Archive for the ‘arts funding/grants’ Category
NC Arts Council to hold community meeting in Chapel Hill
The NC Arts Council is writing a new Strategic Plan and wants your input.
At Creative Carolina Connects, five public meetings around the
state, the NC Arts Council wants you to “share ideas about how partnerships between the state and local communities can ensure the arts remain essential to North Carolina’s future.” The Arts Council will use the input from these meetings to develop their 2014-2018 Strategic Plan “We want to hear from citizens about how the arts should be developed and utilized for the well-being of our communities,” said Wayne Martin, executive director of the N.C. Arts Council. … Read More
Tags: Carolina Creative Connects, creative community, creative economy, NC Arts Council
Groundworkk – How $5 Can Empower the Arts Community
By Amy Saltmarsh
There is a new method in the Triangle to raise money for your creative idea. groundworkk is a monthly social event that connects local entrepreneurs, artists, and (for the evening) venture capitalists. On the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, a crowd pays a $5 door fee and gathers at a pre-selected venue (Raleigh’s Longview Center, the HUB Raleigh, Tir Na Nog, and Durham’s Mercury Studios, to name a few). From 6:30 to 8:30pm the crowd enjoy presentations, networking, and a light cocktail hour. Presentations start at 7:00 and presenters are given four minutes to pitch their creative ideas and projects to the audience. Each presentation is followed by six minutes of audience led Q&A. After the pitches, attendees enjoy food prepared by a local chef and then, it’s time to vote! At 8:30pm votes are tallied and the winner is announced. The winner is awarded the evening’s earnings via the ever symbolic mason jar. … Read More
Tags: arts funding, creative business, creative economy, groundworkks
New year brings lots of great business learning opportunities for artists/designers.
If one of your New Years resolutions is to make more money in your work, or just to work better as an arts or creative-based business, then you need the tools
and skills to make that happen. Luckily, there are lots of great opportunities in the next few months for you to get them. Durham Arts Council, Artspace, and Orange County and Chapel Hill arts have created these events and here is a breakdown of what each group is offering.
Durham Arts Council Winter Workshops
Want to get the tools you need to promote your work? Need to get better at writing grant applications? Durham Arts Council has three professional development that are for you. This new programming will be introduced this winter with workshops running in January, February and March of 2013. … Read More
Tags: AIGA Raleigh, Amy Funderburk, art business education, arts and creative industry, Artspace, Durham Arts Council, for profit arts businesses, Leah Wilkes Dance, North Carolina Dance Alliance, Triangle Dance Project, Triangle Youth Ballet
Wake County – Call to action for arts!
Arts NC, the statewide arts advocacy organization has issued an Action Alert for Wake County. If you live in Wake County and support the arts, you need to act NOW! This is a short term Action Alert and Arts NC is asking you to act before May 4.
Here’s whats going on
Arts NC Director, Karen Wells, explains the current need best on her recent blog:
The Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government met Wednesday (April 25) and released a schedule for the House budget.
The General Government Subcommittee’s work is scheduled to be completed by May 4, the same day that final state revenue projections are available. The House Budget Chairs have targeted May 11 for their final recommendations, followed by a first reading of the House budget on May 16 with intent to complete the budget by May 23. We have no word yet about the Senate’s budget schedule. … Read More
Tags: Action alert, arts advocacy, arts nc, triangle artworks
If you support the arts in the Triangle, learn to be an arts advocate.
A big part of Triangle ArtWork’s Mission is to advocate for the creative community in the Triangle region. That is why we are going to attend Arts Summit 2012. Organized by the wonderful statewide arts advocacy group, Arts NC, the goals of Arts Summit 2012 are as follows:
- Convene people passionate about the arts to develop a new case for government support
- Build momentum and structure for campaign/election events in cities across North Carolina(late September/early October)
- Inspire and encourage growth in arts advocacy practices at the local, state, and federal levels
- Provide new tools and training for advocacy and election activities “
Tags: Arts Advocacy Day, Arts Day, arts funding, arts nc, Arts Summit 2012, arts support, Elections, triangle arts organizations, triangle artworks
State’s SmART Initiative Provides Resources and Grants for Arts-Driven Economic Development.
In a press conference yesterday at American Tabacco in Durham, the North Carolina Arts Council’s SmART Initiative Task Force (previously called the SmaRT Cities/SmART Towns Task Force) announced its SmART Initiative. This Task Force, chaired by Jim Goodmon, was established in the fall of 2010 and, according to the Initiative’s Report, was made up of “civic and government leaders, legislators, tourism and chamber of commerce directors, private developers and arts leaders”. The group’s purpose was to “create a SmART Initiative designed to catalyze arts driven economic development in the communities of North Carolina. Based on its work, the Task Force developed recommendations, which it included in its Report. … Read More
Tags: arts driven economic development, Department of Cultural Resources, Linda Carlisle, SmART Cities/SmART Towns, SmART Initiative, SmART Initiative Pilot Grant Program, SmART Initiative Resource Center
ARTISTS-ALL DISCIPLINES! Its grant season, get your apps in!
Just a reminder to all artists that grant deadlines are approaching. Both Durham Art Council and United Arts of Wake County administer grant programs that provide grants for individual artists.
Here is some basic information, but be sure to look at the organizations’ websites for more specific information regarding eligibility and application requirements.
Durham Arts Council: “Applicants must be individuals, not ensembles or groups. Artists practicing any art form are eligible to apply for a grant. Applicants must have resided in Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, or Person Counties for at least one year immediately prior to the application deadline” For more specific requirements, see here. … Read More
ACTION ALERT! – Funding cuts proposed in Raleigh
The 2011-2012 budget proposed for the City of Raleigh cuts funding to the City of Raleigh Arts Commission (CORAC) from the current $4.50 per capita, back to $4.00. While this funding supports CORAC programs, such as Arts On the Move, Art on City Plaza, Block Gallery and other great work that Raleigh’s citizens have come to expect, the majority of the funding goes directly to the City’s arts groups in grants. … Read More
Tags: arts funding, City of Raleigh Arts Commission, CORAC, economic impact of the arts, Raleigh, triangle arts organizations
Call to Action extended on Arts Cuts!
Arts NC has extended the urgent Call to Action to act against proposed 23% cuts to NC Arts Council’s granting program. In the interest of time, I will just provide the text from the Arts NC alert here:
Call To Action Extended to Monday 5pm
Your advocacy is working. The Legislature has been overcome with calls and emails asking for restoration of the General Government proposal to cut grants funding to the North Carolina Arts Council by 23%.
Several key items:
The Call has been extended to 5pm on Monday. If you were not able contact your Legislator before noon today, you should still try. Many will be home on the weekend, and their published home numbers can be found at View Member Information in the Header at www.ncleg.net. All the better, see them in person and tell them your concerns. … Read More
Urgent Call to Action-Arts grants cut 23%
I spent the last two days at Arts Day 2011, that great annual advocacy event organized by Arts NC, where arts advocates from across the state meet in Raleigh for two days of networking, education, but most importantly, visiting our locals legislators and talking to them about the importance of the arts and culture industry to the state and asking for their continued support.
Sen. Stein and Rep. Weiss address the Wake County delegation at Arts Day.
Tags: Arts Day, arts funding, arts nc, creative business, creative economy, economic impact of the arts, north carolina arts council