SUPPORTING ART ADVANCING CULTURE LETTER FROM THE BOARD CHAIR AND PRESIDENT

The Greater Columbus Arts Council’s mission is to support the cultural sector. We do this in a variety of ways—we help artists build their careers, provide sustainable support to organizations, invest in research, share best practices and celebrate creativity and innovation in Columbus. This past year was successful on all of these fronts. >> Operating Support awarded 27 grants for approximately $3.4 million and Project Support awarded 61 grants for $635,471. There was an 8.8 percent increase over 2016 in total grant dollars awarded. >> The release of Arts & Economic Prosperity 5, the research report completed by Americans for the Arts in partnership with the Arts Council, showed that the arts and cultural sector in central is a major contributor to the economy. The sector generates nearly a half billion dollars in economic activity annually, supports 14,980 full-time jobs and generates $373 million in household income. >> With wonderful weather and a dedicated team of staff and volunteers, the 2017 Columbus Arts Festival was one of our most successful ever. A privately supported event, the Arts Festival secured American Electric Power as the presenting sponsor and the Festival rose to #16 in the national ranking of Arts Festivals by Sunshine Artist magazine. >> The Art Makes Columbus/Columbus Makes Art campaign continues to gain traction and accolades. More stories about Columbus artists are appearing regionally and nationally and arts organizations’ ticket sales are strong, with earned income rising 18.2 percent since 2013. Columbus Open Studio & Stage, an Art Makes Columbus engagement project, saw a 23 percent increase in ticket sales. As always, we are grateful to Mayor Andrew J. Ginther, and the Ohio Arts Council for our funding and all the individuals, corporations and community partners who support our work in the arts.

Tom Szykowny Tom Katzenmeyer Board Chair President and CEO ADVOCACY RESOURCES INFORMING AUDIENCES PROMOTION

The second-annual Columbus Open Studio & Stage held on October 7-8 featured 50 artists, seven stages, 11 community partners and a 23 percent growth in ticket sales over 2016. Artists sold nearly $30,000 worth of artwork and made new connections and the public got a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the creative process. The 2018 event will be held September 29-30.

Community Arts Partnership Awards 2017 RESULTS The Community Arts Partnership Awards moved to the Greater Columbus Convention Center in 2017 in order to accommodate 1,745 PRINT, ONLINE AND growing demand for the entertaining and unique awards BROADCAST STORIES luncheon. More than 700 civic, business and arts leaders gathered on October 26 for a fast-paced show emceed by 918 MILLION IMPRESSIONS Angela Pace. Celebrating individual and business support of the arts, the Arts Council presented individual awards $6.4 MILLION PUBLICITY VALUE to Mark Corna, Corey Favor and Marshall Shorts, and Peter Stafford Wilson. Three local businesses—Donatos, Easton 55 FEATURED ARTISTS Town Center and the Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority—received awards of art by Columbus-based artists. 132,546 VIDEO VIEWS The Columbus Makes Art Excellence Awards of $10,000 were presented to BalletMet for Art in Motion and Scott Woods for $482,923 IN MEDIA IN-KIND Holler: 30 Days of Black Art. ADDED VALUE

PeaceLove 1.9 MILLION With support from Cardinal Health and Donatos, the Arts FACEBOOK IMPRESSIONS Council provided two scholarships in 2017 for PeaceLove. This innovative training workshop gives frontline mental 322,167 TWITTER IMPRESSIONS health practitioners the tools, knowledge and resources to use the arts to help their clients. Ellice Park, independent 341,232 WEB PAGE VIEWS counselor, and Patrice Palmer, with the Franklin County Correctional Facilities Pathways Program, received training 40% INCREASE IN at the PeaceLove headquarters in Rhode Island in February WEBSITE TRAFFIC and June. Together they have conducted workshops helping hundreds of people struggling with mental health issues in $115,959 EARNED IN Franklin County. GOOGLE AD GRANTS

ARTS AND CULTURAL 88 ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGED A COMMUNITY OF 4,128,585 volunteers school children audience members

*Data set only captured for Operating and Project Support grantees for the fiscal year 2016. EXPERTISE

BEST PRACTICES The central Ohio sector FINANCIAL SUPPORT GENERATES NEARLY A BUILDING AUDIENCES Half Billion Dollars IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 With the release of Arts & Economic Prosperity 5, conducted by $373M Americans for the Arts in partnership with the Arts Council, we saw what in household a powerhouse the nonprofit arts and cultural sector is in central Ohio. income and The sector generates nearly $412.3 million in economic activity, SUPPORTS $373 million in household income, supports 14,980 full-time jobs and 14,980 returns $46.8 million in revenue to state and local government. full-time jobs

Grants Outreach The Grants & Services office has worked hard in 2017 on revamping the GoArts online application portal and the Arts Council’s Grant Guidelines. The new online portal launched in early 2018 and provides a more user-friendly online experience to applicants. As part of the new GoArts and Guidelines launch, Grants & Services presented 18 grants workshops in December across the community with 170 applicants attending. Venues included eight Columbus Metropolitan Library branches, six Arts Council partner locations and three community centers.

Public Forum On November 15, more than 150 arts and community leaders gathered at COSI for the annual Arts Council Public Forum. The forum provided a sneak peek at the upcoming community-wide collaboration I, Too, Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100, the new American Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaur Gallery and sought public input on a variety of arts issues and resources through an innovative real-time, online voting system.

Raymond J. Hanley Award On October 10, poet Kathy Fagan was presented with the ninth annual Raymond J. Hanley Award for $12,500. In honor of the late Ray Hanley, former president and CEO of the Arts Council, the award is presented to a Columbus artist who has demonstrated a high level of achievement while working at least five years in any discipline. Fagan is the director of the MFA program in creative writing at The , where she has taught for 28 years. She is the first literature recipient of the award.

OppART Thirty-four OPPArt & grants workshops were held with 616 attendees covering a range of topics including accessing the Arts Council, 34 616 grantwriting, data and budgeting, fundraising, legal issues and more. WORKSHOPS ATTENDEES

COLUMBUS INVESTMENT IN THE ARTS 2016 Every $1 invested by the city of Columbus ROI was matched by $28.80 in total dollars.

$15.82 in earned revenue $1 = $28.80 $11.86 in other contributed revenue $ 1.12 in other government support

*Most recent fiscal year with complete data. Operating and Project support grants only. In-kind contributions and permanently restricted revenues have been removed. COLLABORATION COMMUNICATIONS CONVENING SHARING

Columbus Arts Festival The 2017 Festival featured notable local, national and international artists, representing 37 states, Belgium and Canada, and 55 artists from the state of Ohio. For the first time ever, the Columbus Arts Festival presented Sliders with the Symphony, a performance by the full Columbus Symphony, conducted by Rossen Milanov. The performance was made possible by Safelite Autoglass in partnership with White Castle, whose staff served up free White Castle sliders to the late morning crowd. With the help of presenting sponsor American Electric Power, the Arts Festival commissioned a temporary public art piece by two Columbus-based artists, Christabel and Samuel Wagner. National headliner, Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience got the crowds dancing at the West Bank Stage on Saturday night.

