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STRATEGIC THINKINGIn July, GCAC released a five-year strategic plan that gives us a road map for the organization through the city’s bicentennial in 2012. Along with its strategic plan, GCAC released a new logo and brand.

2007 GRANTSGCAC granted $2.2 million in Operating Support grants and $450,602 in Project Support grants to 88 organizations and projects in 2007.

FoCuSING oN INdIvIduAl ARTISTSIn November, GCAC conducted four artist roundtable meetings to get feedback on our plans to expand services to individual artists. In January, we began OPPArt (Opportunities for Artists), a series of workshops, networking events and social opportunities for artists in the community.

NEw EduCATIoNAl pARTNERSHIpIn January, we received funding from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners for a cutting-edge educational initiative called Art in the House & TRANSIT ARTS that will focus on out-of-school arts programming for under-served youth ages 5 to 19.

ANoTHER Emmy FoR ARTZINEArtZine - a partnership between GCAC and WOSU - took home two regional Emmys this summer.

lIvE/woRK SpACES FoR ARTISTSGCAC and Columbus City Council collaborated to bring Artspace Projects, Inc., a national organization dedicated to affordable live/work spaces for artists, to Columbus to conduct a feasibility study for a potential space in the area. Since the August visit, Artspace has determined that Columbus is an excellent market for a potential live/work location. This March, GCAC, Artspace and our partners – the City of Columbus, JPMorgan Chase, the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation and Capitol South – will work with the community to begin the process of determining where that building should be and what it should look like.

EduCATING CHIldRENMore than 70,000 students and adults participated in our Artists-in-Schools or Children of the Future programs.

THE ColumbuS ARTS FESTIvAl Presented by Chase

More than 400,000 people gathered along the riverfront for the 2007 Columbus Arts Festival presented by Chase. June 6, 7 and 8, 2008, the Festival will move to its new location in the Discovery District with new lead sponsor Time Warner Cable.

REACHING NEw AudIENCESIn an effort to reach younger audiences for the arts, we debuted the ColumbusArts Card, a discount membership program for young professionals to arts and cultural organizations across the city.

2007 HIGHLIGHTSExpanding our reach into the community


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A mESSAGE FRom THE pRESIdENTFor GCAC, 2007 was a year to reflect and refocus. However, it was also a year of outstanding action and growth, with new programming and an expanded reach into the community.

Our new strategic plan, released in July, lays a strong foundation for a GCAC that is inclusive, collaborative and dynamic, melding our responsibilities as a facilitator of city funds and a leader of the city’s creative economy. Though this plan sets goals for the next five years, we are committed to reviewing it annually to make sure it continues to meet the needs of both our organization and the cultural community.

Most recently, GCAC has dedicated resources to fostering new audiences for the arts with the creation of the ColumbusArts Card — a discount program for young professionals that encourages them to experience the city’s arts and culture.

We are proud to have partnered with the City of Columbus, Columbus City Council, JP Morgan Chase and the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation and Capitol South on a project with the nationally known Artspace to bring artist live/work spaces to Columbus. Phase two of the project — the Artist Market Survey — began earlier this week. The collaborative nature of this project has gained additional support from Mayor Michael B. Coleman’s office as part of the plans for the 2012 city bicentennial. Columbus is fortunate to have so many community partners coming together for the common good of building the number of live/work spaces for local artists.

Additionally, we have renewed our commitment to individual artists and small arts organizations, which are the foundation of the cultural

community. In the fall, we conducted listening sessions with artists to gather their insight for a professional development series that debuted in January. OPPArt (Opportunities for Artists) will help artists learn the business skills they need to succeed. Further, we hosted a two-day symposium, at which Mayor Coleman and Councilmember Kevin Boyce spoke, to look at how the arts and culture can assist with community problem solving.

In all, GCAC’s programs and events directly touched more than 500,000 artists, teachers, students, arts patrons and greater Columbus residents and indirectly touched millions more through marketing efforts and the artists and organizations funded by the Project Support grants, Operating Support grants, Individual Artist Fellowships, Designated Project support and the Franklin County Neighborhood Arts Program grants.

We thank the City of Columbus for supporting the arts and culture in Columbus and for helping to make 2007 a successful year for GCAC and for the arts community. We also thank the Franklin County Board of Commissioners and the Ohio Arts Council for their support. And we thank the corporate community, private sector, foundations and individuals who continue to support GCAC and the many outstanding arts and cultural organizations that truly make up a vibrant community we call our own.

Sincerely, Bryan W. Knicely GCAC President

INTRODUCTIONA Message from our President


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A woRd FRom ouR boARd CHAIRThe arts mean big business for central Ohio.

