Thanks to all the businesses and individuals 410 Glenwood Ave., Suite 170 who support the arts in Wake County. Raleigh, NC 27603 919.839.1498 CORPORATE SUPPORTERS [email protected] AJ Fletcher Foundation www.unitedarts.org Bank of America @unitedartscouncil Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Bohler Engineering Brightview Windows Brooks Pierce The United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County Capitol Broadcasting Company is designated by the Wake County Commissioners Cline Design Associates and the North Carolina Arts Council as the official local Druker & Falk, LLC arts agency for Wake County. United Arts is supported Duke Energy in part by the North Carolina Arts Council—a division EY of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. First Citizens Bank Forthright Engineering, PLLC Gregory Poole Equipment King’s Auto Service Medical Mutual Morningstar Law Group Orange Theory Fitness Paragon Bank PSNC Energy Publix Super Markets Charities Romeo Wiggins & Company, LLP Six Forks Smiles WakeMed Health and Hospitals Williams Mullen Worm Law Firm Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton, LLP The Wine Feed THE ARTS ARE LEADING THE WAY IN WAKE COUNTY! United Arts Council collaborates with organizations, businesses, individuals, municipalities, and schools to strengthen our Through competitive grants awarded annually, we support arts classes, festivals, exhibitions, ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAMMING and performances produced by nonprofit arts AT UNITED ARTS diverse, growing communities by organizations and municipalities. investing in the power of the arts. ARTS FOR MUNICIPALITIES GRANTS 150 schools host 400+ • Concert Singers of Cary • Town of Fuquay Varina programs annually • PineCone: • Town of Garner Council of • Town of Knightdale Traditional Music • Town of Wake Forest Field trip funding for 50 elementary • Town of Cary • Towne Players of Garner schools annually WE SUPPORT arts education programming in Wake County schools. ARTS SERVICES GRANTS • Students experience new art forms and cultures and • Arts Access • CVNC 120 teachers participate in arts integration the integration of the arts into classroom curriculum training annually through performances, workshops, and residencies led CULTURAL ACCESS GRANTS by professional teaching artists. • African American • MOJOAA Performing • Students experience the rich arts and cultural Cultural Festival Arts Company destinations in our area through field trip funding. • Artspace • North Carolina Museum spent on • Diamante of History Associates $700,000 • Teachers learn to integrate the arts into classroom arts education annually curriculum through our Arts Integration programming • El Pueblo • for Wake County teachers. • Hum Sub • The Justice Theater Project • VAE Raleigh WE ENCOURAGE individual artists. NEW GENERATION GRANTS • Professional development grants for artists • Capital City Steppers • Oak City Voices • Three visual art exhibit spaces • Cary Playwrights’ Forum • The Gifted Arts • Online directories of artists for schools and businesses • Piedmont Laureate program for writers YOUTH ARTS GRANTS • Artspace • North Carolina Theatre WE COLLABORATE with the arts community. • Arts Together • North Raleigh Arts and • State of Arts and Culture in Wake County • Burning Coal Theatre Creative Theatre event each January Company • Performance Edge • National and local arts data collection • CAM Raleigh • Philharmonic Association projects • Community Music School • Raleigh Boychoir • Municipal mural projects • Kidznotes • Raleigh Little Theatre • Training opportunities like Learning • Marbles Kids Museum • Visual Art Exchange Lunches and Arts Learning Community for • North Carolina Arts • Wake Forest Community Universal Access in Action Youth Orchestra

Some of the happiest, most engaging times of our school year are the days we feel the impact of the United Arts Council. MURIEL THOMAS SUMMERS, PRINCIPAL A.B. COMBS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL