Realizing real growth and results in the arts and cultural sector is a primary goal of

the Greater Columbus Arts Council (Arts Council). While funding in 2015 remained

relatively level, new and longtime programs allowed us to continue to invest in area

organizations and artists.

• Twenty-six grants totaling $2.8 million were awarded in Operating Support and

48 grants totaling $486,737 in Project Support.

• Partnered with the Columbus Cultural Leadership Consortium, to launch the

largest public/private partnership to market the arts in Columbus’ history with

the Art Makes Columbus/Columbus Makes Art campaign. Nearly 30 million

paid, earned, online and social media impressions have been generated in

just six months.

• Expanded the Columbus Arts Festival footprint west toward Franklinton,

added a theatre and acoustic stage, and hosted a Film Summit in partnership

with Film Columbus the week of the Festival to build interest in growing the

film economy in Columbus.

• Hired a development director to assist in raising funds for the Columbus Arts

Festival, Art Makes Columbus, the Community Arts Partnership Awards and

matching funds for power2give.

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 Clifton

President Board Chair

EXPERTISE

ADVOCACY

COLLABORATION

PROMOTION, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, BUILDING AUDIENCES

RESOURCES, INFORMING AUDIENCES, BEST PRACTICES

COMMUNICATIONS, CONVENING, SHARING

“The Arts Council’s leadership allows us to continue innovative work with world-renowned choreographers, house a company of distinguished artists and make ballet more accessible to our community, and engage 100,000 people annually.” Edwaard Liang, BalletMet

Film Columbus

The Arts Council partnered with Film Columbus tohost the city’s fi rst ever fi lm summit. Attended by 150 fi lmmakers, city leaders, policy makers, and educators the summit took place the week of the Arts Festival. Film Columbus is helping to grow the fi lm economy in the city by attracting major fi lm productions to shoot in the city including most recently I am Wrath withJohn Travolta and 478 with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Hanley Award

A $10,000 award waspresented to visual artist and craftsperson Dorothy Gill Barnes at a reception at the Columbus Museum of Art in October.

Columbus Arts Festival

Nearly 425,000 people attended the Festival over three days to see300+ artists, buy local art and dineon local cuisine. A Festival 5K Run onSaturday morning helped reach new audiences and six stages, includingthree new venues, enabled more than 1,100 performers to showcase their talent.

Community Arts Partnership Awards

The annual event hada record 480 attendees and raised $50,000to support arts andeducation programmingin central Ohio.

Art Makes Columbus

With the addition of theArt Makes Columbus page,Facebook post reach nearly doubled to 1.1 million in 2015.Featured artist campaignvideos were viewed nearly 20,000 times.

Community and Street Performer program

Six community partnershelped provide opportunities for 221performers and 390 hoursof paid performances.

WOSU’s Broad & High

The Arts Council partners with WOSU on this Emmy Award winning program which reaches nearly 200,000households each season.For the second year in a row, Broad & High received a regional Emmy for Best Magazine Program.

ColumbusMakesArt.com Artists & Stories

2015 launched morethan 20 in-depth profi les of Columbus Makes Artcampaign artists and nearly 800 artists in 5 disciplinesnow in the Artist Directory.

Marketing

With the launch of the Art Makes Columbus/Columbus Makes Art campaign, the Arts Council generated more than30 million paid, earned,social and onlineimpressions in justsix months.

Fiscal Sponsor Program

The Arts Council assists newly forming arts and culture organizations and important one-time projects by providing means to accept donations and leverage support/resources. In 2015, the Arts Council provided fi scal sponsor support to fi ve local organizations, one of which has since obtained their 501(c)3 status.

Arts Legal Assistance Program

The pro bono partnership with the Columbus Bar Association provides legal assistance for Franklin County artists and small arts organizations to manage legal needs in a cost eff ective way.

Public Forum

Nearly 200 people turned out at Gateway Film Center in February to learn more about the eff orts to build the fi lm economy in Columbus and get a preview of the marketing campaign that would launch in June.

Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus, DIVAS Dead or Alive

State of the Art Productions, Caroline or Change

COLUMBUS INVESTMENT IN THE ARTS*

$12.48 in contributed revenue $13.94 in earned revenue$ .62 in other government dollars

Every $1 invested by the city of Columbus was matched by $27.04 in total dollars.

*Operating and Project support grants only. In-kind contributions and permanently restricted revenues have been removed.

ARTS AND CULTURAL

ORGANIZATIONSSUPPORTED A WORKFORCE OF

artists1,962jobs5,735

PROGRAM AREAS

volunteers6,826school children434,962audience members3,991,933

AND ENGAGED A COMMUNITY OF69 2 $2.1Mcounty, state,

federal dollars

artss>sportss

Including Columbus Blue Jackets, Columbus Clippers, Columbus Crew SC, Ohio Machine and men’s

and women’s sports at The Ohio State University (football, basketball, ice hockey and lacrosse.)

NONPROFIT ARTS ATTENDANCE IN COLUMBUS IS

THAT OF ALL SPORTS ATTENDANCE

2014 is the most recent year for complete fi gures from fi nal reports. All information on this page is from Arts Council applications and reports.

