Conclusions and Credits

	Credits (As of publication in 2001) Governor Bob Taft Wayne P. Lawson, Executive Director, Ohio Arts Council Ohio Arts Council Board Members Gubernatorial Appointments Susan R. Sofia, Chair, Bexley Sheila M. Markley, Vice Chair, Canton Mary T. Wolfe, Secretary, Perrysburg Barbara S. Robinson, Chair Emeritus, Cleveland Barbara Baker, Lancaster David Barker, Columbus Ann Amer Brennan, Akron Martha Appel Burton, Portsmouth Joe Hale, Cincinnati Bradley R. Kastan, Columbus Martha S. MacDonell, Lima Alex Machaskee, Cleveland Michael T. Radcliffe, Dublin Geraldine B. Warner, Cincinnati Georgia E. Welles, Bowling Green Legislative Appointments Senator Robert F. Hagan, Youngstown Senator Priscilla D. Mead, Columbus Representative Patricia Clancy, Cincinnati Representative Barbara Sykes, Akron State of the Arts Report Advisory Committee Melissa J. Donovan, Former Information & Resource Assistance Program Coordinator, Ohio Arts Council Christy L. Farnbauch, Community Development Director, Ohio Arts Council Therese Filicko, Research Director, National and Local Profiles of Culture Support Project, The Ohio State University Eileen E. Kennedy, Project Manager, State of the Arts Report, Ohio Arts Council Wayne P. Lawson, Executive Director, Ohio Arts Council Richard L. Luftig, Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Miami University Margaret J. Wyszomirski, Director, Arts Policy & Administration Program, The Ohio State University State of the Arts Report Contract Personnel Dan Ambrose, Project Associate, Columbus Maggi L. Aitkens, Editor, Minneapolis, Minnesota Sally Burma, Arts Policy & Administration Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus Angela Herbert, Arts Consultant, Columbus Donald J. Killeen, National Program Manager, The National Arts Education Consortium, Columbus Sue Anne Lafferty, Ph.D. Candidate, Arts Policy & Administration Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus Keith Lee, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Art Education, The Ohio State University, Columbus Jennifer Poleon, Editor, Columbus Rick Pollock, President, Grant Making Services, Cleveland Lark Shirley-Stevens, Arts Policy & Administration Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus Joan E. Simon, Psychology Concern LTD., Columbus David Skeens, Copywriter, Columbus Ellen Smith, Law Librarian, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Erik Stewart, Assistant Director of Operations, The Ohio State University Center for Survey Research, Columbus Additional Ohio Arts Council Staff Contributors Barbara Bayless, Minority Arts, Traditional Arts and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Coordinator Michelle Burk, Director of Information Systems Kathy Cain, Performing Arts on Tour Coordinator Mary Campbell-Zopf, Arts in Education Director Shane Cartmill, Special Events Planner Kevin Cary, Performing Arts Coordinator Darcie D'Ascenzo, Special Events Coordinator Susan de Pasquale, Visual Arts & Crafts/Artists Projects Coordinator Susie Docken, Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director Gregg Dodd, Public Information Office Director Ken Emerick, Individual Artists and Media Arts Coordinator Irene Finck, Percent for Art Coordinator Dia Foley, Grants Office Assistant Director Jami Goldstein, Public Information Officer Phyllis Hairston, Building Diverse Audiences and 504/ADA Coordinator Julie Henahan, Grants Office Director Susan L. Neumann, Deputy Director Carolyn Partington, Fiscal Office Director Jen Poellot, Public Information Assistant Katie Popoff, Publications Editor Kathy Signorino, Individual Artists, Percent for Art and Visual Arts Program Assistant Coordinator Kim Turner, Grants Assistant Ira Weiss, Information Systems Assistant Former Ohio Arts Council Staff Contributors Charles Fenton, Former Editor and Publications Manager, Ohio Arts Council Beth Fisher, Director of Development, Wexner Center for the Arts Focus Group and Meeting Sites Athens Public Library Culture Works, Dayton, Jim Clark, President and CEO; Regina Smith, Former Director of Program Services Music and Performing Arts at Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Mike Telin, Executive Director Ohio Arts Presenters Network, Columbus, Judy Beaumier, Executive Director Ohio Alliance for Arts Education and Ohio Citizens for the Arts, Columbus, Donna Collins, Executive Director Ohio Museums Association, Columbus, Terri Potenzini, Executive Director Ohio Community Theatre Association, Columbus, Eleanor Smith, Executive Director Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Columbus, Betty Talbott, Executive Director Raymond Walters College, Blue Ash, Debbie Miller, Community Relations Manager Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts, Ohio Building Authority, Columbus, Lawrence Monroe, Special Project Coordinator Vocal Arts Resource Network, Columbus, Carol Notestine, Executive Director Video Sites and Participants Ariel Theatre, Gallipolis, Dr. M. Jane Daniel, Treasurer Arts Partnership of Greater Hancock County, Findlay, Carolyn