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Mayor proclaims Caroline Scott Harrison Day; Oxford Community Arts Center presents year-end review
Summary
Mayor William B. Snavely proclaimed Oct. 29, 2025 as Caroline Scott Harrison Day. Heidi Schiller, executive director of the Oxford Community Arts Center, presented a year-in-review with program, participation and funding details for fiscal year 2024–25.
Mayor William B. Snavely read a proclamation on Oct. 29 declaring Oct. 29, 2025, Caroline Scott Harrison Day in Oxford. The proclamation summarized Caroline Scott Harrison’s birthplace and historical contributions as First Lady and noted the Oxford Community Arts Center’s presence in the historic 1849 Oxford Female Institute building.
Heidi Schiller, executive director of the Oxford Community Arts Center (OCAC), accepted the proclamation and presented the organization’s year-end review for fiscal year 2024–25. Schiller described OCAC as a nonprofit arts center housed in the 176-year-old Oxford Female Institute building and summarized program metrics and partnerships.
Numbers presented by Schiller included: 22 art exhibitions in 2024–25 featuring 154 local artists and 695 pieces of art; three performance series with about 100 regional and national performers (including 88 Ohio residents) and 20 live shows; signature events that engaged more than 15,000 in-person participants; a digital reach of over 5,700 online followers and about 2,200 newsletter subscribers. Schiller said OCAC worked with grants from the Ohio Arts Council, ArtsWave United Fund of Cincinnati, the Greater Oxford Community Foundation and the City of Oxford and reported broad community support in individual giving, volunteers and collaborations with 20 Oxford organizations, nonprofits and Miami University departments.
Council members thanked OCAC and praised the center’s role in community arts and historic preservation. Schiller described planned building improvements as part of an architectural master plan to expand usable meeting space and air conditioning for studios; she said those improvements are expected to make the center more accessible for resident artists and programs.
The proclamation and the OCAC presentation were part of the council’s consent and presentations portion of the meeting and received supportive remarks from council and attendees.
