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How will you <br />evaluate whether or <br />not your goals have <br />been met? <br />W e are constantly ev aluating whether our goals are being met <br />through monthly membership discussions and board meetings. W e <br />ev aluate our success as a fine arts gallery not only by sales but also <br />by the sustained interest from non-member local professional artists <br />in showing in the space and by the continuing support of our art <br />collectiv e’s membership. In addition, our Gallery curator and <br />membership plan and monitor all exhibitions and the quality of work <br />being shown at the Gallery. All members hav e to be juried in <br />(including the Emerging Artist Program candidate) by a committee of <br />members. W e ev aluate out ability to enrich the community through <br />exhibitions, ev ents and arts education by attendance both in person <br />and online and by the public’s engagement with the Gallery’s art <br />works and its donations to our non-profit activ ities. In the case of the <br />Karen Youth Art Group, we ev aluate that art enrichment program and <br />the dev elopment of our youth group’s progress by our students’ <br />ability to engage in further and higher education. Since its inception, <br />the Program has supported more than sixty fiv e young Karen’s <br />through v isual arts education and general educational support. Our <br />oldest student, Lah Htoo Boh, recently graduated from UNC <br />Greensboro with a BFA in Fine and Digital Arts while Ree Ree W ei, <br />after graduating from Guilford College, was recently appointed <br />Executiv e Director of Transplanting Traditions Community (Karen) <br />Farm. In addition, Joey Ay recently graduated from UNC Chapel Hill <br />and Kwah Poe graduated from Fire Academy and is now employed by <br />the Chapel Hill Fire Department. Our current group has some <br />students in community college who will be entering the medical field <br />and one who will be transferring to UNC Chapel Hill to study studio <br />arts. Giv en COVID and the loss of the Community Gallery we are <br />reestablishing activ e partnerships with Kidzu Children’s Museum and <br />dev eloping a new relationship with Boomerang’s youth support <br />program. Our ultimate goal is to stay in business and that goal can <br />only be achiev ed by keeping our programming and operations <br />sustainable. Our current efforts to grow our marketing and <br />community outreach strategies through exciting community <br />exhibitions such as our January 2023 Latinx exhibition will need to be <br />constantly ev aluated as we proceed by both our membership and <br />Board. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: C323C9C3-F573-4399-A120-2A0A7E277E09