2015 is a forecasted fi gure.

$4,285,198

$4,787,634

Growth in Community Funding

$2,819,433

11.6%$3,145,102

18.7%$3,732,968

4.9%$3,916,579

9.4%11.7%

For a complete list of Arts Council grants, fi nancials visit www.gcac.org/about/publications/

VISIONA great Columbus: Always thriving artistically, culturally and economically.

MISSIONThrough vision and leadership, advocacy and collaboration, the Arts Council supports art and advances the culture of the region. A catalyst for excellence and innovation, the Arts Council funds exemplary artists and arts organizations and provides programs, events and services of public value that educate and engage all audiences in our community.

2014

2015

2010

2011

2012

2013

General & Administrative

$1,440,317

52.23% Growth in Community Funding since 2010!

“The Arts Council’s faith in our mission of bringing professional theater and restoring the Garden Theatre has inspired us from the beginning. Without Arts Council funding there would be no Short North Stage, and most likely no Garden Theater.”

Rick Gore, Short North Stage

PROJECT SUPPORT GRANTS48

$486,737

OPERATING SUPPORT GRANTS26

$2,848,003

BOOST GRANTS11

$102,795

GRANTS AND AWARDS

ARTIST GRANTS137

$95,360Includes Supply, Performing Artist Travel and

Professional Development Grants

ARTS AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS67

$80,300Supporting artists in the visual arts,

media arts, literature, playwriting, dance andArtist Exchange program

“Arts Council support goes beyond monetary value. Imagining how one might use funds inspires risk taking, which is essential to the creative process ... grants help build community as recipients share their expertise with one another and help each other problem solve.”

Gretchen Stevens Cochran, visual artist

“Our national reputation, cutting-edge technology, social media savvy, education programming, and successful author events are attributable in large part to the support we have received from the Arts Council.”

Jennifer Gregg, Thurber House

increase from prior year

Opera Columbus, Armide, Artistic Director Peggy Kriha Dye as Armide. Photo: Randall L. Schieber

BalletMet’s Breaking Ballet, Photo by Jennifer Zmuda, Dancers Adrienne Benz & Gabriel Gaff ney Smith

Shanelle Marie and Adam Crawford in Available Light’s production Dedalus (a portrait of the artist). Photo by Matt Slaybaugh.

Installation by artist Stephanie Rond

in Remnants at OSU Urban Arts Space.

Kristen Basore and Edward Carignan in Short North Stage’s production of A Little Night Music. Photo: Heather Wack

First night of ProMusica Chamber Orchestra’s Summer Music Series at Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Soprano Kathrin Danzmayr is featured with the orchestra led by Music Director David Danzmayr. Photo courtesy of ProMusica.

Grants & Services

$3,808,524Designated

Project Support

$979,110

Other Program Expenses

$77,617

ColumbusArts Festival

$892,794

Other program expenses consist of community

arts programs, power2give and fi scally sponsored organization expenses.

Forecasted 2015

Columbus Invitational Arts Competition, Columbus Modern Dance Company

Independents Day Festival 2015

100 East Broad Street, Suite 2250Columbus OH 43215614/224-2606

EXECUTIVE OFFICETom KatzenmeyerPresident and CEO

Kayla GreenDirector of Finance & Administration

Sue JonesExecutive Assistant

Emily ToneyDevelopment Director

GRANTS & SERVICESSean KesslerGrants Coordinator, Organizations

Keya CrenshawGrants Coordinator, Artists

MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS & EVENTSJami GoldsteinVice PresidentMarketing, Communications & Events

Lacey LuceMarketing, Communications& Events Strategist

COLUMBUS ARTS FESTIVALR. Scott HuntleyColumbus Arts Festival Director

Inal ElbeyliColumbus Arts Festival Coordinator

Arts Council Staff

Cover: Winner of the 2015 Columbus Makes Art Excellence Award. the theater is a blank page, Ann Hamilton, Ann Bogart and SITI Company. Photo: Brooke LaValley

First inside fold: Installation by Diana Al-Hadid.

Inside photo grid of artists featured in the

Columbus Makes Art campaign (left to right):

musician Angela Perley; Eric Barker, CATCO;

Amanda Bettin, Franklin Park Conservatory

and Botanical Gardens; Bryan Moss, Columbus

Museum of Art, Edwaard Liang, BalletMet; artist

Laura Alexander; artist Devon Palmer; Amy Lay,

Shadowbox Live; Samantha Lewis, BalletMet;

Karl Pederson, Columbus Symphony Orchestra;

artist Lisa McLymont; David Butler, King Arts

Complex; Peggy Kriha Dye, Opera Columbus;

Ty Owen, COSI; artist Stephanie Rond; Byron

Stripling, Jazz Arts Group.

Arts Council 2015-2016 Board of Trustees

OFFICERSDavid Clifton (Chair)

Huntington National Bank

Karen Bell (Immediate Past Chair)

The Ohio State University

Lori Barreras (Vice Chair)

Ohio Civil Rights Commission

Thomas Szykowny (Vice Chair)

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Randall Arndt (Treasurer)

Ice Miller LLP

Michael Bongiorno (Secretary)

DesignGroup

MEMBERSChristie Angel, Calfee Strategic Solutions LLC

Stacie Boord, Shadowbox Live

Denvy Bowman Capital University

Barbara Brandt, Barbara Brandt, Inc.

