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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda 10-15-19 Item 4-b - Orange County Arts Commission 2019-20 Grant Recipients 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 15, 2019 Action Agenda Item No. 4-b SUBJECT: Orange County Arts Commission 2019-20 Grant Recipients DEPARTMENT: Orange County Arts Commission ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 2019-20 Grant Awards Spreadsheet Katie Murray, 919-245-2335 Grant Recipients and Representatives "Updated Attendee List to Follow" PURPOSE: To present grant checks to local artists and arts organizations receiving 2019-20 Orange County Arts Grants. BACKGROUND: The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) awards grants to local artists, schools and nonprofit organizations from funds received from the state and Orange County government for this purpose. These funds are distributed for arts projects and programs in all arts disciplines. Comparisons between this year's cycle and past years are noted in the chart below. TOTALS FY17-18 FY18-19 FY19-20 NC Arts Council Funding $36,913 $40,594 $36,703 Orange County Funding $28,800 $28,800 $28,800 TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDING $65,713 $69,394 $65,503 Total dollar amount requests $162,334 $163,859 $187,560 Total grants awarded 33, or 60%of requests 38, or 57%of requests 43, or 53%of requests Total applications received 55 67 80 Total first-time applicants 18, or 38%of applicants 29, or 47%of applicants 30, or 38%of applicants First-time applicants awarded 8, or 17%of awards 12, or 32%of awards 10, or 23%of awards The OCAC grant review and awards process is as follows: 1. The grant application process is open for two full months. During these two months, three training sessions are hosted throughout the County and the OCAC Director is available for one-on-one meetings. An "early review" deadline is offered one week ahead of the due date, allowing applicants to have staff review applications and receive feedback. 2. After the due date, the OCAC Director conducts an initial compliance review. Applications are checked for insufficient/missing financial documents, missing work 2 samples, and completion of the correct type of application (for example, organizations must submit a Grassroots Arts Program Grant and cannot submit Artist Project Grant applications). Applications found noncompliant are considered disqualified. 3. Qualified applications are forwarded to members of each review panel for initial review and scoring: a. Visual Arts: Composed of OCAC Board Members with visual arts expertise, as well as one visual arts professional from the community. b. Performing Arts: Composed of OCAC Board Members with performing arts expertise, as well as one performing arts professional from the community. c. Arts in Education: Composed of OCAC Board Members with public education experience. 4. Non-governmental Grassroots Arts Program (GAP) applicants are also evaluated by a Financial Review Panel that evaluates the organization's submitted financial documents to determine financial solvency and stability. Factors considered include the ratio of administrative or fundraising expense in overall budget, as well as a deficit or surplus without explanation and/or stated plan. 5. Each panel meets in person to evaluate assigned applications. Feedback, first strengths and then challenges, is offered by panelists and recorded by the Director. After discussion, each panelist submits a score through the online platform for each of the categories below. After all scores are submitted, the director records the final average score per applicant. 6. The scoring rubric for each grant program is as follows: GRASSROOTS ARTS PROGRAM GRANTS Artistic Merit— 35% Community Impact — 30% Program Management— 15% Financial Review— 10% NC Arts Council Priority of Funding — 10% ARTIST PROJECT GRANTS Artistic Merit— 50% Community Impact— 25% Program Management— 25% ARTS IN EDUCATION GRANTS Artistic Merit— 40% Integration in curriculum and/or enrichment— 40% Need (Free and Reduced Lunch Percentage) — 20% 7. Funding decisions are made at the next Advisory Board meeting. This year, funds were divided based on the percentage of applicants from each category. Artists represented 41% of applications, organizations 34%, and schools 25%. Therefore, the total of available funding ($62,058) was divided within those framework percentages. 