Arts + Equity Proposal Page READ THIS FIRST, PLEASE!This is a still new initiative, and we're still learning! We estimate that the whole thing will take you between 20 and 50 minutes to complete. When you press submit on your proposal, you'll have an anonymous chance to let us know what you liked--and what we can do better.AND ALSO THIS . . .In our conversations with artists and panelists, we heard from quite a few folks that non-writer artists would love to have some non-text-based ways to communicate their ideas. This makes sense! When your first language is music or movement or charcoal pencil, that's how you show your truest self. We've created our Arts + Equity proposal page with this in mind.THE USUAL STUFFWhat's your name?* First Last What's your email address? (Please check it for accuracy!)* What's your mailing address? (Include street, city, state, zip.)*What area of Chatham County is your address in?* Northeast Chatham (Pittsboro, Bynum, Chapel Hill, Apex) Northwest Chatham (Siler City, Silk Hope) Southeast Chatham (Moncure, Corinth) Southwest Chatham (Bonlee, Bear Creek, Goldston, Bennett) This helps us understand what parts of Chatham's geography we're serving--and where we're missing.What's your phone number?*Please list your website and/or social media handles.*QUESTIONS OF IDENTITYPlease share which of these areas of identity apply to your eligibility for the Arts + Equity Initiative. Check all that apply.* Racial/Cultural Disability Community Super-Rural How do you identify racially and/or culturally?*Do you identify as a person with a visible or invisible disability? Please check all that apply.* Yes, I'm a person with a visible disability. Yes, I'm a person with an invisible/hidden disability. Yes, I'm a person with both visible and invisible/hidden disabilities. Are you up for sharing which disability (or disabilities) are a part of your life?* Yes, I am. I prefer not to share this information. Sharing this info is not required. Information you do share helps us understand which parts of the disability community we're reaching--and what types of access might be needed. We will not disclose your disability info outside confidential staff and panel discussions about Arts + Equity without your specific, separate, written permission.Thank you. Please share which disability (or disabilities) impact you.*Character limit: 150. Again, sharing this info is not required. Information you do share helps us understand which parts of the disability community we're reaching--and what types of access might be needed. We will not disclose your disability info outside confidential staff and panel discussions about Arts + Equity without your specific, separate, written permission.Please let us know the super-rural community in which you live.* Asbury Bear Creek Bennett Bonlee Brickhaven/Corinth Carbonton Crutchfield Crossroads Farmville Goldston Gulf Harpers Crossroads Haywood Lockville Moncure Silk Hope Will other artists be involved in what you're proposing here?* Yep! Nope! Please list the names of all collaborating artists.*Character limit: 750.Do any of your collaborating artists identify in any of the following ways? This does not include you. (Check all that apply, please!)* BIPOC LGBTQIA+ Woman Person with disability First Language other than English Low- to moderate-income earner (below $34,400 in Chatham County) None of the above. Where do your collaborating artists live? Again, this does not include you. (Please check all that apply.)* Northeast Chatham (Pittsboro, Bynum, Chapel Hill, Apex) Northwest Chatham (Siler City, Silk Hope) Southeast Chatham (Moncure, Corinth) Southwest Chatham (Bonlee, Bear Creek, Goldston, Bennett) Outside Chatham County THE MAGIC YOU'LL MAKEWhich level of funding are you requesting from Arts + Equity?* $250 $500 Do you also want to be considered for the $2,000 award in May?* Yes, please. No, thank you. In five words or fewer, tell us specficially what you want to do with this funding. (Examples: pay artist fees, rent sound equipment, buy gas to/from rehearsals, pay for classes, pay scriptwriting software annual fee, purchase paint, hire photographer for my sculpture . . . )*What will these dollars help you do?* This money will help me make a specific piece of work--or part of the work--by paying for time, artist fees, materials, space, or something else specific to one project. This money will help me make my art all the time by paying for technology, space, time, travel, tools, classes, or something else that builds my skills, capacity, or professionalism. Excellent! Give us a sense of the project in words, images, audio, or video.* I prefer to type a text answer into the application. I prefer to upload images (drawings with my notes or photos or something else!) that answer this question. I prefer to share a link with images, an audio recording, or a video clip that answers this question. Great! Go ahead and type your answer here. No need to write an epic. You've got room for about 10 sentences.*Character limit: 1,000.Great! Please upload those images here.