Bill Faust, Ologie

David Feinberg, AEP

Michael Gonsiorowski, PNC

David Hetzler, DLZ, Inc.

Charles Hillman, Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority

Pamela Hykes O’Grady, City of Columbus

Kari Kauffman, Experience Columbus

Brett Kaufman, Kaufman Development

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 Judge

Tanisha Robinson, Print Syndicate

Manju Sankarappa, Asian Festival

Clarence Simmons, SIMCO Construction LLC

Todd Tuney, Columbus City Schools

Priscilla Tyson, Columbus City Council

Ronald Cook, Jr. (Legal Counsel)

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur

GCAC.org

ColumbusMakesArt.com

#artmakescbus

ColumbusArtsFestival.org

FINANCIAL ADDENDUM

SUPPORTING ARTADVANCING CULTURE

THE VISIONA great Columbus: Always thriving artistically, culturally and economically.

MISSIONThrough vision and leadership, advocacy and collaboration, the Arts Council supports art and advances the culture of the region. A catalyst for excellence and innovation, the Arts Council funds exemplary artists and arts organizations and provides programs, events and services of public value that educate and engage all audiences in our community.

Above: Freeland Southard,Mirror Chair, recipient of the

Ohio Designer CraftsmenChallenge Award for

Excellence, and the WatkinsPrinting Poster Award and

Yassenoff Family Awardfor Excellence. Photo:

Daniel Fox/Lumina Studio

Right: The Apple BottomGang performs at Summer

Jam 2015 WestgateArts & Music in the Park.

Photo: Alan Jazak

Organization Award

Actors’ Theatre $17,820

Ballet Metropolitan, Inc. $255,000

CAPA $245,000

CATCO $121,440

Chamber Music Columbus $17,625

CityMusic, Inc. $11,590

Columbus Children’s Theatre $75,600

Columbus Dance Theatre $43,645

Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus $33,215

Columbus Landmarks Foundation $14,080

Columbus Museum of Art $267,500

Columbus Symphony Orchestra $242,500

COSI $270,000

Franklin Park Conservatory $242,500

Friends of Early Music $12,758

Glass Axis $15,000

Jazz Arts Group $164,145

King Arts Complex $121,800

Ohio Art League $9,120

Ohio Designer Craftsmen $83,475

Opera Columbus $103,500

ProMusica $117,750

ROY G BIV Gallery $6,000

Short North Stage $20,000

Thurber House $86,940

Wexner Center for the Arts $250,000

26 AWARDS$2,848,003

Twenty-six organizations were awarded Operating Support in 2015 totaling $2,848,003. This was the fi rst year since the relaunch of the grantprogram that the application score aff ected the grant award amount.

Continuing the practice established in 2010, individual meetings were held with each applicant to discuss in more detail their operations, programming and goals. During 2015, undistributed funds were used to provide organizational development opportunities, including advanced social media training with industry leaders Mindset Digital, implicit biastraining with the Kirwan Institute and board development.

Operating Support

Cover: Installation by Claire Smithin Remnants at OSU Urban Arts

Space. Photo: Caroline Kraus

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Project Support

The Project Support program accepts applications in four quarterly cycles. The Arts Council meets with applicants individually creating dialogue and actively seeking feedback to inform programs. These grants support seven diff erent artistic disciplines including dance, theater, music, mediaarts, visual arts and literary arts.

Organization Application Title

Alkebulan 25th Annual Juneteenth Ohio Festival $16,250

ARC Industries, Inc. The Hero Within: Imagination and Identity $15,300

Arts Initiative Open This End $14,905

Asian Festival 2015 Asian Festival $20,250

Available Light Theatre 2016 Season $25,436

Camille Catherine, Inc. Creative Strings Workshop and Festival 2015 $7,500

Capriccio Vocal Ensemble Duke Ellington’s “Sacred Songs” $2,145

CATCO is Theatre The Final Table $15,000

Columbus Civic Theatre 2015 Season $22,525

Columbus College of Art and Design CCAD Exhibitions, Visiting Artists & Scholars $22,750

Columbus Film Council 63rd Columbus International Film and Video Festival $3,750

Columbus Moving Company 2015-2016 Artistic Season $2,700

Community Development for All People Harmony on the South Side $500

EASE The Game Show $606

Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services New American Festival 2015 $3,825

