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2016-106-E Arts - The ArtsCenter - Fall 2015 Arts Grant Agreement
DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 C a � % o ' CC)O[l o IMI o ORANGE COUNTY ARTS COMMISSION z FALL 2015 GRANT AGREEMENT z 1 :L rdIJ yri .�a,ftT' s C � rs1!ai I Into o U n C \ THIS AGREEMENT, entered into this 21st day of December, 2015, by and between Orange County ("County"), by and through the Orange County Arts Commission ("Arts Commission") and The ArtsCenter ("Grant Recipient"). WHEREAS, the Arts Commission is a countywide arts agency that ensures the growth of local arts experiences by providing funding and support for diverse high quality programs and projects. WHEREAS, the Arts Commission administers the Spring and Fall Arts Grants Program to provide economic opportunities to Orange County artists and non-profit organizations coordinating arts projects benefiting the citizens of Orange County. WHEREAS, the Spring Arts Grants Program is supported by Arts Commission with funds from the Grassroots Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Cultural Resources and the National Endowment for the Arts. WHEREAS, the Grant Recipient was selected by the Arts Commission to receive the Spring Arts Grant through the procedures duly adopted by the Arts Commission; and WHEREAS, both parties wish to promote and maintain the integrity and clarity of the Grant Recipient's ideas and statements and delineate the Grant Recipient's obligations to the County; NOW, THEREFORE, the County and the Grant Recipient, for the consideration and under the conditions hereinafter set forth, agree as follows: 1. Approved Grant Project. Grant funds are provided under this Agreement for the project ("Project") described in the Grant Recipient's Grant Application, attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A. 2. Grant Award. Grant funds in an amount not to exceed one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars ($1,250) have been awarded by the Arts Commission to the Grant Recipient for the approved Project. These funds must be matched at least dollar-for-dollar with cash from the Grant Recipient's funds not derived from either Orange County appropriations or the North Carolina Arts Council. 3. Contingency. This grant is contingent on North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Program funding to the Arts Commission. Final decisions on Grassroots Program funds to the North Carolina Arts Council are subject to approval by the North Carolina General Assembly. 4. Responsibilities of the Grant Recipient I Revised June 2015 DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 A. Implementation. The Project implementation shall take place between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2016. The Project shall be implemented in the manner described in Exhibit A. Time is of the essence in the implementation of the Project. B. Modifications to project. Grant Recipient shall present major changes to the original proposal, including but not limited to changes in design, implementation schedule and increase in Project budget by more than 10%, in writing to the Arts Commission for approval. Arts Commission shall approve or disapprove Grant Recipient's request for modifications within seven (7) days of receipt thereof. Consent to project modifications shall not be unreasonably withheld. Arts Commission's decisions shall be in writing. In the event the Arts Commission fails to approve or disapprove the requested modifications within the time stated herein,the modifications shall be deemed approved. C. Non—assignment. The grant cannot be assigned or transferred to a different project or artist without prior written approval of the Arts Commission. D. Records. Grant Recipient must maintain records and other evidence pertaining to costs incurred and revenues acquired during the Project implementation. Grant Recipient shall maintain financial records pertaining to the Project for three (3) years from the date of this Agreement, in case of audit. E. Use of Funds. Grant Recipient shall not use the grant funds to repay outstanding taxes or other debts of any nature. The grants shall be utilized solely for the purpose of implementing the Project and Project related expenses. F. Final Report. Grant Recipient shall submit to the Ails Commission a Final Report on January 13, 2017 . The Final Report shall be in the format required by the North Carolina Arts Council. Failure to submit the Final Report or late submission of the Final Report, for any reason, shall be grounds for denial and/or cancellation of grant funds for the Project and future grant proposals. 5. Responsibilities of the Arts Commission A. Payment. The Arts Commission shall release the grant funds in the amount of $1,250 to the Grant Recipient. 6. Publicity A. Acknowled eg ment. Credit must be given to the Orange County Arts Commission using the Arts Commission logo and if State funds are received to the North Carolina Grassroots Program in brochures, news releases, programs, and all other printed and online publications. Copies of such printed materials must accompany the evaluation report. When no printed information is used, verbal credit shall be given. In addition, all print and promotional material must include the following credit line (check all that apply): 2 Revised June 2015 DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 i. x County Funds Only. "This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission. " ii. North Carolina Arts Council Funding. "This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission with funds from the Grassroots Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency. " B. The Grant Recipient must enter all events, exhibits and performances open to the public and related to this grant award on the ExploreChapelHillARTS.com website and display ExploreChapelHillARTS.com publicity materials (postcards, brochures, etc.) prominently and consistently at their venue or performance space. In addition, the Grant Recipient must add a link to the ExploreChapelHillARTS.com (ExploreChapelHillARTS.com logo preferred) to their main webpage. The Grant Recipient shall contact the Orange County Arts Commission for replacement ExploreChapelHillARTS.com publicity materials. 7. Indemnity. The Grant Recipient agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the County, the Arts Commission and the North Carolina Arts Council and their officers and employees from any and all claims or actual injury, damage or loss to a person, or real or personal property that results from or is in any way connected to the use of the grant funds. 