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| 2008 Governor’s Awards Winners
Selected
Seven winners were chosen for the 2008 Governor’s Awards
for the Arts in Ohio. Winners were selected from 69
nominations submitted by individuals and organizations
throughout Ohio.
Award categories and recipients include: Arts
Administration, Marcie Goodman, Cleveland
International Film Festival, (Cleveland); Arts in Education,
Michael Huffman, Lima City Schools, (Lima);
Arts Patron, Susan Reams, (Perrysburg);
Business Support of the Arts, Limited Brands,
(Columbus); Community Development & Participation,
Dr. Catherine Roma, MUSE, Cincinnati Women’s
Choir, Umoja Men’s Chorus and Voices of Freedom Choir,
(Cincinnati); Individual Artist, Dr. Burton
Beerman, composer/musician, (Bowling Green) and
Steve Free, singer/songwriter, (McDermott).
Awards will be presented at a luncheon ceremony honoring
winners and members of the Ohio Legislature hosted by the Ohio
Arts Council and Ohio Citizens for the Arts Foundation at noon
on April 16, 2008 at the Columbus Athenaeum in downtown
Columbus. Winners will receive an original work of art by Ohio
painter Betsy DeFusco.
If you would like to attend the Governor’s Awards for the
Arts in Ohio and Arts Day Luncheon, more information is
available on the Ohio Arts Council Web site.
Ad sales for the 2008 Governor’s Awards for the Arts in
Ohio and Arts Day Luncheon program are also ongoing. For more
information please visit the OAC Web site.
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Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe
Gallery Presents Connections II: Ohio Artists Abroad
January 24 – April 6, 2008 |
| Connections II features artwork by
14 artists who participated in the Ohio Arts Council
Individual Creativity international residencies program,
which has long been recognized as a leader in
international cultural arts exchanges among state arts
agencies.
The artists in Connections II took part in
opportunities established in Germany, Poland and the
Czech Republic. These artists immersed themselves in
their host communities and acted as cultural ambassadors
for Ohio.
Connections II includes work by the following
artists: Bruce Checefsky (Cleveland),
Gretchen Stevens Cochran (Columbus),
Jennifer Craun (Cleveland),
Phyllis Kohring Fannin (Lakewood),
Nicholas Hill (Granville),
Diana Duncan Holmes & Timothy
Riordan (Cincinnati), Andrea
Joki (University Heights) & Udo
Haufe (Dresden, Germany), Michael
Loderstedt (Cleveland), Mark
Soppeland (Akron), Stephanie
Sypsa (Columbus), Kim Vito
(Fairborn), and Laila Voss (Cleveland).
Join us for a free opening reception Thursday,
January 24, 5-7 p.m. Enjoy a free tour of the exhibition
with curator Wendy Collin Sorin on Friday, January 25
from noon to 1 p.m.
The Riffe Gallery is supported by Ohio Building
Authority. Media sponsors for this exhibition include
Alive, CD101, CityScene, Ohio Magazine and Time Warner.
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| The Fitton Center for Creative Arts
Releases SPECTRA+ Report |
| The Fitton Center for
Creative Arts in Hamilton, Ohio, released its
third and final research report on the SPECTRA+
arts in education program. The Fitton Center
began development of SPECTRA+ in 1992. It is a
multi-disciplinary, comprehensive, school-wide
arts education approach.
Dr. Richard L. Luftig of Miami University in
Oxford researched the latest study as well as
two previous reports known as The Schooled Mind:
Do the Arts Make a Difference? The studies
confirmed that the arts are a significant
contributor to school reform and student
success.
This final study features a full report on
the 14-year history of SPECTRA+, results from
the research, a description of the research
methodology, and most importantly—a full
implementation guide that takes you through the
development of a SPECTRA+ program from
philosophy to evaluation.
To read a free Preview Report summary and
learn how to order the full report and
implementation handbook, visit: http://www.spectra-plus.org/.
SPECTRA+ is a registered trademark of the
Fitton Center for Creative Arts.
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USArtists International Guidelines
Available
The National Endowment for the Arts and Mid Atlantic
Arts Foundation announce the availability of guidelines for
the 2008/2009 cycle of USArtists International ("USAI"), a
program designed to support U.S. performing artists at
international festivals.
USAI provides support for U.S. dance and music ensembles
that have been invited to participate in international
festivals in the European Union, Russia and the Ukraine.
