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<br />1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date:February 3, 2015 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.4-a <br />th <br />SUBJECT: <br />Orange County Arts Grant Recipients& 30Anniversary of Arts Commission <br />DEPARTMENT:PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)No <br />Orange County Arts <br />Commission <br />ATTACHMENT(S):INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Fall 2014Grant Awards SpreadsheetMartha Shannon, 919-968-2011 <br />Copy of Awards to be Distributed <br />“Specific Attendee List to Follow” <br />PURPOSE: <br />To present checks to local artists and arts organizations receiving Fall2014 <br />th <br />Orange County Arts Grants, and to acknowledge the 30Anniversary of the Orange County <br />Arts Commission, established unanimously by Resolution of the Board of County <br />Commissioners on February 4, 1985. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Orange County Arts Commission awards grants for art programs to local <br />artists, schoolsand nonprofitorganizations from fundsreceived from the state and Orange <br />County government for this purpose. These funds are distributed for arts projectsin all arts <br />disciplines. Each grant recipient must match the granted amount at least dollar for dollarin <br />order to receive funding. <br />th <br />The Orange County Arts Commission is celebrating its 30Anniversary, having been <br />established by the Orange County Board of Commissioners on February 4, 1985. The Arts <br />Commission thanks the members of the 1985 Board of Commissioners, all successive Board <br />members and Orange County residents for their support in helping to strengthenthe artistic and <br />cultural development of Orange County over the past 30 years, and for many years to come. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: <br />A total of $26,926will be awardedin this cycle. This amountis awarded <br />from the FY2014-15 Orange County funds($28,750) already approved by the BOCC for this <br />purpose. (In the Spring 2014 arts grant cycle, $1,750in County funds was awarded to individual <br />artists, and $75in County funds was used to help support the Piedmont Laureate Program, a <br />program of the Orange County ArtsCommission.) <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): <br />The Manager recommends that the Board acknowledge the local <br />recipients of the awards during the February 3, 2015 meeting with the presentation of checks by <br />the Board Chair. <br /> <br />