Ohio Arts Organizations Receive $525K from National Endowment for the Arts Twenty-five Ohio arts organizations have been awarded federal funding through the National Endowment for the Arts’ Art Works and Challenge America grant programs. January 15, 2020 Art, For Organizations, For the Public, NEA, News, Organizations, Public Awards, Cincinnati, Clark County, Cleveland, Columbus, Cuyahoga County, Delaware, Delaware County, Franklin County, Gambier, Grants, Hamilton County, Knox County, Logan County, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Ohio Arts Council, Springfield, Zanesfield Read More »
2020 Governor’s Awards for the Arts Winners Announced Eight winners have been selected to receive awards at the 2020 Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio, the State of Ohio’s most prestigious annual arts event. January 9, 2020 Art, artists, Arts Ed, For Artists, For Educators, For Organizations, For the Public, Governor's Awards, News, Organizations, Public Andy Snow, Arts Administration, Arts Education, Arts Patron, Business Support, Canton, Charles H. Dater Foundation, Cincinnati, Columbus, Community Development, Dayton, Dr. Jesse Ayers, Elyria, Franklin County, Fur Peace Ranch, Gallia County, Gallipolis, Governor's Awards, Governor's Awards for the Arts in Ohio, Hamilton County, Holland, Individual Artist, Joan Perch, Jorma Kaukonen, Lora Snow, Lorain County, Lucas County, Meigs County, Montgomery County, Nicolettecinemagraphics, Nigel Burgoine, Ohio, Ohio Arts Council, Pomeroy, Stark County, Winners Read More »
Get to Know Jessica Rosenblatt, OAPN’s New Executive Director As a booking agent for an independent record label, a PR/marketing coordinator, and now as executive director of the Ohio Arts Professionals Network (OAPN), Jessica Rosenblatt is passionate about performing arts in Ohio. In this Q&A, she sat down to talk about what’s in store for OAPN’s future and why having a well-connected network is a necessity. October 4, 2019 For Artists, For Organizations, For the Public, Public Cain Park, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Diana Chittester, Fighting Chance Records, Jessica Rosenblatt, OAPN, Ohio Arts Professionals Network, SASO Read More »
Athens Organization Selected to Host Rural Design Workshop Led by National Endowment for the Arts An organization in Athens, Ohio, has been selected to host a multi-day design workshop focusing on rural design and creative placemaking. Part of the Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design program, a national initiative that aims to support rural communities through hands-on training and other events, the workshop in Athens will focus on the efforts to preserve and reimagine the use of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, a century-old church founded in 1872 that is the last standing building in the city that was built by free-born and formerly enslaved black artisans. September 26, 2019 For Organizations, For the Public, NEA, News, Organizations, Public Athens, Athens County, Cherri L. Hendricks, Citizens' Institute on Rural Design, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, National Endowment for the Arts, NEA, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio University, Sam Dodd Read More »
Meet Molly Uline-Olmstead, VSA Ohio’s New Executive Director Molly Uline-Olmstead has trekked across the state to collect artwork for display in government offices, organized thousands of students and their complex research projects for Ohio History Day, and managed an ever-evolving art studio that aimed to give everyone the opportunity to create. Now, Uline-Olmstead is taking over at the helm of VSA Ohio, the state’s organization on arts and disability, and she sat down to talk about all things art and accessibility in this Q&A. September 20, 2019 artists, For Artists, For Educators, For Organizations, For the Public, Organizations, Public Accessibility, Megan Fitze, Molly Uline-Olmstead, Q&A, SASO, Statewide Arts Service Organization, VSA Ohio Read More »
Putting Creativity to Work: Ohio Attendees Reflect on the 2019 SAVVY Arts Venture Challenge What do you get when you bring 81 artists, educators, and arts administrators together for an intense six-day professional development boot camp? A group of Ohioans flew to South Carolina through an Ohio Arts Council funding opportunity to find out. August 16, 2019 For Artists, For Educators, For Organizations, For the Public, Public April Deacon, Dennis TenWolde, Holly Ittel, Jeff Ryder, Jordan Knepper, Ohio Arts Council, Professional Development, SAVVY Arts Venture Challenge, South Carolina, Thomas Sigel, University of South Carolina, Yvonne Thomas Read More »