Greater Columbus Arts Council Awards First Cycle of Support for Professional Artists Grants and Project Support of 2022

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Board of Trustees at the Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council) approved the following grants this month: 246 Support for Professional Artists (SPA) grants totaling $293,812 and 28 Project Support grants totaling $293,700.

Support for Professional Artists
Support for Professional Artists (SPA) grants are intended to assist individual artists and groups of artists creating together on a permanent basis in making new art, growing artistic skills and marketing to a broader audience.

Band/Ensemble Applications

Band/Ensemble Name	Grant Amount
Alex Burgoyne Quartet	$2,000
Cellar Dwellers	$2,000
Easy Tiger	$2,000
Fellow Hollow	$2,000
Forever Strange	$2,000
Gathering Stars	$2,000
Gymfea Productions LLC	$1,970
Hello Emerson	$2,000
Ingram Street	$2,000
Jinx the Fox	$2,000
Lisa Gain & the Rusty Silos	$2,000
Minnows	$2,000
Mukiss	$2,000
Speak Seldom	$1,750
Terrence J. Dooley and Testimony	$2,000
The Quasi Kings	$1,995
The Rough Touch	$2,000
The Simba Jordan Band	$1,749

TOTAL: $35,464

Individual Applications

Applicant		Grant Amount
Christine	Abbott		$1,000
Nazli	Akcicek		$1,200
Ana Lucia	Araya Rodriguez		$1,200
Elizabeth	Armstrong		$1,200
Racquel	Armstrong		$968
William	Arnold		$1,157
Rebecca	Arp		$1,200
Chelsea	Arthur		$1,200
Alysha	Auerbach		$1,200
Dylan	Auerbach		$1,200
Dorothy	Augustine		$1,200
Sayuri	Ayers		$1,188
Benjamin	Bachert		$1,200
Allison	Backovski		$1,200
Brian	Baker		$1,200
Jessica	Baldwin		$1,000
Eric	Barth		$1,200
Rebecca	Bartoli		$1,020
Victor	Bashir		$1,200
Shalini	Basu		$800
Elham	Bayati		$1,200
Ivy	Beam		$1,200
Lauren	Benjamin		$960
Caroline	Bennett		$1,200
Robie	Benve		$1,200
Edmund	Boateng		$1,200
Janelle	Bonfour-Mikes		$1,200
Isabel	Bongue		$1,002
Alisha	Boykin		$1,200
Roger	Brackins		$1,200
Jacklyn	Brickman		$1,200
James	Brittan		$1,200
Maribeth	Brown		$1,200
Tracy	Brown		$1,200
Derek	Brown		$1,200
Madeline	Buanno		$1,000
Hakim	Callwood		$1,200
Juan	Chamochumbi		$1,200
Antoine T.	Clark		$1,200
Dan	Clark		$1,200
Maureen E.	Clark		$1,200
Alexandra	Clark-Stilianos		$1,200
Mah Leah	Cochran		$1,200
Philip	Cogley		$1,200
Devin	Copfer		$1,200
James	Dailey		$1,200
Nick	D’Andrea		$1,200
Jacci	Delaney		$1,200
Corey	Dickerson		$1,192
Kyle	Dineen		$1,200
Michael	Does		$1,200
Taylor	Dorrell		$1,125
Amy	Drake		$1,000
Jennifer	Dunlap		$1,200
Andrew	Eberly		$1,000
Rubble	Ejigu		$1,124
Cee	Elbert		$1,074
Ken	Eppstein		$945
Donna	Estep		$569
Joell’e	Estrada		$849
Kaylynn	Etienne		$973
Lisa	Factora-Borchers		$1,200
Antoine	Fatout		$1,200
James	Filmore		$1,200
Katheryn	Fisher		$325
Elizabeth	Fisher		$1,183
Nathan	Fleeger		$900
Morgan	Free		$1,200
Ron	Freeman		$1,200
Andrew	Frueh		$960
James	Gaiters		$1,200
Forge	Garrabrant		$1,200
Nate	Gelfand		$1,200
Tabitha	Gibson		$1,200
Daric	Gill		$1,200
Brianna	Gluszak		$517
Scott	Gordon		$1,200
Cameron	Granger		$1,200
Kristin	Green		$1,200
Deborah	Griffing		$1,200
Felicity	Gunn		$1,200
Julii	Hall		$1,192
Amber Elison	Hall		$1,118
Holly	Hammeren		$1,200
