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CA40 North Carolina ARTS Grants Online (AGO) - Grassroots Arts <br /> p �'y 2013r14 - Designated County Partners - Full Application/Report <br /> A Orange County Arts Commission <br /> �, Application #DCP0004 <br /> �+� Primary Contact: Ms. Martha Shannon <br /> co\ Phone: (919)968-2011 <br /> Email: mshannon @orangecountync.gov <br /> Document Generated:Wednesday,February 27th 2013,1:53 pm <br /> Final Reports are required from all grant recipients at the end of the project period. <br /> If a grant recipient needs to make a significant change in their project, they must make this request in <br /> writing.Their request then goes to the OCAC board for possible approval. Staff then notifies the grant <br /> recipient of the decision of the OCAC advisory board. <br /> The number of schools applying and the number of children served varies from grant cycle to grant <br /> cycle. But we generally receive around 6-8 applications for funding from schools in each grant cycle. <br /> 6. Describe the arts in education programs you conduct and fund that benefit children and <br /> youth in your community. (max. 3300 characters and spaces) <br /> Many public and private nonprofit schools in Orange County apply to us through our two annual grant <br /> cycles to help fund in-school performances and residencies by professional artists. The number of <br /> schools applying to us for support has steadily increased over the years.We directly funded in-school <br /> performances and residencies by professional artists in 14 schools in our Spring and Fall 2012 grant <br /> cycles. We indirectly funded in-school performances and residencies by professional artists in the <br /> schools via 5 non-profit organizations in our Spring and Fall 2012 grant cycles. Our grants are the <br /> main way we support arts in education programs for children and youth. <br /> Please see descriptions of in-school arts programs funded in Question#7 below. <br /> We have sponsored our own in-school artists residencies in the past as special projects, generally <br /> supported by Arts in Education grants from the NC Arts Council. <br /> We strongly support arts education.The arts teach our children the skills that will make them <br /> successful in the 21st century workforce- innovation, imagination, critical thinking, and collaboration. <br /> We also believe in the value of the arts for arts'sake.The arts experience can change the lives of our <br /> children (and all of us)for the better. <br /> 7. Describe the programs you conduct and fund that are racially and culturally diverse. (max. <br /> 3300 characters and spaces) <br /> The Orange County Arts Commission includes in all of our subgrant categories and grant criteria that <br /> programs reflect and impact those racially and culturally diverse citizens of Orange County. In <br /> addition,we continue to strive for a diverse membership on our Board. <br /> Spring 2012 Grassroots Arts Grants contributed to a successful in-school residencies and <br /> performance by Ballet Folklorico Mexico(Ephesus Road Elementary School), Braima Moiwai (Estes <br /> Hills Elementary School), Flamenco Carolina (McDougle Elementary School), and poet Phillip <br /> Shabazz(McDougle Middle School). <br /> Spring 2012 Grassroots Arts Program organizational support for multicultural programming went to <br /> the Hillsborough Arts Council for the Hillsborough Jazz Festival,to the Town of Carrboro(Recreation <br /> & Parks Dept.)for the Carrboro Music Festival,to The ArtsCenter for 7 teaching-artist residencies at <br /> Central Elementary School (Title 1 low income school), to the Chapel Hill Carrboro Children's <br /> Museum dba Kidzu Children's Museum for Community workshops for children in need (with mosaic <br /> artist Jeannette Brossart), and to the Chapel Hill Carrboro Public School Foundation for"Spoken <br /> Word Poetry Project"at Phoenix Academy(alternative high school). <br /> Fall 2012 county funded grants will contribute to in-school residencies and performances by the <br /> Sacrificial Poets(Cedar Ridge High School, Chapel Hill High School, Carrboro High School, Phoenix <br /> Academy), storyteller Donna Washington (Estes Hills Elementary School), Ballet Folklorico Mexico <br /> (McDougle Elementary School), actor Mike Wiley(McDougle Elementary School, Phillips Middle <br /> School),The Eckard Theater Company's Presentation of"A Thousand Cranes"(McDougle Middle <br /> School), and Jabali African Acrobats (Estes Hills Elementary School, Phillips Middle School). <br /> Fall 2012 county funded grants were awarded for multicultural programming at The ArtsCenter for <br /> #DCP0004 Page 11 <br />