HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 09-08-2011 - 4aORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: September 8, 2011
Action Agenda
Item No. ~ Q
SUBJECT• Orange County Arts Grant Recipients
DEPARTMENT: Orange County Arts PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
Commission
ATTACHMENT(S):
Copy of Awards to be Distributed
"Specific Attendee List to Follow"
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Martha Shannon, Arts Commission,
968-2011
PURPOSE: To present checks to local artists and nonprofit organizations receiving Orange
County Arts Grants.
BACKGROUND: The Orange County Arts Commission awards grants to local nonprofit
organizations sponsoring arts projects using funds received from state government through the
Grassroots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council. In 1985 the Orange County Arts
Commission was designated by the BOCC -and approved by the NC Arts Council - as the
Local Distributing Agent (now called Designated County Partner) to award state Grassroots Arts
Program funds to nonprofit agencies in Orange County.
All grants awarded to individual artists are paid via County funds. Grants are awarded for arts
programming in all arts disciplines for artistic merit and benefits to the residents of Orange
County. Each recipient must match the grant amount in order to receive funding.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The $29,891 in state funds awarded to the Arts Commission in FY2011-
12 -for Arts Commission purposes and for granting to outside nonprofit agencies sponsoring
arts projects -represents apass-through of state funds. An additional $3,000 awarded to
individual artists is taken from Orange County money alreadyapproved in the FY2011-12
budget for arts grants. .
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board acknowledge the local
recipients of the awards during the September 8, 2011 meeting with the presentation of checks
by the Board Chair.
Arts Grant Recipients
OrangE County Arts Commission
September 8, 2011
Spring, 2011 Grant Recipients:
• ArtsCenter
• Cameron Park Elementary School
• Chapel Hill Carrboro Children's Museum (dba Kidzu Children's Museum)
• Dee{ Dish Theater Company
• Door to Door of UNC Health Care
• EI Centro Hispano
• Ephesus Road Elementary School- PTA
• Estes Hills Elementary~chool
• Franklin Street Arts Collective (dba FRANK Gallery)
• Grady A. Brown Elementary_ School PTA
• Kathleen Hannan
• Hillsborough Arts-Council
• McDougte Elementary School PTA
• Music Maker Relief Foundation
• North Carolina Arts in Action
• Preservation Society of Chapel Hilf
• Town of Carrboro Recreation & Parks
• Barbara Tyroler
• Jan-Ru Wan
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