At the request of the Orange County Department on Aging, the Orange County Arts Commission is sponsoring a public art project at the new Robert and Pearl Seymour Center at 2551 Homestead Road (Southern Human Services Campus) in Chapel Hill. The Seymour Center Public Art Selection Committee met on November 26, 2007 and January 9, 2008 to define the scope of this project. This committee consists of representatives from the Orange County Department on Aging, Friends of the Seymour Center, the Orange County Arts Commission, the Orange County Manager’s office and includes art professionals. On January 17, 2008 the Friends of the Seymour Center voted to raise money to match the $5,000 allocated by Orange County in the FY08 CIP. The Seymour Center Public Art Selection Committee will meet in early February, 2008 to determine the elements of the Request for Qualifications, which will be distributed by mid-February 2008.

The budget for this project is at least $10,000 in public and private money. This budget includes all costs associated with the project including, but not limited to: artist’s design fee, travel, materials, fabrication costs, documentation, transportation and installation of the work. Works in a variety of media and forms will be considered.

This project is open to all artists currently living in North Carolina, working in any media. Artist teams are eligible to apply, including teams of artists from multiple disciplines. Artists living in Orange County, NC are encouraged to apply.

Artists and artist teams interested in the project should submit ONE copy of each of the following (Request for Qualifications):

1. A Letter of Interest, no more than two pages in length that explains the artist’s or artist team’s interest in the project.

2. A current resume. If submitting as a team, a resume should be submitted for each team member.

3. Up to 15 images of the artist’s work. If slides are submitted, they must be in a clear plastic sheet. Each slide must be numbered, the top of the image must be indicated and the artist’s name included on the slide.

Artists applying as a team may submit up to 15 images of each artist’s work.

4. An annotated image list with the artist’s name and a brief description of each image stating its title, date, medium, size, location and, if a commissioned project, the commission budget.

5. References: please list at least three professional references (commissioning agencies, design professional, architect, landscape architect, engineer, etc.) who have an intimate knowledge of your work and working methods. Include complete addresses and telephone numbers.

6. A Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope for the return of application materials.

7. Optional: Up to three selections of support materials such as reviews, news articles, and other related information.

The artist selection committee will review all artists’ submissions and select the finalists to be interviewed. The finalists will be asked to develop a conceptual approach for artwork at the site. The finalists will make a presentation of their work proposed for the site, including concept, materials, size, weight, installation requirements, details of maintenance guidelines, and budget. The finalists’ proposals will be exhibited at various sites in Orange County for approximately three weeks. The finalists will be compensated for their participation in this stage of the selection process.

The Request for Qualifications for this public art project is now available. Please visit Seymour Center Public Art Request for Qualifications. You may also call 919/245-2335 (OCAC) for more information or to request a hard copy of this Request for Qualifications.

Public Art 360: A Symposium from Seven Perspectives is a multi-state convening that will be held April 11-12, 2008 at Hanes Auditorium on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. The Symposium will address the functional and aesthetic interaction among public art, professional design disciplines, private development, and government. Nationally and internationally recognized speakers will explore the inherent complexities in public art from the perspectives of artist, architect, landscape designer, government, private developer, community, and critic. Sessions will frame critical issues associated with how public art projects are initiated, approved, funded, and implemented; how to reinforce shared objectives through public review; and, implications for public policy. Each of seven keynote sessions will represent an affiliated field; sessions are designed to be between 90 minutes and 120 minutes. Throughout the Symposium we will encourage dialogue among participants and speakers.

Public Art 360 is being organized by the Percent for Art Collaborative, North Carolina Arts Council, South Carolina Arts Commission, and the Orange County Arts Commission; its sponsors as of publication date also include the Southern Arts Federation, Americans for the Arts Public Art Network, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Forecast Public Artworks, Chapel Hill Public Arts Commission, City of Raleigh Arts Commission, Town of Chapel Hill, and Cary Visual Arts.

For more information and registration ($60 postmarked by Feb. 27, 2008, $70 after that date), please visit www.publicartcollaborative.org

P.O. Box 1324, Carrboro, North Carolina 27510

The mission of Carolina Culture Zone is to increase recognition of Hillsborough, Carrboro, Pittsboro and Chapel Hill as a premier Arts Destination. Through enhanced communication and collaboration Culture Zone will raise the visibility of our vibrant arts communities and nourish our local economies.

