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• Press Release / October 13, 2020

  Curbside Concerts Series Pivots to Send Concerts to the Heroes of 2020 in Final Weeks of the Project

  […] receive a free special concert performed by a local musician from the curbside of their home by submitting a request form at sendaconcert.com. Concerts will be performed Friday –Sunday through the end of October. Recipients will be selected based on the geographic proximity to other concerts and the meaning behind the request. Curbside Concerts is a […]

• Press Release / October 7, 2020

  Columbus Commits to Deliver Black Dreams, a New Aspirational Racial Equity Campaign

  […] Black Dreams is getting under way this fall in Columbus. Deliver Black Dreams will use public art as a launch point for a sustained and future-oriented approach to achieving racial equity in Columbus, one that helps the community reimagine and design a city where everyone can live abundantly. Led by Marshall Shorts, designer, principal […]

• Press Release / August 6, 2020

  Applications Open for Greater Columbus Arts Council’s New Thrive Grants Program

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council) is introducing a new grant program, Thrive, designed to support arts organizations led by and serving people of color through unrestricted funding and resources. The program is intended to address disparities in arts funding by acknowledging that arts organizations serving people of color historically have experienced […]

• Recording a moment within a movement

  The Greater Columbus Arts Council has received dozens of messages related to the temporary murals painted on boarded up windows throughout the city. I’d like to give you an update on where things stand. Tom Katzenmeyer, president & CEO of the Greater Columbus Arts Council These murals are messages of support for the Black […]

• We are headed into 2020 with a clear vision

  We are coming to the close of another year, and as we step toward a new decade I am feeling hopeful and full of gratitude. It took many years and many hands, but we head into 2020 with new revenue streams to support the arts in Columbus. This is monumental. When I think back […]

• Press Release / December 16, 2019

  Greater Columbus Arts Council Awards Final 2019 Artist in the Community and BOOST Grants

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — In its last grant cycle of the year, the Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council) awarded 219 Artist in the Community (AITC) grants totaling $151,518 and 16 BOOST capacity-building grants totaling $50,652. Both grant programs were reopened thanks to an October contribution from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners and a […]

• Press Release / December 4, 2019

  Greater Columbus Arts Council Launches New Fellowship and Residency in Honor of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson

  […] 2020 both programs are made possible with the financial support of Loann Crane. The Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Fellowship is locally focused and provides an unrestricted grant to an African American professional visual artist residing in Franklin County. In 2020, the 90-day fellowship includes a $15,000 award, several community outreach activities (facilitated by Arts […]

• Press Release / December 2, 2019

  Greater Columbus Arts Council and Columbus Museum of Art Announce Residency and Fellowship Program in Honor of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson

  […] new residency and fellowship program honoring the legacy of Columbus artist and MacArthur Fellow Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson and kick off the capital campaign for the res toration of her home in the Shepard neighborhood on the Near East side. WHEN: Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 10 a.m. WHERE: Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., […]

• Press Release / October 15, 2019

  Greater Columbus Arts Council Reopens Artists in the Community and BOOST Grants

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council announced today that it will reopen the Artists in Community (AITC) grant program (closed in May 2019 due to depletion of funds) and the BOOST program that helps arts and cultural organizations with capacity building. This is made possible with a surplus from the Project Support […]

• Press Release / July 25, 2019

  Pianist and Organist Bobby Floyd to Receive 2019 Raymond J. Hanley Award

  […] been selected as the 11th recipient of the Raymond J. Hanley Award. The annual award from the Raymond J. Hanley Fund at The Columbus Foundation is given to an artist who has demonstrated a high level of achievement while working at least five years in the arts in any discipline. The award money of […]

• Press Release / June 26, 2019

  Greater Columbus Arts Council’s 2019 Community Arts Partnership Awards Nominations Now Open

  […] the luncheon. The nomination form, award guides, event sponsors and past winners can be found here: gcac.org/events/community-arts-partnership-awards/ Contact Jami Goldstein at (614) 221-8492 or jgoldstein@gcac.org with any questions about the nomination process or the event. Mission of the Greater Columbus Arts Council: To support and advance the arts and cultural fabric of Columbus. www.gcac.org # […]

• Press Release / June 11, 2019

  2019 Visual Arts Individual Artist Fellowship Applications Now Open

  […] Family Chief Curator at the Phoenix Art Museum. Access to the online application and 2019 guide is available through the Arts Council’s Individual Artist Fellowships page. Any questions should be directed to McKenzi Swinehart, Grants & Services Manager, at (614) 221-8746 or mswinehart@gcac.org. About the Greater Columbus Arts Council: The mission of the Arts Council […]