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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 10-03-2006-7aORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 3, 2006 Action Agenda Item No. ~~_ 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, 245-2335 "Specific Attendee List to Follow" PURPOSE: To present checks to local artists and arts organizations receiving Spring, 2006 Orange County Arts Grants. BACKGROUND: The Orange County Arts Commission grants funds to local artists and arts organizations in the spring from funds received from state government through the Grassroots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council. Funds are distributed for arts programming in all arts disciplines. Each grant recipient must match the grant amount with local dollars in order to receive funding. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact on Orange County, as this action represents a pass-through of state funds.. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Interim. Manager recommends that the Board acknowledge the local recipients of the awards during the October 3, 2006 meeting with the presentation of checks by the Board Chair. SPRING, 2006 ARTS GRANT RECIPIENTS -Orange County Arts Commission 2 A.L. Stanback Middle School ArtsCenter Arts Advocates, Inc. Cameron Park Elementary School Carrboro Elementary School Carrboro, Town of/Carrboro Arts Committee Carrboro, Town of/Carrboro Music Festival Chapel Hill Community Chorus Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission Deep Dish Theater Friends of the Carrboro Branch Library Grady A. Brown Elementary School Hidden Voices Barbara Higgins Hillsborough Elementary School Glenwood Elementary School Cornelia Kip Lee NC Arts in Action NC Writers' Network Orange County Artists Guild Orange County Historical Museum PlayMakers Repertory Company Adam Sobsey Jill Snyder Susan Wells