On January 9, 2007, 110 participants gathered at the ArtsCenter to discuss how to better cultivate both the economic and cultural growth of the area bounded by Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, Carrboro and Pittsboro. The event was called Culture Shock and great enthusiasm and energy produced a report on the results of this gathering and the formation of a Board of Directors.

Since that time Culture Shock has been renamed Culture Zone and a Board includes people from all four communities. The broad mission of Culture Zone is to develop and market our area as an Arts Destination and to facilitate a cooperative union between the business and arts communities as well as between all the various arts groups and artists in the area. We feel strongly that we have a wealth of Arts capital to build upon and by working together could make this an arts destination to a national audience thereby increasing the economic impact to the business and arts communities alike.

The Culture Zone Board will be meeting monthly. We are currently seeking non-profit status. We have been adopted as an incubator project by the Orange County Arts Commission and have also received financial support from ChathamArts. It is our intent to keep lines of communication open to the arts and business communities. Our short- term goal is to gather information on all the arts events from individual artists and arts organizations in order to assess the pieces of the puzzle to see how best to achieve the greater vision of becoming a cultural destination for a far-reaching audience. We are, in essence, building community, thereby strengthening the cultural and economic well being of our area. We are working on a website that will help facilitate our mission. Our task will not be easy but we are certain it is achievable.

The economy, quality of life and cultural vitality of our communities are all enhanced by mutual cooperation. The members of the Board are enthusiastic and dedicated to the mission of Culture Zone and are ready to make great things happen on behalf of all the arts, businesses and the wider community. With your help, we can do it.

Culture Zone Board of Directors:
Gordon Jameson, Co-Chair, Visual Artist, Board of Orange County Artists Guild; Elizabeth Newton, Co-Chair, MFS Arts Marketing, Sotheby’s, London; Debra Beller, Art Patron; Heather Delisle, Visual Artist; Laurie Paolicelli, Executive Director, Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau; Alan Hecht, President, Multi-Channel Marketing; Dan Krebill, Art Patron, The ArtsCenter Board; Liz Parham, Downtown Chapel Hill Commission; Dee Reid, ChathamArts Advisory Board; Sallie Scharding, Scharding Design; Jon Wilner, Executive Director, The ArtsCenter; Dianne Reid, President, Chatham County Economic Development Corporation; Lesley Landis, Lesley Landis Designs.

Two Orange County artists are among sixteen recipients of the North Carolina Arts Council's 2007-08 North Carolina Fellowship Awards. Receiving an award of $10,000 are Bethany Chaney, nonfiction writer and Roy Jacobstein, poet.

Bethany Chaney (nonfiction writer): Bethany Chaney received a master of business administration degree from Northeastern University and a bachelor of arts degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is currently an independent consultant, assisting non-profit organizations with an emphasis on the community economic development sector. She is the author of Reflecting on Arab-American Identity, published by "Al Jadid: A Review and Record of Arab Culture and Arts" (2004) and co-authored "Power of Rural Philanthropy" for SRDI/New Ventures in Philanthropy in 2005.

Roy Jacobstein (poet): Roy Jacobstein received a master of fine arts degree from the Warren Wilson College Program for Writers and a bachelor's, doctor of medicine and master of public health degrees from the University of Michigan. He is an adjunct professor at the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Jacobstein's recent book, Fuschia in Cambodia, will be published by Northwestern University/TriQuarterly Press in 2008. Fuschia in Cambodia, a narrative centering on the adoption of his daughter in Cambodia on September 12, 2001, is Jacobstein's third book publication since 2001. He has also published one chapbook with more than 100 poems published in literary journals such as The Gettysburg Review, Mid-American Review, Poetry Daily, Southwest Review, TriQuarterly, The Wallace Stevens Journal and The Washington Post.

"Fellowships allow us to acknowledge the important work that artists create in our communities," said Mary B. Regan, Executive Director of the North Carolina Arts Council. "Professional artists enhance our culture and enliven our economy, and they deserve acclaim and affirmation for the positive impact they make in the lives of North Carolinians."

