If you're in Butler County, Ohio, and you love the arts, you're in luck.
The Ohio Arts Council has awarded more than 900 grants totaling more than $170,000 to local arts organizations, the Dayton Daily News reports.
The grants, which arerenewable for four years, are awarded through a board of the state's arts council, which has a budget of more than $51 million.
"Receiving an Ohio Arts Council grant is 'a huge seal of approval' for any arts organization, said Heidi Schiller, executive director for the Oxford Community Arts Center," which received a $19,730 grant.
"The support we get from the Ohio Arts Council cannot be overstated."
The grants will be invested in one of four ways: into operating support organizations; arts-enhancing projects for newer organizations (ArtSTART); innovative arts projects (ArtsNEXT); artistic apprenticeships; and arts educational programming.
Read the Entire Article
A customized collection of news from foundations from around the Web.
When Hannah Davis traveled to China to teach English, she noticed how Chinese workers and farmers were often sporting olive green army-style shoes. Those shoes served as her inspiration to create her own social enterprise, Bangs Shoes.