Press releases and announcements from Ohio's arts organizations
Neighborhood Connections approved $343,788 in grants for 102 resident-led projects in Cleveland and East Cleveland. Cuyahoga Arts & Culture will co-fund 30 arts and culture projects, and the McGregor Foundation will co-fund 27 senior-serving initiatives.
Read moreCleveland Heights will receive eight new public art installations this summer, including six murals along Lee Road and two works in the Coventry district, through a $250,000 Heights Arts initiative.
Read moreThe Columbus Symphony has hired Jonathan Parrish as Vice President of Artistic Planning and Programs and Jacob Pope-McEntire as General Manager.
Read moreConductor Marin Alsop, the first woman to lead a major U.S. orchestra, will direct the 2027 Cincinnati May Festival with programming centered on women composers and voices.
Read moreOhio Vintage Fest will hold an event in Toledo on Saturday, June 20th. The sale will take place at the Glass City Center from 12 PM to 5 PM. The event will feature over 50 vendors offering vintage clothing and other vintage items. General admissio
Read moreRed Bird Sylvania is hosting Hippie Fest on June 5th from 5-8pm+. The event is described as an evening of fun, music, art, and good vibes. In addition to Hippie Fest, several other arts and cultural events are listed. Hudson Gallery will present a
Read moreGallery Lumina is holding an open call for submissions for a solo 2D medium exhibition. The exhibition is open to women and women-identifying artists located in Columbus and nearby areas. The theme of the exhibition is "Womanhood." Inter
Read moreHouse of Cai is seeking volunteers and interns to join their team in Columbus, Ohio. The organization is also looking to fill roles for a social media manager and a store manager. Ideal candidates include artists, individuals with experience manag
Read moreThe West Side Block Party organization has announced that vendor applications are now open for the 2026 SEA Festival. This event aims to celebrate Southeast Asian culture, food, music, and art in Cleveland. Vendors sought include food vendors, foo
Read moreSummit Artspace is issuing a call for art vendors for its upcoming Art Walk event. The event is scheduled for Thursday, June 11, 2026, and will run from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The organization is looking for vendors offering handmade art and fine crafts
Read moreValley Art Center is calling for submissions for its 5th Annual Emerging Young Artists Exhibition. The exhibition is open to artists aged 16 to 22 residing in Northeast Ohio. Submissions will be accepted until June 1st at 11:59 PM. The juried exhi
Read moreFAVA's Art Fair is announcing a call for entries and vendor registration. Interested participants are encouraged to visit the website to apply. The deadline for applications is July 15. The entry fee for the fair is $50. Further information c
Read moreToledo Opera is holding auditions for its 2026-27 season chorus. The auditions will take place at the Valentine Theatre. Interested singers are invited to audition on Saturday, May 30, from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and on Sunday, May 31, from 3:00 PM
Read moreLive Arts Toledo named Michael Downing, a Toledo native with nearly four decades in nonprofit fundraising, as Interim VP of Development. He succeeds Brett Loney, who helped more than double the organization’s fundraising revenue during his seven-season tenure.
Read moreThe Wexner Center for the Arts received a $158,932 grant from the Every Page Foundation to continue its Path Fellowship, a program placing emerging arts professionals in institutional roles since 2021.
Read moreCincinnati Opera announced its 2024 Summer Festival running June 13 through July 27, featuring the world stage premiere of “Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Oratorio” alongside “Don Giovanni” and “La Traviata.”
Read moreCincinnati Opera launched The Black Opera Project, a $5 million initiative commissioning three new operas by Black creators, with the first, “Lalovavi,” premiering Juneteenth 2025 at Music Hall.
Read moreProMusica Chamber Orchestra announced its 46th season, including premieres of commissioned works by Andy Akiho and Michael Schachter, with concerts from September 2024 through May 2025 at the Southern Theatre.
Read moreOpera Columbus premiered “A Magic Flute Experience: The Temple,” an immersive 90-minute staging at a secret downtown venue, running April 19-28 with tickets from $64 to $124.
Read moreOpera Columbus and the Columbus Symphony staged Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” for the first time in the city at the Ohio Theatre on March 1 and 2, 2024.
Read moreArtsWave approved 49 Catalyzing Impact grants totaling $326,690 to arts organizations across the Cincinnati region, funded through its annual campaign and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Read moreThe Cincinnati Art Museum screened the Midwest premiere of the restored 1980 film “Tell Me A Riddle,” directed by Lee Grant, on February 9, 2023, in partnership with Mayerson JCC and Women in Film Cincinnati.
Read moreThe Cincinnati Art Museum received a $36,000 NEA grant for its 2021 exhibition tracing 200 Berlin paintings that toured 14 U.S. museums after World War II.
