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Community Impact Community Members Affected by Housing Insecurity: The workshop series <br />will serve people living in Orange County and be open to the public. There <br />will be special recruitment for people impacted by housing justice and <br />insecurity. Orange County has many co-housing communities and housing <br />organizations. I have professional contact with staff at IFC, Pee W ee <br />Homes, Community Home Trust, Empowerment Inc., and the Marion Cheek <br />Jackson Center. I will also recruit from co-operative housing groups like <br />W eaver Community Housing Association, Pacifica Housing, and Arcadia <br />Co-housing. W ith word of mouth, I will identify other organizations and <br />reach out to recruit them as well. All will be welcome - be they clients, <br />residents, service providers, volunteers, or leaders. <br />Access to Art: Housing insecurity disproportionately impacts people from <br />marginalized groups, including people of color and people with disabilities. <br />Accessible workshop space will be used, and BIPOC serving/led <br />organizations will be targeted for recruitment. The location is accessible by <br />bus and ADA-compliant. <br />Resources: This funding would provide a 7 workshop series with talented <br />local, guest artists. Providing no cost art workshops with high-quality guest <br />artists will have a positive community impact. W ith 20 participants per <br />workshop, up to 140 participants could participate. <br />Benefits for Participants: Art is part of making a house a home. W orkshop <br />participants will be able to keep and decorate their home with their own art. <br />W orkshop participants are welcome to exchange art with other workshop <br />participants or gift their art to a community organization involved in <br />affordable housing (no art sale or fundraising). W orkshop participants will <br />be invited to lend their art for the community exhibit, and their art will be <br />returned after the exhibit ends. <br />Long-Term Impact: I anticipate that this workshop series will lead to more <br />opportunities for community art collaborations among local organizations. I <br />will be well poised to facilitate additional workshops, pop-up exhibits, etc. <br />My vision for the longer-term community impact is to (1) strengthen the <br />presence and engagement with art among social justice-serving <br />organizations, and (2) bring more art exhibits focused on justice issues to <br />our county. <br />Artist Experience Lead Artist Art Experience: I have the artistic vision and experience to <br />successfully implement this project. I am a community-educated and self- <br />taught artist in Orange County. My visual art plays with “the personal is <br />political” using cultural and personal artifacts to convey themes of <br />community and social justice. My art is influenced by social justice <br />activists, storytellers, and art that re-imagines our world. <br />In the last two years, I have shown my mixed-media visual art in local <br />group exhibits (see resume). I have prepared art for installation, and I will <br />successfully curate and manage the exhibit. <br />Facilitation Experience: I am a skilled facilitator. I have four years of <br />experience teaching workshops and psychology classes full-time, including <br />Docusign Envelope ID: BCFF8203-2EFA-458D-9805-103DA5474F56