8. Independent Contractor. The Grant Recipient is an independent contractor and not an employee, agent or other representative of the County and/or the Arts Commission. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to create the relationship of principal and agent, or employer and employee, between Grant Recipient and Arts Commission or Orange County Government. Grant Recipient understands and agrees that he/she is not authorized to incur any expenses or any liability whatsoever on behalf of the County or the Arts Commission and has no authority, expressed or implied, to obligate or make representations on behalf of the County or the Arts Commission. In addition, Grant Recipient agrees to maintain his or her own worker's compensation insurance for himself/herself and his or her employees for the duration of the art work's installation. 9. Termination A. In the event of any of the circumstances set forth below (hereinafter referred to as "default"), the Arts Commission may immediately terminate this Agreement: (i) Any fraudulent representation in any verification required to obtain payment under this Agreement or other dishonesty on a material matter relating to the performance of services under this Agreement. (ii) Nonperformance, incomplete service or performance, or failure to satisfactorily perform any part of the Project or to comply with any provision of this Agreement, as determined by the Arts Commission in its sole discretion. 3 Revised June 2015 DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 (iii) Failure to adhere to the terms of applicable county, state or federal laws, regulations, or stated public policy. B. In the event of default by the Grant Recipient, the Arts Commission has the discretion to elect to terminate this Agreement, in whole or in part and/or require the Grant Recipient to repay the grant funds within seven (7) from written notice of default or allow the grant recipient the opportunity to cure the default. This clause shall not be interpreted to limit the County's or the Arts Commission's remedies in law or in equity. 10. Miscellaneous. A. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the attachments contain the final and entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. All modifications and amendments to this Agreement shall be in writing. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties, their heirs, successors and assigns. B. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina and the Orange County. C. Entire Agreement and Signatures. The parties have read this Agreement and agree to be bound by all of its terms, and further agree that it constitutes the complete and exclusive statement of the Agreement between the parties unless and until modified in writing and signed by the parties. This Agreement together with any amendments or modifications may be executed electronically. All electronic signatures affixed hereto evidence the intent of the Parties to comply with Article 11A and Article 40 of North Carolina General Statute Chapter 66. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Orange County and the Grant Recipient have signed this Grant Agreement, effective on the last date this Agreement is signed by both parties as indicated by the dates set forth under signatures below. For and on behalf of the Grant Recipient DocuSigned by: 12/30/2015 E50CA3629lA6'142B. 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ACORD 26(2010105) The ACORD name and logo are registered marks of ACORD DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 Arts Program Grant - Fall Cie) 2015- 16 Application Form ORANGE COUNTY ARTSS Orange County Arts Commission COMMISSION Promoting the artistic and cultural development of Orange County, North Carolina Evaluation Criteria • Artistic merit of program. • Populations served—impact for geographic&traditionally under-served populations. • Feasibility of proposed activity & effectiveness in fulfilling applicant's mission. • Cooperation between organizations and artists. • Evidence of feasibility of program, community support, and responsiveness to community needs. • Emerging organizations are encouraged to apply. 1 Applicant Information Applicant Name The ArtsCenter Mailing Address 300-G East Main Street Carrboro NC 27510 Daytime Phone 919-929-2787 Fax Number 919-969-8574 Email Address ilschulke(o)-artscenterlive.org Web Site www.artscenterlive.org Project Director Jeri Lynn Schulke Title Director—ArtsCenter Stage DUNS Number 029686396 2 Project Director Information Project Director Home Address 736 Williams Circle Chapel Hill NC 27516 Daytime Phone 919-929-2787 ext 221 Evening Phone 919-260-7312 Email Address jerilynn67(a gmail.com 3 Grant Request Summary Arts Program Grant Request $1500 Total Cash Match $1550 Total Organizational Budget 2014-2015 1.519,236 Past Year 2015-2016 1.590,093 Current Year 2016-2017 1,600,000 Projected for Next Year Summary Statement for Proposed Uses of Arts Program Grant Bread and Puppet Theatre will beat The ArtsCenter May 1 2016 with their production of The Public Access Center for the Obvious Presents: The Situation. Bread and Puppet has performed at The ArtsCenter in February 2011 with The Decapitalization Circus and in March 2013 with The Circus of Possibilitarians. In keeping with Bread and Puppet's philosophy of inclusion in art prior to the May performance Bread and Puppet will be offering a free Cantastoria workshop to interested community members. 919/968-2011 —P.O. Box 1177, 131 West Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, NC 27278—www.artsorange.org DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 Orange County Arts Commission Fall 2015 Arts Program Grant I I Cantastoria Workshop with Bread and Puppet Theater Arts Program Grant– Fall 2015 Orange County Arts Commission The ArtsCenter Organizational Profile Over the course of its forty year history, The ArtsCenter in Carrboro, NC has grown from a single painting class into a vibrant educational center serving our community through the arts. During 2014, The ArtsCenter provided 114,000 arts experiences, including nearly 30,000 to youth under 18. Out work created a local economic impact estimated at $3,500,000. Mission: The ArtsCenter exists in order to inspire artistic creativity and to enrich the lives of people of all ages. Guiding Values: Sustainability; Excellence; Accountability; and Inclusivity. Current Programs and Services ArtSchool. ArtSchool at The ArtsCenter is Orange County's most comprehensive non-profit resource for continuing education in the arts on a non-degree, community basis. The ArtSchool now offers 400 classes in all artistic disciplines for all experience levels and ages, awards more than 50 scholarships annually, and offers work-study