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CA,90, North Carolina ARTS Grants Online (AGO) - Grassroots Arts <br /> Program — Designated County Partners— Update Application/ <br /> Q Report 2012-13 <br /> Z Orange County Arts Commission <br /> Final Report#DCP0021 <br /> C. Primary Contact: Ms. Martha Shannon <br /> co! Phone: (919)968-2011 <br /> Email: mshannon @orangecountync.gov <br /> Document Generated:Tuesday,July 9th 2013,7:21 am <br /> Applicant Profile <br /> Applicant Type Organization <br /> Legal Name Orange County Arts Commission <br /> Address1 501 West Franklin Street <br /> Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 <br /> UNITED STATES <br /> Telephone (919) 968-2011 <br /> Fax (919) 968-2062 <br /> Primary Contact Ms. Martha Shannon <br /> Director <br /> Phone: (919)968-2011 <br /> Email: mshannon @orangecountync.gov <br /> Organization Type Arts Council/Agency <br /> Applicant Status Government- County <br /> Applicant Institution Arts Council/Agency <br /> Applicant Discipline Multidisciplinary <br /> Grantee Race No single group <br /> Congressional District 4 <br /> State House District 56 <br /> State Senate District 23 <br /> FEIN /TAX ID <br /> Date Organization Formed 02/04/1985 <br /> Fiscal Year Ends Date 06/30 <br /> DUNS Number <br /> Web Address http://www.artsorange.org <br /> Mission Statement <br /> Our mission is to support, encourage and strengthen the artistic and cultural development of Orange County, NC. <br /> Organization History <br /> Created in 1985 as the official county government agency on the arts by Resolution of the Board of County <br /> Commissioners(BOCC),we serve as a clearinghouse for arts information,facilitate arts program development& <br /> advise the BOCC on the arts. We have served as the Designated County Partner(DCP)-formerly Local <br /> Distributing Agent(LDA)-in Orange County since 1985. Our on-going arts programs include the following: 2 <br /> Grant Cycles(Spring and Fall)annually that fund artists&nonprofit organizations utilizing both state&county <br /> funds; participation in annual Emerging Artists Grants Program through the Durham Arts Council (for Orange, <br /> Durham, Chatham, Person&Granville counties); annual Piedmont Laureate Program (for Orange, Durham, <br /> Wake, &Alamance counties),Arts Incubation Program; quarterly Artists'Salons featuring free professional <br /> development for artists; monthly e-newsletters&other occasional publications;website providing arts <br /> information, events calendar&a searchable online local arts directory;annual 4th U.S. Congressional District <br /> High School Art Competition in Orange County(with schools in parts of Durham,Wake,Alamance, Chatham, & <br /> Cumberland counties); Public Art located on county-owned properties,and Special Arts Projects.We were one of <br /> the 161 study partners in the national Arts& Economic Prosperity IV study(by Americans for the Arts).We are <br /> organizationally located within Orange County government's Economic Development Commission and physically <br /> located inside the Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Center in Chapel Hill. <br /> #DCP0021 Page 1 <br />