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• Press Release / January 23, 2023

  Greater Columbus Arts Council Launches New Mural Assistance Grants

  […] on Feb. 7 at gcac.smartsimple.com and will close at 5 p.m. on March 15. Applications will be reviewed by a panel of community members and national representatives. Questions about the Mural Assistance program can be directed to McKenzi Swinehart, grants and community engagement director, at mswinehart@gcac.org or (614) 221-8746. Mission of the Greater Columbus […]

• Press Release / December 7, 2022

  Art | Activism | Action Book Now Available

  […] book documents murals created during the 2020 protests in Columbus and features writings by Black creatives on the continuing fight for social justice. The book is intended to serve as a time capsule and interactive experience that showcases the pain and struggle of the events of summer 2020, but also the beauty of the […]

• Mariah French, 2022 Artist Elevated Winner

  For Mariah French, to dance is to feel at home. Since she was a child, dance has been a way to connect with the world around her. Mariah has fond memories of gathering all the neighborhood kids in their backyard to choreograph elaborate dances to perform for the neighborhood. But it wasn’t until she […]

• Sterling Carter, 2022 Artist Elevated Winner

  […] raised in Texas, football ran through Sterling’s blood from a young age, and he had talent. But he found himself falling in love with anything that had to do with the arts. “I was a varsity athlete and liked sports but music, acting, theatre is where it all clicked. I wanted to be a […]

• Press Release / November 28, 2022

  Greater Columbus Arts Council Awards Final Cycle of Support for Professional Artists Grants of 2022

  COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) recently approved the following grants: 206 Support for Professional Artists totaling $249,491. Support for Professional Artists Support for Professional Artists grants are intended to assist individual artists and groups of artists creating together on a permanent basis in making new art, growing artistic skills and […]

• Press Release / November 15, 2022

  Greater Columbus Arts Council Announces 2022 Thrive Program Grant Recipients

  Columbus Cultural Orchestra COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) announced today the three recipients of the 2022 Thrive grant awards—Black Women Rising Poetry Collective, Columbus Cultural Orchestra and Latino Arts for Humanity. Launched in 2020, the three-year program addresses disparities in inequitable funding for arts and cultural organizations led by and […]

• Why vote?

  […] the biggest fake news out there right now. “Voting doesn’t matter.” Not what you expected right? But this is one piece of fake news I hear far too often these days and we need to put a stop to it right now. Voting DOES matter. When we show up. Larry Sabato says in Pendulum […]

• Artists Elevated is an investment in people

  We recently announced the 2022 Artists Elevated awards with investments of $20,000 in unrestricted funds going to Filmmaker Sterling Carter and Choreographer Mariah Layne French. Our hope, when we developed the Artists Elevated awards, was that this money would provide artists the financial boost they need to expand their career to new heights—whatever that […]

• Press Release / August 9, 2022

  Film Columbus Presents Pitch Cbus 22 – And a $10,000 Prize

  The Oc tober Pitch Contest Will Give Away $10,000 To a Local Content Creator, Filmmaker or IP Creator COLUMBUS, Ohio – Film Columbus, the Greater Columbus Arts Council, Gateway Film Center and Columbus Pictures will give away $10,000 to one accomplished local filmmaker or creator. Pitch Cbus 22 will showcase six applicants giving them a […]

• The Columbus Arts Festival is back!

  After two years of having to announce the cancelation of the live, in-person Columbus Arts Festival, I am excited to be able to invite everyone back to the riverfront for my favorite event: the Columbus Arts Festival. AND we are celebrating its 60th Anniversary! To officially open the festival, we are partnering with the […]

• Press Release / April 4, 2022

  Arts Council Selects 2022 Neighborhood Arts Connections Fellows for Near East Side

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Neighborhood Arts Connection fellowship for Near East Side projects. David Harewood will receive a $5,000 grant for a community resource and theater performance event; Shelbi Toone will receive a $10,000 grant for her “Aminah is […]

• Press Release / December 8, 2021

  Richard Duarte Brown Selected for 2022 Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Fellowship

  […] the 2022 Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Fellowship, one of two programs created by the Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council) and the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA), to support African-American, professional visual artists and honor the legacy of the beloved Columbus artist and MacArthur Fellow. Launched in 2019 along with a separate national artist […]