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Feb 02 2022

ORANGE COUNTY ARTS COMMISSION ANNOUNCES 2021-22 ARTS GRANTS RECIPIENTS


The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) is pleased to announce recipients of the 2021-22 Grassroots Arts Program and Artist Project Grants. The OCAC awarded thirty-four grants to twenty-two artists, fourteen nonprofit organizations, and two schools, totaling $53,207.26.

2021-22 Grassroots Art Program Grant Recipients

  • Ackland Art Museum: Closed captioning technology for digital programming
  • Art Therapy Institute of NC: Operations support
  • Bull City Performing Arts Conservatory: Operations support
  • Kidzu Children’s Museum: Feathering The Nest: The Colors Inside Us
  • Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public Schools Foundation: NC Central University Vocal Jazz Ensemble for Fifth Graders
  • Chelsea Theater: Operating support
  • FRANK Gallery: Operational support
  • Historic Hillsborough Commission: Funding for Historic Biographies Comic Books
  • McDougle Elementary School PTA: Poetry Residence with Phillip Shabazz
  • North Carolina Arts in Action: NCAIA at Rashkis Elementary School
  • Orange High School Theatre: Support for Hillsborough Pop-up: An Artistic Adventure
  • Playmakers Repertory Company: Support for Stick Fly by Lydia R. Diamond
  • The Process Series at UNC-Chapel Hill: Support for Voices: A Walking Tour
  • Sisters’ Voices: Operations support

2021-22 Artist Project Grant Recipients

  • Jessica Alexander: Lockridge Dances Outdoor Dance Performance
  • Ian Bowater and Paul Deblinger: Off Nights and Odd Places Tour
  • Bill Brown and Sabine Gruffat: Cosmic Rays Film Festival
  • Emily Cantaneo: Free fiction writing class for Orange County residents
  • Jerstin Crosby: Artist-run video art gallery
  • Orvokki Crosby, Dylan Angell, and Attic 506: The Concern Reading Series
  • Meredith Haggerty and Erin McCluskey Wheeler: Drop-in participatory collage workshop
  • George Jenne: Mystery Meat rooftop film screenings
  • Cynthia D. Jones and Diali Keba Cissokho: Public drum circles and Dancewaves
  • Erika Libero: Free day party stage at Manifest Music Festival
  • David Lyles: Quilting Made Easy classes
  • John Paul Middlesworth, Sherry Appel, Pip Merrick, and Mary Turner: Performance of On the Banks of the Eno at the old Orange County Courthouse
  • Chieko Murasugi, Sarah Cornejo, and Laura Little: BASEMENT Art Space program support
  • Sol Ramirez: 123 Puppetry Spring Show
  • Marie Rossettie and BJ Warshaw: Visiting artist sTo Len at LEVEL Retreat
  • Soteria Shepperson: Support for I Am Soteria & Friends, Turning the Tables II
  • AhDream Smith: Support for Make it Make Sense
  • Annie Taft: Support for La Familia, An Anthology
  • Kristin Trangsrud and Alma Coefman: Musical Fairy Tale Performance of Luna’s Magic Flute
  • Barbara Tyroler: Garden Journeys; A Portrait Artist Explores the Landscape With Those Who Nurture It
  • Katharine Whalen: Certain Seas Sampler recording and performance
  • Sia Yazdanfar: Different Heavens exhibit

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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Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Grants, Press Release · Tagged: Ackland Art Museum, AhDream Smith, Alma Coefman, Annie Taft, Art Therapy Institute of NC, Attic 506, barbara tyroler, Bill Brown, BJ Warshaw, Bull City Performing Arts Conservatory, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public Schools Foundation, Chelsea Theater, Chieko Murasugi, Cynthia D. Jones, David Lyles, Diali Keba Cissokho, Dylan Angell, Emily Cantaneo, Erika Libero, Erin McCluskey Wheeler, FRANK gallery, George Jenne, grants, Historic Hillsborough Commission, Ian Bowater, Jerstin Crosby, Jessica Alexander, John Paul Middlesworth, Katharine Whalen, Kidzu Children’s Museum, Kristin Trangsrud, Laura Little, Marie Rossettie, Mary Turner, Meredith Haggerty, North Carolina Arts in Action, Orange High School Theatre, Orvokki Crosby, Paul Deblinger, Pip Merrick, playmakers repertory company, Sabine Gruffat, Sarah Cornejo, Sherry Appel, Sia Yazdanfar, Sister's Voices, Sol Ramirez, Soteria Shepperson, The Process Series at UNC-Chapel Hill

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