2022-498-E-Arts Commission-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School-2022-23 arts grant

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Project/Program Summary The Arts Teacher at Carrboro Elementary School (CES) and the entire school community are planning for their annual play which in 2022-23 will be The Hobbit. All students in the school will be inv olv ed in creating the play in some way during their art classes—set dev elopment, costume design, technical set-up—but the fourth and fifth graders will actually perform and act as the technical crew for the play. Being a major part of the annual school play is something that 4th and 5th graders v ery much look forward to in their elementary school career. Students will hav e a chance to dev elop their presentation skills, work together as a team, learn through written text how to interpret the mood of a piece of writing and its intent, and to build their self-confidence. CES has its own auditorium and there will be multiple shows performed in early 2023 so that the entire school, family members, and community members will all hav e a chance to v iew it. These are always sold-out performances. Funds will be used for costuming, sets, and props. Project Start Date (no earlier than July 1, 2022) 8/22/2022 Project End Date (no later than June 30, 2023) 2/28/2023 Project Goals Produce a high-quality play of The Hobbit that inv olv es all elementary school students from Carrboro Elementary; Expose students to the many different art experiences as they create the props, backgrounds, costumes, etc. for the play; Increase student performance confidence, especially 4th and 5th graders, who will hav e the major roles in the play and act as technical staff; Perform The Hobbit for the CES students, staff, families, and community members in at least fiv e performances. Audience Description CES students and staff will be audience members during the school day for at least one of the performances. The demographics for the CES student body is as follows: W hite-54%; Latinx-31%; Multiracial-6%; Asian-4%; Black- 4%; Nativ e American-1%. For the additional performances, we expect families and community members of all ages and ethnicities to make up the audiences. Location Description Carrboro Elementary School has its own stage and auditorium where the plays will be performed. The area around the school is a v ery walkable community and there is ample parking at the school for folks who attend ev ening performances. Artist Description In this case, the artists will be the approximately 500 students at Carrboro Elementary (grades K-5). The fourth and fifth graders will make up the cast and technical crew for the performances. Students will be lead by the art teacher at CES, Ms. Deb Cox. She has a background in not only v isual arts but performing arts and has produced a play with the students at CES for many years. Her resume is included. Are you hiring multicultural artists with the requested funds from this grant? No DocuSign Envelope ID: 5335F3E3-83FE-42FE-9BD2-C5087F04983C