State Senator Robert F. Hagan (D)
New Ohio Arts Council Board Member

Office
Ohio House of Representatives, 27th House District, Columbus

Legislative Committees
Health, Human Services and Aging; Energy, Natural Resources and Environment; Economic Development; Technology and Aerospace

Years in Office 12

Personal
Hometown, Youngstown; Ursuline High School; married, five children

Arts Support
Arts Support Youngstown Symphony, McDonough Museum, Stambaugh Pillars, Ballet Western Reserve/Morely Center for the Arts, WYSU-FM, Butler Institute of American Art

Favorite Cultural Pastime
Latin dancing, ballroom dancing, live theater, reading

Last Good Book Read
Who Will Tell the People?



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Seeking innovative effects and more powerful, expressive styles, 20th century artists experimented with mixing transparent watercolor and gouache. Artists even combined those forms of watercolor with tempera, oil and other media. At the same time, they discovered that watercolor and gouache can be applied directly from the tube, without thinning them in water, creating thickly painted surfaces that simulate effects normally associated with oils.

As demonstrated by this exhibition, the artists of Northeast Ohio excelled in the classic technique of transparent watercolor. At the same time, they expanded traditional definitions of the medium by exploring new methods of painting with opaque watercolor, sometimes combining it with transparent watercolor and other media.

Viewers of A Brush with Light are invited to explore the variety of techniques and make their own determination of the essential, defining features of watercolor painting.

The Riffe Gallery, operated by the Ohio Arts Council, showcases the work of Ohio's artists and curators and the collections of the state's museums and galleries. The gallery is in the Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts, State and High Streets, Columbus. Hours are Monday and Tuesday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Saturday 12-8 p.m. and Sunday 12-4 p.m. Admission is free. For information or to schedule a tour call 614/644-9624.

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Rembrandt: Treasures from the Rembrandt House, Amsterdam will be on view at the Taft Museum through June 13. This special exhibition of 75 etchings and drawings by the 17th-century master Rembrandt van Rijn includes self-portraits, Biblical and allegorical scenes, book illustrations, landscapes, portraits and studies. For more information call 513/241-0343.

The Cleveland Chamber Symphony will perform its last concert of the 1998-99 season May 17 at Cleveland State University, featuring the music of Visionary Ukrainians and Pop Americans. A pre-concert talk will begin at 7:10 p.m. The free concert begins at 8 in the Drinko Recital Hall; a reception will follow. For more information call 216/687-9243.

Zivili, dances and music of the southern Slavic nations, presents its 25th anniversary concert, A Treasured Past, May 22 at the Southern Theatre in Columbus. Zivili has released a recording of the same name. Many folk melodies on the disc were played during the company's 1997 tour of refugee camps in Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia and Sarajevo, Bosnia. For more information call 614/855-7805.

Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater will present Out of This World/The Life After Life Project at the Southern Theatre during the Columbus Arts Festival June 4-5. The poignant project examines love and loss, death and afterlife. It features dancers, actors, musicians and healthcare professionals taking a look at family legacies and personal histories. For more information call 614/461-0132.