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News Room & Press Releases

Here are our recent press releases. For more information, contact Ryan Strand, Senior Director, Marketing & Communications. To find press releases issued prior to this year, please visit our historical archives here.

2025

6-26-25 ArtsWave Completes Three-Year Funding Cycle with Continued Support for Local Arts Organizations - Sustaining - SI (pdf)

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6-9-25 National Arts Leaders Convene in Cincinnati as Americans for the Arts Convention Begins This Week (pdf)

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5-20-25 2025 ArtsWave Campaign Resilient, Raises $12.3 Million for the Region's Arts (pdf)

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5-14-25 ArtsWave and meetNKY announce $58,000 awarded in Northern Kentucky Creative Placemaking Grants (pdf)

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3-11-25 ArtsWave awards 56 Catalyzing Impact grants to energize Cincinnati's Arts Scene (pdf)

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2-17-25 ArtsWave and meetNKY Launch Innovative Northern Kentucky Creative Placemaking Grant (pdf)

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2-4-25 ArtsWave Kicks Off Annual Community Fundraising Campaign Chaired by Triversity Construction’s Mel Gravely (pdf)

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1-21-25 ArtsWave Awards $222,000 to 26 BIPOC Artists in Fifth Year of Annual Grant Program (pdf)

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1-16-25 ArtsWave Unveils Region’s Most Comprehensive Arts & Entertainment Calendar Through Innovative Partnerships (pdf)

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2024

12-12-24 Cincinnati region among top-20 arts vibrant regions (pdf)

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12-4-24 ArtsWave Announces 2025 Young Professionals and Pride Grants (pdf)

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11-1-24 ArtsWave Annual Meeting Celebrates Achievements, Honors Leaders and Charts Future Course for Arts in Greater Cincinnati (pdf)

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10-1-24 Get the best of local arts and entertainment in the palm of your hand (pdf)

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9-6-24 New Flow season announced, featuring Black-centered arts events across multiple venues (pdf)

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9-4-24 BLINK unveils official footprint, transportation partner (pdf)

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8-15-24 ArtsWave announces opening of application process for Pride and Young Professional Grants (pdf)

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7-12-24 CMF Outdoor Museum celebrates fifth anniversary, with 10 visual artists to create new work (pdf)

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6-24-24 ArtsWave announces steady funding for supported arts organizations thanks to a successful 2024 campaign (pdf)

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6-20-24 BLINK® announces artist lineup, project scale for 2024 festival (pdf)

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6-17-24 ArtsWave announces Fourth Annual Black and Brown Artist Showcase (1) (pdf)

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5-23-24 2024 ArtsWave Campaign is the largest in its 97-year history (pdf)

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5-22-24 Let It Shine BLINK Parade Returns as Part of BLINK Opening Ceremony (pdf)

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5-6-24 ArtsWave CincyJams, presented by Accenture, amps up prize packages and audience giveaways for the competition’s third year (pdf)

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4-24-24 BLINK announces expanded NKY experience in 2024 (pdf)

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4-17-24 ArtsWave is looking for bands to compete in the third annual ArtsWave CincyJams (pdf)

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4-11-24 ArtsWave Boardway Bound Open for Applications (pdf)

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3-13-24 ArtsWave awards nearly 50 grants to support local arts and cultural projects - 2024 Catalyzing Impact Grants (pdf)

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3-7-24 meetNKY and ArtsWave announce partnership to increase cultural vibrancy (pdf)

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2-6-24 ArtsWave kicks off its Annual Community Campaign for the Arts with a call to be the largest ever (pdf)

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1-16-24 Greater Cincinnati's arts sector had $1.6 billion in total economic impact over four years according to new study (pdf)

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2023

12-15-2023 Artswave announces Black and Brown Artist Program grant recipients (pdf)

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11-21-24 ArtsWave awards another two rounds of affinity & networking group grants, amassing a total impact of over $1.3 million. (pdf)

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11-13-23 ArtsWave Collaborates with American Legacy Tours to Launch Behind the Curtain - Inside Cincy's Arts Tour this Thanskgiving Weekend (pdf)

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11-6-23 Veteran musician and ground-breaking artist awarded 2023 Sachs Fund Prizes for regional arts impact (pdf)

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10-26-23 Cincinnati Jumps Nine Spots to Rank 11th among 20 Most Arts-Vibrant Large Regions in the Nation (pdf)

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10-24-23 ArtsWave encourages local artists of color to apply for grants that fund projects that foster truth and innovation (pdf)

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10-10-23 ArtsWave’s arts field trip partnership with Cincinnati Public Schools, "More Arts, More Kids," begins October 17 (pdf)

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9-13-23 ArtsWave Flow Announces New Season and Flow Pass Launches (pdf)

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8-29-23 ArtsWave awards next wave of African American arts grants (pdf)

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8-22-23 ArtsWave Announces Participants for 2023 Class of Boardway Bound (pdf)

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7-12-23 CMF Outdoor Museum Returns and Kicks Off CMF Events This Year (pdf)

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7-10-23 Media Alert - ArtsWave to Hold Press Conference Ribbon Cutting to Unveil Truth Healing Artist Showcase (pdf)

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6-28-23 ArtsWave Community Campaign Broadens its Funded Organizatons to Create Stronger Arts for a Stronger Region (pdf)

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6-19-23 ArtsWave announces availability of African American arts grants and timing for its Truth & Healing Artist Showcase (pdf)

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6-1-23 2023 ArtsWave Campaign exceeds goal and announces P&G leadership for 2024 Campaign (pdf)

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5-30-23 ArtsWave to Hold Press Conference to Announce Results of 2023 Campaign and 2024 Campaign Chairs (pdf)

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5-24-23 ArtsWave receives another NEA grant to regrant to the arts as Cincinnati's Local Arts Agency (pdf)

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5-17-23 Bootsy Collins says - Don't fake the funk - come to Cincy Jams this Thursday (pdf)

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5-3-23 ArtsWave Boardway Bound Leadership and Training Program Open for Applications for 2023 Class (pdf)

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4-20-23 CincyJams Grows in Numbers of Bands, Judges and Prizes (pdf)

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4-6-23 ArtsWave Announces CincyJams Workplace Battle of the Bands Competition with Band Registration Now Open (pdf)

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3-21-23 ArtsWave makes next wave of project grants in the midst of its annual Community Campaign (pdf)

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3-1-23 BLINK® economic impact is $126 million (pdf)

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2-10-23 ArtsWave kicks off its Annual Community Campaign, announces 'More Kids, More Arts' Education Challenge and shares results from BLINK® (pdf)

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2-8-23 ArtsWave 2023 campaign kickoff Friday (pdf)

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