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Weegee's World: Life, Death and the Human Drama will be on view at the Cincinnati Art Museum July 14-September 15. The exhibition showcases the raucous, gritty, exuberant and sometimes tender photographs of Arthur Fellig (Weegee), one of the country's most important and influential photojournalists. It includes some of Weegee's most famous photographs and many never before seen images. For information call 513/639-2954.

RESOURCES

No Subject Left Behind: A Guide to Arts Education Opportunities in the 2001 Education Act is now available. The online publication will help state and local arts and education leaders learn more about the new legislation, No Child Left Behind, and the multiple opportunities for arts education. It provides a brief overview of the legislation and specific programs and contains links for additional information. The website will assist advocates as they speak with state and local policymakers about their plans for implementing the new legislation. No Subject Left Behind is a work in progress. The report may be downloaded from the Arts Education Partnership website at
www.aep-arts.org/Funding.html.

OPPORTUNITIES

Entries for Ohio First Lady Hope Taft's 2002 Treasures for the Tree Ornament Contest will be accepted October 1-15. Treasures for the Tree celebrates the artistic talent in the state by decorating the Governor's Residence holiday tree with handcrafted work by Ohio artists and craftspeople. A maximum of 50 ornaments will be selected by five regional centers. Five first place winners will receive a $200 award through a grant from the Ohio Arts Council. This year's regional centers are: The Dairy Barn, Athens, 740/592-4981; Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton,
513/863-8873; Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Columbus, 614/486-4402; Wayne Center for the Arts, Wooster, 330/264-2787; Arts Council Lake Erie West, Toledo, 419/531-2046.

The Dairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center is accepting entries for Quilt National '03 through September 6. Quilt National '03 is the 13th in the series of international juried competitions dedicated to promoting the contemporary quilt as an art form. Jurors will select approximately 85 works that represent unique approaches to the medium and demonstrate the breadth and diversity of contemporary expression. The collection will be on display at the Dairy Barn, in Athens, from May 24-September 1, 2003. A portion of the Quilt National '01 exhibition will be on view at the Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery, in Columbus, from November 7, 2002-February 10, 2003. For more information call 740/592-4981, email qn@dairybarn.org or visit www.dairybarn.org.

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September 1

• Individual Artist Fellowships
  
  

August 6

• Appalachian Arts Program

August 12

• Minority Arts Program -Long Term Assistance

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OF NOTE

Violinist Julia Sakharova, a junior violin performance major at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, won first prize in the Musician's Club of New York's Olga Koussevitzky Competition for Strings. Sakharova is concertmaster of the Oberlin Orchestra and a member of the Erato Quartet, which won the 2001 Coleman Barstow Award for Strings. She also was a finalist in the National Solo Competition and appeared as a soloist with the Oberlin Orchestra at the Getty Center in Los Angeles.

Earl Stafford Wilson has been named music director and conductor of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra. Wilson is currently associate conductor for the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. He will replace John Ferrito, who retired at the end of the 2000-2001 season after serving as music director for 30 years. The SSO provides a mix of classical, pops and educational performances for greater Clark County.