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Artist Description Our art teacher, Ms. Zincone, has identified Jason Abide as a talented <br />potter to serve as an artist-in-residence to lead the fourth grade face jug <br />project. Mr. Abide currently lives in Carrboro and is a ceramics teacher <br />through the ArtsCenter in Carrboro. He creates functional pottery, <br />sculptural ceramic art, and tile mosaics. See his website for samples of his <br />work: https://www.reallyprettycardinals.com/ <br />The MES PTA Cultural Arts Committee collaborated with school <br />administrators, teachers, and MES PTA colleagues and identified that the <br />poetry residency with Mr. Shabazz for our 5 grade students will continue to <br />benefit our school community. Mr. Shabazz's work is engaging, and his <br />methods succeed in showing students how to use poetry as a tool of <br />learning and communication. His teaching style is fun and direct, and at <br />MES, we all believe this cultural program will have the highest impact to our <br />students. <br />The MES PTA has chosen the Number Drummer, Mr. Tony Kryzalka, to <br />lead the Number Drummer Part 2: Breaking Beat program for our school in <br />the 2023-2024 school year. W e heard about this program through word of <br />mouth as we learned that the OCAC provided a grant to Carrboro <br />Elementary in 2018 for this performance. In the 2022-2023 school year, <br />the MES PTA sponsored the Number Drummer Part 1 assembly, and it <br />received rave reviews from both teachers and students. Mr. Kryzalka has <br />worked in music and education for 20 years and has devoted his career to <br />making music and math accessible and fun for all students. You can learn <br />more about his work here: https://www.numberdrummer.com/. <br />Are you hiring <br />multicultural artists <br />with the requested <br />funds from this <br />grant? <br />Yes <br />For each multicultural <br />artist you intend to <br />hire, please list their <br />name, race, and how <br />much you plan to pay <br />them. <br />Mr. Jason Abide, W hite, $800 <br />Mr. Phillip Shabazz, African American, $1,700 <br />Mr. Tony Kryzalka, W hite, $1,495 <br />How will the <br />project/program be <br />publicized and <br />promoted to reach <br />intended <br />participants? <br />The residency programs will be publicized and promoted within the fourth <br />and fifth grade classrooms and with the parents of these students. Parents <br />will have the opportunity to see the face jugs on display in the library. <br />Additionally the PTA will post pictures of the jugs on their website. The MES <br />PTA has also started posting poems from the residency on its website, as <br />well as emailing out selected poems written during the residency, so that <br />more students and families can appreciate the creativity of the participants. <br />The Number Drummer event and information regarding our artist <br />residencies will be included in the "W eekly Blast" newsletter from our <br />school principal as well as in the MES President Newsletter. Our <br />communications chair will provide photos of each event on our PTA's social <br />media channels. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 0D7BF09D-6A98-46CC-9BF1-DD2736A194D2