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Describe the I am a self-taught multidisciplinary artist who for seven years has <br />community benefits worked organizing immigration events in Orange County and <br />of this event throughout the United States. I have taught citizenship classes to <br />low-income communities, focusing on the elderly in Santa Ana. I have <br />shown interest in this population due to its growth in the nation in <br />recent decades. Older adults are the ones who receive the least <br />economic contributions and are the most forgotten in the arts <br />(Smart, 2001). <br />Taking into account the above as an artist interested in creating and <br />advancing our city, I would like to request a financial contribution of <br />$5,000 to carry out an artistic event for the elderly in the city of Santa <br />Ana. <br />The event will offer low-income older adults the opportunity to get <br />involved with the community, meet other people with common <br />interests and be part of the artistic culture of the city. This event aims <br />to stimulate artistic skills and will allow older adults live authentic and <br />creative experiences. <br />Programs that stimulate creativity in older adults, allow them to come <br />out of isolation and encourage them to reflect on what they have <br />lived through, validating the experiences that made them who they <br />are. Art making is an excellent way to explore creative potential and <br />also gives older adults the opportunity to play an important role as <br />bearers of history and culture in our society. <br />In a gallery space, our artists will be able to discover and create a <br />new reality, making the viewer perceive the imperceptible, but at the <br />same time they will also establish frames of reference for the whole <br />that did not exist until then; they will have the opportunity to record <br />their past, present and future, leaving us a memory that goes beyond <br />time. <br />The event will consist of an artistic creation workshop, which will take <br />place in May. During this meeting, older adults will find ways to <br />express feelings, thoughts, ideas, moods and ways of seeing <br />everyday life by expressing it in their works. Mixed art techniques and <br />collage will be put into practice. The result of the works of art will be <br />exhibited publicly, where we will celebrate the artists and their works. <br />Said celebration will take place on Saturday, June 4th, at the Amistad <br />Medical Clinics for Older Adults, in Downtown Santa Ana. The space <br />will become a gallery where the artists will share their creations with <br />an audience of their peers, family and community. <br />Clinic Amistad serves more than 300 older adults in Orange County, <br />with their support, outreach activities will be carried out in 6 of their <br />clinics in Orange County. Promotion of the event will also be done on <br />social media and leafletting at the two Santa Ana Senior Centers, and <br />if permitted at local Catholic Churches in Orange County. <br />Amount Requested 5000.0 <br />