REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY

2016

SUPPORTING ART. ADVANCING CULTURE.

In 2016 the Greater Columbus Arts Council made substantial progress toward building a more sustainable arts sector in Columbus.

An unprecedented year for the bed tax in 2016 resulted in more support to artists and arts organizations than ever before. Twenty-seven Operating Support grants were awarded totaling $3.1 million and 57 grants totaling $561,842 in Project Support.

The Art Makes Columbus/Columbus Makes Art campaign generated nearly 400 online, print and broadcast stories, $9.1 million in publicity and 350 million earned media impressions featuring the arts and artists in Columbus. We held our first annual Columbus Open Studio & Stage October 8-9, a self-guided art tour featuring 26 artist studios, seven stages and seven community partners throughout Columbus, providing more than 1,400 direct engagements with artists in their creative spaces.

We hosted another outstanding Columbus Arts Festival on the downtown riverfront and Columbus’ beautiful Scioto Greenways. We estimated that more than 450,000 people enjoyed fine artists from across the country, and amazing music, dance, theater, and local cuisine at the city’s free welcome-to-summer event.

As always we are grateful to the Mayor, Columbus City Council and the Ohio Arts Council for our funding and all the individuals, corporations and community partners who support our work in the arts.

Tom Katzenmeyer David CliftonPresident & CEO Board Chair

Griset Damas-Roche is a featured artist in the Art Makes Columbus/Columbus Makes Art campaign.

LETTERFROM THE BOARD CHAIR AND PRESIDENT

Additional support from: The Crane Group and The Sol Morton and Dorothy Isaac, Rebecca J. Wickersham and Lewis K. Osborne funds at The Columbus Foundation.

84,031

142%

ARTIST PROFILE VIDEO VIEWS

ColumbusMakesArt.com

INCREASE in website traffic aided by Google AD GRANT PROGRAM

Attendance from 2015, the most recently completed season for arts and sports. Sports attendance of 3,288,739 from publicly available home game attendance for the following teams: Columbus Blue Jackets, Columbus Clippers, Columbus Crew SC, Ohio Machine and men’s and women’s football, basketball, ice hockey, lacrosse and soccer and women’s field hockey at The Ohio State University. Arts attendance of 5,212,745 compiled from physical attendance at 91 central Ohio arts and cultural organizations as submitted to American’s for the Arts for the Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 study to be released in June 2017.

Nonprofit arts attendance in Columbus is1.6 that of Columbus

home game sports attendance

arts>sports

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Spotlight .............................. 2-3 Lynette Shy

ADVOCACY .......................... 4-5

Spotlight ............................. 6-7 Shanelle Marie

EXPERTISE ..........................8-9

Spotlight ..........................10-11 Keo Khim

Spotlight ..........................12-13 Searius Addishin

COLLABORATION ........14-15

Spotlight .........................16-17 Alexandra Fresch

Spotlight ................................ 18 Lucy Aveni

Spotlight ............................... 19 Elena Osterwalder

ARTS FUNDING ...................20

GRANTS AND AWARDS Organizations .........21-22 Individuals .............. 23-25FINANCIALS ..................26-27

SUPPORTERS ...............28-29

Arts Council Board ............29

Arts Council Staff ...............30

Painting a mural at the New Albany Classic.

84 ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTED*

2016 GRANTS AND AWARDS203 ARTIST GRANTS

ARTIST EXCHANGE AND FELLOWSHIPS

29

$51,800Fellowships awarded in

dance, literature, media arts, playwriting, and visual arts.

ARTIST GRANTS

174

$125,738Includes:

Performing Artist Travel, Professional Development

and Supply Grants.

OPERATING SUPPORT GRANTS

27

$3,123,623

ARTrips

6

$5,760

BOOST GRANTS13

$75,974

PROJECT SUPPORT GRANTS

57

$561,842

COMMUNITY IMPACT

1

$22,400

power2give12

$64,581

BalletMet in Serenade © The George Balanchine Trust, photo by Jennifer Zmuda.

*Unique organizations, some organizations received more than one grant

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One of BalletMet’s biggest projects in 2016 was a video titled Becoming Violet. We really wanted to create an art piece that was made for online audiences. So, we did something extremely risky, we teamed up with an amazing director and gave him absolutely no direction. We did this so we could see what would happen if we didn’t box him in and he was free to go anywhere he liked with his artistic vision. He came up with cornstarch. Colored organic cornstarch, and the result was absolutely stunning.

LYNETTE SHY

What do you get when you put together cornstarch and pointe shoes?

An amazing piece of art.Q A

My goal with Becoming Violet, was to engage a new social audience and show the world what amazing and athletic dancers we have at BalletMet. We strive to always create marketing content we’re proud of, tell stories our audience finds interesting, and always remain authentic and honest, especially when it comes to our art. We feel that video’s such as Becoming Violet and everything we do should always reflect that belief.

I’m very proud of what BalletMet, and the marketing team and the Arts Council are doing for the arts here at home and literally around the world. We strive to tell our story and the addition of the Art Makes Columbus/Columbus Makes Art campaign where our dancers’ personal stories are being told has allowed us to even further expand our reach. I’m a marketer, yes, it’s true, but it’s not a dirty word, I believe it’s a form of art itself. I absolutely love my job, it’s

SO much bigger than marketing it’s about being authentic, connecting humans to each other and to experiences that will move them.

I love my job.

—Lynette Shy

Director of Marketing, Communications and Sales for BalletMet

Screen captures: Becoming Violet is an exploration into the

transformative and uniting power of creativity, the persistent internal desire to create beauty out of

chaos. Directed by Steven Weinzierl of the Lair Collective. Published on YouTube Aug 8, 2016.

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EACH WEEK

LAST YEAR AT BALLETMET

1,700

BECOMING VIOLET

20 largest

nation

RANKED AMONG THE

BALLET COMPANIES IN THE

STUDENTS SERVED ATBALLETMET ADADEMY

300,000+VIEWS

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ADVOCACYPROMOTING ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY

“It’s impossible to know how many people have read the poem, though one estimate in August put the number at nearly a million. The poem has been interpreted into a dance by a troupe in India, turned into a musical score for the voice and harp and been translated into Spanish, Italian, French, Korean, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. Closer to home, Smith says that she has gotten many requests for the work to appear in church bulletins and for her to read it aloud. “It’s my ‘Freebird,’ ” she jokes.”

Excerpt from The Washington Post, Maggie Smith and the poem that captured the mood of a tumultuous year. Maggie Smith is an Art Makes Columbus featured artist.

Maggie Smith’s poem Good Bones goes viral.

FIRST ANNUAL COLUMBUS OPEN STUDIO & STAGE

COSS participating artists included (left to right): April Sunami, Roger Williams, Lisa Horkin, Queen Brooks, and Michael McEwan.

Right: Maggie Smith by Meghan Ralston

The inaugural Art Makes Columbus/Columbus Makes Art event was a two-day self guided tour of Columbus art studios and major performance venues.

