Realizing real growth and results in the arts and cultural sector is a primary goal of the Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council). While funding in 2015 remained relatively level, new and longtime programs allowed us to continue to invest in area organizations and artists.

• Twenty-six grants totaling $2.8 million were awarded in Operating Support and 48 grants totaling $486,737 in Project Support.

• Partnered with the Columbus Cultural Leadership Consortium, to launch the largest public/private partnership to market the arts in Columbus’ history with the Art Makes Columbus/Columbus Makes Art campaign. Nearly 30 million paid, earned, online and social media impressions have been generated in just six months.

• Expanded the Columbus Arts Festival footprint west toward Franklinton, added a theatre and acoustic stage, and hosted a Film Summit in partnership with Film Columbus the week of the Festival to build interest in growing the film economy in Columbus.

• Hired a development director to assist in raising funds for the Columbus Arts Festival, Art Makes Columbus, the Community Arts Partnership Awards and matching funds for power2give.

As always, we are grateful to the Mayor, , and the Ohio Arts Council for our funding and all the individuals, corporations and community partners who support our work in the arts.

Tom Katzenmeyer David Clifton President Board Chair Public Forum Arts Legal Assistance Fiscal Sponsor Program Program Nearly 200 people turned The Arts Council assists newly forming out at Gateway Film Center The pro bono partnership arts and culture organizations and in February to learn more with the Columbus Bar important one-time projects by EXPERTISE about the eff orts to build the Association provides legal providing means to accept donations PROMOTION, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, fi lm economy in Columbus assistance for Franklin and leverage support/resources. and get a preview of the County artists and small In 2015, the Arts Council provided BUILDING AUDIENCES marketing campaign that arts organizations to fi scal sponsor support to fi ve local would launch in June. manage legal needs in a organizations, one of which has since Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus, cost eff ective way. obtained their 501(c)3 status. DIVAS Dead or Alive

State of the Art Productions, Caroline or Change Marketing ColumbusMakesArt.com WOSU’s Broad & High Community and Street With the launch of the Artists & Stories The Arts Council partners Performer program Art Makes Columbus/ 2015 launched more with WOSU on this Emmy Six community partners Columbus Makes Art than 20 in-depth profi les Award winning program helped provide ADVOCACY campaign, the Arts Council of Columbus Makes Art which reaches nearly 200,000 opportunities for 221 RESOURCES, INFORMING AUDIENCES, generated more than campaign artists and nearly households each season. performers and 390 hours 30 million paid, earned, 800 artists in 5 disciplines For the second year in a of paid performances. BEST PRACTICES social and online now in the Artist Directory. row, Broad & High received impressions in just a regional Emmy for Best six months. Magazine Program.

Art Makes Columbus Community Arts Columbus Arts Festival Hanley Award Film Columbus With the addition of the Partnership Awards Nearly 425,000 people attended A $10,000 award was The Arts Council partnered with Film Columbus to Art Makes Columbus page, The annual event had the Festival over three days to see presented to visual host the city’s fi rst ever fi lm summit. Attended by 150 Facebook post reach nearly a record 480 attendees 300+ artists, buy local art and dine artist and craftsperson fi lmmakers, city leaders, policy makers, and educators COLLABORATION doubled to 1.1 million in 2015. and raised $50,000 on local cuisine. A Festival 5K Run on Dorothy Gill Barnes the summit took place the week of the Arts Festival. Featured artist campaign to support arts and Saturday morning helped reach new at a reception at the Film Columbus is helping to grow the fi lm economy in COMMUNICATIONS, CONVENING, SHARING videos were viewed nearly education programming audiences and six stages, including Columbus Museum of the city by attracting major fi lm productions to shoot 20,000 times. in central Ohio. three new venues, enabled more Art in October. in the city including most recently I am Wrath with than 1,100 performers to showcase John Travolta and 478 with Arnold Schwarzenegger. their talent.

“The Arts Council’s leadership allows us to continue innovative work with world-renowned choreographers, house a company of distinguished artists and make ballet more accessible to our community, and engage 100,000 people annually.” Edwaard Liang, BalletMet

COLUMBUS INVESTMENT IN THE ARTS* $12.48 in contributed revenue artss>sportss $13.94 in earned revenue $ .62 in other government dollars NONPROFIT ARTS ATTENDANCE IN COLUMBUS IS Every $1 invested by the city of Columbus was matched by $27.04 in total dollars.

