American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
Durham Arts Council will utilize $1 million in City of Durham American Rescue Plan Act funds to provide support and help reverse negative impacts of the pandemic for Durham’s arts and cultural sector.
This American Rescue Plan Act support from the City of Durham comes at a crucial time when arts and culture are emerging from the pandemic and when most COVID relief funding and Payroll Protection federal relief programs have ended. Durham arts and cultural organizations, venues, artists, and creative sector producers need this financial support to successfully emerge from the pandemic, rebuild organizations, build capacity, and restart arts and cultural programming and events that will once again attract visitors, residents, and strong economic activity for Durham.
Culture & Arts: Invest to Restart
This multi-year project is now complete. Many thanks to our cash grant recipients, training program participants, vendors, and review panelist volunteers. For information about the ARPA-funded project, please see the 4-minute video below:
A special thank you to the City of Durham for the opportunity to administer this seminal project. We are grateful to have served the artists and arts community of Durham and look forward to our future collaborations.
Denise Stroud – ARPA Grants Manager