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17 <br /> ENO ARTS MILL FIRST YEAR IMPACT: October, 2021 through September, 2022 <br /> Number of artists paid for work sold, classes, performances, or services 125 <br /> Amount paid to artists for work sold, classes, performance, or services $48,179 <br /> Number of artists exhibited 212 <br /> Dollar amount of work sold (Oct-Dec, March-September) $18,980 <br /> Number of people hosted during First Friday openings 2,400 <br /> Number of people hosted for classes 232 <br /> Number of youth hosted during Summer Camp 2022 77 <br /> Number of youth scholarship recipients during Summer Camp 2022 12 16%) <br /> • Dispersed and administered $225,007 in grant funding through annual Arts Grants and Arts <br /> Educator Grants Programs, as well as ARPA-funding Restart the Arts program. <br /> • Continued plans for Uproar, a large-scale, county-wide public art event taking place July 14- <br /> August 12, 2023 in partnership with fourteen community and governmental organizations. <br /> • Received a grant through the NC Arts Council allowing participation in the 2022 Kennedy <br /> Center Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disabilities Conference and participation in a select <br /> statewide cohort of arts leaders. <br /> • Received a grant to start a BIPOC Artist in Residence program at the Eno Arts Mill in 2023. <br /> • Received a grant to fully fund the LGTQIA Teen Arts Collective, making the program free for all <br /> participants. <br /> • Served as ambassadors and panelists for Triangle-wide partnerships including the Emerging <br /> Artist Program, Piedmont Laureate Program, and the Artist Support Grant Program. <br /> • Served as county lead for the Arts & Economic Prosperity Survey 6, a national survey <br /> conducted by Americans for the Arts that measures spending by arts attendees and <br /> organizations in local communities. <br /> • Served as county lead on behalf of Arts North Carolina, gathering local arts supporters to <br /> advocate for public arts support to state and federal legislators. <br /> • Hosted the 6t" Annual Paint it Orange Plein Air Paint-out & Wet Paint Sale as a fundraiser, <br /> hosting a record-breaking 66 artists and raising approximately $8k for arts programs. <br /> • Offered 24 stories of local arts community on artsorange.org through a partnership with music <br /> writer David Menconi and writer Arshia Simkin. <br /> • Began work with Town of Hillsborough, Hillsborough Arts Council, and Orange County <br /> Historical Museum to explore a future arts and cultural facility. <br /> • Partnered with Triangle ArtWorks to provide professional development training for artists and <br /> organizations. <br /> List of Specific Tasks, Events, or Functions Performed or Sponsored Annually. <br /> • One annual grant cycle that funds artists, schools and nonprofit organizations utilizing state <br /> and county funds <br /> • Annual Arts Educator Grant program that funds professional development opportunities to <br /> local public school arts teachers <br /> • Annual Emerging Artists Program through a partnership with the Durham Arts Council <br /> • Annual Piedmont Laureate Program through a partnership with the Durham Arts Council, the <br /> Raleigh Arts Commission and the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County <br /> • Public Art initiatives <br /> • Operations and programming of Eno Arts Mill <br /> • Annual Paint it Orange: Plein Air Paint-out and Wet Paint Sale <br /> • Hosts monthly Arts Partners meetings for leadership of county arts organizations <br /> Describe this board/commission's activities/accomplishments in carrying out BOCC <br /> goal(s)/priorities, if applicable. <br />