Athens Musician, Composer, and Professor Paschal Yao Younge Awarded 2020 Ohio Heritage Fellowship Dr. Paschal Yao Younge, a master artist specializing in African Traditional Musical Arts, has been awarded the 2020 Ohio Heritage Fellowship Award for Performing Arts from the Ohio Arts Council. August 12, 2020 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, News, Public African Traditional Musical Arts, Athens, Athens County, dance, Dr. Paschal Yao Younge, drum, music, Ohio, Ohio Heritage Fellowship, percusssion, Performing Arts, research 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 »
Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards Announced Members of the Ohio Arts Council board have approved $375,000 in grant funding to be awarded to Ohio artists through the OAC’s Individual Excellence Awards program for state fiscal year 2020. February 11, 2020 Art, For Artists, For the Public, News, Public Allen County, Ashland County, Athens County, Columbiana County, Cuyahoga County, Delaware County, Franklin County, Hamilton County, Individual Excellence Awards, Knox County, Lake County, Licking County, Lorain County, Lucas County, Montgomery County, Muskingum County, OAC, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio Arts Council Board, Summit County, Wayne County Read More »
Athens Organization Selected to Host Rural Design Workshop Led by National Endowment for the Arts An organization in Athens, Ohio, has been selected to host a multi-day design workshop focusing on rural design and creative placemaking. Part of the Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design program, a national initiative that aims to support rural communities through hands-on training and other events, the workshop in Athens will focus on the efforts to preserve and reimagine the use of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, a century-old church founded in 1872 that is the last standing building in the city that was built by free-born and formerly enslaved black artisans. September 26, 2019 For Organizations, For the Public, NEA, News, Organizations, Public Athens, Athens County, Cherri L. Hendricks, Citizens' Institute on Rural Design, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio University, Sam Dodd Read More »
Ohio Arts Council Board Approves More Than $14.7M in Arts Grants The Ohio Arts Council board has approved 743 grants totaling $14,733,107 to support Ohio artists, organizations, students, educators, and public arts programming during its initial and major state fiscal year 2020 funding round. July 23, 2019 For Artists, For Educators, For Organizations, For the Public, News, Public Allen County, Arts Access, Arts Partnership, ArtsNEXT, ArtSTART, Ashland County, Ashtabula County, Athens County, Auglaize County, Board, Brown County, budget, Butler County, Champaign County, Clark County, Clermont County, Clinton County, Columbiana County, Coschocton County, Crawford County, Cuyahoga County, Darke County, Defiance County, Delaware County, Erie County, Fairfield County, Fayette County, Fiscal year 2020, Franklin County, Gallia County, Geauga County, Grants, Greene County, Guernsey County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hardin County, Highland County, Hocking County, Holmes County, Jefferson County, Knox County, Lake County, Licking County, Logan County, Lorain County, Lucas County, Mahoning County, Marion County, Medina County, Meigs County, Mercer County, Miami County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Muskingum County, Noble County, OAC, Ohio Artists on Tour, Ohio Arts Council, Ottawa County, Perry County, Pickaway County, Portage County, Preble County, Richland County, Ross County, Sandusky County, SASO, Scioto County, Seneca County, Shelby County, Stark County, Summit County, Sustainability, TeachArtsOhio, Traditional Arts Apprenticeships, Trumbull County, Tuscarawas County, Union County, Van Wert County, Vinton County, Warren County, Washington County, Wayne County, Wood County Read More »
Fiber Arts in the Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery will open its newest exhibition, Thread Count: The Intersection of Mathematics and Fiber Arts, on Thursday, May 2. This exhibition features work by 13 contemporary fiber artists from the state of Ohio. These artists have created work featuring a variety of materials, shapes, and sizes. May 1, 2019 Art, Riffe Gallery art, thread, thread count, Athens, Athens County, Bexley, Bowling Green, Christina Pereyma, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Cuyahoga County, Deborah Bewley, Fiber art, Franklin County, Fulton County, Greene County, Hamilton County, Ian Ruffino, Jane Black, Janice Lessman-Moss, Jessica Pinsky, John Lefelhocz, Judy Kahle, Judy Rush, Kent, Mary VanWassenhove, Miami County, Migiwa Orimo, Petra Soesemann, Portage County, riffe gallery, Sandra Palmer Ciolino, Troy, Wauseon, Wood County, Yellow Springs Read More »