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| August 2009 |
Published by the Ohio Arts
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| OHIO ARTS COUNCIL AWARDS STIMULUS
MONEY TO PRESERVE 25 JOBS IN THE ARTS
With funds from the National Endowment for
the Arts (NEA) provided through the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), the Ohio Arts
Council (OAC) awarded a total of $395,000 in federal stimulus
money to 21 organizations in Ohio which will save 25
jobs. The OAC funded $305,000 in awards and Arts Midwest,
Ohio’s regional arts organization, contributed $90,000 towards
the grant awards.
Organizations awarded the stimulus money
through the Ohio Arts Jobs Preservation Grants program include
(in alpha order, see Ohio Arts Job Preservation Grant List for
by-city listing and descriptions of positions funded):
Akron Art Museum, $25,000; Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra,
$10,000; Cleveland Public Art, $25,000; Columbus Association
for the Performing Arts, $15,000; Dublin Arts Council,
$10,000; Great Lakes Theatre Festival (Cleveland), $15,000;
Mansfield Fine Arts Guild, $15,000; Masterworks Chorale
(Toledo), $10,000; Muse Machine (Dayton), $15,000; The Human
Race Theatre Company (Dayton), $25,000; Lyrica (Cincinnati),
$15,000; ProMusica Chamber Orchestra (Columbus), $25,000;
Renaissance Performing Arts Association (Mansfield), $25,000;
Sankofa Fine Art Plus (Cleveland), $25,000; Southern Ohio
Museum and Cultural Center (Portsmouth), $15,000; Summit
Choral Society (Akron), $15,000; Taft Museum of Art
(Cincinnati), $25,000; Toledo Orchestra, $25,000; Worthington
Arts Council, $10,000; Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio
(Cleveland), $25,000; Zanesville Museum of Art, $25,000.
For more information about the Ohio Arts Jobs
Preservation Grant program and the review process visit
www.oac.state.oh.us/News/NewsArticle.asp?intArticleId=504
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| GOVERNOR’S AWARDS NOMINATIONS
OPEN AUGUST 12 |
 The Ohio Arts Council will accept
nominations for the 2010 Governor’s Awards for the Arts
in Ohio beginning August 12. The annual awards are given
to Ohio individuals and organizations in recognition of
outstanding contributions to the arts statewide,
regionally and nationally. Awards are given for Arts
Administration, Arts Education, Arts Patron, Business
Support of the Arts, Community Development and
Participation and Individual Artist. The deadline for
nominations is Wednesday, September 23, 2009 and the
deadline for support letters is Wednesday, September 30,
2009.
Nominations will be accepted only
online. A complete explanation of the nomination process
is available on the 2010 Governor’s Awards for the Arts
in Ohio and Arts Day Luncheon Web site. For more information about the Governor’s Awards
nomination process contact Stephanie Dawson at the Ohio
Arts Council, 727 East Main Street, Columbus OH
43205-1796; phone 614/995-4125; fax 614/466-4494; e-mail
stephanie.dawson@oac.state.oh.us.
The 2010 Governor’s Awards for the Arts
in Ohio and Arts Day Luncheon will be held Wednesday,
April 21, 2010 at noon at the Columbus Athenaeum in
downtown Columbus, Ohio. Tickets are $50 and include
lunch and a dessert reception. All proceeds go to the
Ohio Citizens for the Arts Foundation. The Governor’s
Awards for the Arts in Ohio and Arts Day Luncheon is
presented by the Ohio Arts Council and Ohio Citizens for
the Arts Foundation. Winners will receive an original
work of art by Ohio photographer Larry Kasperek at a
public ceremony during the luncheon.
The Governor’s Awards for the Arts in
Ohio and Arts Day Luncheon will be held in conjunction
with Arts Day 2010. This daylong event demonstrating
public value and support for the arts is sponsored by
Ohio Citizens for the Arts Foundation. Arts Day will
include an arts advocacy briefing, legislative visits,
arts tradeshow, Statehouse tours and student
exhibitions. For more information on Arts Day 2010,
visit www.ohiocitizensforthearts.org or call 614/221-4064.
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| SEPTEMBER 1 DEADLINE FOR SIX
INDIVIDUAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS
DISCIPLINES |
| Due to budget
constraints, the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) will
limit the number of disciplines funded in the
Individual Excellence (IE) Awards program each
year.
Applications only will be
accepted in choreography, criticism,
fiction/non-fiction, music composition, poetry
and playwriting/screenplays at the
September 1, 2009
deadline.
In 2010 at the September 1
deadline applications will be accepted for:
crafts, design, interdisciplinary/performance
art, media, photography, visual arts 2D and
visual arts 3D.
To access the new Individual
Excellence Award Guidelines please use the
following link: www.oac.state.oh.us/grantsprogs/IndividualCreativity.asp
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OHIO
ARTS COUNCIL BUDGET REDUCED 47 PERCENT
Governor Ted Strickland’s approval of the
state budget on July 17 set the final biennium budget
appropriation for the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) at only $13,188,578
for fiscal years 2010 and 2011. Out of all state of Ohio
agencies, the OAC received one of the largest percentage
reductions for the biennium. This new funding represents a 38
percent reduction from the final 2008/2009 appropriation of
$21.3 million and a 47 percent reduction from the original
2008/2009 appropriation of $24.9 million.
