Ohio Arts Council Announces Upcoming Deadlines and Panel Meetings
by Stephanie Dawson

Each year the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) provides funding to support more than 1,000 arts organizations, arts programs and artists throughout the state. Upcoming application deadlines for OAC funds include:

February 1:

Final Deadline: Sustainability

Draft Deadline: Arts Learning - Artist in Residence (Sponsor)

Final Deadline: Arts Access

April 1:

Final Deadline: Project Support

The Arts Access program supports recurring arts and cultural activities that broaden opportunities for Ohio citizens to participate in the arts.

The Arts Partnership program provides one- or two-year grants to support activities that enhance the quality of and access to learning in the arts for learners of all ages, backgrounds, experience levels and abilities.

The Artist in Residence program places accomplished, professional artists in a variety of educational and community settings. Sponsors serve as hosts for the artists.

The Project Support program provides flexible funding to help organizations complete short-term projects addressing a wide variety of goals and objectives through two types of project grants—General Project and Creative Economy Project.

Applicants must use the OnLine Grant Applications (OLGA) system at www.culturegrants-oh.org. All applications are due in the OAC office by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the deadline date.

When a deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or state holiday, applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. on the next business day.

Panel Meetings:

February 28:

Traditional Arts Apprenticeships, Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts, 31st Floor, 77 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215

Sustainability under $1.5M, Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts, 31st Floor, 77 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215

Arts Learning: Arts Partnerships, State Library, 274 E. First Ave., Suite 100, Columbus, OH 43201

Arts Access, Board Hearing Room in the Rhodes State Office Tower, 30 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43215 (located on the west side of the main lobby)

Sustainability over $1.5M, State Library, 274 E. First Ave., Suite 100, Columbus, OH 43201

Project Support, State Library, 274 E. First Ave., Suite 100, Columbus, OH 43201

Since 1965, the OAC has provided more than $270 million in grants 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 $84 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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