Ohio Arts Council FY 2022 Grant Awards Grant Amount Program Organization City County Awarded Description Support year-long arts and cultural programming including the J.R. Bradley Summer Arts Camp for children, a Ghost Walk with historical figures from Adams County and tours of historical homes and sites, an art exhibit featuring local artists in the Adams County Government Center, a winter theatre production, the All County Arts Show for high school Adams County Arts students, and displays and art projects at community ArtSTART Council West Union Adams $3,205 events. Present summer subscription concerts at the Crouse Performance Hall at the Lima Civic Center, including 50th anniversary concerts with guest artists, the premiere of a James Swearingen composition, and outreach Lima Area Concert performances at various regional outdoor venues and Arts Access Band Lima Allen $3,942 events. Council for the Arts of Sustainability Greater Lima Lima Allen $6,375 Continue to program arts activities. Sustainability Art Space-Lima Lima Allen $8,467 Continue to program arts activities. Lima Symphony Sustainability Orchestra Lima Allen $30,477 Continue to program arts activities. Heir Force Sponsor a 120-day residency in the media arts with R. Nick TeachArtsOhio Community School Lima Allen $36,000 Kellis. Ashland Chautauqua Support a series of Chautauqua events at the Myers Committee/Ashland Memorial Band Shell, featuring speakers who address Arts Access Main Street Ashland Ashland $3,547 historic topics on times of war. Literature/Ashland Sustainability University Ashland Ashland $4,730 Continue to program arts activities. Ashland Symphony Orchestra Sustainability Association Ashland Ashland $11,977 Continue to program arts activities. Ashland High School/Ashland City Sponsor a 120-day residency in dance with Kimberly Crislip- TeachArtsOhio School District Ashland Ashland $36,000 Payne. Ashtabula County Covered Bridge Support the Ashtabula County Covered Bridge Festival in Arts Access Festival, Inc. Jefferson Ashtabula $3,157 October 2021 and the development of a Jr. Bridger Program. Sustainability Ashtabula Arts Center Ashtabula Ashtabula $29,137 Continue to program arts activities. Support yearlong programming of the Athens County Community Singers, a community choir of members with and without disabilities, and the Beacon Singers, which Athens County serves students attending the Athens County Board of Arts Access Community Singers Athens Athens $3,942 Development Disabilities school program at Beacon School. Sponsor Middle School Drama Club for Athens County. Activities include theatre programming for middle school Tantrum students, instruction in fundamentals of performance, Arts Theater/Ohio introduction to production and design, an annual theatre Partnership University Athens Athens $4,337 production, and program evaluation. Arts & Soul Sponsor Circle Round the Square. Activities include a Collaborative, Inc. weeklong arts camp, daily hands-on arts classes, leadership Arts (dba Circle Round the and enrichment activities, guided field trips, and program Partnership Square) Athens Athens $12,730 evaluation. Sponsor Adult Photography Classes. Activities include a 30- week photography program for adults receiving mental health treatment, workshops in photography basics, professional development for instructors, a juried Arts Athens Photographic photography exhibition and production of an exhibit book, Partnership Project Athens Athens $15,601 and program evaluation. Sponsor the Creative Community Education Program. Activities include virtual theatre and music performances for primary students, an after-school music and audio- Arts Stuart's Opera production program, a creative writing program for adults, a Partnership House, Inc. Nelsonville Athens $11,031 summer Performing Arts Camp, and program evaluation. Invite artists Debbie Griffing, Mehri Davis, and Charlotte Gordon for a two-week printmaking and alternative ArtsNEXT Passion Works Athens Athens $10,607 processes residency. Develop and pilot The Photographic Journey: A Photography and Mental Health Training Workshop in collaboration with staff of Ohio University's Voinovich Academy for Excellence in Public Service. The training workshop will provide introductory training to individuals and organizations in leading photography groups within the mental health Athens Photographic recovery journey specifically at Health Recovery Services ArtsNEXT Project Athens Athens $14,048 and Rural Women's Recovery Program. Explore the intersection of arts with environmental restoration, zero-waste consciousness, and low-impact historical tourism through the Arts from Mine Drainage Invitational. The exhibition will feature artwork created with pigments extracted from acid-mine drainage in local