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Please explain the <br />impact of your <br />organization on the <br />Orange County <br />community in a <br />typical year. <br />FRANK Gallery is the only art gallery in Chapel Hill, its dual function as <br />a fine arts gallery with a nonprofit status has made it into a powerful <br />artistic force in southern Orange County. Specifically, it is the <br />showcase for and selling point of the work of over 100 local artists <br />representing diverse media. Until April 2020, the Gallery provided a <br />venue for nonprofit organizations to exhibit their work and respective <br />functions in the Community Gallery which has since closed because <br />of mall redevelopment. Specifically, we provided a venue for the 160 <br />members of the Orange County Artists Guild to stage their first ever <br />physical exhibit giving them a higher profile in the County which <br />ultimately benefited the County’s visual arts profile and tax base. <br />FRANK Gallery over the past 10 years has regularly enhanced the <br />lives of over 100 local artists, together with the lives of its 45 plus <br />Karen Youth Art Group, all Burmese refugee students stemming from <br />refugee camps in Thailand. The Karen Community in particular has <br />benefitted particularly from FRANK support enabling some of its <br />young people to attend community and 4 year colleges and to <br />become local cultural leaders. We have one student who is a “stand <br />out” Fine and Digital arts student at UNC Greensboro with his sights <br />on a career with Disney. FRANK has also proved a valuable meeting <br />place for the community and artists, consequently elevating the <br />status of local fine arts. We send valuable sales taxes to Orange <br />County underscoring the fact that the arts are a very important <br />economic entity in our County. Furthermore, by hosting arts <br />organizations in our Community Gallery for the past ten years (both <br />at our Franklin Street and University Place locations); we have <br />enabled many local arts organizations to grow and also enhance the <br />County’s tax base through this growth. <br />The community's response to our physical re-opening in early June <br />and to our recent online initiatives has been tremendous. This <br />support was underscored in our recent online October 10th "Off The <br />Wall" fundraising gala. We pride ourselves in being an approachable <br />place for the community in which to view and learn about the arts, no <br />matter one’s background, and are focused on sharing the talents of <br />our artists' community with anyone that wants to learn more about <br />us. Having started to widen the gallery's reach through rudimentary <br />virtual means, we are already receiving positive responses from <br />customers and patrons from outside the Triangle and even from <br />outside the State. Expanding our reach will further enhance Orange <br />County's visibility as an arts destination and the careers of many of <br />our local exhibiting artists . <br />COVID-19 IMPACT <br />DATA <br />This data is for the OCAC's informational purposes only and may or <br />may not be applicable to your organization depending on your <br />structure. <br />Number of Staff <br />Eliminated March 15 <br />- October 15 <br />0 <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 10D62634-D3CD-418E-A272-7AF30D0BBB83