Cincinnati – Nine Cincinnati artists will receive grants from the City of Cincinnati’s 2007 Individual Artist Grant Program (see attached list). The grants will help support one literary arts project, one theater arts project, five visual arts projects, and two interdisciplinary projects that combine work in the literary and visual arts. Each funded project will include one or more public presentations of work. The awards total $35,000. Individual grant amounts range from $1,800 to $5,000.
The City of Cincinnati has operated grant programs for Cincinnati-based artists and arts and cultural organizations of all sizes since 1989. The City of Cincinnati is the only local government in the Tri-State that operates arts grant programs. It is the primary local funder of Cincinnati artists.
The City’s arts grant programs are administered by the Cincinnati Recreation Commission with assistance from the Cincinnati Arts Allocation Committee (CAAC), a City advisory body. Members of the CAAC are Andy Marko (Chairperson), Jeaunita Olowe (Vice Chairperson), Kristen Dietsche, Bert Goldstein, Kate Kern, Glenn Ray, Manuel Susarret, Adrienne Thompson, and Lissa Urriquia.
Grant Recipients 5/25/2007
2007 City of Cincinnati Competitive Individual Artist Grant Program
| Applicant Name | Artistic Discipline | Funding Recommend-ation | Description of Request |
| Au, Bernard (Andrew) | Visual Arts | $3,500 | Creation/exhibition of prints and drawings, Duratrans light boxes |
| Bickett, Valerie Chronis | Literature | $4,500 | Publication of book-length collection of poetry, prose, and short essays; reading |
| Gamboa, Barbara | Visual Arts | $2,687 | Creation/exhibition of series of photographs of Cincinnati neighborhoods and public places |
| Ghosn, Saad | Visual Arts | $5,000 | Creation/exhibition of woodcut prints on sociopolitical, peace and justice issues since 9/11 from perspective of American citizen of Lebanese-Arab origin |
| Jozwiak, Alan | Theater | $1,800 | Creation/performance of 90-minute play dealing with self-injury; performers from local high school and college drama programs |
| Lohre, Thomas | Visual Arts | $4,500 | Creation of automatic brush made of Legos; paintings; exhibition |
| Oldham, Tyra | Interdisciplinary | $3,700 | Project on theme "Reconciliation", creation/exhibition of series of black and white photos and related text on Cincinnati's neighborhoods and residents; resident interviews; community dialog forums
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| Schapker, Holly | Visual Arts | $4,813 | Creation/exhibition of series of oil paintings on Over-the-Rhine |
| Springer, Connie | Interdisciplinary | $4,500 | Photo/writing project documenting lives of nonagenarians; exhibition
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| Total (9 grants) | | $35,000 | |
