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]