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2016-17 Grants
Over $7.1 Million in Grants in 2016-17
$2,953,708
$2,351,000
$471,000
$400,000
$316,000
$314,175
$171,500 $125,775
Grassroots (41%)
State Arts Resources (33%)
Arts in Education (6%)
Program Support (5%)
Artists (4%)
Statewide Initiatives (4%)
Statewide Service Orgs (2%)
Other (1%)
• Grants to all 100 counties – over 41% of
the grants budget goes to the Grassroots
Program.
• AIE, TAPS/JAM, RAPG, and SmART
Initiative have major impact in rural areas.
• SAR and Program Support grants reach
all regions of the state, though recipients
are primarily in urban centers.
Statewide Distribution
Grant Awards by Population Trending
$0
$500,000
$1,000,000
$1,500,000
$2,000,000
$2,500,000
$3,000,000
$3,500,000
$4,000,000
$4,500,000
$5,000,000
High Growth LowGrowth/Stable
Loss
Highlights and Trends from the Panels
• Slight declines in numbers of applications
in Program Support and AIE Residencies
• New demand in State Arts Resources,
cARTwheels, and New Realities
The Nile Project
• Collaboration among musicians from 11
countries in the Nile basin
• Touring residency program focusing on issues
related to sustainability along the Nile River, and
how models of cooperation can be applied to
local ecosystems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEZpX0syqgA
• Nile Project residencies are scheduled for
four sites in North Carolina in 2016-17
• Applications from NC State, ECU, and
UNC-Wilmington recommended for
funding in Program Support
Projects Focused on Veterans
• Increasing interest in the arts community in
engaging veterans and their families in arts
activities
• Cape Fear Regional Theatre and Dare County
Arts Council, among others, have done
successful projects
• Received five applications with a veterans
audience focus this year, and funded three
Other Notable Projects
African American Cultural
Festival, Raleigh
Exhibition of work by Thomas Sayre,
Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh
Woodfire NC conference,
STARworks Center for
Creative Enterprise, Star
https://www.youtube.com/wat
ch?v=XniPRJTPFIY
KidzNotes
• Residency grant to
support collaboration
with Authoring Action
• Raised over $1 million
with spring fundraiser
• National recognition
State Arts Resources and Statewide Service Organizations
• Two new SARs – Center for Craft, Creativity &
Design and Elsewhere
• One new SSO – Southern Documentary Fund
• Touring Theatre is dropping out of the SAR
category
Grassroots Arts Program
• $500,000 increase
• Up 20% over last year, 28% over the last
two years
• Average grant is now $29,537; median is
$19,036 (up from $24,537 and $15,843)
Durham SmART InitiativeCreating an arts and entertainment corridor to link Durham’s major arts venues,
restaurants, hotels, music clubs and shops which will:
• Improve walkability and connectivity.
• Enhance downtown Durham for residents and visitors.
• Increase spending in arts venues, hotels, restaurants, shops and bars.
• Encourage private developers to invest in public art and artscape plan.
• The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Durham SmART
Initiative a $100,000 Our Town Grant.
• City and County of Durham, private developers, Duke University and
Downtown Durham, Inc. (DDI) are providing matching funds.
• More than $200 million in private development is happening along the
corridor and three new hotels have opened within the last nine months.
The first phase will include
selecting an artist to design
the wrap for the parking
garage and the crosswalk
ground plane art to
encourage pedestrians to
cross the railroad tracks.
Main Street Back Porch
Wilson SmART
Initiative
The Vollis Simpson
Whirligig Park will open
in the fall of 2017.
28 whirligigs have been restored and 16 have been installed on the park site.
Whirligigs Installed Along Goldsboro Street
$12 million mixed use development will be in the former tobacco
auction warehouse in the background.
Over $20 million in private and public investment has been
generated within a two block radius of the park including brewpubs,
residential apartments and restaurants.
The City of Wilson has committed $1.29 million to construction.