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Schools Only: If you <br />are requesting funds <br />for teaching artists, <br />performing artists, or <br />artists-in-residence, <br />are you booking the <br />artist(s) through the <br />Durham Arts <br />Council's CAPS <br />Program or United <br />Arts Council's Artists <br />in Schools Program? <br />No <br />Organization <br />Description <br />Chapel Hill W oodturners (CHW T) is a non-profit organization founded in <br />2011 whose purpose is to promote and share the craft and art of creative <br />woodturning. CHW T is a group of woodturners devoted to the art of <br />woodturning and the use of the lathe. Members gather weekly to turn and to <br />learn from one another at our fully-equipped woodturning studio in Chapel <br />Hill, NC. W e offer hands-on workshops that range from basic to advanced <br />instruction in woodturning. CHW T provides weekly “open turning” sessions <br />at a nominal charge to non-members. Open turning sessions allow <br />nonmembers access to our equipment including lathes and tools while <br />receiving instruction on woodturning technique. W e have a formal series of <br />lessons including learning objectives, and each student receives individual <br />instruction from our rotating group of experienced volunteer instructors. <br />Student progress is tracked, and instructors "sign off" on achieved <br />proficiency of each learning objective before the student proceeds to the <br />next lesson. W e also offer specialty monthly workshops that are open to <br />both CHW T members as well as nonmembers. CHW T is committed to <br />public service through a diverse array of activities including regularly <br />offering demonstrations at farmers' markets and festivals, donations of <br />turned artifacts for fund raising, and hands-on woodturning instruction and <br />items offered at no cost to non-profit medical and charitable organizations. <br />Membership is open to those who demonstrate a commitment to the <br />organization thru attendance at the open turning sessions. <br />Has your <br />organization <br />undergone any <br />Diversity, Equity, and <br />Inclusion (DEI) <br />training? If so, <br />please explain. If not, <br />please explain any <br />barriers that have <br />prevented you from <br />receiving this <br />training. <br />W e have not undergone Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training as <br />an organization, but many of our members have individually received <br />training. W e are committed to having a diverse membership and are <br />actively pursuing options for DEI training for our membership as a whole. In <br />addition, the Chapel Hill W oodturners have a long <br />history of working with male and female students from diverse ethnic and <br />economic <br />backgrounds, such as the Girls Scouts and especially Cedar Ridge High <br />School in Hillsborough <br />and Durham’s Partners for Youth Opportunity. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 58473E52-7EC0-4B69-9AEE-D45A317A03A3