HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 09-18-2012 - 4a ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: September 18, 2012
Action Agenda
Item No. 4-a
SUBJECT: Orange County Arts Grant Recipients
DEPARTMENT: Orange County Arts PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
Commission
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copy of Awards to be Distributed Martha Shannon, Arts Commission
"Specific Attendee List to Follow" 968-2011
PURPOSE: To present checks to local artists and nonprofit organizations receiving Spring
2012 Orange County Arts Grants.
BACKGROUND: In the spring, 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.
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 $30,482 in State funds awarded to the Arts Commission in FY2012-
13 - for Arts Commission purposes and for granting to outside nonprofit agencies sponsoring
arts projects - represents a pass-through of State funds.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board acknowledge the local
recipients of the awards during the September 18, 2012 meeting with the presentation of
checks by the Board Chair.
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Arts Grant Recipients
Orange County Arts Commission
September 18, 2012
Spring, 2012 Grant Recipients:
. ArtsCenter
. Chapel Hill Carrboro Children's Museum (dba Kidzu Children's Museum)
. Chapel Hill Carrboro Public School Foundation
. Deep Dish Theater Company
• Door to Door of UNC Health Care
• Ephesus Road Elementary School PTA
. Estes Hills Elementary School
. Franklin Street Arts Collective (dba FRANK Gallery)
• Glenwood Elementary School PTA
• Grady A. Brown Elementary School PTA
. Hillsborough Arts Council
• McDougle Elementary School PTA
• McDougle Middle School PTA
. North Carolina Symphony
• Orange County Artists Guild
. Town of Carrboro Recreation & Parks