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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-584-E-Arts Commission-Franklin Street Arts Collective-Funding for FRANK Gallery's Youth Art Group outreach programGRASSROOTS ARTS PROGRAM / ARTIST PROJECT GRANT 2024-25 Grantee Name Authorizing Official Name Email Project Title Award Grant Category ☐Grassroots Arts Program ☐Artist Project Grant Program Funding Source ☐North Carolina Arts Council ☐Orange County Grant project period July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025 As Authorizing Official, I acknowledge the following terms and understand if they are not met, I jeopardize future funding opportunities from the Orange County Arts Commission. I understand a Compliance Score is issued for future grants based on my adherence to the following terms: OCAC Report Due Monday, July 14, 2025 Multicultural Spending Grantee must spend $ on the hiring of multicultural artists as specified in the grant application. Crediting and logo usage All grantees must properly credit the Orange County Arts Commission using the proper logo on all publicity materials for the funded program. Recipients of operations-related grants must include the OCAC logo with link to www.artsorange.org on grantee’s website. If funding source is listed as N.C. Arts Council above, grantee must also properly credit the N.C. Arts Council using the proper logos and N.C. Arts Council credit line on all publicity materials for funded program. Download logos on the OCAC website at https://artsorange.org/grants/grantee-resources. Calendar Listing Grantee must enter all events, exhibits, and performances open to the public and related to this grant award on the Orange County Arts Commission website at www.artsorange.org/events. Franklin Street Arts Collective (dba FRANK Gallery) Gabrielle Rousso, Chairperson, FRANK Gallery Board of Directors gbergrousso@gmail.com Funding for FRANK Gallery's Youth Art Group outreach program from 7/1/ 24 through 31/6/25 $3,750.00 4 4 Docusign Envelope ID: CBE41939-719A-4696-9DEF-A5A8E3BD2E8B 1 Revised August 2022 ORANGE COUNTY ARTS COMMISSION 2024-25 GRANT AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT, entered into this 6 day of September, 2024, by and between Orange County ("County"), by and through the Orange County Arts Commission ("Arts Commission") and ("Grant Recipient"). WHEREAS, the Arts Commission is a countywide arts agency that ensures the growth of local arts experiences by providing funding and support for diverse high quality programs and projects. WHEREAS, the Arts Commission administers the annual Grants Program to provide economic opportunities to Orange County artists and non-profit organizations coordinating arts projects benefiting the citizens of Orange County. WHEREAS, the annual Arts Grants Program is supported by Arts Commission with funds from the Grassroots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, a state agency. WHEREAS, the Grant Recipient was selected by the Arts Commission to receive the annual Arts Grant through the procedures duly adopted by the Arts Commission; and WHEREAS, both parties wish to promote and maintain the integrity and clarity of the Grant Recipient's ideas and statements and delineate the Grant Recipient’s obligations to the County; NOW, THEREFORE, the County and the Grant Recipient, for the consideration and under the conditions hereinafter set forth, agree as follows: 1.Approved Grant Project. Grant funds are provided under this Agreement for the project (“Project”) described in the Grant Recipient’s Grant Application, attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit A. 2.Grant Award. Grant funds in an amount not to exceed ($ ) have been awarded by the Arts Commission to the Grant Recipient for the approved Project. The Recipient shall be required to match funds at least dollar-for-dollar with cash from the Grant Recipient’s funds not derived from either Orange County appropriations or the North Carolina Arts Council, as outlined in the attached Exhibit A. 3.Contingency. This grant is contingent on North Carolina Arts Council Grassroots Program funding to the Arts Commission. Final decisions on Grassroots Program funds to the North Carolina Arts Council are subject to approval by the North Carolina General Assembly. 4.Responsibilities of the Grant Recipient Franklin Street Arts Collective (dba FRANK Gallery) three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars 3,750.00 Docusign Envelope ID: CBE41939-719A-4696-9DEF-A5A8E3BD2E8B 2 Revised August 2022 A.Implementation. The Project implementation shall take place between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025. The Project shall be implemented in the manner described in Exhibit A. Time is of the essence in the implementation of the Project. B.Modifications to project. Grant Recipient shall present major changes to the original proposal, including but not limited to changes in design, implementation schedule and increase in Project budget by more than 10%, in writing to the Arts Commission for approval. Arts Commission shall approve or disapprove Grant Recipient’s request for modifications within seven (7) days of receipt thereof. Consent to project modifications