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Community Impact My Room is open to ev eryone and always free. Its purpose is to <br />inspire artists, excite v iewers and a build sense of community in a <br />town where being an artist, ev en an art spectator, can feel like a v ery <br />lonely experience. At its inception, Amanda’s hope was to offer a <br />space that was a counterpoint to the typically intimidating <br />atmosphere of a “white box” art gallery that is all too common. The <br />DIY qualities of the space are intended to make people feel at ease <br />when they walk into My Room's high quality, rigorously conceptual <br />exhibitions. Similarly, a Facebook page casually adv ertises openings <br />to a v ariety of artists and art lov ers, and a simple sandwich board <br />lures people in from the street. Its location on the main strip in <br />Chapel Hill makes it possible to bring a huge v ariety of people off the <br />street during opening nights. And the Mystery Meat mov ie screening, <br />helps to entice people who might not typically attend an art exhibition <br />at all. <br />Outside of the normal exhibition schedule, My Room hosts ev ents <br />like Art Basil, a miniature art fair, the title of which mocks the blue <br />chip mega fair, Art Basel. It occurs inside the tiny exhibition space <br />and surrounding hallway and studios of Attic 506. It's held during the <br />holiday season and offers artists the opportunity to sell small works <br />of art and craft pieces. It sets aside any pretense of high art and <br />welcomes v isitors into a festiv e atmosphere where they can peruse <br />high quality, affordable art for the gift season. <br />Before the pandemic, on second Fridays, the entire Attic 506 enclav e <br />welcomed fifty, to one hundred v isitors ov er the course of a 3 hour <br />opening. The current goal is to build a simple website that will giv e <br />some added exposure to past and future exhibiting artists while the <br />gallery is closed. And when it's safe to come together again, we plan <br />to increase traffic by gradually increasing the hours that the space is <br />open, ramping up social media adv ertising for ev ents, and by <br />offering exhibition opportunities to a wider v ariety of artists. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: D5C63E1C-43C3-4399-B75A-1C21ED1446AA