Read moreThe Cincinnati Art Museum began a year-long ground-level renovation in August 2023, adding classrooms, a research center for 30,000 works on paper, and a 144-seat event space.
Read moreThe Cincinnati Art Museum hosted Art in Bloom April 26-28, 2024, with nearly 60 juried floral artists and Amsterdam-based guest artist Natasja Sadi. Free general admission; some events ticketed.
Read moreThe 43rd season of Picnic with the Pops at Columbus Commons features Ledisi, LeAnn Rimes, Wyclef Jean and the OSU Marching Band.
Read moreProMusica Chamber Orchestra will perform three outdoor concerts August 13-15 at Franklin Park Conservatory and a new venue in Gahanna. The free and low-cost concerts feature Mozart and Haydn concertos with two of the orchestra’s principal musicians as soloists.
Read moreArtsWave’s 2026 Community Campaign raised $12.1 million from more than 20,000 donors across the Cincinnati region, with expanded student arts programs and a new Northern Kentucky gallery.
Read moreThirty-six high school musicians from the Columbus Symphony Youth Orchestra will perform in Vienna and Prague during a week-long European tour beginning June 1.
Read moreDr. Nicole Burt, a biological anthropologist who joined the museum in 2014, will oversee all science-based research as Senior Director of Curatorial and Research Affairs.
Read moreThe Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College presents six summer exhibitions ranging from Japanese prints to contemporary paper works and video art.
Read moreThe Greater Columbus Arts Council selected filmmaker Drew Johnson and dancer Quianna Simpson for its 30th annual international artist exchange with Dresden, Germany.
Read moreThe Greater Columbus Arts Council has hired Aditi Naik as grants and impact program manager and Liz Raymond as front desk associate.
Read moreOhio University appointed interdisciplinary artist Courtney Kessel as interim director of the Kennedy Museum of Art, effective May 1, succeeding Sandra Harris.
Read moreCAPA received a naming gift from the Wrightsel Family Foundation to convert the 1859 Central Presbyterian Church at 132 S. Third St. into Wrightsel Music Hall, opening fall 2027.
Read moreGreat Lakes Theater, Idaho Shakespeare Festival, and Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival announced a five-year partnership with Play On Shakespeare to produce four modern-verse translations through 2030.
Read moreMarysville High School won for its production of Anything Goes at the 2026 CAPA Marquee Awards. Best actor and best actress winners will compete at the Jimmy Awards in New York.
Read moreKaramu House CEO Tony F. Sias transitions to Artistic Director after a decade of executive leadership; Aseelah Shareef named Interim CEO while a national search proceeds.
Read moreThe Ohio Arts Council approved $375,000 in Individual Excellence Awards for 77 Ohio artists in fiscal year 2026, funding work in choreography, fiction, poetry, criticism, playwriting, and music composition.
Read moreCAPA will present 28 classic films and cult favorites over nine weeks at the Ohio Theatre, starting June 18. The 57th annual series includes a partnership with Ohio Goes to the Movies for two free screenings tied to the America 250 celebration.
Read moreToledo Opera’s resident artists performed a free America 250 concert at Riverside Park in Findlay, part of the company’s Opera ‘Round Town outreach series bringing live opera to communities across northwest Ohio.
Read moreShort North Stage has announced its 2026-27 season, its largest eight-show lineup in the company’s 15-year history, featuring Pippin, Sweeney Todd, Dear Evan Hansen, and Mean Girls.
Read moreThe Taft Museum of Art presents Beyond the Picturesque, an exhibition by 2026 Duncanson Artist-in-Residence Ayana Ross, on view April 11–July 26, coinciding with the program’s 40th anniversary.
Read moreShalom Auslander’s memoir received the 2026 James Thurber Prize for American Humor in writing at a May 7 ceremony in Columbus. Emily Flake won the cartoon art prize.
Read moreBank of America awarded $500,000 to CAPA for its Music Hall project at 132 S. Third Street, which the bank said is its largest strategic philanthropic investment in central Ohio.
Read moreThe Cincinnati Art Museum will present approximately 150 works by mid-century nature illustrator Charley Harper, including National Park Service paintings, from October 2026 through March 2027.
Read moreFotoFocus has opened ‘Big Tent,’ the inaugural exhibition at its new 14,700-square-foot FotoFocus Center in Cincinnati. The photography show runs through August 22, 2026.
Read moreLive Arts Toledo hosts the national tour launch for Dave Eggers’ novel “Contrapposto” on June 11 at the Toledo Museum of Art Peristyle, with tickets from $25 to $65.
Read moreCAC invites Cuyahoga County arts nonprofits to apply for 2027 Project Support funding. Applications are due June 25, 2026.
Read moreGreat Lakes Theater’s 2026-27 season spans Shakespeare, Sondheim, and a new production of Les Misérables at Cleveland’s Hanna Theatre.
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