If you're in Butler County, Ohio, and you love the arts, you're in luck.
The Ohio Arts Council has awarded more than 900 grants totaling more than $170,000 to local arts organizations, the Dayton Daily News reports.
The grants, which arerenewable for four years, are awarded through a board of the state's arts council, which has a budget of more than $51 million.
"Receiving an Ohio Arts Council grant is 'a huge seal of approval' for any arts organization, said Heidi Schiller, executive director for the Oxford Community Arts Center," which received a $19,730 grant.
"The support we get from the Ohio Arts Council cannot be overstated."
The grants will be invested in one of four ways: into operating support organizations; arts-enhancing projects for newer organizations (ArtSTART); innovative arts projects (ArtsNEXT); artistic apprenticeships; and arts educational programming.
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