ProMusica 2009-10 season

 

Most concerts will be presented in the Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St. — with those on Dec. 12-13, Feb. 6, March 20 and April 17 in the Pontifical College Josephinum, 7625 N. High St.

 

• Oct. 11, 2009: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, Mozart; Overture to Tancredi, Rossini; Symphony No. 85,

Haydn; violinist: Tiffany Poon

 

• Nov. 14-15, 2009: Sixth Symphony (“Pastoral”), Beethoven; world premiere: Iridescent Prairies, Rodney Rogers, cellist: Marc Moskovitz; Concerto for Flute in D Major (“The Goldfinch”), Vivaldi; Songs of the Birds, Pablo Casals; Water Music for Strings, Eric Whitacre; flutist: Katherine DeJongh

 

• Dec. 11, 2009: “Messiah (and More!) Sing Along”: high-school orchestra students to join Pro-Musica musicians

 

• Dec. 12-13, 2009: “A Baroque Holiday”: Christmas Concerto, Corelli; Brandenberg Concerto No. 3, Bach; Canon, Pachelbel; Concerto for Two Trumpets, Vivaldi; selections from Handel’s Water Music, Handel, and Winter from The Four Seasons, Vivaldi; violinist: Marjorie Bagley.

 

• Jan. 9-10, 2010: “Dynamic Duos”: Double Concerto for Piano and Violin, Mendelssohn; Double Violin Concerto, Bach; Piano Concerto No. 1, Shostakovich; violinist: Ani Kavafian; pianist: Anne-Marie McDermott

 

• Feb. 6, 2010: “Songs of a Wayfarer”: Symphony No. 29 in A Major, Mozart; Cantata No. 82 (“Ich habe genung”), Bach; Songs of a Wayfarer, Mahler; baritone: Christopheren Nomura

 

• Feb. 7, 2010: “Letters From Lincoln”: Symphony No. 29 in A Major, Mozart; world premiere: A Shout, A Whisper, A Trace, Derek Bermel; regional premiere: Letters From Lincoln, Michael Daugherty; with baritone Nomura

 

• March 20, 2010: “An Evening of Brass and Organ”

 

• April 10-11, 2010: Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”), Beethoven; Concerto in C for Fluegelhorn, Haydn; fluegelhorn player: Sergei Nakariakov

 

• April 17, 2010: “Music of J.S. Bach”

 

• May 7, 2010: gala benefit, with vocalist Jane Monheit

 

More information at www.promusicacolumbus.org.

 

Columbus Jazz Orchestra

The 2009-10 season

 

All concerts will take place in the Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St. — except “A Night in Vegas,” to be presented in the Riffe Center’s Capitol Theatre, 77 S. High St.  For more information, call 614-294-5200 or visit www.jazzartsgroup.org.

 

• Sept. 25-26, 2009: “A Taste of Smooth Jazz”: Earl Klugh

 

• Oct. 28 to Nov. 1, 2009: “Duke’s Place”: New York saxophonist Lew Tabackin and Columbus vocalist Dwight Lenox in a tribute to Duke Ellington

 

• Dec. 2-6, 2009: “Home for the Holidays”: vocalist Helen Welch

 

• Jan. 22-23, 2010: “Spinning Wheel”: trumpeter Lew Soloff, saxophonist “Blue” Lou Marini and vocalist Bruce Wermuth playing the music of Blood, Sweat & Tears (Soloff and Marini were members), Chicago and other 1970s acts

 

• Feb. 24-28, 2010: “Louis, Ella & Friends”: Byron Stripling, vocalist Carmen Bradford and pianist Dave Powers

 

• March 24-28, 2010: “I Loves You Porgy”: vocalists Michael McElroy and Capathia Jenkins

 

• April 21-25, 2010: “Cole & Cole”: the works of Cole Porter and Nat “King” Cole

 

• May 21-22, 2010: “A Night in Vegas”: with the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus

Statehouse to host summer concerts

 

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2009/05/04/1A_SHOWTELL04.ART_ART_05-04-09_D1_SADN5A5.html?sid=101

The 2009 Summer Movie Series at the Ohio Theatre

 

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/arts/stories/2009/05/05/1_CAPA_MOVIES.ART_ART_05-05-09_D1_PJDNJU4.html?sid=101

2009-2010 BalletMet Columbus Season

 

• “Night Moves”: Oct. 30-31, Nov. 6-8, 13-14, 2009, Ballet-Met Performance Space, 322 Mount Vernon Ave.

 

•  The Nutcracker: Dec. 11-13, 17-23, 2009, Ohio Theatre

 

•  A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Feb. 5-6, 11-12, 13-14, 2010, Riffe Center’s Capitol Theatre, 77 S. High St.