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THE CAPITAL OF COMICS

347 stories

NEW DESIGN for now bi-monthly ColumbusMakesArt

e-newsletter

TAKING IT TO THE STREETS

THE HARMONY PROJECT

Art Makes Columbus street teams engaged the public at the Arts Festival, PromoWest Fest and Independents’ Day.

The Harmony Project and Art Makes Columbus featured artist David Brown on CBS This Morning.

Art Makes Columbus featured artist Jeff Smith, creator of the internationally acclaimed graphic novel series Bone, brings his passion for comics and collaborative spirit to Cartoon Crossroads Columbus. The event celebrated its’ second year and garnered national media attention. in media in-kind

added value

$449,810

earned in google ad grants

$77,555in publicity value$9.1 million

earned media impressions

350,000,000

40 featured artists

video views84,031

twitter impressions

269,505

web page views243,858

Emmy Award winning campaign

Broad & High received its third consecutive Emmy in August 2016 for outstanding magazine program and the first for its production work on the Art Makes Columbus Campaign. Awards presented by from the National Academy of Arts & Science — Ohio Valley Chapter. Left to right: Ryan Schlagbaum, cinematographer; Chuck Oney, studio camera; Kate Quickel, host; Jackie Shafer, producer & editor; Shawn Likley, cinematographer

Street chalk drawing at Independents’ Day

Harmony Project with director David Brown

Photo by Chris Casella

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SHANELLE MARIEActor, Available Light Theatre

Top: Feels Like (the body project.

Bottom: Shanelle Marie at the Columbus Voices Workshop.

Shanelle Marie photo by David Wallingford.

Opposite: The Columbus Voices Workshop.

Palestinian family living in Grove City; from retired, lifelong residents to newly transplanted, school-age children; from entrepreneurs to educators to artists to police officers. The Columbus Voices Workshop was an open house, a collective space, and an environment for cultivating connections.

The Columbus Voices Workshop reinforced for me that being an actor is a gift. Contributing to the project provided a safe space for me to develop into a more well-rounded artist and encouraged me to bring my own unique perspective and experiences to the project.

—Shanelle Marie

Available Light Theatre set out to celebrate its 10th anniversary by creating a broadly inclusive theatrical portrait of Columbus, Ohio. In one year we interviewed more than 150 individuals, surveyed more than 200 people online, and visited more than a dozen neighborhoods across the city, creating a profound cultural exchange. From these conversations we built an interactive performance that we took all over town in the fall. The goal for each event was simple: to empower everyone in the room to meet and know their neighbors, to strengthen the bonds of community, and to create new connections.

Breathing life into these stories from our community came with a great responsibility to ensure that many different voices were heard. We worked hard to talk to people from many backgrounds: from Latino immigrants living on the North Side to a large

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CELEBRATED THEIR 8TH ANNIVERSARY OF “PAY WHAT YOU WANT,” A PROGRAM THAT HAS

UNDERWRITTEN OVER 12,000 TICKETS SINCE 2008

LAST YEAR AT AVAILABLE LIGHT THEATRE

RAISED $45,000

17 performances

16 venues40 actors

15 communities400 Columbus residents’ stories and ideas

FROM 175 BACKERS IN A CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN FOR

COLUMBUS VOICES WORKSHOP

COLUMBUS VOICES WORKSHOP INCLUDED

Neighborhoods: Northland; Worthington; Bexley; Downtown; Linden; South End; Clintonville; King/Lincoln; German Village; East Side; Upper Arlington; OSU/Weinland Park; Franklinton; Hilltop; and Driving Park.

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EXPERTISESHARING BEST PRACTICES, INVESTING IN RESEARCH, LEVERAGING RESOURCES

“One of the reasons I wanted to be back in Columbus was because I saw opportunity, possibility and a community of people to inspire me.”

EDWAARD LIANG

Artistic Director, BalletMet

Edwaard Liang’s Bolero, photo by Jennifer Zmuda.

Edwaard Liang by Zaire Kacz Photography

CATS, Columbus Children’s Theatre.

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PUBLIC FORUMColumbus College of Art & Design hosted the 2016 Arts Council Public Forum where more than 350 people turned out to hear about the public opinion research about arts funding in central Ohio that was completed in 2016.

• 76% of Franklin County registered voters support public funding for the arts

• 82% believe funding should be county wide

PARTNERSHIP WITH TRG ARTS The Arts Council is helping to support a mailing list trade service specifically for nonprofit arts and cultural organizations. The service enables the 10 participating Columbus cultural organizations to make more informed and targeted decisions for their marketing, development and outreach efforts.

RAYMOND J. HANLEY AWARD In September, Columbus musician Tom Battenberg was presented with the annual Raymond J. Hanley Award, a cash prize of $12,500 presented to an artist who has made outstanding contributions to the arts in central Ohio. Battenberg was a professor of music at The Ohio State University, has performed with ProMusica Chamber Orchestra and in 2016 celebrated 50 years playing for the Columbus Symphony Orchestra.

AMERICANS FOR THE ARTSArts and Economic Prosperity 5 research was completed with more than 600 audience intercept surveys gathered and attendance and budget data from 95 organizations in central Ohio. Updated economic impact numbers are expected to be released in June 2017.

DID YOU KNOW?Cultural experiences create memories and people connect these memories to the good times in their lives.

Columbus has a broad-range of cultural experiences for all ages.

People believe that Columbus has a vibrant and growing arts scene.

Studies show that students who have access to arts and cultural learning experiences demonstrate improved math and reading skills, perform higher on standardized tests, stay longer in school and graduate at higher rates.

Citizens are proud of our world-class cultural institutions and artists and see that they contribute to Columbus’ reputation nationally and internationally as a great place to live, work and visit.

Residents, visitors, and businesses are attracted to a city with fun and diverse offerings in the arts.

Art experiences make memories that last a lifetime and positively impact learning.

Top left: ARTrepreneur Workshop at ARTfluencial/Creative Control Fest; Top right: Columbus Museum of Art; Right: Nina West performs at the Columbus Arts Partnership Awards; Above: Columbus Symphony during Twisted 2, photo by Jennifer Zmuda; Right: Tom Battenberg.

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Sometimes as educators/mentors we may never get a chance to see our impact come full circle. I’ve been an artist, a graphic designer and an arts educator for nearly 15 years now. My start began with a Youth Arts program called CAPACITY, where Jackie Calderone, also an arts educator and mentor took an interest in developing my leadership and encouraging me to teach my art. This program underwent transitions and became TRANSIT ARTS, and around the same timeline I would join a new program called Art in the House where I would teach art to students K-sixth grades. During my first year teaching with Art in the House, I had a very quiet and shy student by the name of Amairee. She was about eight or nine years old, the eldest of a family of four girls, but uncommonly nonassertive. She was a young artist who was gentle and kind in not only her response but in her artwork. Because of site closures and also because Amairee grew out of our K-sixth grade program, we lost touch. I know that as an arts educator, not everyone will end up being a professional artist or using anything we teach them beyond the time we have with them. However in 2015, Amairee applied for an opening with Ohio Alliance for Arts Education program Art in the House, to work as an apprentice artist. Needless to say, we hired her as my apprentice and gave her a chance to lead and teach other young artists in the same program she first encountered eight years ago. Through the past year we’ve been able to discuss her growth and her new confidence in life and being able to use this role to propel her forward. This is the impact that few get to see; our teaching legacy, the power of encouragement, and how our own lifelong passion for the arts is carried beyond the classrooms.

