QUILTS AND QUOTES AS CREATIVE EXPRESSION

Janet Steadman, Clinton, Washington, I Love A Mystery (detail)

Thirty-two quilts from the 12th Quilt National Collection, accompanied by 27 pages from The Public Book: Letters To Our Great-Great-Grandchildren, will be on display at the Riffe Gallery November 7, 2002 through February 9, 2003.  An opening reception will be held Thursday, November 7, from 5-7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Quilt National '01 is produced and circulated by the Dairy Barn Southeastern Ohio Cultural Arts Center in Athens. The juried international exhibition features the work of innovative contemporary quiltmakers. The works were chosen from 1,411 entries submitted by 670 artists from the United States and abroad. Quilts were chosen for their depth of style, content, technique and emotion.

Quilt National '01 features four Ohio artists: Cheri Arnold, Columbus; John Lefelhocz, Athens; Debra Lunn, Lancaster and Michael Mrowka, Lancaster.

During Quilt National '01, the Riffe Gallery also will exhibit selections from The Public Book: Letters To Our Great-Great-Grandchildren, a visual and verbal record of the Greater Columbus community in 1992. The project was designed to initiate broad-based grassroots involvement in the city's commemoration of its Quincentenary.

The Public Book's fabric pages were created by individuals, families, groups and organizations. (Con't on page 2)

CSÁRDÁS DANCE COMPANY OPENS MOVEMENT ARTS CENTER


In September 2002 Csárdás Dance Company opened its school of dance, the Movement Arts Center (MAC), in Medina, Ohio. Csárdás is a professional dance company presenting traditional and contemporary works stemming from Hungarian heritage. In addition to Hungarian dance, the MAC will offer classes in ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, creative movement (ages 3 and up), modern dance, dance composition, baton, colorguard and yoga. The Movement Arts Center is geared towards dancers with both professional and nonprofessional intent. A variety of ongoing master classes,
including Hungarian and other forms of ethnic dance, will be offered from local dance artists and visiting artists.

Csárdás Dance Company was founded by Richard Graber in 1994 and has toured both locally and internationally. Graber is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a major in dance performance. In 1998, he was awarded a dance research and study grant from the Ohio Arts Council to study ethnic dance in Budapest and Romania. (Con't on page 3)