Sign Your Art Sign Your Art returned to the Festival in 2017 thanks to support from . Nearly 800 people participated in making art at the Festival and the artist and community tiles were displayed on signposts in 64 locations around Columbus mid-July through mid-August.

Street Performer Program The Arts Council provided matching funds to seven community partners to pay artists to perform around Columbus, adding vibrancy to the city’s outdoor markets and public spaces. PARTNERS INCLUDE: > Capital Crossroads’ Pearl Market > Short North Arts District Gallery Hop 166 ARTISTS > PERFORMANCES > Gay Street Sunlight Market 210 > Gay Street Moonlight Market 479.5 HOURS OF PERFORMANCE > Greater Columbus Convention Center > John Glenn International Airport $35,015 PAID TO ARTISTS arts>sports

Nonprofit arts attendance that of Columbus home in Columbus is game sports attendance

Attendance from 2015, the most recent year with complete figures for arts and sports. Sports attendance of 3,288,739 from publicly available home game attendance for the following teams: , , SC and men’s and women’s football, basketball, ice hockey, lacrosse and soccer and women’s field hockey at The Ohio State University. Arts attendance of 5,212,745 compiled from physical attendance at 91 central Ohio arts and cultural organizations as submitted to Americans for the Arts for the Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 study released in June 2017. We can’t say enough about how great the show was. We had two record breaking days! I know you and many others work hard to make it such a great show... we really appreciate it!” R.C. SANFORD, ARTIST, COLUMBUS ARTS FESTIVAL

A great show, great layout, great sales, great patrons and an excellent administration. I have nothing but praise for the Columbus Arts Festival.” PAUL PALNIK, ARTIST, COLUMBUS ARTS FESTIVAL

Aerial view of Columbus Arts Festival. Photo: Larry Hamill

ARTS COUNCIL CORPORATE SUPPORT IN 2017

$10,000 and above American Electric Power AT&T Blue Moon Cardinal Health Columbia Gas of Ohio Columbus Downtown Development Corporation CoverMyMeds Crane Group Easton G&J Pepsi-Cola Grange Huntington National Bank IKEA The Wexner Center for the Arts Kroger Company Foundation presents electrifying concerts by local and international figures in its Lbrands Foundation unique performance spaces. Pictured Messer Construction Company here, Columbus’ own Counterfeit National Endowment for the Arts Madison. Photo: Courtesy Wexner Center for the Arts. Nationwide Ohio Arts Council The Ohio State University PNC The Arts Council supports economic development in the film and music sectors through Safelite AutoGlass strategic partnerships with the Columbus Film Commission and Columbus Music Commission. Toyota HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2017: White Castle Whole World Lemonade COLUMBUS FILM COMMISSION COLUMBUS MUSIC COMMISSION Major Media Partners • Partnered with Ohio Citizens for the Arts to • Provided music industry workshops to more than CD102.5 engage state legislators with the film industry 300 musicians in our community who received CityScene Media Group in Columbus and led an advocacy effort more than $45,000 worth of music career coaching Columbus Radio Group to promote a film tax credit increase that and online resources. Dispatch Media Group resulted in significant media attention. • Collaborated with venues, festivals and 30 Gateway Film Center • Assisted with two film premieres community partners to create paid performances Lamar Outdoor Advertising First Kill with Bruce WIllis and Hayden for more than 75 musicians in 2017. These musicians Ohio Magazine Christensen and Aftermath with Arnold were promoted to more than 150,000 people in Orange Barrel Media Schwarzenegger both filmed in Columbus downtown Columbus. RBX Media and central Ohio. • Helped more than 25 musicians gain opportunities WCBE 90.5 in 2017 through introductions to music industry WOSU professionals. WSYX ABC6/FOX 28 2017

PROVIDING THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT KEEPS THE ARTS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY 115 ORGANIZATIONS & PROJECTS SUPPORTED* 61 29 27 PROJECT SUPPORT BOOST GRANTS & GRANTS CONSTITUENT SUPPORT* OPERATING SUPPORT GRANTS $635,471 $126,654 $3,389,733

I am grateful to have the opportunity of the award for the Can Serrat Residency. This support by the Arts Council is invaluable to helping me follow through with this opportunity and will have a big 227 impact on my work as an artist.” AMERY KESSLER, ARTIST AND ARTISTS IN THE COMMUNITY ARTIST GRANTS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RECIPIENT

$166,747 The Greater Columbus Arts Council heard community concerns about their outreach, specifically the inability for artists and organizers with day jobs to access information about their resources and workshops. The Arts Council did more than listen, they changed.” 35 SCOTT WOODS, ARTIST AND CREATOR OF HOLLER, COLUMBUS MAKES ART EXCELLENCE AWARD RECIPIENT ARTIST EXCHANGE & FELLOWSHIPS Top: ProMusica Chamber Orchestra led by Music Director David Danzmayr at Franklin Park Conservatory & Botanical Gardens. Photo: Rick Buchanan

$60,700 Left: 2017 OhioDance Festival Concert The Clock Strikes 12 *Unique performer Gina L. Jackson. Photo: Jessica Cavender

For more detailed Arts Council financial information and a complete list of grants awarded visit www.gcac.org/about/publications/ I want to thank you for including me in your great campaign; it has really helped me with general exposure, and I’ve had many potential customers/followers/fellow- artists/fashion lovers contact me to inquire about my work and studio visits. You've made my work more accessible, and it's something that isn't as easy for an indie artist like myself.”

Additional support from: The Crane Group and The Sol Morton and Dorothy Isaac, CELESTE MALVAR-STEWART, Rebecca J. Wickersham and Lewis K. Osborne funds at The Columbus Foundation. FASHION DESIGNER

JAIME KOTRBA WILSON SUE CAVANAUGH DAVID DANZMAYR ADAM HERNANDEZ T.WONG CELESTE MALVAR-STEWART Photo: Aaron Molnar Photo: Rick Buchanan Photo: Chris Casella Photo: Stephanie Matthews Photo: Jake Holler

MAYA MOUGEY APRIL SUNAMI CHRIS LEYVA CELIA C. PETERS ERIC GNEZDA SCOTT WOODS Photo: Shelagh Conley Photo: Chris Casella Photo: Chris Casella

A great city deserves great art—and together, through our support and ongoing advocacy, we can ensure our arts community is well funded and strongly positioned to continue to provide the best artistic experiences for everyone to enjoy today and into the future.”

