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Community Impact For the public components of this upcoming exhibition, I am seeking <br />ways to make it accessible to as wide an audience as possible. W ith <br />exhibitions in 2021 and 2022 there hav e been gathering size <br />regulations and health protocols in place. Programs for this March- <br />April 2023 exhibition will be adjusted accordingly once it is closer to <br />the opening date. W ith the physical location of the gallery being in <br />the heart of Orange County, I will engage local arts organizations and <br />education professionals. Ov er the course of my past few exhibitions, <br />I hav e forged relationships with faculty at Univ ersity of North <br />Carolina, Duke Univ ersity, Elon Univ ersity, and Durham Technical <br />Community College. These connections hav e been piv otal in <br />facilitating talks and panel discussions, both v irtually and in person. I <br />hav e also worked closely with the Iranian Cultural Society of North <br />Carolina (ICSNC), an organization which has helped me bridge <br />cultural gaps. <br />Arts can be a catalyst for creating dialogue and sharing cultural <br />experiences, and the input of these educational institutions allows <br />me to reach a much larger cross section of my community. As this <br />opens up possibilities for some broad-spectrum and far-reaching <br />ideas, I hav e planned multiple ev ents in and around my project. All of <br />these are public, and free of charge. <br />1. Exhibition opening on March 29, 2023, and included in <br />Hillsborough's Last Fridays Art W alk, March 31, 2023. <br />2. Artist reception at Thomas Stev ens Gallery, on April 13, 2023. <br />3. An “Art Talk”, at Thomas Stev ens Gallery, in conjunction with the <br />Hillsborough Arts Council, TBA April 2023. This will be a walkthrough <br />to showcase the work, discuss the v arious people/locales captured <br />in the images, and an opportunity for participants to inquire about <br />any of my experiences. <br />4. Photography presentation to an art history surv ey class at Durham <br />Technical Community College (DTCC), Orange County Campus, in the <br />spring of 2023. This will be a v isual journey to the great mosques of <br />Iran, in Yazd, Isfahan, and Mashhad. Facilitated by Professor Stev en <br />Kerrigan, it will be followed by a Q&A session. <br />5. A lecture, in the spring of 2023 as part of the DTCC Humanities <br />Department Speaker Series, open to the entire student body. This will <br />be comprised of a speaking portion of approximately 60-70 minutes, <br />after which the floor is open for questions v ia a moderator. I will be <br />focusing on traditional/regional work methods of women in Iran which <br />hav e remained v irtually unchanged for centuries, and their impact on <br />the local communities and beyond. <br />6. A lecture, facilitated by ICSNC and the Graduate Student <br />Association of Iranians at Duke, as part of the Duke Univ ersity <br />Emamian Lectureship Series, open to the general public. This will be <br />both an in-person and v irtual ev ent. <br />I believ e imparting a bit of the beauty of an oft-misunderstood <br />country with the general public, & highlighting the distinctiv e people <br />& places of a timeless land, enriches our community as a whole. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 56EA2246-15D8-494C-9A44-12571508888E