 

•  Carmina Burana: March 5-7, 11-13, 2010, Capitol Theatre

 

• “American Legends”: April 23-25, April 29-May 1, 2010, Capitol Theatre

 

Subscriptions, to go on sale Monday, cost $73 to $287.  Single tickets, on sale this summer, start at $25 for most shows.  Daytime dress rehearsals of Swan Lake, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Carmina Burana and “American Legends” will be open to senior citizens age 55 and older.  Call 614-229-4848 or visit www.balletmet.org.

The 2009 Summer Movie Series at the Ohio Theatre

 

Films will be shown, unless otherwise noted, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays and 2 p.m. Sundays in the Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St. Tickets cost $4, or $3.50 for senior citizens -- with strips of 10 tickets for $25 through Aug. 9 -- at the box office (614-469-0939) and http://www.capa.com/columbus/news/news_article.php?id=46.

 

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/arts/stories/2009/05/05/1_CAPA_MOVIES.ART_ART_05-05-09_D1_PJDNJU4.html?sid=101

The summer movie series at the Ohio Theatre.  A cheap way to view the dazzlingly over-the-top baroque interiors of an original "movie palace".

 

Greater Columbus Arts Council unveils grants, makes more cuts

Business First of Columbus - by Matt Burns

Thursday, May 28, 2009, 2:57pm EDT

 

http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/05/25/daily26.html

<b>Bryan Knicely Resigns as Executive Director of GCAC</b>

By Walker | June 23, 2009 9:46pm

 

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Earlier today, the Greater Columbus Arts Council issued a press release announcing the addition of four new Board of Trustee members as well as the stepping down of current president Bryan Knicely.

 

Knicely has served in the role for for two and a half years, and will assist the organization with the transition to a new interim President yet to be announced.“The past few years have been a big transition for GCAC,” Knicely said. “I’m proud of what we were able to accomplish to get to this point. I wish the arts organizations and artists much success in the years ahead, and I look forward to the opportunities that lie ahead of me.”

 

The four new Board of Trustee appointees include:

 

    * Nick Akins, Executive Vice President-Generation at American Electric Power

    * Karen Bell, Associate Vice President of the Arts Initiative at The Ohio State University

    * William Faust, Partner and Chief Strategy Officer at Ologie

    * Roberta Ruch, President and CEO of Acloché

 

MORE HERE : http://www.columbusunderground.com/bryan-knicely-resigns-as-executive-director-of-gcac

Budget drama: Several arts groups post deficits, more cut jobs or impose furloughs as recession slices revenue

 

Some of central Ohio's leading arts groups are falling victim to the worst recession in a generation.  Despite cuts in staffing and programming, five have ended their 2008-09 seasons with deficits, and one other anticipates the same.  "Survival is the name of the game," said Press Southworth, who on July 1 ended a two-year term as president of the Columbus Cultural Leadership Consortium.  "Everyone is tightening their belts, cutting staff and scheduling rolling layoffs."

 

<b>Jacquie Mahan Wants to Share Some Art with You</b>

By Walker | June 29, 2009

 

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The Mahan Gallery is still one of the younger art exhibition spaces in the Short North, but they’ve quickly become one of the most popular ones as well. After relocating to a new space in 2007, the Mahan Gallery has hosted a variety of national artists, including a highly publicized show this past March featuring The Cars frontman (and artist) Ric Ocasek. We caught up recently with gallery owner Jacquie Mahan to talk about what inspired her to open an art gallery and what drives her to keep it going.

 

Read More: http://www.columbusunderground.com/jacquie-mahan-wants-to-share-some-art-with-you

Fulfilling its promise

Urban Arts Space drawing variety of imaginative events

Saturday,  August 8, 2009 - 3:18 AM

By Anna Sudar, The Columbus Dispatch

 

On the outside, the Urban Arts Space changes little from day to day.  Inside, though, the place is constantly evolving.  The first-floor occupant of the historic Lazarus building is nothing if not versatile: Wall panels hang from a ceiling track system so they can be moved to create new spaces.  The lack of spatial restrictions makes the Ohio State University-owned venue -- a 10,000-square-foot expanse Downtown on W. Town Street -- well-suited for the range of free programs presented among art displays.  Currently on display is the exhibit "BIGG: Breakthrough Ideas in Global Glass," presented by OSU and Hawk Galleries.  The showcase of colorful works by 43 international glass artists -- which runs through Oct. 10 -- is one of many programs, events and exhibits presented since the space opened in February 2008.

 

Read more at http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2009/08/08/1_URBAN_ARTS_SPACE.ART_ART_08-08-09_D1_KAEM4PP.html

The Urban Arts Space is awesome. Probably my favorite thing about OSU these days. :D

"From: Ruby Classen <[email protected]>

Date: Friday, August 14, 2009 2:03 pm

Subject: UPDATE: 2009 Individual Artist Fellowship

 

The Greater Columbus Arts Council is suspending our Individual Artist Fellowships in the visual arts as part of budget cuts across the organization. Therefore, we will not accept applications for the 2009 fellowships.

