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24 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Marcela Slade <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Marcela Slade <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 105 Dillard Street <br /> Carrboro NC 27510 <br /> Phone (Day): 9194484888 <br /> Phone (Evening): 9194484888 <br /> Phone (Cell): 9194484888 <br /> Email: marcelaslade @gmail.com <br /> Place of Employment: Freelance Artist Designer <br /> Job Title: Artist/ Designer <br /> Year of OC Residence: 2016 <br /> Township of Residence: Chapel Hill <br /> Zone of Residence: <br /> Sex: Female <br /> Ethnic Background: Other <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> I am part of the Fluoride Free Chapel Hill Carrboro group and co-founder of xerrajeros, a <br /> lifestyle collective which is dedicated to Architecture, Art, Design and Culture. <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> N/A <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Arts Commission <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> I am a multi-cultural, multi-discipline Artist/ Designer who has had the opportunity to own and <br /> operate three galleries, two in Barcelona, Spain and most recently one in Quito, Ecuador. <br /> The galleries were dedicated to promoting culture, the creation, sales and exhibition of Art, <br /> Design and Architecture. All the galleries included studio/shop spaces, including mine and my <br /> husbands architectural practice. <br /> Through the galleries I was able to work with up and coming, as well as renown Artists and <br /> Designers. <br /> I have created various events and projects, some with limited budgets, designed specifically, but <br /> not limited, for myself, an Artist, Designer, space or collection. <br /> I also have served as Professor, Thesis Director and Department Chair, at two of the most <br /> prestigious Universities of Quito, Ecuador. <br /> I studied at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA receiving a BFA in <br /> Graphic Design and an MFA in Illustration. <br /> Although I just moved back to the States in 2016. I grew up in Orange County since 1983 and <br />