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.9~ ,, ^ 110 East KinO Street ^ P.O. Box 1177 ^ Hillsborough, NC ^ 27278; ~ "'ro AN Art Forrtr~, Pra~Cq, and susnyth~rr tJw Ctdldaa/ Dwrrk~prs^rK oteh. ~+tY" M~1ytoRANDUIVi TO: Margaret Brown, Chair, Board of County Commissioners FROM: Carolyn Leith, Chair, Orange County Arts Commission ~~ °~' `'~ DATE: February 2, 1998 RE: Goals and Objectives for the Orange County Arts Commission In ow January ]997 retreat, the OCAC identified 5 goals to take us to the year 2(100. They are: 1) Strengthen the OCAC role as information source for the arts, 2) Expand opportunities for participation in and support of the arts, 3) Contribute to the economic viability of Orange County, 4) Advocate for the Arts, and 5} Determine OCAC role in county education systems' arts education effort. Our success in accomplishing these goals rests on building our presence in the public domain. Our immediate objective is to present owselves as the information source in print and in the electronic media to ignite community collaborations in the arts. To that end, OCAC would like additional funds to promote our presence and increase our effectiveness as the arts information sowce. We have identified the following things to do: print bumper stickers, buttons, a brochure about the Commission, upgrade the appearance of our newsletter with a little color, create the canopyltent and make a banner and wear our name tags for establishing a presence at street festivals and arts events. (We try to send a representative to the events we fund with grants). We want io consider ways to add pictures to our web site (we need more than the allocated 8 Megs capacity-our database will take 2 Megs). We are looking into the possibility of having an on-line catalog of our county artists' work where we would get maybe 5% of the sales price. (It could therefore support itself.) Our site could be linked to the sites of arts organizations and artists in the county. A well-done web site would increase our economic impact, but we may need additional resowces from the county to make a public impact, but we do not want to do so at the cost of cutting back ow grant program to artists and arts organizations. We expect this effort will require additional staff time. As the public learns about us, we will need the capacity to handle their inquiries. Our association with Department for Economic Development has been a very positive move for us. Their office has been very supportive of our mission. Their staff has been a backup in "crunch" times and we have been able to readily consult with Ted Abernathy on presenting the business side of the arts in our county. We hope that we can maintain a similaz close relationship with his successor. Hiisborouph. (919) 732.6'i et ~Q335 ^ Cimpsl Hill: {919) 967251 x2335 ^ qurham: {919) 6867331 ~Q335 ^ Western Or~u'1ge Co: (919) ?27-gait ~ Fix (919) 6443008