2008 Highlights
Expanding our reach into the communityNew for 2009
GCAC has big plans for 2009.Introduction
A Message from our PresidentA Word from our Board Chair
Mission & Vision
Grants & Services
Operating SupportProject Support
Grants to Individual Artists
Community Arts Education
Artists-in-SchoolsArt in the House & TRANSIT ARTS
Franklin County Neighborhood Arts Grants
Columbus Arts Festival
About the 2008 Festival2008 Sponsors
Coordinating Committee & Volunteers
Marketing, Communications & Outreach
Business Arts Partnership AwardsArtistic Excellence Award
ColumbusArts.com & gcac.org
ArtZine
Executive Office
Board of TrusteesStaff
GCAC Financials
Statement of Financial PositionStatement of Activities
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Executive Office
Responsible Governance Recognized
In May, GCAC was awarded the Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations’ Standards of Excellence for responsible governance, an honor bestowed upon only 18 organizations.
Columbus Cultural Districts Highlighted
On December 5 and 6, Columbus hosted national arts leaders for a Cultural Districts Conference, planned in partnership with the Americans for the Arts, which examined a variety of Columbus districts as a means to discuss leadership, programs, incentives, management, marketing and branding, collaboration and competition.
Grants & Services
Funding New Operating Support Organizations
GCAC funded three new organizations with this year’s Operating Support — the Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio Designer Craftsmen and MadLab Theater — along with one returning applicant, CATCO.
Individual Artist Fellowship Applications Go Digital
We continued to expand our online grants system, GOArts, and added an online application for our Individual Artists Fellowships in Visual Arts.
Community Arts Education
Art in the House Ends Successful First Year
GCAC began its partnership with the Columbus Federation of Settlements and TRANSIT ARTS to build a comprehensive network of free, educational arts-based opportunities for youth ages 5-19 and their families during out-of-school-time hours. Through Art in the House, GCAC’s program created as part of the partnership, children ages 5-13 can experience art of all types through programming at area Settlement Houses. To date, we have served 562 individual children through thousands of contacts as part of Art in the House.
Columbus Arts Festival
The Columbus Arts Festival — which moved to the Discovery District this year — drew between 150,000 and 200,000 to downtown.
Marketing & Communications
Business Arts Partnership Awards Turns 25
GCAC celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Business Arts Partnership awards, now the Community Arts Partnership awards, in March.
Photo courtesy of the Jazz Arts Group.
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