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by the Hillsborough Arts Council. HAC expects to contract 1-2 live <br />musicians, 1-3 poets, and 1-2 other performance groups to provide <br />entertainment throughout town. Performing artists for this occurrence of <br />Last Fridays will be selected with particular strategy towards enticing <br />visitors to come back the next day for the Handmade Parade. <br />The Handmade Market encourages artists at all experience levels to apply, <br />and HAC adopts thoughtful jurying practices to ensure diverse <br />representation and equitable access to vendor opportunities. Due to high <br />demand and limited spots, the Handmade Market is slightly more <br />competitive than Last Fridays Makers Markets and has a more focused <br />criteria of accepted mediums. Also featured at the Handmade Market will <br />be several musical groups, face painters, teaching artists for family-friendly <br />art-making activities, and circus arts performers. The application to <br />participate in the Handmade Market will open in spring 2024, so exact <br />vendors are not yet known. Similarly, contracted performing and teaching <br />artists for the market will be approached after HAC has secured funding for <br />this fiscal year, so that fair pay may be guaranteed. <br />HAC will contract teaching artists for various workshops in the lead-up to <br />the W eekend of Art. W hile the exact teaching artists are not yet selected, <br />HAC has previously worked with and/or would like to explore opportunities <br />for collaboration in 2024 with the following: <br />-Tinka Jordy <br />-Debra W uliger <br />-Sol Ramirez <br />-Paperhand Puppet Intervention <br />-John Claude Bemis <br />-Virginia Meldahl <br />-Mirna Ferreira <br />-Victoria Ralston <br />In order to present a high-quality and culturally diverse parade experience, <br />Hillsborough Arts Council will contract several professional puppeteers, <br />performing artist groups, and circus/aerial artists to join members of the <br />community in this walking spectacle of art. Through targeted outreach and <br />an open call, professional artists who wish to be considered for parade <br />contracts will be invited to submit their details and associated rates. HAC <br />will use this information to hire artists for paid performing opportunities. In <br />the late spring, community registration for the parade will open and capture <br />information about anyone participating from the public. <br />W hile the exact parade performers are not yet confirmed, HAC has <br />previously worked with and/or would like to explore opportunities for <br />collaboration in 2024 with the following artists: <br />-Paperhand Puppet Intervention <br />-Living Arts Collective <br />-123 Puppetry <br />-Batala Durham <br />-Bulltown Strutters <br />-StoryUp! / Katie Rebich <br />-Shalimar Dancer <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: E9ED2E06-04DF-47DA-BF1A-31359EF7B971