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How did you hear <br />about our grant <br />program? <br />OCAC Enews <br />Did you attend or <br />watch the Artist <br />Project Grant <br />Training Session? <br />Yes <br />PROJECT/PROGRAM <br />INFORMATION <br />Tell us about your project or program <br />Title of Grant Project Feeling at Home: A workshop series and exhibit highlighting housing justice <br />organizations <br />Grant Amount <br />Requested <br />$3000 <br />Project Start Date <br />(no earlier than July <br />1, 2025) <br />August 1, 2025 <br />Project End Date (no <br />later than June 30, <br />2026) <br />June 30, 2026 <br />Project/Program <br />Summary <br />“Feeling at Home” is a series of 7 workshops for community members to <br />create mixed-media art about their own lived experience of home with the <br />guidance of local artists. The art-making process will be accessible for non- <br />artist community members - with both storytelling and visual art methods, <br />as well as collaborative/group projects. <br />At the close of the series, collaborative pieces, lead and guest artist work <br />will be showcased in a community exhibit. W orkshop participants can elect <br />to include their art as well. Though the workshop series will be open to the <br />public, recruitment will target people with lived experience of housing <br />insecurity and affordable housing. <br />Project Need: Community participation in art-making strengthens the arts <br />and a felt sense of community in Orange County. The workshops aim to <br />validate the lived experience of community members and provide them <br />accessible artistic practices for self-expression. The subsequent <br />community exhibit aims to raise awareness about housing themes and local <br />housing resources. <br />W orkshop Series Format: Community members can attend one or all of the <br />workshops at no cost. The series will rotate through medium to create <br />broader appeal. Guest artists will present work samples and demonstrate <br />techniques. Participants will be guided to create art with prompts, guidance, <br />and materials. <br />The workshop medium rotation is as follows: <br />W eek 1: Oral and written Storytelling (with Julia Greene) <br />Docusign Envelope ID: BCFF8203-2EFA-458D-9805-103DA5474F56