streams in partnership with Rural Action's True Pigments LLC enterprise, displays by the Little Cities of Black Diamonds Council, panel discussions, and a tour of the site where the ArtsNEXT Majestic Galleries Nelsonville Athens $4,847 pigments are manufactured. Quarter After Eight /Ohio ArtSTART University Athens Athens $1,250 Produce the annual literary journal Quarter After Eight . Host a second season of Voices Strong Together, composed Calliope Feminist of five monthly Zoom-based vocal workshops led by women ArtSTART Choir Athens Athens $1,823 leaders from across the country. Engage teaching artists Tara DeFranisco and Rance Rizutto of The Nest Improv Theatre for a six-part series of Tantrum improvisational workshops with the artists of Passion Works Theater/Ohio Studios that will culminate a free, online, public ArtSTART University Athens Athens $1,886 performance. Support the Honey for the Heart Parade in Place, a drivable series of outdoor installations created by various community ArtSTART Passion Works Athens Athens $3,969 partners. Support the Helping Hands exhibition, which showcases the work of 25 Athens Photographic Project artists and celebrates the work of Southeast Ohio nonprofits during the ArtSTART Majestic Galleries Nelsonville Athens $1,739 pandemic. Host From Old Savannah to Tablertown, a daylong event to Federal Valley celebrate the history and folk art in the Ohio communities of ArtSTART Resource Center Stewart Athens $4,184 Kilvert, Guysville, and Stewart. Office of University Ohio Artists on Events/Ohio Present the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. Council funds Tour University Athens Athens $5,499 will be exclusively for artists' fees. Ohio Valley Summer Sustainability Theater Athens Athens $4,500 Continue to program arts activities. Arts West/City of Sustainability Athens Athens Athens $6,273 Continue to program arts activities. New Ohio Review/English Department/Ohio Sustainability University Athens Athens $6,943 Continue to program arts activities. Factory Street Studio Sustainability & Moving Parts, Inc. Athens Athens $7,455 Continue to program arts activities. Athens Photographic Sustainability Project Athens Athens $21,633 Continue to program arts activities. Kennedy Museum of Sustainability Art/Ohio University Athens Athens $30,920 Continue to program arts activities. Office of University Events/Ohio Sustainability University Athens Athens $30,623 Continue to program arts activities. Stuart's Opera Sustainability House, Inc. Nelsonville Athens $45,245 Continue to program arts activities. The master will undertake an apprenticeship in traditional Traditional Arts papermaking and finishing with the processing of paper Apprenticeship Sara L. Gilfert Athens Athens $3,688 (kozo). Support a suite of arts and cultural programming, including workshops by fine artists, traveling exhibits, monthly art classes, quarterly cultural events, and Gift Gallery online Arts Access Riverside Art Center Wapakoneta Auglaize $2,720 events. Sustainability Arts Place, Inc. St. Marys Auglaize $27,223 Continue to program arts activities. Bellaire High School/Bellaire Local Sponsor a 90-day residency in the visual arts with Rebecca TeachArtsOhio Schools Bellaire Belmont $27,000 Kiger. Host a series of concerts including a concert with the Ursuline Academy choir and band, the annual Lessons and Carols, and a concert in culmination with 50th anniversary ArtSTART Chatfield College St. Martin Brown $3,291 celebrations. Sponsor Arts Learning and Inclusion, the Digital Way. Activities include the creation of a pilot program, the Nritya Arapana development and use of online modules, instruction in Arts School of Indian Liberty Indian dance styles and skills, exploration of Indian culture, Partnership Classical Dance Township Butler $4,964 and program evaluation. Support a suite of activities at World Dance Cincinnati which explores themes of humanity and interaction with the world, including virtual performances of three performance pieces by choreographers Gloria Esenswein, Anupa Mirle, and David Choate; curated seminars presented in partnership with Elementz and belly dancer Nanci Glendenning; invitations Nritya Arapana for discussions with artists and studio owners on lessons School of Indian Liberty learned while teaching dance during the pandemic; and an ArtsNEXT Classical Dance Township Butler $5,818 invitation for performers to submit videos for viewing. Support a series of free workshops for women being served by Butler Behavior Health at the Middletown Fine Arts Middletown Fine Arts Center, including five weekly, two-hour classes in a variety of ArtSTART Center Middletown Butler $885 visual arts and crafts. Support an immersive exhibition series and outreach activities at the historical Torchlight