—Keo Khim

KEO KHIMArts educator with TRANSIT ARTS and Art in the House

Keo Khim Live painting at Open Mic Night

Mr. Keo’s Last Day

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LAST YEAR AT TRANSIT ARTS

946

90+

3640,000+YOUTH PARTICIPANTS

AUDIENCE MEMBERS

YOUTH PLACED IN JOBS/INTERNSHIPS

COMMUNITY PARTNERSTop: Johathan “Flip” Goodman performs with TRANSIT ARTS.

Bottom: TRANSIT ARTS was a participant in

Columbus Open Studio and Stage.

Right: Chris Layton at the Columbus Arts Festival.

The Arts Council provides funds raised from the Community Arts Partnership

Awards to the Ohio Alliance for Arts Education for the TRANSIT ARTS and Art in the House programs.

No city funds are used for these programs.

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During the end of 2014 I was already an “accomplished” performance poet with sights on writing books. Inasmuch, I felt something was missing? As both an artist and creative director for The Nine-Tenths Group I have been privy to countless open mics across the nation. At that moment, it hit me: we decided to create a YOUTH open mic!

Our first hurdle was finding a reputable venue — insert Wild Goose Creative. Wild Goose Creative merges the potential contention points of visual arts and performance arts in both an effortless and professional manner. We were able to begin our partnership with them October 2014 and it has been a union that totally surpassed any expectations!

We have had youth as young as four years old and adults as old as “don’t-ask-me-my-age” perform at our night with equal satisfaction. The consistency and staying power of being functional for more than two years has tremendously assisted our brand in a positive way. We have been able to link with patrons that we did not know before the event and establish awesome bonds via providing their youth with a safe and fun stage to present who they are. The respect and admiration that I have for CIVILIZATION: Youth Open Mic is parallel to the respect and admiration I have for Wild Goose because they gave our existence a chance and as a result we have been able to positively affect others.

I look forward to growing and evolving together in the upcoming years!

—Searius Addishin

SEARIUS ADDISHINPoet and founder of CIVILIZATION: Youth Open Mic at Wild Goose Creative

Searius AddishinCIVILIZATION: Youth Open Mic,photo by Andrew Bruening

This photo and lower right: Wild Goose Creative, Cupcake Celebration, photo by Andrew Bruening

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LAST YEAR ATWILD GOOSEC R E A T I V E

EVENTS HOSTED

MEMBERSHIPS

2006-2016

doubled

10th

#WildArtColumbus

12 WAKE & SHAKEBREAKFAST RAVES

1ST Chamber Brews

BUSINESS OF ART WORKSHOP SERIES

300

SECOND YEAR

ANNIVERSARYCELEBRATED

CIVILIZATION: Youth Open Mic, photo by

Andrew Bruening

Wild Goose Creative, Art on Tap, photo by

Andrew Bruening

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COLLABORATIONCONVENING, SHARING COMMUNICATING AND EMPOWERING, PROVIDING RESOURCES TO SUSTAIN ART AND ARTISTS

ProMusica and the Columbus Jazz Orchestra teamed up for a joint concert on Friday night on the ABC6 Main Stage. The concert was supported by Safelite AutoGlass.

Shadowbox Live’s Gallery of Echoes accompanied by original visual art, music, dance and spoken words.

“Thurber House’s relationship with the

Arts Council feels like a partnership, very much because

of the tone you set. The entire arts community benefits from this approach.”

450,000

3,000HANDS ONScavenger Hunts

1,100PERFORMERS

7 STAGESLive Performances

300ARTISTS

PEOPLE

Top: ProMusica and the Columbus Jazz Orchestra

performing at the open of the Arts Festival; Bottom:

Shadowbox Live performs Gallery of Echoes; Right:

Hands On Art at the Columbus Arts Festival; Far

Right: Katherine Matthews by Meghan Ralston

COLUMBUS ARTS FESTIVAL FIRSTS!

— Laurie Lathan, Thurber House Excecutive Director

Katherine Matthews is a featured artist in the Art Makes Columbus/Columbus Makes Art campaign.

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Seven community partnerships provide matching funds to pay artists to perform around Columbus to add vibrancy to the city’s outdoor markets and public spaces. Capital Crossroads’ Pearl Market, Short North Arts District Gallery Hop, North Market, Gay Street Moonlight and Sunlight Markets, Greater Columbus Convention Center, John Glenn International Airport

Sold-out house of 650 at COSI on October 13 to celebrate the achievements and contributions of Catherine Willis, Alexis Perrone and Patrick Losinksi and three area businesses—Big Lots, Columbus Downtown Development Corporation and DesignGroup. Columbus Makes Art Excellence Awards of $10,000 each were presented to the Columbus Museum of Art for the Margaret M. Walter Wing and Past Productions and the Short North Stage for the August M. Wilson Festival.

COMMUNITY ARTS PARTNERSHIP AWARDS

STREET PERFORMER PROGRAM

$37,235

175261488 hours

PAID TO ARTISTS

OF PERFORMANCE

PERFORMANCES

UNIQUE ARTISTS

Top and Bottom Left: COMO/Dana Cox street performers at Gallery Hop. Center: Street performer at Columbus Arts Partnership Awards. Top right: Barbara Fant performs at Columbus Arts Partnership Awards. Above: Fences from the August M. Wilson Festival. Right: First Anniversary celebration of the Margaret M. Walter Wing at the Columbus Museum of Art.

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In 2016 Glass Axis created a unique community art education partnership called Through The Eyes of a Child.

Six Glass Axis artists, including myself, worked with students from three area schools, Canal Winchester Trail Elementary, Columbus Preparatory Academy and Starling Middle School, to transform their 2D drawings into 3D art.

We wondered what would happen when you mixed the creative imagination of a child with the skills of a talented glass artist? We received 80 entries from the students and selected 10 of those drawings to turn into glass sculptures.

The results were masterpieces that reminded us that our imaginations are the only limit when it comes to glass art.

We loved working on this project because as glass artists it gave us a chance to really make something out of our comfort zones. It was so fun to sculpt these creative creatures to look as they were drawn by the students. However, normally when I make glass, I try to make it look as realistic as possible, so it was actually challenging to put five legs or three eyes onto the creatures, but that’s what made it fun and inspiring for me —I had to let go and be childlike in my application of the glass.

