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Project Start Date <br />(no earlier than July <br />1, 2020) <br />September 1, 2020 <br />Project End Date (no <br />later than June 30, <br />2021) <br />December 31, 2020 = bus will be wrapped and driv ing in the <br />community. W rap will likely stay on circulating bus until 2022 at least. <br />Project Goals -Highlight the work of BIPOC artists in our community <br />-Engage local community with national mov ements for racial justice <br />-Prov ide youth of color experiences in professional arts work and <br />public art processes <br />-Enliv en the daily commute and improv e the experience for Chapel Hill <br />Transit riders <br />-Display our v alues of inclusion, experience, and understanding <br />Audience Description Participants will include four youth and the project artist. The <br />audience for the project will be the riders of the Chapel Hill Transit <br />system and the greater Chapel Hill Carrboro community. CH Transit <br />has approximately 7,000,000 riders annually. Ridership reflects the <br />div ersity of the community and includes UNC students, working <br />professionals, families and youth, as well as inbound commuters from <br />Park & Ride lots. For those who do not ride CH Transit, the bus will be <br />a highly v isible mobile art display, on v iew for the 60,000+ people who <br />call Chapel Hill home. <br />Location Description The NAACP Youth Council Designed Art Bus will trav el throughout the <br />municipal limits of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and through the UNC <br />campus. <br />Artist Description CA&C will issue an RFQ open to Triangle artists who identify as BIPOC <br />and will ask artists to submit portfolios and prev ious experience <br />working with youth. A Selection Committee comprising <br />representativ es of the collaborating organizations will select one <br />Project Artist based on their experience working with youth and the <br />artistic excellence and relev ance of their portfolio to this project. <br />NAACP leadership will select four Youth Council members of color to <br />collaborate with the Project Artist in designing the art bus. These <br />youth participants will be selected based on their interest in this <br />project and their experience in past Youth Council projects, artistic <br />and otherwise. <br />Are you hiring <br />multicultural artists <br />with the requested <br />funds from this <br />grant? <br />Yes <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 6D02E00A-782E-435B-836E-E110AB839C30