*Operating and Project support grants only. In-kind contributions and permanently restricted revenues have been removed. THAT OF ALL SPORTS ATTENDANCE ARTS AND AND ENGAGED A COMMUNITY OF CULTURAL SUPPORTED A WORKFORCE OF $2.1M ORGANIZATIONS Including , , 69 6,826 volunteers county, state, PROGRAM2 federal dollars SC, and men’s artists AREAS 1,962 434,962 school children and women’s sports at The jobs 2014 is the most recent year for complete fi gures from fi nal reports. All 5,735 3,991,933 audience members information on this page is from Arts Council applications and reports. (football, basketball, ice hockey and lacrosse.) GRANTS AND “Arts Council support goes AWARDS beyond monetary value.ƭ Imagining how one might use funds inspires risk taking, 26 which is essential to the OPERATING SUPPORT GRANTS creative process ... grants help build community as recipients $2,848,003 share their expertise with one another and help each other 48 problem solve.” PROJECT SUPPORT GRANTS First night of ProMusica Chamber Orchestra’s Summer Music Series at Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Soprano Kathrin Danzmayr is featured with the orchestra Gretchen Stevens Cochran, $486,737 led by Music Director David Danzmayr. Photo courtesy of ProMusica. visual artist 11 “The Arts Council’s faith in our mission BOOST GRANTS of bringing professional theater and $102,795 restoring the Garden Theatre has inspired us from the beginning. Without 137 Arts Council funding there would be ARTIST GRANTS no Short North Stage, and most likely no Garden Theater.” $95,360 Rick Gore, Short North Stage Includes Supply, Performing Artist Travel and Professional Development Grants 67 ARTS AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS $80,300 Supporting artists in the visual arts, media arts, literature, playwriting, dance and Kristen Basore and Edward Carignan in Short Artist Exchange program North Stage’s production of A Little Night Music. Photo: Heather Wack

For a complete list of Arts Council grants, fi nancials visit www.gcac.org/about/publications/

Forecasted 2015 General & Administrative $1,440,317 Grants & Services Designated 52.23% Growth in Community $3,808,524 Project Support Funding since 2010! $979,110 Columbus Opera Columbus, Armide, Artistic Director Peggy Arts Festival Kriha Dye as Armide. Photo: Randall L. Schieber Growth in Community Funding Other $892,794 Program Expenses increase from 2010 $2,819,433 prior year $77,617 Other program 2011 $3,145,102 11.6% expenses consist of community arts programs, power2give and fi scally 2012 $3,732,968 18.7% sponsored organization expenses. 2013 $3,916,579 4.9% 2014 $4,285,198 9.4% 2015 $4,787,634 11.7% 2015 is a forecasted fi gure.

“Our national reputation, cutting-edge technology, social media savvy, education programming, and successful author events are attributable in large part to the support we have received from the Arts Council.”

Jennifer Gregg, Columbus Invitational Arts Competition, Columbus Modern Dance Company

Independents Day Festival 2015

VISION A great Columbus: Always thriving artistically, culturally and economically.

MISSION Through vision and leadership, advocacy and collaboration, 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 provides programs, events and services of public value that educate and engage all audiences in our community.

BalletMet’s Breaking Ballet, Photo by Jennifer Zmuda, Shanelle Marie and Adam Crawford in Available Light’s production Installation by artist Stephanie Rond Dancers Adrienne Benz & Gabriel Gaff ney Smith Dedalus (a portrait of the artist). Photo by Matt Slaybaugh. in Remnants at OSU Urban Arts Space. Arts Council Arts Council Staff 2015-2016 Board of Trustees EXECUTIVE OFFICE Tom Katzenmeyer President and CEO OFFICERS Kayla Green David Clifton (Chair) Director of Finance & Administration Huntington National Bank Sue Jones Karen Bell (Immediate Past Chair) Executive Assistant The Ohio State University Emily Toney Lori Barreras (Vice Chair) Development Director Ohio Civil Rights Commission GRANTS & SERVICES Thomas Szykowny (Vice Chair) Sean Kessler Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP Grants Coordinator, Organizations Randall Arndt (Treasurer) Keya Crenshaw Ice Miller LLP Grants Coordinator, Artists Michael Bongiorno (Secretary) DesignGroup MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS & EVENTS MEMBERS Jami Goldstein Christie Angel, Calfee Strategic Solutions LLC Vice President Stacie Boord, Shadowbox Live Marketing, Communications & Events Denvy Bowman Capital University Lacey Luce Marketing, Communications Barbara Brandt, Barbara Brandt, Inc. & Events Strategist Bill Faust, Ologie David Feinberg, AEP COLUMBUS ARTS FESTIVAL Michael Gonsiorowski, PNC R. Scott Huntley Columbus Arts Festival Director David Hetzler, DLZ, Inc. Inal Elbeyli Charles Hillman, Columbus Metropolitan Columbus Arts Festival Coordinator Housing Authority Pamela Hykes O’Grady, City of Columbus Kari Kauffman, Experience Columbus Brett Kaufman, Kaufman Development Christine Kullberg, Cardinal Health Catherine Lang-Cline, Portfolio Creative Charlotte Norman, Columbus College of Art & Design 100 East Broad Street, Suite 2250 Angela Pace, WBNS-TV Columbus OH 43215 614/224-2606 Eileen Paley, Franklin County Municipal Court Judge Tanisha Robinson, Print Syndicate Cover: Winner of the 2015 Columbus Makes Art Manju Sankarappa, Asian Festival Excellence Award. the theater is a blank page, Clarence Simmons, SIMCO Construction LLC Ann Hamilton, Ann Bogart and SITI Company. Photo: Brooke LaValley Todd Tuney, First inside fold: Installation by Diana Al-Hadid. Priscilla Tyson, Columbus City Council Inside photo grid of artists featured in the Ronald Cook, Jr. (Legal Counsel) Columbus Makes Art campaign (left to right): Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur musician Angela Perley; Eric Barker, CATCO; Amanda Bettin, Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens; Bryan Moss, , Edwaard Liang, BalletMet; artist Laura Alexander; artist Devon Palmer; Amy Lay, Shadowbox Live; Samantha Lewis, BalletMet; Karl Pederson, Columbus Symphony Orchestra; artist Lisa McLymont; David Butler, King Arts GCAC.org Complex; Peggy Kriha Dye, Opera Columbus; ColumbusArtsFestival.org Ty Owen, COSI; artist Stephanie Rond; Byron Stripling, Jazz Arts Group. ColumbusMakesArt.com #artmakescbus SUPPORTING ART ADVANCING CULTURE