shall not be unreasonably withheld. Arts Commission’s decisions shall be in writing. In the event the Arts Commission fails to approve or disapprove the requested modifications within the time stated herein, the modifications shall be deemed approved. C.Non–assignment. The grant cannot be assigned or transferred to a different project or artist without prior written approval of the Arts Commission. D.Records. Grant Recipient must maintain records and other evidence pertaining to costs incurred and revenues acquired during the Project implementation. Grant Recipient shall maintain financial records pertaining to the Project for three (3) years from the date of this Agreement, in case of audit. E.Use of Funds. Grant Recipient shall not use the grant funds to repay outstanding taxes or other debts of any nature. The grants shall be utilized solely for the purpose described in the attached Exhibit A. F.Final Report. Grant Recipient shall submit to the Arts Commission a Final Report on July 14, 2025. The Final Report shall be in the format required by the North Carolina Arts Council. Failure to submit the Final Report or late submission of the Final Report, for any reason, shall be grounds for denial and/or cancellation of grant funds for the Project and future grant proposals. 5.Responsibilities of the Arts Commission A.Payment. The Arts Commission shall release the grant funds in the amount of $ to the Grant Recipient. 6.Publicity A.Acknowledgement. Credit must be given to the Orange County Arts Commission and/or the North Carolina Arts Council using the proper logo(s) and credit line in brochures, news releases, programs, and all other printed and online publications. Copies of such printed materials must accompany the evaluation report. Official Orange County Arts Commission and North Carolina Arts Council logos may be downloaded at www.artsorange.org/grantee-resources and may not be altered in any way. When no printed information is used, verbal 3,750.00 Docusign Envelope ID: CBE41939-719A-4696-9DEF-A5A8E3BD2E8B 3 Revised August 2022 credit shall be given. In addition, all print and promotional material must include the following credit line and logo(s) (check all that apply): i.County Funds Only. Orange County Arts Commission logo required. Credit line required for audio projects: “This program is supported by the Orange County Arts Commission.” ii.North Carolina Arts Council Funding. The Orange County Arts Commission and the North Carolina Arts Council logos are required. Credit line: “This program is supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.” B.The Grant Recipient must enter all events, exhibits, and performances open to the public and related to this grant award on the Orange County Arts Commission website at www.artsorange.org/events. In addition, the Grant Recipient must add a link to www.artsorange.org (Orange County Arts Commission logo preferred) to their main webpage. 7.Indemnity. The Grant Recipient agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the County, the Arts Commission and the North Carolina Arts Council and their officers and employees from any and all claims or actual injury, damage or loss to a person, or real or personal property that results from or is in any way connected to the use of the grant funds. 8.Independent Contractor. The Grant Recipient is an independent contractor and not an employee, agent or other representative of the County and/or the Arts Commission. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to create the relationship of principal and agent, or employer and employee, between Grant Recipient and Arts Commission or Orange County Government. Grant Recipient understands and agrees that he/she is not authorized to incur any expenses or any liability whatsoever on behalf of the County or the Arts Commission and has no authority, expressed or implied, to obligate or make representations on behalf of the County or the Arts Commission. In addition, Grant Recipient agrees to maintain his or her own worker's compensation insurance for himself/herself and his or her employees for the duration of the art work's installation. 9.Termination A.In the event of any of the circumstances set forth below (hereinafter referred to as “default”), the Arts Commission may immediately terminate this Agreement: (i)Any fraudulent representation in any verification required to obtain payment under this Agreement or other dishonesty on a material matter relating to the performance of services under this Agreement. (ii)Nonperformance, incomplete service or performance, or failure to satisfactorily perform any part of the Project or to comply with any provision of this Agreement, as determined by the Arts Commission in its sole discretion. 4 Docusign Envelope ID: CBE41939-719A-4696-9DEF-A5A8E3BD2E8B 4 Revised August 2022 (iii)Failure to adhere to the terms of applicable county, state or federal laws, regulations, or stated public policy. B.In the event of default by the Grant Recipient, the Arts Commission has the discretion to elect to terminate this Agreement, in whole or in part and/or require the Grant Recipient to repay the grant funds within seven (7) from written notice of default or allow the grant recipient the opportunity to cure the default. This clause shall not be interpreted to limit the County’s or the Arts Commission’s remedies in law or in equity. 