The Board of Trustees at the Greater Columbus Arts Council has approved 246 Support for Professional Artists (SPA) grants totaling $293,812 and 28 Project Support grants totaling $293,700.

Spokesperson for GCAC Nicholas Dekker said “Support for Professional Artists (SPA) grants are intended to assist individual artists and groups of artists creating together on a permanent basis in making new art, growing artistic skills, and marketing to a broader audience.

Band/Ensemble Applications

Band/Ensemble Name   Grant Amount

Alex Burgoyne Quartet  $2,000

Cellar Dwellers  $2,000

Easy Tiger            $2,000

Fellow Hollow    $2,000

Forever Strange $2,000

Gathering Stars $2,000

Gymfea Productions LLC               $1,970

Hello Emerson, $2,000

Ingram Street    $2,000

Jinx the Fox        $2,000

Lisa Gain & the Rusty Silos            $2,000

Minnows             $2,000

Mukiss  $2,000

Speak Seldom    $1,750

Terrence J. Dooley and Testimony            $2,000

The Quasi Kings $1,995

The Rough Touch             $2,000

The Simba Jordan Band $1,749

On the Columbus Arts Festival coming up in June 10-12, 2022, Nicolas Dekker said “We are moving full steam ahead! We’ll be announcing the presenting artists this week and are assembling performance schedules.”

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