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Holly Richards has been named
executive director of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts in Hawaii. She has been
executive producer of Spectrum Hawaii, a public TV program, since 1989, and has experience
working with government and cultural issues. Kate M. Sellers, new deputy director of the Cleveland Museum of Art, had been director of development and external affairs. She has degrees from the University of Maryland and John Hopkins University in art history and administrative science. |
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Cincinnati
Playhouse in the Park's new season will include Coyote on a Fence, winner
of the Rosenthal New Play Prize, January 27 - February 22, 1998; as well as Nixon's
Nixon, October 7 - November 2; A Brief History of White Music, November 11 -
December 21; and Skylight, January 6 - February 6. Send e-mail for more information. Quilt Surface Design Symposium at Pontifical College Josephinum in Worthington this summer will include exhibitions Fabric ’97, June 14-27, Invitational ’97, June 14-July 6, and Small Works ’97, May 31-July 5, in different Central Ohio locations. Information: Debbie Pentak, 211 Greendale Ave., Worthington, OH 43085; 614/ 431-5826.. |
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Columbus International Film &
Video Festival is seeking entries for Chris Awards. Deadline July 1 for entries in 12
divisions. Information: Film Council of Greater Columbus, 5701 North High Street,
Worthington, OH 43085-3960; 614/841-1666. Toledo Area Artists Annual Exhibition will be at Toledo Museum of Art August 13-17. Entries accepted June 6-7. Open to artists and craftspeople in traditional forms from 17 counties near Toledo. Information: Toledo Museum of Art, Box 1013, Toledo, OH 43697. |
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OAC SUPPORTS EDUCATIONAL REFORM INITIATIVE The Ohio Arts Council is a partner with the Ohio State University Department of Art Education in a five-year experiment to improve student achievement through inclusion of the arts in elementary and secondary school curricula. Six schools in Ohio are among 36 in the nation that will be demonstration sites for the project. These Arts Partner Schools will merge comprehensive arts education with fundamental school reform, then collect data on the impact on students’ achievement. The intent of the project is to show why arts education should be at the core of school reform, according to Lelani Lattin Duke, director of the Getty Education Institute for the Arts, one of the major funders of the project. The Annenberg Foundation is the other major supporter of the $15 million national project. Funds will pay for professional development, implementation of arts curricula and school reform strategies, and measurement of student achievement. Ohio schools in the project are: |
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