Above: Music Director Rossen Milanov and the Columbus Symphony at the MARK CORNA, BUSINESS LEADER AND Southern Theatre, Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony. Photo: Stephen Pariser COMMUNITY ARTS PARTNERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENT Right: Columbus Dance Theatre’s Matchgirl dancers: Jaime Kotrba Wilson and Madeline Gosnell. Photo: Chris Rankin Columbus is where I built friends, family and Columbus Arts and Cultural community. I am humbled that Creative Control Fest is a part of the same community that has given Organizations Earned Revenue Growth so much to me.”

COREY FAVOR, ARTIST, CREATIVE ORGANIZER, COMMUNITY ARTS increase PARTNERSHIP AWARD WINNER AND NEW YORK CITY NATIVE 2013 $46,284,993 from prior year 2014 $46,475,225 .4% VISION $51,822,955 A great Columbus: Always thriving artistically, 2015 11.5% culturally and economically. 2016 $54,694,020 5.5% MISSION Through vision and leadership, advocacy and collaboration, $40M $45M $50M $55M the Arts Council supports art and advances the culture of the region. A catalyst for excellence and innovation, the Arts Council funds exemplary artists and arts organizations and OVERALL % GROWTH: 18.2% provides programs, events and services of public value that educate and engage all audiences in our community. SOURCE: Operating and Project Support grantee final reports

ARTS COUNCIL 20% 2017 General EXPENSES & Administrative $1,747,390 Grants & Services Designated $4,392,145 Project Support $1,228,343 14%

Columbus Short North Stage Dreamgirls. Arts Festival 2% Other Program I know that the overwhelming praise for COSI that $1,045,062 Expenses* I have heard throughout the community during my short $134,685 time here is largely a consequence of the steadfast and 52% generous support of key COSI funders like the Greater 12% Columbus Arts Council, who have provided COSI with the means to fulfill our mission and meaningfully impact families and individuals throughout our community." *Other program expenses consist of community arts programs and fiscally-sponsored organization expenses. FREDERIC BERTLEY, PRESIDENT & CEO, COSI

Above: , Visions From India exhibition. Photo: Megan Leigh Barnard

Right: A father and son encounter an ostrich during opening day of COSI’s American Museum of Natural History Dinosaur Gallery. Photo: Robb McCormick Arts Council Arts Council Staff 2017-2018 Board of Trustees EXECUTIVE OFFICE Tom Katzenmeyer president and CEO OFFICERS Kayla Green Tom Szykowny (Chair) director finance & administration Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP Sue Jones David Clifton (Immediate Past Chair) executive assistant The Brand Architect Emily Toney Lori Barreras (Vice Chair) development director Ohio Civil Rights Commission GRANTS & SERVICES Randall Arndt (Treasurer) Alison Barret Ice Miller LLP grants & services director Todd Tuney (Secretary) McKenzi Swinehart YMCA of Central Ohio senior grants & services coordinator MEMBERS MARKETING, Michael Bongiorno, DesignGroup COMMUNICATIONS & EVENTS Stacie Boord, Shadowbox Live Jami Goldstein Barbara Brandt, Community Volunteer vice president of marketing, communications & events Shannon Crane, Community Volunteer Lacey Luce David Feinberg, American Electric Power marketing, communications & events strategist Michael Gonsiorowski, PNC Nick Dekker David Hetzler, Community Volunteer marketing, communications & events administrator Christine Kullberg, Cardinal Health Catherine Lang-Cline, Portfolio Creative COLUMBUS ARTS FESTIVAL Drew McCartt, Event Marketing Strategies Sean Kessler festival director Angela Pace, WBNS-TV Jenica Money Eileen Paley, Franklin County Municipal Court festival and special events coordinator Kimber Perfect, Office of Mayor Andrew J. Ginther Karla Rothan, Stonewall Columbus Manju Sankarappa, Asian Festival Clarence Simmons, SIMCO Construction LLC , Columbus City Council Julie Taggart, Columbus College of Art & Design Yohannan Terrell, Warhol & WALL ST. Amy Tillinghast, Experience Columbus Priscilla Tyson, Columbus City Council 100 East Broad Street, Suite 2250 Ronald Cook Jr. (Legal Counsel) Columbus OH 43215 Porter Wright Morris & Arthur 614/224-2606

Cover: Opera Columbus’ production of Bizet’s Carmen. Photo: Randall L. Schieber Inside flap right: Palace Theatre, Photo: Randall L. Schieber Inside spread: Wil Ortman and Jim Lehnert work together to create a magnificent vase. Photo: Courtesy Glass Axis GCAC.org VIVO Music Festival musicians rehearsing for VIVO Vortex concert. Musicians L-R: Michael Smith (piano), ColumbusArtsFestival.org Alicia Hui (violin), John Stulz (viola), Vimbayi Kaziboni (conductor), Gabriel Campos Zamora (clarinet), ColumbusMakesArt.com Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington (flute). Photo: Frankie Kuo Creative Control Fest & Culture Talk Kick-off Event at #artmakescbus the . Photo: Marshall Shorts. Sign Your Art at Columbus Arts Festival. Photo: Greg Bartram

Design: Formation Studio SUPPORTING ART ADVANCING CULTURE

FINANCIAL ADDENDUM THE VISION Operating Support A great Columbus: The Operating Support program provides an investment in the general operations, administration and programs of eligible arts and cultural organizations in all disciplines. This support is intended to supplement Always thriving other revenue; both earned and contributed, generated by the recipient. artistically, culturally Organization Award and economically. Actors’ Theatre Columbus $ 25,974 Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. $ 275,000 MISSION CAPA $ 255,000 Through vision and leadership, CATCO $ 124,116 advocacy and collaboration, Chamber Music Columbus $ 33,136 the Arts Council supports art Columbus Children’s Theatre $ 108,586 and advances the culture of the Columbus Dance Theatre $ 75,815 region. A catalyst for excellence Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus $ 47,319 and innovation, the Arts Council Foundation $ 22,385 funds exemplary artists and Columbus Museum of Art $ 265,000 arts organizations and provides Columbus Symphony $260,000 programs, events and services COSI $ 270,000 of public value that educate Franklin Park Conservatory $ 265,000 and engage all audiences in our Friends of Early Music $ 17,510 $ 84,437 community. Glass Axis Jazz Arts Group $ 161,082 King Arts Complex $ 127,636 Ohio Art League $ 12,586 Ohio Designer Craftsmen $ 101,964 Opera Columbus $ 104,576 ProMusica $ 151,775 ROY G BIV Gallery $ 7,418 Shadowbox Live $ 166,667 Short North Stage $ 89,863 SRO Theatre Company $ 4,187 $ 67,701 Wexner Center for the Arts $ 265,000

27 AWARDS $3,389,733

Cover: Columbus Dance Theatre company member Erika Junod. Photo: Wes Kroninger

Top Left: Dear Poetry event

Bottom Left: Bummers rocking the stage at the Music Series

2 3 Project Support

Project Support grants provide assistance for arts and cultural programming and events. The program supports six different artistic disciplines including dance, theater, music, media arts, visual arts and literary arts.

