Community Arts Partnership Awards
Guidelines and Eligibility
The Greater Columbus Arts Council's Community Arts Partnership Awards recognize the community's crucial contributions to the arts, including financial support, non-cash contributions, volunteer involvement, leadership and board participation. There are six awards categories:
- Arts Educator
An individual or organization that has made a significant contribution to arts education in central Ohio by enhancing educational curriculum within a school system or by creating educational opportunities in the arts outside of a school setting. - Emerging Arts Leader
An individual under 40 years of age by December 31 who has had a significant effect on the central Ohio arts community through contributions of time, effort and/or financial resources. - Arts Partner
An individual business, civic or community leader who has demonstrated exemplary leadership and support of the arts and cultural community in central Ohio by significantly impacting one or more arts organizations or the arts community in general. This award is meant to honor a long-term contribution to the arts. - Large Business
A business with 1,000 employees or more that has offered current, creative and innovative support to one or more arts organizations in greater Columbus throughout the past year. - Medium Business
A business with 499-999 employees that has offered current, creative and innovative support to one or more arts organizations in greater Columbus throughout the past year. - Small Business
A business with 1-498 employees that has offered current, creative and innovative support to one or more arts organizations in greater Columbus throughout the past year.
Winners of the Arts Educator, Emerging Arts Leader and Arts Partner awards will be announced prior to the event. Winners of the Large, Medium and Small Business awards will be announced at the luncheon, which will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, March 6 at COSI Columbus.
Eligibility/Guidelines:
Nominations for Arts Partner, Emerging Arts Leader and Arts Educator will be judged by the Greater Columbus Arts Council Board of Trustees. Nominations for the Small, Medium and Large Business Awards will be judged by the Community Arts Partnership awards committee.
- Nominations for all awards except the Arts Partner Award are for activities that took place within the preceding calendar year.
- Nominators may submit multiple nominations; however, only one nomination per category will be accepted.
- Individuals and organizations may not nominate themselves.
- Nominees must currently live or work in the central Ohio area, or the work for which individuals and/or organizations are nominated must have impacted the arts in central Ohio.
- Winners for the Arts Educator, Emerging Arts Leader and Arts Partner awards will be announced in advance of the awards luncheon. Winners for the Small, Medium and Large Business Awards will be announced during the luncheon event.
- Only nominations submitted through GCAC's online system will be accepted.
- Greater Columbus Arts Council staff and board members are not eligible to be nominated.
- If a nominator chooses to submit letters of support, they must be included with the nomination. Letters of support will not be accepted after a nomination has been received by the GCAC staff.