Evolution Theatre Company Summer - Fall Productions $7,650

First Night Columbus 2015 First Night Columbus Celebration $25,500

Food For Good Thought Those Who Spring of Me $4,125

Gallery Players Guys and Dolls $5,995

Gateway Film Foundation House 9 Summer Series $2,025

Global Gallery Community Outreach Programs $9,338

Hiphop Studies Working Group 2016 Hiphop Literacies Conference $1,272

Independents’ Day Eighth Annual Independents’ Day $9,500

Invitational Arts Incorporated Columbus Invitational Arts Competition $1,125

Jeff erson Academy of Music Signature Series ‘15 - 16 Season $7,500

MadLab 2015-2016 Theatrical Season $23,750

OhioDance 2016 Festival and Conference $13,775

Ohioana Library Association 2015 Ohioana Book Festival $25,508

Opera Project Columbus 2015-2016 Season $6,461

Pizzuti Collection Us Is Them $28,500

Red Herring Productions The Goat or, Who is Sylvia? $1,156

ShadoArt Productions The Tenshu $33,250

Short North Alliance 2015 Short North Temporary Mural Series $6,451

SID Public Services AssociationBOLD BOOTHS: Public Art Engaging Columbus and Its Infrastructure

$26,250

Six String Concerts, Inc. 2015-2016 Season $4,750

SRO Theatre Company 2015 - 2016 Season $23,615

State of The Arts Productions 2016 Theater Season $3,600

Summer Jam Westgate Summer Jam Westgate $1,650

Sunday at Central 2015-2016 Recital Series $1,800

The Center for Ongoing Research & Projects Artist Project Series $2,275

The Fuse Factory Electronic and Digital Arts Lab Frequency Fridays 2015-2016 Season $3,356

The Sequentialist The Sequentialist $3,300

TL United Music For Hope Southeast Asia Music and Art Festival $1,750

University District Organization U Should Know Video Series $1,575

Vivo Chamber Music Festival Vivo Chamber Music Festival $5,502

VSA Ohio ReelAbilities Columbus Disabilities Film Festival 2015 $5,738

Wild Goose Creative 2015-2016 Season $11,003

Xclaim EIGHT $4,250

48 Awards Totaling $486,737

Recipient Application Title Grant

Cleve Theater Feasibility Analysis $10,000

Franklinton Arts District Strategic Plan $10,000

Global Gallery Global Gallery Art Space $7,400

Jazz Arts Group Needs Assessment Survey for Jazz-Based School Programs

$10,000

Jeff erson Academy of Music The Digital Dialogue -Catching Up

$7,500

OhioDance Software/Hardware upgrade, Consultancy and Staff Development

$8,495

ROY G BIV Gallery Salary Assistance $10,000

SRO Theatre Company Board Training and Development $10,000

Thiossane Institute Enhancing Marketing Capacity $10,000

Thurber House Database Migration and Website Conversion

$10,000

TL United Music for Hope Offi ce and event equipment, graphic web design, and collateral design

$9,400

11 Awards Totaling $102,795

BOOST is a capacity-building program supporting the governance, leadership, technology and professional development needs of not-for-profi t arts organizations.Applicants are encouraged to make a long-term commitment to continuous improvement and to develop skills that result in benefi ts not only to theorganization, but to the larger arts community.

BOOST

Recipient Grant

TL United Music For Hope

$3,580

ARTfl uential $17,955

King Arts Complex $7,500

Maroon Arts Group $39,865

small moves $15,500

5 Awards Totaling $84,400

Recipient Grant

Total Contributions $41,185

Matching Dollars $26,367

Organizations Served 17

Projects 18

Community Impact

1/1/2015 THROUGH 12/31 /2015

power2give

Bottom: Columbus SongwritersAssociation member John LeonJamar Tucker performing at the

CSA October 2015 Showcase at Notes.Photo: Dan Mitchell/Mitchell Multimedia

Opposite: Thurber House Children’sWriter-in-Residence, Crystal Allen,

teaching a group of kids at their2015 Summer Writing Camp

Middle: El Corazon de Mexico Ballet Folklorico. Photo: Randall L. Schieber

Top: BalletMet performs atGallery Hop as part of the ArtsCouncil’s Community & Street

Performer program. Photo: Dana Cox

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Recipient Application Title Grant