Organization Application/Title Award Anatomical Scenario* dim-mentions $ 2,500 Arts Initiative Start at Home: Art from Frank W. Hale, Jr. $ 12,194 Asian Festival 2017 Festival: Education through Entertainment $ 23,750 Available Light Theatre 2018 New Plays & Premieres $ 21,250 Camille Catherine Inc Annual Workshop and Festival $ 12,750 Capriccio Vocal Ensemble African-American Songbook $ 1,856 Cartoon Crossroads Columbus 2017 $ 21,250 Catholic Social Services Latino Arts Exhibit - Pasos de Arte $ 2,250 CityMusic, Inc Winter Concerts $ 1,528 Columbus and Central Ohio Columbus Children’s Choir Concert Season $ 21,250 Children’s Chorus Foundation Columbus Chamber Singers Commissioned Work & April 2018 Performance $ 1,615 Columbus Civic Theatre 2017 Civic Summer and Fall $ 24,300 Columbus College of Art & Design 2017-2018 Season of Public Programs $ 21,250 Columbus Gospel Fest 2017 Columbus Disabilities Fest $ 8,713 Columbus Ohio Discovery Ensemble* Season 3 $ 2,250 Columbus Songwriters Association CSA Songwriter Showcases $ 14,179 Community Refugee and Immigration Crossing Borders Exhibit & Documentary $ 9,900 Cross Media Collective/Alternative Fashion Mob Alternative Fashion Week $ 23,750 Dear Poetry Joy Night Showcase/Open Mic $ 476 Evolution Theatre 2017 Season $ 21,250 First Night Columbus 2017 First Night $ 13,750 Food for Good Thought Connect through Rhythm $ 3,283 The Fuse Factory Electronic and Digital Arts Lab Frequency Fridays 2017-2018 $ 2,824 Gallery Players Gallery Player’s 69th Season $ 8,125 Global Gallery 2017 Programming $ 8,140 Gotham Dance Dancing in the Making Room $ 16,250 Harmony Project Productions Reap, Sow Project $ 9,900 Imagine Productions of Columbus 2017-2018 Season $ 13,750 Independents’ Day Independence Day X $ 12,750 Jefferson Academy of Music Jefferson’s Signature Series $ 5,625 Jessica A Mathews* Alley Islands $ 4,875 JoyBinge (Sommer Renaldo) Shakedown 2017 $ 922 Kate Schulte Foundation 2017 Kate Schulte Tribute Series $ 11,550 Kingdom Works Kingdom Night of Laughs $ 2,625 MadLab 2017/2018 Season $ 18,226 Maroon Arts Group MAG 2017 Winter Programming Suite $ 12,644 Movement Afoot Rhythm Studies $ 3,075 Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Growing Right $ 11,055 Ohioana Library Association 2017 Ohioana Book Festival $ 17,625 OhioDance OhioDance Festival and Conference $ 17,480

* Paid through fiscal sponsor

3 Project Support (continued)

Organization Application/Title Award Opera Project Columbus 2017-2018 Season $ 21,250 Oyo Dance Company 2017-2018 Performance Season $ 13,750 Pizzuti Collection Fall 2017 Exhibitions and Programming $ 23,750 Red Herring Productions Build and Sustain $ 6,050 Scott Spears* Season 4 Framelines - Episodes 1-7 $ 1,680 Sea Bus* Sea Bus Dance Project, Fall 2017 $ 3,998 Short North Alliance 2017 Season $ 11,250 Short North Civic Assoc. 2017 Goodale Park Music Series $ 910 Six Strings Concert, Inc 2017-2018 Season $ 7,125 Spotlight South Asian Theater Festival 2017 $ 4,643 Stage Right Theatrics The Anarchist $ 329 State of the Arts Productions 2017-2018 Theatre Season $ 4,500 Summer Jam West 2017 Festival: Movin and Groovin $ 13,063 Sunday at Central 2017-2018 Recital Series $ 2,550 Susan Petry* Collections - Solo Dance Theatre $ 3,005 The Shed The Shed 2017: Exhibition Season $ 650 Vaud-Villities Jubilee - A Tribute to 75 Years $ 20,613 Vivo Chamber Music Vivo Music Festival $ 10,770 VSA Ohio ReelAbilities Film Festival Columbus ‘17-18 $ 2,850 Wild Goose Creative WGC Programming for 2017/2018 $ 21,250 Xclaim DEKA - Season 10 $ 18,750

61 AWARDS * Paid through fiscal sponsor $635,471

L-R: Stephen Woosley as Intruder, with Cat McAlpine as Lara Croft, Nick Arganbright as Intruder, Colleen Dunne as The Egg, and Greg McGill, Shane Stefanchik, Jim Azelvandre, and Kyle Mason as Intruders in Lara Croft: Womb Raider, part of the MadLab Theatre’s production of Sketchy Sex. Photo Credit: Michelle Hanson

4 5 The Kate Schulte Foundation 2017 Hot Times Community Art and Music Festival. L-R: James Carter, Edward “Kidd” Jordan, Roger Hines, Michael Vander Does. Photo: Jeffrey Forman

BOOST

BOOST is a capacity-building program supporting the governance, leadership, technology and professional development needs of nonprofit arts organizations. Applicants are encouraged to make a long-term commitment to continuous improvement and to develop skills that result in benefits not only to the organization, but to the larger arts community.

Recipient Application/Title Grant Asian Festival Pilot for PT event assistant $ 7,000 Camille Catherine Composition software, professional development $6,000 Capriccio Vocal Ensemble ACDA professional development conference $ 1,543 CityMusic, Inc. Marketing and branding consultant and plan $6,000 Columbus and Central Ohio Children’s Chorus Donor relations and management software and temporary $ 4,370 data clerk Friends of Early Music Box office and website overhaul $ 1,124 Green Lawn Abbey Preservation Assn Branding identity project $ 7,000 Jazz Arts Group Strategic planning consultant $ 2,500 Kingdom Works Development & HR consultants, professional development, $ 2,033 performance equipment Maroon Arts Group Website upgrade, ticket sales and data collection equipment, $ 7,000 consultants for strategic planning and accounting review Momentum Strategic planning consultant $ 5,000 Ohio Art League Pilot of PT Volunteer Coordinator/consultant $ 3,000 ROY G BIV Gallery for Emerging Artists Strategic planning work and engage audit firm for audit. $6,000 Six String Concert Strategic planning consultant and board retreat $ 6,500 Sound Aloud Performance equipment $ 2,000 The Fuse Factory Electronic and Purchase of QuickBooks, staff training and 3D printer $ 5,000 Digital Arts Lab for community workshops Urban Cultural Arts Foundation Strategic planning work and board development consultant $ 4,000 WCBE New programming/traffic software and staff training $ 6,245 Wild Goose Creative Consultant to conduct research and facilitate fundraising $ 3,000 board retreat

