Category: Press Releases

Film Columbus Awards $50,000 at the Second-Annual Pitch Cbus Competition

Awards presented in partnership with Gateway Film Center, Greater Columbus Arts Council and Cinema Columbus Film Festival COLUMBUS, Ohio – Film Columbus, in its ongoing commitment to support and promote the local film industry, held its second annual Pitch CBus competition on Nov. 3, 2023. Filmmaker Sydnee Roberts-Crews…

Greater Columbus Arts Council Awards $1,155,265 in Inaugural Round of Capital Expense Grants

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) announced today the inaugural recipients of its new Capital Expense grant program. The program is designed to ensure that sustainable arts and cultural organizations are able to construct and maintain capital assets vital to their mission. As 2023 was the first…

Jana M. Cardwell Awarded 2024 Aminah Robinson Fellowship

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC), in partnership with the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA), is pleased to announce that Jana M. Cardwell has been awarded the 2024 Aminah Robinson Fellowship. Designed to celebrate the legacy of Columbus-based artist Aminah Robinson, the 90-day fellowship recognizes the exemplary…

Greater Columbus Arts Council Announces Second Round of 2023 Neighborhood Arts Connection Fellowships

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) is pleased to announce Rick Borgia, Sam Corlett, Mark Hampton, Baba Jubal Harris, Charlotte McGraw, Chineze Okpalaoka, Melissa Vogley Woods and Julie Whitney Scott as the second-round recipients of the 2023 Neighborhood Arts Connection Fellowship. Each artists’ project will receive a…

Greater Columbus Arts Council Announces 2023 Community Arts Partnership Awards Nominees and Winners at Big Arts Night

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) today announced the recipients of the 2023 Columbus Makes Art Excellence Awards. The awards were announced as part of GCAC’s Big Arts Night held at the Southern Theatre and Westin Great Southern Hotel, an adaptation of its annual Community Arts Partnership…

Greater Columbus Arts Council Announces 2023 Thrive Program Grant Recipients

Three-year program provides sustainability for arts organizations and collectives led by and serving people of color COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) announced today the three recipients of the 2023 Thrive grant awards—A Tribe For Jazz, Kingdom Image Arts and Use Your Ears. Launched in…

Poet Maggie Smith to Receive 2023 Raymond J. Hanley Award

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Poet Maggie Smith, known for her collections of poetry, recent memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful and viral hit “Good Bones,” has been selected as the 15th recipient of the Raymond J. Hanley Award. The annual award from the Greater Columbus Arts Council’s (GCAC) Raymond J.

Greater Columbus Arts Council Announces 2023 Recipients of Artists Elevated Awards

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A national jury has selected the five recipients of the Greater Columbus Arts Council’s (GCAC) $25,000 Artists Elevated awards for 2023: Jenny Deller, Noah Dixon, Marcus Jackson, Joan Madison and Ricarrdo Valentine. Jenny Deller (she/her) is a screenwriter and director whose award-winning debut feature, Future Weather, stars…

Greater Columbus Arts Council Announces 2023 Community Arts Partnership Awards Nominees and Winners

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) today announced the recipients and finalists of the 2023 Community Arts Partnership Awards. The award recipients are being recognized for their exemplary support of the arts; in addition, two community projects will receive awards recognizing achievements in innovation and community caring.

Greater Columbus Arts Council Awards Second Round of Project Support Grants for 2023

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The board of trustees of the Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) approved a second round of 27 Project Support grants totaling $299,402. Project Support grants provide funding for a broad range of arts and cultural projects, events and programs. “We’re finishing the year strong with another robust…

Calling All Aspiring Filmmakers: Craft Your Winning Pitch and Win Big with Film Columbus

In partnership with Gateway Film Center, Greater Columbus Arts Council and Cinema Columbus Film Festival COLUMBUS, Ohio – Film Columbus is excited to announce two opportunities for local filmmakers to shine: a Crafting a Pitch That Hooks workshop and the Pitch Cbus 23 contest. These events aim to empower…

Greater Columbus Arts Council Announces Recipients of 2024 Artist Exchange in Dresden, Germany

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) has selected the two artists for its annual international artist residencies in Dresden, Germany as part of GCAC’s Artist Exchange Program. The 2024 Artist Exchange Program recipients are Jaime Bennati and Luke Stettner. Jaime Bennati (she/her/they) is an artist whose practice…