Ohio Arts Council Board Approves Historic $18.4M in Arts Grants The Ohio Arts Council board approved 746 grants totaling $18,479,247 to support Ohio artists, arts and cultural organizations, students, educators, and public arts programming when it met on July 21 for its summer board meeting. This marks the largest amount of grant dollars distributed to constituents applying to OAC funding programs in the agency’s history. July 22, 2021 News, Organizations, Public Arts Access, Arts Partnership, ArtsNEXT, ArtSTART, Board, Fiscal Year 2022, Grants, Ohio Artists on Tour, Ohio Arts Council, SASO, Statewide Arts Service Organizations, Sustainability, TeachArtsOhio, Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Read More »
Ohio Arts Council Seeks Fine Arts Specialist 3 The Ohio Arts Council is seeking a dedicated arts and/or business professional to assume the duties of Fine Arts Specialist 3, focusing on organizational programs in Ohio’s Northeast Region. July 13, 2021 For the Public, News, Public Employment Opportunity, Fine Arts Specialist, Hiring, Job Opportunity, Northeast Ohio, Ohio Arts Council, Organizational Programs, Organizations Read More »
28 Teaching Artists Accepted for Newly Launched Ohio Intensive Creative Aging Training Initiative Twenty-eight Ohio teaching artists have been selected to take part in the Ohio Intensive Creative Aging Training Initiative, which focuses on bringing artmaking experiences to older adults in Ohio and will be administered by the Ohio Arts Council. June 28, 2021 Arts Ed, Educators, For Artists, For Educators, For the Public, News, Public Aroha Philanthropies, Creative Aging, Creative Aging Ohio, Lifetime Arts, NASAA, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, Ohio Intensive Creative Aging Training Initiative Read More »
Governor DeWine Appoints Rita Mansour of Toledo to OAC Board Governor Mike DeWine has appointed Rita Mansour of Toledo to the Ohio Arts Council board for a term expiring July 1, 2024. June 23, 2021 For the Public, News, Public Appointment, Board, Governor Mike DeWine, Lucas County, Ohio Arts Council, Rita Mansour, Toledo Read More »
Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour Honored as Fellow by Academy of American Poets Ohio Poet Laureate Kari Gunter-Seymour is among 23 state and city poets laureate selected as 2021 Poets Laureate Fellows by the Academy of American Poets. She will receive $50,000 in support of an Appalachian poetry anthology. June 3, 2021 artists, For the Public, News, Public Academy of American Poets, Appalachia, Athens County, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Ohio, Poet Laureate, Poetry Read More »
2020 Governor’s Awards for the Arts Winners Announced Nine winners have been selected to receive Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio. Awardees will be honored during a virtual celebration premiering online on May 10, 2021, at noon. May 6, 2021 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, Marietta, Marshall Kimball, Meigs County, Montgomery County, Nicolettecinemagraphics, Nigel Burgoine, Ohio, Ohio Arts Council, Pomeroy, Stark County, Washington County, Winners Read More »