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Project/Program <br />Summary <br />I am requesting funds to expand the material and collaborative scope of a <br />previously funded nomadic collage workspace called The Collage Stop. <br />Founded by Mer Haggerty and Erin McCluskey W heeler in 2018, our <br />events have included a craft table at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro, collage <br />workspaces and exhibitions at ATIONC, The Richmond Arts Center <br />(Richmond California), a COVID informed international mail-art event and <br />First Friday classroom events at Eno Arts Mill. <br />Participants at Collage Stops have been invited to make collage from <br />scraps purchased from local and national artists. Along with the opportunity <br />to learn more about the material practices of these artists though their <br />scraps, our events have explored the social metaphors and aesthetic <br />potential of inviting participants to make collage with an artist's trimmings, <br />failures and negative spaces. <br />For this event we are requesting funds to collaborate with Peel Gallery in <br />Carrboro to create content for their already established event, Collage <br />Night. Collage Night is Peel’s monthly public event where visitors are <br />invited to sit, socialize and make collage from a variety of materials. For <br />this collaboration, participants at 3 of Peel Gallery's monthly 2025-2026 <br />collage nights will be invited to create collage from scraps purchased from <br />artists living or working in Orange County. In this application we have <br />applied to also pay these artists to be present and participate at their <br />respective collage night in order to further explore the feedback loop that <br />can exist between artists who provide scraps and participants who collage <br />with them. <br />Ideally six artists will provide scraps and we’ll feature two artists per <br />Collage Night at Peel. Orange County Artists Freddie Bell, Kate Kryder, <br />Tiffney Marley, Audrey Smith, and Natalia Torres del Valle are already on <br />board to provide scraps and attend events should we receive funding. <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 4C179F5C-A628-45A3-BB4B-2FB1B44E8CAE