Ohio Arts Council Announces June Board Meeting
by Elizabeth Weinstein

Members of the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) board will meet Wednesday, June 19 at the Dayton Art Institute at 456 Belmonte Park North, in Dayton. Committee meetings will take place Wednesday morning, with the full board meeting being held from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. All meetings are open to the public.

The OAC is providing a live audio stream of the board meeting. Listeners will hear the board's discussion via their computer speakers.

The following committees will meet on June 19: Finance at 9 a.m. and Executive at 10 a.m. During the full board meeting at 11 a.m., the OAC board will approve grant recommendations for Artist in Residence, Arts Access, Arts Partnership, Project Support, Sustainability and Traditional Arts Apprenticeships and the board will ratify grants for Special Projects and the Ohio Heritage Fellowship Award.

There will also be an update from Donna Collins, executive director of Ohio Citizens for the Arts, and a presentation by David Fraher, executive director of Arts Midwest. Arts Midwest is a non-profit regional arts organization that serves audiences, arts organizations and artists throughout the nine states of IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, ND, OH, SD, WI and beyond.

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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