This experience was really rewarding for me—seeing the excitement on the children’s faces when their designs came to life! They can’t do this kind of art in their classroom. They are at first captivated by the fire but then get to learn a lot about the science involved in glass, its history, not just throughout humanity, but its role in Ohio’s history. This “cool” art form can help spark their interest in science and history as well as show them how studying those subjects in the classroom can translate into daily life.

—Alexandra FreschAdrianna Strawser and Alexandra Fresch co-created Egg Man.

ALEXANDRA FRESCHFull-time artist, instructor and social media coordinator for Glass Axis

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All photos courtesy Glass Axis.

Top: Through the Eyes of a Child Demonstration. Artists: Rose Succi and Alex Fresch

Left: Avery Arnold’s The Snail and a Bag.

Right: Glass Axis artist Rose Succi.

LAST YEAR AT GLASS AXIS

UP 82%

3,593

UP 38%

4 addedFACILITY RENTALS

CLASS PARTICIPATION

NEW INSTRUCTORS

ART SALES

17

6,000tech studio visits

670,041onsite attendance

295,155outreach program

FREDERIC BERTLEY NEW PRESIDENT & CEO

LAST YEAR AT

COSI

Lucy Aveni is a true “COSI kid.” She’s been coming to COSI since she was a baby and now COSI is helping her shape her future career goals and her art. She volunteers in little kidspace and she is a mentor and user in Tech Studio. She’s very into music creation and drawing and enjoys using Logic, Garage Band and designing for the 3D printers.

I’ve been coming to COSI since I was an infant so I’d say it’s had a big influence on me. Through visiting Tech Studio, I’ve gotten more into drawing and making music. It’s really helped me a lot to have that kind of connection to technology because a lot of it, like 3D printers, are not accessible.

A year ago I wanted to be an astronaut, but now I want to go into digital art and it’s mostly because of the Tech Studio. When I was 10 I had in a purple folder a paper application to volunteer at COSI

and I was planning to fill it out as soon as I turned 12. I was just so excited. Volunteering at COSI is fun—I really like helping people and it kind of helped me come out of my shell. Mentoring others in Tech Studio is really fun because you still get to mess around with the technology but you’re helping other people too.

—Lucy Aveni

LUCY AVENIParticipant in Tech Studio and volunteer at COSI, age 14

COSI photos courtesy Robb McCormick Photography

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Last year when I heard about Columbus Open Studio & Stage (COSS) I was intrigued. I knew other cities did these kinds of self-guided tours but I wondered how Columbus would receive the idea.

I submitted my application and was so pleased to be chosen to participate. It was a chance for me to spend time with friends and family—friends helped as assistants and my granddaughter was the best salesperson an artist could ever hope for.

267 stages7 communitypartners1,400 artistinteractions

worth of art sold going directly to artists

ARTIST STUDIOS

The visitors were very engaged and I had so many great conversations, within the intimacy of my studio, which nurtured their appreciation of my art. And their favorable reaction gave me greater confidence in my work.

I am so grateful to the Arts Council and the coordinators for taking the lead in starting this event, and I look forward to participating in 2017 as an artist or a volunteer.

—Elena Osterwalder

LAST YEAR AT

COSS

ELENA OSTERWALDERParticipant in 2016 Columbus Open Studio & Stage, an Art Makes Columbus/Columbus Makes Art event

$25,000

All COSS photos courtesy the Arts Council.

COSS 2017W I L L B E H E L D

OCTOBER 7-819

COLUMBUS’ RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN THE ARTS*

$16.30 in contributed revenue $13.98 in earned revenue$ 1.07 in other government dollars

Every $1 invested by the city of Columbus was matched by $31.34 in total dollars.

*Data from 79 unique organizations funded through Arts Council Operating and Project support grants. In-kind contributions and permanently restricted revenues have been removed.

SUPPORTED A WORKFORCE OF AND ENGAGED A COMMUNITY OF

Columbus ranked “Highest in Visitor Satisfaction in the Midwest” by J.D. Power on the

2016 Destination Experience Satisfaction StudySM

Columbus, OH received the highest numerical score among 8 cities in the Midwest in the J.D. Power 2016 Destination Experience Satisfaction Study, based on 26,124 total responses,

measuring the experiences and perceptions of travelers who visited a top 50 U.S. destination, surveyed February-July 2016. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower.com.

Other Program Expenses

$171,262

Other program expenses consist of community arts programs, power2give and fiscally sponsored organization expenses.

Actual 2016

Daytime shot at Red, White, and Boom at COSI, photo Courtesy Kevin Michael Seymour Photography.

5,169 Jobs

2,825 Artists

7,405 Volunteers

508,556 School Children

for Columbus residents and visitorsData provided by arts and cultural organizations in their 2015 Final Reports and on the DataArts platform.

(2015 is the most recently completed fiscal year. Figure includes physical and virtual attendance.)

4.4 MILLION ARTS EXPERIENCES

$4,306,509

$4,788,383

$5,001,424

GROWTH IN COMMUNITY FUNDING

$2,819,433

$2,481,004

EXPENSESYEAR

13.6%$3,145,102 11.6%$3,732,968 18.7%$3,916,579 4.9%

10.0%11.2%4.4%

2014

2015

2016

2010

2009

2011

2012

2013

77.39% Growth in Community Funding since 2010!