8. Within each of the three categories, applicants are funded based on their score, e.g., an application with a score of 73 would receive 73% of their request. If excess funds were available in a category after dispersing funds based on score, they were divided among all recipients in that category. 9. All applicants are notified of the panel's decisions. All GAP applicants received panel feedback. Artist Project Grant applicants can receive feedback upon request. FINANCIAL IMPACT: A total of $62,058 was awarded to sixteen artists, fifteen nonprofit organizations, and twelve schools during the 2019-20 grants cycle. Available funding equaling 3 $36,703 was provided by the North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Arts Program. Orange County provided $28,800. The remaining $3,445 of grant funding was used for the OCAC Arts in Education partnership program with The ArtsCenter. SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to this item: • GOAL: FOSTER A COMMUNITY CULTURE THAT REJECTS OPPRESSION AND INEQUITY The fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race or color; religious or philosophical beliefs; sex; gender or sexual orientation; national origin or ethnic background; age; military service; disability; and familial, residential or economic status. The impact for traditionally under-served populations and geographic location is a part of the grant evaluation criteria across all of the Commission's grant categories. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is no Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal impact associated with this item. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board acknowledge the local recipients of these awards during the October 15, 2019 meeting with the presentation of grant checks. 4 2019-20 Orange County Arts Commission Arts Grant Applicants Highlighted rows represent non funded applicants Applicant Grant Title Request Grant(NC) Grant(OC) 6k Badass Beautiful. Chemo Coloring Card i Ackland Art Museum at the University of North C I Two ART&public artist programs by artist collective Intei $3,240.00 $1,601.03 Bailey,Sean T. Preparation for Photographic Exhibition//"Belonging" $2,366.00 1$1,562.62 Barr,Amanda and George Jenne My Room $2,700.00 $1,824.53 Bowater, Ian and Paul Deblinger Paul and Ian's One Man Show-Off Nights and New VenL $1,500.00 Britton,Maria Artist Residency at Hambidge $2,200.00 $1,449.25 Brodeur,Sally Staged reading(s)for potential development of original 3 $2,500.00 Burwell School Historic Site (Fiscal agent for Elain Behind the Scenes:A Film $3,000.00 Carrboro Elementary School Carrboro Elementary 2019/2020 Cultural Arts Programm $2,000.00 $1,635.17 Cedar Ridge High School(Orange County Schools) Hip Hop and Jazz Ensemble Performance at Cultural Expli $1,500.00 $1,458.27 Cedar Ridge High School Darkroom Project Cedar Ridge High School Darkroom Project $2,500.00 $1,914.41 Chapel Hill Philharmonia Chapel Hill Philharmonia Annual Children's Concert $1,460.00 $606.32 Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation For Kids By Kids/Mariposas book project $5,000.00 $1,990.50 Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation Chapel Hill High School Hip-Hop Team $2,000.00 $949.58 Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation Scroggs Community Mural Project $1,000.00 $999.66 Chelsea Theater Operating Support for the Chelsea Theater $3,000.00 $1,557.76 CW Stanford Drama Club CWS Drama Club Director funding $1,650.00 $1,555.26 East Chapel Hill High Parent Teacher Student Assc Salsa Dance Unit $1,050.00 East Chapel Hill High School Visual Arts Artist In Residence: Delores Hayes and Raku Firing at Lib $989.25 $989.25 Ephesus Road Elementary School PTA Cultural Performances at Ephesus Elementary $1,750.00 $1,417.30 Estes Hills PTA Estes Hills Elementary Cultural Enrichment Program 201 $900.00 $900.00 FRANKLIN STREET ARTS COLLECTIVE dba FRANK G FRANK Community Outreach