Columbus Invitational Arts Competition
The Columbus Invitational Arts Competition is a competitive arts event held annually in Columbus, Ohio since 2012.[1] The event brings together organizations selected for inclusion due to a combination of "artistic excellence and exceptional community involvement."[2] In its first year the event drew participation from twenty-five local groups representing over three hundred individual artists, across four categories, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Studio Recordings and Literary Arts. Literary Arts was eliminated in the second year[3] and the divisions were further reduced to Performing Arts and Visual Arts for the third year, which was billed as a "regional" competition, and which drew participation from all five states surrounding Ohio (Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and West Virginia). Organizers plan to hold the event at a national level by year six, and an international level by year ten.[4]
Judging
All divisions are judged by a panel including one (and only one) juror from each participating organization in that division. Each piece, regardless of division or genre, is evaluated independently by each juror according to a scoring rubric on a scale from 1 to 10 in each of three areas, creativity, craft and depth. Scores for each piece are averaged by area, refactored to prevent juror bias and then multiplied to produce a final score between 1 and 1000.[5]
Winners
2012
- Visual Arts - Mother Artists at Work, Columbus, Frayed Edges (758)
- Performing Arts - Transit Arts, Columbus, Hip Hop Dance with DJ BHB (746)
- Literary Arts - Paging Columbus, Columbus, Winter Break In (345)
- Studio Recordings - Floatation Walls, We Want Action, Columbus, Worms (331) [6]
2013
- Performing Arts - Saints Drumline, Columbus (715)
- Visual Arts - Mother Artists at Work, Columbus, Totem (547)
- Studio Recordings - Nick Tolford & Company, WWCD, Columbus, Until I Walk Away (294)
2014
- Performing Arts - NoExit Performance (Indianapolis), The Red Couch
- Visual Arts - Mother Artists at Work (Columbus), Behind Closed Drawers
References
- ^ http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/06/17/performance-music-and-more-to-be-showcased.html
- ^ http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2013/08/22/event-gives-range-of-talent-an-opportunity-to-perform.html
- ^ http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2013/08/08/arts-preview-columbus-invitational-arts-competition-visual-arts-exhibition.html
- ^ http://invitationalarts.org
- ^ http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/09/16/invitational-showcases-appealing-area-works.html
- ^ http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2012/10/05/central-ohio-1-tv-1art1-3-gerjlb9h-1.html