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space near the fountain for one afternoon, and all those in attendance will be asked to <br />bring a small dish to pass. At the end of the meal, each person is invited to take their <br />plate home with them and keep it for future use. The project is a means to shed light on <br />the concurrent realities that fellow citizens of a singular municipal locality experience, <br />but may never have the opportunity to overlap. It is also an invitation for relative <br />strangers to sit down and eat a meal together in public space to share ideas, time, and <br />home -cooked food. <br />Type of Application:: <br />Artist based in Santa Ana <br />Need:: <br />$2500 <br />I am applying for:: <br />Equipment <br />Materials & Supply <br />Other <br />If other please state below:: <br />Permit/BANQUET license to eat a communal meal in public space in downtown Santa <br />Ana for one afternoon. <br />Artist Statement: <br />My intention as an artist is to examine living systems at the biological, social, and <br />ecological scale to reveal our interdependence. <br />My practice is a constantly evolving process that employs many different mediums and <br />is inspired by the three principles of permaculture: to care for the Earth, care for the <br />people, and return the surplus whenever possible. <br />My work is often large-scale, collaborative or participatory, and fabricated from <br />bio -degradable, re -purposed, or re -useable elements. I am inspired by the <br />leave -no -trace ethic and try to generate as little waste as possible while giving back to <br />the environment I am working within. <br />In combination with my studio practice, I am currently a "creative -in -residence" at a <br />housing community in Santa Ana called Sullivan Manor. This two-year residency is <br />sponsored by the Orange County -based organization Community Engagement that <br />pairs artists with low-income housing communities in order to bring people together to <br />creatively explore their shared spaces through a socially motivated art practice. <br />The residency is part of my ongoing research into blurring the lines between artist and <br />audience, nature and culture, ecology and economy, and removing the walls from <br />around the idea of what art is so that it might exist in everyday life for anyone who <br />wishes to have access to it. <br />