Michael Rene Torres Choral Composition $5,000

Columbus Dance Theatre* Dance $10,000*

Phil Garrett Media Arts $3,500

Alexa Sison Media Arts $1,500

Heather Taylor Media Arts $1,500

Adria Shahid-Wilson Music/Incubator $500

Adrianne Glass Music/Incubator $500

Christina Turner Music/Incubator $500

Cynthia Amoah Music/Incubator $500

David Dennis Music/Incubator $500

Debra James Tucker Music/Incubator $500

Kenny Eaddy Music/Incubator $500

Kenny Ruffi n Music/Incubator $500

Marquitta Minniefi eld Music/Incubator $500

Paisha Thomas Music/Incubator $500

Stefani Qamil Wright Music/Incubator $500

Talisha Holmes Music/Incubator $500

Tomiqua Perry Music/Incubator $500

Howard Ingram Music/Incubator $500

Daniel Minquel Ingram Music/Incubator $500

Jesse Jackson Music/Incubator $500

Matthew Swift Ohio State Fair (Film/Video) $200

Amanda Kline Ohio State Fair (Film/Video) $200

Anne Lenzotti Ohio State Fair (Visual Arts, Amateur) $150

Spencer Ison Ohio State Fair (Visual Arts, Amateur) $150

Kellie McDermott Ohio State Fair (Visual Arts, Pro) $200

Alexandra Fresch Ohio State Fair (Visual Arts, Pro) $200

CATCO is Theatre* Playwright $5,000

Mary Barczak PromoWest $500

Tony Cochran PromoWest $500

Sarah Mitchell PromoWest $500

Gregory Stange PromoWest $500

Julie Schumacher Thurber Prize $5,000

Gabe Michael Kenney Visual Arts $5,000

Jason Schwab Visual Arts $5,000

Glen Holland Visual Arts $5,000

Lisa Belsky Visual Arts (Collaboration Piece) $2,500

Lance Thompson Visual Arts (Collaboration Piece) $2,500

Jessica Armstrong VSA (Visual Arts, Emerging) 1st Place $100

John Miller VSA (Visual Arts, Emerging) 2nd Place $100

Malcolm J. VSA (Visual Arts, Pro) 1st place $150

Marty Freireich VSA (Visual Arts, Pro) 2nd place $150

46 Awards Totaling $63,100

Fellowship Programs

Artist Exchange

Fellowship Programs

The Arts Council’s Artist Fellowship programs are collaborations with other local organizations including: CATCO is Theatre, Columbus Dance Theatre, Columbus Film Council, Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus, Columbus Museum of Art, Lincoln Theatre, Ohio State Fair, PromoWest Live, Thurber House and VSA Ohio.

Recipient Grant

Andrew McCauley $4,250

Robert Metzger $3,450

2 Awards Totaling $7,700

The Arts Council recognizes the important contribution of artists to the creative landscape of the Columbus community. Support for artists is provided through Artist Fellowships,International Exchange program, Professional Development Assistance,Performing Artist Travel Grants and Supply Grants. These funding and support programs give artists in the community the opportunity to enhance their skills and create work that helps drive the vibrancy of the arts in Columbus and Franklin County.

*Five $2,000 dance fellowships to be announced by Columbus Dance Theatre and one $5,000 playwright fellowship to be announced by CATCO is Theatre.

Recipient Grant

Christopher Appel $1,000

Jaime Bennati $1,000

Kiesha Bolton $979

Cudelice Brazelton $1,000

Ruth Burke $975

Norman Cardwell $926

Michol Childress $1,000

Abby Christ $712

Virginia Cipolla $1,000

Kathryn Conklin $975

Ann Corley Silverman $785

Jesse David Luketic $975

Jacci Delaney $1,000

Melinda Eliza Sabo $282

Ryan Feeney $470

Nicole Gibbs $1,000

Lea Gray $1,000

Charles Harris $900

Walter Herrmann $600

Anne Holman $1,000

Kelly Hurlburt $1,000

Eric Jeff erson $1,000

Heidi Kambitsch $1,000

Shahid Khan $975

Terri Maloney-Houston $1,000

Professional Development Grants are awards of up to $1,000to off set the costs of professional development opportunities. Examples of eligible activities would be master technique classes, enhancing business skills or attending professional conferenceswhere development opportunities exist.

Recipient Grant

Joanna Manousis $1,000

John Michael Osburn $853

Joseph Mitchell $1,000

Kelly Nye $903

Amanda Page $975

John Piper $1,000

Tara Ploansky $884

Michael Polk $225

Jill Raymundo $1,000

Claudia Retter $1,000

Paul Ricketts $1,000

Elsie Sanchez $1,000

Kari Lynn Schneider $1,000

Aaron Sheldon $1,000

Erik S. Sternberger $1,000

Jazmyn Sunderland $1,000

Stephen R. Takacs $1,000

Jen Townsend $1,000

Mackenzie Turner $500

Brittany Vacca $1,000

Barbara Vogel $449

Heather F. Wetzel $1,000

Leah Wong $1,000

Megan Yankee $641

Brooke Zamudio $1,000

Recipient Stipend

ARC Industries, Inc. $500

Catherine Bell Smith $500

Chelsea Bennett $500

Adam Brouillette $500

David Butler $500

Jeff rey Crisafulli $500

Richard Duarte Brown $500

Katie Golonka $500

Larry Hamill $500

Jaiymie Kiggins $500

Said Oladejo-lawai $500

Stephanie Rond $500

Mireya Schoo $500

Rachel Schutt $500

Jerry Seabaugh $500

April Sunami $500

Christopher Tennant $500

Amandda Tirey $500

Roger Williams $500

19 Awards Totaling $9,500

In 2016 the Columbus Arts Festival will collaborate with ShadowboxLive on the second Gallery of Echoes production featuring work by Columbus artists. Each artist was paid an honorarium for loaning their work to the project.

Professional Development Gallery of Echoes Artist Honorarium

50 Awards Totaling $44,984

Shadowbox Live performance of Which One’s Pink.

