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DocuSign Envelope ID:5BFAEBD1-7F8A-41E4-A751-CEF529B04A20 <br /> Project/Program In March, 2020, 1 am going to present a show of new pieces: 10+ <br /> Summary large, "1 of 1", archival, cotton rag photographic prints, framed by <br /> me with fine woods and museum-grade glass. The show will include a <br /> few traditional grandiose landscapes, some highly detailed photos <br /> that are more influenced by abstract expressionist paintings, and <br /> some still life photos (not digital composites, see attached Train Ride <br /> #3). <br /> These pieces will be displayed in the dining hall of Manley Estates on <br /> South Merrit Mill, one of Chapel Hill's largest senior HUD housing <br /> apartment complexes. I will host a conversation and debate about <br /> abstract art with the elderly residents, staff, and press. During this <br /> event the residents will choose the 3 pieces they want to own <br /> permanently. We will hang 1 piece on each of the 3 floors of Manley <br /> Estates, as suggested by Property Manager Ebony A. Hinton (see <br /> attached letter) . <br /> For this I am asking for $1,800. That is $600 per piece, which is a sum <br /> that my pieces have sold for. <br /> After the event at Manley Estates the work will be moved for a more <br /> public, 2nd Friday show. My work is currently (May 2019) at Open Eye <br /> Cafe. While I absolutely could present this show at a number of cafes <br /> or bars, instead I will do so at the space for artists that I am <br /> developing on the corner of Merrit Mill and Franklin in Chapel Hill. <br /> Working with Shaka Shave Ice and RideSmith Taxi, I have the <br /> opportunity to sublet an ideal art space, for a very affordable sum. I <br /> am going to use this space to share my own work and the work of <br /> other Orange County artists, but opted not to ask for grant money for <br /> this space, in order to keep this first proposal as simple as possible. <br /> Notes On budget: <br /> My expenses for this show will approach $4,000. 1 must include <br /> equipment and travel because I do need those things to continue on <br /> as a photographer. I can forthrightly commit to spending all of my <br /> disposable income and savings on these artistic endeavors for at <br /> least the next 10 months. I'm asking you to pay for the pieces of art <br /> directly, instead of particular expense line-items, because I believe it <br /> will work better in printed material and speeches if I say that the art <br /> was gifted to Manley Estates by OCAC. *1 have attached a simple yet <br /> accurate expense list in the letters of support section. <br /> I will keep making art no matter what, but am not in a position to give <br /> pieces away or do a show like this without the full $1,800 from you. <br /> Also, put bluntly, I want to plaster the OCAC logo on everything, and <br /> mention OCAC as often as possible. <br />