19 Awards Totaling $85,315

5 Top: Columbus Songwriters Association event

Center Top Left: Opera Columbus’ production of Benjamin Britton’s Turn of the Screw. Southern Theatre, September 2017. Photo: Terry Gilliam

Center Top Right: Music Director Rossen Milanov and the Columbus Symphony at the Southern Theatre, Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, October 2017. Photo: Stephen Pariser

Center Bottom Left: Angels in America. Photo: Courtesy Short North Stage

Center Bottom Right: Cartoon Crossroads Columbus Expo floor. Photo: Ray LaVoie

Bottom: L-R: Britt Kline, Ella Palardi, and Harmoni Marii in the Columbus Civic Theater’s production of Beth Henley’s Crimes of the Heart. Photo: Courtesy Columbus Civic Theater

Opposite Page: COSI hosts an eclipse viewing party at Franklinton’s Land Grant Brewery—one of 33 locations COSI visited during the solar eclipse.

6 7 Professional Development

Professional Development Grants are awards of up to $1,000 to offset the costs of professional development opportunities. Examples of eligible activities would be master technique classes, enhancing business skills or attending professional conferences where development opportunities exist.

Recipient Grant Recipient Grant Recipient Grant Brooke Albrecht $ 1,000 Anne Holman $ 1,000 Ken Nurenberg $ 1,000 Utpola Borah $ 1,000 Kelly Hurlbert $ 1,000 Mike Olenick $ 1,000 Nadine Bower $ 1,000 Daniel Ingram $ 1,000 Hayley Platt $ 897 Christopher Burk $ 1,000 Howard Ingram $ 1,000 Joseph Pocs $ 1,000 Marco Castro $ 1,000 Mary Jane Ward $ 1,000 Eric Rausch $ 1,000 Sukanya Chand $ 760 Elisabeth Jeremica $ 1,000 Matthew Reese $ 1,000 Edwin Channels $ 1,000 Ben Joy $ 1,000 Claudia Retter $ 1,000 Harold Chichester $ 1,000 Anne Keener $ 1,000 Rachael Riggs Leyva $ 1,000 Sean Coffman $ 1,000 Amery Kessler $ 1,000 Colleen Rosshirt $ 985 Amanda Cook $ 1,000 Gunyoung Kim $ 1,000 Boryana Rusenova Ina $ 600 Glenn Cox $ 1,000 Ellen Knolls $ 900 Erik S. Sternberger $ 1,000 Kenya Davis $ 350 Jules Knowlton $ 998 Antoinette Savage $ 1,000 Jacci Delaney $ 1,000 Jess Lamar Reece $ 1,000 Aaron Sheldon $ 1,000 Holler Jennifer Dunlap $ 1,000 Satoko Shimizu $ 1,000 Dana Lynn Harper $ 1,000 Sue Engle $ 1,000 Allison Sponhaltz $ 1,000 Heidi Madsen $ 1,000 Alexandra Fresch $ 1,000 Gretchen Stevens $ 995 Joanna Manousis $ 1,000 Cochran Nicole Garlando $ 1,000 Fredrik Marsh $ 1,000 Carol Stewart $ 1,000 Jessie Glover $ 1,000 Jacob Mason-Macklin $ 1,000 April Sunami $ 1,000 Michael Guinane $ 1,000 Rachel Maynard $ 860 Stephen Takacs $ 1,000 Jennifer Hansen Gard $ 1,000 Shawn McBride $ 650 Jen Townsend $ 1,000 Cordell Hardgrove $ 1,000 Aaron Minnick $ 569 Lawrence Tuber $ 1,000 Joseph Hebdo $ 1,000 Minetta Minnick $ 556 Melissa Vogley $ 1,000 Eve Hermann $ 795 Cory Mitan $ 1,000 Joe Wiese $ 975 Josh Hines $ 1,000 Tariq Mohamed $ 1,000 Quatric Williams $ 270 Joseph Hinkle $ 1,000 Peter Morgan $ 900 Christopher Wittum $ 1,000 Jess Hinshaw $ 900 Ardine Nelson $ 1,000 Hannah Hoffman $ 1,000

78 Awards Totaling $73,960

7 Supply Grants

Supply Grants are awards of up $500 to offset the cost of supplies to create new work. For example: filmmakers can use this grant to purchase film stock; visual artists can purchase paint or canvas; dancers can purchase music or specialty shoes, etc.

Recipient Grant

Diana Abells $ 375 Jason Glenn $500 Mitch McGuire $500 Ann Alaia Woods $500 Katie Golonka $500 Randall Minnehan $ 498 Brooke Albrecht $500 Lea Gray $490 Corrinne Musick $ 485 Corey Aumiller $500 Eric Groseclose $ 472 Aaron Musick $ 446 Laura Banner $500 Cody Heichel $ 499 Erek Nass $500 Ginny Baughman $500 Erin Helgeson Torres $500 Ardine Nelson $500 Larissa Boiwka $ 497 Jake Holler $500 Ken Nurenberg $500 Elena Bonny $500 Lisa Horkin $500 Samantha Parker Salazar $500 Nadine Bower $ 440 Tom Hubbard $500 Molly Pattison $ 477 Rex Brown $500 Ramani Hunter $500 Mindy Pauris $ 484 Cynthia Bryden $500 Michael J. Halliday $500 Celia Peters $500 Christopher Burk $ 496 April J. Shelton $ 436 Hayley Platt $490 Stephen Canneto $500 Stephanie James $500 Joseph Pocs $500 John Carins $480 Mary Jane Ward $500 Danielle Poling $500 Nicole Carter $ 493 Drew Johnson $ 493 Lynne Prillerman $ 495 Bertrand Caso $ 467 Jennifer Jolley Brown $500 Jeremy Purser $ 496 Sara Castro $500 Beth Kagel $500 Claudia Retter $500 Tiffany Christopher $ 291 Kim Keffer $500 Nate Ricciuto $500 Daniel Colvin $500 Amery Kessler $500 Natalia Sanchez $500 Jacci Delaney $500 Gunyoung Kim $ 440 Laura Sanders $500 Corey Dickerson $500 Jessica Knapp $500 Nicholas Schukay $500 Gus Dieker $ 479 Ellen Knolls $500 Ori Segev $500 Chris Domenick $500 James Kurella $490 Lucille Shearer $ 483 Kyle Downs $500 Jess Lamar Reece Holler $500 Aaron Sheldon $500 Jessica Driscoll $ 499 Denise Lancaster $500 Lisa Shepherd $ 459 Jennifer Dunlap $500 Kyle Lemstrom $ 444 Ann Silverman $500 Grace E. Bowen $500 Dana Lynn Harper $ 498 Forrest Sincoff Gard $500 Kyle Edwards $200 Heidi Madsen $500 Angela Smith $500 Marisa Espe $500 Terri Maloney-Houston $ 493 Gretchen Stevens Cochran $ 488 Donna Estep $500 Joanna Manousis $500 Carol Stewart $500 Nicholas Evans $ 450 Tonya Marie $500 Lexie Stoia $ 475 Caeleigh Featherstone $466 Mathew Marrash $500 Matthew Swift $500 Amber Fisher $400 Fredrik Marsh $500 Nicolette Swift $500 Elizabeth Fisher $500 Kelli S. Martin $ 485 Robert Tavani $500 Mona Gazala Solymos $500 Jacob Mason-Macklin $500 Lisa Todd $ 494 Daric Gill $ 495 Shawn McBride $ 319 Lawrence Tuber $ 499 Ben Girvin $500 April Mccoy $500 Aina Turiaga $ 497

