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GOVERNOR'S AWARDS FOR THE ARTS AND ARTS DAY LUNCHEON
The Ohio Citizens for the Arts Foundation and the Ohio Arts Council will present the 2003 Governor's Awards for the Arts in Ohio and Arts Day luncheon Wednesday, March 12 at the Columbus Athenaeum, 32 North 4th Street. This year's luncheon will honor eight award winners from across the state. The gala luncheon also serves as an opportunity for the Ohio arts community to thank the legislature for its investment in the arts and to demonstrate how that investment translates into artistic excellence and healthy communities in Ohio. Senate President Doug White and House Speaker Larry Householder are scheduled to present the prestigious awards. For more information call Donna Collins, executive director of Ohio Citizens for the Arts at 614/221-4064 or email: donnacollins@ohiocitizensforthearts.org.
arts smarts
Research concludes that young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week for at least one full year are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement.
RIFFE GALLERY (CON'T)
Springfield Museum of Art and the Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center. Following the Riffe Gallery premiere, the exhibition will travel to the Fitton Center for Creative Arts (Hamilton), Springfield Museum of Art, the Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center (Portsmouth) and The Butler Institute of American Art (Youngstown). For more information or to schedule a tour email or call Mary Gray at the Riffe Gallery at 614/644-9624.
TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART HOSTS VAN GOUGH EXHIBITION
Van Gogh: Fields will be on view at the Toledo Museum of Art from February 21 - May 18, 2003. The Toledo Museum of Art will present a unique international exhibition focusing on Vincent Van Gogh's representation of the field in its many guises. Organized in partnership with the Kunthsalle in Bremen, Germany, the show consists of 22 paintings and five drawings and watercolors from throughout the artist's decade-long career. The Toledo Museum of Art will be the only North American venue for the exhibition.
Van Gogh: Fields examines the significance of the field and the degree to which the artist's mind was rooted in the cycles of nature. For Van Gogh all visible phenomena seemed to be endowed with a physical and spiritual vitality. His striking use of color and remarkable technique of thickly applying paint exalted and even immortalized what he chose to depict.
Arguably one of the most widely known artists in the world, Van Gogh's stature justifiably continues to grow as more is learned about the man and his art. While his career spanned only a decade, between the ages of 27 and 37, Van Gogh created one of the most important legacies of painting and drawing ever to enrich the world. For more information call 419/255-8000, email esudheimer@toledomuseum.org or visit
www.toledomuseum.org.
Vincent van Gogh, Wheat Fields with Reaper, Auvers, 1890,
Oil on canvas
