2017-033-E Arts - Carter Hubbard - Fall 2016 Arts Grant Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID:8359632A-C43D-4832-B2EC-ED419B356126 Floraffiti: bringing words to life and life to words Carter Hubbard 15815 Springbrook Ct Lake Oswego, OR 97034 Proposed Project "Floraffiti" is a public art project that has implemented for the past four years in Chapel Hill. It.has become widely accepted, anticipated event as a valuable cultural placemaking tool, continuously funded by several local government entities. In its expansion, Floraffiti combines several art forms, serving important community objectives and goals. This project employs nature as an art form evocative of Orange County's Patrick Dougherty and international artist,Andy Goldsworthy, in which nature is used for site- specific installations. Words are planted in mulched areas using an annual red clover. Sites to be planted include The Chapel Hill Public Library,The Chapel Hill Community Center, along the sidewalks of East and West Franklin Street, in and around the Carrboro ArtsCenter complex,Weaver Street, West Main St, and the Carrboro Commons. Floraffiti expands in 2017 by partnering with Josephus Thompson of The Poetry Project. This is an organization that uses poetry to teach, inspire, and build the local community throughout the state.Through structured workshops, the participants have a safe space to share their lives and tell their stories.Josephus will conduct workshops with several community groups- Boomerang, an Alternative to Suspension Group and Continuing Connections After School Group and the Art Therapy Institute's Arts and Support Peer Group. The participants will be taught several forms of poetry,writing their own personal piece and learning to perform their piece. Each person will choose one word significant to his or her written piece.They will plant each word it in a well-trafficked area mentioned above. The Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership will be featuring Floraffiti at the 2nd Friday ArtWalk in April.The words will be in a fully sprouted form at this time.The workshop participants will perform their piece around the word that they have planted. Additional words will be planted by Floragardeners to supplement the words planted by the community groups. Community input through individual and group inquiry generates these words. Additional word sourcing will include surrounding cultural aspects of the location of the words and words generated from past reactions and remarks to Floraffiti. See Addendum A for examples. Red clover is a cover crop traditionally planted in fallow times to add nitrogen to the soil. As summer nears, the words will diminish and the remains will naturally disappear into the mulch/dirt. Community Impact Literacy through active arts participation will nurture and amplify the teens' voices