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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 11-02-2005-7aORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 2, 2005 Action Agenda Item No. ~~__ SUBJECT: Orange County Arts Grants Recipients DEPARTMENT: Orange County Arts PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No Commission ATTACHMENT(S): Copy of Awards to be Distributed "Specific Attendee List to Follow" INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha Shannon, 245-2335 PURPOSE: To present checks to local artists and arts organizations receiving Spring 2005 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 that reflects the racial and cultural diversity of the county. Each grant recipient must match the grant amount with state 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 Manager recommends that the Board acknowledge the local recipients of the awards during the November 2, 2005 meeting with the presentation of checks by the Board Chair Moses Carey. Spring, 2005 Arts Grants Recipients 2 Orange County Arts Commission ArtsCenter Advocates, Inc. Carrboro, Town of (Carrboro Music Festival) Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission Deep Dish Theater Company Desert City Poetry Series Door to Door Program of l1NG Health Care and Planetree Efland-Cheeks Elementary School -Cultural Arts Friends of the Carrboro Branch Library Hillsborough Arts Council Cornelia Kip Lee Alexis Mastromichalis Meadowmont Community Association Paul M. Neebe Orange County Artists Guild Pamela Pease Kathleen Stone-Michael