Making Waves Blog

ArtsWave Days continues with Get Active! this week and Shamrock Family Fun just in time for St. Paddy's Day.

The focus turns to music in the next two ArtsWave Days, with the Beer Choir Games on February 24 and Jazz, Gospel & Arts on March 3.

Today, we celebrate the Cincinnati Business Courier as a new partner in chronicling our region’s Arts Impact Journey.

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company is staging an adaptation of the groundbreaking 1967 film, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner."

ArtsWave Days will continue throughout the 12 weeks of the 2018 ArtsWave Community Campaign. Next up: I ♥ Arts and Date Night!

Cincinnati keeps making “best of” lists, and it's no accident. It takes hard work and dedication to the region, including our vibrant arts.

Something is brewing between ArtsWave and Braxton Brewing Company: a brand-new collaboration brew, releasing just in time for the 2018 Community Campaign!

The 2018 ArtsWave Community Campaign is almost here. This year, it's bringing big new ideas to treasured traditions.

Over $100,000 in new Catalyzing Impact grants were awarded to 17 local organizations, recommended by community volunteers who reviewed 35 applications. All the projects are worthy and exciting, but a few especially captured my attention for their sensitive responses to ArtsWave’s goals outlined in our Blueprint for Collective Action for the Arts Sector.

ArtWorks’ Summer Celebration took place on Friday, August 5 at Union Hall, celebrating the murals and projects created and in progress over 2016.

Diverse audiences start from a culture of diversity. That was the message delivered byDonna Walker-Kuhne, a national arts marketing and community engagement expert, to 100 Greater Cincinnati arts and culture leaders who attended an ArtsWave workshop on leveraging the arts to bridge cultural divides.

Art, artists, and the act of engaging in the arts can build understanding between people who are fundamentally speaking different languages. And if that is true, then the work of artists and arts organizations has never been more important, and increasing opportunities for all people to engage in the arts has never been more critical.

Last week, I had the opportunity to present two award checks to individuals in our community making a difference in the arts. Honoring the annual Sach Prize Fund winners made me stop and think about the power to make a difference. The power a Life Plan can inspire.

Through a collaboration with Music Theatre International and iTheatrics of New York City, Educational Theatre Association has created JumpStart Theatre, a three-year pilot program to start and support theater programs in middle schools that have none.

CincyDance! returns for the third year to Washington Park at noon May 18, when Cincinnati Ballet brings more than 1,000 third-graders out for an interactive dance performance. Read more to find out how you can be a part of the fun!