10.Miscellaneous. A.Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the attachments contain the final and entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. All modifications and amendments to this Agreement shall be in writing. This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties, their heirs, successors and assigns. B.Governing Law. Governing Law and Priority: Both parties agree that this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina and Orange County. Grant Recipient shall at all times remain in compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations including but not limited to all state and federal anti-discrimination laws, policies, rules, and regulations and the Orange County Non-Discrimination Policy and Orange County Living Wage Policy (each policy is incorporated herein by reference and may be viewed at http://www.orangecountync.gov/departments/purchasing_division/contracts.php.). Any violation of this requirement is a breach of this Agreement and Arts Commission may immediately terminate this Agreement without further obligation on the part of the Arts Commission. This paragraph is not intended to limit and does not limit the definition of breach to discrimination. By executing this Agreement the Grant Recipient certifies that they has not been identified, and has not utilized the services of any agent or subcontractor identified, on the list created by the State Treasurer pursuant to G.S. 147-86.58. By executing this Agreement the Grant Recipient certifies that they has not been identified, and has not utilized the services of any agent or subcontractor identified, on the list created by the State Treasurer pursuant to G.S. 147-86.81. By executing this Agreement Grant Recipient affirms they are and shall remain in compliance with Article 2 of Chapter 64 of the North Carolina General Statutes. In determining the basic services to be provided, should any documents be referenced in or attached to this Agreement, the terms herein shall have priority in any conflict between the terms of referenced documents and the terms of this Agreement. C.Dispute Resolution: Neither party may initiate binding arbitration. Any disputes shall be resolved by nonbinding mediation. If such mediation fails either party may initiate litigation to resolve the dispute. Should either party initiate litigation to settle any dispute involving the terms of this Agreement such litigation shall be Docusign Envelope ID: CBE41939-719A-4696-9DEF-A5A8E3BD2E8B 5 Revised August 2022 initiated in the General Court of Justice of North Carolina seated in Orange County, North Carolina. D.Signatures. This Agreement together with any amendments or modifications may be executed electronically. All electronic signatures affixed hereto evidence the intent of the Parties to comply with Article 11A and Article 40 of North Carolina General Statute Chapter 66. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Orange County and the Grant Recipient have signed this Grant Agreement, effective on the last date this Agreement is signed by both parties as indicated by the dates set forth under signatures below. For and on behalf of the Grant Recipient Date For and on behalf of Orange County Government Travis Myren, County Manager Date Gabrielle Rousso, Chairperson, FRANK Gallery Board of Directors Docusign Envelope ID: CBE41939-719A-4696-9DEF-A5A8E3BD2E8B 10/3/2024 10/8/2024 Revised 01/24 1 ORANGE COUNTY—INTERNAL USE ONLY ______________________________________________________________________________ Finance Information Vendor Name: Franklin Street Arts Collective (dba FRANK Gallery) Vendor Contact Person: Gabrielle Rousso Phone: 919-636-4135 Address: 370 East Main Street, Suite 130 City Carrboro State: NC Zip: 27510 Department: Manager’s Office/Arts Commission Amount: $3,750.00 Purpose: 2024-25 Arts Grants Budget Code(s): 37290050-630000 Vendor # 52739 Vendor Status with NCSOS: Vendor is a BOCC consultant: Yes No Contract Details Contract Type: New Amendment (Original Contract: ) (Most Recent Amendment ) Effective Date End Date Notice Date (Notice Purpose ) Award Approved by Board (Agenda Date: ); Made or Administered by Signature Authority - BOCC Express Delegation (Agenda Date: ) - Policy 9.4: Under $5,000; Service Under $90,000; Construction Under $250,000 - Budget Policy Section XV (Capital Improvement Project: ) Bidding Informal Bidding ($30k-$90k); Formal RFP ($90k+); Other (<$30k); Exception(# ) Department Affirmation This agreement is approved as to technical form and content and I as Department Director affirmatively state work on this project has not been initiated prior to execution of the agreement. This agreement is approved as to technical form and content. Services related to this agreement have already begun or been completed. Description of the nature of the emergency condition that was addressed: Department Director’s Signature ________________________________________ Date: ________ Information Technologies This agreement has been reviewed and is approved as to information technology content and specifications: Office of the Chief