Ohio Arts Council Announces June Board Meeting
by Karine Aswad

Members of the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) board will meet Thursday, June 21 at the OAC office on the 33rd floor of the Rhodes State Office Tower, located at 30 E. Broad St. in Columbus. Committee meetings will take place Thursday morning, with the full board meeting being held in the afternoon from 12:15 to 3:15 p.m. All meetings are open to the public.

The OAC is providing a live audio stream of the board meeting. Listeners will hear the full board's discussion via their computer speakers. Instructions are available here.

The following committees will meet on June 21: Finance, 9:00 a.m.; Policy and Planning, 9:30 a.m.; and Executive, 10:00 a.m.

During the full board meeting at 12:15 p.m., the OAC board will approve grant recommendations for Artist in Residence, Arts Access, Arts Partnership, Project Support, Sustainability, Traditional Arts Apprenticeships and the board will ratify grants for Special Projects and the Ohio Heritage Fellowship Award.

Also during the full board meeting, there will be an update from Donna Collins, executive director of Ohio Citizens for the Arts, and a presentation on the Percent for Art Program from Ken Emerick and Kathy Signorino of the OAC's Individual Artist Grants and Services program.

About the Ohio Arts Council:
The Ohio Arts Council is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally and economically.

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