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 »
Ohio Arts Organizations Receive $525K from National Endowment for the Arts Twenty-five Ohio arts organizations have been awarded federal funding through the National Endowment for the Arts’ Art Works and Challenge America grant programs. January 15, 2020 Art, For Organizations, For the Public, NEA, News, Organizations, Public Awards, Cincinnati, Clark County, Cleveland, Columbus, Cuyahoga County, Delaware, Delaware County, Franklin County, Gambier, Grants, Hamilton County, Knox County, Logan County, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Ohio Arts Council, Springfield, Zanesfield Read More »
15 Ohio Artists Win Awards at 2019 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition The 2019 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition features work by 249 artists hailing from 34 Ohio counties. Each year, hundreds of amateur and professional artists from all around Ohio come together at the exhibition, which officially opened with an awards reception on July 23. Meet the artists who were selected for 15 Ohio Arts Council awards. July 26, 2019 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, Public A Natural Perspective, Anne Dorrian Lenzotti, Awards, Camille Laret, Catherine Bell Smith, Cuyahoga County, Dana Boggs, Danica Barreau, David Bowers, Delaware County, Fine Arts, Forge Garrabrant, Franklin County, Gallia County, Joel Yeager, Jose Luis Quinones, Julie Woodrow, Kristi Kloss, Licking County, Lily Elison, Lisa Vottero, Madison County, Muskingum County, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio State Fair, Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Quintin Gleim, Tracy Greenwalt, Union County 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 »
National Endowment for the Arts Awards More Than $1 Million to Ohio Arts Council The Ohio Arts Council will receive $1,007,950 to help support arts initiatives throughout the state. This is the fifth-highest National Endowment for the Arts grant awarded to the OAC in the agency’s 54-year history. May 15, 2019 For the Public, Invest, NEA, News Akron, Awards, Butler County, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Dayton, Delaware County, Grants, Hamilton County, Lucas County, Montgomery County, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, OAC, Ohio Arts Council, State partnership agreement, Summit County, Toledo, West Chester, Westerville Read More »
Lima Student Wins 2019 Ohio Poetry Out Loud State Finals Anna Kahle, a junior at Lima Central Catholic High School, was named the 2019 Ohio Poetry Out Loud state champion. She will go on to represent Ohio at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, D.C., in April. March 11, 2019 Arts Ed, Educators, For Educators, For the Public, News, Poetry Out Loud, Public Allen County, Anna Kahle, Bexley, Bexley High School, Delaware County, Dylan Abel, Emily Enyame, Eric H. Kearney, Franklin County, Lima, Lima Central Catholic High School, National Finals, Ohio Arts Council , Poetry Out Loud, POL, State Champion, Westerville, Westerville Central High School Read More »