FINANCIAL ADDENDUM THE VISION Operating Support A great Columbus: Organization Award Always thriving Actors’ Theatre $17,820 artistically, culturally Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. $255,000 CAPA $245,000 and economically. CATCO $121,440 Chamber Music Columbus $17,625 MISSION CityMusic, Inc. $11,590 Through vision and leadership, Columbus Children’s Theatre $75,600 advocacy and collaboration, Columbus Dance Theatre $43,645 the Arts Council supports Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus $33,215 art and advances the culture Columbus Landmarks Foundation $14,080 of the region. A catalyst for Columbus Museum of Art $267,500 excellence and innovation, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra $242,500 Arts Council funds exemplary COSI $270,000 artists and arts organizations Franklin Park Conservatory $242,500 and provides programs, events Friends of Early Music $12,758 Glass Axis $15,000 and services of public value Jazz Arts Group $164,145 that educate and engage all King Arts Complex $121,800 audiences in our community. Ohio Art League $9,120 Ohio Designer Craftsmen $83,475 Opera Columbus $103,500 ProMusica $117,750 ROY G BIV Gallery $6,000 Short North Stage $20,000 Thurber House $86,940 Wexner Center for the Arts $250,000

26 AWARDS $2,848,003

Twenty-six organizations were awarded Operating Support in 2015 totaling $2,848,003. This was the fi rst year since the relaunch of the grant program that the application score aff ected the grant award amount.

Continuing the practice established in 2010, individual meetings were held with each applicant to discuss in more detail their operations, programming and goals. During 2015, undistributed funds were used to provide organizational development opportunities, including advanced social media training with industry leaders Mindset Digital, implicit bias training with the Kirwan Institute and board development.

Cover: Installation by Claire Smith in Remnants at OSU Urban Arts Space. Photo: Caroline Kraus Above: Freeland Southard, Mirror Chair, recipient of the Ohio Designer Craftsmen Challenge Award for Excellence, and the Watkins Printing Poster Award and Yassenoff Family Award for Excellence. Photo: Daniel Fox/Lumina Studio Right: The Apple Bottom Gang performs at Summer Jam 2015 Westgate Arts & Music in the Park. Photo: Alan Jazak 2 Project Support

Organization Application Title Alkebulan 25th Annual Juneteenth Ohio Festival $16,250 ARC Industries, Inc. The Hero Within: Imagination and Identity $15,300 Arts Initiative Open This End $14,905 Asian Festival 2015 Asian Festival $20,250 Available Light Theatre 2016 Season $25,436 Camille Catherine, Inc. Creative Strings Workshop and Festival 2015 $7,500 Capriccio Vocal Ensemble Duke Ellington’s “Sacred Songs” $2,145 CATCO is Theatre The Final Table $15,000 Columbus Civic Theatre 2015 Season $22,525 Columbus College of Art and Design CCAD Exhibitions, Visiting Artists & Scholars $22,750 Columbus Film Council 63rd Columbus International Film and Video Festival $3,750 Columbus Moving Company 2015-2016 Artistic Season $2,700 Community Development for All People Harmony on the South Side $500 EASE The Game Show $606 Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services New American Festival 2015 $3,825 Evolution Theatre Company Summer - Fall Productions $7,650 First Night Columbus 2015 First Night Columbus Celebration $25,500 Food For Good Thought Those Who Spring of Me $4,125 Gallery Players Guys and Dolls $5,995 Gateway Film Foundation House 9 Summer Series $2,025 Global Gallery Community Outreach Programs $9,338 Hiphop Studies Working Group 2016 Hiphop Literacies Conference $1,272 Independents’ Day Eighth Annual Independents’ Day $9,500 Invitational Arts Incorporated Columbus Invitational Arts Competition $1,125 Jeff erson Academy of Music Signature Series ‘15 - 16 Season $7,500 MadLab 2015-2016 Theatrical Season $23,750 OhioDance 2016 Festival and Conference $13,775 Ohioana Library Association 2015 Ohioana Book Festival $25,508 Opera Project Columbus 2015-2016 Season $6,461 Us Is Them $28,500 Red Herring Productions The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? $1,156 ShadoArt Productions The Tenshu $33,250 Short North Alliance 2015 Short North Temporary Mural Series $6,451 BOLD BOOTHS: Public Art Engaging SID Public Services Association $26,250 Columbus and Its Infrastructure Six String Concerts, Inc. 2015-2016 Season $4,750 SRO Theatre Company 2015 - 2016 Season $23,615 State of The Arts Productions 2016 Theater Season $3,600 Summer Jam Westgate Summer Jam Westgate $1,650 Sunday at Central 2015-2016 Recital Series $1,800 The Center for Ongoing Research & Projects Artist Project Series $2,275 The Fuse Factory Electronic and Digital Arts Lab Frequency Fridays 2015-2016 Season $3,356 The Sequentialist The Sequentialist $3,300 TL United Music For Hope Southeast Asia Music and Art Festival $1,750 University District Organization U Should Know Video Series $1,575 Vivo Chamber Music Festival Vivo Chamber Music Festival $5,502 VSA Ohio ReelAbilities Columbus Disabilities Film Festival 2015 $5,738 Wild Goose Creative 2015-2016 Season $11,003 Xclaim EIGHT $4,250 48 Awards Totaling $486,737

