Grants & Services for Artists
The Greater Columbus Arts Council established the GCAC/City of Columbus Grants Program in 1973 to offer financial support to the city's artists and arts organizations. Since 1978, a portion of city revenues from the hotel/motel tax has been designated for support of the Grants Program. GCAC Trustees make funding decisions on a non-political basis through a competitive system of application and review.
Visual Arts
The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) and The Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) encourage and support cultural development in the Columbus area. In this capacity, GCAC and CMA have partnered to present the 2011 Individual Artists Fellowship Program.
The Individual Artist Fellowship program provides unrestricted grants to artists of outstanding talent and ability who currently live in the City of Columbus and/or Franklin County, and have done so for at least one year.
Since GCAC’s Individual Artist Fellowship program was established in 1986 to recognize outstanding local artists, more than 140 awards in a variety of disciplines including visual arts, crafts, film and video, creative writing, music composition and choreography/movement arts have been granted.
Students enrolled in a degree- or certificate-granting program of any kind at the time of application, or during the grant award period, may not apply.
The following categories will be considered for the 2011 Visual Arts awards:
• Crafts
• Photography
• 2-D Visual Arts (painting, drawing, printmaking, mixed media)
• 3-D Visual Arts (sculpture in any media or combination, and installations)
Past fellowship winners are ineligible to apply for a period of three years from the date of their award. The 2008 award recipients may not apply until 2012.
NEW!! As part of this exciting partnership, the Columbus Museum of Art will host an exhibition in 2012 of the 2011 Individual Artists Fellowship recipients and Dresden residency winners.
The application will open in GoArts on June 1. The deadline for 2011 is June 30, 5 p.m. Winners will be announced by the end of July. Click here for the 2011 Individual Artists Fellowship Guidelines (Visual Arts.) See the right hand navigation for a link to the tutorial.
To receive updates and access the application after May 1, make sure to register on GOArts, GCAC's online application system.
In the meantime, we continue to offer professional development opportunities for artists through our OPPArt (Opportunities for Artists) series. To learn more about OPPArt and join the mailing list, which includes information about the program along with calls for entry, job postings and more, e-mail Ruby Harper at rharper@gcac.org.
Visit the Web site for information about previous fellowship winners.
Literary Arts
The Greater Columbus Arts Council is pleased to support the "Thurber Prize for Humor" through Thurber House. First presented in 1997, this nationally recognized prize brings recognition to both a local jewels in the literary community and supports the national reputation of both Thurber House and the Columbus Community. The prize is open to published artists. For more information, please visit the Thurber House Thurber Prize Web site.
Dance
Columbus Dance Theatre, in partnership with the Greater Columbus Arts Council, will present the Columbus Dances Fellowships. The fellowship awards are designed to support local choreographers in their efforts to create new dance in the Columbus community. Fellowships will be awarded to five (5) choreographers whose work will be presented as an extension of Columbus Dance Theatre’s annual community dance concert, Columbus Dances. Monetary and space grants will be awarded as part of the fellowships.
Applicants must have an interest in developing new work and will create works using dancers from the greater Columbus community for fellowship consideration. Successful applicants will have their works produced by CDT in its home performance space, The Fisher Theatre during a weekend of performances free to the public.
Choreographers will submit new, original dances of 7-15 minutes in length in any style. An open adjudication will be held on December 12 at 4 p.m. at Columbus Dance Theatre’s Fisher Theatre. The adjudication panel will be comprised of: Associate Vice President-The Arts Initiative at The Ohio State University Karen Bell, Otterbein College Director of Dance Stella Kane, and CDT Artistic Director Tim Veach. Five choreographers will be chosen by the panel to participate in a weekend of concerts at Columbus Dance Theatre, Columbus Dances. Choreographers must reside in Franklin County and be at least 18 years of age to submit work for adjudication. As part of the adjudication process:
• Choreographers should show at least three (3) minutes or more of their proposed dance.
• Dances must be duets or group work – no solo works.
• Dances must be shown by the performers who will appear in the final presentation.
Adjudication and Performance Information:
Interested applicants must call 614-849-0227 for an adjudication appointment by November 12, 2010. Adjudications will be held at Columbus Dance Theatre, 592 E. Main St. Columbus, OH 43215 on Sunday, December 12 beginning at 4 p.m. Performances of Columbus Dances will be held at CDT’s Fisher Theatre on April 15 at 8 p.m. and April 16 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Awards: Five (5) Choreographers will each be awarded fellowships of $2,000. This is a comprehensive award. Choreographers will have the ability to determine the use of these funds (ie: dancer’s salaries, costumes, music, etc.)
Contact: Contact CDT Managing Director Sean Kessler at 614-849-0227 or at kessler.cdt@gmail.com to schedule an adjudication time and request any further information.
Film/Video
The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) and The Columbus Film Council (CFC) encourage and support the work of film and video artists in the Columbus area. In this capacity, GCAC and CFC have partnered to present the 2011 Media Artist Fellowship Program.
The Media Artist Fellowship program provides unrestricted grants to artists of outstanding talent and ability who currently live in the City of Columbus and/or Franklin County, and have done so for at least one year.
Established in 1986 to recognize outstanding local artists, awarded fellowships in painting, sculpture, photography, and graphics in its first year, over 140 awards, in a variety of disciplines, including visual arts, crafts, film and video, creative writing, music composition, and choreography/movement arts, have been made.
Students enrolled in a degree- or certificate-granting program of any kind at the time of application, or during the grant period, may not apply.
The following categories will be considered for the 2011 Media Arts awards:
• Video
• Film
• Time based digital images
Past fellowship winners are ineligible to apply for a period of three years from the date of their award. For example, a 2011 award recipient will not be eligible to apply again until 2015.
NEW!! As part of this exciting partnership, the Columbus Film Council will screen work by the fellowship recipients at the 59th Columbus International Film Festival, the longest running film festival in the United States. The recipients will also receive their Fellowship Awards at the CIFVF’s Chris Awards Ceremony on November 19, 2011 at the Canzani Center on the Columbus College of Art & Design Campus.
The application will open in GoArts on July 1. The deadline for 2011 is August 31, 5 p.m.
Winners will be announced by the end of September. Click here for the 2011 Individual Artists Fellowship Guidelines (Media Arts).
To receive updates and access the application after May 1, make sure to register on GOArts, GCAC's online application system.
In the meantime, we continue to offer professional development opportunities for artists through our OPPArt (Opportunities for Artists) series. To learn more about OPPArt and join the mailing list, which includes information about the program along with calls for entry, job postings and more, e-mail Ruby Classen at rclassen@gcac.org.
Visit the Web site for information about previous fellowship recipients.
