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33 <br /> o The mill launched several first-time new events and programs in 2023: <br /> ■ Eicholz Foundation 2023 BIPOC Artist in Residence Program featuring <br /> TJ Mundy <br /> ■ Grow Your World 2023 Artist in Residence Program featuring Anatolii <br /> Tarasiuk <br /> ■ Weave & Spin Open Mic offering a featured spoken word/poetry artists <br /> and open mic for marginalized voices. Takes place every 2nd <br /> Wednesday of the month <br /> ■ Coalesce: gallery exhibit featuring 10 visual artists paired with 10 <br /> poets, every January <br /> ■ "Letters From" Poetry Slam with Dasan Ahanu and the Orange County <br /> Remembrance Coalition <br /> ■ Preview viewing of "Closing of a School" documentary for Central High <br /> School alumni <br /> ■ Pen2Paper Shop Talk and "Poems Come Alive" Performance <br /> Workshop with Piedmont Laureate Dasan Ahanu <br /> ■ "Monetize Your Art" Artist Panel <br /> ■ Hillsborough Juneteenth Celebration in partnership with the Northern <br /> Orange NAACP <br /> o The mill served as the Hillsborough welcome center for Uproar Festival of <br /> Public Art July-August 2023. <br /> o The artist studios remained at near-full occupancy throughout 2023 and <br /> maintained at minimum of 30% tenants who identified as a member of a <br /> marginalized community (currently 56% BIPOC and/or LGBTQ tenants) <br /> o We received a $30,000 grant from the Triangle Community Foundation to <br /> establish "Studio Be" — a small group space geared towards marginalized <br /> youth. <br /> o We welcomed Grow Your World into the former Art Therapy Institute space, <br /> allowing the organization space for their justice diversion mentorship <br /> program. <br /> ENO ARTS MILL IMPACT OCTOBER-SEPTEMBER 2021-22 2022-23 % CHANGE <br /> Number of artists paid for work sold, classes, 125 144 15% T <br /> performances, or services <br /> Amount paid to artists for work sold, classes, 87% T <br /> performance, or services $48,179 $90,230 <br /> Number of artists exhibited 212 172 19% <br /> Dollar amount of work sold $18,980 $24,888 31% 1 <br /> Number of people hosted for classes 232 638 175% T <br /> Number of youth hosted during Summer Camp 77 90 17% 1 <br /> Summer Camp scholarship recipients 16% 15% 6% � <br /> • Hosted Uproar Festival of Public Art throughout Orange County July 14-August 12, <br /> 2023 in partnership with the towns of Hillsborough, Carrboro, and Chapel Hill, as <br /> well as UNC-Chapel Hill. Sixty works of outdoor public art were placed in accessible <br />