WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE (CONT'D FROM P. 1)

International cultural programs are conducted for the benefit of artists and audiences, but also for the good of the U.S. government. Cultural programming allows ambassadors to access groups not easy to reach by other means. "Some people don't want to engage in a political discussion with the United States," said Rick Ruth, a State Department official. "But they will turn out for a cultural performance a piano player, a jazz quartet or a choral performance of Porgy and Bess, which was done recently in Cairo."

Today, the U.S. government spends less than a quarter of what it spent in 1993 to spread American culture abroad. State Department officials hope the conference will encourage the establishment of an endowment of private donations. The endowment would make up for money that Congress has declined to approve for cultural programming abroad. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, who chaired the conference, said our cultural diplomacy programs are central to American foreign policy and called for financing them more generously.

Some information for this story came from the New York Times.

 

Calendar

Fabric of Enchantment: Batik from the North Coast of Java from the Inger McCabe Elliott Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art through February 11. More than 80 elaborately colored textile masterpieces from the mid-1800s through the mid-1900s are on display. For more information call 216/421-7340 extension 265.

A series of large-scale prints by Granville artist Nicholas Hill are on view at the Zanesville Art Center through January 28. Hill is chair of the Otterbein College Art Department. For more information call 740/452-0741.

The Cleveland Play House will present The Sea Gull, Anton Chekhov's brilliant study of romantic illusion, in the Drury Theatre January 9-February 4. The Sea Gull follows the course of unrequited love on a country estate just outside Moscow. For more information call 216/795-7000.

Opportunities.

Cleveland Public Art is seeking artists or teams of artists to prepare schematic designs for two bridges in the University Circle area of Cleveland. Open to artists, architects, landscape architects, lighting designers and the like. Deadline is February 2. For more information contact Melanie Fioritto at 216/621-5330.

Auditions for the Cincinnati Opera Chorus' 2001 Summer Festival will be held January 25-27 at Music Hall, 1241 Elm Street, Cincinnati. Chorus positions in the productions of Madame Butterfly, The Magic Flute and Nabucco will be filled through these auditions. Schedule audition time in advance by calling Anne Schmidt at 513/744-3220.
NEA NAMES JAZZ MASTERS

The National Endowment for the Arts has named three American Jazz Masters for 2001. Pianist and composer-arranger John Lewis, alto saxophonist and jazz educator Jackie McLean and pianist and composer-arranger Randy Weston will receive $20,000 each. These fellowships are among the nation's most prestigious honors in jazz.

"These outstanding musicians have enriched the world with their remarkable artistic contributions," said Bill Ivey, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.

PLACE YOUR AD IN GOVERNOR'S AWARDS PROGRAM BOOK

Send us your ad for the 2001 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 800 legislators, business leaders and arts advocates from around the state. On March 14 at The Columbus Athaneum we will honor this year's winners. Award winners will be announced in early January. For more information call 614/466-2613.

 

OAC DEADLINES & PANEL MEETINGS

DEADLINES
February 1, 2001

  • Community, Traditional Arts and Festivals, including Operating Support II and Project Support
  • Information and Resource Assistance: funding after February 1 will be first come, first served.
  • AIE Artists in Residence - Sponsors
  • Performing Arts on Tour - Artists
  • Black Swamp Rural Arts Initiatives - FY2001 applications

PANEL MEETING
February 7-8

  • Artists' Projects, at Ohio Arts Council offices

 

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