In the 1980s, Ora was a member of the Ohio Arts Council, appointed by Gov. Rhodes. Some of the awards he earned included the Eusebia Hunkins Award for Life Time Support of the Arts (1994), The Ohio Designer Craftsman Outstanding Achievement Award and Ohio Arts Council Governor’s Award for the Arts in Ohio for the category of arts patron (1999).
More about Ora:
The song I wrote when I was seventeen has not been sung.
I failed to paint that perfect evening sunset,
For I was staring in disbelief at its beauty.
– from The Millionth Grain of Sand by Ora Anderson, in ‘The Soul of the Woods’
Ora Anderson Conservation Fund 