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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda - 01-20-1998 - 6aORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT MEETING DATE: January 20, 1998 Action Agenda Item # b -4 SUBJECT; Orange County Arts Commission Grants DEPARTMENT: OCAC PUBLIC HEARING: Yes No_X_ BUDGET AMENDMENT NEEDED: Yes No X ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Copy of Awards to be Distributed Ted Abernathy (ext. 2325) *Specific Attendee List to Follow* TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough - 732-8181 Durham - 699-7331 Mebane - (910) 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 Purpose: To present checks to local artists and arts organizations receiving Orange County Arts Commission Grants. Background: The Orange County Arts Commission awazds up to $1000.00 in matching funds to artists and arts organizations for arts projects and events taking place in Orange County between January 1 and June 30, 1998. These grants aze used to support programs in the visual, performing, and literary arts. Funded projects include theater performances, art exhibits, writers' conferences, children's arts and crafts, programs for seniors, and outdoor concerts, each to benefit Orange County citizens. Orange County Arts Commission Grants, which are county funded and limited to $1,000 or less, differ from the "Grassroots Grants" awarded at a previous meeting in that Orange County acts as a Designated County Partner with the State to provide funds for Grassroots Grants. Recommendation: The Manager recommends that the Boazd of County Commissioners acknowledge the local recipients of the awazds during the January 20, 1998 meeting with the presentation of checks by the Boazd Chair, Mazgazet Brown. 2 ORANGE COUNTY ARTS COMMISSION GRANTS 1997-98 ORGANIZATION PROJECT GRANT AMOUNT Alliance for Historic Hillsborough Historic Site Concert Series $ 500.00 Arc of Orange County, Inc. Arts for All $ 750.00 Arts Center: Family Programs Spring 1998 KidsCabaret Series $ 1000.00 Arts Center: Jazz Program The African Roots of Jazz $ 1000.00 Chapel Hill High School CEC Oh, Mr. Faulkner, Do You Write? $ 500.00 Chapel Hill High School Mural Club Media Center Mural $ 500.00 Durham Symphony, Inc. Annual H'boro Family Pops Concert $ 500.00 Efland-Cheeks Elementary School Artists Bc Performers in Northern Orange $ 1000.00 Friends of Car~oro Library Library Arts Program $ 800,00 Hillsborough Arts Council Hangin' With the Regulators $ 500.00 Hillsborough Arts Council Traditional Music Series: Gospel Festival $ 400.00 Hillsborough Elementary School CAC Chinese FestivaUArtist in Residence $ 550.00 Jelly Educational Theater Schooltime Performances: Great Nut Hunt $ 1000.00 McDougle Elementary School CEC African American Dance Ensemble $ 750.00 McDougle Middle School Artists in the Community $ 800.00 NC Writer's Network 1998 Annual Spring Gathering $ 1000.00 New Hope Elementary Art for the Active $ 750.00 St. Thomas Mone Home School Assn. Phillip Shabazz Poetry Residency $ 375.00 Susan Simone Northside Community History Project $ 910.00 Triangle Folk Music Society TFMS Songwriters Contest $ 260.00 Village Band Purchase of Two Tympani $ 500.00 Village Revue Variety Entertainment By & For Seniors $ 500.00 Women's Voices, Inc. 1998 CH Concert: Music Rath Charms $ 500.00 Total $15,045.00 Orange County Arts Commission Grants Grant Recipient Attendees In Order Of Acceptance Cathleen Turner is accepting the award for The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough for the Historic Site Concert Series in the amount of $500.00. Wendy Trueblood is accepting the award for The ARC of Orange County, Inc. for Arts for All in the amount of $750.00 Susan Gramling is accepting the award for The ArtsCenter-Family Programs for the Spring 1998 KidsCabaret Series in the amount of $1000.00. Susan is also accepting the award for the McDougle Elementary School PTSA Cultural Enrichment Committee for African American Dance Ensemble in the amount of $750.00. Shelley Higgins is accepting the award for The ArtsCenter-Jazz Programs for The African Roots of Jazz in the amount of $1000.00. Pat Touw is accepting the award for The Chapel Hill High School Cultural Enrichment Committee for Oh, Mr. Faulkner, Do You Write? in the amount of $500.00. Mary Gray Leonard is accepting the award for The Chapel Hill High School Mural Club for the Media Center Mural in the amount of $500.00. Rosan Rutter is accepting the award for The Durham Symphony for the Annual Hillsborough Family Pops Concert in the amount of $500.00. Victoria Frisch is accepting the award for Etland-Cheeks Elementary School Cultural Arts Committee for Artists & Performers in Northern Orange in the amount of $1000.00. Nerys Levy and James Lehrer are accepting the award for Friends of the Carrboro Library for the Library Arts Program in the amount of $500.00. Carol Laing is accepting the award for The Hillsborough Arts Council for Hangin' With the Regulators in the amount of $500.00 and the Traditional Music Series-Gospel Festival in the amount of $400.00. Suzanne Gould is accepting the award for Hillsborough Elementary School PTA Cultural Arts Committee for Chinese Festival-Artist in Residence in the amount of $550.00. Jef is accepting the award for Jelly educational Theater for Schooltime Performances-Great Nut Hunt in the amount of $1000. D0. Orange County Arts Commission Grants Grant Recipient Attendees In Order Of Acceptance Marguerite Gignoux is accepting the award for McDougle Middle School for Artists in the Community in the amount of $800.00. Bobbie Collins-Perry is accepting the award for The North Carolina Writer's Network for the 1998 Annual Spring Gathering in the amount of $1000.00. Holly Rio is accepting the award for St. Thomas More Home School Association PTA for Phillip Shabazz Poetry Residency in the amount of $375.00. Susan Simone is accepting an award for her Northside Community History Project in the amount of $910.00. Thomas Johnson is accepting the award for Triangle Folk Music Society for TFMS Songwriters Contest in the amount of $260.00. Lawrence Slifkin and Joe Lowman are accepting the award for The Village Band for Portable Tympani in the amount of $500.00. Tom Latimer is accepting the award for The Village Revue for Variety Entertainment By & For Seniors in the amount of $500.00. Sue Levy is accepting the award for Women's Voices, Inc. for the 1998 Chapel Hill Concert: Music Hath Charms in the amount of $500.00. Also receiving an award but unable to attend is New Hope Elementary School for Arts for the Active who receive an award in the amount of $750.00.