We must ensure that our region’s arts organizations survive until it is possible to reopen at full capacity.
Government investment in the arts is necessary now.
One of the ironies of 2020 is that an industry with the potential to heal, uplift, reconcile, inspire and boost our economy and build our reputation, is largely quieted by the pandemic. The stakes are high.
ArtsWave and its partner arts organizations call on city, county, state and federal elected officials to make the nonprofit arts an immediate priority for meaningful financial relief.
Add your name above to the growing chorus asking the government to invest in the future of our community.
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Public relief is supported by the following local organizations:
Kimberlee Flamm, Executive Director, ArtsConnect
Laura Proffit, Business Manager & Managing Director, Blue Ash Montgomery Symphony & School House Symphony
Cameron Kitchin, Director, Cincinnati Art Museum
Steve Loftin, President, Cincinnati Arts Association
Scott Altman, President and CEO, Cincinnati Ballet
Katie MacDonald, Executive Director, Cincinnati Boychoir
Tim Perrino, Executive Artistic Director, Cincinnati Landmark Productions
Steven Sunderman, Executive Director, Cincinnati May Festival and Vocal Arts Ensemble
Elizabeth Pierce, CEO, Cincinnati Museum Center
Chris Milligan, General Director & CEO, Cincinnati Opera
Buzz Ward, Managing Director and Blake Robison, Artistic Director, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
Rich Eiswerth, President, General Manager & CEO, Cincinnati Public Radio
Brian Isaac Phillips, Producing Artistic Director, Cincinnati Shakespeare Company
Jonathan Martin, President, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Lauren Hess, Executive Director, Cincinnati Youth Choir
Leslie Mooney, Executive Director, Clifton Cultural Arts Center
Stanley Romanstein, Dean, College- Conservatory of Music
Raphaela Platow, Director and Chief Curator, Contemporary Arts Center
Jefferson James, Founder, Artistic & Executive Director, Contemporary Dance Theater
Tom Kent and Abdullah Powell, Co-Directors, Elementz
D. Lynn Meyers, Producing Artistic Director, Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati
Ian MacKenzie-Thurley, Executive Director, Fitton Center for Creative Arts
Carolyn Wallace, Executive Director, It's Commonly Jazz
Ellen Muse-Lindeman, Executive Director, Kennedy Heights Arts Center
Andrew Hungerford, Producing Artistic Director, Know Theatre of Cincinnati
Kathy Wade, Co-founder and CEO, Learning Through Art, Inc.
Jason Franz, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center
Betsey Nuseibeh, Executive Director, Melodic Connections
Jean St. John, Executive Director, My Nose Turns Read Youth Circus
Woodrow Keown, Jr., President & COO, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Kim Popa, Co-Founder/Director, Pones
Sean FitzGibbons, Executive Director, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park
Michelle Taylor, Executive Director, Sharonville Cultural Arts Center
Deborah Scott, President and CEO, Taft Museum of Art
Kim Best, Executive Director, The Carnegie
Sarah Weiss, CEO, The Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center
Kim Kern, Managing Director & CEO, The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati
Julie Collinsworth, Executive Director, Wyoming Fine Arts Center
Kitty Lensman, President & CEO, CET/ThinkTV
Scotty McEvoy, Executive Director, Young Professionals Choral Collective