Information Officer___________________________________ Date: ________ Inapplicable because no hardware/software purchases or related services Risk Management This agreement is approved for sufficiency of insurance standards, specifications, and requirements: Office of the Risk Management Officer___________________________________ Date: _________ Financial Services This instrument has been pre-audited in the manner required by the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act: Office of the Chief Financial Officer ____________________________________ Date: _________ Legal Services This agreement is approved as to legal form and sufficiency: Office of the County Attorney __________________________________________Date: ________ Clerk to the Board All Docusign contracts must be copied to the Clerk upon completion: occlerkdocs@orangecountync.gov The following signature block is for hard copies only and is not required for Docusign contracts: Received for record retention: Office of the Clerk to the Board __________________________________________Date:_________ Docusign Envelope ID: CBE41939-719A-4696-9DEF-A5A8E3BD2E8B 10/3/2024 10/7/2024 10/8/2024 10/8/2024 Orange County Arts Commission Powered by Submittable Title Frankl i n Street Arts Col l ecti ve (dba FRANK Gal l ery) by Gallery Manager in 2024-25 Grassroots Arts Program Grant Application 370 East Main Street Suite 130 Carrboro, North Carolina 27510 United States 919-636-4135 info@frankisart.com 06/28/2024 id. 46873975 Original Submission 07/01/2024 Score n/a APPLICANT INFORMATION Please tell us about your organization. Applicant Organization Name Franklin Street Arts Collective (dba FRANK Gallery) Is the Applicant Organization serving as a fiscal agent for an unincorporated group? No Mailing Address of Organization 370 East Main Street Suite 130 Carrboro NC 27510 US 35.91051 -79.06728 How did you hear about our grant program? Social Media Did you or a representative of your orgnanization attend one of our grants training sessions? Yes Nature of Organization Arts Organization Docusign Envelope ID: CBE41939-719A-4696-9DEF-A5A8E3BD2E8B Organization Description Franklin Street Arts Collective ( dba FRANK Gallery is a 501(c) 3 non profit organization and contemporary fine arts gallery with a mission to feature work by local artists and to enrich our community through exhibitions, events and arts education. The organization comprises 20 member artists, one emerging artist, a board of Directors, one paid living wage full-time employee, gallery director Natalie Knox and one part time book keeper. FRANK displays and sells the work of more than 100 local artists and its members support the Gallery's financial viability through membership dues and fundraising events. Member artists also help staff the gallery, serve on various gallery committees and help plan our fund raising events. Over the past fourteen years the gallery has presented both visual and performing artists free to the public. In March 2023 we moved from University Place, Chapel Hill, to downtown Carrboro a move necessitated by the redevelopment of University Place. Since this move we have been able to recover our pre-Covid audience numbers with additional visitors from our new location’s radius. W e are also, once again, on the Second Friday Art W alk which we try to combine with new exhibition openings-we stage eight new exhibitions a year now as opposed to six at University Place, Our outreach activities continue through our FRANK Youth Art Group, Coffee with FRANK artist and arts education talks, a new refugee education initiative re engaging with Kidzu Children's Museum, in-gallery Chapel enrichment art sessions for Carrboro/ Chapel Hill City Schools teachers and reasonably priced digital art and mosaic workshops led by FRANK artists at the gallery. For the time being our partnership with Boomerang Youth's Bounce Back After School Program is on hold but we are still in touch with that organization as it regroups to achieve greater sustainability and hope to re engage with its fall intake. Our member artists are teaching in many local retirement communities providing our community's older residents with artistic stimulation and contact with the gallery and its various activities. How many Orange County residents does the organization serve? Pre COVID we were serving over 7500 Orange County residents a year/ Post COVID we struggled to regain that number of local visitors throughout University Place's development. Now in Carrboro we are back to out Pre Covid attendance levels at events Docusign Envelope ID: CBE41939-719A-4696-9DEF-A5A8E3BD2E8B Has your organization undergone any Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training? If so, please explain. If not, please explain any barriers that have prevented you from receiving this training. In the summer of 2023 Board Chairperson Gabrielle Rousso attended Orange County Arts Commission's "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" training session with Aisha Adams. Since then the gallery, under Rousso's leadership, has been making a conscious effort to implement the take away suggestions from that session. Particularly it has been working to achieve greater diversity by inviting culturally