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

in Press Releases March 22, 2022 5 min read

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.

Artists interested in learning about the Arts Council’s programs are encouraged to sign-up for the Opportunities for Artists (OppArt) newsletter mailing list. This newsletter is shared with artists twice a month and includes information on grant opportunities and art-specific career opportunities in Columbus, as well as support for artists outside of the Arts Council. To opt-in, please visit gcac.org/workshops-and-resources/opportunities-for-artists.

Mission of the Greater Columbus Arts Council: To support and advance the arts and cultural fabric of Columbus. www.gcac.org

The Greater Columbus Arts Council receives major financial support from the City of Columbus, Franklin County Commissioners and the Ohio Arts Council.

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CONTACT: Jami Goldstein
(614) 221-8492
jgoldstein@gcac.org

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