Awards

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Over $10,000 in awards are presented, including:
$2000 Challenge Award for Excellence
$2000 Yassenoff Family Award for Excellence and Watkins Printing Poster Award
$1000 Director Emeritus Betty Talbott Award for Excellence
plus, awards for excellence in specific mediums

The following awards require additional steps to apply:

$1000 Artist Scholarship Award

Once accepted into the exhibition, you are eligible to be considered for the $1000 Artist Scholarship Award. The scholarship must be used to attend a workshop in your field. To be considered for this scholarship after acceptance, please e-mail knagorski@ohiocraft.org with your responses to the following: Workshop description, including title and presenter, price, dates, location; and how this workshop will enhance your current work or take it in a new direction. Please do not e-mail responses until after acceptance.

$500 Brooke Hannan Artist Scholarship Award

To be considered for this award, artists must be 30 years of age or younger. The scholarship must be used to enhance the artist's career; i.e., to purchase equipment or materials, to attend a class or workshop, etc. To be considered for this scholarship after acceptance, please e-mail jriley@ohiocraft.org with a brief statement about your intended use of the award. Please do not e-mail responses until after acceptance.

$250 ODC Board of Trustees Emerging Craftsman Award

To be considered for this award, artists must be 30 years of age or younger. To apply, e-mail résumé and proof of age (scanned photo ID with birthdate) to jriley@ohiocraft.org. E-mails must be received by the February 23, 2023, entry deadline.

$1000 Artist Scholarship Award

Award Value: $1,000.00

If your work is accepted into the exhibition, you are eligible to be considered for the $1000 Artist Scholarship Award, which must be used by the artist to attend a workshop in his or her field. If you would like to be considered for this scholarship after acceptance, please e-mail knagorski@ohiocraft.org with your responses to the following: Workshop description, including title and artist, price, dates, location; and how will this workshop enhance your current work or take it in a new direction? Please do not e-mail responses until after acceptance. This award will be chosen by the ODC Board of Trustees.

$500 Brooke Hannan Artist Scholarship Award

Award Value: $500.00

To be considered for this award, artists must be 30 years of age or younger. The $500 scholarship award must be used to enhance the artist's career; i.e., to purchase equipment or materials, to attend a class or workshop, etc. If you would like to be considered for this scholarship, first upload a photograph of your driver's license when submitting this application. After acceptance, please e-mail jriley@ohiocraft.org with a brief statement about your intended use of the award. Please do not e-mail responses until after acceptance.

Watkins Printing Poster Award and Yassenoff Family Award for Excellence

Award Value: $2,000.00

The work selected to be featured on the annual poster will receive the Watkins Printing Poster Award and Yassenoff Family Award for Excellence. Sponsored by Watkins Printing and the Yassenoff family. This will be selected by the juror: no need to apply separately for this award.