On June 11, 2025, the Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) announced the recipients of the first round of its 2025 Artist Projects grants. Grant applications were reviewed and scored by community members this spring. In total, 44 artists working in dance, fashion, literary arts, music, theater, visual arts and film were awarded $532,246, including $10,000 each to Ohio State Dance Assistant Professor Alfonso Cervera and Alumni Nico Lawson (MFA 2024), Joshua Manculich (MFA 2017), and Mollie Wolf (MFA 2023).

• Alfonso Abraham Cervera Jr. - En mi CueRPO / In my BoDY
• Nico Lawson - My body’s liturgies: A Grieving Landscape
• Joshua Manculich - A Simple Ode
• Mollie Wolf - (un)entanglement