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

Downrange, a Play by Mike Wiley

https://vimeo.com/

168231261

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.