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News Article 1:
The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery Hosts Quilt National ‘09


The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery will present a selection of quilts from Quilt National ‘09 from November 12, 2009 – January 17, 2010. This exhibit is produced and circulated by the Dairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center in Athens, Ohio. The exhibition is the 16th biennial juried exhibition of innovative quilts and demonstrates the transformations taking place in the world of quilting by some of the most talented contemporary quilt artists from around the world.  

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News Article 2:
2010 Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio Winners Selected


Six winners were chosen for the 2010 Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio. Award categories and recipients include: Arts Administration, Kevin Moore and Marsha Hanna, Human Race Theatre, (Dayton); Arts Education, Sylvia Easley (Cleveland Heights); Arts Patron, Jim and Enid Goubeaux (Greenville); Business Support of the Arts, American Electric Power (statewide); Community Development & Participation, Donna Sue Groves (Manchester); and Individual Artist, Andrew Hudgins, poet (Columbus).   

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News Article 3:
Ohio Arts Council to Visit Seven Cities for Listening Tour


The Ohio Arts Council (OAC) is hitting the road again this fall to find out what Ohioans value about their communities, creativity and the arts. The OAC’s Listening Tour will travel to seven more communities this fall and winter discovering what creativity means to elected officials, arts professionals and citizens in large and small communities across the state. Kent and Cleveland will be the next stops on November 5 and 6 and Columbus meetings will take place on December 10.  

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Due to the implementation of cost savings days (furloughs) by the State of Ohio, the OAC office will be closed on the following days: Friday, November 27; Thursday, December 24; and Thursday, December 31.

In each case the office will reopen at 8 a.m. the following Monday. Thank you for your cooperation during these periods.  

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