In the summer of 2007, Americans for the Arts released a national study focused on the economic impact of the arts and culture in 156 communities nationwide. Arts & Economic Prosperity III provides compelling new evidence that the nonprofit arts and culture industry is significant in Columbus, generating $330.39 million in local economic activity each year. And the impact of the arts and culture sector in Columbus is growing. In a 2002 economic impact study, the arts and culture industry accounted for $265 million in local economic activity. That’s a 24 percent increase in activity over four years, in a time when many industries have been faced with economic hardships.

Each year, the unofficial theme for GCAC’s Business Arts Partnership Awards is “The Arts Give Life to the City.” We strongly believe that an investment in the arts is an investment in the quality of life for our city. And we know from national research that arts education cultivates

future arts audiences and a creative workforce, because the arts develop the imagination, refine cognitive and creative skills, impact developmental growth and strengthen problem-solving and critical-thinking skills for every child. But the Arts & Economic Prosperity III report reminds us that an investment in the arts is also an investment in Columbus’ economic well being.

It has been a privilege for me to serve as Chair of GCAC’s Board of Trustees, and I thank my fellow board members and the GCAC staff for the work they do every day to further the local arts and cultural community. I know that with continued leadership and collaboration, the arts and culture in Columbus will continue to flourish.

Sincerely, DeeDee Glimcher Chair, GCAC Board of Trustees

INTRODUCTIONA Word from our Board Chair


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mISSIoN & vISIoNmission

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

vision

GCAC is a catalyst driving our creative economy. Fostering synergy among private and nonprofit organizations, artists, audiences and community leaders, we create an environment where art and culture thrive. By generating sustained support and appreciation for the arts, and by incubating new talent and new thinking, our region is recognized as an unparalleled cultural destination.

To download a full copy of our strategic plan, click here.

ovERvIEw oF THE STRATEGIC plANNING pRoCESSThe GCAC five-year strategic plan, released in July, is intended to provide us with guidance as we strive to fulfill our mission and vision over the next five years, through the city’s bicentennial.

The process to complete our plan, the first in more than 20 years, took seven months and included participation and insights from staff, board members, community leaders, representatives of arts and cultural organizations and artists. In February, staff and board members conducted a daylong retreat, from which a Strategic Planning Committee was formed, composed of four staff members and four board members. The Committee led three listening sessions with GCAC constituents in April and ten one-on-one interviews with representatives of Columbus’ civic and corporate leadership. The information gathered through these activities was disseminated and discussed at four Strategic Planning Committee meetings. In May, a strategic plan was drafted by our planning facilitator and reviewed by the Strategic Planning Committee. The committee reviewed a final draft on June 22 before being forwarded to the complete GCAC Board of Trustees for adoption and implementation.

To download a full copy of our strategic plan, click here.

STRATEGIC PLANLooking back and moving forward

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The GCAC/City of Columbus Grants Program’s mission is to maximize funding for Columbus arts organizations and artists through the responsible administration of a grants program, to increase funds available for that program and to provide technical assistance to increase the level of artistic and management skills among our constituency.

opERATING SuppoRT GRANTSFifteen major cultural organizations received $2,200,000 at the May 22 Board meeting for unrestricted Operating Support. The funds are divided based on a formula weighted in favor of the smaller organizations. All grantees in this category are required to present audited financial statements and to comply with high standards of management and artistic excellence. The 2007 Operating Support grants (rounded to the nearest dollar) were as follows:

GRANTS AND SERVICESEnhancing quality of life through funding and support

Actors’ Theatre Company $24,121

BalletMet Columbus $213,722

CAPA $252,946

Chamber Music Columbus $24,592

Columbus Children’s Theatre $107,961

Columbus Museum of Art $233,534

Columbus Symphony Orchestra $261,417

COSI Columbus $282,328

Friends of Early Music $14,245

Jazz Arts Group $187,268

King Arts Complex $160,917

Ohio Art League $26,954

Opera Columbus $191,574

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra $140,662

Thurber House $77,759

ToTAl $2,200,000


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pRojECT SuppoRT GRANTSDefined as grants for special, one-time activities such as public performances or exhibitions, Project Support Grants direct funding to a wide variety projects for Columbus artists and arts organizations. In 2007, we awarded a total of $450,602 in Project Support grants to 38 projects.

