2017-464-E Arts - Orange County Historical Museum - 2017-18 Arts Grant Agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 1BCF0634-CD89-4310-96E4-A32E6E1A91A6 2 201748 OCAC Gra:sro ; Arta Program grant application; Orange County Historical!Museum Therneci projects offer participants the opportunity to learn about the history of Orange County and NC. Many participants come to the program directly from school. To provide some necessary nutrition for them, they're offered a healthy snack of juice, fresh fruit, and whole grain crackers or nuts. 2. Offer a brief summary of the proposed project. zrief project summary (note: we have included Mr. Ortega's full summary as a separate narrative below : This grant proposal is for an ongoing painting and drawing workshop to be held at Fairview Park and Orange County Historical IMus:um in Hillsborough, Based on two years' experience with the Arts& Crafts program, we anticipate that partici „In%will be primarily from the traditionally undersenred Fairview community, with a majority of lem being Latina. We are hoping to draw in students from other communities, and, in particular, strengthen participation by African American community members through directed publicity and marketing outreach. This program will replace the Arts& Crafts program. The curriculum, as designed and described by Renzo Ortega (see artist's narrative below), an Orange County artist, will provide instruction in basic painting and drawing techniques. Instruction will be offered in English, with bilingual assistance available for Spanish speakers. Mr. Ortega will use folk and pa,* lar arts, historic imagery and artifacts to inspire students to paint eir stories, creating contemporary narratives. The Executive Director will act as project mana , assisting Mr. Ortega in planning a curriculum that will use art to simultaneously engage participants with Orange County history and motivate them to attend consistently, dedicating the time required to make better quality art through regular practice. Classes will be tailored during the year to incorporate themes from celebrations and important historical dates (41'n of July, Dia de los lvluertos, December holidays, for example) into the artwork. 3. State your project's goals. Project goals: Children and their caretakers will have the opportunity to interact with a professional artist offering high quality classes in specific subjects and to explore and learn art media materials that are new to them, The program will stimulate and develop participants visual language and technical drawing and painting skills;