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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 7, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT• Orange County Arts Grant Recipients <br />DEPARTMENT: Orange County Arts PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Commission <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Copy of Awards to be Distributed <br />"Specific Attendee List to Follow" <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Martha Shannon, 245-2335 <br />PURPOSE: To present checks to local artists and arts organizations receiving the 2008 Spring <br />cycle of Orange County Arts Grants. <br />BACKGROUND: The Orange County Arts Commission grants funds to arts organizations in <br />the spring cycle from funds received from state government through the Grassroots Arts <br />Program of the North Carolina Arts Council. The funds are distributed by the state after the NC <br />Legislature has adjourned. State funds are actually received by the Orange County Arts <br />Commission in the fall. These funds are distributed for arts programming in all arts disciplines. <br />Each grant recipient must match the grant amount in order to receive funding. <br />Because state arts money funds only non-profit organizations, any grants awarded to individual <br />artists (in either the Spring or Fall grant cycles) are made from Orange County funds approved <br />for arts grants. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: A total of $37,095 will be awarded in this cycle. The $36,095 in state <br />funds awarded for arts programming to non-profit organizations and the Arts Commission <br />represents apass-through of state funds, and has no financial impact on Orange County. The <br />*$1,000 awarded to individual artists is taken from Orange County funds already approved for <br />arts grants. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board acknowledge the local <br />recipients of the awards during the October 7, 2008 meeting with the presentation of checks by <br />the Board Chair. <br />