2019-684-E Arts - Ginger Wagg arts grant

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DocuSign Envelope ID:62270D65-F7C3-4540-9334-58AC9C9FOFB8 status/stability, and/or geographical location. (Acknowledgment - WA has been primarily white, between 25-50, come from stable enough financial backgrounds, currently have consistent jobs, have not been incarcerated, are queer/non- binary/straight, and can afford to -- financially, emotionally, and with physical safety -- choose to be art makers.) Community Impact Despite the rigor and experimental nature of our work, Wild Actions (WA) is not hermetic nor exclusive. On the contrary, we believe in inclusion and arts access for all. We believe that everyone deserves to experience art both in and out of dedicated art spaces.We purposefully create and participate in free events or ask for a pay- what-you-will ticket price between $0-20. We never turn away anyone who is curious and interested if they cannot pay. WA strives to create environments where everyone present can follow their curiosity and engage their imagination. We hope to encourage audiences and bystanders alike to observe, acknowledge, and take part in cooperation. We aim to foster momentary and long lasting understanding of ourselves and each other. We attempt to prime our potential audience/participants for an interactive experience - first with the promotional materials, then with their initial encounter of the performance space, and then encourage those present to make their own choices during the performance. These choices will purposefully and inevitably affect and often determine a new performance trajectory. Just as we want to stand in our own agency as artists, Wild Actions wants audiences to not only have, but access and attend to their identity, agency, intuition and curiosities. These Critical Feedback sessions are not just in service to Wild Actions but they also serve to open up the artistic process to the public and invite them in. WA believes art isn't for artists, it is the medium of the people. It is where the public can be free to think and challenged to accept how others think. It is where the public gains a knowledge and understanding of themselves, their culture, and their environment. Art can be a tool of social justice and thus can help us stand in our power while standing up for ourselves and each other. Between both Critical Feedback sessions we imagine about 100 participants will attend. The populations we will be reaching out and promoting to include local Orange, Durham, Chatham, and Alamance County artists and very specifically Orange County residents. We will promote through local community and recreation centers, non- English speaking service organizations, music and performance venues, and on the UNC campus both generally and in the Communications and Art departments.