The Project Support program accepts applications in four quarterly cycles. The Arts Council meets with applicants individually creating dialogue and actively seeking feedback to inform programs. These grants support seven diff erent artistic disciplines including dance, theater, music, media arts, visual arts and literary arts.

3 BOOST

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

Recipient Application Title Grant Cleve Theater Feasibility Analysis $10,000 Franklinton Arts District Strategic Plan $10,000 Global Gallery Global Gallery Art Space $7,400 Jazz Arts Group Needs Assessment Survey for Jazz- $10,000 Based School Programs Jeff erson Academy of Music The Digital Dialogue - $7,500 Catching Up OhioDance Software/Hardware upgrade, $8,495 Consultancy and Staff Development Community Impact ROY G BIV Gallery Salary Assistance $10,000 Recipient Grant SRO Theatre Company Board Training and Development $10,000 TL United Music $3,580 Thiossane Institute Enhancing Marketing Capacity $10,000 For Hope Thurber House Database Migration and $10,000 ARTfl uential $17,955 Website Conversion King Arts Complex $7,500 TL United Music for Hope Offi ce and event equipment, graphic $9,400 Maroon Arts Group $39,865 web design, and collateral design small moves $15,500 11 Awards Totaling $102,795 5 Awards Totaling $84,400 power2give 1/1/2015 THROUGH 12/31 /2015

Recipient Grant Total Contributions $41,185 Matching Dollars $26,367 Organizations Served 17 Projects 18

Top: BalletMet performs at Gallery Hop as part of the Arts Council’s Community & Street Performer program. Photo: Dana Cox

Middle: El Corazon de Mexico Ballet Folklorico. Photo: Randall L. Schieber

Bottom: Columbus Songwriters Association member John Leon Jamar Tucker performing at the CSA October 2015 Showcase at Notes. Photo: Dan Mitchell/Mitchell Multimedia

Opposite: Thurber House Children’s Writer-in-Residence, Crystal Allen, teaching a group of kids at their 2015 Summer Writing Camp

