Hillsborough Arts Council
The Hillsborough Arts Council is the official Hillsborough, NC Arts Council endorsed by The Town of Hillsborough, NC, the Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce and The North Carolina Arts Council. The Council is incorporated in the state of North Carolina as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Located in Hillsborough, North Carolina the council is a mostly volunteer organization whose primary role is to support the arts and enrich the community through education and by organizing events that feature local artists.
Sponsored community events include Last Fridays,[1] Arts Walk, Parlor Concerts, Educational Programs and the Hillsborough Handmade Parade.
The programs are funded, in part, by grants from the North Carolina Arts Council,[2] the Hillsborough Tourism Board, The Town Of Hillsborough, NC[3] other state funded agencies and by individual donations. This support allows the council to offer numerous arts related educational services, workshops, community events, programs and exhibitions.
Hillsborough Handmade Parade
Conceived as an inclusive community building event, The Hillsborough Handmade Parade was founded by Tinka Jordy in 2007 during her tenure as the Chair of the Hillsborough Arts Council. In the spring of 2008 a series of workshops both public and private were initiated that led to the First Annual Handmade Parade in October 2008.
Last Fridays
The Hillsborough community event ‘Last Fridays’ was founded by members of the Hillsborough Arts Council in 1998. The events are now organized and managed by the volunteer efforts of the Hillsborough Arts Council working with the Town of Hillsborough, NC, The Alliance For Historic Hillsborough,[4] the Orange County Historical Museum,[5] and the Historical Foundation of Hillsborough.
The Hillsborough Arts Council also works with The Hillsborough Chamber of Commerce,[6] community groups, local, state, and national governmental agencies, and other nonprofit arts organizations to meet the arts and cultural needs of the Hillsborough, NC community through a diversity of initiatives and services.
Events
[edit]- Art Walk
- Educational Programs
- Hillsborough Handmade Parade
- Last Fridays
- Parlor Concerts
Board of directors
[edit]- Doris Friend, co-chair
- David Hays, co-chair
- Bill Whitmore, vice chair
- Merle Williams, treasurer
- Luba Sawczyn, secretary
- Neil Stutzer, board member
Hillsborough Arts Council Gallery
[edit]The Hillsborough Arts Council maintains an art Gallery. The Arts Council Gallery offers a venue for emerging and mid-career artists to exhibit and sell their work. A Call for Artists is published annually in mid-winter. Exhibition openings coincide with Last Fridays festivities and are free and open to the public.
History of Arts Councils in the United States
[edit]- 1949 In Winston-Salem, NC, a group of citizens, already involved in individual arts organizations, recognized the advantages of having one representative body to look after the collective arts interests of the city, and so formed an organization they called The Arts Council of Winston-Salem.[7] This organization today is the oldest continuously active community arts council in the United States.
References
[edit]- ^ The Alliance For Historic Hillsborough. Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine Hillsborough Art Councils Last Fridays Program
- ^ History of grants Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Grants Awarded to the Hillsborough Arts Council from The North Carolina Arts Council
- ^ Town of Hillsborough, NC Grants for programs sponsored by the Hillsborough Arts Council
- ^ The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough
- ^ Orange County Historical Museum Listing of Hillsborough Arts Council sponsored events at the Orange County Historical Museum
- ^ Hillsborough, NC Chamber of Commerce Margeret Wood Cannell, Executive Director
- ^ History of Arts Councils Archived 2007-08-24 at the Wayback Machine Arts Council of Winston-Salem