GRANT AWARD FORM

Grant Award Form: Please complete the Project Questions below and include this page in your Final Report materials submitted to the address below.

1be infonnation provided in question #1 - 5 should be the same as the infonnation on your Urbana Arts Grant Agreement with the City.

1. GRANTEE: Name ofApplicant or Primary Contact: L....o rl· Ccz.-ter (/l {

Address: ~~c:rvc 3:4 Dr =#=-1; Lha.v\'\ p c.. L:J IA ( L Project Title: (Q l 22-1 ~'\veV" of

2. TOTAL AMOUNT OF GRANT FUNDS AWARDED: $ I. 0.00 I {Lf

3. TOTAL AMOUNT OF GRANT FUNDS RECEIVED TO DATE: $ 570.00

5. EXPENDITURE DEADLINE: wtdS- ,20ill.

6. DATE OF PROlECf COMPLETION: tJ 0 V (( , 20-!ii.

Return to: Anna Hochhalter City of Urbana, Public Arts Program Community Development Services 400 S. Vme Street Urbana, Dlinois 61801 Email: alhochhalter:·.lcit"Lurixma.iLu5

2 Lori Caterini River ofLeaves Post Project Evaluation Urbana Arts Grant Report

Brilliant yellow gingko leaves filled the north section ofcrane alley for one day. Just as we finished the installation in the early morning an architect walked through them on the way to work. He said "It's like a carpet." Through out the day people found joy in an intensified ordinary experience. The appreciation ofthe leaves connected people to other everyday pleasures. I bought breakfast at Mirabelle. A baker asked me about the project and showed me a view ofcypress trees at the end ofthe alley and suggested I photograph it. He said the trees looked magical under Bunny's neon lights at night. Later a friendly beagle jumped and frolicked in the leaves. Children (and adults) played in the leaves. Some people came more than once to see the leaves at different times ofday. I estimate about 100 to 150 people spent time in the alley enjoying the leaves. Many more saw it as they passed by the alley or walked through it as part oftheir daily routine.

People connected with the project at each stage. University landscapers spared our leaves despite orders not to vary their mowing schedule. Home owners were intrigued. One woman got on the roofofher garage to sweep leaves down for us. As rain threatened a landscaper volunteered his crew to help us quickly gather a perfect circle ofleaves from a huge tree. A bus who had never heard ofinstallation art looked forward to seeing the leaves on her route. Friends volunteered trucks, vans and labor to help transport leaves to a temporary holding site for storage prior to installation. People lent us rakes and tarps.

Grant funds paid for the equipment, materials and labor that made the project possible. These include truck rental, fuel, leafbags slide film and processing and other miscellaneous expenses. Most essential was the crew. The project was accomplished with 7 paid crew member including myself and 6 volunteers. The crew raked and meticulously separated gingko leaves from leaves ofother kind and color. The crew also transported the bagged leaves to a temporary storage site. All aspects ofthis project from the meticulous gathering and sorting of leaves~ the guerrilla installation beginning at 5 am and clean up and removal of leaves from the alley could not have been accomplished with out a paid crew. We loaded and unloaded more than 100 bags ofdense, heavy gingko leaves on to trucks twice in a 24 hour period. (Despite this one crew member said he missed the leaf project after it was over.)

So many delicate golden fan shaped ginkgo leaves out ofcontext created a striking dreamlike effect. Without funding from the city this labor intensive project would not have been possible. Support by the City ofUrbana gives me the opportunity to develop as a community artist and the confidence to undertake larger projects. Lori Caterini River ofLeaves Fiscal Report Urbana Arts Grant Program

LABOR

Volunteer Support Crew @ $lO/hr

Stanley Patterson $62.50 Franks $120.00 Melissa Mason $160.00 Anthony Rolly $55.00 Gabe Stanton $110.00 Keihly Moore $95.00

Subtotal $602.50

Volunteer Support Artist @ $5.44/hr

Lori Caterini $315.82

Total 5918.32

MATERIALS

Truck rental $43.92 Gas $21.00 Gas $21.08

Slide film $17.22 Slide Processing $33.00

LeafBags $73.15

Yard waste $8.00 Tarp $4.31

Total 5221.68

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