Copus, Executive Director Arts Partnership of Greater Hancock County, Findlay, Michelle Weaver, Education Coordinator Black Swamp Arts Council, Stryker, Michael Salsbury, Secretary Blues Performer, Columbus, Teeny Tucker Bryan Gallery at the Fine Arts Center, Bowling Green, Jacquline S. Nathan, Exhibition Program Coordinator Columbus Blues Alliance, Columbus, Maggie West, President COSI Toledo, Toledo, Stephanie Cihon, Marketing Director Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Rick Jones, Executive Director Media Artist, Cleveland, Michelle Yvonne Davis Mills Lawn School, Yellow Springs, Dan Mecoli, Principal Native American Story Teller, Bowling Green, Savannah Lee Eicher-Bowers Professional Flair, Inc., Cleveland, Mary Verdi-Fletcher, President Psyanky Artist, Toledo, John Hejna Reiser, Valentour and Callahan, Athens, David Reiser, Architect Reiser, Valentour and Callahan, Bowling Green, Richard Roth, Visual Artist Riverbank Poetry Project, Hamilton, Paul Thoms, Public Relations Director Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, Lisa Egizii, Coordinator, Media Relations Rural Action, Inc., Athens, Tamara Brown, Program Coordinator Rural Action, Inc., Trimble, Amy Lipka, AmeriCorp/VISTA Volunteer and Regional Arts Liason Rural Action Mural Artists, Cincinnati, Sarah Alexander, Chief Artist on Pomeroy Project Rural Action Mural Artists, New Straitsville, Kim Blosser, Artist Rural Action Mural Artists, Sandra Russell, Artist Rural Action Mural Artists, All Volunteers SPACES, Cleveland, Susan Channing, Director Spring Arts Fest, Archbold, Teddy Payne, Coordinator Stuart's Opera House, Nelsonville, Amy Browns, Program Director The Collaborative, Inc., Toledo, Robert Fessler, Architect and Partner The Collaborative, Inc., Toledo, Jennifer Muse, Architect The Odeon Club, Cleveland, Trevor Ralph, Senior Director, Marketing and Special Events Thirsty Ear Tavern, Columbus, Jerry Flaherty, Owner Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Todd Ahrens, Development Officer Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Dan Hathaway, Artistic Director Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland, Mike Telin, Executive Director Valentine Theatre, Toledo, Elizabeth Emmert, Development Director Winter Fair by Ohio Designer Craftsmen Enterprises, Columbus, Carolyn Williams, Director Artists' Slides in Video Kathleen Browne, Ravenna, True Confessions of a Fortune Junkie Elan Chardin-Gombart, Oberlin, Untitled (Tin Page) Kimberly Eggleston, Cleveland, Yellow, Detail Ana England, Cincinnati, Spatially Extended Glen Holland, Columbus, Pincushion (hers) Edmond Charles Kanwischer, Waterville, Wrecked Greenhouses Jean Koeller, Dayton, Reflection Orange II Janice Lessman-Moss, Kent, Better off Believin' Deborah Morrisey McGoff, Cincinnati, A Room of My Own Bellamy Printz, Cleveland, Berlin, 1934 Michael Scott, New Richmond, Cock-A-Doodle-Do Todd Slaughter, Columbus, Church, Things We Gather Eve Thomson, Cleveland, Forerunner Roger Mark Walton, Dayton, Interstate 75 and the Monument Ave. Bridge Paula Willmot Kraus, Dayton, Gravity Local Arts Councils Arts Council Lake Erie West, Toledo, Martin Nagy, Executive Director Arts Council Lake Erie West, Toledo, Danette Olson, Program Director Community Partnership for Arts and Culture, Cleveland, Tom Schorgl, President and CEO Delaware County Cultural Arts Center, Delaware, Krista Campbell, Former Executive Director Dublin Arts Council, Dublin, Christy Rosenthal, Executive Director Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton, Rick Jones, Executive Director Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Ray Hanley, President Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, Diane Nance, Vice President for Programs Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, Kay Bouyack, Administrative Director Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, Sara Johnson, Director of Planning Upper Arlington Cultural Arts Commission, Upper Arlington, Nicole Rayburn, Former Arts Manager Other Special Thanks Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds Video and CD-ROM Production Ozone Studios, 193 E. Rich St., Columbus, 43215 Michael Delgrosso, Project Director Carol Delgrosso, Flame Artist Carrie Krebbeks, Video Editor Vicki Casa-Egan, Production Manager, First Unit Camera Mike Beaumont, Sound Design, Field Audio, Second Unit Camera Jeff Boddy, 3-D Animator Website Design Netlogix, 74 W. 5th Ave., Columbus, Ohio, 43201 Paul Kemerling, Business Development Consultant Liz Roberts, Website Architect Brandon Smith, President We're Building Ohio Through the Arts The Ohio Arts Council, a state agency established in 1965, builds the state through the arts – economically, educationally and culturally – preserving the past, enhancing the present and enriching the future for all Ohioans. The Council believes the people of Ohio should share the arts. The arts arise from public, individual and organizational efforts. The OAC supports and encourages those efforts. 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