Community Arts Education
The mission of GCAC's Community Arts Education Program is to provide programs, information, education, and hands-on opportunities for the benefit of young people and professional educators in Columbus.
GCAC continues to receive significant annual funding from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners to support its arts education programs.
Franklin County Neighborhood Arts Program
The Franklin County Neighborhood Arts grants program supports amateur and avocational groups, traditional arts organizations, civic and neighborhood associations, guilds, social service, youth-centered and cultural organizations with arts projects in all disciplines, provided they are offered to the public. The purpose of this program is to increase community participation in the arts. This program is funded by the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, with additional support from Ashland Inc.
In 2006, 54 awards, ranging up to $2,000, were made, for a total of $79,841 in support. Funded projects reached an estimated 160,000 people.
| Organization | Grant |
| AIMS Middle School | $1,500 |
| Anatomical Scenario Movement Theater | $1,000 |
| Arts Foundation of Olde Town | $2,000 |
| Bread and Circus Theatre Company | $1,073 |
| Broad Street Presbyterian Church | $1,125 |
| CAMP (Community Arts & Mural Projects) | $1,000 |
| Central Community House | $2,000 |
| CK Productions | $2,000 |
| Columbus Chamber Singers | $1,000 |
| Columbus Children's Choir | $2,000 |
| Columbus Gay Men's Chorus | $2,000 |
| Communities in Schools | $1,000 |
| Con Brio Children's Choir | $2,000 |
| Dublin Arts Council | $2,000 |
| Dunloe Elementary | $ 627 |
| Emerson Elementary | $1,000 |
| F.E.A.T. | $1,000 |
| Friends of Art for Community Enrichment | $1,575 |
| Friends of Town Hall | $2,000 |
| Gahanna Lincoln High School | $1,785 |
| Grandview Heights Middle School | $1,000 |
| Greater Hilltop Community Theatre | $2,000 |
| Grove City Parks & Recreation | $2,000 |
| Hilltop Reunion Committee | $1,500 |
| Holton Community Recreation Council | $2,000 |
| Indianola Informal K-6 PTA | $1,000 |
| Inner City Performing Arts Conservatory/ Center | $1,000 |
| Just Anointed Music Company | $ 700 |
| Kiaca Gallery | $2,000 |
| LifeCare Alliance | $2,000 |
| Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra | $2,000 |
| Prevention Council of Central Ohio | $ 961 |
| R.O.O.T.S. Gallery and Cultural Center | $1,000 |
| Rosebriar Shakespeare Company | $1,700 |
| Shot Tower Gallery | $2,000 |
| Simply Living | $2,000 |
| Singing Buckeyes | $2,000 |
| Southeast, Inc. | $1,570 |
| Special Events League "AH"leluia | $1,200 |
| SRC Senior Recreation Centers, Inc. | $1,000 |
| St. John's Episcopal Church | $1,225 |
| Turning Point | $1,600 |
| UCP of Central Ohio | $2,000 |
| Upper Arlington Community Orchestra | $1,000 |
| Upper Arlington Cultural Arts Commission | $2,000 |
| Vaud-Villities | $2,000 |
| VSA Arts of Ohio | $2,000 |
| Westerville Community Bands | $2,000 |
| Whetstone Community Recreation Council | $ 700 |
| Woodland Park Neighborhood Association | $2,000 |
| Word to Life Drama Ministry | $1,000 |
| Worthington Arts Council | $ 500 |
| Youth Sew | $1,500 |
| Total | $79,841 |
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