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• Press Release / March 19, 2020

  Greater Columbus Arts Council Awards First Cycle Project Support, Big Ideas and Support for Professional Artists Grants

  COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Greater Columbus Arts Council Board of Trustees today approved the following grants for the first quarter 2020: 17 grants totaling $277,754 for Project Support: Cycle 1, 171 Support for Professional Artists grants totaling $267,713, and six Big Ideas grants totaling $19,500 in February. Project Support: Project Support grants provide funding for […]

• Press Release / September 21, 2022

  Greater Columbus Arts Council Announces Recipients of 2023 Artist Exchange in Dresden, Germany

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) has selected the two artists for its annual international artist residencies in Dresden, Germany as part of GCAC’s Artist Exchange Program. The 2023 Artist Exchange Program recipients are Noah Dixon and Sa’dia Rehman. Noah Dixon (he/him) is an award-winning screenwriter, director and editor based in Columbus. […]

• 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 might […]

• Press Release / August 10, 2022

  Greater Columbus Arts Council’s Arts Passport Returns This Fall

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council) is bringing back last year’s popular Columbus Makes Art Passport, an arts passport to encourage people to “tour” arts, cultural and entertainment events in Columbus Sept. 1-Oct. 31, 2022. Launched in 2021, the Columbus Makes Art Passport is a free booklet listing 50+ arts experiences […]

• Press Release / July 19, 2022

  Applications Open for 2022 Neighborhood Arts Connection Fellowship in Linden

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council) is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Neighborhood Arts Connection fellowship supporting the Linden area, which includes both the North and South Linden communities, as defined on the Columbus Area Commission’s website. Launched in 2021, the Neighborhood Arts Connection fellowship is designed […]

• Press Release / May 8, 2023

  Greater Columbus Arts Council Announces Neighborhood Arts Connection Fellowships in Hilltop and Clintonville

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) is pleased to announce Victoria Frye, Mathew Marrash, Greg Phelps, Luka Weinberger and Karen Weston as the first round recipients of the 2023 Neighborhood Arts Connection Fellowship. The program awarded two $10,000 grants and two $5,000 grants for four artists’ projects designed in the featured neighborhood […]

• Press Release / April 6, 2022

  Film Columbus Annual Film Summit Returns for 2022

  April 28 Summit will highlight the future of film and the opportunities the industry holds for Columbus and Ohio COLUMBUS, Ohio — Film Columbus will hold its annual Film Columbus Summit on Film and Entertainment (Film Summit) on Thursday, April 28, from 1-5 p.m. at Gateway Film Center. The Summit aims to bring together industry […]

• Tay Lane, 2021 Artist Elevated Winner

  Her dream is to produce a full-length play based on Plato’s dialogues inspired by her studies. Her dream is to start a production company called Walter Lane, named after her beloved dog who recently passed. Her dream is fueled by her late husband, Chris, whose memory is a reminder for her to continue directing, producing, […]

• Quianna Simpson, 2021 Artist Elevated Winner

  As a baby, Quianna, would lay on her back and click her feet to the beat of the music floating through the room. She was already connected to movement at a young age. But her mom was uncertain if she would ever dance. Quianna was born bow-legged. Without reconstructive surgery, she would never walk — […]

• Press Release / November 16, 2021

  Greater Columbus Arts Council to Livestream Annual Public Forum From WOSU’s Ross Community Studio on Dec. 9

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — On Thursday, Dec. 9 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., the Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council) will host its annual Public Forum as a livestream from the Ross Community Studio at WOSU Public Media’s new headquarters. During the Forum, Arts Council President and CEO Tom Katzenmeyer and Board Chair Michael Bongiorno will engage […]

• Press Release / September 13, 2021

  Dancer and Choreographer Edwaard Liang to Receive 2021 Raymond J. Hanley Award

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Dancer, choreographer and BalletMet Artistic Director Edwaard Liang has been selected as the 13th 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 […]

• Press Release / August 3, 2021

  Greater Columbus Arts Council Creates Free Passport to the Arts This Fall

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council has created an arts passport to encourage people to “tour” arts, cultural and entertainment events in Columbus this September and October. The Columbus Makes Art Passport is a free booklet listing 60+ arts experiences (aka stops) where “tourists” can get a “stamp” on their passport in the […]