Ross	Hardy		$1,200
Eric	Harris		$1,000
James	Hartunian		$1,200
Adam	Hernandez		$1,200
Timothy	Hill		$1,200
Eli	Hiller		$1,200
Samuel	Hoar		$1,200
Katie	Hofacker		$1,200
Helen	Hoffelt		$1,200
Joseph	Holbert		$1,200
Miranda	Holmes		$1,200
Lawrence	Hoover		$1,200
Theresa	Howe		$1,200
Heidi	Howes		$1,200
Rebe	Huntman		$1,200
Marty	Husted		$1,200
David	Ike		$1,200
Travis	Irvine		$1,200
Joshua	Jackson		$1,200
Rebecca	Jadway		$1,200
Jahir	Johnson		$521
Sven	Kahns		$1,200
Andrea	Kaiser		$1,200
Angela	Kamanga		$1,200
Milan	Karcic		$1,200
Michael	Kash		$1,200
Kim	Keffer		$1,200
Mara	Kelley		$1,200
Linda	Kernohan		$1,200
Shahid	Khan		$1,200
Dane	Khy		$1,172
Sun Min	Kim		$1,200
Emma	Kindall		$1,153
Rose	Klockner		$1,200
Ellen	Knolls		$1,200
Janette	Knowles		$912
Jules	Knowlton		$1,182
Joseph	Krygier		$1,200
Ruvane	Kurland		$1,200
Lee	Lander		$1,200
Laura	Larson		$1,193
Tiffany	Lawson		$1,200
Gage	Layne		$1,200
Stacy	Leeman		$1,200
Keith	Leonard		$560
Race	Lerma		$1,200
Lela	Lint		$1,100
Todd	Loe		$1,200
Kathryn	Logan		$1,200
Carl	Lucas		$1,200
Calista	Lyon		$1,200
Lea M.	Gray		$1,000
Hope	Madden Wolfington		$1,200
Cat	Mailloux		$1,200
Kelly	Malec-Kosak		$499
Terri	Maloney-Houston		$1,200
Celeste	Malvar-Stewart		$1,200
Mary	Manos		$1,200
Tonya	Marie		$1,200
Kelli	Martin		$1,200
Aaron	Massey		$1,200
Nicole	Massy		$1,200
Peter	Mattox		$1,200
Lily	McBride		$1,200
Austin	McClellan		$1,200
Lynda	McClanahan		$1,035
Jennifer	McCracken		$1,200
Nicole	Miller		$1,200
Hannah	Minner		$1,200
Jordan	Molli		$1,200
Matthew	Moore		$1,200
Sheri	Morgan		$1,200
Kate	Morgan		$962
Henry	Morris		$1,200
Dylan	Morris		$1,000
Vasiliev	Nini		$1,200
Michael Vincent	Nobel		$1,200
Charlotte	Norman		$1,169
Elle	Northwood		$1,200
Alissa	Ohashi		$1,186
Bryan	Ortiz		$1,200
Julie	Palmer		$1,095
Christina	Paolucci		$1,200
Magda	Parasidis		$1,200
Timothy	Perdue		$1,200
Aaron	Peters		$1,200
Marianne	Philip		$1,000
Ashley	Pierce		$1,034
Shaindo	Pirtle		$1,200
Tracy	Powell		$1,200
Chad	Pullins		$1,163
James	Quartey		$1,196
Michaela	Rash		$230
Rebecca	Rea		$1,200
Elaine	Richardson		$1,000
Eric	Rodriguez		$1,200
Daniel	Rona		$1,200
Melinda	Rosenberg		$1,200
Marc	Ross		$1,180
Peter John	Ross		$1,200
Jordan	Sandidge		$900
Micah	Schnabel		$700
Cooper	Sevell		$1,200
William	Sharp		$1,016
Alexis	Sheen		$1,200
Aaron	Sheldon		$1,200
Gloria	Shows		$1,196
Jenny	Sieck		$1,200
Ann	Silverman		$900
Mansee	Singhi		$1,200
Mary	Skrenta		$1,200
Kevin Terry	Smith		$1,200
Scott	Spears		$1,190
Vanessa	Speckman		$1,200
Ann	Starr		$555
Nalani	Stolz		$1,200
Benjamin	Streb		$1,050
Stephanie	Streb		$1,200
Jake	Summers		$900
Linda	Taylor		$1,000
Brett	Taylor		$1,200
Ryant	Taylor		$1,200
Karen	Tharp		$953
Kamisha	Thomas		$1,200
Ingela	Travers-Hayward		$1,197
Lawrence	Tuber		$1,200
Daniel	Turnbo		$1,200
Ephraim	Ungar		$1,200
Jeffrey	Verdine		$1,200
Koen	Vrij		$1,062
Britny	Wainwright		$1,200
Eve	Warnock		$1,200
Mariana	Weflen		$1,200
Bradley	Weyandt		$1,200
Ryland	Wharton		$977
Maria	Wheeler		$1,120
Paul	Wilbur		$1,200
Benjamin	Willis		$1,200
Maurice	Wingfield		$1,000
Jessica	Wooden		$1,200
Latausha	Woods		$950
Natasha	Woods		$1,200
Nardos	Yirga		$1,200
Zachary	Yocum		$1,200