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Recipient Grant

Naki Akrobettoe $1,419

Marco Castro $1,500

Sara Castro $1,500

Devin Copfer $1,500

Smith Daily $1,500

Christian Howes $1,500

Erin Mason $1,500

Nathan Smith $1,500

Megan Yankee $1,378

9 Awards Totaling $13,297

Recipient Grant

Abukar Abdikadir Kadar $500

Luke Ahern $474

James Allison $500

Junko Amano $252

Cudelice Brazelton $500

Christopher Burk $474

Molly Burke $500

Ruth Burke $353

Gabrielle Burton $500

Kathryn Conklin $500

Maryum Cooper $500

Christine Cooper Hill $500

Christopher Corbin $500

Keith Davis $479

Frances DeFusco $500

Jacci Delaney $500

Larry Doyle $473

Anna Drewes $500

Melinda Eliza Sabo $500

Donna Estep $472

Madeleine Etter $497

Phillip Fox $500

Barbara Gibbon $475

Daric Gill $475

Jason Glenn $500

Lea Gray $500

Eric Hines $466

Hannah Hoff man $494

Lisa Horkin $500

Andrew Ina $475

Heidi Kambitsch $500

Melinda Kay Rosenberg $500

Aba Kifl e $500

Denise Lancaster $300

Dana Lynn Harper $468

Bruce I. Macadam $475

Heidi Madsen $477

Michelle Maguire $500

Terri Maloney-Houston $472

Joanna Manousis $500

Austin McClellan $500

Ali Milo $475

Vada Mitchell $500

Supply Grants are awards of up $500 to off set the cost of supplies to create new work. For example: fi lmmakers can use this grantto purchase fi lm stock; visual artists can purchase paint or canvas; dancers can purchase music or specialty shoes, etc.

Travel Grants are awards of upto $1,500 to off set the costs of traveling for performance opportunities. Examples of eligibleexpenses would be airfare, car rental/fuel, lodging, meals, etc.

Recipient Grant

Andrea Myers $475

Jessica Naples $475

Elizabeth Nelson $240

Tona Pearson $474

Celia Peters $500

Danielle Poling $500

Greg Ponchak $500

Malaika Rasheed $500

Jill Raymundo $460

Rosa Rojas $500

Elsie Sanchez $500

Aaron Sheldon $500

Rachelle Smith $500

Scott Steelman $500

Erik Sternberger $500

Gretchen Stevens Cochran

$500

Cristyn Steward $500

Jayne Struble $500

Nicolette Swift $500

Matthew Swift $499

Stephen R. Takacs $500

Paisha Thomas $428

Jaime Torres $500

Bobbi Townes $500

Harold Townes $500

Aaron Troyer $288

Mackenzie Turner $437

Zach Van Horn $484

Barbara Vogel $440

Kimerly Webb $493

Katherine Wexler $500

Keith Williams $500

Helen Wills $435

Leah Wong $500

Megan Yankee $425

78 Awards Totaling $37,079

Supply Grants

Performing Artist Travel Grant

OPPArt (Opportunities for Artists)

OPPArt convenes events aimed toward helping individual artists connect with each other and further themselves and their work. The series includesprofessional development workshops, roundtable discussions, social eventsand more.

35 EventsTotal Attendance 957

Top Right: Willie Garner (front) as Richie leads theEnsemble of other hopeful auditioners, including(left to right in front row) Samantha Gershman asDiana, Maggie Taylor as Kristine, Lauren Monteleoneas Val, Lauren Schorr as Judy, Brooke Walters asMaggie and Dionysia Williams as Cassie in ShortNorth Stage’s production of A Chorus Line. Photo:Jerrri Shafer.

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ALLOCATION OF CITY OF COLUMBUS FUNDS BY CATEGORY

Projected 2015 Actual 2014

Community Funding - Temporarily Restricted $4,646,987 $4,197,367

Community Impact - Temporarily Restricted – 100,000

Film Columbus - Temporarily Restricted 83,820 68,680

Columbus Keepsake - Temporarily Restricted 10,000 –

General and Administrative - Unrestricted 1,548,996 1,399,122

TOTAL CITY FUND REVENUE $6,289,803 $5,765,169

Operating Support Grants/Training $2,877,258 $2,960,250

Project Grants Awarded 486,737 375,099

Technical Assistance 102,795 103,149

Individual Artists Fellowships/Grants 252,443 195,348

Community Impact Grants 84,400 8,700

Promotion City of Columbus 199,752 200,445

Community Plan and Marketing 453,597 383,033

International Program 26,557 26,291

Artistic Excellence 20,000 10,000

Matching Funds Allocated to power2give 10,000 20,000

TOTAL CITY FUNDS ALLOCATED TOCOMMUNITY FUNDING EXPENSES

$4,513,539 $4,282,315

SURPLUS/(DEFICIT) OF TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED CITY FUNDS

$227,268 $83,732

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

2014Total Temporarily Restricted Funding from the City of Columbus for 2014 is $4,366,047.

The City of Columbus provided a Community Impact Grant of $100,000 for an art-related entrepreneurial neighborhood program for development and management services. The City of Columbus also increased the percentage of bed tax funding allocated to the Arts Council in 2014. In 2015 and 2014 some grant categories received additional funding from non-city revenues sources. Those amounts are not represented in this chart.

