Ohio Arts Council Announces Deadlines for Fiscal Year 2006 Funds
by Kathy Burgan
Each year the Ohio Arts Council provides matching money to support more than 1,000 artists, arts programs and arts organizations in the state. Previous grantees and new applicants are strongly encouraged to notify the Ohio Arts Council staff if they plan to apply for support. Staff members are able to assist applicants with a draft application. For more information or application Guidelines call the Ohio Arts Council at 614/466-2613 or visit www.oac.state.oh.us.
Beginning with FY2006 deadlines nearly all OAC funding programs will use the new OnLine Grant Applications (OLGA) system. OLGA went live on November 1, 2004. The first deadline for a program using OLGA is January 15, 2005. Final Report forms for FY2005 grants will remain online until September 2005.
Remaining deadlines by program for fiscal year 2006 (July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006) are:
January 15, 2005*
Arts Innovation
January 15, 2005*
Individual Creativity/Artists in Communities
January 15, 2005*
Individual Creativity/Traditional Apprenticeships
January 15, 2005*
Ohio Heritage Fellowship Awards
February 1, 2005
Sustainability (for organizations with budgets over $1.5 million)
February 1, 2005
Sustainability (for organizations with budgets under $1.5 million)
February 1, 2005
Arts Learning: Artist in Residence/Sponsors
March 1, 2005
Arts Learning: Arts Partnership
March 1, 2005
Arts Access
June 1, 2005
Ohio Artists on Tour Directory
September 1, 2005
Arts Access
September 1, 2005
Individual Creativity/Individual Excellence Awards
All applications are due in the OAC office by 5 p.m. on the deadline date. When a deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. on the next business day. *The January 15 deadlines actually fall on January 18 due to the weekend and Martin Luther King holiday.
All panel meetings to consider Ohio Arts Council funding are open to the public. Panel meetings take place approximately six weeks after the deadline. Visit the OAC web site at www.oac.state.oh.us or contact the appropriate program coordinator for meeting dates and locations.
Forms for Arts Learning Artist in Residence—Artists (formerly Form C—Artists), Ohio Artists on Tour Directory—Artists (formerly Form D), Contract Summary (PAOT) and Ohio Heritage Fellowships will remain in the electronic versions on the website for FY2006. Speak with a program coordinator before applying to those programs. Application forms and program coordinators’ names and e-mail addresses are available on the OAC web site at www.oac.state.oh.us.
Since 1965 the Ohio Arts Council has provided matching funds of more than $175 million to artists, arts organizations and educational programs across Ohio. Organizations that receive Ohio Arts Council funds are required to match state tax dollars with public and private funds. In general, for every state tax dollar invested, recipient organizations raise $10 in matching funds to support arts programs.
The Ohio Arts Council is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally and economically.
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