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Arts Midwest Invests $187,525 in Ohio

Arts Midwest awarded $50,000 in grants supporting Shakespeare productions in Ohio, including this production of Macbeth at the , in . Photo by Roger Mastroianni.

In partnership with the Ohio Arts Council, Arts Midwest provides audiences across Ohio with enriching cultural experiences.

The Ohio Arts Council and Arts Midwest have Arts Midwest’s professional development activities partnered for more than 30 years to bring served 143 individuals from 83 cultural high-quality creative experiences to Ohioans. organizations across the State of Ohio. Our partnership fosters and supports vibrant and diverse communities throughout the state. In total, Arts Midwest leveraged $64,242 in state dues to provide $187,525 in programs and services In FY18, Arts Midwest’s artistic programming between July 1, 2017 and June 30, 2018, resulting served 34,842 youth and 16,235 adults from 83 in a 292% return on investment to the state of Ohio communities across the State of Ohio. for the 2017–2018 programming cycle.

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2018 OHIO OVERVIEW

FY18 Arts Midwest Artistic Programming Serving Ohio Residents Page Program Youth Adults Cities Value

4 Arts Midwest Touring Fund 14,468 12,795 17 $59,525 Grants awarded to performing arts organizations in the state.

6 Arts Midwest World Fest 2,881 720 1 $50,000 First year of a $100,000 two-year investment in international artist residencies.

13 NEA Big Read 1,872 1,982 2 $28,000 Grants awarded to support innovative community reading engagements.

14 Shakespeare in American Communities 15,621 738 63 $50,000 Grants awarded to support theater companies presenting the work of William Shakespeare. Totals 34,842 16,235 83 $187,525

FY18 Arts Midwest Professional Development Activities Serving Ohio Cultural Organizations Page Activity Individuals Organiza- tions 10 Arts Midwest Conference 137 82 Provided professional development and critical business and networking opportunities. 15 SAA Leadership Development 6 1 Arts Midwest provided SAA leadership with retreats, professional development, networking opportunities, monthly meetings, and attendance at national conferences.

Total 143 83

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2018 IMPACT ACROSS OHIO

Arts Midwest grants and partnerships with Ohio communities provided programming that touched the lives of thousands of individuals of all ages in both urban and rural communities.

This map details the communities reached by Arts Midwest programs in FY18.

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ARTS MIDWEST TOURING FUND

Performance of Bouchra Ouizguen/Compagnie O from Morocco. Photo by Drew Klein, courtesy of Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, OH.

The Arts Midwest Touring Fund provides financial support to arts organizations in the Midwest to present work by touring artists.

Arts Midwest Touring Fund engages people in meaningful experiences with the fine arts of dance, music, theater or musical theater, and other performing arts forms. When we share creative experiences, we build powerful connections with the people we are closest to, with our community and the world around us, and with ourselves.

Grants of up to $4,000 are awarded to performing arts organizations to bring professional performances to their community. Engagements feature a public performance and community activity and reach an audience with The Gruffalo at Playhouse Square's Ohio Theatre. limited access to the arts fostering exchange between Photo by Lesley Cook, Courtesy of Playhouse artist and community. Square in Cleveland, OH.

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In the 2017–2018 performance season, Arts Midwest awarded $59,525 to 21 performing arts organizations in Ohio. These activities reached more than 17 communities through 29 public performances and 110 engagement events.

