2018-451-E Finance - The Arts Center outside agency agreement

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DocuSign Envelope ID: C47D73DC -CC50- 4723 - 8253- AE01785E7FAA EXHIBIT A: PROVIDER'S OUTSIDE AGENCY APPLICATION 2. AGENCY INFORMATION (Be Very Brief and Concise) Please provide the following information about your agency (2 pages OR LESS): a) Years in Operation, Date of Incorporation (Month/Year): April 1975 b) Agency's Purpose /Mission (no more than a few sentences): The ArtsCenter exists in order to educate and inspire artistic creativity and to enrich the lives of people of all ages. c) Types of Services the Agency Provides (bullet format): The ArtsCenter is organized into five departments: • ArtSchool. ArtSchool at The ArtsCenter is Orange County's most comprehensive non - profit resource for continuing education in the arts on a non - degree, community basis. The ArtSchool now offers more than 350 classes in all artistic disciplines for all experience levels and ages, awards more than 15 scholarships annually, and offers work -study opportunities. Youth Programs. The ArtsCenter has provided artistically excellent, age- appropriate and accessible arts experiences to Triangle families for more than 30 years. Currently, The ArtsCenter offers the 54 -event School Show Series, ArtsCamp in the summer, AfterSchool Arts Immersion and Arts In Education during the school day to area youth and families. Youth Arts Classes (YAC) include fine art classes for youth and workshops and camps year round in acting, drawing, painting, writing, photography, ceramics, dance, acting for the camera, improvisation and more. Concerts. The ArtsCenter presents at least 60 concerts and jams for adults each year, representing the spectrum of musical genres by touring artists including folk, blues, Celtic, rock, singer- songwriter, old -time, and bluegrass. Gallery. The Nicholson Gallery features the work of local and regional artists on a rotating basis. The Gallery exhibitions highlight the work of more than 100 local and regional artists in 12 exhibitions a year. The Emerging Artist Corridor exhibits 12 visual artists over one year who are at the beginning of their professional careers. • Theatre. International theatre at its most local, ArtsCenter Stage showcases the work of emerging and established artists hailing from next door to around the world. ArtsCenter Stage features newer works, while its second -stage series includes improvisation and storytelling, musicals and operas, stand -up comedy and film screenings, new works in development and theatre for younger and older audiences. d) Agency's History with Providing These Services: The ArtsCenter began as one painting class, in a walk -up studio on East Main Street in Carrboro, in 1974. From that modest first step and the extraordinary creative vitality of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Orange County as a whole, an amazing community arts and education organization was born. Agency Information 1/23/2018 1:53:53 PM Page 9 of 22