ArtsChat Ohio: OAC Staff Talks Artmaking "After Hours" (Part 2) ArtsChat Ohio is an audio blog bringing you the latest news and updates from Ohio Arts Council staff members. Poet, playwright, and OAC Arts Learning Coordinator Chiquita Mullins Lee and musician and Technology Strategist Ted Hattemer join Riffe Gallery Director Cat Sheridan for part two of a special series highlighting Arts Council employees’ artmaking and the Riffe Gallery's "After Hours" exhibition. April 28, 2021 ArtsChat Ohio, Riffe Gallery After Hours, Audio blog, Cat Sheridan, Chiquita Mullins Lee, Music, Ohio Arts Council, Poetry, Riffe Gallery, Songwriting, State of Ohio, Ted Hattemer, Writing Read More »
6 Ohio High School Students to Compete in Virtual Poetry Out Loud State Finals Six Ohio high school students will compete in front of a virtual audience for the title of 2021 Ohio Poetry Out Loud state champion on March 5, 2021. February 25, 2021 Arts Ed, For Educators, For the Public, Poetry Out Loud, Public Arts Learning, Ohio, Poetry, Poetry Out Loud, State Finals 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 »
Poetry Out Loud Goes Virtual in 2021 Ohio’s Poetry Out Loud program is set to host virtual events for its 2021 regional semifinals and state finals competitions. October 14, 2020 Arts Ed, For Educators, For the Public, Poetry Out Loud, Public 2020, Competition, National Endowment for the Arts, Ohio, Poetry, Poetry Out Loud, POL, Virtual 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 »
9 Students to Compete in Ohio Poetry Out Loud State Finals Nine Ohio high school students will compete for the title of Ohio’s 2020 Poetry Out Loud State Champion on March 6 at the King Arts Complex’s Nicholson Auditorium in Columbus. February 26, 2020 Arts Ed, Educators, For Educators, For the Public, Poetry Out Loud, Public Columbus, King Arts Complex, Nancy Kangas, National Endowment for the Arts, Nicholson Auditorium, Poetry, Poetry Foundation, Poetry Out Loud, POL, Rose Smith, State Finals, Steve Abbott Read More »