Mini Grant SenseMaker Project Story or Micro-Narrative

• Grant Project: Express Yourself Art Ball
• Description: An activity that happens once
• Role: I received a mini grant for an idea I had
• Date submitted: 2021-04-12 12:00

I recently was really worried about the artist submissions for the ball. At first we have only 12 submissions. Then we had 24 submissions as of March 26. I was worried that we would not have a lot of people to sign up (since the Call to Art was over with on the 5th of April). Two days before the call ended, I was notified that we had over 108 submissions! This was all thanks to the marketing from myself, the reposting from different orgs like BeWell and the Arts Warehouse. I also spent time everyday emailing different artists and art galleries about the art call. So hard work pays off. On Friday, we started to narrow down the artwork. There are sooo many talented artists out there. Im so blessed to know that I played a small role in them submitting. Im happy they took the event seriously. Seeing 108 submissions really gave me back my motivation for the event.

How This Person Interpreted Their Story or Micro-Narrative

• This project or activity has the capacity to impact the community:
• This project impacts:
• To have the biggest impact, this project needs support from: A non-profit or organization
• The mini grant project(s) in my story impact: A whole community
• The story I shared shows the importance of: Being a part of something bigger
• In my story, things went: Differently than I expected
• I appreciate anyone that has a non profit organization. Planning this ball is really pushing towards a non profit that can host events based on a specific cause and I'd love to bring my experience with the media and fashion to the forefront so other can be impacted.
• The story shows: More is needed