Summer is Hot and So Are the Investments in the Arts The energy and savvy of arts leaders across the state continues to open venue doors, bring arts professionals back to work, and provide world-class arts to Ohioans. In this month's Executive Message, Donna S. Collins reflects on how historic investments in the arts are setting the stage for a busy summer and year to come. July 28, 2021 Executive Message, For the Public, Public Executive Message, grants, Ohio Arts Council, Save Our Stages, Shuttered Venue Operators Grant, SVOG Read More »
Ohio Arts Council Board Approves Historic $18.4M in Arts Grants The Ohio Arts Council board approved 746 grants totaling $18,479,247 to support Ohio artists, arts and cultural organizations, students, educators, and public arts programming when it met on July 21 for its summer board meeting. This marks the largest amount of grant dollars distributed to constituents applying to OAC funding programs in the agency’s history. July 22, 2021 News, Organizations, Public Arts Access, Arts Partnership, ArtsNEXT, ArtSTART, Board, Fiscal Year 2022, Grants, Ohio Artists on Tour, Ohio Arts Council, SASO, Statewide Arts Service Organizations, Sustainability, TeachArtsOhio, Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Read More »
Ohio Arts Organizations and Artists Receive $650K from National Endowment for the Arts Twenty-nine Ohio arts organizations have been awarded federal funding through the National Endowment for the Arts’ Grants for Arts Projects program, and three Ohio poets have received Creative Writing Fellowships. February 5, 2021 For Artists, For Organizations, NEA, News, Organizations Arts Projects, Creative Writing Fellowships, grants, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, poetry Read More »
75 Artists Receive Individual Excellence Awards from the Ohio Arts Council Members of the Ohio Arts Council board have approved $300,000 in grant funding to be awarded to 75 Ohio artists through the OAC’s Individual Excellence Awards program for state fiscal year 2021. January 21, 2021 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, News Artists, crafts, design, grants, Individual Excellence Awards, interdisciplinary arts, media arts, Ohio Arts Council, photography, visual arts 2D, visual arts 3D Read More »
9 Ohio Arts Organizations Receive COVID-19 Relief Grants from Arts Midwest Totaling $260K A second round of Regional Arts Resilience Funds will help more Ohio arts and culture organizations weather the pandemic. December 1, 2020 For Organizations, For the Public, News, Organizations Arts Midwest, ArtSpace, Athens, Black Swamp Arts Festival, Bowling Green, Chillicothe, Columbus, coronavirus, COVID-19, grants, Homerville, Lima, Majestic Theatre, Maroon Arts Group, Nelsonville, OAC, Ohio Arts Council, ORMACO, Paper Circle, Passion Works Studio, Piqua, Piqua Arts Council, Regional Arts Resilience Fund, Youngstown, Youngstown Playhouse Read More »
Ohio Arts Council Awards $20 Million in CARES Act Economic Relief for the Arts The Ohio Arts Council announced 296 grant awards totaling $20 million in economic relief from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act for the arts and culture sector. November 19, 2020 For Organizations, For the Public, News, Organizations, Public CARES Act, Coronavirus, COVID-19, grants, OAC, Ohio Arts Council Read More »