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Provide a brief <br />description of your <br />pre-pandemic core <br />arts-related <br />programming or <br />offerings. <br />FRANK Gallery is an artist collective and non-profit organization <br />displaying and selling the work of more than 100 local and regional <br />artists and 22 member artists. Since 2010, the Gallery has presented <br />both visual and performing arts free to the public serving the <br />Triangle area and in particular Chapel Hill- Carrboro. Every two <br />months, the “hanging committee” a group of volunteer-member <br />artists’ work to hang and display a rotating collection of work of our <br />many artists. Specifically, in 2019, FRANK displayed 6 art exhibits <br />with 6 opening receptions, 6 featured artist talks, 9 “Coffee and <br />Donut” talks by local artists and community leaders, and various <br />private tours including the Orange County Department on Aging - all <br />of which were free for participants. The Gallery’s annual “Off the Wall <br />Fundraiser Gala” was hosted in partnership with the Siena Hotel. The <br />non- profit extension of FRANK, the Michael and Laura Brader-Araje <br />Community Outreach Gallery, a physical space located in the same <br />mall as the main gallery, partnered and hosted many arts and <br />community organizations, events, and artist and teachers <br />workshops, exhibits, and projects including; the National PTA <br />Reflections show, Women Speak, Hero Books with Durham Academy, <br />FRANK’s Karen Youth Art Group and UNC‘s Advanced Photography <br />class, The Triangle Visual Artists “Spring Jubilee”: Art of the <br />Triangle; Arts for Life Exhibit; showcasing the work of pediatric <br />patients from Duke Children’s Hospital, Alamance Artisans <br />Extravaganza Preview Show, FRANK: in Focus CLICK! Photography <br />exhibition entitled “The Gallery as Classroom- a student / teacher <br />Photography Exhibition”, and a series of workshops taught by local <br />artists and instructors. The FRANK Community Gallery also hosted 2 <br />major exhibitions by the Orange County Artists Guild including its <br />studio tour preview. Also over the past eight years, on a weekly <br />basis, FRANK artists and volunteers have worked with the Gallery’s <br />Karen Youth Art Group serving local Burmese refugee students. All <br />of these exhibits and events in 2019 saw more than more than 8100 <br />people visiting the gallery with an additional 3150 attending events. <br />Approximately 70% of these visitors were from the Chapel Hill <br />Carrboro area,15% were from Durham,10% were from Raleigh/ <br />surrounding areas and 5% were from outside the Triangle. Attendees <br />and participants were of diverse social and cultural backgrounds. <br />Prior to COVID-19 we had all our artists and their work on our website <br />but very few other virtual materials other than show and event <br />announcements. Being the gallery’s 10th anniversary year, in <br />addition to the planned 6 exhibits, artist talks, 12 coffee and donuts <br />talks, and various workshops, the gallery had plans to stage even <br />more events in celebration of the milestone. To this end, from early <br />January 2020 up until closing in mid-March, the gallery had already <br />set-up a rotating group of student musicians to perform in the gallery <br />during the year, 2 special art exhibits, and additional artist talks <br />(which have since moved virtually to our website). <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 10D62634-D3CD-418E-A272-7AF30D0BBB83