increase from prior year

General & Administrative

$1,551,467

Grants & Services

$4,035,155

Designated Project Support

$935,461

ColumbusArts Festival

$913,581

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Actors’ Theatre $ 21,094

Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. $ 275,000

CAPA $ 257,500

CATCO $ 113,426

Chamber Music Columbus $ 31,597

CityMusic, Inc. $ 10,809

Columbus Children’s Theatre $ 84,237

Columbus Dance Theatre $ 56,835

Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus $ 46,624

Columbus Landmarks Foundation $ 20,622

Columbus Museum of Art $ 267,500

Columbus Symphony Orchestra $ 250,000

COSI $ 265,000

Franklin Park Conservatory $ 257,500

Friends of Early Music $ 13,401

Glass Axis $ 69,553

Jazz Arts Group $ 151,193

King Arts Complex $ 116,449

Ohio Art League $ 12,823

Ohio Designer Craftsmen $ 85,688

Opera Columbus $ 116,816

ProMusica $ 112,094

ROY G BIV Gallery $ 6,444

Shadowbox Live $ 83,333

Short North Stage $ 74,135

Thurber House $ 61,450

Wexner Center for the Arts $ 262,500

Anatomical Scenario (FA: Ohio Dance) Anna and The Annadroids: Faux(pas)bia $ 5,319 Artfluential ARTprepreneur Workshop Series (Year 2) $ 4,734 Arts Initiative “The Plough and the Stars” by Abbey Theatre $ 22,500 Asian Festival Corp Twenty-two years of Asian Festival 2016 $ 25,500 Available Light Theatre The Columbus Voices Workshop $ 13,325 Camille Catherine, Inc. Creative Strings Workshop 2016 $ 9,750 Capriccio Vocal Ensemble Karl Jenkins’ Requiem $ 1,980 CATCO Henry Ford & Son $ 15,000 Columbus Civic Theater 2016 Season $ 19,125 Columbus College of Art and Design CCAD Public Programs 2016 $ 25,500 Columbus Dance Theatre China Preview $12,597 Columbus Metropolitan Library IFLA 2016 World Library Congress Opening Session $ 22,500 Columbus Ohio Discovery Ensemble Made in Ohio 2016 $ 1,300 Columbus Songwriters Assoc./Cols Music Fdtn Songwriter Showcases 2016 $ 4,400 Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services New American Festival 2016 $ 3,825 Evolution Theatre 2016 Season $ 17,000 First Night Columbus First Night Columbus 2016 $ 22,500 for/word company Patience Worth $ 7,746 Friends of the Cultural Arts Center Poetic Voices to Address Social Concerns $ 1,140 Gallery Players Second half of 68th Season $ 5,625 Global Gallery Community Outreach Programs 2016 $ 14,174 Gotham/Bebe Miller Dance, Inc The Making Room $ 3,750 Green Lawn Abbey Preservation Assn Drawing on the Past $ 1,125 Hollie Klem Another Year, Another Christmas $ 4,613 Imagine Productions of Columbus 2016-2017 Season $ 6,500 Independents’ Day, Inc Ninth Annual Independents’ Day Festival $ 10,200 Jefferson Academy of Music Jefferson’s Signature Series ’16-’17 Season $ 7,849 MadLab 2016-2017 Season $ 19,077 Ohio Art League Come Along With Me $ 1,947 Ohio Historical Society Forced to Migrate by the Thunder Mountain King $ 12,065 Ohio Performance Academy/NPAC South Pacific $ 13,688 Ohioana Library Association 2016 Ohioana Book Festival $ 26,600 OhioDance 2017 OhioDance Festival and Conference $ 14,345 Opera Project Columbus 2016-2017 Season $ 22,500 Paisha Thomas Art Cover Me 2016 $ 532 Pizzuti Collection 2016 Exhibitions $ 28,500 Post Comedy Theatre Post from the Road Series & Public Event $ 6,975 ProMusica Chamber Orchestra “Naked Classics” $ 23,489 Red Herring Productions 2016 Season: Sustain, Deepen, and Build $ 12,600 Scott Spears/Framelines Framelines Season 3 $ 2,100 Scott Woods/The Kate Schulte Foundation Holler: 30 Days of Columbus Black Art $ 5,200 Short North Alliance Public Art Project: The Messenger Wall $ 5,216 SID Public Association Transforming Pearl Alley into a Public Space $ 4,875 Six String Concert, Inc 2016-2017 season $ 6,650 Small Steps Are Giant Leaps Small Steps Are Giant Leaps $ 5,090 SRO Theatre Company 2016-2017 season $ 6,662 State of the Art Productions 2016-2017 season $ 2,700 Stella Kessie Asare/Talking Drum The Talking Drums Project $ 99 Summer Jam Westgate Summer Jam & The Fantastic Food Garden $ 6,675 The Columbus Experiment The Columbus Experiment 2016 $ 375 The Fuse Factory Electronic and Digital Arts Lab Frequency Fridays 2016-2017 $ 2,363 The Kate Schulte Foundation 2016 Hot Times Kate Schulte Tribute $ 3,388 Thomas Wells/Mivos Quartet Mivos Quartet - Columbus Componsers $ 1,724 Vivo Chamber Music Festival Vivo Music Festival 2016 $ 6,386 VSA Ohio Two Days of Culutural Accessibility $ 6,938 Wild Goose Creative, Inc Annual Programming Suite $ 10,441 Xclaim Dance Fanciful Danciful - Season 9 $ 13,065

2016 Project Support

2016 Operating Support

57 ORGANIZATIONS

AWARDED

27 ORGANIZATIONS AWARDED

$561,842

$3,123,623

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Columbus Songwriters Association Professional development for committee & board $ 1,000

Fuse Factory Electronic and Digital Arts Lab Adding administrative support $ 10,000

Glass Axis Security equipment purchase $ 2,917

Independents’ Day Technology and sound upgrades $ 3,000

Jazz Arts Group Jazz Academy touring equipment $ 3,000

Momentum Equipment, website upgrade and professional development $ 10,000

Ohio Art League Staff development and Board governance retreat $ 4,300

OhioDance Create virtual dance collection program $ 9,239

Red, White and Boom! Website upgrade $ 10,000

Striving to Achieve Real Success Conference $ 5,000

Thurber House Strategic plan implementation $ 5,000

TL United Music for Hope Performance equipment and recording workshop $ 3,057

VSA Ohio Accessing the future $ 9,461

CATCO $ 555

COSI $ 875

ProMusica $ 390

Glass Axis $ 491

Wexner Center for the Arts $ 2,000

COSI $ 1,750

Red Herring Productions $22,400

2016 BOOST

2016 ARTrip

2016Community

Impact

power2give

13 ORGANIZATIONS

AWARDED

$75,974

$5,760 $22,400

$64,581dispersed to 12 organizations

Top: A demonstration of “Whack a Score” by Columbus artist Amery Kessler. Part of Noves Històries, Ohio Art League’s 2016 spring juried exhibition at OSU’s Urban Arts Space.

Center: VSA Ohio, photo by Ian Thompson.

Bottom: Herve Tullet at CMA. Photo by Meghan Ralston.

