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extensive small group facilitation. I am a yoga teacher and very <br />comfortable creating a safe learning environment and supporting adult <br />learners. <br />To help me translate my skills to community art workshops, I will be <br />attending Penland School of Craft’s August 2025 week-long intensive <br />called The Art of Experience: Facilitation Skills for Community-Based Art. I <br />have a partial scholarship and am self-funding my room-board and travel. I <br />am seeking partial tuition support. This intensive will help me solidify the <br />"Feeling at Home" workshop series structure, prompts, and techniques. <br />Responsibilities: For the “Feeling at Home” series, I will be responsible for <br />facilitating and leading all workshops. For the Storytelling and Mixed-Media <br />sessions, I will collaborate with the guest artists. I will solo lead all <br />Collaborative projects and open studio time. The Collaborative projects are <br />inspired by my time in the UK last year and seeing community art projects <br />on exhibition as part of a national campaign to end homelessness. W e will <br />use materials like doors, windows, doll houses, and maps sourced second <br />hand, and we will transform them with paper/collaging, paint, and other <br />media. I am skilled in transforming cultural artifacts into art. <br />Guest Artist Experience: Guest artists are Orange County-residents who <br />are experienced in community art education: Shady Kimzy and Julia Green <br />(resumes and Letters of Support included). They both have a commitment <br />to equity and are skilled at teaching adult learners with no art experience. I <br />have positive working relationships with both of them, which will make an <br />easeful collaboration. <br />Shady Kimzy founded Bad Art Company and has led community-art <br />workshops in mixed-media techniques for multiple years; they have <br />provided artistic services to many Orange County organizations. Julia <br />Green founded Story Connections and W riting for Joy, offering community <br />programs for writing and oral storytelling. Both artists have successfully <br />implemented Orange County Artist Led Grants to provide zero cost <br />community workshops. <br />Administration: I will successfully administer this project, drawing on 5 <br />years of experience leading community-partnered health programs in <br />Rocky Mounty, North Carolina. I am a qualitative researcher and <br />counseling psychologist with experience collaborating with diverse non- <br />profit organizations to run and evaluate health programs. To administer this <br />project, I will draw on those organizational and people-skills. I am <br />experienced in creating marketing materials, reaching out to organizations <br />to recruit, and maintaining positive partner relationships. <br />How do you plan to <br />market your project? <br />W e will advertise online with Carrboro Arts Center and guest artists' <br />substacks/e-news. In fall 2025, I will contact housing justice organizations <br />(see list above) via phone and email. I will offer flyers and ask to present <br />the project to their organization to recruit workshop attendees. W ith word <br />of mouth, I will identify other organizations and reach out to recruit them as <br />well. Letters of support from organizational partners indicate marketing <br />support. OCAC logo will be on all materials! <br />Docusign Envelope ID: BCFF8203-2EFA-458D-9805-103DA5474F56