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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda - 02-07-2012 - 4a 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 7, 2012 Action Agenda Item No. �^C� SUBJECT: Orange County Arts Grant Recipients DEPARTMENT: Orange County Arts PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No Commission ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Fall 2011 G�ant Awards Spreadsheet Martha Shannon, 245-2335 Copy of Awards to be Distributed "Specific Attendee List to Follow" PURPOSE: To present checks to local artists and arts organizations receiving Orange County Arts Grants. BACKGROUND: The Orange County Arts Commission grants monies to local artists and arts organizations from funds received from the state and Orange County government for this purpose. These funds are distributed for arts programming in all arts disciplines. Each grant recipient must match the grant amount in order to receive funding. FINANCIAL IMPACT: A total of $23,251 will be awarded in this cycle. This amount is awarded from FY 2011-12 Orange County funds already approved by the BOCC for this purpose. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board acknowledge the local recipients of the awards during the February 7, 2012 meeting with the presentation of checks by the Board Chair. I Fall,2011 Grant Awards-Orange County Arts Commission I A licant Address . Pro ect REQ GRA(CO Arts Pro ram Grents: ArtsCenter 300-G East Main Street,Carrboro,NC 27510 5-Day Dance Residency at Central Elementary via ArtsCenter's Focus School Program 900 900 ArtsCenter 300-G East Main Street,Carrboro,NC 27510 ArtsCenter Stage Radio Theatre 1,500 1,500 ArtsCenter 300-G East Main SVeet,Carrboro,NC 27510 ArtsCenter's AfterSchool Arts Immersion Program Scholarships 1,500 1,500 Franklin Street Arts Collective dba FRANK 109 East Franklin Street,Chapel Hill,NC 27514 Support of FRANK Gallery's Artist Salons 1,500 1,500 Free Spirit Freedom Institute&Gallery(fiscai agent HiIIs.AC) 220 South Churton Street,Hillsborough,NC 27278 �deographer to Film&Edit Video Segments for Website 1,500 1,500 Friends of the Carrboro Branch Library 900 Oid Fayetteville Road,Chapel Hill,NC 27516 Ongoing Arts Program Supporting Local Artists and Culturally Diverse Community Groups 1,500 1,500 Historical Foundation of Hillsborough&Orange County 201 N.Churto�Street,Hillsborough,NC 27278 Continue Colonial Quilt Education Program Free of Charge in Orange County Classrooms 1,500 1,500 Preservation Society of Chapel Hill 610 E.Rosemary Street,Chapel Hill,NC 27514 Support for 2012 Art Exhibitions Including a 40th Anniversary Retrospective Show 1,500 1,500 WCOM-FM 208 E.Main Street,Carrboro,NC 27510 Upgrade Production Studio 1,500 1,500 Women's Voices Chorus P.O.Box 2854,Chapel Hill,NC 27515-2854 Support for Winter 2012 Concert 1,500 1,500 Arts in Education Grants: A.L.Stanback Middle School 3700 NC 86 South,Hillsborough,NC 27278 Performance by Jim Linehan Dance Troupe(Anti-Bullying Show)for 6th Graders 400 400 A:L.Stanback Middle School 3700 NC 86 South,Hillsborough,NC 27278 After-School Writing Workshop Led by Novelist Zelda Lockhart 500 500 Christ Church Preschooi 800 Market Street,Chapel Hili,NC 27516 5-Day Dance&Creative Movement Residency with�rginia Queen(Around the World-Africa) 900 900 Grady A.Brown Elementary PTA 1100 New Grady Brown School Road,Hillsborough,NC Performance by African American Dance Ensemble for Entire School 633 633 Hillsborough Elementary School • 402 North Nash Street,Hillsborough,NC 27278 Support for Artist-in-Residence Program for Grades K-5 1,000 1,000 McDougle Elementary School PTA 890 Old Fayettevifle Road,Chapel Hill,NC 27516 Performances by Mike Wiley(A Game Apart)8 David Gonzalez(Cuentos,Tales from the Latino 1,000 1,000 Artist Pro'ect Grents: Kristi Vincent Johnson FRESH,An Adjudicated Showcase for Emerging Choreographers 1,000 1,000 Susan Simone Trailer Tales:The Mobile Home Story in Orange County NC Photo and Oral History Documentary 1,000 1,000 Sean Weilington The OG Hope Project 1,000 1,000 Other: Orange County Arts Commission 501 W.Franklin Street,Chapel Hill,NC 27516 OCAC Programs(Promotion for Online Arts Calendar,Coliaborative Marketing Initiatives,etc.) � 1,418 1,418 TOTAL REQUESTED: 23,251 23,257 TOTAL COUNTY AMT.ALLOCATED BY BOCC FOR FY12 26,750 TOTAL AMT.SPENT IN SPRING,2011 FOR ARTISTS GRANTS -3,000 TOTAL AMT.SPENT IN SPRING,2011 FOR OCAC PROGRAMS ` 499 TOTAL COUNTY AMT.AVAILABLE FOR FALL,2071 GRANTS 23,251 . N Fall 2011 Orange Arts Grant Recipients 3 Orange County Arts Commission A.L. Stanback Middle School ArtsCenter Christ Church Preschool Franklin Street Arts Collective dba FRANK Gallery Free Spirit Freedom Institute & Gallery (fiscal agent Hillsborough Arts Council) Friends of the Carrboro Branch Library Grady A. Brown Elementary School PTA Hillsborough Elementary School Historical Foundation of Hillsborough & Orange County Kristi Vincent Johnson McDougle Elementary School PTA Preservation Society of Chapel Hill Susan Simone WCOM-FM Sean Wellington Women's Voices Chorus