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Provide a brief <br />description of your <br />pre-pandemic core <br />arts-related <br />programming or <br />offerings. <br />Our usual performance season begins in August, and concludes in <br />June. Patrons can come one week and enjoy jazz from Branford <br />Marsalis or v isit another week and see a play produced by a local <br />theater company. Field trips v isit our School Series performances <br />and fill the 300-seat theater watching performances from Virginia <br />Repertory Company and Queen Nur help school aged children learn <br />to increase empathy and the ability to see another person’s point of <br />v iew through stories of other people’s cultural experiences. W e are <br />committed to growing our community to a place of div ersity and <br />equity where all v oices hav e a stage. <br />Our year round ArtSchool offers v aried exposure from ceramics to <br />digital arts offerings, we help people increase their psychological <br />well-being and allow teenagers to explore artistic fields that enhance <br />their ability to creativ ely solv e problems and communicate with <br />others. W e offer ov er 350 classes a year where anyone can walk in <br />and take a class regardless of financial capacity or ability. W e are <br />proud that our ArtSchool is the largest resource in Orange County for <br />all learners to come explore their creativ e capacity. <br />Our Youth Programs are another facet of our education department <br />that promotes div ersity and inclusiv ity. W e are proud that our Youth <br />Education Department has arts programs in our Afterschool Arts <br />Immersion program and in our Arts in Residence Program based in <br />Title 1 schools. Our summer program, ArtsCamp, that has educated <br />generations of attendees in our 40+ year history. For 10 weeks ov er <br />the summer ArtsCamp offers ov er 140 classes in div erse media from <br />fiber arts to digital exploration. W e hav e former campers who are <br />now camp parents and bringing back their children to engage in the <br />new arts experiences we prov ide. W e now teach children ten weeks <br />all summer how to make and design their own textile projects, write a <br />play, compose digital music, and study creativ e writing. <br />Our v isual arts galleries are the largest public facility for arts <br />exhibition space. W ith two galleries one for established local artists, <br />The Nicholson Gallery, and a second for less established artists <br />called the Emerging Artists Gallery, we v alue the relationships we <br />hav e with our local guilds and artist collectiv es as their primary <br />exhibition space annually. W e offer 24 exhibitions a year, 12 in the <br />main gallery and 12 in the emerging artist space. <br />W e also facilitate a creativ e economy by adding an annual bazaar, <br />The Elf Fair, for local artists to not only exhibit their work, but learn <br />how to market and sell their pieces. Elf Market is The ArtsCenter’s <br />15th annual one-day holiday market inv iting local artists and crafts <br />persons to sell their work. Each year, the market fills the entire <br />building, accommodating 45 v endors, children’s activ ities, and local <br />merchant specials in the 300 East Main Shopping Center. In 2019 we <br />had a record number of v endors and v isitors with ov er 1600 people <br />v isiting our building throughout the day. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 7676AA4F-A842-45BE-ABD8-BCF64A11EEF8