History
Events
Arts Organizations
100

The year that the Dayton Performing Arts Fund was Founded?

1974

100

Hosted in 2022, this art event focused on bringing businesses and Art together for the sake of healing and the therapeutic power of the arts

The Arts and Wellness Workshop

100

This was the fourth grantee organization that started receiving funding from Culture Works in 1981

DCDC

200
These two organizations merged in 1993 to become Culture Works

Miami Valley Arts Council & ArtsDayton

200

The first Artini Dayton event in 2018 occurred here

Fifth Third Center Penthouse in 2018

200

This notable arts organization is credited for the creation/installation of 99,000 square feet  visual murals in downtown Dayton, including the ones on the white Allen Chevrolet building, the Wesley center mural, and the River Run Mural

K12 TEJAS Gallery 

300

Named one of the Top Ten Women by the Ohio representatives in 1969, this prominent figure went on to be the first campaign chair in 1993

Ann Karter

300

This event, hosted in 2018, was a day-long immersion into the arts, where participants where transported by bus to three arts locations where they would complete hands-on arts experiences

Mission: Possible 

300

This was the first professional traditional/ethnic arts org to be founded in the state of Ohio

City Folk

400

Name 2 of the 4 trustees who signed the articles of incorporation for Culture Works

Robert Demarse, Joseph Gauman, Gale Weinberg, Robert Kerr

400

While hosted continuously from 2005-2008, Culture Works hosted this event to celebrate the 30th anniversary since its incorporation

An Affair of the Arts 

400

This organization, founded in 1982, with the intent of providing educational opportunities in the arts to dayton area secondary school students, attracted nearly 1000 student members in its first year

Muse Machine

500

The Old Culture Works logo was based on the work of which famous abstract artist during the early to mid-1900s

Piet Mondrian (namely the work Tableau 1)

500

In 2019, members of Culture Works attended the listening party for this podcast

Fifth and Ludlow 

500

In 1974, the Dayton philharmonic was set to receive the majority of funds from the Dayton arts fund, what percentage were they going to receive (Within 5%)

60%