4 The Arts Council recognizes the important contribution of artists to the Fellowship Programs creative landscape of the Columbus community. Support for artists is provided through Artist Fellowships, Recipient Application Title Grant International Exchange program, Michael Rene Torres Choral Composition $5,000 Professional Development Assistance, Performing Artist Travel Grants and Columbus Dance Theatre* Dance $10,000* Supply Grants. These funding and Phil Garrett Media Arts $3,500 support programs give artists in the Alexa Sison Media Arts $1,500 community the opportunity to enhance their skills and create work that Heather Taylor Media Arts $1,500 helps drive the vibrancy of the arts in Adria Shahid-Wilson Music/Incubator $500 Columbus and Franklin County. Adrianne Glass Music/Incubator $500 Christina Turner Music/Incubator $500 Fellowship Programs Cynthia Amoah Music/Incubator $500 The Arts Council’s Artist Fellowship David Dennis Music/Incubator $500 programs are collaborations with other Debra James Tucker Music/Incubator $500 local organizations including: CATCO is Theatre, Columbus Dance Theatre, Kenny Eaddy Music/Incubator $500 Columbus Film Council, Columbus Gay Kenny Ruffi n Music/Incubator $500 Men’s Chorus, Columbus Museum of Art, Lincoln Theatre, , Marquitta Minniefi eld Music/Incubator $500 PromoWest Live, Thurber House and Paisha Thomas Music/Incubator $500 VSA Ohio. Stefani Qamil Wright Music/Incubator $500 Talisha Holmes Music/Incubator $500 Tomiqua Perry Music/Incubator $500 Howard Ingram Music/Incubator $500 Daniel Minquel Ingram Music/Incubator $500 Artist Exchange Jesse Jackson Music/Incubator $500 Matthew Swift Ohio State Fair (Film/Video) $200 Recipient Grant Amanda Kline Ohio State Fair (Film/Video) $200 Andrew McCauley $4,250 Anne Lenzotti Ohio State Fair (Visual Arts, Amateur) $150 Robert Metzger $3,450 Spencer Ison Ohio State Fair (Visual Arts, Amateur) $150 Kellie McDermott Ohio State Fair (Visual Arts, Pro) $200 2 Awards Alexandra Fresch Ohio State Fair (Visual Arts, Pro) $200 Totaling $7,700 CATCO is Theatre* Playwright $5,000 Mary Barczak PromoWest $500 Tony Cochran PromoWest $500 Sarah Mitchell PromoWest $500 Gregory Stange PromoWest $500 Julie Schumacher Thurber Prize $5,000 Gabe Michael Kenney Visual Arts $5,000 Jason Schwab Visual Arts $5,000 Glen Holland Visual Arts $5,000 Lisa Belsky Visual Arts (Collaboration Piece) $2,500 Lance Thompson Visual Arts (Collaboration Piece) $2,500 Jessica Armstrong VSA (Visual Arts, Emerging) 1st Place $100 John Miller VSA (Visual Arts, Emerging) 2nd Place $100 Malcolm J. VSA (Visual Arts, Pro) 1st place $150 Marty Freireich VSA (Visual Arts, Pro) 2nd place $150

46 Awards Totaling $63,100

*Five $2,000 dance fellowships to be announced by Columbus Dance Theatre and one $5,000 playwright fellowship to be announced by CATCO is Theatre.

5 Professional Development Gallery of Echoes Artist Honorarium Professional Development Grants are awards of up to $1,000 to off set the costs of professional development opportunities. In 2016 the Columbus Arts Festival Examples of eligible activities would be master technique classes, will collaborate with Shadowbox enhancing business skills or attending professional conferences Live on the second Gallery of where development opportunities exist. Echoes production featuring work by Columbus artists. Each artist was paid an honorarium for loaning their Recipient Grant Recipient Grant work to the project. Christopher Appel $1,000 Joanna Manousis $1,000 Jaime Bennati $1,000 John Michael Osburn $853 Kiesha Bolton $979 Joseph Mitchell $1,000 Recipient Stipend Cudelice Brazelton $1,000 Kelly Nye $903 ARC Industries, Inc. $500 Ruth Burke $975 Amanda Page $975 Catherine Bell Smith $500 Norman Cardwell $926 John Piper $1,000 Michol Childress $1,000 Tara Ploansky $884 Chelsea Bennett $500 Abby Christ $712 Michael Polk $225 Adam Brouillette $500 Virginia Cipolla $1,000 Jill Raymundo $1,000 David Butler $500 Kathryn Conklin $975 Claudia Retter $1,000 Jeff rey Crisafulli $500 Ann Corley Silverman $785 Paul Ricketts $1,000 Richard Duarte Brown $500 Jesse David Luketic $975 Elsie Sanchez $1,000 Katie Golonka $500 Jacci Delaney $1,000 Kari Lynn Schneider $1,000 Larry Hamill $500 Melinda Eliza Sabo $282 Aaron Sheldon $1,000 Ryan Feeney $470 Erik S. Sternberger $1,000 Jaiymie Kiggins $500 Nicole Gibbs $1,000 Jazmyn Sunderland $1,000 Said Oladejo-lawai $500 Lea Gray $1,000 Stephen R. Takacs $1,000 Stephanie Rond $500 Charles Harris $900 Jen Townsend $1,000 Mireya Schoo $500 Walter Herrmann $600 Mackenzie Turner $500 Rachel Schutt $500 Anne Holman $1,000 Brittany Vacca $1,000 Jerry Seabaugh $500 Kelly Hurlburt $1,000 Barbara Vogel $449 April Sunami $500 Eric Jeff erson $1,000 Heather F. Wetzel $1,000 Christopher Tennant $500 Heidi Kambitsch $1,000 Leah Wong $1,000 Shahid Khan $975 Megan Yankee $641 Amandda Tirey $500 Terri Maloney-Houston $1,000 Brooke Zamudio $1,000 Roger Williams $500 50 Awards 19 Awards Totaling $44,984 Totaling $9,500

Shadowbox Live performance of Which One’s Pink.

