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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 7, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~-Q <br />SUBJECT: Southern Human Services Center Public Art Project <br />DEPARTMENT: Orange County Arts <br />Commission <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Southern Human Services Center Public <br />Art Selection Committee <br />Artist's Concept Statement <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Martha Shannon, ext. 2335 <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />732-8181 <br />968-4501 <br />688-7331 <br />336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To make a presentation and receive BOCC approval for the artist for the Southern <br />Human Services Center Public Art Project, a public art project to be completed during FY06. <br />BACKGROUND: At the request of the BOCC for a public art project in the Southern Human <br />Services Center, a public art selection committee was created in the fall of 2004, This committee <br />met in December, 2004, and again in March and April, 2005, A statewide call for qualifications <br />with amid-March deadline was distributed to North Carolina artists by direct mail and pasted <br />electronically by email and via various listservs and websites. Artists living in Orange County, NC <br />were encouraged to apply, Artists were asked to submit a letter of interest, relevant <br />experience/current resume, up to 15 images of their work, annotated image list, and references. <br />Thirty-nine responses were received from North Carolina artists, The artist selection committee <br />selected one artist from three finalists, Three weeks of public comment were received. <br />Artist Sarah Craige (Efland, NC) is suggested to the BOCC for the Southern Human Services <br />Center Public Art Project, Ms. Craige has excellent credentials and several years of relevant <br />public art experience and is suggested primarily for her artistic merit and her ability to work <br />successfully in the public art arena, The Orange County Arts Commission has approved Sarah <br />Craige. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: No new money is needed, $9,000 for this project was appropriated by the <br />BOCC in the FY05 operating budget. Additional money has been raised from the private sector <br />(Howard, Perry and Walston Foundation). If a grant from the NC Arts Council is received, an <br />apprenticeship component of this project will be funded, <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the presentation <br />and approve artist Sarah Craige far the Southern Human Services Center Public Art Project. <br />