opportunities. Youth Programs. TAC has provided artistically excellent, age-appropriate and accessible arts experiences to Triangle families for over 20 years. Currently, The ArtsCenter offers the 80-event School Show Series, the SuperFun Series,ArtsComp,A fterSchool Arts Immersion, and Arts in Education to area youth and families, reaching approximately 26,000 children in up to six counties. Youth Arts Classes (YAC)—which includes fine art classes for youth and workshops and camps year round in acting, musical theatre dance, chorus, stage combat, radio drama, acting for the camera, improvisation and more. Theatre. International theatre at its most local, ArtsCenter Stage showcases the work of emerging and established artists hailing from next door to around the world. ArtsCenter Stage features new works with an historical perspective, while its second-stage series includes improvisation and storytelling, musicals and operas, stand-up comedy and film screenings, new works in development and theatre for younger and older audiences. ArtsCenter Stage is community-oriented theatre with a commitment to developing new artists and audiences. Concerts. The ArtsCenter presents some 60 concerts for adults each year, representing the spectrum of musical genres by local, emerging, and nationally touring artists including folk, blues, Celtic, rock, singer-songwriter, Louisiana French, old-time, and bluegrass. Gallery. The Center Gallery features the work of local and regional artists on a rotating basis. The Gallery exhibitions highlight the work of more than 100 local and regional artists in 12 exhibitions a year. DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 Orange County Arts Commission Fall 2015 Arts Program Grant 2 Cantastoria Workshop with Bread and Puppet Theater Arts Program Grant— Fall 2015 Orange County Arts Commission Proposed Use of Grant Funds Cantastoria Workshop with Bread and Puppet Theater ArtsCenter Stage at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro is requesting $1500 from the Orange County Arts Commission in support of a free Cantastoria workshop with Bread and Puppet Theater on May 1 2016. Bread and Puppet Theatre will be at The ArtsCenter May 1 2016 with their production of The Public Access Center for the Obvious Presents: The Situation. Bread and Puppet has performed at The ArtsCenter in February 2011 with The Decapitolization Circus and in March 2013 with The Circus of Possibilitarians. In keeping with Bread and Puppet's philosophy of inclusion in art, prior to the performance, Bread and Puppet will be offering a free Cantastoria workshop to interested community members. ABOUT BREAD AND PUPPET THEATER Based in Vermont, Bread and Puppet is now in its 52nd year of touring and performing around the world. Using a wide variety of puppetry and mask techniques, the theater troupe attempts to address the social, political, and environmental urgencies that affect all of our lives. Peter Schumann and The Bread and Puppet Theater have received the Obie Award, the Erasmus Award from Amsterdam, The Vermont Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts, and the President's Award of the Puppeteers of America. The Bread and Puppet Theater was founded in 1963 by Peter Schumann on New York City's Lower East Side. Besides rod-puppet and hand puppet shows for children, the concerns of the first productions were rents, rats, police, and other problems of the neighborhood. More complex theater pieces followed, in which sculpture, music, dance and language were equal partners. The puppets grew bigger and bigger. Annual presentations for Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving and Memorial Day often included children and adults from the community as participants. Many performances were done in the street. During the Vietnam War, Bread and Puppet staged block-long processions and pageants involving hundreds of people. In 1974 Bread and Puppet moved to a farm in Glover, Vermont. A 140-year old hay barn was transformed into a museum for veteran puppets. Our Domestic Resurrection Circus, a two day outdoor festival of puppetry shows, was presented annually through 1998. As the theater continues to operate within its means on a shoestring budget, the summer program has evolved into a highly organized operation, including larger than ever intern and volunteer participation, and plays to enthusiastic and growing audiences. One of the most enduring legacies of Bread and Puppet is its autonomy, receiving no direct government or corporate funding, but instead relying on its own practice of frugality and a huge amount of DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 Orange County Arts Commission Fall 2015 Arts Program Grant ( 3 Cantastoria Workshop with Bread and Puppet Theater volunteerism, along with the merged incomes of performance fees and donations to pay its own way. This model is in itself an art form, not only of puppetry and theater making, but also a lived philosophy of art and activism. Bread and Puppet's impact on the greater world of experimental theater is acknowledged by scholars, and evidenced by the hundreds of unique theater companies now in existence that cite Bread and Puppet as an influence, in countries from Nicaragua to Italy, Korea to France, Peru to Poland, and of course the U.S. It is difficult to conceptualize what this past fifty years of work represents: how many thousands of hours of paper-mache, sewing and painting; hundreds of thousands of hours of puppet rehearsal and performance; the countless band rehearsals, meetings, training sessions for volunteers; millions of miles traveled by the many, many Bread and Puppet company members across fifty years. On May 1 2016 Bread and Puppet Theater will offer a workshop for interested community members in the art of Cantastoria, a theatrical form where a performer tells or sings a story while gesturing to a series of images. These images can be painted, printed or drawn on any sort of material. One of the oldest performance forms known to humanity, Cantastoria is called 'bankelsang' in Germany, 'etoki' in Japan, and 'cantastoria' in Italy. The form originated in India more than two thousand years ago. Bread and Puppet uses this simple form of storytelling and performance to convey many different messages: from children's stories with simple morals of justice and goodness to tales of protest and even casualty counts. In this workshop participants observe a Bread and Puppet cantastoria and then jump into performing in the chorus of another. If time allows, participants may even get to work on the creation of their own cantastoria. The Vermont based Bread & Puppet Theater is a politically charged group that encourages community