Ohio Arts Council Board Approves More Than $12.5M in Arts Grants The Ohio Arts Council board approved $12,500,446 in grants to support Ohio artists, arts and cultural organizations, students, educators, and public arts programming when it met virtually on July 22 for its summer board meeting. August 4, 2020 Art, For Artists, For Educators, For Organizations, For the Public, Invest, News, Organizations, Public Artist programs, Arts Access, arts learning, Arts Midwest, Arts Partnership, ArtsNEXT, ArtSTART, coronavirus, COVID-19, funding, FY 2021, grants, individual artists, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Ohio artists, Ohio Arts Council, Operating support, Project support, SASO, Sustainability, TeachArtsOhio, Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Read More »
Investment and Engagement Lead the Way for the Arts in Ohio In this month's Executive Message, Donna S. Collins provides an update on Ohio Arts Council agency funding for FY 2021. July 29, 2020 Executive Message Arts Midwest, budget, Executive Message, Fiscal Year, funding, grants, Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Ohio Arts Council, Regional Arts Resilience Fund Read More »
Ohio Arts Council Announces Summer Board Meeting Members of the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) board will meet virtually on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 10 a.m. July 8, 2020 For the Public board, board meeting, FY 2021, grants, oac board, ohio arts council Read More »
With a Little Help from Our Friends … Ohio Arts Organizations Have A New Funding Opportunity In this Executive Message, learn about the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund, an initiative that will award grants of $30,000 – $75,000 to small and mid-sized arts organizations in the Midwest, prioritizing arts organizations that are led by and serving people from rural communities, and/or led by and serving people of color and Indigenous people. Nominations are due July 8, 2020. June 29, 2020 Executive Message Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Arts Midwest, COVID-19, Ohio Arts Council, Regional Arts Resilience Fund, United States Regional Arts Organizations Read More »
Governor DeWine Names Kari Gunter-Seymour Ohio Poet Laureate Governor Mike DeWine has named Kari Gunter-Seymour of Albany, Ohio, the state’s poet laureate. Gunter-Seymour, whose term began June 10, 2020, succeeds the state’s second poet laureate, Dave Lucas. A third-generation Athens Countian, Gunter-Seymour was named poet laureate for Athens, Ohio, in 2018-2020, and the Ohio Poet of the Year in 2020. She is the founder/executive director of the Women of Appalachia Project and a recently retired instructor in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. June 11, 2020 For the Public, News, Public Albany, Athens County, Dave Lucas, Governor Mike DeWine, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Ohio, Ohio University, Poet Laureate, Poetry, Women of Appalachia Project Read More »
No Place Like Home: A Thank You to Ohio's Arts Leaders In this month's Executive Message, Donna S. Collins reflects on the strength of Ohio's artists, arts and cultural leaders, and teaching artists. As the state begins to reopen, collaboration will allow us to overcome complex challenges because the arts in Ohio are better when we work together. May 27, 2020 Executive Message C. Joybell C., Christopher Purdy, collaboration, COVID-19, Dorothy Gale, Executive Message, In this together, Reopening, yellow brick road Read More »