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Type of Application:: <br />Artist based in Santa Ana <br />Need:, <br />$5000 <br />I am applying Par:; <br />Equipment, Materials & Supply,Other <br />If other please state below:: <br />Artist fees totaling to $330 and business license. <br />Artist Statement: <br />I understand art as culture and culture as art, without one there is no other, Art and <br />culture are expressed and shared human experiences; products of time, place, and <br />accessibility. As a mixed media artist, my arts and crafts are a tangible representation of <br />past, present and future experiences guided by my fascination for ancient and existing <br />cultures, their influences, and the things left behind by their people, as well the objects <br />nature continues to leave for us to find. <br />From an early age I saw the world through the eyes of a creator, constructing art in my <br />head and with my hands from anything I could find. Growing up in a poor migrant <br />household and community in Santa Ana, artistic opportunities were inaccessible. My <br />artistic training began at the age of 12, in my first art class where I volunteered by <br />cleaning the classroom after school in exchange for extra art lessons. It was there, <br />thanks to the teacher, where I discovered my preferred medium, clay. However, for <br />many years this was no longer available. It was then when books for art education filed <br />the void. <br />In 2012, while concluding a sociology degree at Santa Ana College, I delved once again <br />into ceramics, Joy, passion, and creativity ignited from being dormant for so many <br />years. From Patrick Crabb, I learned hand - building and throwing techniques as well as <br />instruction on how to become a studio potter. This led to a teaching opportunity at El <br />Salvador Community Center where I helped establish an affordable arts and ceramics <br />program and currently teach throwing, children's ceramics and art, and family <br />workshops. <br />Since April 2014, the opportunity as well as my continuing education in sociology from <br />California State University Long Beach has allowed me to empower and bring artistic <br />life enhancing experiences, art culture, to Santa Ana's most disadvantaged <br />neighborhoods as part of my volunteer project. At 22 years old I continue to build my <br />artistic and community portfolio. <br />Narrative for proposed use of funds:: <br />Mobile Arts Education and Activities <br />