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March 06, 2009
GCAC ANNOUNCES 2009 COMMUNITY ARTS PARTNERSHIP AWARD WINNERS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Emily Swartzlander
(614) 221-8492
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Greater Columbus Arts Council today awarded three individuals and three businesses with a 2009 Community Arts Partnership Award for their exemplary support of the arts as part of GCAC's annual meeting at COSI Columbus.
Award winners were:
- Philanthropist Anne Melvin, who received the Arts Partner award for her lifetime support of the arts, including her nominator the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.
- Judy Shafer, Director of Jazz in Schools for the Jazz Arts Group, who received the Arts Educator award for her work to educate local children through the arts.
- Michael Reed, who received the Emerging Arts Leader award for his work as an artist and with Junctionview Studios.
- JPMorgan Chase, which received the award in the Large Business category for companies with more than 500 employees. Chase was nominated by Thurber House and ProMusica Chamber Orchestra.
- Oakland Nursery, which received the award in the Medium Business category for companies with 50-500 employees. Oakland Nursery was nominated by the Otterbein College Department of Dance and Theatre.
- Morse Road Family Dental Group, which received the award in the Small Business category for companies with fewer than 50 employees. Morse Road Family Dental Group was nominated by The King Arts Complex.
GCAC's annual Community Arts Partnership awards, formerly the Business Arts Partnership awards, honor the Columbus community for its active support of central Ohio's artists and arts organizations. Thirty-five businesses and individuals were nominated this year. Columbus City Councilmember Priscilla Tyson, Franklin County Commission President Paula Brooks and Charlene Brown, host of WOSU Public Media's ArtZine, presented today's awards.
Each award winner was given an original work of art by a local artist. JPMorgan Chase received Andrew Lundberg's Living in a moment. Oakland Nursery received Zhigang Cui's Trees in Brown. Morse Road Family Dental Group received Mary Ann Crago's After Winter. Shafer, Melvin and Reed each received a piece created by Heidi Schmenk and Mike Rozell of Glass Axis.
GCAC also presented its Artistic Excellence Award - a $10,000 prize given annually to an arts organization that has demonstrated innovation, risk and artistic excellence in a performance, exhibition or program - to The Ohio State University College of the Arts and Humanities for the OSU Urban Arts Space and Midnight Robbers: The Artists of Notting Hill Carnival.
The other 2008 Artistic Excellence nominees were:
- The Columbus Museum of Art for Objects of Wonder from the Ohio State University
- Columbus Dance Theatre for New York Preview
- MadLab Theatre for The Angels of Lemnos
- The Short North Business Association for Art al Fresco
Each year, GCAC staff selects Artistic Excellence nominees, and GCAC's Board of Trustees meets just prior to the Community Arts Partnership awards luncheon to select a winner.
About the Greater Columbus Arts Council: Through vision and leadership, advocacy and collaboration, the Greater Columbus Arts Council supports art and advances the culture of the region. A catalyst for excellence and innovation, we fund exemplary artists and arts organizations and provide programs, events and services of public value that educate and engage all audiences in our community. Thanks to the City of Columbus, Franklin County and the Ohio Arts Council for their ongoing support. Thanks also to Time Warner Cable and WOSU for their support of our Community Arts Partnership awards.
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Contact: Emily Swartzlander
(614) 221-8492
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Greater Columbus Arts Council today awarded three individuals and three businesses with a 2009 Community Arts Partnership Award for their exemplary support of the arts as part of GCAC's annual meeting at COSI Columbus.
Award winners were:
- Philanthropist Anne Melvin, who received the Arts Partner award for her lifetime support of the arts, including her nominator the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.
- Judy Shafer, Director of Jazz in Schools for the Jazz Arts Group, who received the Arts Educator award for her work to educate local children through the arts.
- Michael Reed, who received the Emerging Arts Leader award for his work as an artist and with Junctionview Studios.
- JPMorgan Chase, which received the award in the Large Business category for companies with more than 500 employees. Chase was nominated by Thurber House and ProMusica Chamber Orchestra.
- Oakland Nursery, which received the award in the Medium Business category for companies with 50-500 employees. Oakland Nursery was nominated by the Otterbein College Department of Dance and Theatre.
- Morse Road Family Dental Group, which received the award in the Small Business category for companies with fewer than 50 employees. Morse Road Family Dental Group was nominated by The King Arts Complex.
GCAC's annual Community Arts Partnership awards, formerly the Business Arts Partnership awards, honor the Columbus community for its active support of central Ohio's artists and arts organizations. Thirty-five businesses and individuals were nominated this year. Columbus City Councilmember Priscilla Tyson, Franklin County Commission President Paula Brooks and Charlene Brown, host of WOSU Public Media's ArtZine, presented today's awards.
Each award winner was given an original work of art by a local artist. JPMorgan Chase received Andrew Lundberg's Living in a moment. Oakland Nursery received Zhigang Cui's Trees in Brown. Morse Road Family Dental Group received Mary Ann Crago's After Winter. Shafer, Melvin and Reed each received a piece created by Heidi Schmenk and Mike Rozell of Glass Axis.
GCAC also presented its Artistic Excellence Award - a $10,000 prize given annually to an arts organization that has demonstrated innovation, risk and artistic excellence in a performance, exhibition or program - to The Ohio State University College of the Arts and Humanities for the OSU Urban Arts Space and Midnight Robbers: The Artists of Notting Hill Carnival.
The other 2008 Artistic Excellence nominees were:
- The Columbus Museum of Art for Objects of Wonder from the Ohio State University
- Columbus Dance Theatre for New York Preview
- MadLab Theatre for The Angels of Lemnos
- The Short North Business Association for Art al Fresco
Each year, GCAC staff selects Artistic Excellence nominees, and GCAC's Board of Trustees meets just prior to the Community Arts Partnership awards luncheon to select a winner.
About the Greater Columbus Arts Council: Through vision and leadership, advocacy and collaboration, the Greater Columbus Arts Council supports art and advances the culture of the region. A catalyst for excellence and innovation, we fund exemplary artists and arts organizations and provide programs, events and services of public value that educate and engage all audiences in our community. Thanks to the City of Columbus, Franklin County and the Ohio Arts Council for their ongoing support. Thanks also to Time Warner Cable and WOSU for their support of our Community Arts Partnership awards.
