The team at the Greater Columbus Arts Council is ending the year by joining Let’s Talk About Race: One Book, One Community, a citywide book club, to read STAMPED: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. When I first heard about this initiative, I immediately ordered books for our staff […]
Are you registered to vote? Is your circle of friends and family registered to vote? Have you started making a voting plan? These are questions I find myself asking everyone I come into contact with these days. It’s important. Tom Katzenmeyer, president & CEO of the Greater Columbus Arts Council I never really thought […]
April 2, 2020 Dear Columbus Community The decision we share with you today is one of the single most difficult and heartbreaking we’ve ever had to make at the Greater Columbus Arts Council. Early this morning the Arts Council board of trustees voted to cancel the 2020 Columbus Arts Festival, formerly scheduled for June […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council) has released its guidelines for 2020 grants programs, which offer financial support and resources to the city’s artists and arts organizations. The comprehensive grants guidelines (available online at gcac.org) detail grant programs and application processes, and have been updated for easier navigation. The first 2020 […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Franklin County Commissioners voted today to provide $2 million in additional public funds to the Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council) to invest in cultural organizations’ stability, arts and cultural projects, and individual artists in 2019. These new funds will support grants in the Artists in the Community (AITC) grant program […]
[…] Columbus Open Studio & Stage (COSS) event will take place Sept. 14-15. Presented by the Greater Columbus Arts Council and Art Makes Columbus, COSS invites the public to a self-guided tour of 45 different Columbus artists at 18 locations, enjoy behind the scenes experiences at seven local performance spaces and organizations, and explore eight […]
[…] of our community. Every city strives to attract businesses, new residents, and visitors of all ages to their city. How we do that in Columbus is the secret in the sauce. In Columbus we have incredibly talented artists and world-class arts organizations that attract national and international attention. No other city has this collection […]
[…] invited to submit original works by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 1 for consideration. A cover letter and manuscript of the work should be submitted to tim@cgmc.com. Questions about the application process and guidelines should be directed to: Dr. Timothy Sarsany, Artistic Director Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus 614-352-1887 tim@cgmc.com Alison Barret, Grants & Services […]
[…] Presented by Columbus Open Studio and Stage in partnership with the Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council) and Art Makes Columbus/Columbus Makes Art, COSS invites the public to step into 50 different Columbus artist studios, see behind the scenes at seven local theaters and to explore 12 community art collectives. “The first Columbus Open […]
3/16/17 President Trump released his budget today. As feared, and despite the best efforts of organizations like Americans for the Arts, the budget eliminates funding for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This is the first time a sitting president has proposed […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ten community organizations, including the East Asian Studies Center at OSU, Huckleberry House, Westerville Symphony at Otterbein College and more, received a total of $8,152 in grants for the first round of Greater Columbus Arts Council’s 2012 Franklin County Neighborhood Arts program, GCAC announced today. The grant program is extremely competitive. Nineteen applications […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Thirteen community organizations, including the Franklin ton Gardens, Friends of the Cultural Arts Center, Somali Women and Children’s Alliance and more, received a total of $10,000 in grants for the first round of Greater Columbus Arts Council’s 2011 Franklin County Neighborhood Arts program, GCAC announced today. The grant program is extremely competitive. […]
