What your support made possible...

Here is what Big Night In 2021 made possible in our four counties.

ARTS PROGRAMMING

Wake County: $115k increase in mission support grants to arts organizations 

Durham County: $65,000 in Covid-19 relief grants to 41 arts organizations, 15 individual artists, and supporting arts integration programs in 47 schools

Orange County: $37k in COVID-19 relief grants to seven arts organizations

Chatham County: Creation of new (soon to be announced!) Survive to Thrive arts organization support model 

INITIAVTIVES FOR EQUITY IN THE ARTS

Durham: Over 50% of grants supported BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) artists and arts organizations  

Wake: Offering COHEART equity, diversity, and inclusion training from Tru Access to teaching artists in schools for the first time in Wake County 

Chatham: Support for paying Black and Brown artists in their Artists-in-Schools and Truck-and-Trailer Roving Performances

Orange: Investment in the new Eno Arts Mill, an inclusive, multi-purpose arts space in Hillsborough where 36% of studio artists identify as BIPOC and 21% identify as persons with disabilities.

ARTS RELIEF EFFORTS

Orange: $14k in grants to 19 individual artists  

Wake: $20k increase in individual artist grants, which helped 13-14 artists purchase supplies, update equipment, record, and develop new work 

Durham: Grants and honorariums to 15 individual artists, including video production support for seven BIPOC teaching artists 

Chatham: JumpstART grants to 15 individual artists - with a platform to perform and exhibit at their November 7 Chatham Experience event in downtown Pittsboro 

ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Chatham: Kicking off the ArtAssist for Kids program this school year with 140 sketchbooks for economically vulnerable art students in rural Chatham--and launching their Artists-in-Schools Initiative at 16 public elementary schools across the county

Orange: Support for Social-Emotional Learning workshop for local educators

Durham: Support for arts integration programs in 47 Durham Public Schools 

Wake: Increasing investment in the Wheels on the Bus Fund with 6,500 kids taking field trips to a cultural destination this school year