National Endowment for the Arts Awards More Than $520K to Ohio Organizations Twenty-six Ohio organizations have received grant awards through the National Endowment for the Arts’ Art Works and Challenge America programs. February 7, 2018 Art, For Organizations, For the Public, NEA, News, Organizations, Public Akron, Art Works, Challenge America, Cincinnati, Clark County, Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Cuyahoga County, Dayton, Franklin County, Gambier, Hamilton County, Knox County, Lucas County, Montgomery County, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Nonprofit, OAC, Ohio, Ohio Arts Council, Rocky River, Shaker Heights, Springfield, Summit County, Toledo, Westerville Read More »
2018 Governor’s Awards for the Arts Winners Announced Nine winners have been selected to receive awards at the 2018 Arts Day & Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio luncheon and ceremony on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at noon at the Columbus Athenaeum in downtown Columbus. January 23, 2018 artists, Educators, Engage, For Artists, For Educators, For Organizations, For the Public, Governor's Awards, News, Public, Special Events 2018, Akron, Butler County, Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, David Poe Mitzel, Dayton, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Franklin County, Gahanna, Governor's Awards, Heartland Bank, Howard Parr, J.M. Smucker County, Montgomery County, Muskingum County, Ohio Arts Council, Orrville, Oxford, Ricardo Averbach, Sierra Leone, Springboro, Stuart and Mimi Rose, Summit County, Warren County, Wayne County, Zanesville Read More »
A History of Advocating for Women in the Arts In January, the voices of pioneering female artists from the past found a new outlet on late-night television: Frida Kahlo, Kathe Kollwitz, and Zubeida Agha—clad in black garb and gorilla masks—sat down with talk show host Stephen Colbert for a pithy and informative chat about the under-representation of women and artists of color in the art world. March 10, 2016 artists, Engage, Special Events Akron, Akron-Summit County Public Library, Cincinnati, Cincinnati Museum Center, Cleveland, Columbus Museum of Art, Cuyahoga County, Franklin County, Gallery at Lakeland Community College, Guerrilla Girls, Hamilton County, Massillon, Massillon Museum, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Ohio University, Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center, Society for Photographic Education, Stephen Colbert, Summit County, Women in the Arts, Women's Arts Club Cultural Center, Women's History Month, Worthington Read More »