LIST EVENTS ON ARTSINOHIO.COM

The Ohio Arts Council, in collaboration with the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Convention and Visitors Bureaus, is launching the statewide version of ArtsinOhio.com, a comprehensive cultural calendar of events. The free database has been in use by Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati organizations for nearly a year. Now organizations statewide can list their arts and entertainment events. Ohio residents and visitors can search the site for events by city, organization, special accessibility, special discounts and more. ArtsinOhio.com is THE online resource for Ohio arts and culture and it's free! For more information contact Jami Goldstein at 614/466-2613 or jami.goldstein@oac.state.oh.us.

The Alliance of Art and Industry: Toledo Designs for a Modern America is on view at the Ohio Arts Council1s Riffe Gallery through October 19, 2002. Curated by Davira S. Taragin, director of the Center for Glass and curator of Modern and Contemporary Glass at the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Designs explores the role Toledo1s designers and workforce played in the development of modern industrial design in the first half of the 20th century. Two events will be held in conjunction with the exhibition; both are free and open to the public:

Sunday, September 8, 2-4 p.m. • Family Day with Deborah Davis-Livaich. Children of all ages and their adult companions are invited to join this artist, mom and principal of the award-winning firm Design Central for an afternoon of pure invention. Create 3-D appliances and learn how industrial designers shape our homes.

Tuesday, October 1, 7 p.m. • The Hidden Meaning of Housewares. The products in our homes satisfy more than practical needs. Join industrial designer Gregg Davis, co-founder and principal of Design Central, in rediscovering the beauty and elegance of those necessary items we call housewares. For information or to schedule a tour call the Riffe Gallery at 614/644-9624.

SEND US A WINNER
Nomination forms are available for the 2003 Governor's Awards for the Arts, given to individuals and organizations for outstanding contributions to the arts. Deadline is October 10. Awards are given for arts administration, arts in education, arts patron, business support of the arts, individual artist and, new this year, community development and participation. The new award will recognize an individual or organization that works to strengthen interactive arts participation among diverse community members while increasing public awareness about the role of the arts in community life. Awards will be presented at the Governor's Awards and Arts Day Luncheon March 12, 2003, at the Columbus Athenaeum. Download the nomination form from the OAC website at www.oac.state.oh.us, call 614/466-2613; toll free 888/243-8622, or email darcie.d'ascenzo@oac.state.oh.us. Presented by the Ohio Arts Council and Ohio Citizens for the Arts Foundation.

deadlines

December 1

• AIE Artists In Residence -Artists deadline
  
  
• Artists Projects deadline
  

December 2-3
December 9-10

• Individual Artists Fellowships

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Please note: Because of reapportionment based on the 2000 census, please check your legislative district numbers before you apply for funding from the Ohio Arts Council. You may access this information by contacting your county board of elections, or at www.vote-smart.org.

OAC BUDGET (CON'T)
way to help organizations promote their events and to encourage participation in arts and cultural events.

Other administrative changes include closing the OAC1s Riffe Gallery on Mondays, reducing staff travel and eliminating on-site visits.

The panel review meeting for Operating Support I will be on hiatus for the coming year. Ohio Arts Council fiscal year 2003 grants to organizations and individuals also will be reduced. The amount varies by program because of federal grant match requirements. For more information contact the appropriate program coordinator or the grants office at 614/466-2613.