2018 Arts Midwest Touring Fund Grantees – Ohio

District Grantee City Grant Artist 1 Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati $4,000 Bouchra Ouizguen/Compagnie O 3 Jazz Arts Group Columbus $2,250 Terrell Stafford 4 Credo Chamber Music Festival Oberlin $1,200 Jasper String Quartet 4 The Ritz Theatre Tiffin $3,750 Chicago Festival Ballet 4 Marion Palace Theatre Marion $1,400 Presidio Brass 5 Niswonger Performing Arts Center Van Wert $3,750 Jamie Farr 7 Performing Arts Center at Kent State New $1,975 Cadence University at Tuscarawas Philadelphia 7 Gund Concert Series at Kenyon College Gambier $4,000 Fifth House Ensemble 8 Springfield Symphony Orchestra Springfield $4,000 Cirque Musica 8 Miami University Performing Arts Series Oxford $3,600 Rockin' Road to Dublin 8 Springfield Arts Council Springfield $1,500 Will & Anthony Nunziata 8 Darke County Center for the Arts Greenville $2,500 Terrance Simien & The Zydeco Experience 8 Clark State Performing Arts Center at Clark Springfield $3,600 Black Violin State Community College 10 Victoria Theatre Association Dayton $2,000 Experiential Theater Company 11 Tri-C Presents at Cuyahoga Community Cleveland $4,000 Grupo Corpo College 11 Playhouse Square Cleveland $4,000 Tall Stories Theatre Company 11 DANCECleveland Cleveland $3,250 Koresh Dance Company 13 Tuesday Musical Akron $1,500 Escher String Quartet 12 Midland Theatre Newark $3,600 Rhythmic Circus Productions 15 Stuart's Opera House Nelsonville $850 Galumpha 15 Performing Arts Series at the Ohio University Athens $2,800 Aquila Theatre Company Totals $59,525

Additionally, while not counting this in the overall return on investment, we want to highlight the fees earned by art- ists from your state via Arts Midwest Touring Fund. No Ohio Arts Council funds were used to support these activi- ties. The Touring Fund secured $211,250 in fees for three Ohio-based artists to tour to other Midwestern states.

2018 Arts Midwest Touring Fund Artists – Ohio District Artist City, State Grantee Artist Fee

4 Purdue Convocations West Lafayette, IN PostSecret: The Show $20,250 North Shore Center for the Performing 9 Arts Skokie, IL Mad River Theater Works $5,500 13 Opera Theatre Detroit, MI Cincinnati Ballet $180,000

14 Raue Center for the Arts Crystal Lake, IL Mad River Theater Works $5,500

Totals $211,250

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ARTS MIDWEST WORLD FEST

Chinese musical ensemble Manhu reached 1,305 students in Ohio through concerts and workshops like this one on the Armory Lawn in Marietta, Ohio. Photo by Shigeyo Henriquez.

Arts Midwest World Fest connects small and mid-sized Midwestern communities to world cultures through week-long residencies with international musicians.

Arts Midwest World Fest’s goal is to foster an understanding of and appreciation for global uniqueness and differences. Over a two-year “Several of the schools had the cycle, four global musical ensembles engage with communities across children write thank you letters and the Midwest through activities that include public concerts, K-12 school almost all them had greetings or workshops, and community outreach activities such as family and senior citizen workshops and master classes. comments in Chinese. The kids especially liked the leaf as an Committed to reaching communities that have limited access to high- instrument and many referenced that quality international arts and education programming, Arts Midwest in their letters. Another great moment invests approximately $100,000 to bring this program to Ohio for the was when Manhu was playing outside two-year cycle. Communities are responsible only for local costs like lodging, busing, concert venue expense, local administration/marketing, in front of the Armory. Without any and modest hospitality requirements. prompting some of the kids in the audience started replicating the line Over the 2017–2019 Arts Midwest World Fest cycle, Marietta, Ohio, is dance they had learned earlier in the hosting four engaging educational and performance residencies week.” featuring Manhu (China); Ondekoza (Japan); Sofi & the Baladis —Hunt Brawley, Executive Director, Peoples (Israel); and Unni Boksasp Ensemble (Norway). Since the program’s Bank Theatre inception in 2003, we have toured 28 international ensembles to the Midwest. We have brought tours to 8 partner communities (and multiple neighboring towns) in Ohio.

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Manhu (China): Fall 2017 activities – Ohio Location City Description Adults Youth Peoples Bank Theatre Marietta Paid Concert Peoples Bank Theatre 100 20

Armory Lawn Marietta Free outdoor concert in front of Armory for "First 200 100 Fridays" O’Neill Senior Center Marietta Workshop for senior citizens 25 0

Ely Chapman Education Marietta Workshop for middle school and some lower school 0 25 Foundation students in an afterschool program Peoples Bank Theatre Marietta Welcome reception 20 0

Peoples Bank Theatre Marietta Workshop for students from Phillips and Putnam 20 400 Schools Peoples Bank Theatre Marietta Workshop for students from Washington and 20 400 Harmar Schools Marietta High School Marietta Workshop for high school students 2 60

Marietta Middle School Marietta Workshop for middle school students in gymnasium 10 300

