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iV <br />NAME OF BOARD /COMMISSION Orange County Arts Commission <br />Report Period: 2017 <br />ORANGE COUNTY ADVISORY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS <br />ANNUAL REPORT/ WORK PLAN FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />The Board of Commissioners appreciates the dedication of all the volunteers on their boards <br />and commissions and welcomes input from various advisory boards and commissions <br />throughout the year. Please complete the following information, limited to the front and back <br />of this form. Other background materials may be provided as a supplement to, but not as a <br />substitute for, this form. <br />Board /Commission Name: Orange County Arts Commission <br />Person to address the BOCC at work session- if applicable- and contact information: <br />Tim Hoke, Board Chair; tim hnva.us / 919 - 383 -7426 <br />Primary County Staff Contact: <br />Katie Murray, Director; 919 - 245 -2335 / kmurray(a-)-orangecountync.gov <br />How many times per month does this board /commission meet, including any special meetings <br />and sub - committee meetings? <br />1 monthly meeting and ad -hoc sub - committees including Grants Process Review Committee, Paint it <br />Orange Plein Air Paint -out Committee <br />Brief Statement of Board /Commission's Assigned Charge and Responsibilities. <br />Created in 1985 as the official government agency on the arts by a Resolution of the Board of County <br />Commissioners (BOCC), the Orange County Arts Commission serves as a clearinghouse for arts <br />information, facilitator of arts programs & advisor to the Orange County Board of County <br />Commissioners regarding the arts. We have been the Designated County Partner (DCP) of the North <br />Carolina Arts Council in Orange County since 1985 and are responsible for sub - granting state and <br />county funds to arts organizations, schools and artists throughout the county. <br />What are your Board /Commission's most important accomplishments? <br />• Reinstated our positive standing as the Designated County Partner for Orange County with the <br />NC Arts Council after a probationary period implemented by the NC Arts Council in July, 2016. <br />• Revised the Orange County Arts Grants application process, simplifying the application and <br />condensing the cycle to one annual application period. Hosted training sessions and one -on- <br />one assistance to area groups and artists. 38% of applicants during the 2017 cycle were first - <br />time applicants. <br />• Served as ambassadors and Panelists for the Emerging Artist Program, the Annual Piedmont <br />Laureate Program, and the 4t US Congressional District High School Art Competition. <br />• Completed Calypso Cat public art project in partnership with Orange County Animal Services <br />and Gold Park Bee Hotel project in partnership with the Town of Hillsborough, the Hillsborough <br />Tourism Development Authority, and the Hillsborough Arts Council. <br />• Hosted The State of the Arts of Orange County and the Triangle with the NC Arts Council to <br />announce the findings of Americans for the Arts' Arts and Economic Prosperity Survey V. Have <br />presented to findings to local boards and councils to info <br />• Advocated on behalf of Orange County artists and arts organizations to local legislators in <br />Raleigh at Arts Day 2017 <br />• In partnership with the Hillsborough Arts Council, hosted "Paint it Orange: Plein Air Paint -out & <br />Wet Paint Sale," the first county -wide plein air paint -out as a fundraiser for OCAC and HAC. <br />