Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Pitt County Arts Council at Emerge
Legal Name (if Different): Emerge Gallery Art Center
Also Known As: Emerge
Mailing Address: 404 Evans St.
City: Greenville
State: NC
Postal Code: 27858
Main Phone: 252-551-6947
Main Fax: 252-565-8326
Organization Website: https://www.pittcountyarts.org
Employer ID Number: 14-1851844
Organization Tax Status: Nonprofit 501c3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 3/27/24
Requested Amount: $2,500

Project Title: Youth Public Arts Project-Greenway Mural
Project Description:

Imagine up to 30 low-income youth working collaboratively to envision and design a major public art project. On funding, Youth Public Arts Project participants from across Pitt County will create a large-scale mural and install it on the Memorial Drive underpass that frames a 9-mile linear park, the Greenway. The underpass is next to public access and faces the Tar River.

The Greenway is a great equalizer, connecting student housing, city parks, a dog park, playgrounds, and neighborhoods. It is adorned with rotating sculptures (facilitated by Emerge) and enhanced by community gardens. Using a BUILD grant, the City will lengthen the Greenway in 2025, continuing it to the VA Hospital and our medical district. (The mural will be installed independently of the expansion schedule.)

Emerge has worked with the City of Greenville and the NC Department of Transportation to install more than 30 public art works in the last 15 years, most recently including the installation of an interactive bus shelter on First Street and a sculpture on DOT property (3/24). Youth Public Arts Project participants created a seven-panel cartoon depicting a multicultural ball game that was installed at a City stadium (5/23). The student-artists were formally recognized by members of the City Council, Police Department, and many of their teachers.

The Youth Public Arts Project was created in 2008 at the request of the 3A Judicial Court and Pitt County Schools to serve “at-risk” youths. Today, we believe that access to high quality music and visual art instruction should be available to all, and to that end, recruit low-income students via our partnerships with the county school system and a foster parent cohort.

About the program:
https://www.emergegallery.com/community/outreach-programs/youth-public-arts-project

Greenway map—ref: upper left-hand corner at Memorial Drive. Expansion to the west is beyond the frame of the map:
https://www.greenvillenc.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/25812/638236245263700000

Total Project Budget: $34,500

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Committed: North Carolina Arts Council ($8,000), Ben Folds’ Keys for Kids ($10,000), Smith Family Foundation ($2,500), United Way ($2,600), Roblee Foundation ($5,000); not secured yet: private donations including fundraising and crowdfunding ($6,400)

Project Duration: 1/25 through 12/25
Geographical Area Served: Pitt County in eastern North Carolina
Age Group To Be Served: 8-17

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Holly
Contact Last Name: Garriott
Contact Title: Executive Director
Contact Phone: 252-551-6947
Contact Email: holly@pittcountyarts.org