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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda - 10-18-2022; 4-d - Orange County Arts Commission 2022-23 Annual Grant Recipients 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 18, 2022 Action Agenda Item No. 4-d SUBJECT: Orange County Arts Commission 2022-23 Annual Grant Recipients DEPARTMENT: Orange County Arts Commission ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 2022-23 Grant Awards Spreadsheet Katie Murray, Arts Director, 919-245-2335 PURPOSE: To acknowledge local artists and arts organizations receiving 2022-23 Orange County Arts Grants BACKGROUND: Orange County Annual Grants Cycle The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) administers two primary grant programs each year. The Grassroots Arts Program utilizes state funding to provide support for nonprofit organizations and schools conducting arts programming. The Artist Project Grant utilizes county funding for artist-led community projects. A total of $45,000, typically dispersed to arts agencies through the Outside Agencies Program, was allocated to the OCAC's annual Grassroots Arts Program. The purpose of this was to ensure arts agencies were applying for funding through a program specific to the arts, following the best practices established by the North Carolina Arts Council. Statistics regarding this year's grant cycle are noted in the chart below. TOTAL NC Arts Council Funding $51,007.00 Orange County Funding' $73,800.00 TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDING $124,807.00 Total dollar amount requests $154,525 Total grants awarded 36, or 82% of applications Total applications received 44 Total first-time applicants 13, or 30% of applicants The OCAC grant review and awards process: 1. The grant application process is open for two months. Two virtual training sessions took place and the OCAC director was available for one-on-one meetings. 2 2. After the due date, the OCAC director conducted an initial compliance and eligibility review. Applications found noncompliant or outside of the grant requirements are considered disqualified. 3. Qualified applications are forwarded to members of each review panel for initial review and scoring. This year's grant panels included the following: a. Visual Arts: Composed of OCAC Board Members with visual arts expertise, as well as two visual arts professionals 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. Literary Arts: Composed of OCAC Board Members with literary arts expertise. 4. Non-governmental Grassroots Arts Program (GAP) applicants were also evaluated by a Financial Review Panel who examined 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 met virtually to evaluate assigned applications. Feedback, first strengths and then challenges, was offered by panelists and recorded by OCAC staff. After discussion, each panelist submitted 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 this year's grant program was 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 — 40% Community Impact — 40% Program Management — 20% 7. Funding decisions were made at the August 2022 Arts Commission meeting. For the GAP program, the Commission prioritized organizational requests, high scoring program requests, and schools. For APG, the Commission approved funding applicants with scores above 70 at their full request amount. 8. All applicants were notified of the panel's decisions. All declined GAP applicants received panel feedback; approved GAP and APG applicants could receive feedback upon request. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Orange County Annual Grants Cycle A total of$123,407 was awarded to fifteen artists, fifteen nonprofit organizations, and six schools during the 2022-23 grants cycle. Available funds of $49,607 came from the North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Arts Program. The remaining $73,800 was from Orange County, $45,000 from the Outside Agencies Grant Program and $28,800 from the OCAC Local Arts Grant budget. The remaining $1,400 of grant funding will be used to pay local videographer Aniya Bourne for videography services of featured artist exhibits at the Eno Arts Mill during FY23. SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to this item: 3 • 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. 