After an 11-month international search, the Columbus College of Art and Design has named Dennison W. Griffith as president, effective in June. Griffith, who has been deputy director of the Columbus Museum of Art, is a visual artist with more than 80 solo and group exhibitions to his credit. |
The Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival has moved to new performance and office space at 719 Race Street in downtown Cincinnati, where it will hold its 1998-99 season with weekend performances from September to June. A performance of Much Ado About Nothing will open the new theater April 2-26. For more information call 513/ 381-2273 (BARD). |
ArtSpace/Lima invites artists and craftspeople working in a wide variety of media to participate in three arts festivals: Star Spangled Spectacular, July 4; Once Upon a Sunday, Sept. 27; and the 12 Days of Christmas, Dec. 4-15. Entry forms and guidelines are available by calling 419/ 222-1721. |
A 10-year, mid-career survey of
paintings by Oakland, California, artist Hung Liu is on display at the College of Wooster Art Museum through June 7. Then the
exhibit will travel to five galleries and museums in the United States. For more
information call 330/ 263-2495. The delicate dance between art and public policy will be discussed May 7-9 at the Barnett Arts and Public Policy Symposium. New Steps, New Partners, Everybody Dance: New Policy Ideas for the Arts will be presented by Ohio State University's Department of Art Education, Arts Policy and Administration Program in partnership with the Ohio Arts Council. The symposium will be held in Columbus at the Riffe Center Studio Theatres I and III and on the OSU campus. For more information contact Karen Oldham at 614/ 292-5356. |
Deadline for Ohio Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowship applications is September 1; the date printed in the March 1998 ArtsOhio was incorrect. |