Each artist receives an award of $10,000, up from $8,000 the previous year, which allows the artists to concentrate on the creative process or a specific project. The Artist Fellowship program operates on a two-year rotating cycle by discipline. Since the program's inception in 1980, more than 475 artists have received awards. Recipients were selected during a panel comprised of experienced artists and arts professionals.

The following organizations and individuals have been awarded Arts Grants by the Orange County Arts Commission to support arts programming during the Fall 2007 grant cycle. Representatives will accept their grant awards from the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County on February 5th, 2008 at the Orange County Courthouse in Hillsborough.

(photo of El Centro Latino, a Spring 2007 OCAC Grant Recipient)

Each spring, Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, committed to the importance of our cultural heritage, join together to recognize the creative spirit of American high school students in a nationwide visual art competition. The Congressional High School Arts Competition is implemented by the Members in the Congressional Districts and features paintings, drawings, and prints. Each Member brings a winning entry back to Washington, D.C. to be displayed in the corridor of the U.S. Capital. Launched in 1982, this nationwide event has produced thousands of local competitions, yielding more than 500,000 high school winners.

This competition is coordinated locally through Fourth District U.S. Representative David Price’s office. High school visual art students in the counties of Orange, Durham and Wake are eligible to apply.

If you are a current high school visual art student in Orange County and would like to participate in the 2008 Congressional High School Arts Competition, contact your high school art teacher or the Orange County Arts Commission for an application form and guidelines. The deadline to apply will be 5 pm on Monday, March 31, 2008.

To download the application and guidelines from our website, click here or call 919/245-2335 for more information.

Three artists from Orange County will receive Durham Arts Council Emerging Artists Grants at the 24th annual Emerging Artists Awards Ceremony on Friday, February 22, 2008. The event will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the People’s Security Insurance Theatre at the Durham Arts Council with reception to follow.

The Emerging Artists Grant Program, administered by Durham Arts Council, is designed to enable individual artists who have mastered the basic techniques of their art form to complete projects that will establish or enhance their professional presence. Grants may not exceed $1,500. Criteria for making the awards include the accomplishment and commitment of the artist, the feasibility of the proposed project and the impact the project will have on the applicant’s career. This year, a total of $21,864 was awarded. Seventy artists applied to the program.

Orange County recipients, their art disciplines, and uses for the grant are:

Christa Carnell (Film/Video): To support production of a promotional trailer for the documentary, Liability U.

Jim Haberman (Photography): To fund the costs of finding a publisher for book “Middle East: Multiple Realities”.

Carolyn Twesten (Craft): To finish a fully functioning pottery studio by spring of 2008.

Durham Arts Council's Emerging Artists Committee coordinates this program in partnership with the arts agencies of adjacent Chatham, Orange, Granville and Person Counties. This joint effort provides an efficient, non-duplicative administration and allows artists in all five counties to participate in the Emerging Artists Program. The cooperative nature of the program has also helped build relations between arts organizations in these counties and has encouraged networking between artists in the region.

Durham Arts Council’s Emerging Artists Grant Program is funded by grants from the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art, The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, Chatham Arts, the Granville Arts Council, the Orange County Arts Commission, the Person County Arts Council, gifts to the Durham Arts Council Annual Arts Fund, the Ella Fountain Pratt Fund, the Wainwright Fund for New Works and support from other interested organizations and individuals.

The Emerging Artists Program is cited repeatedly by local artists as providing important financial support and significant public recognition of their professional achievements. Counting the current recipients, 372 grants have been made to area artists during the program’s 24-year history. Past recipients include six-time Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist, Nnenna Freelon; painter and Guggenheim Fellow, Beverly McIver; and violinist and Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Nicholas Kitchen.

The next two Artists' Salons, sponsored by the Orange County Arts Commission, will be held on the following dates in 2008:

Artists' Salons are held from 6:30-9 pm in the West End Theatre at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro. Light hors d'oeuvres will be served. Salons are free, for artists of all kinds - performing, visual, literary, whatever! Come to meet, network, and build a better arts environment for all Orange County Artists.

The topic for February will be “Health Insurance & Taxes for Artists.” Guest panelists will be Jonathan Pletzke (Aji Publishing) and Aden Field (Tax Preparer). The topic for May will be "Arts Marketing via Social Networking: Blogging & Podcasting." Guest panelists will be Ruby Sinreich (lotusmedia.org) and Brian Russell (yesh.com).

