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DocuSign Envelope ID:958F66FD-8DOE-4C00-B332-F3B2059111 F1 <br /> ;ommunity Impact My Room is open to everyone and always free. Its purpose is to <br /> inspire excitement and a sense of community in a town where being <br /> an artist, even an art spectator, can be a very lonely experience. <br /> When Amanda created it, her hope was to offer a space that was a <br /> counterpoint to the typically intimidating atmosphere of a "white box" <br /> art gallery that is all too common. The DIY qualities of the space are <br /> intended to make people feel at ease when they visit My Room's high <br /> quality, rigorously conceptual exhibitions. Similarly, a casual <br /> Facebook page advertises openings to a variety of artists and art <br /> lovers, and a simple sandwich board lures people in from the street. <br /> Its location on the main strip in Chapel Hill makes it possible to bring <br /> a huge variety of people off the street during opening nights. <br /> Currently, on second Fridays, the entire Attic 506 enclave gets fifty, <br /> to one hundred visitors over the course of a 3 hour opening. The <br /> goal is to increase traffic by increasing the hours that the space is <br /> open, by ramping up social media advertising for events, and by <br /> offering the Mystery Meat movie screening, to entice people who <br /> might not typically attend an art exhibition. <br /> Artist Experience Amanda and George have flourishing creative practices, both in <br /> mixed media, and both of which include curatorial aspects. <br /> Amanda views community building as an equally essential element to <br /> her practice. She runs Obracadobra artist residency with her sister <br /> Jean, in Oaxaca, Mexico. Each year they invite twenty artists to for <br /> month long creative sojourn at Casa Colonial. The residency has <br /> grown in reputation and popularity, with a wide variety of artists <br /> attending each year. Amanda also founded Elf Fair, at The Carborro <br /> Arts Center, which offers an annual venue for artists and <br /> craftspeople to sell their work. It is in its twelfth year. <br /> George uses curation and writing as a means to highlight the <br /> common interests between otherwise disparate creative <br /> communities. At Lump Gallery, in Raleigh, George curated Up All <br /> Night, which paired video art and music videos. Its purpose was to <br /> match well known art and video pioneers like Gerald Casale (DEVO), <br /> Vito Acconci and Gary Hill, with unknown and emerging artists from <br /> all over. George also created a VHS lending library of unusual and <br /> obscure films in The Gutter Box, a miniature gallery housed in a <br /> repurposed newspaper vending machine. The public was <br /> encouraged to borrow videos under the honor system. Currently he <br /> is editor of Blount Force Magazine which is funded by Lump Gallery, <br /> with Andy Warhol Foundation grant money. Blount Force is a tongue <br /> in cheek, art and literary magazine that encourages submissions <br /> from anyone, anywhere. Its second issue is slated for publication in <br /> early fall. <br /> PROJ ECT/PROGRAM Please fill out the charts below with your project's expenses and <br /> BUDGET income. Use the "Explanation" box to offer details for each category. <br /> NOTE: The Total Cash Expense must equal the Total Cash Income. <br /> Budaeted Expense <br />