Marietta College, McDonough Marietta Workshop: First Year Seminar Students, MC 25 0 Leadership Building Faculty/Staff Marietta College, McDonough Marietta Workshop: First-Fourth year students, MC Faculty/ 25 0 Leadership Building Staff Totals 447 1,305

Unni Boksap Ensemble (Norway): Spring 2018 activities – Ohio Location City Description Adults Youth Peoples Bank Theatre Marietta Performance for Putnam Elementary School 7 150 Graham Auditorium Marietta Workshop at Washington State Community College 8 50 Peoples Bank Theatre Marietta Performance for Phillips Elementary School 8 200 Veritas Academy Assembly Marietta Workshop for Veritas Academy 20 150 Room St Mary's Assembly hall Marietta Worshop at St Mary's Academy 12 150

O'Neill Center Marietta Workshop for Senior Citizens 40 0

Marietta High School Auditorium Marietta Performance at Marietta High School 30 500

Peoples Bank Theatre Marietta Concert at Peoples Bank Theatre 100 20

Jeremiah's Cafe Marietta Singer songwriter workshop 20 6

Peoples Bank Theatre Marietta Performance for Washington Elementary School in 8 150 morning Peoples Bank Theatre Marietta Performance for Harmar Elementary School 7 200 Peoples Bank Theatre Marietta Welcome Reception 13 - Totals 273 1,576

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SHAKESPEARE IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES

Pre-show talk before A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Cincinnati Shakespeare Company. Photo by Mikki Schaffner, courtesy of Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.

A program of the National Endowment for the Arts, bringing performances and educational activities to audiences across the country.

Shakespeare in American Communities is a national In partnership with the National Endowment for the theater program that reaches middle and high school Arts, we were able to present two $25,000 grants to students in underserved schools throughout the Ohio organizations to perform Shakespeare United States by supporting high-quality, plays in the 2017–2018 cycle: professional productions of Shakespeare’s plays and comprehensive educational resources.

Shakespeare in American Communities – Ohio

District Organization City Book Award

1 Cincinnati Shakespeare Cincinnati A Midsummer Night's Dream $25,000

11 Great Lakes Theater Cleveland Macbeth $25,000 Totals $50,000

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ARTS MIDWEST CONFERENCE

Attendees visited the 2017 Arts Midwest Conference from across the globe. Photo by Terry Gilliam.

The Midwest’s preeminent performing arts booking and education conference.

The only meeting of its kind in the Midwest, our professionals convened in Columbus, Ohio, from August Conference is committed to connecting arts 28–31st to network, conduct business, access in-depth administrators, strengthening the Midwest’s performing professional development sessions, experience live arts industry, and promoting the vibrant local arts scene in performances, and gain new insights into the world of the Conference city. To those ends, in 2017, Arts Midwest performing arts touring and presenting. Representatives welcomed a record number of attendees to our 30th from Ohio included 137 individuals from 82 different annual Conference, totaling 1,104 individuals. Arts arts organizations.

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2017 Arts Midwest Conference Attendees – Ohio Organization City Organization City 3CDC Cincinnati Denison University Granville

ArtsConnect Cincinnati Fairfield Community Arts Center Fairfield

ArtsLIVE at the University of Dayton Dayton Fighting Chance Records Lakewood

Baldwin Wallace University Berea Fitton Center for Creative Arts Hamilton

Blue Spectrum Gahanna FORM Shaker Heights

Cain Park/The City of Cleveland Cleveland GroundWorks DanceTheater Cleveland Heights Heights

CAPA Columbus Guy C. Myers Memorial Band Shell City of Ashland Ashland, Ohio

Cardinal + Company Shaker Harmony Project Columbus Heights

Chamber Music Columbus Columbus I'm No Dummy Productions Amlin

Children's Theatre Foundation Mansfield ICA - Art Conservation Cleveland

Choreographic Sketches Columbus Inlet Dance Theatre Cleveland

Cincinnati Arts Association Cincinnati Kaleidoscope Entertainment, Inc. Springfield