participation and advocates a "cheap art" philosophy of inclusion in art and performances along with a literal manifestation of the bread by having fresh baked bread shared at each performance. In keeping with this philosophy, Bread and Puppet advocates for free or low-fee workshops so that all who want to participate in their workshops can regardless of means. A generous grant from the Orange County Arts Commission of$1500 will allow The ArtsCenter to provide this workshop for free to interested community members. DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 G ORANGE COUNTY ARTS COMMISSION Financial Information Please provide a projected budget for your proposed project utilizing the format below. Project Expenses Cash = Grant Amount + Applicant Expenses Requested Cash Match A Personnel Administrative staff $2,000 $2,000 Artistic staff Technical/Production staff $500 $500 B Outside Fees and Services Artistic contracts $750 $750 Other contracts: C Space Rental D Travel E Marketing $950 $750 $200 F Remaining Project Expenses $850 $850 G Total Cash Expenses $5,050 = $1,500 + $3,550 Project Income Cash Income A Admissions $1,450 B Contracted Services Revenue C Other Revenue(specify) D Private Support Corporate support Foundation support Other private support E Government Support Federal State/regional (not including this request) Local(not including this request) F Applicant Cash $2,100 G Grant Amount Requested $1,500 in this application H Total Cash Income $5,050 (must equal Total Cash Expenses, Item G above) DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 2015-16 Arts Program Application — Page Four Signatures ign ure of ject Director Date Typed or Prin ed Name-.P oject Director Signature of Au icial Da e 1 644, Typed or Printed Name —Authorizing Official INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE FUNDED DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 Orange County Arts Commission Fall 2015 Arts Program Grant Cantastoria Workshop with Bread and Puppet Theater About Bread and Puppet Theater In the early 1960's, a group of scruffy troubadours rented out a small loft on Delancey Street in New York's Lower East side, and began putting on weekly performances. Headed by Peter Schumann, a sculptor, dancer and baker recently emigrated from Germany, they would distribute Schumann's bread to the audience who would slowly chew the coarse sourdough as the puppet performance ensued. Schumann was just back from a puppet teaching gig at the Putney School in Vermont, where his wife Elka had been teaching Russian language as a means to support her graduate studies in the same field. Unable to successfully pitch a class in choreography and dance, the school administration did accept Schumann's proposal to teach an extra-curricular class in puppetry. Named alternately the Moosach Puppet Theater and People Puppet Theater, Schumann also took the show on the road. He converted his father-in-law's small trailer into a mobile puppet stage, and hauling it with a beat up station wagon, started an improvised solo tour across New England, putting on impromptu performances in random towns and cities along the way. Back in New York City, friends Bob Nichols and Mabel Dennison underwrote the $60 a month rent on the Delancey Street space, and Schumann quickly converted it into a theater and puppet museum. Schumann's skills and interest in dance and sculpture were fused in puppetry, and the bread baking and distribution shored up the utilitarian function of an art practice synthesized with daily life. Peter and Elka decided on the name Bread and Puppet Theater. The name stuck. The year was 1963. The Bread and Puppet Theater would embark on a remarkable 50 year journey, leaving an indelible stamp on the world of theater and the American cultural landscape. From the humble loft on Delancey Street, the Theater took to the streets and beyond. Enmeshed in the radical counterculture of downtown New York, and informed by Elka's heritage of political activism, beginning in 1964 with some of the earliest demonstrations against U.S. Involvement in Southeast Asia, Bread & Puppet became a familiar presence in the protest movement against the Vietnam War over the following decade. The politics were also local — during the summers of'65 and '66, Bread & Puppet created large scale outdoor pageants in some of the poorest neighborhoods of New York City, and in collaboration with the residents addressed urban political and social issues of the day. It was here that some of B&P's most enduring puppet icons — Uncle Fatso, The Dragon, Mother Earth and Uranos —were created with the help of the neighborhood kids. DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 Orange County Arts Commission Fall 2015 Arts Program Grant Cantastoria Workshop with Bread and Puppet Theater In 1968, Bread and Puppet presented Fire, an understated yet hard hitting indoor piece about the Vietnam war, to critical acclaim at the Nancy Theater festival in France. This launched the theater into international prominence and helped secure over a decade of seasonal touring in Europe and beyond. During this period, Bread & Puppet was often associated with the New American Theater— a loose-knit avant-garde movement that included companies as diverse as the Living Theater, The San Francisco Mime Troupe, Robert Wilson and others. Schumann had come to the States informed in part by the European avant-garde, and in New York was exposed to the Dada influenced work of Cage and Cunningham; the early happenings of Oldenburg, Kaprow, Grooms, et al; Fluxus; and the Judson Dance theater. But unlike many of his contemporaries, Schumann's experimental sensibility was combined with much older forms and traditions: medieval passion plays, the bible, fairy tales and other folkloric traditions of story telling. Bread and Puppet was also set apart by its economic independence. Guided by a philosophy of living and working within the means available, the Bread and Puppet aesthetic was inextricable from the papermache, burlap, twine, and staples, that made up and literally held the puppets and the shows together. In 1970 Bread and Puppet moved to Vermont, first to a residency at Goddard College, then in 1975 to an old dairy farm in Glover, in the Northeast Kingdom. In Vermont, the annual Our Domestic Resurrection Circus was created, using the pastoral landscape to stage large scale outdoor productions. As the Theater faded from the contemporary theater spotlight, the two- day festival grew to become Bread and Puppet's central activity, produced by over one hundred volunteers and drawing audiences in the tens of thousands. Seasonal touring became even more diversified, and included more