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| February 2009 |
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| REGISTRATION OPEN FOR 2009 GOVERNOR’S
AWARDS FOR THE ARTS IN OHIO AND ARTS DAY LUNCHEON
Registration is now open for the 2009
Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio luncheon. The luncheon
will be held at noon on April 1, 2009 at the
Columbus Athenaeum in downtown Columbus. Nine winners were
chosen for the 2009 Governor’s Awards for the Arts in
Ohio. Awards will be presented at the luncheon ceremony
honoring winners and members of the Ohio Legislature hosted by
the Ohio Arts Council and Ohio Citizens for the Arts
Foundation. Winners will receive an original work of art by
New Carlisle painter Jean Koeller.
Award categories and recipients include: Arts
Administration, Marc Folk, Arts Commission of
Greater Toledo, (Toledo); Arts Education, Dr. Corwin
Georges (Springfield); Arts Patron, Roe
Green (Aurora); Business Support of the Arts,
Huntington Bank (statewide); Community
Development & Participation, Cityfolk
(Dayton); Individual Artist (collaboration), Derek
Mortland (Columbus) and Michael Joseph
Ulery (Sunbury); Irma Lazarus Awards, Willis
“Bing” Davis (Dayton) and The Honorable
Patrick Sweeney (Cleveland).
Registration information as well as a full
list of past winners, is available on the Ohio Arts Council Web site. Registration
deadline is Monday, March 2, 2009 or until the event is sold
out. The event has sold out in the past so reserve your
seat early! Advertisements may be purchased in the
program book by going to our Governor's Awards advertising page. Advertising in the program
is a great way to congratulate a winner, promote an upcoming
season, exhibition or performance, highlight a tourism venue
or thank legislators for their support of the arts.
Advertisements will be accepted until Friday, February
13.
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| OHIO ARTS COUNCIL’S RIFFE
GALLERY PRESENTS VISUAL DIALOGUES |
 The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe
Gallery presents Visual Dialogues until April
12, 2009. Curated by Nicholas Hill, this exhibition
represents the artwork produced during exchanges between
11 German and Ohio artists who shared the distinctive
experience of participating in printmaking residencies
at Zygote Press in Cleveland and Grafikwerkstatt in
Dresden, Germany. The Ohio Arts Council hosted the
German artists in Cleveland and the City of Dresden
sponsored the Ohio artists in Dresden. In the
Riffe Center lobby, Phoenix Rising: A Printmaking
Cooperative will be on view through March
12.
Artists in the show include: Larry
Winston Collins, Oxford; Angela Hampel, Dresden; Jean
Kirsten, Dresden; Volker Leinkeit, Dresden; Jana
Morgenstern, Dresden; Claudio Orso-Giacone, Oberlin;
Detlef Schweiger, Dresden; Wendy Collin Sorin, Cleveland
Heights; Susan Squires, Cleveland Heights; Joan Tallan,
Reynoldsburg; and Bärbel Voigt, Dresden.
The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery
will hold a Family Workshop, Sunday, March 1, 2009 from
2 – 4 p.m. in the Capitol Theatre lobby, Riffe Center,
third floor. Phoenix Rising artists Anne Cushman and
Cindy Davis will help students age 6 – 17 explore the
Korean printmaking technique of Takbon. Takbon uses an
ink bundle to create images from found objects, relics
of history, stone, wood and other textured materials.
Registration is required as space is limited and all
children must be accompanied by a registered adult.
Registration begins February 1 and ends February 13,
2009. Register online at www.riffegallery.org.
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OHIO ARTS COUNCIL’S 2009 OHIO ARTS FESTIVALS AND
COMPETITIONS DIRECTORY NOW AVAILABLE
 The Ohio Arts Council’s 2009 Ohio
Arts Festivals and Competitions Directory is available.
The directory contains detailed information about arts and
crafts festivals and competitions throughout 2009, including
dates, activities, number of spaces available for artists to
display work, fees and contact information. The
directory is a useful guide for artists interested in places
to display and sell their work—from traditional crafts to arts
on the cutting edge—and for anyone seeking to experience the
arts in Ohio.
To receive a copy of the Ohio Arts
Festivals and Competitions Directory call 1-800-BUCKEYE,
Ohio’s travel information hotline, and ask to speak to a
travel counselor from the automated menu or send a
self-addressed #10 envelope with $1.34 in postage to the Ohio
Arts Council, 727 E. Main Street, Columbus, OH 43205-1796. An
online version is available on the Council’s Web site.
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| POETRY OUT LOUD |
 The Ohio Arts Council will hold its
2009 Poetry Out Loud State Finals Saturday, March 14,
2009 at Ohio Dominican University. Students from
26 high schools from around the state of Ohio are taking
part in the competition. The finals are scheduled
for 4 p.m. following a day of regional
competition. The event will be held in the
Matesich Theatre.
Poetry Out Loud works like a spelling
bee with individual schools hosting competitions and
picking school champions. These students are
eligible to compete in the state finals. The
winner at the state level will receive $300 and an
all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C. to compete
for the national championship.