The purpose of the salon is to bring together artists of all disciplines in a casual setting to share ideas, concerns and information. It is the hope of the Orange County Arts Commission to not only bring the artistic community together but to facilitate closer ties between artists and the general community of Orange County. Better serving the needs of artists is one of the goals of the Orange County Arts Commission. Artists often work in isolation and the salon can serve as a place to get feedback from peers as well as to share all of the problems and pleasures of being an artist with kindred spirits.

The Orange County Arts Commission wishes to thank the ArtsCenter for the use of space for this series.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP to the Orange County Arts Commission at 919/245-2335 or email us at arts@co.orange.nc.us.

The North Carolina Arts Council announces the debut of a guide that connects the lives and work of 170 of North Carolina’s visiting and native writers with destinations across the 25 counties of the mountain region. The guide has two formats: web (www.ncliterarytrails.org) and print (Literary Trails of the North Carolina Mountains: A Guidebook).

Orange County writer Georgann Eubanks was commissioned to research and write the guide to showcase the brilliant array of writers associated with the western part of the state, encouraging readers to explore the landmarks that inspired many of the state’s writers.

“This book is full of examples of how creative writers help us know ourselves, our cultures, and our collective history,” said Eubanks. “I hope the guidebook will lead readers back to the source—to the poems, short stories, novels and plays that are surveyed and excerpted here.”

The guide offers a glimpse into North Carolina literary history, from the William Bartram Trail followed by Inman, the protagonist of Charles Frazier’s novel Cold Mountain, to the little town of Celo, where novelist Anne Tyler spent part of her childhood and started writing stories. Travelers can stay at the Toe River Lodge, in Plumtree, where the film version of John Ehle’s novel, The Winter People, starring Kurt Russell and Kelly McGillis, was shot. Travelers can also spend a night at the Nu-Wray Inn in Burnsville, known for its country cooking, where both Mark Twain and Elvis are reported to have stayed. A stop at Sonny’s Grill on Main Street in Blowing Rock affords a chance to try fried liver mush—favored by one of Father Tim’s parishioners in Jan Karon’s “Mitford” series of novels.

The guide comprises eighteen half-day and one-day tour itineraries which take travelers through the landscapes of Sequoyah, Thomas Wolfe, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Kay Hooper, Robert Morgan, and Wilma Dykeman, among others. Thirty maps, driving directions, and 103 color illustrations make the itineraries easy to follow.

The guide’s web version supports the book and will keep it up to date. It includes excerpts from the print version, a calendar of events and links to festivals, bookstores, historic sites, and other travel options. Perhaps most importantly, the online guide links visitors to resources—writers’ personal web sites, libraries, bookstores, and publishers—that supplement the literary works that are the guide’s real subject and mission. The companion web site showcases special downloadable interviews with the book’s author, Georgann Eubanks, and several of the writers featured in the book. Digital images and downloadable video are interactive elements for the armchair traveler.

The North Carolina Arts Council and the University of North Carolina Press funded Literary Trails of the North Carolina Mountains, written by Georgann Eubanks. A writer and consultant with more than 25 years of experience in the nonprofit sector, particularly in higher education and the arts, Eubanks has published short stories, poems, reviews and profiles in many magazines and journals including Oxford American, Bellingham Review, Southern Review, Duke Magazine, Boston Globe Sunday Magazine and North American Review. She is a North Carolina Arts Council Writers Fellowship recipient, winner of a regional Emmy, former chair of the North Carolina Humanities Council and former president of Arts North Carolina, the industry’s statewide advocacy and service organization.

To access the online guide visit www.ncliterarytrails.org. The guidebook is available directly from UNC Press at www.uncpress.unc.edu and is available at many independent and chain booksellers.

The Orange County Arts Commission (OCAC) announces a May 26, 2008 deadline for receipt of arts grant applications from both nonprofit organizations and individuals for the spring cycle:

Spring Grants Project Period: The spring cycle of grants will fund arts activities taking place from July 1, 2008-June 30, 2009. A fall cycle will also be available for all categories except the General Arts Support grant, which is available annually.

Supportable Projects: Applicants may request funds to support a variety of arts programs in the visual, performing, literary arts.

Deadline: Spring applications must be received by 5:00 pm on Monday, May 26, 2008 at the Orange County Arts Commission office (this is not a “postmarked by” deadline).

