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| May 2009 |
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| OHIO ARTS JOBS PRESERVATION
GRANTS
 Ohio’s Arts Jobs Preservation Grant
program is funded through the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009, (Recovery Act). The Recovery Act
recognizes that the nonprofit arts industry is an important
sector of the economy. It also recognizes that the National
Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is uniquely positioned to fund
arts projects and activities that preserve jobs in the
nonprofit arts sector that are threatened by declines in
philanthropic giving and other support during the current
economic downturn.
The Ohio Arts Council’s (OAC) Ohio Arts
Jobs Preservation Grant program is a one-time funding
opportunity for eligible nonprofit organizations including
arts organizations (dance, drama/theatre, folk and traditional
arts, literary arts, multi‐disciplinary, media/film, music,
and the visual arts); local arts agencies including those
funded through units of local governments; and arts service
organizations that can help advance the goals of the NEA, the
OAC and this new grant program. Grants are to be used solely
for preserving full and/or part‐time jobs in these eligible
organizations.
Eligible projects are limited to:
• Salary
support, full or partial, for one or more positions that are
critical to an organization's artistic mission and that are in
jeopardy or have been recently eliminated as a result of the
current economic climate.
And/or
• Fees for previously
engaged artists and/or contractual personnel for the upcoming
season to maintain or expand the period during which such
persons would be engaged.
You must submit your application by 5 p.m.
June 15, 2009 to the OAC’s OnLine Grant Application (OLGA)
system. More information regarding eligibility,
guidelines and how to apply is located on the OAC’s Web site.
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| POETRY OUT LOUD NATIONAL
FINALS |
Poetry Out
Loud state competition winner Mido
Aly finished in the top five in the Poetry
Out Loud  National Recitation
Competition held April 26-28, in Washington, D.C.
out of 53 contestants. The Upper Arlington High
School Senior won the state competition held March 14,
2009. Mido Aly received $300 and an
all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C. to compete in
the 2009 Poetry Out Loud National Recitation
Competition. His school received a $500
stipend for the purchase of poetry books. As a top
12 national finalist, Aly received $1,000 with an
additional $500 for the purchase of poetry books at his
school.
Three final winners were selected on the
state level. Leah Walkowski from Columbus
Alternative High School placed second. Lynsay
Strahorn from Chaminade-Julienne High School in Dayton
placed third. In all, 27 students from around Ohio
participated in Ohio’s finals with more than 5,000
students participating in their school
competitions.
The Poetry Out Loud state
competition was presented by the Ohio Arts Council in
partnership with the Poetry Foundation and the National
Endowment for the Arts.
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PERCENT FOR ART PROJECTS
In 1990, the Ohio Legislature, recognizing
the state's responsibility to foster culture and the arts and
to encourage the development of artists and craftspeople,
established the Ohio Percent for Arts Program. The law
provides funds for the acquisition, commissioning and
installation of works of art for certain new or renovated
public buildings. Whenever the legislature appropriates more
than $4 million for a public building, the law requires one
percent of the total appropriation to be allocated for
artwork. The Ohio Arts Council administers the state's
Percent for Art Program. Two of the
most recently completed projects include the Wright State
Diggs Laboratory for Science Research and Stark State College
of Technology Health and Science Building.
 At Wright State, Jon Barlow
Hudson of Yellow Springs created Double Helix: Flowing
Balance. The piece is an abstracted reference to
the important DNA molecular structure. The
sculpture is fabricated in stainless steel with a
sanded/burnished surface to reflect light. It was
installed in a common area outside the Laboratory
building.
At Stark State College of Technology Health
and Science Building,  Studio Arts and Glass of North Canton
completed nine leaded stained glass windows inspired by the
colorful imagery found in CT scans of the brain. The two
52''x 54'' square windows have a coordinating design.
Additionally a 60''x 60'' wall sculpture made of stained
opalescent glass, located elsewhere in the building,
compliments the window imagery.
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| ISRAELI ARTIST JOINS SPACES AS
26TH ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE |
 Israeli Artist Efrat Klipshtien of
Tel Aviv, Israel is in Cleveland for a nine week
residency as a SPACES Gallery World Artist. She
has exhibited widely in Israel at such venues such as
the Haifa Museum, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art in
Tel Aviv, and the Israel Museum. This is her first
residency in the United States.
While in Cleveland, the artist plans to
capitalize on the differences in culture and language
between Israel and Cleveland to further her
investigation of performance. Klipshtien’s
exhibition will open May 15 and be on view through July
17.
The SPACES World Artist Program (SWAP),
was created to give visiting artists from around the
world an opportunity to create new work and interact
with Northeast Ohioans. Currently, SWAP consists of four
residencies per year by national and international
artists who create a new body of work that is exhibited
at the conclusion of their stay.