8 9 Fellowship Programs

The Arts Council’s Artist Fellowship programs are collaborations with other local organizations including: CATCO is Theatre, Columbus Dance Theatre, Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus, Columbus Museum of Art, Lincoln Theatre, , Thurber House and VSA Ohio.

Recipient Application Title Grant

Melissa Vogley $ 498 Shannon Anderson Lincoln Theatre | vocalist $ 500 Samuel Wagner $ 390 Malik Berry Columbus Dance $ 2,000 Eve Warnock $500 Stanford C. Berry Jr. Columbus Dance $ 2,000 Maria White $500 Casey Bradley Ohio State Fair $ 200 Marshaie Williams $500 Christian Broomhall Columbus Dance $ 2,000 Quatric Williams $500 Cynthia Carr Lincoln Theatre | vocalist $ 500 Carmen Winant $500 Martine Clark Columbus Dance $ 2,000 Christopher Wittum $400 Gabriel Day Lincoln Theatre | musician $ 500 Matthew Wolcott $ 472 John Dickson Ohio State Fair $ 150 Leah Wong $500 Eric Fruth Playwright $ 5,000 Andrew Wood $500 Tony Hagood Lincoln Theatre | musician $ 500 James Yoder $ 424 Brandon Halliburton Lincoln Theatre | graphic designer $ 500 Laurel Heer Ohio State Fair $ 150 123 Awards Cody Heichel Visual Arts $ 5,000 Totaling $59,537 Shelby Holden Lincoln Theatre | theater $ 500 Quan Howell Lincoln Theatre | vocalist $ 500 Ramani Hunter Lincoln Theatre | event organizer $ 500 Darren Hussein Visual Arts $ 5,000 Schuyler Johnson Lincoln Theatre | vocalist $ 500 Terrence Meadows Columbus Dance $ 2,000 Christina Myles Lincoln Theatre | vocalist $ 500 Trevor Noah Thurber Prize for American Humor $ 5,000 Ellice Park Peace Love Creator $ 2,500 Rosetta Perry Lincoln Theatre | vocalist/actress $ 500 Brianna Robinson Lincoln Theatre | poet/writer $ 500 Nate Saxon Lincoln Theatre | musician $ 500 Luke Stettler Visual Arts $ 5,000 Crystan Steward Lincoln Theatre | Film $ 500 Amanda Tirey Ohio State Fair $ 200 Donald Washington Lincoln Theatre | musician $ 500 Alivia Camille Williams Lincoln Theatre | vocalist $ 500 Carmen Winant Visual Arts/Annie’s Fund $ 5,000 Rhonda Wright Lincoln Theatre | musician $ 500

33 Awards Totaling $51,700

Top: Transit Columbus Alley Islands. Photo: Stacy Buttari

Bottom: CAPA. Photo: Randall L. Schieber

9 Performing Artist Travel Grant

Travel Grants are awards of up to $1,500 to offset the costs of traveling for performance opportunities. Examples of eligible expenses would be airfare, car rental/fuel, lodging, meals, etc.

Recipient Grant Ahmed Ali $ 1,500 Utpola Borah $ 1,470 A robust, nationally noted artist residency program at the Wex generates such new work as this kinetic sculptural piece by New York-based visual artist Sarah Oppenheimer, created with input from mechanical Marco Castro $ 1,500 engineers (pictured here, the Oppenheimer piece with Ohio State dancers in the distinctive Wex galleries). Photo: Courtesy Wexner Center for the Arts Sara Castro $ 1,500 Edwin Channels $ 900 Support for Constituent Events Harold Chichester $ 1,500

Organization/Project Amount Nick D’Andrea $ 1,500 National Arts Advocacy Day $ 1,000 Megan Davis $ 1,000 Bushway Kings, Queens, & In-Betweens Premiere $ 2,500 Corey Dickerson $ 1,500 Film Festival of Columbus (FFOCOL) $5,000 Kyle Edwards $ 1,500 Tour of Franklinton Bicycle Race $ 500 Elizabeth Fisher $ 1,500 Columbus Black International Film Festival Support (CBIFF) $ 1,500 Eric Groseclose $ 1,500 ArtMobile $5,000 Eve Hermann $ 1,000 Highball $5,000 Ron Holmes $ 1,500 Arts & College Preparatory Academy $ 209 Kelly Hurlburt $ 1,000 Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus $ 2,500 Andy Kuss $ 1,150 VSA Ohio $ 430 Troy Petty $ 1,500 Creative Control Fest (CCF) $5,000 Alessio Picciano $ 1,500 Columbus Museum of Art $5,000 Andre Scott $ 1,500 Arts Midwest Conference $ 4,200 Paisha Thomas $ 1,100 Midwest Craft Con Conference $ 2,500 Hans Utter $ 1,200 Shadowbox Live $ 1,000 15 Awards 21 Awards Totaling $41,338.98 Totaling $28,320

VSA Ohio, Day of Arts 2017. Photo: Ingenious Image

10 11 Kroger Community Murals

Recipient Grant Matt Adams/ $ 300 Dot the I Creative Carla Chaffin $ 10,300 Jason Goupil $ 9,300 David Lane $ 300 David Maple $ 300 Jonathon Remoquillo $ 300 The Aminah Brenda 6 Awards Totaling $11,800 Lynn Robinson Professional Development & Research Grant

Recipient Grant Jennifer Hansen Gard $ 1,000 Forrest Sincoff Gard $ 1,000 Jules Knowlton $ 930 Stephen Takacs $ 1,000 Hans Utter $ 1,000 5 Awards Totaling $4,930

Dresden Artist Exchange

Columbus Artist Recipient Melinda Rosenberg Carol Snyder Dresden Artist Recipient Andreas Kempe Kerstin Flake Support Totaling $9,000*

