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space on the west side of COSI. of side west the on space

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more accessible. Families flocked in record numbers to the beautiful new park park new beautiful the to numbers record in flocked Families accessible. more

four public forums were held in late August and and August late in held were forums public four Columbus—Richard Duarte Duarte Columbus—Richard

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and bring in more neighborhood artists. artists. neighborhood more in bring and

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with a modest ticket price designed to increase the Festival’s exhibiting Artist Artist exhibiting Festival’s the increase to designed price ticket modest a with

partners and the Arts Council board continued to grow grow to continued board Council Arts the and partners

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The Patron Party, once by invitation only, opened up to the community this year year this community the to up opened only, invitation by once Party, Patron The

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and artists for taxes writing, grant planning, 2018, In Columbus. of people the for access equitable Gallery Carnegie Library’s Metropolitan Columbus the at exhibition

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& marketing, fundraising techniques and development development and techniques fundraising marketing, & ensure and priorities community with align to order in month-long a in featured were work, of worth $12,000 nearly sold

2018—Postmodern Jukebox performed on Friday night and G. Love & Special Special & Love G. and night Friday on performed Jukebox 2018—Postmodern

portraits for the installation. the for portraits media social as such topics on attendees 558 with processes and requirements guidelines, funding its Artists partners. community eight and stages six artists, 31 featured

For the first time in Arts Festival history two national headliners were featured in in featured were headliners national two history Festival Arts in time first the For

Glenn International Airport. Each artist was paid $200 for licensing their their licensing for $200 paid was artist Each Airport. International Glenn The Arts Council held 38 grants and topical workshops workshops topical and grants 38 held Council Arts The reviews regularly Council Arts Columbus Greater The 29-30, Sept. held Stage, & Studio Open Columbus third-annual The

a permanent installation outside the restaurant in Concourse B at the John John the at B Concourse in restaurant the outside installation permanent a Workshops Outreach Grants Stage and Studio Open Columbus Columbus Arts Festival presented by American Electric Power Electric American by presented Festival Arts Columbus

to each create three portraits of people from the Columbus community for for community Columbus the from people of portraits three create each to