6 Supply Grants

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

Recipient Grant Recipient Grant Abukar Abdikadir Kadar $500 Andrea Myers $475 Luke Ahern $474 Jessica Naples $475 James Allison $500 Elizabeth Nelson $240 Junko Amano $252 Tona Pearson $474 Cudelice Brazelton $500 Celia Peters $500 Performing Artist Christopher Burk $474 Danielle Poling $500 Travel Grant Molly Burke $500 Greg Ponchak $500 Ruth Burke $353 Malaika Rasheed $500 Travel Grants are awards of up Gabrielle Burton $500 Jill Raymundo $460 to $1,500 to off set the costs of traveling for performance Kathryn Conklin $500 Rosa Rojas $500 opportunities. Examples of eligible Maryum Cooper $500 Elsie Sanchez $500 expenses would be airfare, car Christine Cooper Hill $500 Aaron Sheldon $500 rental/fuel, lodging, meals, etc. Christopher Corbin $500 Rachelle Smith $500

Keith Davis $479 Scott Steelman $500 Recipient Grant Frances DeFusco $500 Erik Sternberger $500 Naki Akrobettoe $1,419 Jacci Delaney $500 Gretchen Stevens $500 Marco Castro $1,500 Larry Doyle $473 Cochran Sara Castro $1,500 Anna Drewes $500 Cristyn Steward $500 Devin Copfer $1,500 Melinda Eliza Sabo $500 Jayne Struble $500 Donna Estep $472 Nicolette Swift $500 Smith Daily $1,500 Madeleine Etter $497 Matthew Swift $499 Christian Howes $1,500 Phillip Fox $500 Stephen R. Takacs $500 Erin Mason $1,500 Paisha Thomas $428 Barbara Gibbon $475 Nathan Smith $1,500 Daric Gill $475 Jaime Torres $500 Megan Yankee $1,378 Jason Glenn $500 Bobbi Townes $500 Lea Gray $500 Harold Townes $500 9 Awards Eric Hines $466 Aaron Troyer $288 Totaling $13,297 Hannah Hoff man $494 Mackenzie Turner $437 Lisa Horkin $500 Zach Van Horn $484 Andrew Ina $475 Barbara Vogel $440 OPPArt Heidi Kambitsch $500 Kimerly Webb $493 Melinda Kay Rosenberg $500 Katherine Wexler $500 (Opportunities for Artists) Aba Kifl e $500 Keith Williams $500 OPPArt convenes events Denise Lancaster $300 Helen Wills $435 aimed toward helping individual Leah Wong $500 Dana Lynn Harper $468 artists connect with each other Bruce I. Macadam $475 Megan Yankee $425 and further themselves and Heidi Madsen $477 78 Awards their work. The series includes professional development Michelle Maguire $500 Totaling $37,079 Terri Maloney-Houston $472 workshops, roundtable Joanna Manousis $500 discussions, social events and more. Austin McClellan $500 Top Right: Willie Garner (front) as Richie leads the Ensemble of other hopeful auditioners, including Ali Milo $475 (left to right in front row) Samantha Gershman as 35 Events Vada Mitchell $500 Diana, Maggie Taylor as Kristine, Lauren Monteleone as Val, Lauren Schorr as Judy, Brooke Walters as Total Attendance 957 Maggie and Dionysia Williams as Cassie in Short North Stage’s production of A Chorus Line. Photo: Jerrri Shafer.

7 ALLOCATION OF CITY OF COLUMBUS FUNDS BY CATEGORY

Projected 2015 Actual 2014

Community Funding - Temporarily Restricted $4,646,987 $4,197,367 Community Impact - Temporarily Restricted – 100,000 Film Columbus - Temporarily Restricted 83,820 68,680 Columbus Keepsake - Temporarily Restricted 10,000 – General and Administrative - Unrestricted 1,548,996 1,399,122

TOTAL CITY FUND REVENUE $6,289,803 $5,765,169

Operating Support Grants/Training $2,877,258 $2,960,250 Project Grants Awarded 486,737 375,099 Technical Assistance 102,795 103,149 Individual Artists Fellowships/Grants 252,443 195,348 Community Impact Grants 84,400 8,700 Promotion City of Columbus 199,752 200,445 Community Plan and Marketing 453,597 383,033 International Program 26,557 26,291 Artistic Excellence 20,000 10,000 Matching Funds Allocated to power2give 10,000 20,000

TOTAL CITY FUNDS ALLOCATED TO $4,513,539 $4,282,315 COMMUNITY FUNDING EXPENSES

SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) OF TEMPORARILY $227,268 $83,732 RESTRICTED CITY FUNDS

2015 Total Temporarily Restricted Funding from the City of Columbus for 2015 is $4,740,807.

2014 Total Temporarily Restricted Funding from the City of Columbus for 2014 is $4,366,047. The City of Columbus provided a Community Impact Grant of $100,000 for an art-related entrepreneurial neighborhood program for development and management services. The City of Columbus also increased the percentage of bed tax funding allocated to the Arts Council in 2014. In 2015 and 2014 some grant categories received additional funding from non-city revenues sources. Those amounts are not represented in this chart.

