2025 Local Arts Agencies & State Service Organizations & Underserved Cultural Community Development

Type:
Webinar

Scheduled:
9/8/2023 9:00:00 AM

Name:
2025 Local Arts Agencies & State Service Organizations & Underserved Cultural Community Development

Fiscal Year:
2025

Staff Member:
Singletary, Patricia

Chair:
Teri Abstein

Location:
Go to Meeting

Access:
Comments Closed

Agenda Files

AgendaLAASSOUCCD.pdf
gps-scp-rubric-2025.pdf
ScoregridLAASSOUCCD.pdf

Bio

Founding Executive Director, now President/CEO, of the Arts Council of Wilmington/New Hanover County and Hosts and produces ""Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy"" on WHQR Public Media
Prior to working in the arts, was an award-winning news director/anchor/talk show host with twenty-five years in radio, television, and print
Awards received: White Lotus Lifetime Achievement Award from NC Project Lead; the City of Wilmington's Living Legend Award; Woman of Achievement Award in the Arts from the YWCA; and Woman of the Year by the New Hanover County Human Relations Commission; named to Wilmington Biz 100 four (4) years in a row
Chair of Arts North Carolina
B.A., English with a concentration in Media/Journalism, North Carolina Central University

Bio

Vice President of Strategy at South Arts, Atlanta, Georgia
Previously, President, United Arts Council of Raleigh & Wake County; Executive Director, Raleigh Little Theatre; Managing Director, Joe's Movement Emporium; and Assistant Managing Director, Shakespeare Theatre Company
19 people of 2019, Indy Week; Hillsborough Street Hero, 2018; N&O's Tar Heel of the Week, March 2018; Triangle Business Journal's 40 under 40, 2014; and Leadership Raleigh, 2012-2013
B.S., Business Administration, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Bio

President and CEO, ArtsMemphis, Memphis, Tennessee
Previous positions at ArtsMemphis include Chief Operating Office, Chief Development Officer, Director of Development, Development Manager, and Development Associate
Elevated ArtsMemphis' role as a convener and connector for arts sector and started funding individual artists through a new grant program, benefitting 800+ artists of varying artistic disciplines
B.S., Business Administration, Presbyterian College

County: Orange

Bio

Youth Services Manager, Orange County Library System, Orlando, Florida
Previously, Assistant Manager, Orange County Library System; Assistant Director of AmeriCorps Programs, Heart of Florida United Way; Manager of VISTA School Volunteer Programs, Heart of Florida United Way; Manager of Community Participation (Volunteer Engagement), Heart of Florida United Way
Facilitated a grant-funded outreach program that targeted specific communities in Orange County; the program partnered with community organizations to supply new book titles to youth in order to promote a love of reading (2021-2022)
Co-chaired a ""Summer Donations Committee"" charged with collecting donations from community partners; in-kind and cash donations valued at over one million dollars received over four years to support prizes and incentives for library summer reading programs (2019-2022)
M.P.A, focus on non-profit management, Evergreen State College; B.S., Small Business Management and Marketing, Florida State University