North Carolina Arts Council

Arts for All Citizens

Legislation creates the NC Arts Council andestablishes powers and duties

Statute 143B-87 North Carolina Arts Council (1973, 1985)

Advise Secretary of Cultural Resources on:

• Research needs in the arts area and how to encourage such research

• Bringing the highest obtainable quality in the arts to the State andpromote the maximum opportunity for the people to experience andenjoy those arts

• Exchange of information, promotion of programs and stimulationof joint endeavor between public and nonpublic organizations

• Assistance to local organizations and the community at large in thearea of the arts

• Study, collection, maintenance and dissemination of factual dataand information relative to the arts

The NC Arts Council IS….

• An agency that believes in the importance of arts developmentacross 100 counties; distributes 80% of its budgetstatewide

• An agency with 23 ¾ passionate, knowledgeable andexperienced state employees and a board of 24 citizens

• An agency that understands that citizens are the primaryconstituents; arts, arts organizations and artists are thetools to deliver programs and services of public value

• An agency that defines success as building local artsinfrastructure and leading statewide or regionalprograms/initiatives with demonstrable public value

• The agency within DNCR that works though collaborationswith local communities

The NC Arts Council IS NOT….

• An agency that is solely a funder

• An agency with partisan staff or board

• An agency that supports capital projects

• An agency that owns and maintains buildings,facilities or offices across the state

• An agency that assigns greater intrinsic value toparticular art forms

• An agency that works only with arts organizationsand artists

DNCR State Budget Appropriation FY 16-17$184 million

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NC Arts Council

Museum of Art

NC Symphony

State Library

Archives & History

Parks and Rec

Zoo, Aquariums,Science MuseumClean Water Trust

Administration

NC Arts Council Income Sourcesfor FY 2016-17

*not including Foundation

$8,398,977

$127,557 $957,300

$122,000$9,605,834 Total

State Allocation

Federal Funds (FY15-16)

Federal Funds (FY16-17)

Private/Earned Revenue

NC Arts Council Expensesfor FY 2016-17

*not including Foundation

$1,497,236

$261,185

$602,711

$7,125,745

$118,957

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Operating

A+ Schools

Grants/Programs

The Lost Colony

NC Arts Council Foundation

• Received 501(c)3 status in July 2014

• Set up to support any work of the Arts Council

• Board includes some NCAC Board members

• Currently has restricted accounts for:

– A+ Schools Program

– SmART Initiative

– 50th Anniversary Celebration

– African American Heritage Commission

The Grants Program

Investing in arts infrastructure

Over $7.1 Million in Grants 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%)

Local Arts Councils/Grassroots PartnersAll 100 counties

State Arts Resources53 major organizations in 21 counties

A+ Schools52 participating schools in 31 counties

Project Partners215 projects in 57 counties

North Carolina Arts CouncilInfrastructure in all 100 Counties

• Actual grant total: $6,653,348.00

NCAC Grants SummaryFY 2014-15

• Number of Youth Participants: 1,691,337

• Total Participation: 6,616,952

• Number of direct grants funded: 364

NCAC Grants Process

• Arts Council reviews 300-350 grants annually

• NCAC board members serve with guest panelists onsix discipline-based panels each May

• Executive committee reviews statewide initiatives

• Full board approval of recommended grants

• Secretary reviews recommendations and makesfinal funding decision

Leading to Ensure A Strong Future:

Initiating Statewide Programs of Public Value

TAPS/JAM

North Carolina’s rich music, craft and dance traditions taughtto youth in after-school programs in 17 counties

NC Art Trails

The Arts Council has gained national recognition for one of the most innovative,place-based arts tourism programs in the country and includes guidebooks,websites, local programs and curriculum-based programs in the schools.

Trails include many sites in rural counties across North Carolina.

7 Cultural Trails Projects Crisscross the State

• Awarded first Presidential Preserve America Award

• Was instrumental in leveraging the creation of Blue Ridge National

Heritage area in 25 western NC counties

• Has proved hugely influential in branding North Carolina as a

Music State and leading to events such as IBMA in Raleigh and

National Folk Festival in Greensboro

Blue Ridge Music Trails

We’re funding five demonstration projects that showhow the arts transform downtowns and fuel sustainableeconomic development.

• Wilson• Durham• Burnsville• Kinston• Goldsboro

The SmART Initiative

Military and Veterans Arts Programs

Writing workshops, theater productions and healing arts programsaround the state with veterans and their families.

Creative Economy Research

A Thriving Nonprofit Sector:

• $1.24 billion in direct economicactivity generated by thenonprofit arts and cultureindustry

• The non-profit sector supportsnearly 44,000 full-timeequivalent jobs

• Generates $119 million in localand state revenues

Creative Economy ResearchNorth Carolina’s Creative Economy is a growth sector.

People want to live in, work in and visit vibrant creative communities.Craft and music provide sustainable place-based economic development opportunities

that can’t be outsourced.

Jobs in creative occupationsincreased 13.6 percent from2006 – 2013, to 143,730jobs.

Creative industriesproduced $22.7 billion inrevenues.

The creative industry supported 336,284jobs, over 6 percent of the state’s workforce.

2013 data from Economic Modeling Specialists International(EMSI) through WESTAF

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Comparative AppropriationsSouthern State Arts Agencies, FY 2017

FY2017 Ranking and FY2001 Ranking by 2001 Ranking

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Ranking

Florida $1.62 9 $2.19 8

South Carolina $0.61 27 $1.24 12

Louisiana $0.46 35 $1.12 16

Alabama $0.97 17 $1.08 17

North Carolina $0.77 23 $0.98 21

Kentucky $0.59 28 $0.97 23

Mississippi $0.44 36 $0.85 26

Georgia $0.10 48 $0.54 41

Tennessee $1.03 14 $0.33 48

Appropriations Have Not Kept Pace with NC Population Growth2005-2017

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NCAC Funding Since 2008

• 32% reduction in North Carolina Arts Council funding from2008-09 budget of $10,513,962 to $7,158,392 in FY 2013-14

• Loss of 33% of staff (reduction from 30 to 20 state positions);little effort by the Department over past four years to assist inrebuilding NCAC staff after disproportional cuts

• After intensive efforts to communicate public value of arts tolegislative leadership, budget increased to present level of$8,398,977 ($1,132,711 is non-recurring funding)

• NCAC board and staff recommended $10 million increase toGovernor and Secretary in 2016

NC ARTS COUNCIL 2017: PROPOSED LEGISLATIVEAGENDA

NCDR Special Fund

A+ Schools $482,711

Makes recurring the expansion of the A+ network, a nationallyrecognized whole school reform program that utilizes the arts to as theprimary tool to teach the state mandated curriculum, to Title I Schools

Line Item: Grassroots Arts Program increase

Grassroots Arts Program $3,650,000

$3,650,000 increase with $30,000 base (ranges from $31,204 to$336,312)

Line Item: Grants increase

State Arts Resources $1,000,000

$500,000 increase in grants ($62,500 average grant, up to 80organizations; capped at $130,000)

$400,000 incentive grants for services to rural counties $100,000 for technical assistance to rural communities

SmART Initiative $700,000

Scales up pilot program so that 15-20 small to medium sized townsand cities participate each year

Veterans Arts Program $400,000

Supports arts programs for Wounded Warriors and their families incommunities adjacent to military bases and near VA hospitals

Diversity and Inclusion $300,000

Funds the arts focus of African American Heritage Commission as wellas Innovation grants for projects and initiatives that sustain anddevelop the arts resources of diverse communities

Grassroots Arts Program $697,292 ($3,650,000) $3,650,000 includes change formula change that starts with $30,000 base allocation

A+ Schools $400,000 FUndinding Allows the expansion of the A+ network, a nationally recognized whole school reform program that utilizes

the arts to as the primary tool to teach the state mandated curriculum

State Arts Resources $300,000 ($1,000,000) $500,000 increase in grants ($62,500 average grant, up to 80 organizations; capped at $130,000) $400,000 incentive grants for services to rural and economically distressed counties $100,000 for technical assistance to rural communities

SmART Initiative $400,000 and 1 staff position ($400,000) Scales up pilot program so that 15-20 small to medium sized towns and cities participate each year

Military and Veterans Arts Program $100,000 ($100,000) Supports arts programs for Wounded Warriors and their families in communities adjacent to military bases

and near VA hospitals across the state

Expansion RequestSummary

50th Anniversary Celebration

• Opportunity to bring greater visibility to the North Carolina Arts Council andour arts partners

• Celebrate the achievements of the past fifty years

• Position the North Carolina Arts Council to build its capacity in the presentand future

• The kick-off is March 28, 2017. The celebration will end in May, 2018 with thepresentation of the North Carolina Heritage Awards. In between, the ArtsCouncil is planning and encouraging events that demonstrate that the arts arevital to the well-being of our state