Members of the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) board have approved $300,000 in grant funding to be awarded to 75 Ohio artists through the OAC’s Individual Excellence Awards program for state fiscal year 2021.

Congratulations to the following Department of Art faculty and alumni who were recently awarded Individual Excellence Awards from the Ohio Arts Council: 

Roger Beebe, Faculty

Gina Osterloh, Faculty 

Chris Taylor, Newark Regional Campus Faculty and MFA Alum

Ed Valentine, Lima Regional Campus Faculty

Malcolm Cochran, Emeritus Faculty

Ardine Nelson, Emeritus Faculty

Diana Abells, Dept. Lecturer and MFA Alum

Debra Griffing, BFA/MFA Alum

Glen Holland, MFA Alum

Nick Larsen, MFA Alum

Calista Lyon, MFA Alum

Eileen Woods, MFA Alum

Kara Güt, BFA Alum

Nate Ricciuto, BFA Alum