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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda - 10-15-2024; 4-d - Orange County Arts Commission 2024-25 Annual Grant Recipients 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 15, 2024 Action Agenda Item No. 4-d SUBJECT: Orange County Arts Commission 2024-25 Annual Grant Recipients DEPARTMENT: County Manager— Arts Commission ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 2024-25 Grant Awards Spreadsheet Katie Murray, Arts Commission Director, 919-245-2335 PURPOSE: To acknowledge local artists and organizations receiving 2024-25 Orange County Arts Grants. BACKGROUND: Orange County Annual Grants Cycle The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) administers two (2) 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 $29,711 from 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. Statistics regarding this year's grant cycle are noted in the chart below. FUNDING SOURCES NC Arts Council Funding: Grassroots Arts Program $ 47,140 Orange County Funding: Artist Support Grants $ 28,800 Orange County Funding: Outside Agencies $ 29,711 OCAC Programs Budget $ 265.32 Returned FY 2023-24 grant funds $ 200 TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDING $106,116.32 Total dollar amount requests $225,891.32 Total grants awarded 33, or 51% of applications Total applications received 65, 62 eligible Total first-time applicants 21, or 32% of applicants 2 The OCAC grant review and awards process: 1. The grant application process is open for one month. Two virtual training sessions occurred, and the OCAC director was available for one-on-one meetings. 2. After the due date, OCAC staff conducted an initial compliance and eligibility review. Applications found noncompliant or outside of the grant requirements are considered disqualified. Eligible organizations were given a compliance score (1-10) based on prior year adherence to grant requirements such as logo usage and reporting. New applicants automatically receive a "10" Compliance Score. 3. Qualified applications are forwarded to members of each review panel for initial review and scoring. Grant panels in the visual, performing, and literary arts are composed of OCAC Board Members with relevant experience and guest artists from the community. Guest panelists are compensated for their time. 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. 5. Each panel met virtually to evaluate the 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 Arts Commission 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 — 10% GRASSROOTS ARTS PROGRAM - SCHOOLS Artistic Merit — 40% Integration in curriculum/enrichment— 40% Free and Reduced Lunch Percentage — 20% ARTIST PROJECT GRANTS (APG) Artistic Merit — 40% Community Impact— 30% Program Management — 20% Compliance score — 10% 7. Funding decisions were made at the August 2023 Advisory Board meeting. For the GAP program, the Advisory Board prioritized high scoring program requests, programs hiring multicultural artists, and schools. For APG, the Advisory Board approved funding applicants with scores above 80 at their full request amounts. 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: A total of $106,116.32 was awarded through eleven (11) artist grants, twelve (12) organizational grants, and nine (9) schools during the 2024-25 grants cycle. With this, $15,000 is allocated towards the Title 1 Artist-in-Residence Program, a partnership of the OCAC, the ArtsCenter, and Orange County Public Schools. Available funds of $47,140 were from the North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Arts Program. The remaining $58,511 was from Orange 3 County, with $29,711 from the Outside Agencies Grant Program and $28,800 from the OCAC Local Arts Grant budget. Unused FY 2023-24 funds of $200 were also reallocated in this year's grant cycle, and $265.32 of the OCAC's programs budget was used to fully fund all eleven (11) artists with scores over 80. ALIGNMENT WITH STRATEGIC PLAN: This item supports: • GOAL 2: HEALTHY COMMUNITY OBJECTIVE 7. Invest in services and programs that improve the health and quality of life of the community (e.g., recreation and public open spaces, arts, etc.) • GOAL 6: DIVERSE AND VIBRANT ECONOMY OBJECTIVE 1. Provide family-oriented and inclusive programming or other cultural events for residents and visitors. OBJECTIVE 4. Provide resources to small, creative, and agro-businesses that add character and quality of life to our community to attract employers, employees, and visitors. