GCAC’s mission is to support and advance the arts and cultural fabric of Columbus Our vision is a thriving Columbus where the arts matter to all of us Cultural Equity Cultural Capital Sustaining Excellence Building Community Welcoming to All Inspired Advocacy Cultural Equity Cultural Capital Sustaining Excellence Building Community Welcoming…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Nominations are now open for the Greater Columbus Arts Council’s (Arts Council) 2021 Community Arts Partnership (CAP) awards, which recognize the community’s important contributions to the arts, including financial support, non-cash contributions, volunteer involvement and board participation. Strong partnerships between businesses, community members and the arts stimulate economic growth, promote the city’s […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Out of an interest for public health and safety in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council) board of trustees voted today to cancel the 2020 Columbus Arts Festival. This decision is in keeping with Governor Mike DeWine’s and the Ohio Department of Health’s current recommendations, which […]
Big Arts Night Performers Anisa Love AKA Corey Williams Anisa Love AKA Corey Williams is a semi-retired professional singer, dancer and actor with Disney, Paramount and Royal Caribbean. He is also a recording artist. Williams has been performing as the Anisa Love character for 22 years. Love is a former…
[…] user profiles, filters for types of art and a favorites gallery. The ArtWalks Columbus app is made possible with additional support from Can’t Stop Columbus and Novvia. Download the ARTWALKS app to explore public art on your mobile device! COLUMBUS ARTS FESTIVAL ARTWALKS COLUMBUS Be The Light by Adam Hernandez. Photo credit: Lacey Luce. […]
Big Arts Night & Community Arts Partnership Awards Thursday, October 24 from 5-8 p.m. at the Southern Theatre and Westin Great Southern Columbus 2024 Big Arts Night Nominees Event Details & Accessibility…
About GCAC GCAC's History The year was 1960, 13 years before the founding of the Greater Columbus Arts Council. The Columbus Symphony was only nine years old; the Ohio and Palace Theaters were still movie houses, and the Southern Theater was a venue for live performances of country music. The…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC), in partnership with the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA), is pleased to announce that Marla McLeod has been awarded the 2023 Aminah Robinson Residency. Designed to honor Columbus artist Aminah Robinson, the residency is nationally focused and provides an African American professional visual artist residing in […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio—The Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council), in partnership with the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA), is pleased to announce that applications are open for the 2022 Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Fellowship. Launched in 2020 along with a separate residency, the fellowship celebrates the legacy of Columbus artist Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson by recognizing […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus-based artist Wendy Kendrick was selected for the second Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Fellowship, one of two programs created by the Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council), in partnership with the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA), to support African-American, professional visual artists and honor the legacy of the beloved Columbus artist. In […]
The pandemic put so much on pause. We started 2020 with ambitious plans for new programs, but as our major funding sources dried up, we had to regroup. One of the initiatives that we were excited to launch last year was the Neighborhood Arts Connection Fellowship. Now, thanks to Crane Group, we can press play […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A national jury has selected the five recipients of the Greater Columbus Arts Council’s (GCAC) $25,000 Artists Elevated awards for 2023: Jenny Deller, Noah Dixon, Marcus Jackson, Joan Madison and Ricarrdo Valentine. Jenny Deller (she/her) is a screenwriter and director whose award-winning debut feature, Future Weather, stars Amy Madigan, Lili Taylor, Marin […]