local, regional and third world venues; Bread and Puppet workshops—where shows and circuses were put together using local volunteers — became a more common mode of production and performance; and the Bread and Puppet Press grew to become a staple of the theater's income. Peter decided to end Circus in 1998, after the tragic death of an audience member in one of the teeming campgrounds that had evolved adjacent to the Theater. The Circus was succeeded by a summer program with weekly, smaller scaled performances. In this new format, the Theater continues its prolific output of new shows, addressing the issues of the day— like militarism, capitalism, and ecology— as well as re-staging classic Bread and Puppet shows from the 1960's and 1970's. Now on the eve of the Theater's 50`h anniversary, it is time to take stock of what has been accomplished, and what lies ahead. Over the years, Bread and Puppet has grown into a vast DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 Orange County Arts Commission Fall 2015 Arts Program Grant Cantastoria Workshop with Bread and Puppet Theater community, adding new layers every summer as new apprentices learn the ropes from returning apprentices and past puppeteers with years and even decades of experience under their belts. An extensive local community participates and lends resources for the summer shows, parades, and the maintenance of the buildings and grounds. Children grow up in the theater and now even some of those children's children are taking part. It is this network of support and volunteerism, as well as the attraction and commitment to an art form that is homemade, and which reflects on and addresses the concerns of the world and celebrates its beauty, that has made the Theater possible and what it is. As the theater continues to operate within its means on a shoestring budget, the summer program has evolved into a highly organized operation, including larger than ever intern and volunteer participation, and plays to enthusiastic and growing audiences. One of the most enduring legacies of Bread and Puppet is its autonomy, receiving no direct government or corporate funding, but instead relying on its own practice of frugality and a huge amount of volunteerism, along with the merged incomes of performance fees, Press sales and donations to pay its own way. This model is in itself an art form, not only of puppetry and theater making, but also a lived philosophy of art and activism. Bread and Puppet's impact on the greater world of experimental theater is acknowledged by scholars, and evidenced by the hundreds of unique theater companies now in existence that cite Bread and Puppet as an influence, in countries from Nicaragua to Italy, Korea to France, Peru to Poland, and of course the U.S. It is difficult to conceptualize what this past fifty years of work represents: how many thousands of hours of paper-mache, sewing and painting; hundreds of thousands of hours of puppet rehearsal and performance; the countless band rehearsals, meetings, training sessions for volunteers; millions of miles traveled by the many many Bread and Puppet company members across these fifty years. This is a landmark we celebrate with astonishment and humility. From Bread and Puppet Theater's website http://breadandpuppet.org DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 ArtSCenter /1V VIgg1 YgJ1� ��C Profit & Loss July 2014 through June 2015 Jul'14-Jun 15 Ordinary Income/Expense Income Corporate Support Corporate Donations 4,312.17 Total Corporate Support 4,312.17 Foundation Grants Foundation Donations 3,000.00 Foundation Grants 266,648.00 Total Foundation Grants 269,648.00 Government Grants NCAC Grants 47,028.00 OCAC Grants 10,500.00 Orange Co.Grant Payment 24,250.00 Town of Carrboro Grant 20,000.00 Town of Chapel Hill grant 10,000.00 Total Government Grants 111,778.00 Individual Contributions Total Individual Contributions 101,876.19 Interest Revenue Interest Revenue 4.05 Total Interest Revenue 4.05 Total Other Revenue 10,790.51 Total Gallery Revenue 11,064.63 Total Performance Revenue 283,889.38 Total Program Revenue 588,180.25 Total Rental Revenue 66,115.60 Total Special Events 22,883.00 Refreshment Sales Refreshment Sales-Misc 48,693.87 Total Refreshment Sales 48,693.87 Total Income 1,519,235.65 Total Bar Supplies 19,437.68 Gallery Reception Fees 797.13 Gallery Pieces Sold 6,972.83 Total Gallery 7,769.96 Total COGS 27,207.64 Gross Profit 1,492,028.01 Page 1 of 2 DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 ArtSCenter ,. ...� Profit & Loss July 2014 through June 2015 Jul '14-Jun 15 Expense Total Bank Charges&Fees 29,344.50 Total Board Expenses 2,108.86 Total Conferences&Dues 11,387.32 Depreciation Expense 34,800.00 Total Depreciation Expense 34,800.00 Employee Benefits Health Insurance 37,310.41 Total Employee Benefits 37,310.41 Total Equipment Rental &Maintenance 10,123.33 Fines, Penalties,Judgements 1,500.00 Total Insurance 10,772.67 Interest Expense Line of Credit 6,333.15 Carrboro Loan 1,276.42 Mortgage Interest 57,411.29 Total Interest Expense 65,020.86 Total Marketing 49,419.16 Total Occupancy Expenses 81,845.24 Total Other Expenses 4,074.17 Total Performance Expenses 277,323.05 Total Program Expenses 280,614.01 Total Postage& Delivery 3,414.70 Total Printing&Publications 28,011.25 Total Professional Fees 70,962.82 Salaries&Related Expenses Bartender Pay 2,698.00 Cleaning Staff 13,500.00 House Managers 24,662.72 Payroll Processing Fees 3,159.79 Seasonal Labor 22,182.63 Social Security&Medicare 31,187.51 Staff Assistants 22,213.64 Staff Salaries 339,190.03 Total Salaries&Related Expenses 458,794.32 Total Supplies 12,214.09 Total Taxes 9,165.19 Telecommunications Website 549.00 Total Telecommunications 549.00 Total Expense 1,478,754.95 Net Ordinary Income 13,273.06 Net Income 13,273.06 Page 2 of 2 DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 TheArtsCenter Budget 2015/2016 FY16 Budget Contributed Unearned Income Foundation Grants $ 232,027 Corporate Sponsorship $ 8,100 Government Grants $ 93,721 Individual Gifts $ 104,354 Board Giving/Capital Improvement $ 49,000 Special Events $ 40,000 Total Unearned Income $ 527,202 Earned Income Performance $ 247,176 Program $ 681,220 Gallery $ 10,090 Rental $ 60,000 Refreshments $ 46,405 Total Earned Income $ 1,044,891 In Kind $ 18,000 Miscellaneous Total Revenue $ 1,590,093 EXPENSE Indirect Overhead Expenses Labor Salaries/W2 Employees $ 526,940 Professional Fees $ 24,207 Professional Development Staff $ 10,150 Board Development $ 2,500 Insurance,Taxes, Fees Payroll Taxes $ 40,311 Payroll Fees $ 3,200 Health & Dental Benefits $ 53,097 Retirement Benefits $ 3,884 Unemployment $ 1,000 Liability, BOD, Worker's Comp Insurance $ 16,575 