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Audience Description Poetry & spoken word workshops will be offered to a broad audience, <br />aligning with HAC's v alue of program accessibility and inclusiv ity. <br />Through ongoing conv ersations and learnings about the history of <br />the Poet Laureate program, and Hillsborough's poetry scene in <br />general, it has become clear that Hillsborough needs a safe space for <br />community members of all backgrounds to engage with this <br />important form of self-expression. HAC env isions offering a <br />combination of youth and adult workshops on a quarterly basis, <br />which will be ev aluated after each occurrence to determine <br />opportunities to scale up or expand audience outreach. <br />For youth workshops specifically, HAC has identified that there is a <br />growing need for arts programming in Hillsborough that supports <br />teens. Poetry & spoken word workshops offer teens an artistic <br />platform to explore their v oice and share their perspectiv e with the <br />guidance of an experienced teaching artist. Through HAC's <br />connections with local schools and community centers, the <br />workshops will be marketed to local students. <br />In effort to improv e arts engagement with multi-cultural audiences in <br />Hillsborough, HAC will explore partnerships with the Fairv iew <br />community and leaders of their "Youth in Action Program", as well as <br />other neighborhoods outside the downtown area. As Hillsborough <br />has a growing Spanish speaking community, HAC will also explore <br />ways to prov ide a Spanish speaking or bi-lingual poetry workshop. <br />W orkshop sizes will v ary depending on the v enue and the target <br />audience so that each workshop is unique. W orkshops will be offered <br />to engage both new/emerging artists as well as more experienced <br />poets. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 186FF265-BEAA-4CC2-8D65-72C0A02D685E