2020-725-E-Arts Commission-Donn Young

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Community Impact Our project starts by illustrating who we are, transcends to a reminder of our progress, challenges, and the work that remains to be done. W e see within ourselv es the need for unity. Creating [Comm]unity will showcase div ersity, respect, trust and continue the established unity mindset of inclusion. Our team will reach into the community, bringing neighbors together for exhibitions, panel discussions and dialogue, our message: trust in unity. W e believ e art will unite. Taking our creativ e forces, poetry, photography, v ideo recordings - that prov ides opportunities for indiv iduals to express themselv es - into neighborhood churches, community centers and schools will build and strengthen relationships of our Orange County neighbors. Creating [Comm]unity will engage adults and young members of our community. Our collaboration, steeped in education, is designed to inspire lifelong practice of imagination, creativ ity and conv ersation. As transportable exhibition project Creating [Comm]unity is designed to be shared especially in schools and community centers where creativ e arts are fundamental. Across our country, people are asking for change. Our team is working for change. Our team understands the past and builds on history to work for change within our Orange County community. In regard to how many people will participate: Creating [Comm]unity will bring together at least 15 and possibly as many 30 artists’ v oices with reaches into many communities and populations across Orange County. W e will draw upon this cross-section of the county to extend our activ ities into galleries, community centers, and churches. W ithin our team of co-organizers, Fred Joiner’s outreach as Poet Laureate of Carrboro reaches deep into a v ery div erse and engaged Orange County population; Renée Price, who was recently named Carolina Association of County Commissioners “Commissioner of the Year,” has an established audience for her programs and activ ities; Mike Ogle and I hav e a combined history of 75 years as journalists with audiences reached through many news outlets and other publications. In all, we anticipate that audience participation may be similar to an Orange County Arts Commission supported project that Renée and I collaborated on in 2018, which reached throughout the Triangle (5 towns: Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough). It included ov er 50 artists and art organizations, had programming throughout June and in conjunction with Art W alks nights attended by thousands of people v isiting 21 v enues. W hile this project is a smaller scale and includes v irtual programing, I am confident that the prior experience demonstrates our ability to attract a significant audience. It is in my soul to be engaged especially as an artist. Creating [Comm]unity is exactly how I feel and how I think. As spokesperson for our team it is our mission to support issues we are passionate about. DocuSign Envelope ID: 9EDD2D8D-8314-40A5-95E9-83E7F3E9D0ED