Above: Courtesy Jefferson Center

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Chris Bournea Music $ 500

Derek Brown Music $ 500

Erika Dennis Music $ 500

Tylon Fuller Music $ 500

Daniel Goins Music $ 500

Shelbi Harris Music $ 500

Janeen Holmes Music $ 500

Sufiy James Music $ 500

Jesse Leonard Music $ 500

Jariatu Mansaray Music $ 500

LaTonya McGaughy Music $ 500

Sheri Janiece Neale Music $ 500

Mushandi Pillow Music $ 500

Cheryl Simmons Music $ 500

Darchelle Williams Music $ 500

Quatric Williams Music $ 500

Cynthia Wingo Music $ 500

Attila Bongar Dance $ 2,000

Christian Broomhall Dance $ 2,000

Sofie Ann Clemmensen Dance $ 2,000

Jaime Kotrba Dance $ 2,000

Aminata Mane Dance $ 2,000

Jim Azelvandre Playwright $ 5,000

Susan Cavanaugh Visual Art $ 5,000

Paige Fruechtnicht Visual Art $ 5,000

Dani Leventhal Visual Art $ 5,000

Melissa Vogley Woods Visual Art $ 5,000

Jill Raymundo $4,500

Janis Wunderlich $3,800

Brooke Albrecht $ 1,000

Carolyn Baginski $ 1,000

Ben Beckett $ 1,000

Larissa Boiwka $ 1,000

Caudelice Brazelton $ 1,000

Christopher Burk $ 1,000

Marco Castro $ 1,000

Sukaya Chand $ 865

Harold Chichester $ 1,000

Rebecca Cooper $ 1,000

Ian Davis $ 1,000

Jacci Delaney $ 1,000

Kenneth Eaddy $ 1,000

Madeleine Etter $ 1,000

Jennifer Gard $ 1,000

Forrest Gard $ 1,000

Mark Gunderson $ 765

John Hardin-Leeth $ 400

Tara Helfer $ 1,000

Anne Holman $ 1,000

Gabe Kenney $ 1,000

Hollie Klem $ 1,000

Stacy Leeman $ 1,000

Aubrey Liston $ 1,000

Heidi Madsen $ 1,000

Joanna Manousis $ 920

Mathew Marrash $ 1,000

Amber Mason $ 1,000

Patrick McGregor II $ 1,000

Peter Morgan $ 1,000

Kris Morris $ 375

Kevin Oakden $ 1,000

Ellice Park $ 1,000

Hild Peersen $ 1,000

Troy Petty $ 1,000

Sommer Renaldo $ 1,000

Claudia Retter $ 1,000

Nate Ricciuto $ 1,000

Paul Ricketts $ 995

Alex Schrock $ 1,000

Chris Shaw $ 1,000

Aaron Sheldon $ 1,000

Alexa Sison $ 1,000

Sonda Staley $ 950

Erik Sterberger $ 965

Jayne Struble $ 1,000

Jen Townsend $ 1,000

Hans Utter $ 1,000

Brittany Vacca $ 1,000

Zac Weinberg $ 1,000

2016 Professional

Development Grants

2016

Individual Artist

Fellowship Program

2016 Artist

Exchange

50 GRANTS

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GRANTS AWARDED

$48,235$43,500

$8,300

Purpose: to offset the costs of professional development opportunities.

Examples of eligible activities would be master technique classes, enhancing business skills or attending professional conferences where development opportunities exist.

The GCAC Individual Artist Fellowship Program recognizes outstanding local artists in Franklin County by awarding fellowships each year in Dance, Music, Literary Arts, Playwrighting, and Visual Arts.

Right: OhioDance Festival Master Class “Ballroom Bash” taught

by Adam Maynard, Director of Inspiration to Movement, Columbus

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Brooke Albrecht $450

Ammon Anderson $500

Eva Ball $500

Ginny Baughman $496

Alejandro Bellizzi $234

Jennifer Bender $500

Erin Bessler $324

Laura Bidwa $244

Utpola Borah $250

Nick Boso $500

Caudelice Brazelton $500

Christopher Burk $433

Hakim Callwood $490

John Carins $353

Alice Carpenter $500

John Chakeres $500

Tiffany Christopher $310

Amanda Cook $450

Rebecca Cooper $440

Nick D’Andrea $500

Andrea Emmerich $500

Donna Estep $469

Madeleine Etter $480

Shawn Everette $500

Michael Fields $300

Danielle Forbes $500

Paige Fruechtnicht $400

Jennifer Hansen Gard $500

Forrest Sincoff Gard $500

John Gibson $400

Bev Goldie $500

Nathan Gorgen $500

John W. Hardin-Leeth $500

Dana Harper Lynn $490

Cody Heichel $492

Tara Helfer $500

Adam Hernandez $450

Jacob Holler $500

Tom Hubbard $500

Rebecca Jadway $500

Tala Kanai $500

Kim Keffer $500

Ellen Knolls $382

Caroline Koebel $500

Benjamin Lamb $500

Denise Lancaster $500

Stacy Leeman $500

Amy Leibrand $495

Ryan Little James $500

Jesse Luketic $300

Joanna Manousis $500

Fredrick Marsh $500

Amber Mason $500

Kellie McDermott $500

Mary McNitt $500

Maija Miettinen-Harris $500

Marquitta Minniefield $300

Wesley Mitchell $500

Tyisha Nedd $500

Tatum Neff $470

Ardine Nelson $500

Denise Neyland $500

Mike Olenick $500

Bryan Ott $500

Tona Pearson $490

Jasimine Pennywell $499

Tomiqua Perry $500

Nathan Photos $500

Danielle Poling $500

Michael Polk $500

Greg Ponchak $500

Sharone Putter $500

Seth Radley $500

Jill Raymundo $500

Claudia Retter $500

Nate Ricciuto $500

Carlos Roa $500

Judith Rush $500

Nikos Fydor Rutkowski $500

Victoria Sankey $500

Aaron Sheldon $500

Lisa Shepherd $500

Alexa Sison $500

Joshua Smith $500

Uko Smith $500

Miranda Stansbury $500

Erik Sternberger $500

Luke Stettner $500

Lexie Stoia $500

Nicolette Swift $281

Matthew Swift $500

Stephen Takacs $500

Christopher Tennant $300

Joseph M. Thompson $500

Theresa Touma $492

Aina Turiaga $460

Mackenzie Turner $500

Hans Utter $500

Zach Van Horn $490

Barbara Vogel $500

Melissa Vogley Woods $500

Zac Weinberg $500

Emily Westenhouser $500

Maria Wheeler $500

Marshaie Williams $500

Carmen Winant $450

Mackenzie Worrall $300

2016 Supply Grants

107 GRANTS

AWARDED

$50,165

Purpose: to offset the cost of supplies for individual artists to create new works.

For example: filmmakers can use this grant to purchase film stock; visual artists can purchase paint or canvas; dancers can purchase music or specialty shoes, etc.

Columbus Dance Theatre, photo by Wes Kroninger.

Allandar: The Epic of Sundiata, courtesy Thiossane Institute.

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Jennifer Gard $1,000

Forrest Gard $1,000

Joey Hendrickson $1,000

Mackenzie Turner $1,000

Douglas Aumiller $2,500

Jennifer Gard $2,500

Joey Hendrickson $1,500

Eric Homan $2,500

Michael Polk $2,500

Quatric Williams $2,193

James Allison $1,500

Harold Chichester $1,500

Joey Hendrickson $1,288

Hollie Klem $1,318

Susan Schwarz $1,500

Gabrielle Stefura $1,500

Rachel Wiley $1,039

The Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Memorial Fund For Research and Development

Film Finishing Funds

Performing Artist Travel Grants

4 GRANTS

AWARDED

7 GRANTS

AWARDED

$4,000 $9,645

Purpose: to offset the cost of traveling for research and development, can be conceptual or technical research

Examples of eligible expenses would be airfare, car rental/fuel, lodging, meals, etc.

Purpose: to offset the cost of post production or completion of expenses for artists with film projects

Examples include editing, sound, or any other expense for the completion of a film project.

Purpose: to offset travel costs for paid performance opportunities

Examples of eligible expenses would be airfare, car rental/fuel, lodging, meals, etc.

The Rocky Horror Show, Imagine Productions full cast doing the Time Warp, photo by Jeri Shafer.

Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens presented the monumental sculpture exhibition, Origami in the Garden, which told the story of the Japanese art of paper folding through large-scale sculpture created by American artist Kevin Box. The exhibition included Box’s own compositions as well as collaborative works with his wife Jennifer and origami masters Robert J. Lang, Te Jui Fu, Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander.

