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).
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.