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r 3 identifying human and financial resources. Simultaneously, LARC develops the same approach in the focus Latin American country. The LACE activity plan includes at the local level: meetings, distribution of educational materials, curriculum development for K-12 grades, workshops, video presentations, the planning and implementation of an activities schedule for two on- site international visits, and the planning and implementation for a 2-days of local focus groups. The international visits take place during the first 12 months of the program and the focus groups within the last 6 months. At the international level it includes: periodic meetings between LARC's LACE staff and local officials and organizations in the Latin American country being presented, selection of the artistic/cultural delegation to represent the country, and the development of an artistic program that fits LACE's objectives: Educational support materials are gathered or produced. The first on-site visit includes the Ambassador and delegates from the Ministry of Economy and Education from the Latin American focus country. The second on- site visit includes the visit of an artistic ensemble of approximately 30 artists. Both groups engage in in-school activities and community at-large activities. The LACE focus groups are a mechanism for the local community to evaluate the program and to generate a LACE follow-up, one-year action plan. All of LACE activities are designed to be highly interactive, entertaining, and fun, LACE has a built-in evaluation component using an observation, survey/interview, and focus group method. Effectiveness, efficiency, quality, and work load are measured. LACE won the 1994 NC Arts award for Creativity and Innovation in Arts Education. About 60%of LACE audiences are students from grades K-12. LARC has LACE initiatives with Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Since 1992, it has reached approximately 45,000 people in North Carolina, and Bogota, Colombia. Presently, LARC is developing pre-planning activities for LACE in Orange and Chatham counties. LARC is working with organizations such as: the NC World Trade Center, the UNC-Hispanic Business Agenda, the Duke-LJNC Latin American Studies Program, the UNC Leadership Development Program, Volunteers for Youth, and Public Allies among others. For more information, contact Aura C. Maas at (919) 870-5272.