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Thanks everyone!! Now it’s a matter of using the funds wisely and for proper use if my artwork <div><br></div><div>Owen<br><br><br><a href="https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/?.src=iOS">Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone</a><br><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0">On Monday, July 29, 2019, 4:32 PM, Sheri Albers via NFBOH-Cleveland <nfboh-cleveland@nfbnet.org> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div dir="ltr">Congratulations Owen, that is fantastic!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Best Regards,<br clear="none">Sheri Albers<br clear="none"><a dir="ltr" href="tel:513-886-8697" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">513-886-8697</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Sheri.albers87@gmail.com" href="mailto:Sheri.albers87@gmail.com">Sheri.albers87@gmail.com</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">> On Jul 29, 2019, at 2:55 PM, Suzanne Turner via Ohio-Talk <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:ohio-talk@nfbnet.org" href="mailto:ohio-talk@nfbnet.org">ohio-talk@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Ohio,<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Congratulations are extended to Owen McCafferty for his Grant Award from the<br clear="none">> Ohio Arts Council.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Here is the announcement!<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> congratulations on your FY 2020 grant award.<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Grant awards depend on a variety of factors-including application scores and<br clear="none">> the total number of applicants approved for funding-but the biggest driver<br clear="none">> is the amount of funds available in the OAC's subsidy budget. With this in<br clear="none">> mind, we are very grateful to Governor Mike DeWine, and members of the Ohio<br clear="none">> House of Representatives and Ohio Senate, for acknowledging the importance<br clear="none">> of public funding for the arts through the state budget's appropriation to<br clear="none">> the OAC. The historic $34.5 million allocated to the Ohio Arts Council this<br clear="none">> biennium represents a $5 million increase in funding from last biennium and<br clear="none">> ensures that more public dollars will be spent over the next two years on<br clear="none">> grants for the arts in Ohio than at any time in our agency's 54-year<br clear="none">> history. Please make sure you write to the governor<br clear="none">> <<a shape="rect" href="https://governor.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/governor/contact" target="_blank">https://governor.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/governor/contact</a>> and your<br clear="none">> legislators <<a shape="rect" href="https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislators/district-maps" target="_blank">https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislators/district-maps</a>><br clear="none">> thanking them for your grant award and for supporting the arts in Ohio. Be<br clear="none">> sure to describe how your grant award will benefit your community!<br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> <br clear="none">> Again, congratulations on your FY 2020 grant award from the Ohio Arts<br clear="none">> Council. On behalf of our board and staff, we wish you much success in your<br clear="none">> artistic endeavors! 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