Public Meetings

April 23

Chapel Hill

April 17

Morganton

April 16

Charlotte

May 2

Elizabeth City

• A Robust Arts Industry

• A Creative Economy

• Vibrant Communities

• Children Prepared For The 21st Century

• Lives Filled With Discovery & Learning

2009 – 2013 Strategic Plan

• INVEST

• INITIATE

• INNOVATE

Richard Ritter

Juan Logan

Daniel

Wallace

Chuck

Davis

NORTH CAROLINA ARTS COUNCIL ARTIST FELLOWSHIPS

North Carolina Heritage Awards

Vernon Owen Etta Baker

Local Arts Councils/Grassroots PartnersAll 100 counties

State Arts Resources53 major organizations in 21 counties

A+ Schools40 participating schools in 25 counties

Project Partners215 projects in 57 counties

North Carolina Arts Council

Infrastructure in all 100 Counties

North Carolina Arts Council

grants are matched 17 to 1

and represent an average of

2.2% of organizational budgets.

• $1.2 billion in direct economic

activity generated by the

nonprofit arts and culture

industry.

• The non-profit sector

supports more than 43,600

full-time equivalent jobs.

• Generates $119 million in

local and state revenues.

• Nearly 320,000 jobs

• Six percent of the state's workforce

• Jobs in creative occupations are increasing

• Revenues of more than $18 billion

North Carolina’s Creative Industry

NORTH CAROLINA CULTURAL TRAILS

Literary Trails

Mountains

Piedmont

Eastern NC

New Cultural Tourism Guidebooks

Members of James Brown’s original rhythm section

were from Kinston and are still there today.

Art work for Kinston Music Park

TASK FORCE REPORT

Wilson

Durham

Greensboro

Winston-Salem

Burnsville

SmART INITIATIVE

Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park Wilson

City of Wilson purchased 29 whirligigs to repair

and restore and move to park downtown

CONSERVATION HEADQUARTERS

Long vacant High Dollar Tobacco Warehouse across

from park site has been purchased by developers for

residential and retail renovation.

The A+ School approach includes:Arts integration into non-arts subjects

Intelligence theory and brain science

Daily arts instruction

“A+ Schools is the largest, longest running,

most successful,

arts-based whole-school reform

in the nation.” – George Noblit

Higher achievement

Better attendance

Increased parent and community

involvement

Happier, more effective teachers

Fewer discipline problems

Higher student engagement and

fulfillment.

40 schools

26 counties

1,300 teachers

17,000 students

A+ Data & Statistics

North Carolina’s Changing Population

Infographic from Progress 2050, a program of the Center for American

Progress.

• XYZ Generation Split: More NC residents are

younger than 47, specifically 62.2% of NC

residents were born after 1964.

• NC householder demographics: The target

audience of people under 50 is more diverse than

the entire population.

• Generation gap: Nearly 45% of children are people

of color.

• What are the key issues in your community and your work?

• How are the arts a solution in your community?

• What can we do together to position the state’s arts industry as essential to the state’s future?