Asheville Creative Arts Inc

THE PEOPLE'S CREATIVE INSTITUTE

Civic engagement

Event

TO SUPPORT HOOD HUGGERS INTERNATIONALS BLUE NOTE JUNCTION PROJECT INCLUDING HERITAGE FOOD GARDENS AND HUMANITIES-BASED TOURS OF ASHEVILLES AFRICAN AMERICAN PLACES

NC COLLABORATIVE FOR

Support Community Arts

PUPPET PRODUCTION

THIS GRANT WILL PROVIDE PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR THE MANOS AND FAROS PROGRAMS WHICH SERVE HISPANIC YOUTH IN THE ERWIN DISTRICT OF BUNCOMBE COUNTY.

THIS GRANT WILL SUPPORT HOOD HUGGERS INTERNATIONALS YOUTH UNDER INSTRUCTION PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED STUDENTS THROUGH SERVICE LEARNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE BURTON STREET NEIGHBORHOOD OF ASHEVILLE, NC.

PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT

INCLUSIVE PUBLIC ART PLANNING GRANT

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OPERATIONAL SUPPORT

For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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OPERATING SUPPORT FOR HOOD HUGGERS

General Operating Support

General Operating Support

COMMUNITY ASSET MAPPING PROJECT OF THE BURTON STREET COMMUNITY OF ASHEVILLE, NC. THE BURTON STREET COMMUNITY WAS FOUNDED AND DEVELOPED BY E.W. PEARSON. DURING HIS TIME AS A LEADER IN BUNCOMBE COUNTYS BLACK COMMUNITY, HE OWNED AND OPERATED THE BLUE NOTE (COMMUNITY STORE), AS WELL AS FOUNDED THE WESTERN REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL FAIR - WHICH DREW CROWDS OF UP TO 10,000 IN ITS HEYDAY. THIS PROJECT WILL USE THE ARTS TO ELEVATE APPRECIATION FOR ONE OF WNC'S OLDEST HISTORIC AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES BY CREATING A DIGITAL MAP THAT WILL INCLUDE HISTORICAL PLACES AND EVENTS, AND ADD MOMENTUM TO NEIGHBORHOOD VITALITY BY MAKING VISIBLE AND CONNECTING LOCAL RESOURCES (SKILLS, OPPORTUNITIES, FUNDING, ETC). THIS PROJECT CREATES A CIVIC TOOL THAT UPLIFTS THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE OFTEN EXCLUDED FROM DOMINANT CULTURE. THE COMMUNITY ASSET MAP WILL MARRY ARTS, HUMANITIES AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WHILE BUILDING PORTABLE SKILLS IN BURTON STREET NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH AND OTHER PROJECT PARTICIPANTS.