Ohio Arts Council Leadership to Visit Youngstown, Hold Public Meeting
by Hannah Brokenshire
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, October 19, 2015
CONTACT
Hannah Brokenshire
614-728-4463
hannah.brokenshire@oac.state.oh.us
Columbus, Ohio--Ohio Arts Council (OAC) staff, and members of the leadership team, will visit the Mahoning Valley and participate in a public meeting presented by the Power of the Arts Initiative (POA) at the Butler Institute of Art on Tuesday, November 10.
"We're excited to experience the exciting arts scene Youngstown organizations are cultivating," said OAC Executive Director Donna S. Collins. "The public meeting is a perfect way to join in the conversation with the community and share some exciting updates to our online grants system."
Public Meeting
Power of the Arts will host a reception beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 10. The public meeting will take place in the Butler Art Institutes Beecher Court.
This meeting is free; public attendance is encouraged. It will include two Pecha Kucha-style presentations, a discussion with OAC staff leaders, and a special look at ARTIE (Arts Resources Through Investment and Engagement), the OACs new online grants system.
Address and Parking
The Butler Institute of American Art
524 Wick Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio 44502
Limited free parking is available in the Butler's private lot located on the museum's north side. Additional parking is available at a nominal cost in nearby Youngstown State University lots. Light refreshments will be provided prior to the meeting in the museum's Beecher Court.
In addition to tours and conversation, OAC staff will meet with SMARTS, Warren City Schools and other civic leaders at the Raymond John Wean Foundation, visit the Trumbull Art Gallery, and take a tour of Youngstown on the Arts Bus.
About Power of the Arts (POA):
The Power of the Arts Initiative was formed in response to the large and spirited reaction to the June 2009 program on the role of arts and culture in revitalizing communities (sponsored by The Raymond John Wean Foundation with the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley and The Youngstown Foundation), POA included direct input from over 250 people in the early stages through a strategic community engagement process. Contacts are now approaching 1,000 individuals representing visual arts, performance arts, literary arts, and design arts as well as representatives of public service, community development, and private business. In the fall of 2015, POA became a 501 c 3 organization.
The mission of the Power of the Arts Initiative is to create and sustain a collaborative structure for the Arts and Culture community to effectively participate in our region's revitalization and economic development and to positively impact our citizens' quality of life.
To achieve that mission, those involved in the early development of the Power of the Arts Initiative identified two key goals:
Goal One:
Develop an entity that will raise the visibility of, participation in, and community revitalization role of arts and culture in the Mahoning Valley.
Goal Two:
Develop and implement a plan to secure public funding for arts and culture in the Mahoning Valley.
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. The OAC is celebrating 50 years of funding for arts and culture in 2015. Find us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, or visit the OAC website at oac.ohio.gov.
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