Top: SRO Theatre Company, The Bridges of Madison *Includes travel, housing, studio space Top of page: The Thurber House Young Docents get County. L-R: Taryn & David Hammond. Photo: Jerri and stipends together to get the house ready for holiday tours. Shafer Center: 2017 CCAD Fashion Show. Photo: Courtesy Bottom: Stage Right Theatrics’ production of CCAD The Anarchist by David Mamet. L-R: Jenni Peters and Linda Goodwin. Photo: Cynthia DeGrand Bottom: Urban Arts Space. Photo: Jay LaPrete, Courtesy of The Ohio State University Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

11 ALLOCATION OF CITY OF COLUMBUS FUNDS BY CATEGORY

Actual 2017 Actual 2016

Community Funding - Temporarily Restricted $5,078,442 $4,833,038 Film Columbus - Temporarily Restricted 150,000 95,000 Music Commission - Temporarily Restricted 50,000 – General and Administrative - Unrestricted 1,692,814 1,611,013

TOTAL CITY FUND REVENUES $6,971,256 $6,539,051

Operating Support Grants $3,389,733 $3,129,383 Project Grants Awarded 629,749 561,842 Technical Assistance (BOOST) 81,315 75,973 Individual Artists Fellowships/Grants 263,752 228,205 Community Impact Grants – 22,400 Community Arts Programs – 20,000 Promotion City of Columbus 874,005 613,579 Community Plan and Marketing 453,597 383,033 International Program 29,140 32,358 Artistic Excellence 20,000 20,000 Matching Funds Allocated to power2give – 2,615

TOTAL CITY FUNDS ALLOCATED TO $5,287,694 $4,706,355 COMMUNITY FUNDING EXPENSES

SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) OF TEMPORARILY $(9,252) $221,683 RESTRICTED CITY FUNDS

2017 Total Temporarily Restricted revenue from the City of Columbus is $5,278,442. Grant expenses exclude awards rescinded in the same year as awarded. 2016 Total Temporarily Restricted revenue from the City of Columbus is $4,928,038. Grant expenses exclude awards rescinded in the same year as awarded.

* In 2017 and 2016 some of the Community Funding expenses received additional funding from non-city sources. Those amounts are not represented in this chart.

Young actors bring Shakespeare and Star Wars to life for CATCO is Kids in August 2017. L-R: Monty Almoro; Grace Emmenegger-Conrad; Abbie Ogilbee; Matt Piper. Photo: Joe Bishara

Right: Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16, L-R: Martin Roosaare, Karen Wing, Jarrett Reimers, and Madeline Skelly. Photo: Jennifer Zmuda

12 13 STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES Years ended December 31

Budget 2018 Actual 2017 Actual 2016

REVENUE City of Columbus Contract $6,802,593 $6,771,256 $6,444,051 City of Columbus—Film & Music Commissions – 200,000 95,000 Ohio Arts Council 147,440 181,526 156,778 Contributions 38,000 114,846 109,868 Columbus Arts Festival 939,123 1,131,901 965,808 Columbus Makes Art Sponsorships 225,000 200,000 229,025 Other Grant Income – 17,597 46,956 power2give – – 13,159 Community Arts Partnership 129,200 131,075 109,750 Public Art Contracts – 26,800 45,000 Fiscal Sponsor – 55,000 275 In-Kind – 90,000 39,000 Other 9,800 40,238 19,540 TOTAL REVENUE $8,291,156 $8,960,239 $8,274,210 EXPENDITURE Community Funding: Grants & Services 4,653,850 4,392,145 4,035,155 Designated Projects 902,947 1,228,343 935,452 Total Community Funding $5,556,797 $5,620,488 $4,970,607 Programs: Community Arts Programs 73,400 133,545 139,078 Columbus Arts Festival 939,123 1,045,062 913,580 power2give – – 26,058 Fiscal Sponsor – 1,140 6,135 Total Program Funding $1,012,523 $1,179,747 $1,084,851 Total Community Funding & Programs $6,569,320 $6,800,235 $6,055,458 Administrative Salaries $924,959 $840,880 $804,172 Payroll Taxes and Employee Benefits 298,129 263,623 222,264 Advocacy – 178,687 90,450 Office and Equipment Rental 114,971 112,946 109,040 Community Arts Partnership/Special Events 99,400 116,550 89,697 Office Expenses, IT Contract & Insurance 88,257 81,542 67,194 Depreciation and Amortization 71,050 18,802 53,985 Memberships, Publications, and misc. 29,120 36,354 37,772 Conferences, Travel, Local Expenses 28,350 21,055 17,318 Accounting & Legal 27,900 27,565 26,753 Advertising/Public Information 27,700 35,189 23,478 Utilities 12,000 14,197 9,344

TOTAL GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE $1,721,836 $1,747,390 $1,551,467 TOTAL EXPENDITURE $8,291,156 $8,547,625 $7,606,925 Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments – 60,922 16,614 INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS – 473,536 683,899 BEGINNING NET ASSETS &$3,692,530 $3,218,994 $2,535,095

ENDING NET ASSETS $3,692,530 $3,692,530 $3,218,994

13 THE ARTS COUNCIL IS GRATEFUL TO THESE BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR OUR PROJECTS, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS.

$10,000 and above Chile Verde Columbus Children’s Theatre American Electric Power Columbus Arts Marketing Association AT&T Columbus College of Art and Columbus Commons Design Blue Moon Columbus Cultural Arts Center Columbus Crew SC Cardinal Health Columbus Diaper Coalition Columbus Dance Theatre Columbia Gas of Ohio Columbus’ Independent Arts Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus Columbus Downtown Groups Development Corporation Columbus International Program Columbus Recreation & Parks CoverMyMeds Columbus Jewish Foundation Columbus State Community Crane Group Columbus Metropolitan Club College, School of Hospitality Columbus Metropolitan Library Easton Management & G&J Pepsi-Cola Culinary Arts Columbus Museum of Art Grange Due Amici Columbus Partnership Huntington National Bank Franklin County Safe Communities Columbus Symphony IKEA Cindy Gaillard Corna Kokosing Construction Company Kroger Company Foundation Grassinine & Tom Krouse COSI Lbrands Foundation Greg Bartram COTA Messer Construction Company Hopper Carts Crabbe, Brown & James, LLP National Endowment for the Arts Alan Jazak, Formation Studio CUTCO (Vector Marketing) Nationwide Lion Real Estate DLZ Corporation Ohio Arts Council MORPC DesignGroup The Ohio State University The Navigators & Dale Heydlauff Donatos Pizzeria LLC PNC Jason Nicholson Dublin Arts Council Safelite AutoGlass Oakland Nursery Equitas Health Toyota Pelotonia Experience Columbus White Castle The Refectory Fahlgren Mortine Whole World Lemonade Saperstein Associates Fechtor Advertising Bill Schottenstein First Financial Bank MAJOR MEDIA PARTNERS Joe Sugar Franklin County Convention CD102.5 SWACO Facilities Authority CityScene Media Group Zengenius Franklin Park Conservatory Columbus Radio Group G&J Pepsi-Cola Dispatch Media Group OTHER SUPPORTERS Gateway Film Center Gateway Film Center Graeter’s Ice Cream Lamar Outdoor Advertising (Under $10K) ABLE Roofing LLC Graves Piano & Organ Company Ohio Magazine Griffin Communications Orange Barrel Media Air BNB Allegiant Air Gutter Helmet Systems RBX Media Hammond Harkins Galleries WCBE 90.5 Amazon Smile Foundation Asian Festival Corporation Harmony Project WOSU Hinson LTD WSYX ABC6/FOX 28 Available Light Theatre BalletMet Hollywood Casino Bath Fitter Hotel LeVeque COMMUNITY PARTNERS Best Version Media Ice Miller LLP Arshot Investment Corporation Big Lots IGS Energy Barcelona car2go Jazz Arts Group Bob Berman CASTO Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams Adam Bonner, mascot.org Columbus Association for the Kaufman Development Chris Casella Performing Arts (CAPA) KeyBank