Applications: Applications will be available for downloading online (MS Word and PDF formats) at www.artsorange.org by February 2008. Hard-copies will be available at the Arts Commission office, all Orange County Public Libraries, and the Chapel Hill Public Library.

Information Session: The Arts Commission will hold a free grant-writing workshop for potential OCAC spring grant applicants from 7-8:30 pm on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 in the large conference room downstairs at the Chapel Hill Public Library (100 Library Drive). To register for this workshop, or for more information about OCAC grants, visit www.artsorange.org or contact the Orange County Arts Commission at 919/245-2335.

The Orange Arts newsletter is a publication of the Orange County Arts Commission, the countywide arts agency working to promote the artistic and cultural development of Orange County.

The Orange County Board of Commissioners appoints the fifteen members of this advisory commission. The Arts Commission is housed within the Economic Development Department. The Arts Commission recommends strategies to promote the artistic and cultural growth of Orange County, advises the Board of Commissioners on matters involving the arts, and acts as the granting panel for two annual funding programs available to individual artists and non-profit groups sponsoring arts projects in Orange County. Funding comes from Orange County, the North Carolina Arts Council, and other sources.

Services of the Arts Commission include administering these two grants cycles that support both Orange County arts organizations and individual artists, maintaining a web site including an online local arts directory, and sponsoring workshops and skills development for artists and organizations.

If you are an artist, or a citizen interested in the arts, contact the Orange County Arts Commission office and inquire about Board positions and other Volunteer opportunities. We are always on the lookout for Orange County residents who can help us fulfill our mission to promote and support the arts in Orange County.

The Orange County Arts Commission also welcomes newsletter submissions from artists and organizations. For more information about Orange County Arts Commission services, programs and publications, contact us at:

Orange County Arts Commission
Post: P.O. Box 1177
Physical Address: 110 E. King Street
Hillsborough, NC 27278
Phone: 919/245-2335
FAX: 919/644-3008
Web: www.artsorange.org
Email: arts@co.orange.nc.us

Our local arts are exciting, vital, and they are happening right now – so get out and enjoy the arts in Orange County!

The Town of Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation Department and The Chapel Hill Downtown Partnership are co-sponsoring a Locally Grown Event Series this summer in downtown Chapel Hill. Locally Grown features local live music & entertainment, creative children's activities, and an open-air market of locally made arts & crafts. Space is available to qualifying arts and crafts vendors. Apply now to reserve your space! The fee is $30.00 for each event. The remaining two event dates are July 25 and August 22 from 7 pm - 10:30 pm. The open air arts & crafts market will be held at The James C. Wallace Plaza on each date between 7 pm - 9 pm. For more information, please call Diana Straughan at 919/968-2787 x 216 or log onto www.downtownchapelhill.com.

The Town of Chapel Hill presents its annual Festifall Street Fair, an outdoor arts and crafts fair with live entertainment and fun for the whole family! Festifall will be held on West Franklin Street in Downtown Chapel Hill on Sunday, October 5, 2008 from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Space is available to qualifying arts and crafts vendors. Over 10,000 people are expected to attend. Apply now to reserve your space! Application fee for Arts & Crafts is $85 for residents, $100 for non-residents. Postmark deadline for application is Friday, July 18th, 2008. For more information, please call Diana Straughan at 919/968-2787 x 216 or log onto www.festifall.com.

This spring, Panzanella will host an exhibit to explore what North Carolina artists create when the inspiration is local farming. Selected artists will be part of a 9-week juried exhibit of artwork based on NC farms. Farmers and their families, crops, animals, landscapes, farm buildings and equipment are all possible subjects.

About this exhibit opportunity: Local Farms/Local Art will be a multiple artist exhibit, displayed in Panzanella from April 1 through June 1, 2008. While the Piedmont Farm Tour involves only farms within the Piedmont, the artwork may represent farms anywhere in North Carolina. Artists must currently reside in North Carolina. The submissions will be reviewed by a screening panel of local art professionals. The artists whose work is selected will be contacted, and arrangements will be made for delivery of work. Panzanella is a part of the Weaver Street Market Cooperative, which is a founding sponsor of the Piedmont Farm Tour.

