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 »
Celebrate the Arts With Me From an historic budget allocation to awarding millions of dollars in grants to artists, educators, and organizations, Ohio Arts Council Executive Director Donna S. Collins highlights all the reasons to celebrate the arts in this month's Executive Message. July 31, 2019 Executive Message Big Read, Donna S. Collins, Executive Message, Fine Arts Exhibition, Governor Mike DeWine, Mahoning County, Massillon, Massillon Museum, National Endowment for the Arts, Natural Expressions, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio State Fair, Public Library of Youngstown, Riffe Gallery, Senate President Larry Obhof, Speaker Larry Householder, Stark County, Youngstown Read More »
Ohio Arts Organizations Receive National Grants for Literature Programming Three Ohio organizations will bring works of literature to life through national grant funding that supports community reading programming. July 8, 2019 Art, For Artists, For Organizations, For the Public, NEA, News, Organizations, Public Big Read, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, Into the Beautiful North, Lit Youngstown, Luis Alberto Urrea, Mahoning County, Massillon, Massillon Museum, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Ohio Arts Council, Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Roz Chast, Stark County, Youngstown Read More »
Governor's Awards 2019: RJ Thompson, Community Development & Participation Award Winner RJ Thompson is a tenured assistant professor of graphic and interactive design in the Department of Art at Youngstown State University. Parallel to his teaching, he is the principal and creative strategist for +Public, a design research-based social enterprise that focuses on cultivating community and economic development impact through the creation of branded communication platforms, creative place-making, and storytelling initiatives for communities-in-revival. May 28, 2019 For the Public, Governor's Awards, Public +Public, City of You, Community Development and Participation, Design, Governor's Awards, Mahoning County, OAC, Ohio Arts Council, RJ Thompson, Youngstown, Youngstown State University Read More »
2019 Governor’s Awards for the Arts Winners Announced Nine winners have been selected to receive awards at the 2019 Arts Day & Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio luncheon and ceremony on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. January 23, 2019 Art, artists, For Artists, For Educators, For Organizations, For the Public, Governor's Awards, News, Organizations, Public Caroline Rowntree, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Franklin County, Governor's Awards, Hamilton County, Leslie Adams, Lorain County, Lucas County, Mahoning County, Mark Lomax II, Montgomery County, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio Citizens for the Arts, Ohio State, Owens Corning, Phyllis Gorfain, RJ Thompson, Ronette Burkes, Sallie and Randolph Wadsworth, Toledo, Union County, Wexner Center for the Arts, Youngstown Read More »