The $13.2 million figure, the amount
recommended to the Conference Committee by the Governor in
June, is a huge decrease from the original Executive
recommendation of $18.8 million the Governor proposed in
February. The result is an agency budget that is reduced to FY
1984/1985 levels.
This reduction will have a significant impact
on FY2010/2011 grant amounts but actual percentage reductions
will vary by program and some programs will be put on hiatus.
This funding level severely limits the Ohio Arts Council’s
ability to provide services to the field and financial
assistance to artists, arts organizations, schools and other
entities engaged in cultural programming. The OAC’s Board is
scheduled to meet August 17 in Columbus to determine biennial
spending plans for its core grant programs to nonprofit
cultural organizations, communities, schools, and artists. The
Board also will consider agency restructuring.
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| THE OHIO ARTS COUNCIL’S RIFFE
GALLERY HOSTS HERE AND BEYOND: OHIO ART LEAGUE’S 100TH
ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION |
The Ohio Arts
Council’s Riffe Gallery presents HERE and Beyond:
Ohio Art League’s 100th Anniversary Exhibition July
30 – October  25, 2009. Curated by Margo A.
Crutchfield, senior curator, Museum of Contemporary Art
Cleveland, this exhibition employs an array of media
including painting, sculpture, printmaking, drawing,
fabric and quilt works, installation and photography.
The 16 artists in this exhibition deal with the concept
of HERE, not only the notion of locale and origination,
but that sense of immediacy of place and time fused with
reaching for the beyond.
For more information on the Riffe
Gallery, HERE and Beyond, the exhibition
artists and the September 27, 2009 Family Workshop,
visit www.riffegallery.org.
Image: Field Corn, Sarah E. Fairchild,
2008, fluorescent, metallic, acryllic paint on paper,
45" x 60"
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| OHIO ARTS COUNCIL ANNOUNCES 2009 OHIO
HERITAGE FELLOWSHIP WINNER
 Mention ‘folk and traditional arts’ and
few people would think of the early days of rock and roll, but
the winner of the Ohio Heritage Fellowship for 2009 is a jazz
musician who played on some of the greatest records ever made.
A session drummer for King Records in Cincinnati, Philip N.
Paul appeared on the original recordings of ‘Fever’ by Little
Willie John and ‘The Twist’ by Hank Ballard, and Paul received
the Ohio Heritage Fellowship in a special award ceremony at
the Ohio State Fair on Saturday, August 1, 2009.
Ohio Heritage Fellowships are awarded to
individuals and organizations whose work in the folk and
traditional arts have had a significant impact on the people
and communities of Ohio. The folk and traditional arts grow
out of particular cultures and are recognized as the artistic
expressions of ethnic, linguistic, occupational or regional
groups.
The award ceremony was part of the Ohio
Heritage Showcase, a new event for the Ohio State Fair
sponsored by Cityfolk and the Ohio Arts Council. The Ohio
Heritage Showcase featured performances by Sones de Mexico, an
internationally-recognized ensemble of Mexican folk musicians
from Chicago, as well as the FYI Quintet, and Joe Mullins and
the Radio Ramblers.
Photo by Jeff Swinger for the Cincinnati
Enquirer
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| OHIO PERCENT FOR ART PROGRAM
ANNOUNCES TWO OPEN COMMISSIONS AVAILABLE FOR OHIO AND
U.S. ARTISTS |
| The Ohio Percent for
Art program, administered by the Ohio Arts Council, has
two open commissions available for Ohio and U.S.
artists. Cleveland State University and Youngstown
State University both have announcement requesting
applications.
The Ohio Percent for Art program was
established by the Ohio Legislature in July 1990.
It recognized the state’s responsibility to foster
culture and the arts and to encourage the development of
artists and craftspeople. Since the legislation
went into effect, more than 100 projects have been
completed. The completed projects have brought
public art into many areas of the state. Major
cities as well as small communities have
benefited from the program.
For more information about Percent for
Art visit the program Web site.
For more information about the commissions and how to
apply visit the Percent for Art program’s commission
announcement Web page.
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| LEGISLATIVE
SPOTLIGHT |
 Name: Rep. Dan
Stewart, (D) 25th District, Columbus
Hometown: Columbus
Years in Office: Six
Committees: Elections and Ethics
(chairman); Commerce and Labor; Consumer Affairs;
Housing and Urban Revitalization; State Government
Education: Columbus West, The Ohio
State University
Recent Honors: National
Association of Social Workers – National Public Elected
Official of the Year, Ohio Association of Election
Officials – Legislator of the Year
Arts Organizations Supported: Gives
and supports a number of local arts organizations.
Favorite arts or cultural
pastime: Enjoys painting watercolors, reading
and attending concerts of all types.
Favorite Artist: Too many to name
Last Good Book Read: “Team of
Rivals” by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Most Memorable Arts Experience:
There are so many – from his youth he attended CCAD’s
children’s Saturday school. He has many
experiences as the founder of the Short Stop Teen
program and their Y.E.S. arts program. He also saw
the Van Gogh exhibition in Toledo.
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