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 »
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 »
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 »