Image: Even a Hero
Needs a Hug, modeling clay, recorder, tripods,
2006, Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel
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| GRANTSEEKER RESOURCES
FOUNDATION CENTER
In these tough economic times it’s more
important than ever to have well-written, compelling grant
applications. The Foundation Center Web site is a great
resource for finding grants, writing proposals or for doing
research about ways to get funding. The Web
site offers directories and other resources for grantseekers,
grant makers, the media and the general public.
The Foundation Center also offers courses to help
strengthen proposal writing and budgeting skills, sharpen
strategic fundraising and cultivate funder relationships.
JAZZ.NEXT GUIDELINES
AVAILABLE
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation announces the
availability of guidelines for Jazz.NEXT, a new national jazz
initiative designed to encourage the application of technology
in innovative approaches to developing audiences,
communicating with the public, marketing, distributing and
selling the work of jazz artists, and building a more robust
jazz infrastructure better positioned to meet the challenges
of a fast-changing marketplace.
Funding support will be available for planning
grants of up to $25,000 and implementation grants ranging from
$10,000 to $75,000. Annual meetings will bring together
Jazz.NEXT grantees to promote dialogue, disseminate
information, and audit program progress.
Guidelines for Jazz.NEXT are available online.
Application deadlines for the program are July 1, 2009
for both planning and implementation grants and July 1, 2010
for implementation grants only.
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| LEGISLATIVE SPOTLIGHT
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 Name: Sen. Karen L.
Gillmor, (R) 26th District, Tiffin
Hometown: Tiffin
Years in Office:
1993-1997, 2009
Committees: Health and
Human Services; Insurance, Commerce and Labor, Energy
and Public Utilities; Agriculture; Joint Committee on
Agency Rule Review (JCARR)
Education: bachelor’s
degree, Michigan State University; master’s degree and
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Age, Marital Status,
Children: 61, widowed, five children
Arts Organizations
Supported: CAPA, Columbus Symphony, Dublin
Music Boosters, Ritz Theatre in Tiffin
Favorite arts or cultural
pastime: theatre, arts, classical music,
poetry
Favorite Artist:
Picasso, Vladimir Ashkenazy
Last Good Book Read:
“Outliers: The Story of Success” by Malcolm
Gladwell
Most Memorable Arts
Experience: Watching Nureyev and Fonteyn with
the Royal Ballet perform “Giselle” in the courtyard of
Princess Grace’s palace in Monaco.
Other Comments: I play
piano and flute. My children play piano, trombone
and trumpet.
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| THE OHIO ARTS COUNCIL'S RIFFE
GALLERY HOSTS NEW NARRATIVES: PAINTINGS BY OHIO
ARTISTS |
 The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe
Gallery will present New Narratives: Paintings by
Ohio Artists from May 7 – July 12, 2009. Curated by
Dominique H. Vasseur, Columbus Museum of Art, this
exhibition explores the various themes and styles of
narrative painting by 12 Ohio artists ranging from
traditional figurative compositions to others using
signs and symbols.
“The 12 Ohio artists in this
exhibition make paintings that deal with war, social,
economic, and political issues, global warming, the
effects of chemicals on our health, as well as matters
of race and gender,” said Dominique H. Vasseur. “Their
narratives range from age-old Native American life
stories, traditional Ukrainian folk songs that offer
explanations of human emotion and behavior to highly
personal and autobiographical stories that defy easy
explanation.”
Join the Riffe Gallery for the opening
of New Narratives: Paintings by Ohio Artists on
May 7 from 5 – 7 p.m. Curator Dominique H. Vasseur will
lead a tour of the exhibition on May 8 from noon – 1
p.m. Artists in the show include: Ron Anderson,
Columbus; Adam Brouillette, Columbus; Donna Coleman,
Oberlin; Diane Fitch, Yellow Springs, Edwin George,
Kent; Deborah Morrissey-Goff, Cincinnati; Aka Pereyma,
Troy; Lisa Schare, Cincinnati; Michael R. Stillion,
Cincinnati; Laura R. Vinnedge, Akron; Brian R. Williams,
Columbus; and Ronnie Williams, Dayton.
The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery
also will hold a Family Day Workshop on Sunday, May 17,
2009 from 2 – 4 p.m. Artist Brian Williams will lead a
family workshop creating a collaborative chalk drawing
on the State Street side of the Riffe Center.
Registration is required as space is limited and all
children must be accompanied by a registered adult.
Registration begins April 17 and ends May 11, 2009
online at www.riffegallery.org.
The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery is
located in the Vern Riffe Center for Government and the
Arts, 77 S. High St., Columbus, OH. Admission is free.
Gallery hours are Tuesday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Wednesday
through Friday, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Saturday, noon - 8
p.m. and Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Closed Mondays, Friday,
July 3 and Saturday, July 4, 2009. Visit www.riffegallery.org.or
phone 614/644-9624 for more information.
Image: White Swans from the Ukrainian
Folksong Series, 2006, Oil on Canvas, 30 x 38"
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