6 GRANTS

AWARDED

$13,693

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ALLOCATION OF CITY OF COLUMBUS FUNDS BY CATEGORY

Blast 2016 at COSI, photo courtesy Robb McCormick Photography.

Pizzuti Collection, Family Day Series, Cuban Forever Revisited

Actual 2016 Actual 2015

Community Funding - Temporarily Restricted $4,833,038 $4,646,987

Film Columbus - Temporarily Restricted 95,000 83,820

Columbus Keepsake - Temporarily Restricted — 10,000

General and Administrative - Unrestricted 1,611,013 1,548,996

TOTAL CITY FUND REVENUES $ 6,539,051 $6,289,803

Operating Support Grants/Training $3,129,383 $2,877,258

Project Grants Awarded 561,842 486,737

Technical Assistance 75,973 102,795

Individual Artists Fellowships/Grants 228,205 247,443

Community Impact Grants 22,400 84,400

Community Arts Programs 20,000 —

Promotion City of Columbus 613,579 679,691

International Program 32,358 26,557

Artistic Excellence 20,000 20,000

Matching Funds Allocated to power2give 2,615 10,000

TOTAL CITY FUNDS ALLOCATED TO COMMUNITY FUNDING EXPENSES

$ 4,706,355 $4,534,881

SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) OF TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED CITY FUNDS

$221,683 $205,926

2016Total Temporarily Restricted revenue from the City of Columbus is $4,928,038. Grant expenses

exclude awards rescinded in the same year as awarded.

2015Total Temporarily Restricted revenue from the City of Columbus is $4,740,807.

In 2016 and 2015 some of the Community Funding expense categories received additional funding from non-city sources. Those amounts are not represented in this chart.

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STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES | Years ended December 31

Randall L. Schieber, HighBall Halloween 2016

Budget 2017 Actual 2016 Actual 2015

REVENUE

City of Columbus Contract $6,393,260 $6,539,051 $6,289,803

Ohio Arts Council 145,815 156,778 130,317

Contributions 38,000 109,868 42,431

Columbus Arts Festival 884,651 965,808 834,171

Columbus Makes Art Sponsorships 250,000 229,025 200,000

Other Grant Income — 46,956 4,895

power2give — 13,159 4,196

Community Arts Partnership 105,600 109,750 101,530

Public Art Contracts — 45,000 —

Fiscal Sponsor — 275 16,471

In-Kind — 39,000 64,680

Other 4,560 19,540 27,151

TOTAL REVENUE $7,821,886 $ 8,274,210 $7,715,645

Budget 2017 Actual 2016 Actual 2015

EXPENDITURE

Community Funding: Grants & Services 4,311,520 4,035,155 3,808,525

Designated Projects 898,343 935,452 963,999

Total Community Funding $5,209,863 $4,970,607 $4,772,524

Programs: Community Arts Programs 108,400 139,078 51,505

Columbus Arts Festival 884,651 913,581 894,794

power2give — 26,058 26,929

Fiscal Sponsor — 6,135 15,037

Total Program Funding $993,051 $1,084,852 $988,265

Total Community Funding & Programs $6,202,914 $6,055,459 $5,760,789

Advocacy — 90,450 —

Administrative Salaries 884,537 804,172 810,956

Payroll Taxes and Employee Benefits 266,423 222,264 217,087

Office and Equipment Rental 112,762 109,040 106,533

Community Arts Partnership/Special Events 94,300 89,697 97,591

Depreciation and Amortization 63,838 53,985 36,531

Office Expenses, IT Contract & Insurance 78,089 67,194 56,519

Accounting & Legal 28,900 26,753 25,853

Advertising/Public Information 27,700 23,478 29,754

Memberships, Publications, and Misc. 24,932 37,772 32,993

Utilities 13,641 9,344 9,158

Meetings, Travel, Local Expenses 23,850 17,318 18,673

Total General and Administrative $1,618,972 $1,551,467 $1,441,648

TOTAL EXPENDITURE $7,821,886 $7,606,926 $7,202,437

Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments — 16,614 (28,745)

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS — 683,898 484,463

BEGINNING NET ASSETS $3,218,993 $2,535,095 $2,050,632

ENDING NET ASSETS $3,218,993 $3,218,993 $2,535,095

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SUPPORTERS AT $10,000 AND ABOVEAmerican Electric PowerCardinal HealthChobaniThe Columbus Foundation Huntington National BankKrogerL Brands FoundationNational Endowment for the ArtsOhio Arts CouncilOwners.com (EventNet USA)PNCSafelite AutoGlassSuperior Beverage GroupThe Ohio State UniversityToyotaWhole World Events

OTHER SUPPORTERSABLE Roofing LLCAllegiant AirAnnie’s FundBalletMetBeck FoundationBig LotsBrandt-Roberts GalleriesBuckeye ConcessionsCampOhio.netColumbus Association for the

Performing ArtsCourt Appointed Special AdvocatesCASTOCD102.5Columbus 2020Columbus Arts Marketing

AssociationColumbus Children’s TheatreColumbus City SchoolsColumbus ClippersColumbus College of Art and DesignColumbus CrewColumbus Cultural Leadership

Consortium

Columbus Downtown Development Corporation

Columbus Metropolitan ClubColumbus Metropolitan LibraryColumbus Museum of ArtColumbus Symphony OrchestraColumbus Zoo and AquariumCorna Kokosing Construction

CompanyCOTACoverMyMedsCrabbe, Brown & James, LLPCrane GroupDesignGroupDublin Arts CouncilEaston Community FoundationEquitas HealthExperience ColumbusFirst Commonwealth BankFirst Night ColumbusFranklin County Convention

FacilitiesFranklin Park ConservatoryFulcrum CreativesG & J Pepsi Cola Bottling CompanyGateway Film CenterGraeter’s Ice CreamGrange InsuranceGriffin CommunicationsGutter Helmet SystemsHabitat for Humanity-MidOhioHammond Harkins GalleriesHarmony ProjectHinson LTDHollywood CasinoIce Miller LLPJames Hardie Building ProductsJazz Arts GroupJeni’s Splendid Ice CreamsM&L Concessions DBA Strawberry

FieldsNationwide Children’s HospitalNationwideOhio Alliance for Arts EducationOhio Bath SolutionsOlogie

Orange Barrel MediaOrigo BrandingOSA Technology PartnersPAST Productions ColumbusPizzuti CollectionPorter, Wright, Morris and ArthurProMusica Chamber OrchestraPuffin Foundation West, Ltd.Rea & Associates, Inc.Robert Weiler CompanyShadeTree Cool LivingSoutheast Healthcare ServicesStewart & Bernice Malquist

FoundationSvedkaSWACOthinkCSCThurber HouseTrue PandaTurner Construction CompanyUrban Arts SpaceVector Marketing Corporation

