2021-615-E-Arts Commission-The ArtsCenter-Restart the Arts

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justice issues, and the dev elopment of social skills through working in peer groups. W ith a commitment to div ersity, equity, inclusion, and ensuring all learners can explore their creativ e capacity through access to transformativ e arts experiences, scholarships are offered to students from low-income households for both the ArtsCamp and Afterschool Arts Immersion programs. TAC’s partnership with the Family Success Alliance prov ides four weeks of summer arts programs teaching children interpersonal skills and preparing them for a classroom setting. Many these children are coming from immigrant families and hav e nev er sat in a classroom before. They take morning classes teaching them the alphabet and numbers and we prov ide afternoon classes using art to engage with their teachers in a setting where they can activ ely participate in the learning process. These youth are taught to use creativ e problem solv ing, building confidence to set them up for success in a traditional classroom. Ov er 70% of the students are not nativ e English speakers and 99% are non-white. TAC’s year round ArtSchool is the largest resource in Orange County for learners of all ages to explore their creativ e capacity, offering instruction in v arious art forms from ceramics to digital arts to improv . All learners regardless of age, skill or schedule can access the ArtSchool with classes offered at v ariety of times, prices,and formats. The ArtsCenter’s performance spaces present performers such as internationally famous k.d. lang and Dav id Lindley as well as locally famous songwriters like Rissi Palmer, a BIPOC country music singer residing in Durham, in an intimate engaging theater space. Orange County residents lov e to share who they saw and more importantly, who they discov ered on our stage. Most importantly, our stages continue to prov ide entertainment for ev eryone. Please explain the impact of your organization on the Orange County community in a typical year. Our programming in 2019 had an economic impact of $4.3M (according to the Americans for the Arts prosperity calculator). This breaks down into 127 full-time jobs and $2.6 M in household income generated through expenditures made by The ArtsCenter and our audiences. The ArtsCenter is not only the largest arts organization in Orange County, prov iding 100,000 arts experiences to NC residents each year but also the largest employer of Orange County artists. In 2019 • we hired 155 artists as teaching artists, performers & instructors • W e offered 236 ArtSchool classes • W e hosted 133 performances • W e offered 32K in scholarships • W e hosted 125 ArtsCamp family share ev ents • W e serv ed 1300 students in our Orange County Title One Partner schools. • In total we engaged 103K people through The ArtsCenter’s classes, exhibits, ev ents & classroom experiences. Despite COVID-19, we continue to meet the needs of our community, offering art experiences in a safe but impactful way. To offer respite to the families in our community on whom CV-19 has had the most significant impact, in summer 2020, with the highest safety measures DocuSign Envelope ID: 86DFF302-0F1D-453E-9078-02BDC6F3549C