The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) is pleased to announce recipients of the 2019-20 Grassroots Arts Program and Artist Project Grants. The OCAC awarded forty-three grants to sixteen artists, fifteen nonprofit organizations, and twelve schools, totaling $60,503.
2019-20 Grassroots Art Program Grant Recipients
- Ackland Art Museum: Two Art & public artist programs by artist collective Intergalactic Soul
- Carrboro Elementary School: Cultural Arts Programming
- Cedar Ridge High School for Orange County Public Schools: Hip Hop and Jazz Ensemble The Beast Performance at Cultural Explosion
- Cedar Ridge High School: Darkroom project
- Chapel Hill Philharmonia: Annual Children’s Free Concert
- Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public Schools Foundation: For Kids by Kids, Mariposa book project; Chapel Hill High School Hip Hop Team; Scroggs Elementary School Community Mural Project
- Chelsea Theater: Operating support
- CW Stanford Drama Club: Drama Club Director funding
- East Chapel Hill High School Visual Arts: Artist in Residence: Delores Hayes and Raku Firing at Liberty Arts Studio
- Ephesus Road Elementary School PTA: Cultural Arts Programming
- Estes Hills Elementary School PTA: Cultural Arts Programming
- Guy B Phillips Middle School PTSA: Cultural Arts Programming
- Hillsborough Arts Council: Last Fridays Art Walk; Salary support; Teaching artists and performers for 2019 Solstice Lantern Walk
- McDougle Elementary School PTA: Cultural Arts Programming
- Musical Empowerment: Operations support
- New Hope Elementary School for Orange County Schools: Artist-in-Residence Program in Title 1 Schools
- North Carolina Arts in Action: NCAIA at Rashkis Elementary School
- Orange County Artists Guild: 2019 Studio Tour advertising outreach
- Puppet Show Incorporated: Fabled Puppet Productions
- The Village Band of Chapel Hill and Carrboro: Salary support
- Playmakers Repertory Company: 2019-2020 PlayMakers Mobile Theatre Program
- Voices, the Chapel Hill Chorus: Salary support for rehearsal and concert accompanist
- Women’s Voices Chorus: Operational support
2019-20 Artist Project Grant Recipients
- Sean T. Bailey: Preparation of Photographic Exhibition Belonging
- Amanda Barr and George Jenne: My Room at Attic 506
- Maria Britton: Artist residency at Hambidge
- Meredith Haggerty: The Collage Stop
- Kim Lane: Homegrown Hillsborough: Diverse Local Voices at Burwell School
- LEVEL retreat (Marie Rossetti & BJ Warshaw): Visiting Artist: Tod Seelie
- Andrea Edith Moore: Family Secrets: Kith and Kin Recording
- Emma Nadeau: Musical Instruments for Educational Theater
- Sol Ramirez: 123 Puppetry Spring 2020 Production
- Marcela Slade: Funds for material to produce new sladesign collection
- Wendy Spitzer: Musical Performance/ Workshop Events at Ronald McDonald House and Nightlight in Chapel Hill
- Annie Taft: Suffragette! production
- Jedd Tyler: March 2020 show for Senior HUD housing
- Ginger Wang: Creating new sections and producing two public Critical Feedback sessions for Wild Actions’ performance series Frivolous Artist
- Jan-Ru Wan: The Silcene Force
- Emily Eve Weinstein: Funds for Hiring a Book Arts Apprentice
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.