14 15 LAZ Parking David Brown Deborah Liebel Mad River Joys Shaun Brown Yung-Chen & Katherine Lu Meeder Investment Management Bill Burges Carol & Fred Luper Meuse Family Foundation Bobby Carrington Marissa Luther Mid-Ohio Foodbank Janet Chen Cathy & Jeff Lyttle Mills James Alessandro Ciaffoncini Linda Magato Ohio Alliance for Arts Education David & Joan Clifton Randy Malloy Tony Collins David Maslekoff Ohio Real Estate Consultants, Inc. Jack Conner Peggy Mativi Origo Branding (Bernice Malquist Fund) Drew & Gwen McCartt OSA Technology Partners Ron & Janice Cook Steffan Moody Oswald Companies Mark Corna James Myers Otterbein University Beth Crane & Richard McKee Debbie Neimeth Pizzuti Collection Jamie Crane & Timothy Miller Mary Nelson Porter, Wright, Morris and Arthur Loann Crane Char Norman PromoWest Productions Shannon & Rob Crane Pam O’Grady Puffin Foundation West, Ltd. Tanny Crane & John Wolff Angela Pace Reese Brothers Productions Mary Cusick Eileen Paley Renewal by Anderson Roxie & Scott Dragoo Jacqueline Pasternack Robert Weiler Company Mary Duffey & Tony Logan Kimber Perfect Shadowbox Live Brian Dwyer Ann & Ron Pizzuti Short North Alliance Nadia El Gour Allen Proctor Sir Bananas Robert Falcone Martyn & Lynne Redgrave Solutions Staffing Steve Fechtor James Reese Svedka David & Felicia Feinberg Michael Reese SWACO Howard Feingold Joseph Rettof Tanger Outlets Columbus Christopher Filby Karla Rothan thinkCSC Scott Foltz Sarita Salzberg Thurber House John & Lucy Gambino Manju Sankarappa treetree Judy Garel John Schaffner Upper Arlington Arts Council DeeDee & Herbert Glimcher Ken & Sandy Schnacke Urban Arts Space Mike & Joy Gonsiorowski Jennifer Schneider Vintage Wine Distributors Mary Jo Green David Schooler Vision Group Holdings (Lasik) Jim & Christina Grote Kathleen Shaughency Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease Ann Hailey & Patrick Duggan Bill Shimp LLP Steven Hartline Mary Ann Short & Anna Stephenson Westin Columbus Barbara Havens Benjamin Siembida Wexner Center for the Arts David & Nappy Hetzler Mark Stewart Wild Goose Creative Dale & Gloria Heydlauff Michael & Caroline Stinziano WindowPro Joshua & Brandy Hill Lisa Swartzwelder Kathleen Hogan Tom Szykowny INDIVIDUAL DONORS Tom Horner Julie Taggart Mary Jo Hudson & Lynn Wallich Marty Anderson & Warren Tyler Justine Thompson Ted Inbusch Christie Angel & Otto Beatty III Lonni Thompson Sarah Irvin Randy Arndt & Jeff Baker Katharine Thornton Larry & Donna James Lachandra Baker Amy Tillinghast Tom & Mary Katzenmeyer Lori Barreras & Alex Fischer Todd Tuney & Hannah Powell Tuney Kari & Tim Kauffman Alison Barret Priscilla Tyson Julie Keckstein George Barrett Donald van Atta Charlotte & Jack Kessler Milt & Julia Baughman Edgar Wagner Java & Mark Kitrick Karen Bell & Ben Maiden Michael and Arlene Weiss Tom Krouse Michael & Sarah Bongiorno Haley Willard Christine Kullberg Stacie Boord & Kevin Kirsch Catherine Willis David Lambert Mike & Rita Bourland Krisitin Winner Catherine Lang-Cline Barbara & David Brandt Alfaye Youngblood Dustin Leggans

15 Arts Council Arts Council Staff 2017-2018 Board of Trustees EXECUTIVE OFFICE Tom Katzenmeyer OFFICERS president and CEO Kayla Green Tom Szykowny (Chair) director finance & administration Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP Sue Jones David Clifton (Immediate Past Chair) executive assistant The Brand Architect Emily Toney Lori Barreras (Vice Chair) development director Ohio Civil Rights Commission GRANTS & SERVICES Randall Arndt (Treasurer) Ice Miller LLP Alison Barret grants & services director Todd Tuney (Secretary) YMCA of Central Ohio McKenzi Swinehart senior grants & services coordinator MEMBERS MARKETING, Michael Bongiorno, DesignGroup COMMUNICATIONS & Stacie Boord, Shadowbox Live EVENTS Barbara Brandt, Community Volunteer Jami Goldstein Shannon Crane, Community Volunteer vice president of marketing, communications & events David Feinberg, American Electric Power Lacey Luce Michael Gonsiorowski, PNC marketing, communications David Hetzler, Community Volunteer & events strategist Christine Kullberg, Cardinal Health Nick Dekker marketing, communications Catherine Lang-Cline, Portfolio Creative & events administrator Drew McCartt, Event Marketing Strategies COLUMBUS ARTS Angela Pace, WBNS-TV FESTIVAL Eileen Paley, Franklin County Municipal Court Sean Kessler Columbus Arts Festival director Kimber Perfect, Office of Mayor Jenica Money Andrew J. Ginther festival and special events Karla Rothan, Stonewall Columbus coordinator Manju Sankarappa, Asian Festival Clarence Simmons, SIMCO Top: Justin King as Ladahlord, Carson Construction LLC Kittaka as James, and ensemble of the Michael Stinziano, Columbus City Council Columbus Children’s Theatre production of Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach. Julie Taggart, Columbus College Photo: David Heasley of Art & Design Bottom: Alternative Fashion Mob Runway Show finale. Photo: AJD Photography Yohannan Terrell, Warhol & WALL ST. Amy Tillinghast, Experience Columbus Priscilla Tyson, Columbus City Council GCAC.org

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