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Award DCo ON THE GO Design Contest Winners Checks for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place Adults and Youth Artist (10min)
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Date of BOCC Meeting: June 10, 2024
Request for Board Action:
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The Board is requested to recognize and award the local artist for the proposed rendering to be illustrated on the bus which is a mobile office. Categories were developed for Youth and Adults Youth Artist award 3rd Place - Dahlia Louis; wins a $50 check.
2nd Place - Erin Lee; wins a $100 check.
1st Place - $250 check; Jena Im is a young digital artist who enjoys creating art pieces in her spare time and hopes to share her work for others to see. She worked to receive her GED at 16 and plans to create art as a side gig to support an upcoming acting career. She taught herself the basics and has gathered the skills, as well as improved, throughout the years to where she is now in her art journey. Jena grew up in Durham, North Carolina, and has been passionate about the arts since she was 12. She will continue to work to get better and better as she grows!
The Adult Artist award 3rd Place - Aaron Overington; wins a $250 check.
2nd Place - Brandon Hampton; wins a $500 check.
1st Place - $1,000 check; Janice Little is an art teacher, mother, artist, farmer, educator, and community member, living in Durham North Carolina with her children, husband, and extended family at the Corner House in the North Street neighborhood. She loves to work with her hands and is an artist in residence and farmhand at Little Sparrow Flower farm. Her work as an educator constantly inspires engagement in a variety of media and a love for experimentation and play within her artistic process. She currently teaches at Cristo Rey Research Triangle High School in downtown Durham.
Alignment with Strategic Plan: Goal 1 Community and Family Enrichment and Prosperity
Resource Persons: Brenda Bright, Project Manager, Shara Martin, Contract Public Art Coordinator, Deborah Craig-Ray, Chief Communications Officer, Felipe Gibbs, Warehouse/Fleet Manager, Chrystal Thomas, Deputy Director General Services, and Motiryo Keambiroiro, Director General Services
County Manager’s Recommendation: The County Manager recommends that the Board award the recipients winners their check.
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County Manager: ____________________________