For more information visit the OAC's Poetry Out Loud Web site.
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| HOUSE SPEAKER JOINS OHIO ARTS COUNCIL
BOARD |
| Stating that
the Ohio Arts Council is an item of
personal interest for him, new House Speaker
Armond Budish appointed himself to fill one of
four legislative seats on the Council
Board. Four legislators serve on the
Council Board, two from the House of
Representatives and two from the Senate.
Representative Josh Mandel (R-Lyndhurst) was
reappointed for another two year term and the
Senate appointments will be
forthcoming.
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 | GOVERNOR STRICKLAND RELEASES PROPOSED 2010/2011
BUDGET
Governor Strickland released his fiscal
year 2010/2011 budget on February 2, 2009. The budget
recommends $9,420,413 for each fiscal year for the Ohio Arts
Council, or a total of $18,840,826 for the biennium. This
figure is a 25 percent decrease from the original FY2008/2009
appropriation of $24,976,322.
The Ohio Arts Council (OAC)’s original
FY2008/2009 biennial appropriation was reduced through a
series of cuts that agencies were required to implement in
order to fill projected budget shortfalls expected before the
end of FY2009. A 10 percent cut to the FY2008/2009
biennial budget was announced in April 2008, followed by a
4.75 percent reduction in September 2008 and another 5.75
percent cut in December 2008 to FY2009 spending and programs.
Reductions in spending are required because the Ohio
Constitution mandates a balanced budget at the end of each
year.
For more information about the FY2008/2009
budget reductions please visit our Web site.
Following the release of the governor’s budget, the
Ohio House Finance and Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher
Education will hear testimony from agencies in February and
make their recommendations to the Finance Committee who will
then move the budget bill for full House consideration.
Following the House approval the bill will move to the Senate
Finance Committee, usually by April. The budget is then sent
to conference committee in June to resolve conflicts between
the House and Senate recommendations. Once both houses agree
to the conference committee report, the bill is reviewed by
the governor. A budget approved by the governor and both
houses will be effective July 1.
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| OPPORTUNITIES |
OHIO ARTS
COUNCIL TO COMPILE A DIRECTORY OF LATINO ARTISTS IN THE
STATE
In an effort to
reach Ohio's growing Latino population and support the
arts in this community, the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) will
compile a directory of Latino artists (inclusive of
music, dance, crafts, folkways, theater, poetry,
literature, graphic arts, and others) in the state of
Ohio. The purpose of the directory is to increase
communication and help promote greater participation
from Ohio Latino artists in the OAC's grants and
educational programs and state sponsored arts festivals
and initiatives. The directory will also help the OAC
promote Ohio artists and provide more visibility for
their work.
Juan Díes, a
folklorist/ethnomusicologist who specializes in
traditional arts and culture, will conduct the research
for the directory during the months of January,
February, March of 2009.
Latino artists, groups, and
organizations may contact and/or send information to
Juan Díes at 773/728-1164 or juan@sonesdemexico.com
between January and March, 31 2009. After this period
artists may contact Jeff Hooper directly at the OAC
614/728-1839 or jeff.hooper@oac.state.oh.us. For additional information on the
project, please visit our Web site.
ARTWORKS
ArtWorks
is back for its fifth summer. The program provides
summer jobs for students in the arts. Students
entering grades 10-12 may apply. For six weeks
this summer ArtWorks apprentices will create visual and
performing art and learn workforce skills. No
previous arts experience is necessary. Deadline to
apply is March 20, 2009.
For more information, visit the ArtWorks Web site.
ARTS-INTEGRATED
LESSON PLAN CONTEST
Do
you have a lesson plan that has inspired your students’
creativity? Have you used art in your classroom to
engage your students? Then submit your best lesson plan
in our contest and you could win a cash prize from Young
Audiences of Northeast Ohio!
Eligible lesson plans must be
arts-integrated. That means the lesson uses the arts to
teach other subjects, such as history, science, language
arts, or math. The lesson plan can incorporate any art
form, such as dance, music, theater, or visual
arts. The top winners will each receive a $100
cash prize. Lesson plans must be postmarked or
submitted to Young Audiences no later than Friday,
February 27, 2009, at 5 p.m.
For more details on the contest, visit
the Young Audiences Web site.
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| LEGISLATIVE
SPOTLIGHT |
 Name: Rep. Ted Celeste,
(D) 24th District
Years in Office:
Two
Committees: Alternative
energy, finance and appropriations
Hometown: Grandview
Heights
Education: College of
Wooster
Recent Honors:
Legislative Children’s Champion, Franklin County
Democratic Officeholder of the Year, Think Outside the
Stigma Award
Age, Marital Status:
63, married, two daughters
Arts Organizations
Supported: Grandview Art Hop, OSU Urban Art
Space, Upper Arlington Cultural Arts Division
Favorite Arts or Cultural
Pastime: Fiction writing, journaling
Favorite Artist:
Salvadore Dali
Last Book Read: “Dreams
of My Father” by Barack Obama
Most Memorable Arts
Experience: Attending an outdoor symphony
performance of Tchaikovsky in Vienna, Austria
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