Project Support grants were as follows:

oRGANIZATIoN TITlE GRANT

Alkebulan dba Juneteenth Ohio 2007 Juneteenth Ohio Festival $3,600

Actors’ Theatre of Columbus Cool Classic Series $4,495

Asian Festival 2008 Asian Festival $15,620

Anatomical Scenario Fiscal Agent: Columbus Dance Theatre Clone Zone $8,446

Available Light (theatre) Two Columbus Premiere Productions $3,550

BalletMet Columbus Summer Series $17,750

CityMusic, Inc. CityMusic World Music Series $9,100

Columbus College of Art & Design Canzani Center Gallery Exhibitions $27,000

Columbus Dance Theatre Columbus Dance Theatre WOSU Performance Series $11,895

Columbus Jewish Community Center Artist in Residence: David Moss $3,876

Columbus Jewish Film Festival Columbus Jewish Film Festival $3,100

Contemporary American Three CATCO productions: Theater Company Drawer Boy, Crowns, Doubt $61,200

COSI Art @ COSI: Phase II Tech & Innovation at COSI $25,500

CSCC Development Foundation Downtown Digital Arts Festival $2,310

Department of Theatre – OSU Exhibition: The Artists of Notting Hill Carnival $10,714

Film Council of Greater Columbus Columbus International Film & Video Festival $1,395

Friends of the Conservatory Paul Busse’s Enchanted Express $18,000

Gallery Players South Pacific $2,100

Jefferson Academy of Music Chamber Music, Extraordinaire! $8,300

Kristina Isabelle

Fiscal Agent: Columbus Dance Theatre Environmental Tones $5,432

Lima Company Memorial Lima Company Memorial $2,936


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MadLab Flow $4,400

MadLab The Angels of Lemnos $924

Ohioana Library Association Ohioana Celebration – GOOD ROOTS $6,400

Ohioana Library Association 2008 Ohioana Book Festival $10,675

Ohio Designer Craftsmen Best of 2008 $5,202

Opera Columbus The Mikado $17,750

OSU School of Music Contemporary Music Festival 2008 $12,200

Phoenix Theatre Circle Productions of the BFG & RAPUNZEL $40,000

ProMusica Chamber Thurber’s Dogs Project: Orchestra ProMusica, Thurber House, OSU AACAD $20,130

ROY G BIV Gallery for Emerging Artists, Inc. ImageOhio 8 $5,215

ROY G BIV Gallery for Emerging Artists, Inc. 2008 Exhibition Season $4,309

Senior Repertory of Ohio Tuesdays with Morrie $1,543

Six String Concert Six String Concert Inc. $2,485

Somali Documentary Project Fiscal Agent: Arts Midwest Somali Diaspora $12,950

Thurber House Expansion of educational programming $15,300

Wexner Center for the Arts (OSURF) 2007-08 Performing Arts New Works Series $38,700

Women in Music Cantilena Concerts $6,100

ToTAl $450,602


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INDIVIDUAL GRANTSEnhancing quality of life through funding and support

GRANTS To INdIvIduAlSOur Individual Artists Fellowship Program is one of the few local programs in the country to provide direct support to artists on a local level. We recognize outstanding artists in Franklin County by awarding four annual Visual Arts Fellowships, and we partner with major arts organizations to administer fellowships in their own disciplines, enabling us to reach artists in more disciplines per year and expanding the capacity of our partners.

The 2007 Visual Arts Fellowships were awarded this spring to James Friedman, Fredrik Marsh, Matthew Flegle and Anne Keener. Matthew Flegle received the Annie’s Fund award, generously underwritten by Annie’s Fund for the Creative Arts.

Additionally, we partnered with Thurber House, which administered the Columbus Literary Awards. Fellowships were given in three categories: non-fiction, fiction and poetry. The 2007 winners are: Paul Von Hippel (Fiction), Ann Brimacombe Elliot (Non-fiction) and Matthew Ladd (Poetry). We have also contracted with BalletMet Columbus to administer the third biennial Columbus Choreography Project, which provides mentoring opportunities to aspiring local choreographers and culminates in a public, adjudicated showcase, tentatively scheduled for April. The three choreographers ultimately selected will receive fellowships of $2,500 each.


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COMMUNITY ARTS EDUCATIONConnecting kids and the community to creativity

GCAC’s Community Arts Education Program provides programs, information, education and hands-on opportunities for the benefit of young people, community members and professional educators in Columbus.

Thanks to the Franklin County Board of Commissioners for their support of our arts education programs.

ARTISTS-IN-SCHoolSArtists-in-Schools links professional artists and arts groups not only with K-12 schools, but also parks and recreation centers, senior facilities, correctional facilities, hospitals, libraries, other community centers, as well as private sector businesses, organizations and individuals. Artist services may include performances, lectures, workshops, master classes, readings and multi-disciplinary experiences.

