OAC Events

image of Behind the Tents by Clarence Holbrook Carter, 1936

Now on view at the OAC's Riffe Gallery

February 4 – April 21, 2010
Sawdust and Spectacle: Under the Big Top in Small Town America
Curated by Sara Johnson, Director, Southern Ohio Museum

Tracing the rise and fall of the traveling circus through small town America, especially in the early 20th century, this exhibit features important imagery from Portsmouth native Clarence Carter and other major Ohio Artists of the last century, as well as vintage circus posters and banners, toys, documentary photographs from the Ackerman Collection, the Carter Archives and other public and private Ohio collections, and an exquisite set of 13 circus dioramas by the son of a lion tamer.

Image credit: Clarence Holbrook Carter, Behind the Tents, 1936

The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery will also hold a Family Day Workshop Sunday, February 21, 2010 from 2 – 4 p.m. Local artist Helma Groot will help children ages 6-17 construct circus mobiles using plywood templates of clowns, horses, elephants, dancers, lions and more! Participants will decorate the circus-themed shapes with paint, glue, glitter, paper and other festive supplies. Once shapes have been decorated, participants will construct them into a mobile, and take home their own kinetic sculpture. Registration is required as space is limited and all children must be accompanied by a registered adult. Registration begins February 4 and ends February 18, 2010 online at www.riffegallery.org

Ohio Arts Council Events

Ohio Arts Council 2009-2010 Listening Tour

The Ohio Arts Council is hitting the road again this fall to find out what Ohioans value about the arts, creativity and their communities. The OAC's Listening Tour will travel to seven more communities in fall 2009 and early winter 2010. This is in additional to the seven communities visited in fall 2008. The goal of the tour is to discover what the arts, creativity and imagination mean to elected officials, arts professionals and citizens in large and small communities across the state.

Communities to be visited this fall and winter will be: Cincinnati on Feburary 10, Cleveland on November 6, Columbus on December 10, Dayton on September 18, Kent on November 5, Mansfield on October 13 and Wapakoneta on October 8. More information and registration details can be found at the link to each city name. Dates for city visits and additional information and itineraries will be added as it becomes available.

OAC Listening Tour - Cincinnati
Thursday, February 25, 2010

8:30-10 a.m. For Business and Community Leaders
Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber
300 Carew Tower, 441 Vine Street

3:30-5 p.m. For Artists, Arts Educators and Arts Administrators
Aronoff Center for the Arts
650 Walnut Street
Green Room, Loge Level

6-7:30 p.m. TOWN HALL MEETING--All are welcome!
Aronoff Center for the Arts
650 Walnut Street
Center Stage Room, adjacent to the Weston Art Gallery

For more details about the information gathered during the Fall 2008 portion of the Listening Tour please visit our Listening Tour page.

Upcoming OAC Workshops

There are no workshops scheduled at this time

Click here to view upcoming Deadlines for 2011 Ohio Arts Council funding and Panel meetings for 2010 applications.

Other funding opportunities for Ohio artists and arts organizations are available through the National Endowment for the Arts

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Students from 29 high schools from around Ohio will take part in the 2010 Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest. This exciting event helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence and learn about their literary heritage. Poetry Out Loud works like a spelling bee with individual schools hosting competitions and picking school champions. These students are eligible to compete in the state finals at 4 p.m. following the preliminary rounds starting at 12 Noon.

more on the 2010 Poetry Out Loud State Finals...

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