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 – Flotation 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
  1. Grossberg, Michael (June 17, 2012). "200 Columbus Invitational: Performance, music and more to be showcased". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021.
  2. Mayr, Bill (August 22, 2013). "Event gives range of talent an opportunity to perform". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  3. Lovett, Matthew (August 8, 2013). "Arts preview: Columbus Invitational Arts Competition: Visual Arts Exhibition". Columbus Alive. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  4. "Home". invitationalarts.org.
  5. Yates, Christopher A. (September 16, 2012). "Exhibit - Main Library: Invitational showcases appealing area works". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015.
  6. "Show & Tell - Entertainment News: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Invitational Arts Competition and more". The Columbus Dispatch. October 5, 2012. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017.
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