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Arts Council Arts Council Staff Each year the central When you add in the for-profit 2018-2019 Ohio nonprofit arts sector sector, the creative economy EXECUTIVE OFFICE SUPPORTING ART Board of Trustees generates $412.3 MILLION generates $9.1 BILLION Tom Katzenmeyer ADVANCING CULTURE president and CEO in economic activity, in the Columbus MSA, OFFICERS Kayla Green $373M in household supports 60,011 jobs and Tom Szykowny (Chair) finance & administration director income and supports supplies more than $3 billion Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease LLP Sue Jones nearly 15,000 jobs. in wages and proprietor income. David Clifton (Immediate Past Chair) executive assistant/board liaison LETTER FROM THE Brand Architect Americans for the Arts, Arts & Economic Source: Ohio Creative Economy report, 2018. Commissioned by Emily Toney Prosperity 5, 2017 Ohio Citizens for the Arts, developed with the Center for Regional BOARD CHAIR AND PRESIDENT Michael Bongiorno (Chair-Elect) director of development Development and Bowling Green State University. DesignGroup Jahaira Santiago Lori Barreras (Vice Chair) finance & administration coordinator Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Field: an interactive installation, created by Design IO. Photo: Kate Liebers Ohio Civil Rights Commission GRANTS & SERVICES Growth in Grantee Earned Revenue* Randy Arndt (Treasurer) Each year, the Greater Columbus Arts Council supports the arts and cultural sector through grants to Alison Barret and resources for artists and organizations. But we have long known that Columbus receives far less Ice Miller, LLP grants & services director 5 YEAR 2018 $60,048,483 public funding compared to our peer cities. Until now! Todd Tuney (Secretary) McKenzi Swinehart OVERALL YMCA senior grants & services coordinator INCREASE We have worked with you for many years to add funds for arts and culture. In 2018, our work and 2017 $54,694,020 the support of many people in the community came to fruition when Columbus City Council passed MEMBERS MARKETING, 29.7% legislation to fund artists and arts and cultural organizations and facilities with a five percent ticket fee. 2016 $51,822,955 Christie Angel, YWCA Columbus COMMUNICATIONS & EVENTS Mayor Andrew Ginther, Council President Shannon Hardin, members of City Council and their Stacie Boord, Shadowbox Live Jami Goldstein dedicated staff deserve the credit for this forward-thinking action that will sustain and increase the vice president of marketing, 2015 $46,475,225 Barbara Brandt, Community Volunteer cultural sector’s vital contribution to our city’s economy, family income, education and quality of life. communications & events Shannon Crane, Community Volunteer The city of Columbus’ important action on behalf of arts and culture is one more significant step in Lacey Luce 2014 $46,284,993 David Feinberg, American Electric Power marketing, communications & events strategist our whole community’s journey to global greatness. In the future, we will see more achievements like the following highlights we are proud to report for 2018. Michael Gonsiorowski, PNC Nick Dekker $10M $20M $30M $40M $50M $60M marketing, communications & events David Hetzler, Community Volunteer >> Operating Support awarded 25 grants for approximately $3.4 million and Project Support administrator awarded 68 grants for $587,216. The number of artists funded in 2018 increased significantly Christine Kullberg, Cardinal Health with 400 awards to 332 artists through the Artists in Community program. Catherine Lang-Cline, Portfolio Creative COLUMBUS ARTS FESTIVAL Sean Kessler Contributed 5 YEAR AVERAGE >> I, Too, Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100 was the first-ever community-wide Drew McCartt, Benefactor Group Columbus Arts Festival director Revenue Raised celebration focusing on the contributions of African American artists past and present. Angela Pace, WBNS-TV 2018 Jenica Richards $46,166,597 We helped provide planning, administrative and marketing assistance for the project, Eileen Paley, Franklin County Municipal Court festival & special events coordinator REPORT TO THE by Grantees* which engaged more than 30 organizations and hundreds of artists. Kimber Perfect, Mayor’s Office COMMUNITY >> Thanks to increased corporate support, the 2018 Columbus Arts Festival, presented by Karla Rothan, Karla Rothan Consulting LLC American Electric Power, hosted two national headliners for the first time ever. In 2018, the Manju Sankarappa, Asian Festival Festival also partnered with Columbus Children’s Choir and the Wexner Center for the Arts and opened up the Patron Party to the community, enabling the Festival to double the Clarence Simmons, SIMCO Construction LTD. amount of cash awards to exhibiting artists to $21,000. Michael Stinziano, Columbus City Council >> The Art Makes Columbus/Columbus Makes Art campaign continues to be a cornerstone Julie Taggart, CCAD initiative for engaging Columbus and the region and creating awareness of the incredible David Teed, Diogenes Capital diversity of talent in central Ohio. Yohannan Terrell, Warhol & WALL ST. We know our work is not done. The Greater Columbus Arts Council will continue to work diligently Amy Tillinghast, Experience Columbus to safeguard public funding for the arts—particularly the ticket fee—and therefore protect access 100 East Broad Street, Suite 2250 Priscilla Tyson, Columbus City Council to the arts for thousands of Columbus children and families regardless of zip code. As always, we Columbus OH 43215 AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY are grateful to the city, the Ohio Arts Council, and all the individuals, corporations and community 614/224-2606 partners who support arts and culture in Columbus. GCAC.org 14,551 1,003,204 4,844,965 ColumbusArtsFestival.org volunteers arts education experiences audience attendance Tom Szykowny Tom Katzenmeyer ColumbusMakesArt.com for school children Board Chair President and CEO Cover: Antonio LeRoy King, Alex Landexter, Kenneth Eaddy, Christina Turner, Shauna Marie Davis, Gabrielle Solange and #artmakescbus Ryan Patrick Jones, from left to right, perform in CATCO’s *Data on growth in earned revenue, contributed revenue, volunteers, school children and audience 2018-19 season opener Eubie! Photo: Chad DiBlasio attendance from 2017 Operating and Project Support final reports and the Ohio Cultural Data Project.