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board acknowledge the local recipients of these awards. Applicant I Grant Title lRequest Grant A ount ORGANIZATIONS Delta Sigma Theta Sorority,Incorporated African American Cultural Festival $ 5,000.00 $ 3,750.00 Chapel Hill Woodturners,Inc. Operations Support for Chapel Hill Woodturners $ 5,000.00 $ 4,500.00 Chelsea Art Theater Inc Chelsea Theater Operating Support $ 5,000.00 $ 3,750.00 Cosmic Rays Foundation 2025 Cosmic Rays Film Festival $ 5,000.00 $ 4,500.00 FRANK Gallery Youth Art Group outreach program $ 5,000.00 $ 3,750.00 Human Kindness Foundation for Orange County Community Remembrance Exhibit Development $ 3,650.00 $ 2,738.00 Community Remembrance Coalition Human Kindness Foundation for Orange County The Power of the Vote through The Arts $ 4,400.00 $ 3,300.00 Community Remembrance Coalition Musical Empowerment Music Mentorship and Instruments Lending Programs $ 8,000.00 $ 3,750.00 MYCO(Mallarme Youth Chamber Orchestra) December concert/side-by-side chamber orchestra $ 5,000.00 $ 3,750.00 project PlayMakers Repertory Company Developing new work and young artists $ 5,000.00 $ 4,500.00 Prism Design Lab 'What is Architecture?'Workshops in Orange County $ 5,000.00 $ 4,500.00 Elementary Schools Sisters'Voices Rent Support $ 5,000.00 $ 3,750.00 Women's Voices Chorus, Inc. Operations Expenses for Women's Voices Chorus FY25 $ 4,000.00 The Marian Cheek Jackson Center 15th Annual Northside Festival $ 3,000.00 Women's Voices Chorus, Inc. Women's Voices Chorus FY25 Concerts $ 4,400.00 VoicesChapelHill Spring 2025 Concert---"Love and Life" $ 5,000.00 Ackland Art Museum Look Close,Think Far:Magnifier Card Giveaways $ 5,000.00 Pride in Hillsborough Art in the Park:A Community Wellness Initiative $ 5,000.00 Ineligble:501c3 verifcation not submitted Hillsborough Arts Council Support for The Town of Hillsborough Poet Laureate $ 5,000.00 Ineligible:NC Arts Relaunch Council grant recipient Hillsborough Arts Council Programmatic Staff Support $ 5,000.00 Ineligible:NC Arts Council grant recipient Carrboro Elementary School Carrboro Elementary 2024/2025 Cultural Arts $ 1,850.00 $ 1,850.00 Programming Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation Original Composition for Smith Middle School 8th grade $ 1,500.00 $ 1,500.00 Band and Orchestra Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation Carrboro Elementary School Presents Peter Pan $ 2,500.00 $ 2,500.00 Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation Dare Coulter Visits Chapel Hill High School $ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00 Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation Terrific Tundras $ 800.00 $ 800.00 Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation Visiting Native American Artist $ 800.00 $ 800.00 Ephesus Elementary School PTA Supporting Translational Art and Artists at Ephesus $ 1,837.00 $ 1,837.00 Elementary Estes Hills PTA Estes Hills Elementary Cultural Enrichment Program 2024- $ 3,000.00 $ 1,471.00 25 Orange County Schools Title 1 Artist in Residecance Partnership with the $ 15,000.00 $ 15,000.00 ArtsCenter McDougle Elementary PTA Cultural Workshops and Performances $ 2,755.00 $ 2,755.00 Jason Abide School Tile Mosaic Project $ 2,665.32 $ 2,665.32 Renay Aumiller Distorted Dances:Integrating Augmented Reality and $ 3,000.00 $ 3,000.00 Dance Milbre E. Burch "Myth America"-- Storytelling as Civic Engagement $ 3,000.00 $ 3,000.00 Nicholas DiEugenio The Gut Instinct Chamber Music Project(concert 1 of 3) $ 3,000.00 $ 3,000.00 Julia Fischer Green Story Connection:Live Storytelling Classes and $ 3,000.00 $ 3,000.00 Performances Shady Kimzey 113ad Art Club for All $ 3,000.00 $ 3,0001.00 Nerys Levy 12Sth Mildred Council Annual Community Dinner $ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00 Renzo Ortega The Unforgettable Life Episode,a Self-Portrait Art $ 3,000.00 $ 5 3,000.00 Workshop for Youth. Marie Rossettie&BJ Warshaw Artists-in-Residence at LEVEL $ 3,000.00 $ 3,000.00 Grace Siplon Blue Box Theatre's"Cyrano"Set and Costumes $ 1,500.00 $ 1,500.00 Liza Wolff-Francis EcoHopeful Poetry $ 1,900.00 $ 1,900.00 Alanah Reid Carboro Collaborative Mural Project $ 3,000.00 Alejandro D.Blanco Al Sylverfish's First EP"Countrysh" $ 3,000.00 Ana Veronica Radulescu Maid Made Madame(A Clumbsy Theatre Co Original $ 3,000.00 Adaptation) Barbara Tyroler Women in Medicine,Portraits,Stories,and Conversations $ 3,000.00 Bridget Pemberton-Smith Art Hives at IFC in Carrboro:A Community Art Making $ 3,000.00 Collaboration Bridget Pemberton-Smith Arts and Peer Support Group Operational Support $ 3,000.00 Jessica L Klein The Big Table Podcast $ 3,000.00 Jessie Dib Fashioni Show $ 3,000.00 Jinna Kim Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month Film Festival $ 3,000.00 Kristin Trangsrud From Lyric to Song:Song Cycle featuring a Local Poet, $ 3,000.00 Composer and Performers Tinka Jordy Art in the Garden Sculpture Exhibition $ 3,000.00 Maxine Eloi Beloved Community Festival $ 3,000.00 Meredith Haggerty The Artist Is Present,Reimagined $ 1,150.00 monica meyer Nourishment:Nature vs Nurture $ 3,000.00 Natalia Torres del Valle Social-emotional Storytime $ 3,000.00 Withdrawn Orlando Martinez POPCAST OC ArtSplorers $ 3,000.00 Sam Nguyen The Creative Colony:A Reflection on Identity and $ 1,584.00 Resilience in Glass Sharon C.Appel Workshop Performance of The Christmas Chicken $ 1,600.00 Sia Yazdanfar Permanent Impermanence:A photographic narrative of $ 3,000.00 settlements&sandscapes in the Persian deserts Sol Ramirez Intercambio Cultural(Cultural Exchange) $ 3,000.00 Sophie Crouse Collaborative Mural Project $ 3,000.00 Sophie Suberman Coordination of Carrboro Collaborative Mural Project $ 3,000.00 Teresa Mundy Collaborative Mural Project $ 3,000.00 Veda A Patil The Nebula:A Creative Writing Workshop for Women of $ 3,000.00 Color