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.
