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Applicant Profile <br />North Carolina ARTS Grants Online (AGO) - Grassroots Arts <br />Program — Designated County Partners — Update Application/ <br />Report 2011-12 <br />Orange County Arts Commission <br />Final Report #DCP001 9 <br />Primary Contact: Ms. Martha Shannon <br />Phone: (919) 968-2011 <br />Email: mshannon@co.orange.nc.us <br />Document Generated: Thursday, July 12th 2012, 8:35 am <br />Applicant Type <br />Legal Name <br />Orange County Arts Commission <br />Addresmxl <br />501 West Franklin Street <br />Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27G18 <br />UNITED STATES <br />Telephone <br />(91S)S08-2O11 <br />Fax <br />(91S)888-2O62 <br />Primary Contact <br />Ms. Martha Shannon <br />Director <br />Phone: (919) 9G8-2O11 <br />Ernai|:nmahannon@co.oronga.nc.ua <br />Organization Type <br />ArtoCounoikAmmnoy <br />Applicant Status <br />Bowanmmant - County <br />Applicant Institution <br />ArtaCounoikAgmnoy <br />Applicant Discipline <br />Multidisciplinary <br />Grantee Race <br />No single group <br />Congressional District <br />4 <br />State House District <br />50 <br />State Senate District <br />23 <br />FEIN / TAX UD <br />56'6000327 <br />Date Organization Formed <br />02/04/1985 <br />Fiscal Year Ends Date <br />06/30 <br />DUNS Number <br />884209078 <br />Web Address <br />hftp:/komvw.mdoomange-on0 <br />Mission Statement <br />Our mission is to support, encourage and strengthen the artistic and cultural development of Orange County, NC. <br />Organization History <br />Created in1(85 as the official county government agency on the arts by Resolution of the Board of County <br />Commissioners (BOCC), we serve as a clearinghouse for arts information, facilitate arts program development <br />and advise the BOCC on the arts. We have served as the Designated County Partner (DCP) - formerly the Local <br />Distributing Agent (LDA)-in Orange County since 1985. Our on-going arts programs include the following: 2 <br />Grant Cycles (Spring and Fall) annually that fund artists and organizations; participation in annual Emerging <br />Artists Grants Program through the Durham Arts Council (for 5-county area of Orange, Durham, Chatham, <br />Person and Granville onunUeo); annual Piedmont Laureate Program (currently for 4-county area ofOrange, <br />Durham, Wake, and A|omanuecounUeu). Arts Incubation Program; quarterly Artists' Salons featuring free <br />professional development for artists; monthly e-newsletters and other occasional publications; website providing <br />arts information, events calendar and a searchable online local arts directory; Annual 4th U.S. Congressional <br />District High School Art Competition in Orange County (participating with Durham and Wake Counties); Public Art <br />Located on County-Owned Properties, and Special Arts Projects. We are currently participating in the 2011 <br />Americans for the Arts (AFTA) arts economic impact study entitled Arts & Economic Prosperity IV. <br />I#DCP0019 Page <br />