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Graphic: 2023 Governor's Awards for the Arts in Ohio; Announcing the Winners; OAC logo

Announcing the 2023 Governor’s Awards for the Arts Winners

Eight winners have been selected to receive Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio this year.
Burt and Alice Saidel

Governor's Awards 2022: Burt and Alice Saidel, Arts Patron Award Winner

For Burt and Alice Saidel, a shared love of the arts is inextricably entwined with their love for each other. The couple, who have been married for 65 years and have lived in Dayton for 64 of them, are familiar figures in the West Central Ohio arts community.
Announcing the 2022 Governor's Awards for the Arts in Ohio winners

Announcing the 2022 Governor’s Awards for the Arts Winners

Nine winners have been selected to receive Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio this year.
2020 Governor's Award Winner The Charles H. Dater Foundation

Governor's Awards 2020: The Charles H. Dater Foundation, Arts Patron Award Winner

The Charles H. Dater Foundation was founded in 1985 to make grants to organizations in the Greater Cincinnati area that carry out projects benefiting young people in the areas of arts and culture, education, healthcare, social services, and other community needs. Since then, the foundation—one of the largest private foundations in Greater Cincinnati—has awarded more than 3,100 grants totaling $51 million to approximately 400 private, nonprofit organizations and public agencies for an array of programs and projects.
Announcing the 2020 Governor's Awards for the Arts in Ohio winners

2020 Governor’s Awards for the Arts Winners Announced

Nine winners have been selected to receive Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio. Awardees will be honored during a virtual celebration premiering online on May 10, 2021, at noon.
Sallie and Randolph Wadsworth, Arts Patron Award Winners

Governor's Awards 2019: Sallie and Randolph Wadsworth, Arts Patron Award Winners

Cincinnati and its surrounding communities have been fortunate to claim two of Ohio’s greatest philanthropists – Randolph “Duck” Wadsworth and his late wife Sallie. Through their legacy of philanthropic support in the visual arts, music, and theatre communities, their generosity has raised the arts to new heights in Southwest Ohio.

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