* Drop files here or Select files Accepted file types: jpg, gif, png, pdf, Max. file size: 100 MB, Max. files: 3. This upload option is for images only. Please note there is a maximum file size, and a maximum of 3 images can be uploaded. If you need more space, please consider the link option instead.Great! Please share the link for your images, audio, or video here.* Excellent! Tell us what thing you need to build your skills, capacity, or professionalism here. You can use words, images, audio, or video.* I prefer to type a text answer into the application. I prefer to upload images (drawings with my notes or photos or something else!) that answer this question. I prefer to share a link with images, an audio recording, or a video clip that answers this question. Great! Go ahead and type your answer here. No need to write an epic. You've got room for about 10 sentences.*Character limit: 1,000.Great! Please upload your images here.* Drop files here or Select files Accepted file types: jpg, gif, png, pdf, Max. file size: 100 MB, Max. files: 3. This upload option is for images only. Please note there is a maximum file size, and a maximum of 3 images can be uploaded. If you need more space, please consider the link option instead.Great! Please share the link for your images, audio, or video here.* What's the deadline by which you need this funding?*If you need this funding sooner than 6 weeks from today, please reach out to Heather O'Shaughnessy at heather@chathamartscouncil.org to find out whether that's possible within the panel review schedule. Character limit: 100.THE MAGIC YOU'VE MADE BEFOREArts + Equity is intended for artists at varying levels of experience. Please don't count yourself out if you're an emerging artist.Which arts discipline(s) does your proposal include? Please check all that apply.* Music Theatre Visual Dance Literary Film Spoken Word Other It looks like you answered "Other." Please describe your arts discipline in a few words.*Character limit: 100.We want to know roughly where you are in your journey as an artist. How would you like to share that?* I'll list 2 ways audiences have experienced my work. I'll share the names of 2 artistic references. I've just started self-defining as an artist. What should I do here? I'm back to my art after a long time away. What should I do? Sounds good. Please list the following for two ways audiences have experienced your work in the past five years: Title of Work, Name of Venue, City or County, Year.*Character limit: 500.Sounds good. Please list the names and email addresses OR phone numbers for two artistic references--and also note your relationship to them or why you're listing them here. Fear not! If we reach out, we will take no more than THREE minutes of their time. They could be past teachers, directors, mentors, patrons, fellow artists . . .*Character limit: 1,000.Understood. Tell us in five sentences or less how you got to this point!*Character limit: 1,000.We get it. Tell us in five sentences or less what that journey has been for you.*Character limit: 1,000.We need one work sample from a past project. Do you prefer to upload your work sample (documents and photos only), or link to your work sample (documents, photos, audio, video)?* I prefer to upload. I prefer to link. Please upload one work sample here.*Accepted file types: jpg, gif, png, pdf, doc, docx, Max. file size: 100 MB. This upload option is for documents and photos only.Please share the link for your work sample here.* FINAL BITS AND PIECESAnything else you want the panel to read, see, hear, understand, or know? (This is not required or expected. It's only here in case we missed something that's vital to you.)* Yes! I'd like to type a text answer to this question into the application. Yes! I'd like to upload images or a document to answer this question. Yes! I'd like to share one more link with images, an audio recording, or a video clip to answer this question. No, thank you! I'm good with what I've already shared. Alrighty! Please go ahead and type what you want the panel to read here.*1,500 characters max.Alrighty! Please upload your additional images or document for the panel here.* Drop files here or Select files Accepted file types: jpg, gif, png, pdf, Max. file size: 100 MB, Max. files: 3. This upload option is for images and documents only. Please note there is a maximum file size, and a maximum of 3 images can be uploaded. If you need more space, please consider the link option instead.Alrighty! Please share that final link with image, audio, or video here.* Acknowledgment of Sharing as Final Report* We/I understand.I understand that if I receive Arts + Equity funding, the requirement for reporting is this: I'll share with you five photos (captions included) of my art-making process via your online form. You'll feature those photos in a public process-sharing about all the Arts+Equity artists this season, and the photos will serve to document my work and use of the funds. That's it.How did you learn about this grant opportunity? Please check all that apply.* CAC website CAC digital newsletter Outreach from a CAC staff member Chatham Chatlist Social media Word of mouth Paper flyers Other BEFORE YOU PRESS GOAfter you submit, you'll see a link to a totally anonymous feedback form about the proposal structure. It's exactly 3 super-quick questions. While it's 100% not required, we'd be grateful for your answers on that.