We continue to receive significant annual funding from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners to support the Artists-in-Schools program. In 2007, we conducted 551 Artists-in-Schools activities, reaching a total audience of 78,420 people and featuring artists in K-12 schools and non-school venues. Columbus City Schools scheduled 45 of these activities for a total of 12,348 CCS students. 10,170 people attended Artists-in-Schools activities in non-school venues.

The annual Artists Preview Night, a showcase of Artists-in-Schools artists was held Tuesday, September 18 at Veteran’s Memorial. An estimated 400 educators, administrators, artists, students, parents and others participated.

ART IN THE HouSE & TRANSIT ARTSGCAC, in partnership with TRANSIT ARTS and the Columbus Federation of Settlements, received $250,000 in January from Franklin County to launch a new, cutting-edge initiative for children and teens. Through this new initiative, GCAC and our partners will organize and connect local artists, arts and cultural organizations and independent arts education programs into a comprehensive network of accessible opportunities for students in grades kindergarten through 12. Special focus will be placed on the needs of children during out-of-school hours, such as afternoons, evenings, weekends and during the summer.

How does it work?

GCAC staff will work with the local teen program TRANSIT ARTS and the Columbus Federation of Settlements to offer varied opportunities for young people to gain access to resources, instruction and inspiration. There are two main components to this initiative:

Art in the House: Highly qualified teaching artists will work with younger apprentice artists at primary sites within several of the Columbus Federation of Settlements’ facilities to conduct free, public arts activities. Modeled in part after GCAC’s award-winning Children of the Future program, children ages 5 to 12 can begin their connection to creative thinking, leadership and lifelong learning through the arts.

TRANSIT ARTS: TRANSIT ARTS, for young people ages 13 to 19, is about creating, inspiring, teaching, cultivating and attracting young talent. Originally known as CAPACITY, TRANSIT ARTS


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is a continuation and expansion of a long-running collaboration with the Central Community House. CAPACITY and now TRANSIT ARTS have already touched thousands of teens in Central Ohio and garnered national attention and praise. In this new partnership, experienced professional artists will lead art-related activities throughout the Columbus Federation of Settlements facilities and other community sites. TRANSIT ARTS will also provide summer job and internship opportunities, touring performance productions and entrepreneurial opportunities in the arts.

CHIldREN oF THE FuTuREChildren of the Future is an arts and public safety program for youth ages 5-14. The afterschool programming is free and available during the school year to students at selected 21st Century Community Learning Center sites operated by Columbus City Schools. Artists work at the programming centers to plan and conduct activities in dance, creative writing, music, theatre and visual arts. Along with the enhancement of math, science, social science and literacy skills

that arts-based programming offers, Children of the Future emphasizes the daily development of constructive communication and conflict resolution skills as tools for coping with social pressure and temptations.

Children of the Future ended the 2006-2007 school year with 17 artists working at 29 school buildings (22 middle schools and seven elementary schools) within CCS. More than 1,458 CCS students ages 5-14 participated in Children of the Future arts-based educational activities through more than 17,000 contacts.

Children of the Future also provided weekly professional development sessions throughout the school year to its own artists and other afterschool program staff members who wished to attend. Participants in these weekly training sessions included Capital Kids, City Year Columbus, Afterschool Counts!, ArtSafe, Godman Guild, Communities In Schools, Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbus and the YWCA Family Center.


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FRANKlIN CouNTy NEIGHboRHood ARTS pRoGRAmThe Franklin County Neighborhood Arts Program offers grants to amateur and avocational groups, traditional arts organizations, civic and neighborhood associations, guilds, social service, youth-centered and cultural organizations with arts projects in all disciplines, provided they are promoted and offered to the general public. The purpose of the program is to increase community participation in the arts throughout Franklin County. In 2007, the Franklin County Neighborhood Arts Program awarded a total of $71,910 to 48 organizations.

oRGANIZATIoN GRANTAdvance Party $1,500ArtSafe $2,000Arts Foundation of Old Towne $1,000bacKspace $2,000Bread & Circus Theatre Company $2,796CK Productions $2,000Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus $2,000Community Arts & Mural Projects $1,000Community Threads Inc. $1,500Con Brio Children’s Choir $1,750Djun ‘Kendafala $1,400Directions for Youth and Families $1,600Duxberry Park Arts IMPACT $2,000Ecole Kenwood $2,000First English Lutheran Church $1,600Footsteps on Wings Dance Company $1,000Fort Hayes PTA $2,000Friends of Town Hall $1,460Glass Axis $2,000Global Gallery $1,980Grove City Parks and Recreation $500Hixon Dance and shove gently dance $2,000Kaleidoscope Youth Coalition $1,050Little Theatre off Broadway $1,000