Gallery Support $5,000.00 Grey Culbreth Middle School Cultural Arts Performances at Culbreth Middle School $1,250.00 Guy B Phillips Middle School PTSA Cultural Enrichment Performances at Phillips Middle Sch $1,900.00 $1,594.00 Haggerty,Meredith The Collage Stop $900.00 $568.40 Hemphill,Ellen a The Reckoning $3,000.00 Hillsborough Arts Council Hillsborough's Last Friday Art Walk $1,500.00 $733.78 Hillsborough Arts Council Teaching Artists and Performers for the 2019 Solstice La $1,500.00 $749.24 Hillsborough Arts Council Salary Support for Hillsborough Arts Council $8,000.00 $3,912.95 Hillsborough Arts Council/Free Spirit Freedom Annual Roots Music Festival [formerly Gospel] $2,000.00 Hoelzer,Martha What Lies Beneath Concussion $4,565.00 Institute of Art Therapy,Inc.(DBA:Art Therapy In Creation of a Professional Impact Report Direct Mailer $3,000.00 Jones,Cynthia D Interactive performance and workshop-Connecting Wo $2,000.00 Kidzu Children's Mus Mix it up $3,000.00 Lane,Kim Homegrown Hillsborough:Diverse Local Voices at Burwe $1,800.00 $1,022.04 LEVEL retreat(Marie Rossetti/B1 Warshaw) Visiting Artist:Tod Seelie $2,250.00 $1,650.49 McDougle Elementary School Parent Teacher Ass Cultural Performances at McDougle Elementary School $1,600.00 $1,369.74 McNutt,Salome Sandoval Heroes or Villains?Music from the Golden era $3,000.00 Moore,Andrea Edith Family Secrets:Kith and Kin Recording $3,000.00 $2,249.10 Musical Empowerment Salary Support for Musical Empowerment $3,000.00 $1,640.91 Nadeau, Emma Musical Instruments for Educational Theater $2,100.00 $ ,436.93 New Hope Elementary(Orange County Schools) Support for Artist in Residence Program in Title 1 Schook $8,000.00 $4,866.39 $1,467.53 North Carolina Arts in Action Providing life skills through dance,music and performan $3,500.00 $1,815.68 North Carolina Boys Choir Operating Expenses for NC Boys Choir for FY 2019-2020 $3,000.00 One Song Productions Funding for Performance Expenses for One Song Product$2,000.00 bh Orange County Artists Guild Orange County Artists Guild Advertising Outreach $2,000.00 $710.67 Pemberton-Smith, Bridget Soul Collage for Non-Profit Team Building $2,800.00 Puppet Show Incorporated Fabled Puppet Productions $1,612.61 $725.33 Ramirez,Sol 123 Puppetry Spring 2020 Production $600.00 $401.37 Seawell Elementary School Curious Theatre Collective Residency $1,350.00 Slade, Marcela Funds for material:vintage,silk and cotton to produce n $2,200.00 $1,350.14 Slade,Marcela FUNDS for Coordinator and Curator as an Artist $4,800.00 Smith Middle School PTSA Cultural Enrichment program Smith Middle School $1,000.00 Spitzer,Wendy Musical Performance/Workshop Events at Ronald McDoi $2,165.30 $1,358.29 Stamey,Julia Screening of Student Film in Chapel Hill&Los Angeles $3,000.00 Taft,Annie Suffragette! $2,500.00 $1,491.75 The Village Band of Chapel Hill and Carrboro Salary Support for The Village Band $1,000.00 $350.91 Trangsrud,Kristin Musical Fairy Tale Performance of Luna's Magic Flute Wi $3,000.00 Tyler,Jedd March 2020 show for Senior HUD housing $1,800.00 $1,150.56 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/PlayM 2019-20 PlayMakers Mobile Touring Program $3,000.00 $1,648.47 Voices the Chapel Hill Chorus Salary Support for Rehearsal and Concert Accompanist $3,000.00 $1,276.24 Wagg,Ginger Creating new sections and producing two public Critical F $1,750.00 $1,090.34 Wan,Jan-Ru The silcene Force $1,950.00 $1,337.60 Weinstein, Emily Eve Funds for Hiring a Book Arts Apprentice $1,500.00 $831.30 Women's Voices Chorus Operational Support for Concert $2,000.00 $847.20 $158,213.16 $36,703.00 $25,355.26 NOT ELIGIBLE REASON AMOUNT Chihiro Ito Artist/project not in Orange County $3,000.00 Diamante Arts&Cultural Center Wrong application,should have submitted Grassroots Ar $3,000.00 dN eQ Artist/project not in Orange County $3,000.00 El Centro Hispano Wrong application,should have submitted Grassroots Ar $3,000.00 Glenwood Elementary No work samples;missing budget $2,500.00 Keefe,Elyse(Cane Creek Cloggers) Wrong application,should have submitted Grassroots Ar $970.00 Kim, Ed No work samples;missing budget $1,500.00 Napa,Marcos Missing budget $2,000.00 NC Boys Choir Wrong application,should have