2018-432-E Arts - Marie Rosetti arts grant

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DocuSign Envelope ID: 4B63713A- 874C- 46FB- A831- C1AA059920AA We at LEVEL believe that the arts are best expanded through cultural cross - pollination. We are excited to provide opportunities for new connections, new conversations, and new ideas. As recent transplants to Orange County ourselves, we have been utilizing our contacts and previous experiences as traveling artists to develop links between our new home and other locales. If awarded this grant, we will schedule and promote an artist's talk to the direct benefit of our community. Fafnir enjoys speaking about her process and sharing knowledge of her methods. As a teacher at several Massachusetts schools and at the Women's Studio Workshop in New York, she has proven herself adept at communicating in a group environment. Her talk will be free and suitable for all ages, benefitting young and old alike. Additionally, Fafnir's presence will bring a fresh, artistic voice to our community. Hers is a viewpoint molded in the Pioneer Valley region of Western Massachusetts, one that values a homespun aesthetic that nonetheless confronts serious issues and themes. Fafnir's residency will include scheduled visitations and tours of LEVEL retreat for members of the press, purveyors of the arts, and general curiosity seekers. By providing funds for raw art supplies and materials, OCAC will be directly contributing to the creation of a unique piece of art as well as to the development of exciting, new production methods. In addition to inspiring other local artists, this sculpture will help us to continue building LEVEL retreat into a premiere destination for art lovers and producers around the world. In total, by bringing an artist like Fafnir to Chapel Hill, we hope to promote and strengthen the concept of Orange County being an open and welcoming destination that embraces the arts and a diversity of viewpoints.