January 2000, ArtsOhio Page 3

CULTURAL IDENTITY (Con't from page 1)

Illusions of Eden is one component of The Heartland Project. There also will be three traveling exhibitions and an interactive website that will evaluate the impact of culture on present-day life in the central region of the United States and Central Europe.

From Columbus, the show travels to Vienna, Budapest, Madison, Wisconsin, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The European tour is one of three official cultural events of the White House Millennium Council. Illusions of Eden was organized by Arts Midwest and the Ohio Arts Council in partnership with the Columbus Museum of Art. The exhibition and national tour are sponsored by Philip Morris Companies Inc. Major support for the Heartland web site is provided by Spike Inc. and AT&T. The Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts provide additional exhibition support.

Auditions for the Cincinnati Opera Chorus for the 2000 Summer Festival will take place January 22-23 at the Music Hall. Auditioners must prepare two arias in the language of their choice. An accompanist will be provided. Audition times must be scheduled in advance by calling 513/621-1919 ext. 3220 beginning January 4.

Whiskey Island, a nationally circulated, non-profit literary magazine published twice each year by students at Cleveland State University, is accepting submissions of prose, poetry and art. $1,200 in prizes. $10 reading fee per entry. Send 5,000 fiction words or 10 poetry pages. Put name of contact on cover sheet only. Deadline is January 31. For more information call 216/687-2056, email whiskeyisland@popmail.csuohio.edu or visit www.csuohio.edu/whiskey_island.

The Fitton Center for Creative Arts has announced its Seventh Annual Playwright Competition. Deadline is February 15. One-act plays must be no more than 30 minutes in length, call for simple sets and be non-musical. Entrants may submit as many as three plays. Scripts will not be returned. For more information call the Fitton Center at 513/863-8873.

A public reception January 29 will celebrate the grand opening of the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, a nonprofit organization formed to preserve and store works of art created by visual artists for the benefit of the public. The inaugural exhibition, Then and Now: 9 Archived Artists from a Historical Perspective, will feature the work of nine area artists. AAWR is at 1834 East 123rd Street in University Circle, Cleveland. For more information call 216/721-9020.

The Etchings and Drypoints of James McNeill Whistler is on view at the Taft Museum in Cincinnati through January 23. The exhibition includes 40 prints by Whistler, whose printed work garnered him a reputation as the most important etcher since Rembrandt. For more information call 513/241-0343.

The Cleveland Play House will present August Strindberg's A Dream Play January 11-February 6 in the Drury Theatre. The play follows the dream-like journey of Agnes, a goddess who ventures down to earth to experience what it is like to be human. Strindberg is recognized as the forefather of the expressionistic, surrealist and absurdist schools of theatrical art. For more information call 216/795-7000.

OAC DEADLINES & PANEL MEETINGS

February 1
Community and Traditional Arts, including Operating and Project Support and Festivals, applications

AIE - Artists in Residence Sponsor Applications

Information and Resource Assistance applications

January 26-27
Individual Artist Fellowships review panels

PLACE YOUR AD IN GOVERNOR'S AWARDS PROGRAM BOOK

Send us your ad for the 2000 Governor's Awards for the Arts program book. Recognize outstanding contributions to the arts in your community. Advertise an upcoming season. Thank your legislators for their support of the arts. Congratulate a winner. The program book will be distributed at a ceremony attended by more than 700 legislators, business leaders and arts advocates from around the state March 22, at The Columbus Athenaeum. Award winners will be announced in early January. The event is presented by the Ohio Arts Council and Ohio Citizens for the Arts Foundation. For more information call Lucy Spurgeon at 614/466-2613.

WE'RE BUILDING OHIO THROUGH THE ARTS

The Ohio Arts Council, a state agency established in 1965, builds the state through the arts - economically, educationally and culturally - preserving the past, enhancing the present and enriching the future for all Ohioans. The Council believes the arts should be shared by the people of Ohio. The arts arise from public, individual and organizational efforts. The OAC supports and encourages those efforts.