Video and New Media Art in the Last 50 Years - a panel discussion between Ohio State Faculty: Roger Beebe, Department of Art; Vera Brunner-Sung, Department of Theatre; and Kris Paulsen, Department of History of Art and Department of Film Studies. An event with Open This End: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Blake Byrne at Urban Arts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery. Image courtesy of Urban Arts Space. Photo: Ada Matusiewicz

8 STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES Years ended December 31

Budget 2016 Projected 2015 Actual 2014

REVENUE City of Columbus Contract $6,190,204 $6,289,803 $5,765,169 Ohio Arts Council 137,739 130,317 92,790 Contributions 37,833 42,431 41,513 Columbus Arts Festival 939,795 834,171 850,067 Columbus Makes Art Sponsorships 250,000 200,000 – Other Grant Income – 4,892 2,450 power2give – 4,196 25,368 Community Arts Partnership 105,600 101,530 77,300 Fiscal Sponsor – 16,472 31,614 In-Kind – 64,680 – Other 3,630 27,159 8,559 TOTAL REVENUE $7,664,801 $7,715,651 $6,894,830 EXPENDITURE Community Funding: Grants & Services 4,078,590 3,808,524 3,665,077 Designated Projects 935,557 979,110 620,121 Total Community Funding $5,014,147 $4,787,634 $4,285,198 Programs: Community Arts Programs 118,400 51,505 85,420 Columbus Arts Festival 939,795892,794 729,213 power2give – 11,075 22,151 Fiscal Sponsor – 15,037 29,573 Total Program Funding $1,058,195 $970,411 $866,357 Total Community Funding & Programs $6,072,342 $5,758,045 $5,151,555 Administrative Salaries 887,089 810,956 707,791 Payroll Taxes and Employee Benefits 273,603 217,087 189,281 Office and Equipment Rental 109,940 106,533 105,956 Community Arts Partnership/Special Events 94,000 98,548 90,018 Depreciation and Amortization 43,806 36,531 22,042 Office Expenses, IT Contract & Insurance 74,771 56,707 44,997 Accounting & Legal 27,05025,853 26,181 Advertising/Public Information 27,700 27,432 23,777 Memberships, Publications, and Misc. 21,645 32,878 23,382 Utilities 9,005 9,119 9,289 Meetings, Travel, Local Expenses 23,850 18,673 14,718 Total General and Administrative $1,592,459 $1,440,317 $1,257,432 TOTAL EXPENDITURE $7,664,801 $7,198,362 $6,408,987 Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments – (28,745) (2,769) INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS – 488,544 483,074

BEGINNING NET ASSETS $2,539,176 $2,050,632 $1,567,558

ENDING NET ASSETS $2,539,176 $2,539,176 $2,050,632

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

$25,000+ David Clifton $1,000-$1,499 American Electric Power Corna Kokosing Christie Angel Cardinal Health Crabbe, Brown & James Randy Arndt Columbus Cultural Leadership Crane Group BalletMet Consortium Fahlgren Mortine Karen Bell Columbus Foundation Ann Hailey and Patrick Duggan Denvy Bowman Huntington Bank Ice Miller LLP Barbara Brandt L Brands Foundation JP Morgan Chase Foundation David Brown OSU Wexner Medical Center Tom and Mary Katzenmeyer CAPA & Partners PNC Bank Ologie Columbus College of Art & Robert Weiler Company Design $10,000-$24,999 Tom Szykowny Columbus Downtown Express Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Development Corp FLYCOLUMBUS.COM Pease Columbus Partnership Hollywood Casino Jack Conner Puffi n Foundation West $1,500-$2,499 Ron Cook Wolfe Enterprises/Columbus Big Lots Loann Crane Dispatch CASTO Harmony Project Worthington Industries Jerry and Jill Dannemiller Brett Kaufman Donatos Christine Kullberg $5,000-$9,999 Grange Insurance Ohio Alliance for Arts Education Annie’s Fund (Bob Falcone) Mary Jo Green Ohio Arts Council Lori Barreras and Alex Fischer Kaufman Development Pizzuti Collection The Ohio State University OhioHealth Ken Schnacke Angela Pace Mark Stewart $2,500-$4,999 Ron and Ann Pizzuti Todd Tuney George Barrett and Debbie Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur Wexner Center for the Arts Neimeth Safelite AutoGlass $500-$999 Capital University thinkCSC Beck Foundation CD102.5 White Castle Stacie Boord Michael Bongiorno Jameson Crane and Tim Miller Paige and Michael Crane Bill Faust David Feinberg DeeDee Glimcher Mike Gonsiorowski Dave Hetzler Joshua Hill Java and Mark Kitrick Catherine Lang-Cline Rick Lantz Peggy Mativi Asian Festival performance. Lonni Thompson

