24 May National Endowment for the Arts Announces More Than $2.2 Million in Grants to Ohio May 24, 2023 NEA, News Arts Grants, Arts Organizations, Fiscal Year 2023, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Ohio Arts Council 0 The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced its spring round of grant funding today, which includes $2,262,200 awarded to 32 Ohio arts organizations. As part of the NEA’s state and regional partnership grant program, which awards federal funding to state and territorial arts agencies based on population and the merit of the agency’s work, the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) received $1,325,500 for federal fiscal year 2023. In Ohio, all federal dollars earned from the NEA by the OAC are reinvested into the state’s arts and culture sector to help individuals and organizations pursue artistic endeavors. In its media release, the NEA said organizations will carry out arts projects in three of the federal agency’s funding programs: Grants for Arts Projects, Our Town, and State and Regional Partnerships. Funded Ohio projects include those in arts education, dance, design, literary arts, media arts, museums, music, musical theatre, local arts agencies, opera, presenting and multidisciplinary works, theatre, and visual arts. “The National Endowment for the Arts is pleased to support the work of our state and regional partners nationwide, demonstrating the many ways the arts enrich our lives and contribute to healthy and thriving communities,” said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, Ph.D. “These organizations play an important role in advancing the creative vitality of our nation and helping to ensure that all people can benefit from arts, culture, and design.” “These grants recognize on the national level the strength and impact of Ohio’s arts and culture sector,” said OAC Executive Director Donna S. Collins. “We thank the NEA for their fundamental support of the OAC, which for 14 consecutive years has earned one of the top three largest federal NEA grants for state arts agencies thanks to the quality of our work. We are proud that every federal dollar we receive is directly reinvested back into Ohio’s artistic communities.” A complete list of Ohio NEA grant recipients in this funding cycle follows, alphabetized by city with recipients’ popularly used names in parentheses: Statewide Ohio Arts Council: $1,325,500 Akron Northeast Ohio Center for Choreography (National Center for Choreography at The University of Akron): $20,000 Cincinnati Cincinnati Boychoir, Inc.: $15,000 Cincinnati Institute of Fine Arts (ArtsWave): $70,000 Cincinnati Museum Association (Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM)): $35,000 Educational Theatre Association: $50,000 Know Theatre Tribe, Inc. (Know Theatre of Cincinnati): $20,000 Mam-Luft and Company Dance, Inc. (Mutual Dance Theatre): $25,000 Wave Pool Corp.: $75,000 Cleveland ChamberFest Cleveland: $15,000 CityMusic Cleveland: $30,000 Cleveland Classical Guitar Society, Inc.: $30,000 Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology, Inc. (Ingenuity Cleveland): $75,000 Cleveland Institute of Music: $15,000 Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF): $30,000 Cleveland Museum of Art: $40,000 Front Exhibition Company: $40,000 Greater Cleveland Urban Film Foundation: $20,000 Les Délices: $15,000 Literary Cleveland: $20,000 Professional Flair, Inc. (The Dancing Wheels Company & School): $10,000 SPACES: $20,000 Columbus Columbus Museum of Art (CMA): $55,000 Fuse Factory Electronic and Digital Arts Lab: $10,000 Lincoln Theatre Association: $15,000 Wexner Center Foundation (Wexner Center for the Arts): $25,000 Dayton Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC): $65,000 Dayton Performing Arts Alliance: $18,000 Dayton Visual Arts Center (DVAC): $36,000 Delaware Central Ohio Symphony, Inc.: $12,500 Oxford Shakespeare Theatre Association: $10,000 Toledo Toledo Opera Association: $20,000 To see a full list of all grants awarded to all states or U.S. jurisdictions for the NEA’s fiscal year 2023 spring grant announcement, click here. For more information about the National Endowment for the Arts’ grant programs, visit arts.gov. ABOUT THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS Established by Congress in 1965, the National Endowment for the Arts is the independent federal agency whose funding and support gives Americans the opportunity to participate in the arts, exercise their imaginations, and develop their creative capacities. Through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector, the Arts Endowment supports arts learning, affirms and celebrates America’s rich and diverse cultural heritage, and extends its work to promote equal access to the arts in every community across America. Visit arts.gov to learn more. ABOUT THE OHIO ARTS COUNCIL The Ohio Arts Council is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally, and economically. 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