Magpie Consort $1,097Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio $2,000Ohio Hispanic Coalition $1,000Ohio Hispanic Fine Arts Association $600Poets & Writers Guild $500Reeb-Hosack (Steelton Village Committee) $440R.O.O.T.S. Gallery and Cultural Center $1,500Southeast Inc. $1,387Southside Settlement House $2,000St. Stephan’s Community House $1,700The Spirituality Network, Inc. $2,000Twin Rivers Chapters of Links $1,000Rosebriar Shakespeare Company $1,000Threshold Community Services $1,000Tri-City Kodaly Educators $1,000UCP of Central Ohio $1,800Upper Arlington Community Orchestra $2,000University Area Enrichment Association $1,250Urban Cultural Arts Foundation $2,000VSA Arts of Ohio $1,000Vaud-Villities $2,000Westerville Community Bands $1,500Women Writers of Central Ohio $1,000Worthington Arts Council $2,000ToTAl $71,910

The Franklin County Board of Commissioners financially assists the Franklin County Neighborhood Arts program. The program is also supported by a generous donation from Ashland Inc. GCAC funds and administers the Franklin County Neighborhood Arts Program through its Community Arts Education Department.


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pRoFESSIoNAl dEvElopmENT IN ARTS INTEGRATIoNGCAC and the Columbus City Schools work together to support the efforts of arts education staff of local performing arts organizations in providing teacher trainings. Now supported as a national model, Columbus City Schools conducts its Professional Development In Arts Integration with GCAC, BalletMet Columbus, Opera Columbus and the Jazz Arts Group. The program is funded by a three-year Professional Development for Arts Educators grant from the US Department of Education.

During the program’s Summer Teacher Arts Institute, more than 140 arts and classroom teachers and 75 local teaching artists learn and utilize methods of integrating the arts throughout the curriculum while adhering to district and state academic content standards. With year two of the three-year project finished, evaluations show that participating CCS teachers feel the professional development sessions have been useful and effective. The third year of the project, which began October 1, includes 51 certified CCS arts and classroom teachers and 26 local teaching artists.


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COLUMBUS ARTS FESTIVALProvides free arts experiences for residents and visitors

The Columbus Arts Festival encourages public appreciation of the arts and culture by providing a high quality arts festival for the community featuring visual artists, musical performers and hands-on arts activities.

AbouT THE 2007 FESTIvAlMore than 400,000 people visited the downtown riverfront June 7-10 to enjoy the 46th annual Columbus Arts Festival presented by Chase. Hundreds of artists, corporate partners and volunteers worked together to host another successful Festival.

Festival preparation moved into high gear during the first week in January with the receipt of over 1,200 artist applications. A jury panel of five artisans of various backgrounds narrowed the field to the 240 artists selected to participate in the Festival in June. Additionally, 20 percent of last year’s artists were automatically invited back through the on-site jury process.

Community support of the Columbus Arts Festival is tremendous. The generous and continued corporate support of Chase enabled the Festival to bring high quality artists to Columbus at a reasonable cost. Media support from NBC 4 and Time Warner Cable was key to the exposure and support that is necessary in offering this nationally acclaimed festival to central Ohio. The Other Paper continued its support of the Festival by creating and printing the annual Festival Guidebook. The Children’s Area in 2007 was presented by Giant Eagle, and offered face painting to children as they created their own masterpieces. Ohio Magazine supported the Poetry Corner. For the third year, the Salon Schools Group sponsored the Pocket Maps. Bud Light, GEICO, Sunshine Vacations, City

of Columbus 2012, Columbus City Center and Westin Great Southern Hotel also joined as partners for the Festival, offering samples of their products.

SWACO and the Columbus Arts Festival continued their partnership in producing a green event, with increased recycling opportunities for patrons. During the 2007 Columbus Arts Festival, patrons filled a 30-yard dumpster with plastic bottles to send to recycling. This was an 80 percent increase from 2006. The second annual “Trash to Treasure Artist Award” was presented to Kerry Christian for his use of found objects in his artwork. SWACO also presented “Recycling at the Festival” on Friday, June 8. SWACO team members rewarded patrons “caught” recycling with bags made of recycled milk jugs. Finally, the Festival partnered with the Mayor’s Pedal Instead program to provide an area for cyclists to park their bikes during their visit to the Festival.

More than 65 musical acts performed on the Bicentennial and Broad Street Club stages. Acts ranged from traditional jazz to rock to world music. In its fourth year, the Broad Street Club stage has become a popular destination for those who prefer to enjoy live music in a more intimate, music club atmosphere. On Friday, Bicentennial Park was filled to capacity with families enjoying the evening with one of Columbus’ greatest artistic organizations – the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. Saturday and Sunday featured numerous local performance groups on the Community Stage.

