It’s a unique spin on a holiday classic. Dancers and actors have been rehearsing for months for the Clare and the Chocolate Nutcracker ballet performance, but a new set of performers will take the stage as part of the show.
New Orange Co. committee wants to increase access to grant money for minority arts organizations
Increasing access to grant money for minority arts groups
There is a new push in Orange County to make sure minority art organizations have better access to grant money.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. - There is a new push in Orange County to make sure minority art organizations have better access to grant money.
A new Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee was created to address the issue, with county officials saying it was born out of the Black Lives Matter protests around the country in 2020. We had one of the rally protests here [that] was led by artists and it was about artists, said Terry Olson with the Orange County Arts and Cultural Affairs Office. I think most everybody in our arts community locally said we need to do something where our eyes are being opened to even bigger than they were before to the issues.