Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
CA North Carolina ARTS Grants Online (AGO) - Grassroots Arts <br /> 40 <br /> *is� Program - Designated County Partners - Full Application/Report <br /> a . 1- 2013-14 <br /> Z > Orange County Arts Commission <br /> Application #DCP0004 <br /> FV 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 /> population steadily grows. <br /> Programs and Services <br /> 2. Describe your key programs and activities for 2013-14. List and describe the artists <br /> selected for your 2013-14 programs, explain how and why they were chosen, and state the rate <br /> of payment for their services. (max.5000 characters and spaces) <br /> The orange County Arts Commission (OCAC)gives out grants twice per year(Spring& Fall).We <br /> grant state Grassroots funds in the Spring grant cycle, &county funds in our Fall grant cycle. <br /> The Orange County Arts Commission subgrants the majority of our annual Grassroots Arts Program <br /> allocation to nonprofit arts organizations, nonprofit organizations sponsoring art projects, &schools. <br /> We subgrant approximately 90%of our annual Grassroots allocation to other nonprofit organizations <br /> &schools for arts programming.All of our subgrants are project specific.We use the remaining <br /> balance to supplement our own arts programming (such as www.ExploreChapelHillARTS.com online <br /> arts calendar, participation in the annual Emerging Artists Program&the annual Piedmont Laureate <br /> Program, &Public Art projects). <br /> Grants awarded to individual artists in either grant cycle are always paid using Orange County funds- <br /> not state funds. <br /> During 2012-13, 2 artist projects were funded through our grants program utilizing county funds. <br /> Michael Roy Layne dba Legacyworks was awarded $1,000 in our Fall 2012 cycle for the creation and <br /> installation of a 40-ft. long illuminated public environmental sculpture"Chrysalis+Drago(n)Doctrine" in <br /> downtown Chapel Hill. In the same grant cycle, Mary Carter Taub was awarded $1,000 for the <br /> production &documentation of the"Bus Wrap"Artwork Mobile Mural project on a Chapel Hill Transit <br /> bus.We anticipate awarding at least 3 to 5 artist projects during 2013-14,depending on the strength <br /> of the proposed projects(based on excellence of the artwork&benefits to the citizens of Orange <br /> County). <br /> We have many ANNUAL programs for both organizations&artists,which are documented in <br /> Questions#3 and #4 below.We will continue to provide all our ANNUAL programs&services in <br /> 2013-14. <br /> In 2013-14 we plan several "refresher"classes for artists&arts organizations in using our free online <br /> arts calendar-www.ExploreChapelHillARTS.com. (You can also link to this calendar via the URL <br /> www.ExploreChapelHill.com). There is a need for occasional re-training in the use of this calendar <br /> because of high turnover in arts organizations.We will provide a free evening&a free daytime <br /> "refresher"class in March, 2013 in Orange County.We d also like to offer another set of"refresher" <br /> classes in the fall of 2013 or the spring of 2014. The Orange County Arts Commission pays$1,800 <br /> annually for this online arts&entertainment calendar(a part of the EverWondr Network)which <br /> reaches well beyond the Triangle market. <br /> The 2013 Piedmont Laureate will be children's author John Claude Bemis of Hillsborough. He will <br /> travel throughout Orange, Durham,Alamance&Wake counties promoting awareness and <br /> heightening appreciation for excellence in the literary arts in the Piedmont Region. Mr. Bemis was <br /> chosen from applications from authors of children's literature(for ages 0-18 years)living in this 4- <br /> county area. His honorarium is$6,500 (shared equally by the sponsoring organizations: Orange <br /> County Arts Commission,Alamance County Arts Council, Durham Arts Council, United Arts of Raleigh <br /> &Wake County, and the City of Raleigh Arts Commission).An additional$250(shared equally by the <br /> sponsoring organizations)supports the Piedmont Laureate website (www.PiedmontLaureate.com) <br /> and promotion. Mr. Bemis will present readings and workshops at various public events&sites <br /> (libraries, arts centers, schools, universities, and other community gathering places), encourage <br /> creative writing &promote literature. Now in it's 5th year, this program has previously highlighted <br /> writers of poetry, novels, creative nonfiction, &drama. <br /> #DCP0004 <br /> 7aA e8 <br />