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41284
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It was a dynamic decade, due to social and cultural forces encouraging progress and protest. The author observed that progress and protest were particularly manifest in higher education, government, sports, and entertainment.
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Civil rights movement; Community colleges--North Carolina--history ; Charlotte Motor Speedway; Woolworth's 1960 sit in--University of North Carolina Greensboro; Klu Klux Klan--North Carolina ; North Carolina Arts Council; Folk music; Scott, William Kerr, 1896-1958; Hodges, Luther Hartwell, 1898-1974; Cape Lookout National Seashore
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40677
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Literary guidebooks co-created by the North Carolina Arts Council celebrate the selected writings and their authors, representatives of the state's multicultural spectrum. This article, Tour 12 of the “Literary Trails of North Carolina” series, profiles novels set in North Carolina towns and writers such as O. Henry.
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North Carolina Arts Council; LITERARY TRAILS OF NORTH CAROLINA (book); Eubanks, Georgann; Edgerton, Clyde, 1944-; Hart, John, 1965-; Maron, Margaret; Porter, William S.--see O. Henry; State Library of North Carolina ; Michener, Meredith Slane; Murrow, Edward R., 1908-1965; International Civil Rights Center and Museum (Greensboro)
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38133
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Started at the Richard Theatre in 1922, Ahoskie’s Gallery Theatre still puts on plays depicting areas across the world and spanning across time. Plays from last season include The Crucible, Mary Poppins, and Bagdad Café—the Musical. Next season’s productions include The Grapes of Wrath, The Foreigner, and Into the Woods. Supported by grants and an annual fund drive, this business also develops budding talent through the Summer Youth Theatre Workshop.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 10 Issue 6, December 2018,
p24-26
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34462
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The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources launched a program called the smART Initiative as a way to promote local artists around the region through funding from grants. They hope this will help boost the economy by bringing in more creative individuals and businesses, providing jobs, and increasing production of goods and services.
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28915
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North Carolina Arts Council became an official state agency on April 11, 1967, and unprecedented growth in the arts began. Executive Director Mary Regan discusses how the arts have changed over the past thirty years. Many of the changes have related to organization development, government support, culture, and community collaboration.
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28908
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In late 1993, Governor James Hunt made his first North Carolina Arts Council Board appointments of his new administration. Members of the Board have a diverse background in the arts, including expertise in Native American culture, education and outreach, folk life, dance, visual arts, and music.
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28910
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The North Carolina Arts Council developed a plan framework of key issues to consider in 1995-1997. The identified priorities include support for artists and organizations, racial and cultural equity, arts in communities and education.
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28911
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Every July the selection committee for the North Carolina Arts Council’s Community Arts Administration Intern Program interviews applicants who want to work at a local arts agency. The committee looks for applicants who can help to reshape and redesign what arts administration is in North Carolina, how it serves artists and how it relates to its community.
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1033
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Two theater companies took a state-funded, two-year touring project to rural and culturally isolated areas of northeastern North Carolina.
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28896
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Members of the North Carolina Arts Council Board and Staff and representatives of the statewide arts service organizations have suggested a range of issues, questions and concerns to be addressed in long range planning for the 1990s. Among the topics include support for artists, cultural diversity, communication, and regional development.
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28897
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The Biennium Plan is an important tool that guides the North Carolina Arts Council in developing programs and funding arts projects which address the needs stated in the plan. Presented is an outline of the Council’s plan for 1989-1991, showing suggestions for ways to accomplish the objectives.
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28887
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The North Carolina Arts Council’s Grassroots Arts Program filters money from the state budget back down to the counties, and ensures local decision-making and distribution of funds. Money is allotted reliably and non-competitively to local distributing agents.
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28888
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The North Carolina Arts Council’s Touring Program makes music, theatre, and dance accessible to all state citizens. The program tours throughout the state and offers diverse performances in communities and schools.
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28891
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The North Carolina Arts Council encourages, promotes and assists in the cultural enrichment of its citizens by supporting arts program development for non-profit organizations and artists. The Council’s staff administers programs in community development, music/dance, theatre arts, touring, folk life, visual arts and literature.
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28892
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The North Carolina Arts Council adopted a four-year plan in December 1985. A brief summary is provided of the activities funded or produced by the Council during the first three years of the four-year plan.
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