submitted Grassroots Ar $1,215.00 Pryor,Gwen Artist/project not in Orange County $500.00 Strange,Casey Wrong application,should have submitted Grassroots Ar $3,000.00 Tatreau,Heather/Meredith Haggerty Missing budget $1,800.00 Mary Scroggs Elementary School Didn't file 2018-19 report by due date. $1,311.59 Public Gallery of Carrboro Non-arts organizations cannot request operating suppor $1,350.00 Hillsborough Elementary No work samples $1,200.00 $29,346.59 6 Orange County Arts Commission 2019-20 Arts Grants Check Presentation BOCC Meeting I October 15, 2019 GRASSROOTS • RECIPIENTS ORGANIZATION PROGRAM NAME OF REPRESENTATIVE Ackland Art Museum at the University of North Two ART&public artist programs by artist collective Allison Portnow(PORT-now) Carolina at Chapel Hill Intergalactic Soul at the Ackland Art Museum in FY20. Lathrop(LAY-thrup) Carrboro Elementary School Carrboro Elementary 2019/2020 Cultural Arts Lynn Weller Programming Cedar Ridge High School(Orange County Schools) Hip Hop and Jazz Ensemble Performance at Cultural Explosion Cedar Ridge High School Darkroom Project Cedar Ridge High School Darkroom Project Andrea DeGette(De-Get) Chapel Hill Philharmonia Chapel Hill Philharmonia Annual Children's Concert Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation For Kids By Kids/Mariposas book project Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation Chapel Hill High School Hip-Hop Team Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation Scroggs Community Mural Project Chelsea Theater Operating Support for the Chelsea Theater CW Stanford Drama Club CWS Drama Club Director funding East Chapel Hill High School Visual Arts Artist In Residence:Delores Hayes and Raku Firing at Melissa Vrooman(Vroman)Olson Liberty Arts Studio Ephesus Road Elementary School PTA Cultural Performances at Ephesus Elementary Estes Hills PTA Estes Hills Elementary Cultural Enrichment Program 2019-20 Guy B Phillips Middle School PTSA Cultural Enrichment Performances at Phillips Middle Kristen Stewart School,2019-2020 Hillsborough Arts Council Hillsborough's Last Friday Art Walk Hillsborough Arts Council Teaching Artists and Performers for the 2019 Solstice Lantern Walk Hillsborough Arts Council Salary Support for Hillsborough Arts Council McDougle Elementary School Parent Teacher Cultural Performances at McDougle Elementary School Daniela Miteva Association(MES PTA) Musical Empowerment Salary Support for Musical Empowerment New Hope Elementary(Orange County Schools) Support for Artist in Residence Program in Title 1 Schools North Carolina Arts in Action Providing life skills through dance,music and Disha Dewan(Thi-sha) performance for underserved students at Rashkis 7 Orange County Artists Guild Orange County Artists Guild Advertising Outreach Puppet Show Incorporated Fabled Puppet Productions The Village Band of Chapel Hill and Carrboro Salary Support for The Village Band University of North Carolina at Chapel 2019-20 PlayMakers Mobile Touring Program Hill/PlayMakers Repertory Company Voices the Chapel Hill Chorus Salary Support for Rehearsal and Concert Accompanist Women's Voices Chorus Operational Support for Concert Kay Johnson/Laura Sam PROJECTARTIST NAME OF ARTIST PROGRAM Bailey,Sean T. Preparation for Photographic Exhibition//"Belonging" Barr,Amanda and George Jenne My Room Britton,Maria Artist Residency at Hambidge Haggerty,Meredith The Collage Stop Lane, Kim Homegrown Hillsborough: Diverse Local Voices at Burwell House LEVEL retreat(Marie Rossetti/BJ Warshaw) Visiting Artist:Tod Seelie Moore,Andrea Edith Family Secrets: Kith and Kin Recording Nadeau,Emma Musical Instruments for Educational Theater Ramirez,Sol 123 Puppetry Spring 2020 Production Slade,Marcela Funds for material:vintage,silk and cotton to produce new sladesign collection Spitzer,Wendy Musical Performance/Workshop Events at Ronald McDonald House and The Nightlight in Chapel Hill Taft,Annie Suffragette! Tyler,Jedd March 2020 show for Senior HUD housing Wagg,Ginger Creating new sections and producing two public Critical Feedback sessions for Wild Actions'performance series"Frivolous Artist" Wan,Jan-Ru The silcene Force Weinstein, Emily Eve Funds for Hiring a Book Arts Apprentice