Video and New MediaArt in the Last 50 Years- a panel discussionbetween Ohio StateFaculty: Roger Beebe,Department of Art;Vera Brunner-Sung,Department of Theatre;and Kris Paulsen,Department of Historyof Art and Departmentof Film Studies. Anevent with Open ThisEnd: Contemporary Art from the Collection of Blake Byrne at UrbanArts Space and Hopkins Hall Gallery. Imagecourtesy of Urban ArtsSpace. Photo: AdaMatusiewicz

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STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIESYears ended December 31

Budget 2016 Projected 2015 Actual 2014

REVENUE

City of Columbus Contract $6,190,204 $6,289,803 $5,765,169

Ohio Arts Council 137,739 130,317 92,790

Contributions 37,833 42,431 41,513

Columbus Arts Festival 939,795 834,171 850,067

Columbus Makes Art Sponsorships 250,000 200,000 –

Other Grant Income – 4,892 2,450

power2give – 4,196 25,368

Community Arts Partnership 105,600 101,530 77,300

Fiscal Sponsor – 16,472 31,614

In-Kind – 64,680 –

Other 3,630 27,159 8,559

TOTAL REVENUE $7,664,801 $7,715,651 $6,894,830

EXPENDITURE

Community Funding: Grants & Services 4,078,590 3,808,524 3,665,077

Designated Projects 935,557 979,110 620,121

Total Community Funding $5,014,147 $4,787,634 $4,285,198

Programs: Community Arts Programs 118,400 51,505 85,420

Columbus Arts Festival 939,795 892,794 729,213

power2give – 11,075 22,151

Fiscal Sponsor – 15,037 29,573

Total Program Funding $1,058,195 $970,411 $866,357

Total Community Funding & Programs $6,072,342 $5,758,045 $5,151,555

Administrative Salaries 887,089 810,956 707,791

Payroll Taxes and Employee Benefits 273,603 217,087 189,281

Office and Equipment Rental 109,940 106,533 105,956

Community Arts Partnership/Special Events 94,000 98,548 90,018

Depreciation and Amortization 43,806 36,531 22,042

Office Expenses, IT Contract & Insurance 74,771 56,707 44,997

Accounting & Legal 27,050 25,853 26,181

Advertising/Public Information 27,700 27,432 23,777

Memberships, Publications, and Misc. 21,645 32,878 23,382

Utilities 9,005 9,119 9,289

Meetings, Travel, Local Expenses 23,850 18,673 14,718

Total General and Administrative $1,592,459 $1,440,317 $1,257,432

TOTAL EXPENDITURE $7,664,801 $7,198,362 $6,408,987

Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments – (28,745) (2,769)

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS – 488,544 483,074

BEGINNING NET ASSETS $2,539,176 $2,050,632 $1,567,558

ENDING NET ASSETS $2,539,176 $2,539,176 $2,050,632

$25,000+American Electric Power

Cardinal Health

Columbus Cultural Leadership Consortium

Columbus Foundation

Huntington Bank

L Brands Foundation

OSU Wexner Medical Center

PNC Bank

$10,000-$24,999Express

FLYCOLUMBUS.COM

Hollywood Casino

Puffi n Foundation West

Wolfe Enterprises/Columbus Dispatch

Worthington Industries

$5,000-$9,999Annie’s Fund (Bob Falcone)

Lori Barreras and Alex Fischer

The Ohio State University

$2,500-$4,999George Barrett and Debbie Neimeth

Capital University

CD102.5

David Clifton

Corna Kokosing

Crabbe, Brown & James

Crane Group

Fahlgren Mortine

Ann Hailey and Patrick Duggan

Ice Miller LLP

JP Morgan Chase Foundation

Tom and Mary Katzenmeyer

Ologie

Robert Weiler Company

Tom Szykowny

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease

$1,500-$2,499Big Lots

CASTO

Jerry and Jill Dannemiller

Donatos

Grange Insurance

Mary Jo Green

Kaufman Development

OhioHealth

Angela Pace

Ron and Ann Pizzuti

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur

Safelite AutoGlass

thinkCSC

White Castle

$1,000-$1,499Christie Angel

Randy Arndt

BalletMet

Karen Bell

Denvy Bowman

Barbara Brandt

David Brown

CAPA & Partners

Columbus College of Art & Design

Columbus Downtown Development Corp

Columbus Partnership

Jack Conner

Ron Cook

Loann Crane

Harmony Project

Brett Kaufman

Christine Kullberg

Ohio Alliance for Arts Education

Ohio Arts Council

Pizzuti Collection

Ken Schnacke

Mark Stewart

Todd Tuney

Wexner Center for the Arts

$500-$999Beck Foundation

Stacie Boord

Michael Bongiorno

Jameson Crane and Tim Miller

Paige and Michael Crane

Bill Faust

David Feinberg

DeeDee Glimcher

Mike Gonsiorowski

Dave Hetzler

Joshua Hill

Java and Mark Kitrick

Catherine Lang-Cline

Rick Lantz

Peggy Mativi

Lonni Thompson

THE ARTS COUNCIL IS GRATEFUL TO THESE BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR OUR PROJECTS, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS.

Asian Festival performance.

