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Location Description The W eekend of Art takes place throughout historic Hillsborough, which <br />offers multiple parking options, including handicapped spots, and is <br />accessible by Orange County public transit. Sidewalks are well-maintained <br />and all programming occurs within a navigable distance for anyone joining <br />activities by foot, wheelchair, bicycle, or other method of transportation. <br />The coinciding Last Fridays & the Art W alk will be a town-wide celebration, <br />with key activities occurring at the Old Orange County Courthouse Lawn, <br />River Park, River W alk, and at venues along Churton Street, King Street, <br />and Margaret Lane. <br />The Handmade Parade leads a procession beginning at the Burwell School <br />down Hillsborough’s main thoroughfare, Churton Street, and concludes in <br />River Park. Burwell School features a large, well-maintained lawn for <br />parade participants to spread out and offers several flat areas for staging. <br />Churton Street consists of smooth pavement and will be closed off to all <br />vehicular traffic during the parade. Emergency Services personnel will be <br />on stand-by for any additional assistance that may be needed to keep <br />pedestrians, spectators, and participants safe. <br />The Handmade Market occurs in River Park, which has multiple access <br />points, including the ADA-compliant River W alk connecting downtown and <br />the west end of Hillsborough. Nearby, there is a bus stop, several parking <br />areas, a set of fully operating restrooms, a water bottle filling station, and a <br />covered pavilion. Much of River Park is a grassy lawn, so the layout of the <br />market is designed for vendors and other market activities to be easily <br />accessible from the paved pathways and/or on the flattest and easiest to <br />navigate areas of the park. <br />Hillsborough Arts Council is committed to adopting best practices with <br />accessibility whenever possible and W eekend of Art programming aims to <br />include anyone that may be differently abled in any capacity. HAC’s <br />partnering artists, venues, businesses, and community groups are further <br />encouraged to maximize accessibility at their own locations. <br />A particular focus area for HAC’s Program & Marketing Director in the next <br />year includes assessing how HAC’s website and marketing materials can <br />be more accessible for anyone with visual impairments or other difficulties. <br />As Hillsborough’s Spanish-speaking communities are growing, producing <br />materials that can be easily translated into other languages are also an <br />area of consideration. <br />Artist Description The W eekend of Art creates opportunities for over 100 local artists to <br />partner. Artist representation at each component of the festival spans <br />nearly all mediums, art forms, experience levels, demographics, and socio- <br />economic backgrounds. <br />The coinciding Last Fridays & the Art W alk provides 20+ booths for visual <br />artists to sell their work during that month’s Makers Market. Vendors are <br />approved in the spring by a jury of market experts and are primarily local to <br />the Orange County and Hillsborough area. Additionally, Last Fridays & the <br />Art W alk feature paid gigs for performing artists through contracts offered <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: E9ED2E06-04DF-47DA-BF1A-31359EF7B971