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• Press Release / August 31, 2021

  Columbus Arts Organizations Celebrate Wil Haygood and the Release of “Colorization: 100 Years of Black Films in a White World”

  COLUMBUS, Ohio—Columbus once again demonstrates its collaborative spirit by hosting a series of arts events and community conversations to celebrate the release of author Wil Haygood’s “Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World.” Born in Columbus, Haygood has authored multiple nonfiction books including “The Butler: A Witness to History” (2013); “Showdown: […]

• Press Release / July 6, 2021

  First Neighborhood Arts Connection Fellows Selected

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council) is pleased to announce that Jessica Naples Grilli and Ras Jahlani Ben-Levi will receive the first two Neighborhood Arts Connection fellowships. Grilli will receive a $5,000 grant for South Side Stories, while Ben-Levi will receive a $10,000 grant for an artist showcase at Citadel 614. […]

• We are going to invest more in Columbus artists

  It is time for the Greater Columbus Arts Council to deepen its private funding pool and build a robust, diverse revenue stream, and it is time for us to raise our level of investment in individual artists. I have written many words about the importance of funding the arts and the ripple effect that a […]

• Press Release / May 10, 2021

  Applications for New Neighborhood Arts Connection Fellowship Now Open

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council) is pleased to announce that applications for the first Neighborhood Arts Connection fellowship are now open. Made possible by support from the Crane Group, the fellowship is designed to celebrate a specific neighborhood each year by inviting resident artists to create participatory arts experiences for […]

• #ArtUnitesCbus Temporary Mural Installation Winter 2020

  The Art Unites Cbus project came about as a solution to an immediate challenge, how to turn broken windows into messages of support for Black Lives. Columbus businesses and organizations hired artists to paint the temporary plywood with messages that ranged from calls for justice, humanity and hope to expressions of Black pride, beauty and […]

• When faced with adversity, the arts community responds with generosity & humanity

  To say that 2020 has been challenging is a gross understatement. What I have found fascinating this year, is observing how people face challenges. The arts community, with its quickness to give more than it receives, once again has humbled me. Last week the Greater Columbus Arts Council announced the first recipients of the Dale […]

• Press Release / October 7, 2020

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

  Maroon Arts Group and Greater Columbus Arts Council Partner with the City of Columbus on Major Black Lives Matter Public Art Project COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new multifaceted racial equity campaign called Deliver Black Dreams is getting under way this fall in Columbus. Deliver Black Dreams will use public art as a launch point for […]

• Press Release / October 7, 2020

  Art Unites Cbus Murals to be Displayed at Locations Around Franklin County

  Huntington Center to reconfigure mural display and remain key downtown location, other Franklin County arts and public venues join effort COLUMBUS, Ohio — With financial support from the American Electric Power Foundation and Huntington, the Greater Columbus Arts Council will install nine exhibitions this fall of the temporary murals painted on plywood earlier this year […]

• Press Release / October 1, 2020

  Greater Columbus Arts Council Announces Recipients of Art Unites Cbus Photography and Film Awards

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council) and Film Columbus announced today the recipients of the Art Unites Cbus Photography and Film Awards. The project provides cash awards to Black photographers and filmmakers for documenting and exploring the story of the Black Lives Matter protests in Columbus and/or the art created in […]

• Press Release / August 13, 2020

  Greater Columbus Arts Council Expanding Art Unites Cbus Project to Offer Cash Awards to Black Photographers and Filmmakers

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council) and Film Columbus opened applications today for the Art Unites Cbus Photography and Film Awards. The project will provide cash awards to photographers and filmmakers for documenting and exploring the story of the Black Lives Matter protests in Columbus and/or the art created in response […]

• Press Release / May 21, 2019

  Greater Columbus Arts Council Awards Record Number Artists in the Community Grants

  […] Sternberger $418 Jeffery Stout $450 Emily Syring $500 Fariha Tayyab $410 Sheila Terry $500 Khanh Thach $281 Paisha Thomas $500 David Thomas $500 Joseph Thompson $500 Patricia Von Niessen $500 Carol Wallenfelsz $500 Karin Weston $495 Jamal Williams $380 Juanita Willis $294 Marija Wilson $485 Aimee Wissman $500 Katherine Wittig $500 Richard Wood $440 […]

• It’s Time to Protect Arts and Culture in America

  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 eliminating […]