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rA <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />Marcela Slade <br />Volunteer Application <br />Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br />Name: <br />Name Called: <br />Home Address: <br />Phone (Day): <br />Phone (Evening) <br />Phone (Cell): <br />Email: <br />Place of Employment: <br />Job Title: <br />Year of OC Residence: <br />Marcela Slade <br />105 Dillard Street <br />Carrboro NC 27510 <br />9194484888 <br />9194484888 <br />9194484888 <br />marcelaslade @gmail.com <br />Freelance Artist Designer <br />Artist / Designer <br />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. 1 grew up in Orange County since 1983 and <br />