General &Administrative COGS/Refreshments $ 25,000 Inkind $ 18,000 Bank Charges & Fees $ 28,725 Board meeting expenses $ 600 DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 Conferences & membership dues $ 10,101 Postage &delivery, office supplies $ 10,550 Equipment Rental & Maintenance $ 16,508 Interest Expense (mortgage, Line of Credit,Carrboro loan) $ 42,118 Marketing $ 66,008 Development $ 10,130 Occupancy(cleaning,term inator,CAM„ repairs, maintenance) $ 61,479 Utilities (electricity,water,gas, internet, phone) $ 39,459 Supplies(Maintenance) $ 8,117 Other Taxes/Permits $ 5,075 Subtotal $ 1,023,734 Direct/Program Expenses Education Instructor Fees $ 254,372 Supplies (program &food) $ 27,324 Rent $ 5,760 Transportation $ 27,000 Workshop $ 1,350 Gallery $ 600 Performance Performance Fees $ 179,653 Food & Hospitality $ 4,005 Hotel $ 6,540 Tech Fees $ 9,120 Production Supplies $ 2,500 Royalites $ 5,600 Travel $ 950 Equip Backline Services $ 1,085 Subtotal $ 525,859 Capital Improvement $ 38,000 Total Expenses $ 1,587,593 Net Contribution $ 2,500 Depreciation $ 34,800 DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 2015-2016 Arts Program Grant— Fall Orange County Arts Commission 2016-2017 Organizational Budget The ArtsCenter's 2016-2017 organizational budget has not been approved at this point. 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DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 Orange County Arts Commission Fall 2015 Arts Program Grant I 1 Cantastoria Workshop with Bread and Puppet Theater Arts Program Grant— Fall 2015 Orange County Arts Commission Artist Contact List Bread and Puppet Theater 753 Heights Rd Glover, VT 05839 802-525-3031 For questions about the following: Booking Call Linda Elbow (802) 525-1271 or email breadpuppetlinda @gmail.com Bread & Puppet Museum Call Elka Schumann at (802) 525-6972 Bread and Puppet Press Call Elka Schumann at (802)525-6972 or email Lila at breadandpuppetpress@gmail.com Apprenticeship puppetsecretary@gmail.com DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 Orange County Arts Commission Fall 2015 Arts Program Grant I 1 Cantastoria Workshop with Bread and Puppet Theater Arts Program Grant— Fall 2015 Orange County Arts Commission The ArtsCenter Staff Ashley Clay Youth Education Department Assistant Heather Gerni Gallery Coordinator Adam Graetz Marketing Director Jack Hartley ArtSchool Assistant Jesse Hollars AfterSchool & Camps Coordinator Phaedra Kelly ArtSchool Director Jillian Lea School & Family Performances Coordinator Daniel Mayer Executive Director Brad Porter Managing Director Jeri Lynn Schulke Director of ArtsCenter Stage Matt Stevenson Box Office Manager Julie Tomkovick Development Director Laurie Weller Director of Financial Services O 0 c U) (0 0 M 0 As of November 1,2015 THE ARTSCENTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS* m 0 NAME/Date joined-Term'Exp Address Bus.Phone# Home Phone# Business e-mail address O FIORENTINO,MARIANA 605 West Main Street#101 919-929-2005 Terra Nova Global Properties m aria na terranova lobal.com OD 4/23/2013-April 2016 Carrboro,NC 27510 Realtor o O KREBILL,DAN 107 Silo Dr. 919-967-5347 Retired Military noisland nc.rr.com m J 7/1/2013-Jul 2016 Chapel Hill,NC 27514 C:919-593-3016 Retired Military Planner 41 J W MEZZATESTA,DR MICHAEL P 1908 S Lakeshore Dr 919-259-2536 919-379-9582 ARS MVNDI mmezz duke.edu 11/25/2013-November 2016 Chapel Hill,NC 27514 Art Curator O MILLER,JAY PO Box 3618 C:919-616-2190 Shared Visions Foundation iavm iller2190 CLDq mail.com 4/23/2013-April 2016 Chapel Hill,NC 27515 H:919-304-9970 Foundation Founder,Sm.Bus,Owner rn T co MINTON,BETH 306 Burla a Circle 1 1919-969-8939 Beth Minton&Associates beth bethminton.com 7/1/2015-June 2017 Chapel Hill,NC 27514 Business Coach and Trainer,Sm.Bus.Owner W cn 0 NEWTON,REBECCA Secrets 101 Nodding Oak 919-599-0218 Mind Candy-Youth Mobile Games&Apps rebecca rebeccanewton.com 0 0 8/22/2014-August 2017 Chapel Hill,NC 27516-8981 Online Communications Officer,Musician 0 rn OD 0 PARKER,MICHAEL Treasurer 601 W.Rosema St,A t.311 919-883-2063 919-240-5406 BioAsset Advisors michael. arker bioassetadvisors.com 1/1/2015-December 2017 Cha el Hill,NC 27516 Bio harma com an ,Mana in Partner RAMSEY,BEVEN 205 Carol Street H;919-928-9001 Carrboro Modern Dance twilol2@hotrnail.com 1/1/2012-Janus 2015 Carrboro,NC 27510 C:919-922-3110 Blu Icon Salon Choreo ra her,Sm.Bus.Owner ROSE,DON Chair 108 Windhover PI 919-949-5521 H;919-967-3040 UNC-CH KickStart Pro ram don.rose email.com 4/1/2011-March 2015 Cha el Hill,NC 27514-5151 UNC-CH,Director of KickStart Pr m BioTech SMITH,WENDY 340 Rose Walk Lane 919-942-5554 919-414-6902 Cameron's wend camerons- alle .com 1011/14-Sept 2017 Carrboro,NC 27510 Sm.Bus.Owner SZOSTAK,PHILIP 1310 1/2 W Franklin St 919-929-5244 H;919-967-2894 JSzotakDesigns 1pszostakeSzostakDesign.com 3/1/2010-March 2016 Cha el Hill,NC 27516 C:919-302-0034 Sm.Bus.Owner 'Board members are elected for 3 year terms and may serve up to 2 consecutive terms DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 t PY 9T CL S OF AMEN MENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE ART SCHOOL A NON-PROFIT CORPORATION The undersigned non-profit corporation, for the purpose amending its Articles of Incorporation and pursuant to the provisions Of Section 5SA--36 of North Carolina Non--Prof.i.t,..,;_ Corporation Act, hereby sets forth: Name of the corporation, THE ART SCHOOL At at regulary convened meeting of the hoard or: the corporation h 87eCtOeld on the 15th day�of January, A.D. 19 •,• tn'S-;�} follor•ring amendment to the articles of incorporation. was adopted: RE IT RESOLVED that the name of the non-•profit corporation be and the same is hereby changed to THE ARTS CENTER. 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B-73) DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 Orange County Arts Commission Fall 2015 Arts Program Grant ( 1 Cantastoria Workshop with Bread and Puppet Theater Arts Program Grant— Fall 2015 Orange County Arts Commission Sample programs, press or other materials from this or similar past programs Preview of Bread & Puppet Theater's The Decapitalizotion Circus, February 2011: "Bread & Puppet Theater's The Decapitalization Circus" by Byron Woods: Indy Week. Preview of Bread & Puppet Theater's The Circus of Possibilitarians, March 2013: "Bread & Puppet Theater Presents The Circus of Possibilitarians at The ArtsCenter on March I!": Triangle Arts and Entertainment. Review of Bread & Puppet Theater's The Circus of Possibilitarians, March 2013: "Still Blissfully Resisting: Bread and Puppet Theater's The Circus of Possibilitarians at the Carrboro ArtsCenter" by Kate Dobbs Ariail: CVNC.org. DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 vitalization Circus I The ArtsCenter I Opening I Indy Week I This is a past event. fin t { f f i 4 1 / f r rld• ,y..