diverse artists to show in its eight annual exhibitions with the possibility of gallery membership, and by seeking culturally diverse Board membership. Noted here is that Gallery Director Natalie Knox if of Polish and Mexican heritage and speaks Spanish. W e also have a Latinx member artist, Theresa Pastoriza-Tan, a Lumbee Native American Board member, Danny Bell, and a Karen refugee, Lah Htoo Boh, as the paid teacher of the Gallery's Youth Art Group. The Board recently welcomed Tova Hairston, director of Boomerang Youth, to its ranks. She is African American professional and well versed in multi cultural youth initiatives. FRANK currently has two artist "calls"-one for an emerging artist and the other for full member artists. Every effort has been make to contact local culturally diverse organizations about these opportunities and we hope that the outcomes will help FRANK meet its goal of becoming more racially and culturally diverse. W e are in the process of creating a new strategic plan aimed at making FRANK more DEI compliant-this is not a rapid process for a small gallery which, over the past year, has also been engaging with its new community after its move to Carrboro. Meanwhile our youth initiatives are all geared to the ideals of diversity, equity and inclusion. The twelve year old Karen Youth Art Group comprising Karen Burmese refugees has ben renamed the FRANK Youth Art Group and now includes many non Karen members including Hondurans. W e have also recently re engaged with Kidzu Children's Museum and have started to work on integrating their refugee education program with FRANK's. As this partnership progresses FRANK will hold some of its youth arts classes at Kidzu and vice versa. It is planned that FRANK will eventually take Kidzu refugee students over 10 years of age into its Youth Art Program. In this initiative we are working with Melanie Hass, Director of Kidzu and Grizelda Martinez, the Museum's DEI specialist. W e would like to note that our Youth Art Group teacher, Lah Htoo Boh is also the “Lead Makery” teacher at Kidzu. He is a former member of FRANK's Karen Youth Art Group and a BFA Graduate of UNC Greensboro. During FY24-25, will your organization receive operational support funding from the North Carolina Arts Council or the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources? W e are awaiting a funding decision Organization's EIN 201121059.0 Organization W ebsite www.frankisart.com Authorizing Official's Name Gabrielle Rousso Authorizing Official's Title Chairperson, FRANK Gallery Board of Directors Authorizing Official's Phone 919-636-4135 Docusign Envelope ID: CBE41939-719A-4696-9DEF-A5A8E3BD2E8B Authorizing Official's Email gbergrousso@gmail.com Applicant Race W hite Financial Overview FinancialOv erv iew_Submittable.xlsx Organizational Financial Statements 2022_Tax_Return_-_Frank_Gallery.pdf Frank_Fiscal_Year_2025_Budget_Statement.docx Frank_2024_Profit_and_Loss_YTD.pdf Frank_2024_proposed_Budget.pdf Frank_FY_2023_Financial_Statement.pdf Deficit/Surplus Our 2023 expenses include our move from University Place to Carrboro and an increase in rent by approximately $5000 a month. W e then had to engage with a new community and settle in at our new location which took time hence the negative outcome at the close of the fiscal year. Despite the deficit, we maintained our commitment to core programs and artists. The budget reflects continued investment in artist commissions, community events, and operational necessities. As you can see, this years sales are considerably more robust than 2023 and indicate a path towards the gallery's future fiscal sustainability. If the current or next year budget represents a 30% or more change from the year prior, please explain why. Please note our Deficit /Surplus comments. W e are expecting a considerable donation through the Triangle Community Foundation, hence our match projection for this grant. In addition we anticipate a 10% increase in our net profits from our fall "Off The W all" Gala to be held on October 26. As you can see from our financial statements last year we netted $30,000 at that event which went towards our gallery director's salary. W e are a living wage establishment. W e continue to expand our roster of local and regional artists. Are you an entity of UNC-Chapel Hill or another unit of state government? No PROJECT/PROGRAM INFORMATION Tell us about your project or program Title of Grant Request Funding for FRANK Gallery's Youth Art Group outreach program from 7/1/ 24 through 31/6/25 Grant Amount Requested $5000 Is the person in charge of this program or project different from the Authorizing Official? Yes Project Director Name Nerys Levy Project Director Title FRANK Gallery Outreach Committee Chairperson Docusign Envelope ID: CBE41939-719A-4696-9DEF-A5A8E3BD2E8B Project Director Phone 919-417-3081 Project Director Email rilevy@mindspring.com W hat are you requesting funding for? A specific program or project Project/Program Summary W e request funding for FRANK's Youth Art Group program from July 1st 2024 through June 31 2025 to pay the program's administrator, teachers and our Group's student volunteer with Kidzu refugees. Our program, now in its twelfth year and formerly called the