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The largest festival of performance art in the world has named Robert Thurmer as festival director. Thurmer will continue as gallery director at Cleveland State University while he directs the operations of Cleveland Performance Art Festival. The 10-day event will be held in April at the Cleveland Public Theatre. Information: 216/486-3459 or www.performance-art.org |
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The SPECTRA+ arts education program for schools in Fairfield and Hamilton districts has been recommended to the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities as an Exemplary Program, meaning it will become part of a national research project designed to explore the best practices in arts education. The program is administered by the Fitton Center for Creative Arts in Hamilton. |
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Athens International Film and Video Festival seeks entries for its 25th Silver Anniversary Festival in May. Entries must be received by Feb. 9, 1998. 16 mm and 35 mm film, 1/2" NTSC, 3/4" U-matic video accepted. Information and entry forms: Athens Center for Film and Video, P.O. Box 388, Athens, OH 45701, 614/593-1330. |
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The Firelands Association for the
Visual Arts Members’ Holiday Show runs through Dec. 20 at New Union Center for
the Arts in Oberlin, 39 S. Main St. Paintings, prints, photographs, sculpture and jewelry
are for sale. Information: 440/ 774-7158 Otterbein College’s Department of Art presents the African art collection of Al Germanson, a former art professor, and his wife, Rita. Highlights of the 120-piece collection are on display through Jan. 30 in the Fisher Gallery of Roush Hall, 27 S. Grove St., Westerville. Information: 614/ 823-1605. The Dayton Art Institute will present depictions of African American life as part of the exhibition In the Spirit of Resistance: AfricanAmerican Modernists and the Mexican Muralist School. The show, on display from Dec. 13 to Feb. 1, 1998, shows how Mexican artists influenced African American artists from the 1930s through 1950s. Information: 937/ 223-5277. |
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