The grant application process can be time-consuming and frustrating for artists. Is it worth the effort?

The grant application process can be time-consuming and frustrating for artists. Is it worth the effort?
“It came to my attention that the local newspaper is promoting someone who is not a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians tribe.”
Project founder Jared Wheatley and Asheville entrepreneurs discuss the “You Are On Cherokee Land” sign initiative.
The Oct. 20-23 event united artists from across the U.S., representing 10 different Indigenous nations.
The Orange Peel celebrate Halloween with a mock beauty pageant. Plus, Indigenous artists will create murals in downtown Asheville, Mills River hosts its first movie night and Black Mountain honors Roberta Flack.
According to data presented by Tim Love, Buncombe’s director of economic development and governmental relations, the county’s poverty rate went up from about 11.5% in 2018 — its lowest point in a decade — to about 13.9% in 2020, the latest year for which information was available. Poverty in both North Carolina and the overall U.S. fell over the same period.
Jared Wheatley’s mural project seeks to stimulate conversations between Native and non-Native people.