�y� .I� f r y l I jj` t �,T OM- 1AR PENDIN r, P r Photo by Greg Cook Bread & Puppet Theater's The Decapitalization Circus Bread & Puppet Theater's The Decapitalization Circus When: Sun., Feb. 27, 7 p.m. 2011 Price: $10-14 A not-that-somber chorus called the Consumer Celebration Society fervently intones "Goldman Sachs has duped us all—so let's go shopping at the mail," from their fuga vulgaris, "Please Raise the Stocks That Fall So Low." A Guernsey cow philosophizes on the benefits of ignorance before genetically modified plant life menaces the audience, while "Thriller" plays in the background. In the midst of it, the death of small-scale agriculture is mourned, as a variation on the journey hit, http://www.indyweek.com/indy,week/bread-and-puppet-theaters-the-decapitalization-circus/Event?mode=print&oid=2084203 1/2 DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 vitalization Circus I The ArtsCenter I Opening I Indy Week "Don't Stop Believin'." Just when it's needed, this legendary troupe from Glover, Vt.—which turns 50 next year—returns to the region for a one-night stand. This time out, founder Peter Schumann and his band of puppeteers, circus artists and comedians have surveyed the economic mayhem of the past two years. Their verdict? Heads must roll. And they do, in a series of brilliant, satirical, "death-defying" sketches, songs and stunts depicting corporate greed, environmental opportunism and political cluelessness—and, somehow, getting us to laugh at it—before raising thoughtful alternatives. —Byron Woods Correction (Feb. 25, 2011): In the print feature 8 Days A Week, this event was listed on the wrong day. The ArtsCenter 300-G E Main St, Carrboro Orange County x' 919-929-2787 www.artscenterlive.org (based on 5 user reviews) Tags: Opening, Our Picks, Recommended http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/bread-and-puppet-theaters-the-decapitalization-circus/Event?mode=print&oid=2084203 2/2 DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735 4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 ___ibilitarians at The ArtsCenter on March 1st!I Triangle Arts and Entertainment « Back to Events Bread & Puppet Theater Presents The Circus of the Possibilitarians at The ArtsCenter on March 1st! MM r s r v� Y r Bread & Puppet Theater The ArtsCenter presents Bread & Puppet Theater's The Circus of the Possibilitarians on March 1st at 8pm. Tickets in advance are $12, $10 for students and seniors and Friends of The ArtsCenter. Day of ticket prices are $14 and $12 for students and seniors. The ArtsCenter is located at 300-G East Main Street Carrboro, NC 27510. For tickets visit www.artscenterlive.org or call 919-929-2787. Soon-to-be celebrating its 50th anniversary, the award-winning Bread & Puppet Theater, from Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, presents their The Circus of the Possibilitarians, a satirical horse and butterfly circus, addressing pertinent national and international issues in a clownish fashion. It features rotten ideas, a wild dancing horse, a saxophone ballet, a solemn salute to the world's casualties and much more! Not to mention The Dire Circumstance Jubilation Ensemble providing a little bit of brass and a lot of noise. Please take note that if some of the circus acts are politically puzzling to adults, accompanying children can usually explain them. The audience is welcome to examine all the masks and puppets after the performance, and Cheap Art will be for sale. Examples of Bread & Puppet's work can be found at www.breadandpuppet.org. Bread & Puppet Theater is one of the oldest and most unique nonprofit, self-supporting theatrical companies in the United States. The theater champions a visually rich slapstick style of street- theater that is filled puppets, some of them pretty big, made of paper mache and cardboard, combined with masked characters, improvisational dance, movement, political commentary,and a http://triangleartsandentertainment.org/event/bread-puppet-theater-presents-the-circus-of-the-possibiIitarians-at-the-artscenter-on-march-1st/ 1/3 DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 ibilitarians at The ArtsCenter on March 1st!I Triangle Arts and Entertainment lively brass band for accompaniment. The company's performances are described by The New York Times as "a spectacle for the heart and soul." Bread & Puppet was founded by Peter Schumann, German born artist-dancer, in 1963, and for the next decade his giant puppets figured prominently in anti-Vietnam-War demonstrations in New York City, Washington DC and other cities in the US and abroad. Indoor performances were both simpler and more complex, ranging from quiet, intense masked shows ("Fire", "Man Says Good-Bye") with 4-6 players, to huge, lengthy spectacles ("Cry of the People"). In 1970, an invitation from Vermont's Goddard College to be theater-in-residence facilitated a longed-for change to country life. "Our Domestic Resurrection Circus," an outdoor festival of music, art, puppetry and pageantry, began then, and ran almost every summer, growing to crowds of tens of thousands, until 1998. Since then, a smaller (but with giant puppets intact), more dispersed version continues on Sundays in July and August; the company continues touring and workshopping in the rest of the year in New England and around the globe; and Schumann continues as director and artist— and breadbaker—with a vengeance! For more information, please visit www.breadandpuppet.org. Programs at The ArtsCenter are supported in part by Brooks Pierce, Chapel Hill Restaurant Group, Giorgios Hospitality Group, The North Carolina Arts Council, The Orange County Arts Commission, and Tony Hall and Associates. MT__ 77! waw CARD co y Hospitality Group www.nearts.org reslau rants TO i I i " A-I 1--7 _. . ..