Ohio Arts Council Approves 88 Grants Totaling $383,390
by OAC Staff
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 29, 2015
Contact:
Justin Nigro
614/728-4445
justin.nigro@oac.state.oh.us
Columbus, OH--On April 15, 2015, the Ohio Arts Council board met publicly and approved Individual Excellence Award recommendations and several grant ratifications for the Artists with Disabilities Access and Building Cultural Diversity programs for state fiscal year 2015.
As a result, the OAC will award 88 grants totaling $383,390 to support artists, arts organizations, and arts programs across Ohio. These grants have not been announced previously. For FY 2015 to date, the OAC has received a total of 1,122 grant requests totaling $14,779,710 and has funded 589 of those requests at $9,762,979.
Organizations that receive OAC funds are generally required to match state tax dollars with additional public and private funds on a one-to-one basis.
For more information specific to this round of grant announcements, please download the following PDF file: a by-city list of grants awarded in this round.
FY 2015 Grant Award Recommendations
Individual Excellence Awards
Seventy-one (71) Individual Excellence Awards were approved totaling $350,000. Individual Excellence Awards are peer recognition of creative artists for the exceptional merit of a body of their 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. Only applications in two- and three-dimensional visual arts, design, crafts, photography, media arts, and interdisciplinary categories were accepted in this funding cycle.
FY 2015 Grant Award Ratifications
Grant ratifications are the board's final approval of funds allocated in various program areas since its prior meeting.
Artists with Disabilities Access
Fourteen (14) Artists with Disabilities Access Program (ADAP) grants were approved totaling $8,500. ADAP is designed to help artists with disabilities move to a higher level of artistic development.
Organizations
Three (3) organization grants were approved for a total of $24,890. These grants support OAC grant programs with rolling deadlines, such as Building Cultural Diversity and one-time projects.
Grant applications were reviewed by OAC staff and diverse panels of arts experts. The OAC board, consisting of 12 gubernatorial appointees and four nonvoting members from the Ohio legislature, makes final decisions based on panel recommendations. Grant information dating back to FY 1998, is searchable on the Ohio Arts Council's website.
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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