Cleveland Artist Creates 2013 Governor's Awards for the Arts
by Elizabeth Weinstein
Painter Susan Danko has been selected to create the awards for the 2013 Governor's Awards for the Arts in Ohio. A lifelong Cleveland, Ohio resident, Susan Danko has been creating and exhibiting her artwork since receiving a BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1998. Her nature-based paintings are inspired by observation, memory and imagined environmental scenarios, and are created through a process of layered washes, hand-cut stencils, and delicate line work.
Danko has shown her work in solo, group and invitational exhibitions at a variety of venues, including the Cleveland Botanical Gardens, the Butler Museum of American Art, and SPACES. Her exhibitions have been favorably reviewed in sources including the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Akron Beacon Journal. Her paintings have also been included in prominent public and private art collections, including the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland State University and Nordson Corporation.
She exhibits her work with the Harris-Stanton Gallery in Akron and the Bonfoey Gallery in Cleveland. Ms. Danko is also affiliated with the Red Dot Project in Cleveland. Examples of Danko's artwork may be viewed on her website.
The 2013 Governor's Awards for the Arts in Ohio & Arts Day Luncheon will take place on Wednesday, May 15 at 12 p.m. The event will be held at the Columbus Athenaeum at 32 N. Fourth St. in downtown Columbus. Danko's hand-made awards will be presented to the 2013 Governor's Awards recipients during the luncheon ceremony. The event is sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council and Ohio Citizens for the Arts Foundation, and is presented in partnership with the Ohio Channel. Media sponsors include the Cincinnati Enquirer, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Cable Telecommunications Association, Ohio Magazine, Time Warner Cable, The Dayton Daily News, WCBE-90.5 FM and CD102.5 FM.
More information about the Governor's Awards for the Arts in Ohio & Arts Day Luncheon, including a full list of past winners, is available on the Ohio Arts Council website.
For more information on how to participate in Arts Day, contact the Ohio Citizens for the Arts Foundation at info@ohiocitizensforthearts.org or 614/221-4064.
About the Ohio Arts Council:
The Ohio Arts Council is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally and economically.
About the Ohio Citizens for the Arts Foundation:
Ohio Citizens for the Arts Foundation provides information to all Ohioans about the arts and promotes their value to a high quality of life, a strong economy and the achievement of educational excellence. The foundation was formed in 1990 as a companion organization to Ohio Citizens for the Arts, which was established in 1976. Ohio Citizens for the Arts is a statewide, nonprofit grassroots membership organization focused on increasing public support for the arts in Ohio. Through the efforts of thousands of individuals and arts and education organizations, Ohio Citizens for the Arts advocates on behalf of the Ohio Arts Council and the arts throughout the state.
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