The Dispatch wrote Millions sought for the arts
Friday, November 9, 2007
BY NANCY GILSON
Central Ohio’s major arts groups launched a unified campaign this week to raise $12 million from public and private sources during the next three years. The money would be divided among the groups based on their budgets and needs.
The campaign marks the first time the city’s arts groups, some of which are financially strapped, have combined for a fundraising campaign, although the idea has been discussed for years.
The consortium, formed last year, includes BalletMet, the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts, Columbus Children’s Theatre, the Columbus Museum of Art, the Columbus Symphony, the Contemporary American Theatre Company, COSI Columbus, Franklin Park Conservatory, Jazz Arts Group, the King Arts Complex, Opera Columbus, Phoenix Theatre, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Thurber House and Wexner Center for the Arts.
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