Karen (Burmese) Youth Art Group has provided arts and educational enrichment to over 140 plus refugee youths through arts and educational support by FRANK artists on a one to one basis resulting in community leaders and enabling Group members to pursue further and higher education. Our current group comprises Karen and non Karen refugees and our recent re-engagement with the Kidzu Children's Museum 's refugee initiative will soon result in our group incorporating Ukrainian refugees over ten years of age. The program is administered by FRANK artist Nerys Levy, assisted by Karen artist/ teacher and former Group member Lah Htoo Boh. Two other FRANK member artists, Susan Finer and Shelly Hehenberger also act as teaching support. Classes include painting, print making and computer art. Periodically FRANK artist Natalie Boorman teaches ceramics at her studio. The program also includes college tours and visits to local artists studios and museums. Volunteer Frances Hamer is the program's social support and driver. Given the Group's challenging needs, including transportation, we operate with a maximum of twelve students at a time. Some of our senior students now work with the Program including teacher Lah Htoo Boh, and Sheemoo Tatataw the Program's volunteer at Kidzu. Project Start Date (no earlier than July 1, 2024) July 1 2024 Project End Date (no later than June 30, 2025) June 31 2025 Docusign Envelope ID: CBE41939-719A-4696-9DEF-A5A8E3BD2E8B Project Goals The goal of the Youth Art Project is, by means of weekly year round classes, to empower local refugee youths over the age of ten through visual arts participation, educational enrichment and support. The Project, known previously as the Karen Youth Art Group, has, over the past twelve years, harnessed the inherent artistic talents of its 140 plus Karen students to foster and enhance their self reliance and career possibilities. In the fall of 2023 the Group was opened up to refugees of other cultures and at that time it included a Honduran family and non Karen Burmese refugees. FRANK recently re kindled its partnership with Kidzu Children's Museum and has started a collaboration with their Ukrainian refugee initiative with the goal of taking in Ukrainian students over the age of 10. This involves working with Kidzu's weekly Family W orkshop led by a Ukrainian refugee artist and the Group's UNC based student, Sheemoo Tatataw volunteers there every Friday and, as of September, will receive a joint stipend for working there on Saturdays. On June 29 Kidzu and FRANK will share a recruiting table at the Durham Refugee Fair. In time the FRANK Group will hold some classes at Kidzu in addition to having Sunday morning art and educational classes at FRANK Gallery. FRANK does not intend changing the Group's goals. Instead it plans on broadening the Youth Art Group's cultural composition with the purpose of accomplishing greater community diversity, equity and inclusion both at the gallery and in the community. Audience Description The Group's audience continues to be young refugees. W e have developed an arts based structured curriculum which appeals to such participants and which, we have discovered, empowers many of them into further and higher education and better work prospects than those enjoyed by their refugee parents. To date we have worked with mainly with Karen (Burmese ) refugees in a class of no more than twelve students at a time. Refugees have challenging situations and need one on one attention, assistance with social issues, language and verbal expression. Transportation is also an issue hence the number cap. There is a significant Karen population in Carrboro/ Chapel Hill. The Group started 12 years ago when FRANK volunteer Frances Hamer brought young Karen refugees into the Gallery at our first venue on Franklin Street . Their response to the opportunity to work with FRANK artists was significant. One hundred and forty students later we have enjoyed many student successes including three university graduates, including a BFA, a current UNC-CH art student and former students working in local public service occupations and the health sector. The Program is now ready to include additional culturally diverse local young refugees in our community. W e are welcoming more central Americans displaced by gangs and climate change and Ukrainian students displaced by the current invasion of their homeland by Russia. Our intake must be ten years old and above- some students stay with us for many years and help with the youth group. Docusign Envelope ID: CBE41939-719A-4696-9DEF-A5A8E3BD2E8B Location Description The FRANK Youth Art Group uses FRANK Gallery, Carrboro as its base and classroom. This has always been the case since the Group's inception and at our two previous locations in Chapel Hill. W e assemble tables, chairs and easels at every session and the students get inspiration from the work of scores of the diverse local artists being shown at the gallery. These include paintings, mixed media, photographs, ceramics, jewelry, furniture and textile art. W e take the students on tours of our eight annual gallery exhibitions and whenever possible get them to meet the exhibiting artists. Often the students choose our gallery's art