Saturday and Sunday also featured hands-on arts activities for both children and adults. In the Cultural Arts Center’s courtyard, children created masterpieces of their own with help from the Columbus College of Art and Design and the James Cancer Hospital & Solov Research


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Institute. The Adult Art Activities area, located on a street adjacent to the Children’s Area, offered adults the opportunity to work on a potter’s wheel, construct a poem and to learn the fine art of creating Ikebana – a Japanese style of flower arrangement. The local arts organizations involved in these activities provided an introductory experience to the arts for all ages and access to excellent resources in Columbus.

The Ohio Magazine Poetry Corner, a tent and stage offering a coffeehouse atmosphere

dedicated to the art of the spoken word, featured readers who auditioned in front of a jury of accomplished local poets and educators in March. Last year was one of the most competitive to date for auditions. One of the most popular events at the Poetry Corner was the third annual Columbus Arts Festival Poetry Slam, featuring 10 of Columbus’ finest slam poets. Student poets were featured on Sunday afternoon of the festival. These award-winning students were chosen through their respective school’s contest, which a member of the festival poetry committee helped to organize.


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2007 SpoNSoRSThe generous support of the following businesses enabled the Columbus Arts Festival to bring high quality artists to Columbus for free:


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CooRdINATING CommITTEE ANd FESTIvAl voluNTEERSThe true success of the Festival is due to the hard work and dedication of the Coordinating Committee. The Committee, composed of several sub-committees each focusing on a specific area of Festival planning, is a core volunteer group of 50-plus individuals who generously and collectively contribute hundreds of hours each year. The Coordinating Committee convenes in November and continues to work diligently on the Festival through late June, assisting with nearly every aspect of the planning, execution and wrap-up. Many of these committee members have donated their time and expertise to the Festival for several years. Such dedication makes it possible to present a well-organized event of the highest quality – the very reason the Columbus Arts Festival continues to be recognized as one of the best of its kind in the country.

In addition to the Coordinating Committee, 700 people donated their time on-site during the event. On-site volunteers assisted with selling souvenirs and beverages, staffing information booths and giving artists much-needed breaks throughout the day. These volunteers are truly the backbone of the event.


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NEW FOR 2008

NEw FoR 2008A new chapter in the Columbus Arts Festival’s history begins in 2008. A new location and new presenting sponsor are just a few of many changes for the coming year. With a move to the Discovery District for the 2008 event June 6,7 and 8, we will join the neighborhood of some of Columbus’ most exciting art and educational entities — Columbus College of Art and Design, the Columbus Museum of Art and Columbus State Community College — all of whom have become integral partners in the relocation. Integrating the Festival into the heart of the Discovery District, we hope to help raise the profile of the cultural treasures in the area.

Time Warner Cable, a longtime media partner, is the now the presenting sponsor through 2010. The coming years will offer exciting opportunities for the Festival and Time Warner Cable to explore new avenues for introducing the Festival to a broader audience.


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MARkETING, COMMUNICATIONS & OUTREACHCelebrating Columbus’ vibrancy and inreasing arts audiences

The Marketing & Communications department encourages the practice and appreciation of the arts in Columbus through marketing and communications initiatives; promotes GCAC programs, events and services; develops external and internal communications materials; manages media relations and Web site development; and facilitates dynamic partnerships between the business and arts communities in greater Columbus.

buSINESS ARTS pARTNERSHIp AwARdSThree local businesses received a 2007 Business Arts Partnership Award for their exemplary support of the arts as part of our annual meeting at the Ohio Statehouse Atrium on April 17. Columbus City Council President Michael C. Mentel announced this year’s winners at the event, presented by National City with additional support from Time Warner Cable and NBC 4. Chemical Abstracts Service, nominated by the Columbus Symphony, received the award in the large business category. Ologie, nominated by Thurber House and the Jazz Arts Group, received the award in the medium business category. Shively Photography, nominated by BalletMet Columbus, received the award in the small business category. Franklin County Commission President Mary Jo Kilroy and Mike Gonsiorowski, President and CEO of National City Bank’s Central Region, also spoke at this year’s event, along with keynote speaker Rebecca Ryan, founder of Next Generation Consulting.

The Business Arts Partnership Awards, given annually, recognize the business community’s support of the arts and its impact on greater Columbus’ arts and culture. Nineteen businesses were nominated by local arts organizations for the 2007 Business Arts Partnership Awards. Each business chosen for a Business Arts Partnership award received an original work of art by a local artist. Shively Photography received Linda

Langhorst’s Nest Builders. Ologie received four works by Laura Bidwa - To Shine, Some People Say, I See it Coming and In This World. Chemical Abstracts Service received Boryana Rusenova’s 35 Leaves a Minute.