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$250-$499Asian Festival

ARC Ohio

Milt and Julia Baughman

Columbus Dance Theatre

Columbus Metropolitan Library

Connie Ellis

Howard Feingold

Franklin County Commissioners

Judy and Jules Garel

Marlana Keynes

Max Medford & Grandparents

Mark and Sue Real

Jody and Jeff Scheiman

Cherie Skilton

Lisa Ann Strobel

Up to $250Marty Anderson

Anonymous

Jim Arter

Anna, Corey and Laura Aumiller

Candy Aurand

Sue Ballmer

Jenn Bonito

Laurie Boogaard

Kamal Boulos

Michelle Brandt

Allison Buenger

Richard Cahaan

Sharon Cameron

Douglas Campbell

David Carr

Merry Clark

Kevin Conlon

Laura Corey

Chris Culley

Hayley Deeter

Dublin Arts Council

Christopher Filby

Scott Foltz

Philip French

Carol Gedeon

Deb Green

Sherrie Hawk

Sue Hazelton

Patricia Herron

Hilton Columbus Downtown

Mary Jo Hudson

Joe Jadick

Patrick Katzenmeyer

Kevin Keiser

Wayne Lawson

Stacy Leeman

Dustin Leggans

Amy Leibrand

Sandra Losco

Carolyn Lowe

Randy Malloy

John Margeson

David Maslekoff

Candace Mazur Darman

Lisa McLymont

Angela Meleca

Jude Mellenhauer

Jim and Lynn Nickell

Char Norman

Pam O’Grady

Eileen Paley

Matt Palmer

Eleni Papaleonardos

Paul Pardi

Jacqueline Pasternack

Karen and Paul Patterson

Joseph Paulucci

Phil Pennino

Rhonda Pettit

Alan Portnoy

Eva Rhode

Cleve Ricksecker

Stephanie Rond

Liz Samuelson

Manju Sankarappa

David Schooler

Mark Phillip Schwamberger

Short North Alliance

Hattie Sima

Sherlene Smith

Laura Swabb

Barbara Thornton

Sarah Tsekretsidis

Craig Wales

M. Wilcose

Bob and Carole Wilhelm

Linda Woggon

Rick Wolf

Mary Yerina

Susan Yost

Alfaye’ Youngblood

Joan Zeller

Media SponsorABC 6

CD102.5

CityScene Media Group

The Columbus Dispatch

Columbus Monthly

Lamar Outdoor Advertising

Mix 107.9

Ohio Magazine

Orange Barrel Media

RBX Media

WCBE 90.5

WOSU Public Media

In-KindAdam Bonner (mascot.org)

Arshot Investment Corporation

Central Parking

City of Columbus

Codemast

Columbus Chamber of Commerce

Columbus Commons

Columbus’ Independent Arts Groups

Columbus Recreation and Parks

COSI

Cultural Arts Center

DesignGroup

Doubletree by Hilton

Experience Columbus

Formation Studio (Alan Jazak)

G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers

Hollywood Casino

Kroger

Lion Real Estate

Meyers Lawyers Development Corporation

Sheraton Columbus at Capitol Square

Stauf’s Coff ee

Sunbelt Rentals

Superior Beverage Group

ZenGenius

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EXECUTIVE OFFICETom KatzenmeyerPresident and CEO

Kayla GreenDirector of Finance & Administration

Sue JonesExecutive Assistant

Emily ToneyDevelopment Director

GRANTS & SERVICESSean KesslerGrants Coordinator, Organizations

Keya CrenshawGrants Coordinator, Artists

MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS & EVENTSJami GoldsteinVice PresidentMarketing, Communications & Events

Lacey LuceMarketing, Communications& Events Strategist

COLUMBUS ARTS FESTIVALR. Scott HuntleyColumbus Arts Festival Director

Inal ElbeyliColumbus Arts Festival Coordinator

Arts Council Staff Arts Council 2015-2016 Board of Trustees

OFFICERSDavid Clifton (Chair)

Huntington National Bank

Karen Bell (Immediate Past Chair)

The Ohio State University

Lori Barreras (Vice Chair)

Ohio Civil Rights Commission

Thomas Szykowny (Vice Chair)

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Randall Arndt (Treasurer)

Ice Miller LLP

Michael Bongiorno (Secretary)

DesignGroup

MEMBERSChristie Angel, Calfee Strategic

Solutions LLC

Stacie Boord, Shadowbox Live

Denvy Bowman Capital University

Barbara Brandt, Barbara Brandt, Inc.

Bill Faust, Ologie

David Feinberg, AEP

Michael Gonsiorowski, PNC

David Hetzler, DLZ, Inc.

Charles Hillman, Columbus Metropolitan

Housing Authority

Pamela Hykes O’Grady, City of Columbus

Kari Kauffman, Experience Columbus

Brett Kaufman, Kaufman Development

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 Judge

Tanisha Robinson, Print Syndicate

Manju Sankarappa, Asian Festival

Clarence Simmons, SIMCO Construction LLC

Todd Tuney, Columbus City Schools

Priscilla Tyson, Columbus City Council

Ronald Cook, Jr. (Legal Counsel)

Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur

Greater Columbus Arts Council100 East Broad StreetSuite 2250Columbus, OH 43215614/224-2606

GCAC.org

ColumbusMakesArt.com

#artmakescbus

ColumbusArtsFestival.org

Artists: Katarina Harris and community as partof the Sign Your Art project. Photo: Alan Jazak