Bellaire High School Taps Highly Published Photojournalist for OAC-supported Artist Residency A multi-year collaboration between Bellaire High School in Belmont County and upper Ohio Valley-based photojournalist Rebecca Kiger is helping students learn about photography and engage in several documentary-style projects. January 13, 2023 Educators, For Educators, For Organizations, For the Public, Spotlight Arts Education, Arts Learning, Bellaire High School, Photography, Photojournalism, Rebecca Kiger, TeachArtsOhio Read More »
Ohio Arts Organizations and Artists Receive $615,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded 37 grants totaling $615,000 to Ohio, the NEA announced in a media release earlier today. As part of its first round of funding for federal fiscal year 2023, the NEA said it has recommended 1,569 arts grants nationwide totaling more than $34 million. January 10, 2023 For the Public, NEA, News Arts Education, Challenge America, Creative Economy, Dance, Design, Folk and Traditional, Grants, Grants for Arts Projects, Literary Arts, Literature Fellowship, Media Arts, Music, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Presenting and Multidisciplinary Works, Theatre, Visual Arts Read More »
Governor DeWine Appoints Four to Ohio Arts Council Board Governor Mike DeWine appointed four members to the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) board on January 6, 2023. January 9, 2023 News Jon D. Holt, Kristie Dukes Davis, Media Release, News, Ohio Arts Council Board, Peter Lawson Jones, Robert (Robb) Hankins Read More »
Ohio Legislature Passes $50 Million in ARPA Arts Relief An additional $50 million in arts relief for nonprofit performing arts organizations and museums has been approved by the Ohio General Assembly. December 15, 2022 Executive Message, For Organizations, For the Public american rescue plan, american rescule plan act, arp, arpa, arts relief, covid, covid relief, covid-19, dewine, governor, governor mike dewine, museums, nonprofits, ohio department of development, ohio general assembly, ohio legislature, performing arts Read More »
#TraditionsTuesday: David Butcher A museum curator, historian, and storyteller, David Butcher is the founder of the Tablertown: People of Color Museum and a recent recipient of the Black Appalachian Storytellers Fellowship from the National Association of Black Storytellers. December 6, 2022 For the Public, Spotlight #TraditionsTuesday, Athens County, Central Appalachia Living Traditions, David Butcher, Mid Atlantic Arts, Museum, South Arts, Stewart, Tablertown Read More »
The Nexus of Art and Health Exhibition Being human binds us to a relationship with health. Whether it be physical, mental, or spiritual, this relationship is inescapable. Wellness, trauma, and outbreak force us to think about our marriage to health and the position of vulnerability this puts us in. November 22, 2022 Art, Riffe Gallery Art, Health, Riffe Gallery Read More »