as inspiration for their own work. W e can store different media in the gallery's back room making it possible for the students to work in oils, acrylics, print making and drawing. Our students are also developing ceramics skills and are taught by FRANK ceramic artist Natalie Boorman at her Orange County studio. Natalie hand builds and pit fires her work and the students have, over the years, helped her pit fire their pots and empty the fire pit after firing. As part of the arts educational process we expose the students to exhibitions at local museums, particularly the Ackland, Nasher and the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. They are well schooled in museum visits and have learned how to sketch on site. The Group has been taught to respect art work at our regular teaching location and they are very popular with museum guards who are impressed by their earnest and careful engagement with the art on show. Now that we are re engaging with Kidzu Children's Museum it is envisaged that the Group will work in the Museum's Makery once a month. Our Group's teacher, Lah Htoo Boh is the Lead teacher at the Kidzu Makery and so it will be interesting to see the work that emanates from that location's found objects and recycled materials.. The Group also visits the Horace W illiams House art venue regularly and enjoys working both in that nineteenth century house and art gallery with its seven annual exhibits and its garden filled with ancient trees and bamboo. Obviously it would be good to have a proper studio where our students could engage in work with a wider range of media without having to put things away after every class. Our move to Carrboro has meant that transporting students continues to be and issue. Frances Hamer picks up some Chapel Hill students but whenever possible parents are encouraged to transport their children to and from classes. Parents often arrive at the end of the Sunday class to watch the student critique which is a group activity involving all the Group's students and teachers aimed at greater student sharing and language development. Because of insurance issues FRANK artists and Board members are not allowed to transport students and so Frances Hamer's invaluable contribution as the Project's driver has, over the years, been integral to the Group's functioning. Docusign Envelope ID: CBE41939-719A-4696-9DEF-A5A8E3BD2E8B Artist Description This project was started twelve years ago by FRANK member artist Nerys Levy. She is a painter and has worked on site all over the world. Her Polar/climate change art work has been exhibited by UNC Chapel Hill and in many North American museums. One of her Polar works was selected for UPROAR in August 2023. She also has work in many private collections both in Europe and in the USA. In 2012 together with volunteer Fran Hamer she recruited students for the Karen Youth Art Group from the then Karen Language School in Carrboro. Levy has extensive training in international refugee resettlement from her time working in London for the Commission For Racial Equality. She also has a doctorate in South Asian History from London University based on the sending area of Karen refugees. Lah Htoo Boh is a Karen refugee and former Youth Art Group member and through FRANK's efforts became a BFA student at UNC Greensboro in Fine Arts graduating from there two years ago. He currently works at Kidzu Children's Museum and teaches the Youth Art Group every Sunday morning at FRANK, He is now thirty years old, his delayed education caused by the deprivation of fourteen years living in a Thai refugee camp after his family's exodus from war torn Burma and also having to learn English after arriving in the USA at the age of fifteen. As a Karen and also as an artist of color he acts as role model for all the Group's students and is a very effective and adventurous teacher. Susan Finer is a FRANK member textile artist with considerable English as a second Language teaching experience. She also works with the Judea Reform Congregation's Refugee Resettlement Program in Durham. Shelly Hehenberger is a FRANK member artist and an MFA Graduate from Indiana University. She currently works in cold wax, found objects and color, and has a history of working with youths both at Boomerang Youth and in many mural programs both in the USA and Haiti. She recently joined the Group's teaching crew to work with our Boomerang transfer student who is on the spectrum and who responds well to her and to her efforts teaching him digital art. Shelly teaches Photoshop classes at the Carrboro ArtsCenter. Sheemoo Tatataw is a Karen artist, one of our Youth Arts Group members and a rising senior at UNC Chapel Hill where she is a BFA student in Studio Art. She was born in a Thai refugee camp where she spent eight years and has been with our Group for seven years. During COVID and the necessity for the Group to meet outside she was encouraged to become a plein air painter an experience which not only made her into an excellent portrait painter but also solidified her resolve to pursue a fine arts degree. She currently volunteers on behalf of FRANK at Kidzu's weekly Family Refugee W orkshop and we hope to pay her a stipend during the coming year. Are you hiring