For more information or an application, contact: Mary Votta, Panzanella Gallery Coordinator, mary.v@weaverstreetmarket.coop. Please do not send images to this e-mail address.

The presentation begins at 7 pm. Join us, have some refreshments, get some questions answered and make some good contacts.

What do they all have in common? They may qualify to participate in a project created by the North Carolina Arts Council, www.homegrownhandmade.com, the first statewide effort to create thematic driving trails featuring art and agritourism. To see a sampling of what has already been developed in the eastern part of the state, click on the site and check out the trails.

The project is free to all participants and is paid for by grants from the Golden L.E.A.F. Foundation, focusing upon counties that have traditionally had some form of agricultural based economy. The goal is to create a new "cash crop," blending tourism, arts and agriculture together.

The trail in this area will include Chatham, Orange, Lee, Randolph, Guilford and Alamance counties.

Are You One of These?
- Restaurants/hotels/B&Bs serving locally produced food
- Restaurants/hotels/B&Bs displaying locally produced art or featuring local performers
- Restaurants serving recipes indigenous to the community (like: BBQ, catfish, Brunswick stew)
- Galleries
- Retail stores
- Visual art studios/shops
- U-pick-it farms
- Roadside stands
- Farmers' markets
- Arts Councils
- Visitors Centers
- Festivals
- Events
- Cultural events
- Corn mazes
- Historic walking tours featuring buildings with architectural significance
- Night clubs featuring local performers
- Public gardens
- Museums
- Recreational Parks and Reserves
- Farms open to the public

Do You Meet Criteria?
- Standard hours of operation (can include "by appointment only")
- Safe, clean, tidy
- Significant proportion of North Carolina merchandise
- No shops that feature imports
- Welcoming to people from outside the community
- Related to cultural, heritage, agricultural, and natural resources
- Compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act
- Directional signage
- Hotels/B&B's "connect" to arts and agriculture
- Interpretation ? signage, brochure or knowledgeable staff
- Focus on authenticity and quality

Does Your Restaurant Meet Any 5 of These Criteria?
- Shows local art on the walls/display cases and/or uses handcrafted items as tableware
- Has interpretive materials that tell about the arts on premises and/or the history of the place
- Regularly has live music
- Features locally grown produce
- Offers a selection of N.C. indigenous foods
- Serves indigenous N.C. recipes, such as bean bread
- Is in an architecturally significant building
- Is popular with locals
- Has a unique authentic regional claim to fame, such as "N.C.'s oldest restaurant"

Greta Lint, local project coordinator for the North Carolina Arts Council, says, "This is the most in-depth, cutting edge tourism effort ever created in our state. Each trail runs through 3 or 5 counties, offering the traveler opportunity to hear local music, eat locally grown food, pick locally grown produce, see locally made crafts and spend more money. By digging deeper into what communities offer, it allows businesses and artisans opportunity to capitalize upon the tourism dollar. In 2003, tourism generated nearly $18 million in direct and indirect spending in North Carolina."

For more information, call Greta Lint at 336/626-0527 or visit www.homegrownhandmade.com. You may also call Rebecca Moore, Director of Marketing, NC Arts Council at 919/733-2119 or visit www.ncarts.org.

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Panzanella - Call for Artists

The CDL Clinic is a two-semester program in which third-year students provide corporate and transactional counsel to North Carolina nonprofit community development organizations. CDL students work on a wide variety of business law projects including: forming corporations and limited liability companies; spinning off subsidiaries for existing nonprofit corporations; advising organizations regarding local, state and federal taxation; negotiating and drafting contracts on behalf of nonprofit organizations; assisting organizations with real estate acquisitions; helping structure joint ventures between nonprofit and for-profit entities; obtaining necessary state licenses for nonprofit programs. Students in the CDL Clinic take primary responsibility for interviewing clients, structuring the legal projects, negotiating on behalf of their clients, and drafting all necessary legal documents. The goal of the CDL Clinic is to help students develop skills in corporate and transactional law, show them how those skills can be put to use in serving under-resourced communities, and at the same time provide valuable legal services to community organizations serving those communities.

If your organization could use legal counsel in some aspect of its program, or if you would like more information about the clinic, please contact Mark Dorosin (CDL Clinic Supervisor) at 919/843-9909 or dorosin@email.unc.edu or visit UNC Community Development Law Clinic.