10 $250-$499 Patrick Katzenmeyer Media Sponsor Asian Festival Kevin Keiser ABC 6 ARC Ohio Wayne Lawson CD102.5 Milt and Julia Baughman Stacy Leeman CityScene Media Group Columbus Dance Theatre Dustin Leggans Columbus Metropolitan Library Amy Leibrand Columbus Monthly Connie Ellis Sandra Losco Lamar Outdoor Advertising Howard Feingold Carolyn Lowe Mix 107.9 Franklin County Commissioners Randy Malloy Ohio Magazine Judy and Jules Garel John Margeson Orange Barrel Media Marlana Keynes David Maslekoff RBX Media Max Medford & Grandparents Candace Mazur Darman WCBE 90.5 Mark and Sue Real Lisa McLymont WOSU Public Media Jody and Jeff Scheiman Angela Meleca Cherie Skilton Jude Mellenhauer In-Kind Lisa Ann Strobel Jim and Lynn Nickell Adam Bonner (mascot.org) Char Norman Arshot Investment Corporation Up to $250 Pam O’Grady Central Parking Marty Anderson Eileen Paley City of Columbus Anonymous Matt Palmer Codemast Jim Arter Eleni Papaleonardos Columbus Chamber of Anna, Corey and Laura Aumiller Paul Pardi Commerce Candy Aurand Jacqueline Pasternack Columbus Commons Sue Ballmer Karen and Paul Patterson Columbus’ Independent Arts Jenn Bonito Joseph Paulucci Groups Laurie Boogaard Phil Pennino Columbus Recreation and Parks Kamal Boulos Rhonda Pettit COSI Michelle Brandt Alan Portnoy Allison Buenger Eva Rhode DesignGroup Richard Cahaan Cleve Ricksecker Doubletree by Hilton Sharon Cameron Stephanie Rond Experience Columbus Douglas Campbell Liz Samuelson Formation Studio (Alan Jazak) David Carr Manju Sankarappa G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers Merry Clark David Schooler Hollywood Casino Kevin Conlon Mark Phillip Schwamberger Kroger Laura Corey Short North Alliance Lion Real Estate Chris Culley Hattie Sima Meyers Lawyers Development Corporation Hayley Deeter Sherlene Smith Sheraton Columbus at Capitol Dublin Arts Council Laura Swabb Square Christopher Filby Barbara Thornton Stauf’s Coff ee Scott Foltz Sarah Tsekretsidis Sunbelt Rentals Philip French Craig Wales Superior Beverage Group Carol Gedeon M. Wilcose ZenGenius Deb Green Bob and Carole Wilhelm Sherrie Hawk Linda Woggon Sue Hazelton Rick Wolf Patricia Herron Mary Yerina Hilton Columbus Downtown Susan Yost Mary Jo Hudson Alfaye’ Youngblood Joe Jadick Joan Zeller

11 Arts Council Arts Council Staff 2015-2016 Board of Trustees EXECUTIVE OFFICE Tom Katzenmeyer President and CEO OFFICERS Kayla Green David Clifton (Chair) Director of Finance & Administration Huntington National Bank Sue Jones Karen Bell (Immediate Past Chair) Executive Assistant The Ohio State University Emily Toney Lori Barreras (Vice Chair) Development Director Ohio Civil Rights Commission GRANTS & SERVICES Thomas Szykowny (Vice Chair) Sean Kessler Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP Grants Coordinator, Organizations Randall Arndt (Treasurer) Keya Crenshaw Ice Miller LLP Grants Coordinator, Artists Michael Bongiorno (Secretary) DesignGroup MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS & MEMBERS EVENTS Christie Angel, Calfee Strategic Solutions LLC Jami Goldstein Vice President Stacie Boord, Shadowbox Live Marketing, Communications & Events Denvy Bowman Capital University Lacey Luce Barbara Brandt, Barbara Brandt, Inc. Marketing, Communications & Events Strategist Bill Faust, Ologie David Feinberg, AEP COLUMBUS ARTS Michael Gonsiorowski, PNC FESTIVAL David Hetzler, DLZ, Inc. R. Scott Huntley Charles Hillman, Columbus Metropolitan Columbus Arts Festival Director Housing Authority Inal Elbeyli Columbus Arts Festival Coordinator Pamela Hykes O’Grady, City of Columbus Kari Kauffman, Experience Columbus Brett Kaufman, Kaufman Development Christine Kullberg, Cardinal Health Artists: Katarina Harris and community as part Catherine Lang-Cline, Portfolio Creative of the Sign Your Art project. Photo: Alan Jazak Charlotte Norman, Columbus College of Art & Design Angela Pace, WBNS-TV Eileen Paley, Franklin County Municipal Court Judge Tanisha Robinson, Print Syndicate Manju Sankarappa, Asian Festival Clarence Simmons, SIMCO Construction LLC Todd Tuney, Columbus City Schools Priscilla Tyson, Columbus City Council GCAC.org Greater Columbus Arts Council Ronald Cook, Jr. (Legal Counsel) ColumbusArtsFestival.org 100 East Broad Street Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur ColumbusMakesArt.com Suite 2250 #artmakescbus Columbus, OH 43215 614/224-2606

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