(Cutco)Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease

LLPWeston FoundationWild Goose CreativeWindow Pro Holdings

COMMUNITY PARTNERSArshot Investment CorporationCity Scene MagazineColumbus Department of

Recreation & ParksColumbus Radio GroupCOSICostume SpecialistsDispatch Media GroupLamar Outdoor AdvertisingOakland Nursery Ohio MagazinePelotoniaPromoWest

RBX MediaRSVPSheraton ColumbusVital Companies WCBE 90.5WOSU Public MediaZenGenius

INDIVIDUALSNicholas AkinsFrederick AldomLaura AlexanderGiles AllenMarty AndersonChristie AngelRandy Arndt and Jeff BakerHerb AsherAnna AumillerLori Barreras and Alex FischerGeorge BarrettEric BarthMilt and Julia BaughmanKaren Bell and Ben MaidenMichael BongiornoJenn BonitoStacie BoordLisa BorelliDenvy BowmanBarbara and David BrandtMary BrockJim BurnesRichard CahaanSharon CameronDavid CarrBobby CarringtonDon Casto IIIMerry ClarkDavid and Joan CliftonJanelle Coleman Blake ComptonShelagh ConleyJack ConnerRon and Janice CookLaura CoreyMark Corna

Jameson CraneTanny CraneLoann CranePaige CraneShannon and Rob CraneChris CulleyJerry and Jill DannemillerTerri DavidsonMary Duffey and Tony Logan Jeff Edwards Bill FaustDavid FeinbergHoward FeingoldSteven FieldsChristopher FilbyBrent FoleyScott FoltzChristina GambinoJohn and Lucy GambinoJudy GarelDeeDee GlimcherMike and Joy GonsiorowskiMary GrayMary Jo GreenAnn Hailey and Patrick DugganCynthia HaireMarilyn HarrisChris HaylerSue HazeltonDave and Nappy HetzlerDale and Gloria HeydlauffJoshua and Brandy HillNicholas HillCharles HillmanElisabeth HireMary Jo Hudson and Lynn WallichElenita IrwinPamela IversonStephen IvesJoe JadickAlan JazakBrian Kallaher Andrew KatzTom and Mary KatzenmeyerKari KauffmanJohn Kennedy

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Marlana KeynesJava and Mark KitrickLulani KossoffDoug and Monica KridlerTom KrouseChristine KullbergKimberly LaPlace David Lambert Catherine Lang-ClineWayne LawsonStacy LeemanDustin LeggansDeborah LiebelChristy LiimattaSusan LiuYung-Chen and Katherine LuRandy MalloyJohn MargesonDavid MaslekoffPeggy MativiDon MillerShannon MorganMary NelsonChar NormanPam O’Grady and FamilyDoris MooreAngela PaceEileen PaleyBetsy PandoraPaul PardiJacqueline PasternackKaren and Paul PattersonPhil PenninoKimber PerfectJohn PersichetteKelly PersichetteJennifer PetersonFloradelle PfahlMichael PirwitzRon and Ann PizzutiAlan PortnoyDianne RadiganMary RaudabaughEric RauschMark RealCarol Reece

Michael ReeseEva RhodeSusannah SaganLiz SamuelsonManju SankarappaJeff and Jody ScheimanKen and Sandy SchnackeDavid SchoolerHope SharettKathleen ShaughencyBill ShimpClarence SimmonsHimbert SinopoliCherie SkiltonBrent SobczakAnna Stephenson and Mary Ann ShortKelly SteveltMark StewartMichael Stinziano and familyLisa StrobelTom SzykownyLori TakacsDavid and Maureen TeedRichard TerapakDeborah ThompsonLonni ThompsonLeah Tsamous and John HaightTodd TuneyWarren TylerPriscilla TysonMadelyn UnderwoodDonald Van AttaKathleen VaskoCraig WalesJack WeaverRobert WeilerArt and Kristin WestonChuck and Bernice WhiteBob and Carol WilhelmNickey WinkelmanLinda WoggonDenny and Carmen WojtanowskiWilliam WymardSusan YostAlfaye YoungbloodGreg Zunkiewicz

MEMBERSStacie Boord, Shadowbox Live

Barbara Brandt, Barbara Brandt, Inc.

Shannon Crane, Community Volunteer

David Feinberg, American Electric Power

Michael Gonsiorowski, PNC

David Hetzler, DLZ, Inc.

Charles Hillman, Columbus Metropolitan

Housing Authority

Pamela Hykes O’Grady, City of Columbus

Kari Kauffman, Experience Columbus

Christine Kullberg, Cardinal Health

Catherine Lang-Cline, Portfolio Creative

Charlotte Norman, Columbus College of Art &

Design

Angela Pace, WBNS-TV

Eileen Paley, Franklin County Municipal Court

Kimber Perfect, City of Columbus

Tanisha Robinson, Print Syndicate

Manju Sankarappa, Asian Festival

Clarence Simmons, SIMCO Construction LLC

Michael Stinziano, Columbus City Council

Todd Tuney, YMCA of Central Ohio

Priscilla Tyson, Columbus City Council

Ronald Cook Jr. (Legal Counsel),

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur

OFFICERSDavid Clifton (Chair)

Huntington National Bank

Karen Bell (Immediate Past Chair)

The Ohio State University

Thomas Szykowny (Chair-Elect)

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Lori Barreras (Vice Chair)

Ohio Civil Rights Commission

Randall Arndt (Treasurer)

Ice Miller LLP

Michael Bongiorno (Secretary)

DesignGroup

Arts Council 2016-2017 Board of Trustees

Top: Gallery of Echoes, Shadowbox Live Bottom: Summer Jam and the Fantastic Food Garden, photo by Alan Jazak.

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For an enhanced online version of this book, visit annualreport.gcac.org

100 East Broad Street, Suite 2250 Columbus OH 43215 614/224-2606

GCAC.org

EXECUTIVE OFFICETom Katzenmeyer President and CEO

Sue Jones Executive Assistant

Kayla Green Director of Finance & Administration

Emily Toney Development Director

Trina Jackson Administrative Assistant

GRANTS & SERVICESAlison Barret Grants & Services Director

Keya Crenshaw Grants Coordinator, Artists

MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS & EVENTSJami Goldstein Vice President of Marketing, Communications & Events

Lacey Luce Marketing, Communications & Events Strategist

COLUMBUS ARTS FESTIVALSean Kessler Columbus Arts Festival Manager

Kez Hall Festival & Special Events Coordinator

Meet the Arts Council Staff

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Cover: Project Support grantee Small Steps Are Giant Leaps, Exploring new worlds/making new friends. Photoshoot at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium for a segment for NBC4’s Morningshow. Photographer/Owner: Aaron Sheldon,Astronaut: Harrison Sheldon, June 2016 Back Cover: Small Steps Are Giant Leaps,Astronaut or Fireman why not both? Photoshoot at Columbus Fire Station 23. Photographer/Owner: Aaron Sheldon, Astronaut: Harrison Sheldon, January 2016.