Save the Date: 2009 Business Arts Partnership Awards

Save the date for the Greater Columbus Arts Council’s 2009 Business Arts Partnership Awards, which will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Fri., Mar. 6 at COSI Columbus

The annual Business Arts Partnership awards honor the corporate community's crucial support of the arts in Columbus by allowing arts organizations to publicly recognize the generous support provided by outstanding corporate partners. Each year, GCAC solicits nominations from the arts community in three categories: Small Business (up to 50 employees); Medium Business (51-500 employees); and Large Business (over 500 employees). The winner in each category receives an original work of art by a local artist.

At the event, GCAC will also present the 2009 Artistic Excellence Award—a $10,000 prize given annually to an arts organization that has demonstrated innovation, risk and artistic excellence in a performance, exhibition or program. This year’s winner was Anatomical Scenario Movement Theater for Anna and the Annadroids.

Sponsorship opportunities are available for the 2009 event. For more information about sponsoring the Business Arts Partnership Awards, contact Emily Swartzlander at eswartzlander@gcac.org. Proceeds from the Business Arts Partnership Awards go to GCAC’s educational programming for children.

Photo: National City President and CEO Mike Gonsiorowski accepts the 2008 Business Arts Partnership Award in the Large Business category from Mayor Michael Coleman and GCAC President Bryan W. Knicely.

September

Michael Slack: Wax Pack, Rivet, Through 9/30

The Swell Season, CAPA, 9/22

Grants for Local Musicians, Grandview Heights Public Library, 9/25

2008 Manhattan Short Film Festival, Wexner Center Film/Video Theater, 9/26

20/20 2008, Tribhanga School of Dance, 9/27

The Sound of Music, Little Theater Off Broadway, Through 9/27

The Singular Landscape: New Work by Rod Bouc, ODU’s Wehrle Art Gallery, Through 9/29

Arts in Work Spaces: Features Works by Artists of Terra Gallery, Caspian II, Through 9/30

October

Deborah Lapatina & John Hegener, Hayley Gallery, Through 10/10

Vaughn Weister's Famous Jazz Orchestra, Columbus Maennerchor, Through 10/13

World Premiere Bebe Miller Company Necessary Beauty, Wexner Center, 10/1-10/5

First Annual Glass Pumpkin Patch, Glass Axis, 10/3-10/4

WildFest - Fall Festival!, Presented by Ohio Wildlife Center, 10/4

Short North Gallery Hop, Short North Business Association, 10/4

Dracula, BalletMet, 10/10-10/18

Boo at the Zoo, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, 10/17-10/26

All Hallow's Eve, Ohio Historical Center/Ohio Historical Society, 10/18-10/25

The Pearl Fishers, Opera Columbus, 10/24-10/26

November

Milonga Fuego, JC Entertainment, Through 11/28/2008

COLOR: Ten African American Artists, Ohio Designer Craftsmen, 9/14-11/2/2008

Huck Finn's American Song, Phoenix Theatre Circle, 10/31-11/9

Short North Gallery Hop, Short North Business Association, 11/1

Drawing for Beginners with Janet Waggoner, Grandview Heights Public Library, 11/13

Student Division Winners Film Screening, Columbus Int’l Film & Video Festival, 11/13

The Full Monty, Emerald City Players, 11/21-12/6

Sing We Now of Christmas, Lancaster Chorale, 11/30