[Art] CINCINNATI OFFERS GRANTS AND GRANTWRITING WORKSHOP FOR ARTISTS

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City of Cincinnati
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: March 19, 2008
Contact: Carolyn Gutjahr, Senior Development Officer, Arts Grant Programs
Phone: 513-352-4985
CITY OF CINCINNATI OFFERS GRANTS AND GRANTWRITING WORKSHOP FOR INDIVIDUAL
ARTISTS; AWARD AMOUNT INCREASED
The City of Cincinnati seeks applicants for its twentieth annual 
competitive Individual Artist Grant Program. “In
celebration of this anniversary, the maximum award for the artist grant 
program has been increased to $6,000,”
said Michael Cervay, Director of the Department of Community 
Development. “The new award level makes the
funding available from the City’s program more comparable to the $5,000 
to $10,000 fellowship awards offered by
the state arts councils in Ohio and Kentucky and local arts agencies in 
our peer cities of Dayton, Columbus, and
Indianapolis,” noted Cervay.
The grant program is open to creative and interpretive artists who are 
residents of the city of Cincinnati and are age
eighteen or older. Applications may be submitted in the following 
artistic disciplines: dance, literature, media,
music, performance art, theater, and visual arts. Applications must be 
received by the Department of Community
Development by 5:00 p.m. on April 25, 2008.
Free grantwriting workshop. A workshop for prospective applicants is 
scheduled on Monday, March 31, 2008
from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the first floor conference room of Two 
Centennial Plaza (805 Central Avenue).
Registration is required. For workshop registration and information, 
call 513-352-6146 by March 28, 2008.
Where to get an application: Applications and program guidelines are 
available on the Department of
Community Development website at www.cincinnati-oh.gov and may also be 
picked up at the following
locations: Department of Community Development, Art Academy of 
Cincinnati, Dunham Recreation Complex,
Enjoy the Arts, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County 
(Information and Reference Department, Main
Library and Corryville, Northside, and Walnut Hills branch libraries), 
University of Cincinnati School of Art,
Urban Appalachian Council, Weston Art Gallery, and Westwood Town Hall.
Information: For additional information, visit the Department of 
Community Development website at
www.cincinnati-oh.gov or call 513-352-4985.