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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda 10-17-23; 4-a - Orange County Arts Commission 2023-24 Annual Grant Recipients 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 17, 2023 Action Agenda Item No. 4-a SUBJECT: Orange County Arts Commission 2023-24 Annual Grant Recipients DEPARTMENT: Orange County Arts Commission ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 2023-24 Grant Awards Spreadsheet Katie Murray, Director, 919-245-2335 PURPOSE: To acknowledge local artists and organizations receiving 2023-24 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 (GAP) utilizes state funding to provide support for nonprofit organizations and schools conducting arts programming. The Artist Project Grant (APG) utilizes County funding for artist-led community projects. For the second year, $45,000 (typically dispersed through the Outside Agencies Program) was allocated to the OCAC's annual Grassroots Arts Program to ensure arts agencies were applying for funding through a program specific to the arts following the best practices set forth by the North Carolina Arts Council. Of that $45,000, $15,289 was directly allocated to Kidzu and is managed by the Visitors Bureau, changing this year's available allocation to $29,711. For the first time this year, the OCAC elected to keep the allowed 50% of Grassroots Arts Program funding to partially support a new full-time Programs Coordinator, lowering the amount of GAP funds available for sub-granting by half. Statistics regarding this year's grant cycle are noted in the chart below. TOTAL NC Arts Council Funding: Grassroots Arts Program $25,508 NC Arts Council Funding: ARPA $35,001 Orange County Funding: Artist Support Grants $28,800 Orange County Funding: Outside Agencies $29,711 TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDING $119,020 Total dollar amount requests $158,497 Total grants awarded 38, or 81% of applications Total applications received 47, 45 eligible Total first-time applicants 12, or 30% of applicants 2 The OCAC grant review and awards process is as follows: 1. The grant application process is open for two months. Two virtual training sessions occurred and the OCAC director was available for one-on-one meetings. 2. After the due date, OCAC staff conducts an initial compliance and eligibility review. Applications found noncompliant or outside of the grant requirements are considered disqualified. Eligible organizations are given a compliance score based on prior year adherence to grant requirements such as logo usage and reporting. 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 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. Literary Arts: Composed of OCAC Board Members with literary arts expertise. 4. Non-governmental Grassroots Arts Program (GAP) applicants are also evaluated by a Financial Review Panel who examine submitted financial documents to determine financial solvency and stability. 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 were submitted, the Director recorded the final score per applicant. 6. The scoring rubric for this year's grant program was as follows: GRASSROOTS ARTS PROGRAM - ORGANIZATIONS Artistic Merit — 30% Community Impact — 25% Program Management — 15% Financial Review— 10% NC Arts Council Priority of Funding — 10% Compliance score (prior grantees only) — 10% GRASSROOTS ARTS PROGRAM - SCHOOLS Artistic Merit — 40% Integration in curriculum/enrichment— 40% Free and Reduced Lunch Percentage — 20% ARTIST PROJECT GRANTS Artistic Merit — 40% Community Impact— 30% Program Management — 20% Compliance score (prior grantees only) — 10% 7. Funding decisions were made at the September 2023 OCAC meeting. For the GAP program, the board prioritized high scoring program requests, programs hiring multicultural artists, and schools. For APG, the board approved funding applicants with scores above 60 at their full request amount. 8. All applicants were notified of the panel's decisions. All declined GAP applicants received panel feedback; and approved GAP and APG applicants could receive feedback upon request. 3 FINANCIAL IMPACT: Orange County Annual Grants Cycle A total of$119,120 was awarded through fourteen artist grants, sixteen organizational grants, and six schools during the 2023-24 grants cycle. Available funding equaling $45,509 was from the North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Arts Program. The remaining $58,511 was from Orange County — $29,711 from the Outside Agencies Grant Program and $28,800 from the OCAC Local Arts Grant budget. The remaining $15,000 of state grant funding will be used to support the Orange County Schools (OCS) Title 1 Artist-in-Residence Program in partnership 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. 