ARTISTIC ExCEllENCE AwARdAt the Business Arts Partnership event, we also presented the Artistic Excellence Award — a $10,000 prize given annually to an arts or cultural organization that has demonstrated innovation, risk and artistic excellence in a performance, exhibition or program — to BalletMet Columbus and the Jazz Arts Group for Jazz Moves. Each organization received $5,000 for this unique partnership.

BalletMet and the Columbus Jazz Orchestra shared the stage in April 2006 in a groundbreaking fusion of dance and music glorifying the past, present and future of Columbus jazz, the most American of art forms. Along with a playful, improvisational streak, the electrifying program featured specially commissioned dance works and music by renowned artists from around the country. Together, the dance and music touched on such local luminosity as the Near East Side “Cradle of Jazz,” the legendary figures of the 1950s and the unstoppable energy that propels today’s artists forward into what’s next.

The other 2007 Artistic Excellence nominees were: • balletmet Columbus for its new performance space.• Columbus museum of Art for Kehinde Wiley: Columbus.• Columbus State Community College for Vault.• cm2 (Columbus Movement Movement) for Gallery Hop, Skip, Jump!.


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ArtZineWOSU Public Media’s monthly television magazine program ArtZine, sponsored by GCAC, won two regional Emmy awards in 2007 to add to the Emmy it won in 2006. Now finishing its second full season, ArtZine allows viewers to see stories of Columbus’ rich, artistic landscape, including stories about the Thurber Prize for American Humor; behind the scenes looks at colorful events such as the Columbus Arts Festival; profiles of musicians, muralists, sculptors, painters, mimes and actors; and intimate portraits of the places people gather to enjoy art, including many of the city’s museums, galleries, theatres, concert halls and exhibition spaces. ArtZine averages 40,000 viewers per month.

ColumbuSARTS.Com ANd GCAC.oRGColumbusArts.com

In November, we unveiled a redesigned and updated ColumbusArts.com as part of our branding campaign. Created and administered by GCAC, the site is the most comprehensive online guide to arts and culture in Columbus. The new site now averages 35,000 unique users per month. It features expanded search capabilities and functions that allow users to download event listings to their Outlook or iCal calendars, look up maps for events and direct links to organizational Web sites to purchase tickets.

As before, central Ohio arts events, performances and exhibitions listed on ColumbusArts.com are entered into www.ArtsinOhio.com, a cooperative marketing partnership developed by the Columbus, Cincinnati and Cleveland Convention and Visitor Bureaus. Experience Columbus and

the Ohio Division of Travel and Tourism also receive arts and cultural event data from the ColumbusArts.com database. We send a monthly e-mail blast highlighting some of the events on ColumbusArts.com to site visitors and others in our database who have requested this service. Currently, the e-mail blast is sent to more than 11,000 individual e-mail addresses.

gcac.org

gcac.org offers a comprehensive guide to GCAC history, programs and events, as well as downloadable booking and grants forms. This year, we redesigned the site to match the new brand and increased content to include a greater emphasis on advocacy and research.

ColumbuSARTS CARdAs part of ongoing efforts to support the city’s Attract and Retain Young Talent initiative, GCAC created a new program called the ColumbusArts Card to connect younger and more diverse audiences to the arts in central Ohio. This discount program, currently offered to non-students under 40, enhances the access to arts and cultural activities throughout Columbus. We plan to expand the program, which debuted in November, to students of all ages and non-students 40 and over in 2008.

To date, more than 30 arts organizations have partnered with GCAC and the Columbus Arts Marketing Association to offer more than $1,500 in discounts to the nearly 100 ColumbusArts Card members. For more on the ColumbusArts Card, visit ColumbusArts.com.

MARkETING, COMMUNICATIONS & OUTREACHCelebrating Columbus’ vibrancy and inreasing arts audiences

http://www.columbusarts.com

http://www.gcac.org

http://www.columbusarts.com


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EXECUTIVE OFFICEMeet the dedicated people behind the GCAC

boARd oF TRuSTEESOur governing body is a board of trustees of up to 26 members. Through standing committees, trustees are directly involved in all aspects of our programs. Since 1973, over 160 community members have served as trustees. Board members are chosen for their visibility in the community, their experience with cultural and civic organizations and their representation of the cultural, racial, and geographic diversity of our community. The dedication of our trustees encourages GCAC and our constituent organizations to strive for excellence and to give every person in the community a chance to experience and appreciate the arts and culture.

DeeDee Glimcher Chair

Mark Corna Immediate Past Chair

Mary Jo Green Chair Elect

Dr. Robert Falcone Vice Chair

Eric Carmichael Treasurer

Marilyn Harris Secretary

Robert Bickis Paige Crane


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boARd oF TRuSTEES CoNT.

