The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) is pleased to announce recipients of the 2024-25 Grassroots Arts Program and Artist Project Grants. The OCAC awarded thirty-one grants to eleven artists or artist-groups and sixteen nonprofit organizations or schools, totaling $90,851.
2024-25 Grassroots Art Program Grant Recipients
- Carrboro Elementary School: Carrboro Elementary 2024/2025 Cultural Arts Programming
- Chapel Hill – Carrboro Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated: 3rd annual Orange – Chatham African American Cultural Festival
- Chapel Hill Woodturners, Inc.: Operations Support for Chapel Hill Woodturners
- Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation: Original Composition for Smith Middle School 8th grade Band and Orchestra; Carrboro Elementary School Presents Peter Pan; Dare Coulter Visits Chapel Hill High School; Terrific Tundras; Visiting Native American Artist
- Chelsea Art Theater Inc: Chelsea Theater Operating Support
- Cosmic Rays Foundation: 2025 Cosmic Rays Film Festival- Filmmaker Honoraria and Operations Support
- Ephesus Elementary School PTA: Supporting Translational Art and Artists at Ephesus Elementary
- Estes Hills PTA: Estes Hills Elementary Cultural Enrichment Program 2024-25
- Franklin Street Arts Collective (FRANK Gallery): Funding for FRANK Gallery’s Youth Art Group outreach program from 7/1/24 through 6/31/25
- Human Kindness Foundation: Community Remembrance Exhibit Development; The Power of the Vote through the Arts
- McDougle Elementary PTA: Cultural Workshops and Performances at McDougle Elementary
- Musical Empowerment: Musical Empowerments Music Mentorship and Instruments Lending Programs
- MYCO (Mallarme Youth Chamber Orchestra): December concert/side-by-side chamber orchestra project in UNC Chapel Hill’s Moeser Auditorium
- PlayMakers Repertory Company: Developing new work and young artists
- Prism Design Lab: ‘What is Architecture?’ Workshops in Orange County Elementary Schools
- Sisters’ Voices: Rent Support for Sisters’ Voices Rehearsals, Programs, and Performances
2024-25 Artist Project Grant Recipients
- Jason Abide: School Tile Mosaic Project
- Renay Aumiller: Distorted Dances- Integrating Augmented Reality and Dance into a Public Performance
- Milbre E. Burch: “Myth America” – Storytelling as Civic Engagement
- Nicholas DiEugenio: The Gut Instinct Chamber Music Project (concert 1 of 3)
- Liza Wolff-Francis: EcoHopeful Poetry
- Julia Fischer Green: Story Connection- Live Storytelling Classes and Performances
- Shady Kimzey: Bad Art Club for All
- Nerys Levy: The 2025 25th Mildred Council Annual Community Dinner Celebrating Cultural Diversity
- Renzo Ortega: The Unforgettable Life Episode, A Self-Portrait Art Workshop for Youth
- Marie Rossettie: Artists-in-Residence at LEVEL
- Grace Siphlon: Blue Box Theatre’s “Cyrano” Set and Costumes
OCAC Arts Grants are annually funded by the North Carolina Arts Council, a department of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, and the Orange County Board of County Commissioners.
For more information about OCAC’s Arts Grants, visit www.artsorange.org/grants or contact Katie Murray, director of the Orange County Arts Commission, at 919-245-2335 or kmurray@orangecountync.gov.
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