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DocuSign Envelope ID:AD5F5195-5261-42DC-B9BC-0C3A2COAA716 <br /> 1111111)11311 11-16,, <br /> The Marian Cheek Jackson Center for Saving and Making History <br /> 512 West Rosemary St* Chapel Hilt, NC, 27516 • 919-960-1670 <br /> contact@jacksoncenter.info• www.jacksoncenter.info <br /> ATTN: Orange County Arts Council/ Grants Review <br /> 131 West Margaret Lane, Room 216 <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> RE: Susan Simone - Artist Grant Application Spring 2016-17, Restoration images for <br /> Portraits of Northside: The Story of an African-American Community in Chapel Hill, <br /> NC. <br /> Committee Members: <br /> The Jackson Center would like to add our support to the voices of other <br /> community groups in recognition of the valuable work that Simone has done <br /> collecting oral history and recording images of the Northside Community. We <br /> are eager to see her visual material digitized so that it can be added to the <br /> historical archives already holding her recordings. <br /> As an organization focused on historical preservation in the community, we see <br /> the critical importance of her work. Many of the people in Simone's photos are <br /> legendary, part of the weave of the history of Northside. The day-to-day <br /> activities she has captured preserve a community that is changing rapidly. Her <br /> composite images are filled with the spirit of the community, with an intangible <br /> energy that isn't always evident just driving up and down the streets. These <br /> images will continue to inspire future generations in their understanding of this <br /> historic place. <br /> We at the Jackson Center are very excited about this project. We have enjoyed <br /> looking at Simone's photographic work, but it is true that the original pieces are <br /> showing age. The black and white images have been bleached out and the color <br /> images are losing the vivid colors that make them such a unique complement to <br /> the black and white work. Simone has been generous with her exhibition of this <br /> in public venues, but time and lots of light have taken a toll. If the work is <br /> digitized it can be reprinted and it can be preserved as archival material <br /> available long into the future. <br /> We urge the Orange County Arts Council support of this important work. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> 11LIson Vaughan <br /> Senior Director <br /> Marian Cheek Jackson Center <br />