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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 01-16-1996 - VI-A d 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No.-VZ-A ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 16, 1996 SUBJECT: Orange County Arts Commission Presentation of Orange County Grant Awards DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No Recreation and Parks ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: List of Orange County Grants Award Jacquelin Liggins, Ext. 2665/Arts Commission Recipients for 1995-96 TELEPHONE NUMBER: Hillsborough - 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Mebane - 227-2031 Durham - 688-7331 PURPOSE: 1. Presentation of Orange County Arts Commission grant awards. BACKGROUND: On October 17, 1995 the Board of Commissioners awarded State Grassroots funds to local arts recipients. Funds awarded at this Commission meeting are county allocated to the Arts Commission in the 95-96 county budget. The Orange County Arts Commission was created by a resolution of the Board of County Commissioners on February 4, 1985. The Arts Commission is the official county-wide advisory body on the arts. It's primary goals are: ( 1) to serve as the Local Distributing Agent of State Grassroots Grants and local (Orange County) funds; (2) to serve as a "clearing house" for information on the arts; ( 3) to facilitate the development of self-sustaining arts programs; and (4 ) to advise the Board of Commissioners on matters involving the arts. RECOMMENDATION(S) : The Manager recommends that the Board of Commissioners present the grant awards to the recipients. 2 1995-96 ORANGE COUNTY ARTS COMMISSION GRANTS RECIPIENTS GRANTEE PROJECT AWARD ArtsCenter ACT Season (3 Plays) $ 500. ArtsCenter The Diary of Anne Frank 1,000. ArtsCenter Spring 96 KidsCabaret Series 1,000. Carrboro Elem. School PTA Shelton Street Sleuths: 600. Cultural Enrichment Comm. Mystery Reading & Writing CH/Carrboro Community Chorus 1996 Spring Concert 500. CH Chamber Music Competition The CH Chamber Music 250. Competition & Festival CH Public Arts Commission Community Education - 1,000. The Gun Sculpture Committee The Sayre Sculpture Community Youth Theatre Marketing Summer Program 360. Cultural Arts Committee Multicultural Arts & 11000. Enrichment Activities for Grady Brown Students Cultural Arts Department Meet the Artist 500. The Durham Symphony, Inc. Hillsborough Pops Concert 800. Friends of Carrboro Library Art Display Supplies for 500. Carrboro Library Orange County Clerk's Office Historic Hillsborough 540. Architectural Competition Framing Orange High School Art Club Literary Publication 500. NC Writers' Network Celebrating the Field of 1,000. Literature Playmakers Repertory Co. Educational Outreach Prog. 1,000. Secondary Choral Music Educ. "Voices on the Hill" 1,000. TOTAL 12,050.