4 Applicant Program /Title Request Grant ORGANIZATIONS Art-Inspired Immerse Performance of"Step This Way,"a new Ackland Art Museum commission by Mark Gabriel Little and Maura Garcia,at the $3,000.00 $1,800.00 Ackland Art Museum Chapel Hill Woodturners Inc. Operations Support for Chapel Hill Woodturners $3,300.00 $2,640.00 Cosmic Rays Foundation Cosmic Rays Film Festival Programming Support $3,000.00 $3,000.00 Commissioned Choreography,Performance,and Guest Artist Footnotes Tap Ensemble $3,000.00 $1,800.00 Support for Footnotes Tap Ensemble Hillsborough Arts Council 2024 Handmade Parade and Weekend of Art Performing $3,000.00 $2,400.00 Artist Support Hillsborough Arts Council Support for Capital Investment in Operating Technology $8,000.00 $6,482.00 SKJAJA Fund In-School Arts Field Trips $3,000.00 $3,000.00 Musical Empowerment Living Wage Salary Support for Musical Empowerment $8,000.00 $6,400.00 PlayMakers Repertory Company Youth and Family Engagement $4,609.00 $4,609.00 The Marian Cheek Jackson Center Cultural Performances at the Northside Festival $3,000.00 $1,800.00 Program Project Support for Women's Voices Chorus 30th Women's Voices Chorus $3,000.00 $2,400.00 Anniversary Season Chelsea Art Theater Inc General Operating Support $8,000.00 $6,400.00 Salary Support for directors of The North Carolina Youth Tap North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble $5,000.00 $4,000.00 Ensemble Rent Support for Sisters'Voices Rehearsals, Programs,and Sisters'Voices $8,000.00 $6,400.00 Performances VoicesChapelHill(aka Voices-the Chapel Hill Salary Support for Artistic Director,Accompanist,and/or Local $8,000.00 $6,400.00 Chorus) Musicians hired for concerts Women's Voices Chorus Operations Expenses for Women's Voices Chorus $6,000.00 $3,600.00 The ArtsCenter OCPS Title 1 Artist-in-Residence Program $15,000.00 $15,000.00 After the Rain Triangle Refugee Film Project film production $3,000.00 $0.00 Attic 506 Annual Rent Support for Attic 506 $5,500.00 $0.00 The Marian Cheek Jackson Center Project Coordination Salary Support for the Northside Festival $8,000.00 $0.00 The People's Channel Computers for Community Video Editing Classes $8,000.00 $0.00 Franklin Street Arts Collective DBA FRANK Operational support for FRANK Gallery from July 1 2023-June $8,000.00 $0.00 Gallery 312024 SCHOOLS Carrboro Elementary School PTA Carrboro Elementary Cultural Arts Programming 2023/2024 $1,841.00 $1,841.00 Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation Carrboro Elementary School Performs The Lion King $2,750.00 $2,750.00 Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation Visiting Artist $700.00 $700.00 Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation Remarkable Rainforests $800.00 $800.00 Supporting Diverse,Representative Arts At Ephesus Ephesus Road Elementary School PTA $2,000.00 $2,00 F 0 Elementary Estes Hills PTA Estes Hills Elementary Cultural Enrichment Program 2023-24 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 McDougle Elementary School PTA Cultural Programming at McDougle Elementary School $1,997.50 $1,998.00 ARTISTS Andres Hincapie, Melissa Villodas,Susan Mix(ed)tape Podcast—Were You Listening? $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Mykalcio Barbara Tyroler Regarding Courage $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Bridget Pemberton-Smith Community Art Hive:An Art Making Collaborative $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Chieko Murasugi,Jonh Blanco,Laura Little, Julianne Miao,Chloe RageR, Hong-An TrLrang, BASEMENT's Radicle Residencies $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Alexa Valez John Paul Middlesworth,Sherry Appel,Pip Performances of The Disrupted Divorce at the Historic Orange $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Merrick County Courthouse Story Connection:A Storytelling Class and Performance at the Julia F.Green $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Carrboro ArtsCenter Kristin Trangsrud,Alma Coefman Tango Love Story With Flute and Piano $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Eco-phrastic Earth:Addressing the Climate Crisis Through Liza Wolff-Francis,Cortland Gilliam, Nerys Levy $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Poetry and Art Marcela Slade Funds for sladesign Fashion Show 2024 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Meredith Haggerty,Erin McCluskey Wheeler, No Mud,No Starlings $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Natalia Torres del Valle Morrow Dowdle Creative Writing Course at Orange Correctional Center $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Ruben Watson,Teli Shabu Kuumba Kids: Kwanzaa Family Drum Circle&Class $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Shady Kimzey Bad Art Market&Expo $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Sia Yazdanfar No Friends but the Mountains(photography exhibition) $2,000.00 $2,000.00 Jinna Kim AAPI Month Arts Celebration Event at the Library $2,000.00 $0.00 Poetry Workshops in Carrboro and Chapel Hill as part of Carter hubbard $2,000.00 $0.00 Floraffiti 2024 Heather Eck Words and Colors Unite: Harnessing Art and Poetry to Combat $2,000.00 $0.00 Gun Violence and Foster Community Healing