City of Dublin Dublin KMB Productions Cincinnati

Clark State Performing Arts Center Springfield Lakeside Chautauqua Lakeside

Cleveland State Univ. - Arts & Cleveland Lima Lima Humanities AHA Festival

Colloquy Music Cincinnati Lock One Community Arts New Bremen

Crawford County Community Concert Bucyrus Magic with Eli Toledo Association

DANCECleveland Cleveland Marathon Center for the Performing Arts Findlay

Darke County Center for the Arts Greenville Marion Palace Theatre Marion

Dayton Contemporary Dance Dayton Miami University Oxford Company

Defiance Community Cultural Council Defiance Modern Arts And Music Cleveland

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2017 Arts Midwest Conference Attendees – Ohio Organization City Organization City National Center for Choreography at Akron The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati Cincinnati The University of Akron

Ohio Arts Council Columbus The City of Upper Arlington Upper Arlington

Ohio Arts Presenters Network Columbus The Cleveland

OhioDance Columbus The Historic Sidney Theatre Sidney

Oral Funk Poetry Productions (TCE) Dayton The Holland Theatre Bellefontaine

OU Performing Arts and Concert Athens The Lancaster Festival Lancaster Series

Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center of Worthington The Lange Trust Sandusky Worthington

Performing Arts Center at Kent State New Philadelphia The McCartney Project Powell University - Tuscarawas

Playhouse Square Cleveland The Midland Theatre Newark

Renaissance Performing Arts Mansfield The Murphy Theatre Community Wilmington Center

Russian Duo Cleveland Heights The Ohio State University at Marion Marion

Sandusky State Theatre Sandusky Troy-Hayner Cultural Center Troy

Shawnee State University Portsmouth University of Cincinnati-Clermont Batavia College

Something Fun and Different Art Cleveland Van Wert Area Performing Arts Van Wert Entertainment Foundation

Springfield Arts Council Springfield Verb Ballets Shaker Heights

Stocker Arts Center/Lorain County Elyria Victoria Theatre Association Dayton Community College

Strategic Links Hilliard VSA Ohio Columbus

Stuart's Opera House Nelsonville Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus

The Arts Partnership Findlay Wittenberg University Springfield

The Brickhouse Network Cleveland

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NEA BIG READ

Perry Local School students explore visual literacy during their NEA Big Read field trip experience in Massillon, Ohio. Photo by Megan Fitze.

An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read broadens our understanding of our world, our communities, and ourselves through the joy of sharing a good book.

Showcasing a diverse range of contemporary titles that reflect many different voices and perspectives, the NEA Big Read aims to inspire conversation and discovery. Annually, the program supports approximately 75 dynamic community reading programs, each designed around a single NEA Big Read book.

We were thrilled to present two Ohio organizations with $28,000 in grants to develop community-wide programs that encouraged reading and participation by diverse audiences in the 2017–2018 NEA Big Read cycle.

NEA Big Read Activities – Ohio District Organization City Book Award 7 Massillon Museum Massillon A Wizard of Earthsea $14,000 11 Center for Arts-Inspired Cleveland Station 11 $14,000

Totals $28,000

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LEADERSHIP Arts Midwest draws on the insight, skills, and expertise of the Midwest arts community to inform and shape our programs and to ensure that our services nurture leadership among arts organizations.

Each year Arts Midwest convenes a summit of the state arts agency executive directors representing , , , Michigan, , , Ohio, , and . In 2018, Arts Midwest expanded this summit to include a half-day training on accessibility and inclusion in the arts, creating an opportunity for accessibility coordinators and executive directors to delve into this important topic together.

Additionally, Arts Midwest hosts six bi-monthly phone calls each year for the leadership of the nine state art agencies in the region.

Through this effort, Donna S. Collins, Executive Director of the Ohio Arts Council, along with key staff members participate in leadership development and knowledge sharing with key professionals in the public art sector.

Leadership Activities – Ohio Date Activity SAA Attendees Supported by Arts Midwest

August 28 – 31, 2017 Arts Midwest Conference Brianna Dance, Jim Szekacs, Chiquita Mullins Lee, Amanda Etchison

January 25, 2018 Arts Midwest SAA Directors Donna S. Collins Summit January 25, 2018 Accessibility Training Donna S. Collins, Kim Turner January 26, 2018 Accessibility Coordinator Meeting Kim Turner

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FOR MORE INFORMATION

Arts Midwest is pleased to offer these programs and services to Ohio. For additional information on Arts Midwest programs and services beyond those opportunities listed in this report, please contact Chelsea Brown at 612-341-0755 or [email protected].

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