Eligible countries include: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania,
Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, the
Ukraine and the United Kingdom. Applicants must be designated
by the I.R.S. as a 501(c)(3) organization, or have a fiscal
agent that is designated as a 501(c)(3) organization.
Guidelines for USAI are available online at http://www.midatlantic/or by calling the
Foundation at 410.539.6656 x100. The deadlines for the program
are January 7, 2008 for projects taking place between March 1,
2008 and February 28, 2009 and May 5, 2008 for projects taking
place between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009.
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| New Arts Endowment Initiative
Will Enhance The Ability of The Nation's Nonprofit
Theaters To Bring New Work to Full Production
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| The National Endowment for the Arts
(NEA) announced a new program, the NEA New Play
Development Project (NPDP), to help the nation's
nonprofit theaters bring more new plays to full
production. The national program will be administered by
DC-based Arena Stage's American Voices New Play Program.
Selecting and providing support for exceptional new
plays and new play development models will be a key
component of the program.
The NEA New Play Development Project will support the
development of seven new plays at theaters from across
the country. Two projects selected as NEA Outstanding
New American Plays will receive up to $90,000 each to
support advanced development, including at least one
full production. Five projects selected as NEA
Distinguished New Play Development Projects will receive
up to $20,000 each to support the early stages of
development for a new play with strong potential to
merit a full production. In both cases, the selected
plays will be developed in close collaboration with the
playwrights.
For the complete release, please visit: http://www.arts.gov/news/news07/newplay.html | | |
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| Take pART |
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The Ohio Arts Council announces an
exciting new way you can share your personal
arts story with Ohio. Take pART encourages you
to check out the arts in your community and
share your experience with us at http://www.oac.state.oh.us/.
Visit ArtsinOhio.com for arts and cultural
events in your community.
Along Water Street: New Work by Aminah Brenda
Lynn Robinson
Presented by Columbus Museum
of Art
Friday, July 6, 2007 - Sunday,
February 24, 2008
The Enchanted Express
Presented by
Franklin Park Conservatory
Saturday, October
13, 2007 - Sunday, March 30, 2008
TangoOSU Argentine Tango lessons and Milongas
at the Ohio State University
Presented by
TangoOSU, the Argentine Tango Student
Organization at the Ohio State University
Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - Sunday, June 27,
2010
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| Percent For Art
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| In 1990,
the Ohio Legislature, recognizing the state's responsibility
to foster culture and the arts and to encourage the
development of artists and craftspeople, established the Ohio
Percent for Arts Program. The law provides funds for the
acquisition, commissioning and installation of works of art
for certain new or renovated public buildings. Whenever the
legislature appropriates more than $4 million for a public
building, the law requires one percent of the total
appropriation to be allocated for artwork. Since the
legislation went into effect more than 125 projects have been
completed. Those projects have brought public art into many
cities and small communities around Ohio.
Bill and Mary Buchen created a project featuring three
interactive sculptures titled (M)Body, Spherical Trajectory
and Celebration Drumyard as part of the percent for art
program for The Ohio State University’s Recreation and
Physical Activity Center (RPAC). The Buchens were selected for
the project by the Percent for Art committee of The Ohio State
University.
(M)Body is a series of eight cast-concrete benches
exploring an athlete’s equilibrium, orientation, location and
movements. Spherical Trajectory is a processional array of
five kinetic sculptures describing luminous arcing paths
generating by the flights of balls, javelins and arrows. Glass
discs feature iridescent colors that change with the sun and
wind. Celebration Drumyard is a contemporary drumyard
surrounded by an 8-foot stainless dish that reflects and beams
sound waves.
Earlier this year, a family visited the Celebration
Drumyard and wrote about their experience:
Dear Bill and Mary Buchen,
On Memorial Day weekend, 5-26-07, I took my family to
the RPAC on OSU campus to play with your drum sculpture. We
really had a lot of fun! My Dad is 88 yrs old and Mom is 86.
They enjoyed it as much as the rest of us.
Attached are a few pictures of us that day. Thank you
for your creative and innovative sculpture. It enhances the
whole area. I love it!
Sincerely,
Pam Vivian | |
| ArtsOhio Goes
Monthly! |
| Welcome to the first ArtsOhio
newsletter of 2008. Starting this year, we’ll be taking
the newsletter monthly so you can learn about all the
arts happenings throughout Ohio on a more timely basis.
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