-_�5 - DR�iXOE DQU4TY ANT$ A1 J S 0 G I A T E euxeiasinu B R PIERCE POUNDED 189? The ArtsCenter is a non-profit teaching and presenting organization founded in 1974. The largest employer of artists in Orange County, NC, it serves nearly 60,000 people annually, through classes, studios, concerts, theatre, spoken word, gallery displays, more than 80 school shows, and more. The ArtsCenter exerts a local economic impact of almost$2,900,000 which generates the equivalent of 78 full time jobs and$231,000 in state and local tax revenue. Summary http://triangleartsandentertainment.org/eventtbread-puppet-theater-presents-the-circus-of-the-possibiIitarians-at-the-artscenter-on-march-1st/ 213 DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 ibilitarians at TheArtsCenter on March 1st!I Triangle Arts and Entertainment Start: March 1,2013 Venue: The ArtsCenter Cost: $10.00-$12.00-$14.00 Phone: 9199292787 Category: Theatre Event Address: 300-G East Main Street, Carrboro,NC, United States,27510 Organizer: The ArtsCenter Phone: 9199292787 L Poplar Ave - uti u.4„ L r � Z �r 300 G E Main Sty ` 300 G E Main St,Carrboro, NC 27510 Directions Save 3 View larger map Marria Dip's Yt CL 't Weaver Street Market rn ,61 Bosrtyiary St Hampton Inn&Suites rya Chapel Frill/Carrboro `!J i,A ftl `yt Cat's Cradle 300 G E in St ��\W LP U6t St ��bas7 0 tilers tr, d yyl Carr St tp IP_ t Map Report a map error View Larger Map Leave a Response Previous Event Next Event http://triangl eartsandentertai nm ent.org/event/bread-puppet-theater-presents-the-ci rcus-of-the-possi bi I i tarians-at-the-artscenter-on-m arch-1st/ 3/3 DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 - 9sisting:Bread and Puppet Theater's The Circus of the Possibilitarians at the Carrbor... 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PL'Pl'F°I"i'Hl�,.a'TR E:RIbVll?\\ Still Blissfully Resisting: Bread and Puppet Theater's The Circus of the Possibilitarians at the Carrboro ArtsCenter By Kate Dobbs Ariail ULN`T' Ii`FORMATION March 1,2013-Carrboro, NC: Carrboro--(Fri., Mar. 1, 2013) ArtsCenter: The Circus of the "Bread and Puppet Theater is based on bread baking and the not-for-sale distribution of bread at moments created by Possibilitarians art,and these moments are created in opposition to capitalist culture and habit.Therefore the puppet show is not only a Performed by Bread&Puppet puppet show, but an eating-bread-together event,"writes Peter Schumann,founder of the fiercely independent,anti- Theater materialistic troupe, now marking its 50th year of cheap art and political theater. Bread and Puppet is the progenitor of Day of Show:Adults:$14, groups like Paperhand Puppet Intervention,well-known in the Triangle area for their grand-scale puppets and their Students/Seniors/Friends of social messages. ArtsCenter$12;In Advance:Adults: $12,Students/Seniors/Friends of This completely admirable,scruffy,and sweet company of players, based out of the company's Vermont farm, rolled into ArtsCenter$10--ArtsCenter, Carrboro in their flower-painted bus,to appear at the ArtsCenter—also scruffy and sweet—March 1 with their show (919)929-2787,ext.201, Circus of the Possibilitarians. Being the good guys,they all wear white; being few in number,they all play,sing,and do htta://www.artscenterlive.org/-- physical stunts.There were no really big puppets,as in their outdoor pageants and street plays, but there were some 8:00 PM clever smaller ones in several of the brief skits that made up the 50-minute performance.There were also songs, music, banner waving,and some pretty swell stilt dancing. It was,as it was supposed to be,low art,with nothing slick or overly-refined about it. Its beauty lies in its heartfelt simplicity, a state of being maintained for five decades by dogged fidelity to founding principles and the continual intake of fresh youth. For, as you may imagine,these touring troupers,who could declare their radical positions with fresh and smiling faces(no irony,no cynicism),were not the same avant-garde artists who were part of the downtown New York Living Theater and anti-war movements of the 1960s. I'm not sure any of the six was even as much as 25. It was extremely heartening. It was not,however,particularly edifying, politically;probably the skits would have more gusto for younger viewers.They hit all the expected notes:war, in general and in particular; Big O!l;student loans;the equality of all living things.The opening skit on that topic was one of the most intriguing,as it explained how a man was like a carrot.The pieces that made gentle fun,or simply entertained,were generally more satisfying. One multi-talented company member,a robust young woman with a glowing face,appeared in a blonde wig as Hillary Clinton. She blew a few riffs on her saxophone,grinned,and said,"I play better than my husband,"before prancing off to the next thing.She also did a graceful dance while waving two large banners on long poles that was pretty much the antithesis of Hillary; in another piece she played a toy piano. The skit that gave the show its name was most appreciated by the youngest people in the room.Holding tattered cardboard signs,two yes and two no,four players engage in a prolonged shouting match of their opposing positions.Suddenly,a puppet head pops out, high in the backdrop."It's God!"the shouters say. God wags his head and says,"Maybe."All the little children crowed with delight and the actors capered about, repeating the epiphanous word and clapping each other on the back.Too bad Bread and Puppet can't take this to the aisles of Congress. They carried us out with spirited renditions(drums,sax,tuba,flute)of"When the Saints Go Marching In"and"Down by the Riverside."No matter what your religion or lack thereof,who doesn't want to be on the side of right?Lay down your sword and shield.Study war no more. Then all processed to the lobby,to admire cheap art(mostly brightly-colored woodcut prints and banners with hopeful words)and take fresh bread from the hands of the artists who baked it.This is, if anything,even more radical than it was 50 years ago. http://cvnc.org/articleprint.cfm?articleid=6072 1/2 DocuSign Envelope ID: D830FDE7-7735-4C4D-946F-99B358D08638 Orange County Arts Commission Fall 2015 Arts Program Grant I 1 Cantastoria Workshop with Bread and Puppet Theater Arts Program Grant— Fall 2015 Orange County Arts Commission Sample Work by Artist Bread and Puppet Theater Photo 1) Photo courtesy of Mark Dannenhauer: Bread and Puppet Theater's 2012 pageant at its Vermont property Photo 2) Photo courtesy Liz Witham, The Martha's Vineyard Times: "Radical puppetry returns: Bread and Puppet Theater tours the Island": The Public Access Center for the Obvious Presents: The Situation May 2015 Photo 3) Photo courtesy of South End Patch: "Bread and Puppet Theater returns to the Cyclorama -- in late January 2015": The Nothing Is Not Ready Circus January 2015 Photo 4) Photo courtesy of Mark Dannenhauer: Total This and That Circus 2013 Photo 5) Photo courtesy of Massimo Schuster: Piero Della Francesco's Legend of the True Cross 2013 Photo 6) Photo courtesy of Mark Dannenhauer: Total This and That Circus 2013 Photo 7) Photo courtesy of allevents.in: Bread and Puppet Presents: The Public Access Center for the Obvious Presents: The Situation May 2015 Photo 8) Photo courtesy of ARTSED4ALL: Bread and Puppet Theater: A Cantastoria Workshop at the Curran October 2015 Photo 9) Photo courtesy of Greg Haymes, nippertown.com: LIVE: Bread & Puppet Theater @ Time + Space Limited, March 2012