$1.3M in expenses

Support and development of arts organizations and artists DAC provides grants & technical assistance to artists and arts organizations. In fy24, DAC provided exhibition, performance, teaching, training, grants & art exhibit/sales opportunities to 898 individual artists; DAC grants supported 94 arts organizations & 54 individual artists. 256 arts/cultural organizations were served across all DAC programs. DAC provided sector-wide arts economic support of $1,002,172, including $302,698 in arts facility grants; $699,474 in cash grants, over the last ten years, DAC has provided $4.6 million in cash grants to artists and arts organizations, nearly $4 million in rent-relieving space grans, and invested nearly $15 million in arts sector jobs.

$901K in expenses

Arts education programs DAC's arts center school provided 758 classes for 7,970 youth & adults in visual, performing & literary arts & 10 weeks of youth arts camps. The DAC creative arts in schools program (caps) provided 124 programs to approximately 23,000 students at 98 sites in durham, orange, granville, chatham and person counties. Caps provides curriculum-based arts residencies, performances & workshops to strengthen academic outcomes.

$772K in expenses

Arts program and facility support services DAC manages & programs the historic DAC building as a premier venue for artists, arts organizations, & community groups in downtown durham. DAC programs its galleries, theatres, rehearsal spaces, studios & classrooms for the arts community & public 7 days a week. DAC is the 4th most visited facility in downtown durham and has the largest attendance among comparable regional arts centers. Pre-pandemic fy2019, DAC building, and events attracted attendance of 413,234; hosted 5,028 events & programs & managed 26,127 hours of facility use. Post pandemic, in fy25, attendance rebounded to 413,691 with 5,161 events and programs and 25,680 hours of managed facility use.