Ohio Arts Council Announces Third Quarter 2010 Deadlines
by Stephanie Dawson
Each year the Ohio Arts Council provides matching money to support more than 1,000 arts organizations, arts programs and artists in the state. Upcoming application deadlines for OAC funds include:
August 13:
September 1:
September 10:
The Artists with Disabilities Access program is designed to help artists with disabilities move to a higher level of artistic development.
The Building Cultural Diversity program provides grants to Ohio’s culturally diverse arts organizations for continuing programming or project support, or for short-term professional development of emerging minority arts administrators.
The Capacity Building program recognizes that sometimes Ohio’s arts organizations can do the most good for their constituents, artists and communities by spending time working to improve their internal capabilities. It is a flexible program designed to meet the variety of needs of Ohio’s arts and cultural organizations, providing them with the tools they need to strengthen their internal capacity.
The Individual Artist Grants and Services Program’s Individual Excellence Awards are peer recognition of creative artists for the exceptional merit of a body of work that advances or exemplifies the discipline and the larger artistic community. These awards support artists’ growth and development and recognize their work in Ohio and beyond. The anonymous review process is not project-based; awards are based solely on the quality of past work. At this deadline we will be accepting applications in the following disciplines: crafts, design arts/illustration, interdisciplinary/performance art, media arts, photography, visual arts 2d and visual arts 3d.
Applicants must use the OnLine Grant Applications (OLGA) system accessible through the OAC’s website. 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.
Panel meetings to consider OAC funding are open to the public. Panel meetings take place approximately six weeks after the deadline. Visit the OAC website at or contact the appropriate program coordinator for meeting dates and locations.
Since 1965, the OAC has provided matching funds of more than $200 million to artists, arts organizations and educational programs across Ohio. Organizations that receive OAC funds are required to match state tax dollars with public and private funds. In general, for every state tax dollar invested, recipient organizations raise $52 in matching funds to support arts programs.
About the Ohio Arts Council:
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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