Resilient Ohio: After Roof Collapse, Marysville’s Avalon Theatre Rises Toward Summer Reopening As if fundraising for a multi-million-dollar capital campaign during a pandemic wasn't hard enough, Marysville's Avalon Theatre was forced to show its resilience when part of its structure crumbled one night in June 2020. Rising from the dust of the collapse, construction has resumed, and the theatre has set its sights on an August 2021 grand opening. April 20, 2021 For Organizations, Organizations, Public, Resilient Ohio Avalon Theatre, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Marysville, Ohio Arts Council, Rebuild, Resilient Ohio, Union County Read More »
15 Ohio Artists Win Awards at 2019 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition The 2019 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition features work by 249 artists hailing from 34 Ohio counties. Each year, hundreds of amateur and professional artists from all around Ohio come together at the exhibition, which officially opened with an awards reception on July 23. Meet the artists who were selected for 15 Ohio Arts Council awards. July 26, 2019 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, Public A Natural Perspective, Anne Dorrian Lenzotti, Awards, Camille Laret, Catherine Bell Smith, Cuyahoga County, Dana Boggs, Danica Barreau, David Bowers, Delaware County, Fine Arts, Forge Garrabrant, Franklin County, Gallia County, Joel Yeager, Jose Luis Quinones, Julie Woodrow, Kristi Kloss, Licking County, Lily Elison, Lisa Vottero, Madison County, Muskingum County, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio State Fair, Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Quintin Gleim, Tracy Greenwalt, Union County Read More »
Ohio Arts Council Board Approves More Than $14.7M in Arts Grants The Ohio Arts Council board has approved 743 grants totaling $14,733,107 to support Ohio artists, organizations, students, educators, and public arts programming during its initial and major state fiscal year 2020 funding round. July 23, 2019 For Artists, For Educators, For Organizations, For the Public, News, Public Allen County, Arts Access, Arts Partnership, ArtsNEXT, ArtSTART, Ashland County, Ashtabula County, Athens County, Auglaize County, Board, Brown County, budget, Butler County, Champaign County, Clark County, Clermont County, Clinton County, Columbiana County, Coschocton County, Crawford County, Cuyahoga County, Darke County, Defiance County, Delaware County, Erie County, Fairfield County, Fayette County, Fiscal year 2020, Franklin County, Gallia County, Geauga County, Grants, Greene County, Guernsey County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hardin County, Highland County, Hocking County, Holmes County, Jefferson County, Knox County, Lake County, Licking County, Logan County, Lorain County, Lucas County, Mahoning County, Marion County, Medina County, Meigs County, Mercer County, Miami County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Muskingum County, Noble County, OAC, Ohio Artists on Tour, Ohio Arts Council, Ottawa County, Perry County, Pickaway County, Portage County, Preble County, Richland County, Ross County, Sandusky County, SASO, Scioto County, Seneca County, Shelby County, Stark County, Summit County, Sustainability, TeachArtsOhio, Traditional Arts Apprenticeships, Trumbull County, Tuscarawas County, Union County, Van Wert County, Vinton County, Warren County, Washington County, Wayne County, Wood County Read More »
Governor's Awards 2019: Ronette Burkes-Trowsdell, Community Development & Participation Award Winner Ronette “Roni” Burkes-Trowsdell previously served as warden at the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio, and was recently promoted to Regional Director of Specialty Institutions. Throughout Roni’s 18-year tenure with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, she has chosen to lead and support diverse projects that aim to increase access to the arts for those who are justice-involved around the state. May 28, 2019 artists, For the Public, Governor's Awards, Public Community Development and Participation, Governor's Awards, Harmony Project, Marysville, OAC, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ronette Burkes-Trowsdell, Roni Burkes, Union County, Warden 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 »
Delaware, Marysville Artists’ Work on Display at Ohio Governor’s Residence July - September The summer “Spotlight: Featured Artists” exhibition at the Ohio Governor’s Residence and Heritage Garden features the work of Delaware artist Marty J. Kalb and Marysville artist Valerie Dunning Edwards. August 3, 2018 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, News, Spotlight Delaware, Delaware County, Featured Artists, Governor's Residence and Heritage Garden, Karen W. Kasich, Marty J. Kalb, Marysville, Ohio Arts Council, Spotlight, Union County, Valerie Dunning Edwards Read More »