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Name of Applicant: Amount Requested: Category: Score: <br />Victor Cruz $5,000 Artist 75.0 <br />Brief Description of Project: <br />A series of four large -scale woodcuts focusing on the work ethic of immigrant elders. <br />Prints of the works will be created and installed all over Santa Ana in various small <br />venues including moving /shipping trucks making this a moving exhibit. A website will be <br />developed for this project containing subject stories so that the viewer can be better <br />educated about the subject's labor. This would bring subject and viewer closer together <br />promoting a sense of pride and community. <br />Community Benefit: <br />Having the subjects' stories and work processes online will bring viewer and subject <br />closer together and will provide a stronger sense of culture and community. Knowing <br />how laborious it is for many of these workers to sell their goods brings a sense of <br />appreciation and enrichment for the viewer. <br />This new project will be able to expand in the future within Santa Ana and various cities. <br />With some installations being on trucks the exhibit will reach many cities. Being part of <br />several organizations has allowed me to work and travel to diverse communities in <br />California, Arizona, and Florida. Studying in New York and living and mentoring in the <br />Bronx and Brooklyn has broadened my sense of community. My end goal is to highlight <br />the unwavering immigrant work ethic of many cultures across the United States that <br />inspire and enrich current and future generations. This grant would be a great step <br />towards a diverse and beautiful American mosaic. <br />25J -20 <br />