2013-524 Arts - Friends of Carrboro Branch Librry Fall 2013 Art Grant Agreement $1,500

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fb CA 4 Libraries USA has included the Carrboro Branch Library's Arts Program in a book on successful library programs. The Friends received another Frances B Reid Award in 2011 for the role as library advocates and for their Library Arts Program. B.CURRENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES The Friends of the Carrboro Branch Library are an important part of that Library given the facility's small staff and sparse funds. Our group runs outreach community book sales and is a major force behind the Library's involvement with the Community Dinner celebrating Orange County's cultural diversity,held annually in the Mc Dougle Schools Cafetorium. The artist-run Friends Art Committee is entirely responsible for the Library's Arts Program and every year it plans and stages four large exhibitions in the 7,500 square foot Library with related workshops and cultural programs. The Committee has enjoyed exceptional support from both the Friends and the Orange County Arts Commission since the Library opened in May 1995.In 2007, the Orange County Arts Commission rejected our application for funding support for our 2008 program but granted us$1500 in 2008 for 2009 for which we are grateful The OCAC denied the Library Arts Program funding for 2010 but we enjoyed OCAC support for our program in both 2011,2012 and partial funding 2013.We are hoping for continuing OCAC support for our 2014 Library Arts Program. Since starting its arts programming in 1996,the Library has shown the work of over 1600(mostly local)visual artists. Since 1996 all exhibits have involved the community and local artists, agencies and institutions.Even though we hope to be moving into a free standing library facility in a few years time where there will be a designated art gallery space,the minds of the Friends are currently on the need to find funds to supplement the Library's current operating budget and programs--- including the popular Library Arts Program. Currently showing at the Library is the juried exhibition"Drawing in the Ackland"-part four of four community based exhibitions featuring artist run projects on that theme in 2013. C.GRANT PROPOSAL FOR 2014-PROPOSED USE OF GRANT FUNDS. The aim of the Carrboro Library Arts Program is to encourage local artists and culturally diverse groups to display their work on the walls of the Carrboro Branch Library/Mc Dougle Schools Media Center in conjunction with Library programs and public events. The location of the Library in the McDougle Schools gives the Friends,Library and Arts Commission an unprecedented opportunity to introduce over 1400 children per year to the full spectrum of cultural arts,as well as to all members of the Library that frequent the facility. We would like to stress that each year oigr cultural programs have been different,and since May 1996, we have shown the work of over 1600 culturally diverse artists and cultural groups. Our proposed exhibitions for the coming year have their usual emphases on multiculturalism and community and Library support for locally prodgpQd arts,crafts and culture. We must also stress the continued need for a professional tp Work with our volunteers in the hanging of exhibitions, given the large spaces and heights involved. We hope that the Commission will decide to support the following new endeavors in 2014.