2013-324 Arts - The Arts Center Spring 2013 Art Grant Agreement $1,500

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The.ArtsCenter Arts In Education Focus School Program radio drama, acting for the camera, and improvisation. Combined, The ArtsCenter's youth programs reach approximately 26,000 children in up to five counties. Theatre. International theatre at its most local, ArtsCenter Stage showcases the work of emerging and established artists hailing from next door to around the world. ArtsCenter Stage features new works with an historical perspective, while its second-stage series includes improvisation and storytelling, musicals and operas, stand-up comedy and film screenings, new works in development and theatre for younger and older audiences. ArtsCenter Stage is community-oriented theatre with a commitment to developing new artists and audiences. Concerts. The ArtsCenter presents some 60 concerts for adults each year, representing the spectrum of musical genres by local, emerging, and nationally touring artists including folk, blues, Celtic, rock, singer-songwriter, Louisiana French, old-time, and bluegrass. Gallery. The Nicholson Gallery features the work of local and regional artists on a rotating basis. The Gallery exhibitions highlight the work of more than 100 local and regional artists in 12 exhibitions a year. Proposed Uses of Grant Funds In the 2013-2014 school year, The ArtsCenter will again partner with Orange County Schools to offer curriculum-integrated art residencies (correlated directly with the North Carolina Common Core and Essential Standards curriculum) to all grade levels in all three Title 1 elementary schools in the district, serving more than 1,300 underserved children in the county. This partnership is part of The ArtsCenter's focus school program, which takes place over the course of several years and ultimately helps incorporate arts integration into a school environment as a whole. This structure ultimately ensures the sustainability of using the arts to teach curriculum over the long term. The ArtsCenter has implemented this program at Central Elementary, in Hillsborough, for the past five years. Due to the success of the program there, Orange County Schools requested the program expand to serve all three Title I schools in Orange County beginning in the 2013-2014 school year- Central Elementary, New Hope Elementary and Efland-Cheeks Elementary. The following is a demographic breakdown of the three participating Title 1 schools: School American Asian Hispanic Black White Multi- Male Female Total Indian racial Central Elementary 1 0 53 104 142 18 170 148 318 New Hope Elementary 2 3 269 50 283 16 321 302 623 Efland- Cheeks 1 5 90 118 215 23 237 215 452 Elementary