TOTAL: $258,348

This concludes the first cycle for the Support for Professional Artists: Individuals and Band/Ensemble grant of 2022. Based on available funding, there are two remaining deadlines for Support for Professional Artists grants in 2022: June 1 and Oct. 3.

For more information about individual artist funding and programs including guidelines and upcoming deadlines, visit www.gcac.org or contact Dayvon Nichols, Grants & Services Associate, dnichols@gcac.org.

Project Support
Project Support grants provide funding for a broad range of arts and cultural projects, events and programs. The Arts Council awarded $293,700 in Project Support grants to the following organizations and projects.

Organization/Artist		Project Title	Grant Amount
A Tribe for Jazz	Artist in Residence Jazz Music Series		$5,000
Art Possible Ohio	ReelAbilities at the Wexner		$8,300
Asian Festival Corp.	Building a united & strong community		$18,000
Cartoon Crossroads Columbus	Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) 2022		$20,000
Central Ohio Bengali Cultural Association	Columbus Utsab (Festival of Columbus)		$2,800
Columbus Black International Film Festival	Columbus Black International Film Festival		$3,000
Columbus Dance Alliance	Columbus Dance Alliance and Common Greens Collaboration: Enriching our Community through Dance at the Clintonville Farmers Market		$2,000
Columbus GospelFest — Fun-Fest	CGF2022 — ADF 2022		$12,000
Education Foundation for Freedom	Columbus Women&Girls’Fest: Empowering Young Voices		$12,000
Ember Women’s Theatre Inc.	Ember Women’s Theatre 2022 Theatrical Season		$4,000
Evolution Theatre Company	ETC at MadLab 2022		$5,600
Franklinton Arts District	Franklinton Arts District Monthly Programming and Annual Arts Festival		$14,000
Harmony Project Productions	Harmony Project Presents: Lean On Me		$18,500
Kingdom Image Arts	Live Performance Series		$6,000
MadLab	MadLab 2022/2023 Season		$19,000
Malcom Cochran	REQUIEM		$10,000
National Audubon Society Inc.	Art at Audubon		$6,200
Ohioana Library Association	2022 Ohioana Book Festival		$18,500
Red Herring Productions	Red Herring Theater 2022		$17,000
Russel Lepley	Lividly		$15,000
Short North Alliance Inc.	Artist & Small Business Collaborations for Short North Arts District Summer Artist Series		$11,000
Short North Foundation	Goodale Park Music Series 2022		$2,000
Southeast, Inc.	Fresh A.I.R. Gallery exhibitions		$8,000
Summer Jam West, Inc.	Summer Jam West – Free To Be		$13,700
Thiossane Institute	2022 Annual Concert: Be the Well That Others Drink From		$8,500
Two Scoops National Performance Art Co.	Two Scoops NPAC 2022 — Season		$7,000
VIVO Music Festival	VIVO Music Festival — Season 8		$18,500
We Amplify Voices	Life Stories		$8,100

TOTAL: $293,700

Based on available funding, there is one remaining deadline for Project Support grants in 2022: Aug. 15. For more information about Project Support funding and programs, including guidelines and upcoming deadlines, visit www.gcac.org or contact McKenzi Swinehart, Grants & Services Manager, mswinehart@gcac.org.

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