multicultural artists with the requested funds from this grant? Yes For each multicultural artist you intend to hire, please list their name, race, and how much you plan to pay them. Lah Htoo Boh, Asian, Karen refugee from Burma. W e plan on paying him $50.00 a session Total amount for the granting year $2700 Sheemoo Tatataw. Asian, Karen refugee, BFA Student at UNC Chapel Hill- artist teacher representing FRANK's Youth Art Group weekly at Kidzu Children's Museum Refugee Family workshop at $12 an hour Total amount for the granting year $3840 the cost would be split 50% with Kidzu and FRANK if we are successful in receiving the Grass Roots Grant. Docusign Envelope ID: CBE41939-719A-4696-9DEF-A5A8E3BD2E8B How will the project/program be publicized and promoted to reach intended participants? The Program is publicized through the families of our current students, refugee organizations, Kidzu Children's Museum, Transplanting Traditions Karen Community Farm, The Triangle Community Foundation, FRANK Fund raising events and at the Durham Refugee Fair this year to be held on June 29. Our program is best recruited through person to person encounters and we have also found that families bring other family members to the group once they see what we offer. W e also have younger siblings of current Group members who are eager to join when they become ten. One of our problems is the issue of scheduling. W e have to meet when the students are free from church, mosque, school and family obligations and when the gallery space is available and closed to the public. Currently Sunday mornings from 8:30am to 11:30am work well but present problems for prospective Ukrainian and Afghan students who belong to Ukrainian Church groups or mosque Sunday Schools. W e may have to adjust our class schedule.to increase more diversity. W e do post a lot of the current students' work and activities on social media and this has brought us some students through non profit volunteers. Another issue is the impermanence of recent refugees' circumstances-the Karen Community is now an established local community but recent refugee groups still move a lot with work or to be closer to family. W e in turn do benefit from such refugee migrations and two of our current students started life in the USA living in south Dakota. How will you evaluate the success of the program? W e will evaluate the success of the Program by the number of culturally diverse students attracted to it and by the educational successes our arts and educational enrichment activities continue to deliver. W e will also examine the impact of paying the Program's teachers on FRANK Gallery's efforts to become more DEI compliant and consequently our ability to attract more culturally diverse artists to our membership, Board and ergo more granting opportunities benefiting this Program and all our non profit endeavors. W e currently have students from a number of school systems where art education is an elective. Our Program, and particularly our concentration of portfolio development, is very attractive to such students. W e will continue to evaluate each student's portfolio and artistic development -every student has a portfolio where all their work is stored, and the portfolio's potential value to a student's school curriculum choices, college entrance or jobs. As noted, we have a Group critique after every class. This constant dialogue helps students personal skills focus and grow. It also helps us with Program planning. W e serve breakfast before every class during which we talk about the past week's events and make future plans for outings and other educational enrichment experiences. Involving the group in discussion and decision making is integral to our goal of offering a relevant program to refugee youths. Being a refugee is not easy and our Program with in-built understanding and twelve years experience has, to date, proved successful. PROJECT/PROGRAM BUDGET Please fill out the charts below with your project's expenses and income. Use the "Explanation" box to offer details for each category. NOTE: The Total Cash Expense must equal the Total Cash Income. Click here to view a sample budget. Project Expense Expenses-english-rev ised.xlsx Project Income Income-english-rev ised.xlsx Resumes of artists/administrators RESUME_Nerys_Lev y_1_003.pdf Finer_resume_2024_pdf.pdf Docusign Envelope ID: CBE41939-719A-4696-9DEF-A5A8E3BD2E8B LahBohC.V.docx Sheemoo_Tatataw_resume.pdf Board of Directors List Board_Contacts_Updated_as_of_January_2024.pdf IRS Tax Exemption Tax_Exempt_Status_Letter.pdf W ork Samples Lev y_Nerys_Artwork.pdf Title of work See attached file Artist's name Nerys Levy Year created 2022 Medium (if applicable) acrylic and mixed media watercolor on paper Finer_Susan_Artwork.pdf Title of work See attached File Artist's name Susan Finer Year created 2022-2024 Medium (if applicable) Mixed media Fiber and acrylic Video Sample: External Link 1 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/uxv7329dz68oko4cn7hku/LahBoh_ArtPortfolio.pptx? rlkey=0sp0bw1wdmn7z4o18b2lv121y&e=1&dl=0 Video Sample: External Link 2 Video Sample: External Link 3 Letters of support (optional) Nerys_LOS.docx.pdf Docusign Envelope ID: CBE41939-719A-4696-9DEF-A5A8E3BD2E8B