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 »
Ohio Arts Council Board Approves More Than $12.5M in Arts Grants The Ohio Arts Council board approved $12,500,446 in grants to support Ohio artists, arts and cultural organizations, students, educators, and public arts programming when it met virtually on July 22 for its summer board meeting. August 4, 2020 Art, For Artists, For Educators, For Organizations, For the Public, Invest, News, Organizations, Public Artist programs, Arts Access, arts learning, Arts Midwest, Arts Partnership, ArtsNEXT, ArtSTART, coronavirus, COVID-19, funding, FY 2021, grants, individual artists, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Ohio artists, Ohio Arts Council, Operating support, Project support, SASO, Sustainability, TeachArtsOhio, Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Read More »
Ohio Arts Council Announcement to FY 2020 Grantees The Ohio Arts Council announces news relative to FY 2020 grant amounts due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. May 6, 2020 For Artists, For Educators, For Organizations, For the Public Budget, Coronavirus, COVID-19, FY 2020, Grants, Ohio Arts Council Read More »
A Creative Collaboration Unfolds on Stage: Music and Live Artmaking Combine at the Fitton Center What color would you make a major chord if you were to hang it on a gallery wall? How would you transpose an artist’s sketch onto a music staff? These are possibilities the Butler Philharmonic Orchestra and visual artist Billy Simms aimed to explore during a collaborative performance at the Fitton Center for Creative Arts on Feb. 1. April 6, 2020 Art, For Artists, For Organizations, For the Public, Organizations, Public ArtSTART, Billy Simms, Butler County, Butler Philharmonic Orchestra, Composition, Fitton Center, Grant, Hamilton, Music, Orchestra, Paul John Stanbery, Printmaking, Sustainabillity, Visual Art, With Ears that See, With Eyes that Hear Read More »
Traditional Arts in Ohio: Embodied Learning and Pewtersmithing Ohio Arts Council Folk and Traditional Arts Contractor Cristina Benedetti visited Millersburg, Ohio, to meet Willa Hollingsworth, a pewterer and owner of Three Feathers Pewter. At the Three Feathers workshop, she learned about Ms. Hollingsworth's study of the traditional craft through years of apprenticeship and practice. March 25, 2020 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, Public David Jones, Folk Arts, Holmes County, Millersburg, Ohio Arts Council, Pewter, Pewterware, Three Feathers Pewter, Traditional Arts, Willa Hollingsworth Read More »
We Can Support Ohio Arts by Working Together Even in a time of social distancing and limits on traditionally presented arts gatherings and events, Ohioans can still find creative ways to support our state's wonderful arts organizations, arts educators, and artists. March 13, 2020 Art, artists, Arts Ed, Educators, Executive Message, For Artists, For Educators, For Organizations, For the Public, News, Public Americans for the Arts, Amy Acton, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Donna S. Collins, Emergency, Executive Message, Funding, Governor Mike DeWine, Grants, OAC, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio Department of Health Read More »