Anita Dawson Nicole Farrell Stephanie Hightower Nicholas Hill

Ted Inbusch Dr. Yung-Chen Lu Olga Lucia Fredrik Marsh

Maryellen O’Shaughnessy

Connie Smith Priscilla Tyson Michael Weiss


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STAFF

bryan w. Knicely President

Ariane bolduc Assistant to the President

paula menhenett Vice President, Finance &

Administration

Ed moore Finance Administrator

Executive Office

Anja bruggeman Receptionist

Alicia oddi Grants & Services Director

Ruby Classen Grants & Services Coordinator

Grants and Services

Executive Office


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Grants and Services Community partnerships

marketing & CommunicationsCommunity Arts Education


Terry Anderson Community Partnerships

Director

Emily Swartzlander Marketing &

Communications Director

Timothy j. Katz Community Arts

Education Director

Katie laux lucas Columbus Arts Festival

Director

oulanje Regan Community Arts

Education Administrator

jennifer Sadler Columbus Arts Festival &

Marketing Coordinator

jim Arter Associate Artist


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ASSETS

CuRRENT ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents $2,238,957

Cash, restricted 383,593

Grants and other receivables 130,677

Prepaid expenses 70,443

ToTAl CuRRENT ASSETS 2,823,670

NoN CuRRENT ASSETS

Property and equipment, net 150,399

ToTAl ASSETS $2,974,069

lIAbIlITIES ANd NET ASSETS

CuRRENT lIAbIlITIES

Accounts payable and accrued expenses $92,518

Grants and technical assistance payable 1,064,961

Deferred revenue 116,225

ToTAl CuRRENT lIAbIlITIES 1,273,704

NET ASSETS

Unrestricted 616,832

Unrestricted Investment in Fixed Assets 150,399

Unrestricted - designated 528,086

Temporarily restricted 405,048

ToTAl NET ASSETS 1,700,365

ToTAl lIAbIlITIES ANd NET ASSETS $2,974,069

GCAC FINANCIALSStatement of Financial Position and Statement of Activities

Statement of Financial position For the 12 months ended December 31, 2007


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unrestricted Temporarily Restricted Total

SuppoRT ANd REvENuE

City of Columbus Contract 1,018,500 3,063,000 4,081,500

Ohio Arts Council 91,171 91,171

Contributions 33,906 25,000 58,906

Arts Festival 360,475 163,900 524,375

Artist in Schools 216,692 90,000 306,692

Columbus Arts Stabilization 19,000 19,000

Children of the Future 275,406 275,406

Other 120,689 62,931 183,620

Net assets released from restrictions 3,858,183 (3,858,183) -

ToTAl SuppoRT ANd REvENuE 5,699,616 (158,946) 5,540,670

CommuNITy FuNdING

Operating support grants 2,200,000 2,200,000

Project grants 450,601 450,601

Neighborhood grants 73,954 73,954

Technical Assistance 51,200 51,200

Individual Artist Fellowships 57,374 57,374

Designated Projects 356,648 356,648

ToTAl CommuNITy FuNdING 3,189,777 - 3,189,777

pRoGRAmS

Stabilization Grants and Technical Assistance 66,150 66,150

Artist in Schools 320,217 320,217

Children of the Future 254,855 254,855

Arts Festival 530,064 530,064

ToTAl pRoGRAm ExpENSE 1,171,286 1,171,286

Statement of Activities For the 12 months ended December 31, 2007

GCAC FINANCIALSStatement of Financial Position and Statement of Activities


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ToTAl CommuNITy FuNdING ANd pRoGRAmS 4,361,063 - 4,361,063

GENERAl ANd AdmINISTRATIvE

Administrative Salaries 480,970 480,970

Payroll Taxes and Employee Benefits 114,056 114,056

Accounting and Legal 16,934 16,934

Business Arts Partnership/Special Events 55,554 55,554

Conferences/Travel/Local Expenses 28,800 28,800

Office and Equipment Rental 119,152 119,152

Office Expenses 60,628 60,628

Telephone 9,937 9,937

Advertising/Public Information 39,440 39,440

Depreciation 35,122 35,122

Miscellaneous 19,467 19,467

ToTAl GENERAl ANd AdmINISTRATIvE 980,060 - 980,060

ToTAl ExpENSE 5,341,123 - 5,341,123

Increase (decrease) in net assets 358,493 (158,946) 199,547

Beginning net assets 936,824 563,994 1,500,818

ENdING NET ASSETS 1,295,317 405,048 1,700,365


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