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The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, in partnership with the Lucas County Commissioners and the City of Toledo, is pleased to announce that the Toledo Artists' Club is included in the second round of organizational and artist grants from the Toledo-Lucas County Rescue Plan Grant program. The second round funding is $3,750.00.

In 2021, as the disproportionately negative economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the arts ecosystem deepened, The Arts Commission worked with the Toledo Area Cultural Leaders to advocate for American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding toward the rescue and recovery of the sector.

In response to this crisis, The Lucas County Board of Commissioners, Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, and Toledo City Council joined together in partnership to approve $6 million in ARPA funds to support a multi-year grant program for the recovery of nonprofit arts and cultural organizations and artists in Toledo and Lucas County.

“All of us working in the arts are so deeply grateful to our elected officials for including us in this recovery effort,” said Marc Folk, President and CEO of The Arts Commission. “This funding will assist nearly every nonprofit arts and culture organization in Toledo and Lucas County and more than 100 local artists. Our region is widely known as an arts and culture destination and this investment will accelerate our ability to rebound. Simply put, our recovery would have taken years longer without this critical support.” 

Nonprofit arts organizations and individual artists were eligible to apply to a competitive process based on their demonstrated practice, need, and location within Toledo and/or Lucas County.

The Toledo Artists’ Club thanks the City of Toledo, Lucas County Commissioners, and The Arts Commission for supporting the creation of the Toledo-Lucas County Rescue Plan Grant program. As an artist or arts organization who received funding from The Arts Commission through this program, it means so much to our members during a particularly difficult time.

The creative economy has been incredibly impactful to our region, and we need to preserve and position it to play this role again in the future. The investment by the Lucas County Commissioners, Mayor Kapszukiewicz, and Toledo City Council is an important and much-needed investment in Toledo’s economy and an investment in Toledo area artists and their families.

The Toledo Artists’ Club is supported in part by American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds allocated by the City of Toledo and the Lucas County Commissioners and administered by The Arts Commission