share as part of the exhibit". .We are seeking funding for the exhibition for materials,hanging and publicity.Exhibition related information,resumes, images etc are in the relevant envelope is attached to this application. Our fourth exhibition from late October 2015 through early January 2016 features the work of artist and Chapel Hill News journalist Debbie Meyer.In January 2014 she worked in a chimpanzee asylum in Cameroon,West Africa.As a result of that experience she and a colleague wrote a children's book about that rescue colony and its impact on the local community.That book has now been translated into French,with images included in the information packet