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-70,000 registered members; <br /> -8.5 million network visits annually. <br /> Visit ExploreChapelHillARTS.com and experience the new upgrades for yourself! <br /> If you have any questions or concerns, or if you experience any issues, please contact the <br /> EverWondr team at Help(a.EverWondr.com. They're happy to help. <br /> The Orange County Arts Commission hopes you enjoy these new upgrades to our <br /> ExploreChapelHillARTS.com online events calendar! <br /> EXP LO RECHAP E LH I LLARTS.COM <br /> www.ExploreChapelHillARTS.com <br /> Emerging Artists Grant Program Information <br /> The Orange County Information Session for the Emerging Artists Program will <br /> be held in early August, 2013.Visit the Orange County Arts Commission's website <br /> at www.artsorang_e.org for updated information about the date of this meeting. <br /> This statewide North Carolina Arts Council program is administered locally by the Durham Arts <br /> Council each fall to enable individual artists who have mastered the basic techniques of their art <br /> form to complete projects that will establish their professional presence. <br /> k Grants may not exceed $1,500. Criteria for making the <br /> F,F awards include the accomplishment and commitment of <br /> the artist, the feasibility of the proposed project and the <br /> impact the project will have on the applicant's career. <br /> Grant Program into This program is open to artists living in Durham, <br /> Chatham,Orange, Granville, and Person counties. To be eligible for an Emerging Artists <br /> Grant, an artist must have lived in one of the five partner counties at least a year, must be 18 <br /> years of age and cannot be a student enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in their <br /> art form. <br /> Applications and guidelines will be available at the link below, and from the Orange County <br /> Arts Commission's website at www.artsorange.org. In Orange County, hard-copies will be <br /> available at the Orange County Arts Commission office in Chapel Hill, at all Orange County <br /> Public Libraries, and at the Chapel Hill Public Library. <br /> DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL <br /> www.durhamarts.org/artistinfo—emergingartists.htmi <br /> August 23, 2013 Artists' Salon at ArtsCenter <br /> The next Artists' Salon, sponsored by the Orange County Arts Commission,will be held <br /> on Friday,August 23rd from 6:30-9 pm in the West End Theatre at The ArtsCenter in <br /> Carrboro. <br /> At the beginning of a new school year, Chapel Hill teaching artist and author Faye Stanley will be our <br /> guest presenter. <br /> Faye Stanley facilitates workshops and trainings and presents at conferences international) . Her book, <br /> The Teaching Artist Toolbox: Connecting Your Art and the School av <br /> was published by New Village Press, and her books and CD's Music and <br /> Sound:Learning Experiences for the Elementary Classroom, Singing to <br /> Learn:A Multicultural Approach to Early Childhood Curriculum, and World <br /> Games to Sing and Dance in the Classroom and Community are also <br /> available. She wrote the JAM Guide for the North Carolina Arts Council, <br /> outlining programmatic content for cultural music traditions in after-school <br /> programs, and consults on arts based initiatives with schools <br /> internationally. Faye also serves on the North Carolina Arts Council's Arts <br /> in Education Advisory Committee, is a mentor for the Kennedy Center's Artists as Educators seminars, <br /> and is Director of the Arts and Engagement project for Duke University. Faye holds a Bachelor of Music <br /> degree and a Masters in Education. <br />