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The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra has appointed Timothy Lees to the position of concertmaster, effective June 9. At age 28, Lees is one of the youngest concertmasters of any major orchestra in the world. He has been concertmaster of the Charleston Symphony and first violinist with the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra. |
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Wit and wordplay intersect on stage
through March 27 at the Robert S. Marx Theatre in Cincinnati. The Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park presents Rough
Crossing, a comedy about playwrighting and the creative process by Tom Stoppard.
For information: 513/345-2242. Grant applications for the Ohio Arts Council's Performing Arts on Tour programs are due April 1. For information call 614/ 466-2613 or e-mail Kathy Cain, program coordinator. Unraveling the Stories: Quilts as a Reflection of Our Lives, a film documentary exploring both contemporary and historical Ohio quilts, will premiere Thurs., April 23 at 7:00 p.m. at the University of Akron's Auburn Science and Engineering Center. It is part of the programming for the University's 8th Annual Arts Awareness Month. Cleveland's two bicentennial quilts, created by more than 200 people in Northeast Ohio, will be displayed. Emmy Award-winning producer Luanne Bole-Becker and University of Akron textile expert Dr. Virginia Gunn will make presentations. WVIZ-TV, Cleveland will air a prime time broadcast of Unraveling the Stories in June 1998. For more information, call 216/ 228-5015 or 330/ 972-5196. |
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The Zanesville Art Center is accepting entries for art work in all media for its 56th Annual Ohio May Art and Craft National Exhibition. For a prospectus, send a business SASE to Zanesville Art Center, 620 Military Rd., Zanesville, OH 43701. |
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The Ohio Arts Council's budget is less than one tenth of one percent of the total state budget of $28.3 billion. This percentage has remained constant over the last decade. |
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The Ohio Arts Council and Tommaso Design Group of Columbus have won an ADDY award for a publications package developed to promote the 1997 Riffe Gallery exhibition Mexico Now: Point of Departure. There were 799 entries in the competition sponsored by the Advertising Federation of Columbus. |
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The Internet home of the Association for the Advancement of Arts Education, http://www.aaae.org/,contains numerous resources for understanding and implementing arts in education programs. The site includes directories and links to other arts education resources, descriptions of model arts education programs, news, literature reviews and information about funding resources. Find it and other arts related web sites on the Ohio Arts Council web site at http://www.oac.ohio.gov/resources/default.htm |
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