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DocuSign Envelope ID:3B5B1253-A603-4358-B8D8-90DB4820E245 <br /> 'roject/Program For 10 years I have been working on my 25-year Handmade Book <br /> Summary Series. Volume X, by its very nature, will be the most ambitious of the <br /> nine art books that came before. For this reason I am seeking a grant <br /> to hire an assistant. This apprentice would both help and learn how to <br /> build a book-box to house ten handmade chapbooks for this coming <br /> year. The job would include the process of stitching, gluing, folding, <br /> embossing, dyeing, making paste paper and helping with every <br /> aspect of each uniquely designed chapter. To find a solid helper I will <br /> turn to Triangle Book Arts Group for recommendations. <br /> The 25-year Handmade Book Series came into being for multiple <br /> reasons. The documenting of artwork in slide form had ended. I was <br /> grappling with what to do in its place; to organize all of the art I <br /> produce in a year. Also, my own life took some life-changing turns, <br /> well worth documenting. It became obvious to combine the art and <br /> life into one monumental project. This is how the 25-yr Handmade <br /> Book series came into being. It encapsulates my art, life and the <br /> general climate we live in. <br /> Community Impact Once this tenth year is under-way I shall organize multiple exhibitions <br /> in Chapel Hill and beyond. I plan to give talks about how I came upon <br /> each book format and how I reinvent the structure to go with the <br /> featured artwork. I make fifty copies each year and currently have ten <br /> subscribers. <br /> Artist Experience At 32 years old, I created the Calendar Series. I recognized that in <br /> painting portraits and murals that personal fulfillment as an artist was <br /> missing. In the month of January 1988, 1 started the Calendar Series. I <br /> began by cutting 365 squares of wood 4" x 5" that would become <br /> daily paintings. I then sourced 800 .5" brass hinges, 1600 .4" brass <br /> nails, 365 dollhouse doorknobs and built 12 panels 31 x 41 x 2" to <br /> house the 29 to 31 paintings. Every day I did a 4"x5" painting, writing <br /> a memoir on the backside. The twelve panels were completed and <br /> exhibited at the Fayetteville Art Museum, Danville Art Museum, <br /> Durham Arts Council, Bank of the Arts, Iredell Museum of Arts and <br /> the Paper Plant. I gave an artist talk at several of these venues, <br /> which were well received. Under "work samples" the forth image, <br /> Volume IX of the 25-year Handmade Book Series documents the <br /> Calendar Series as the last panels were just sold, thirty-one years <br /> after they were made. <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 /> Budgeted Expense <br /> 614878e7-8dOf-4106-936e-5b73e32c495e.xlsx <br /> Budgeted Income <br /> 14d 111 ef-64e5-418d-9c08-26186bf7af4e.xlsx <br />