4 2022-23 Orange County Arts Commission Arts Grant Applicants Highlighted rows represent non funded applicants Applicant Grant Title Request Grant(OCAC) Grant(NC) Abide,Jason Hillsborough Tile Mosaic Project $1,660.00 $1,660.00 Ackland Art Museum Enlivening Ackland F.A.M.(Families at the Museum) $3,000.00 $3,000.00 Attic 506 Annual Rent Support for Attic 506 $5,200.00 $5,000.00 The ArtsCenter Arts in Education Partnership $15,000.00 $15,000.00 Benedict,Alex between thehigh way press June 2022&June 2023 books $1,490.00 Bill Brown,Sabine Gruffat 5th Cosmic Rays Film Festival $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Cantaneo, Emily Redbud Writing Project community-oriented Fiction I cla$2,000.00 $2,000.00 Carrboro Elementary School Carrboro Elementary 2022/2023 Cultural Arts Program $2,025.00 $2,025.00 Chapel Hill Philharmonia Support For Rental Costs Of The Chapel Hill Philharmonit $1,000.00 $1,000.00 Chapel Hill-Carrboro Children's Museum(DI The Colors Inside Us:The Power of Arts Education $3,000.00 Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundati A Celebration of Black Excellence $1,500.00 $1,500.00 Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundati Carrboro Elementary School Presents The Hobbit $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Chelsea Art Theater Inc Operating Support for the Chelsea Theater $8,000.00 $8,000.00 Ephesus Elementary School PTA Cultural Arts at Ephesus Elementary School $2,100.00 $2,100.00 Estes Hills PTA Estes Hills Elementary Cultural Enrichment Program 202 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Franklin Street Arts Collective dba FRANK G Request for operational funding for FRANK 2022/2023 $6,750.00 $5,500.00 Grow Your World Professional Artist Fees and Travel Expenses for the INKc $3,000.00 $3,000.00 Gustafson,Skully;Oliva Gone Slug Space Art Gallery $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Haggerty,Meredith,Erin McCluskey Wheek The Things You Throw Away Can Fly $2,000.00 Hillsborough Arts Council Poetry&Spoken Word Programming presented by the F $3,000.00 $3,000.00 Hillsborough Arts Council Salary Support for Hillsborough Arts Council Staff $8,000.00 $7,500.00 Hubbard,Carter "Unremembered:Untold Stories of Hillsborough Elders" $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Institute of Art Therapy dba Art Therapy Ins Rent Support for the Art Therapy Institute $8,000.00 $8,000.00 layawardena,Mayanthi Women's Empowerment Mural&Photoshoot $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Martinez,Orlando,Jessie Dib MUSICON MURAL on Nash Tavern Street Corner $1,500.00 $1,500.00 McDougle Elementary School PTA Poetry Residence at McDougle Elementary School $800.00 $800.00 Musical Empowerment Salary Support $8,000.00 $8,000.00 Mykalcio,Susan,Andres Hincapie,Melissa Mix(ed)tape Podcast—Season 2:Afro-Latin Rhythms $2,000.00 $2,000.00 North Carolina Arts in Action Providing life skills through dance,music and performan $3,000.00 $3,000.00 O'Leary,Annie That Story(a novel) $2,000.00 OdysseyStage Staged: New Play Readings $3,000.00 $1,125.00 Oelhafen, Kayla;Joe Troop Joe Troop's Musical Plea for Leonard Peltier's Clemency $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Pivirotto,Sage Present Day on Main Mural $2,000.00 $1,640.00 Shepperson,Soteria Marketing Your Talent&TEDx tips $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Simkin,Arshia Memoir 11 Class for Orange County Residents $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Sisters'Voices Rent Support for Sisters'Voices Rehearsals, Programs,a $8,000.00 $5,000.00 $2,500.00 Sparks Creative Operational Funding for Sparks Creative 2022-2023 $2,000.00 Venable, Phil North Carolina Jazz Composition Recording $2,000.00 $2,000.00 5 Voices the Chapel Hill Chorus Salary Support forArtistic Director,Accompanist,and Lo $8,000.00 $5,557.00 Warshaw,BJ, Marie Rossettie LEVEL retreat visiting artist Caroline Kern $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Yazdanfar,Sia Polychronicon $2,000.00 $2,000.00 $141,025.00 1$73,800.00 $49,607.00 NOT ELIGIBLE REASON REQUEST Vault Theater Operations support only available to Orange County-based organizatioi$8,000.00 WCOM Operations support avaiable only to arts-based organizations $3,500.00 Martha Paris Incomplete application $2,000.00