 

Unfortunately, the current economic downturn both nationally and locally has affected many arts organizations in Columbus, and GCAC is no exception. An approximate 13 percent decrease in revenue from the hotel/motel tax dollars for the City of Columbus, which provides GCAC with about 70 percent of its total funding, has forced us to cut our administrative, program and grants budgets.

 

Though we’re unable to give away visual arts fellowships this year, the 2009 Columbus Literary Awards – fellowships in the literary arts funded by GCAC and administered by Thurber House – will be given as planned. For more information on the Columbus Literary Awards, please visit www.thurberhouse.org.

 

GCAC remains deeply committed to individual artists in the community and will reinstate the visual arts fellowships in 2010, budget permitting. In the meantime, we continue to offer professional development opportunities for artists through our OPPArt (Opportunities for Artists) series. To learn more about OPPArt and join the mailing list, which includes information about the program along with calls for entry, job postings and more, e-mail Ruby Classen at [email protected]."

 

And Columbus wonders why it can't shed its cowtown image.[/i]

And Columbus wonders why it can't shed its cowtown image.

 

Jaa, you've only been here two days and your unrelenting Columbus-bashing is already getting boring.  I'll give you the same advice that ColDayMan (one of UrbanOhio's founders) gives on his tag line: "I love it when people come into a message board and immediately begin to mix it up.  I mean, Jesus, at least say hello!  Do you walk into a room full of strangers, pick a random woman, and tell her she's fat?"

The following link provides the reaction concerning the cancellation of individual artist grants in Columbus:

 

http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/gcac-drops-individual-artist-fellowships-in-visual-arts/page/11#post-225713

 

Actually, that link mostly provides the crazed reaction of a single individual.

Actually, that link mostly provides the crazed reaction of a single individual.

Walker, the readers do not need you to think for them.  They are more than capable of making their own judgments.

Actually, that link mostly provides the crazed reaction of a single individual.

Walker, the readers do not need you to think for them.  They are more than capable of making their own judgments.

 

And in the view of this reader, I think Walker nailed that description.  That crazed poster, "Mary", over at CU was something else.  She started out with a sympathetic arguement to persuade either GCAC or somebody else to restore the 2009 individual artist grants.  Then "Mary" proceeded to alienate herself over at CU with a combination of personal insults, boasting about her artistic abilities and denigrating the artistic abilities of any poster who took issue with the way she was conducting herself. 

 

I've never seen someone have that much talent to unite people - against their own arguement! 

And kudos to Walker for continuing to promote the arts in Columbus through his Columbus Underground website.  Despite all the personal attacks, Walker is still posting threads like the one below:

 

http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/panel-to-discuss-arts-advocacy-at-gcac-annual-public-forum-oct-8

 

Panel to Discuss Arts Advocacy at GCAC Annual Public Forum

 

Columbus, Ohio -- In these economic times, how can the arts successfully compete for public support and funding? Successful advocacy efforts at the federal, state and local levels help elected officials understand how a healthy arts community advances their policy goals.

 

Learn how arts advocacy can clearly demonstrate the economic, social and educational benefits of public investment at the Greater Columbus Arts Council’s 2009 Public Forum, which will take place from 4:30-6 p.m. on Thu., Oct. 8 in the auditorium of the Columbus Museum of Art’s, 480 E. Broad St. A panel of experts will discuss strategies and techniques to build public support for the arts before taking questions from the audience.

 

The annual Public Forum helps GCAC monitor the pulse of the arts community while providing the public with the opportunity to directly address the board of trustees on any arts issue of interest. After the panel discussion, forum attendees will have the chance to address the board and GCAC Interim President Milt Baughman.

 

To allow for adequate time on the agenda, anyone wishing to speak must register in advance. To register to speak, contact Jennifer Sadler at [email protected] or 614-224-2606 X 811 by Mon., Oct. 5.

 

GCAC's 2009 Public Forum is free to attend, but an RSVP is requested. To RSVP, e-mail Jennifer Sadler at [email protected] or call 614-224-2606 X 811. 

 

About the Greater Columbus Arts Council: Through vision and leadership, advocacy and collaboration, the Greater Columbus Arts Council supports art and advances the culture of the region. A catalyst for excellence and innovation, we fund exemplary artists and arts organizations and provide programs, events and services of public value that educate and engage all audiences in our community. GCAC thanks Franklin County Board of Commissioners and Ashland Inc. for their support of this program, and we thank the City of Columbus, Franklin County and Ohio Arts Council for their ongoing support. 

 

http://www.gcac.org/

And kudos to Walker for continuing to promote the arts in Columbus through his Columbus Underground website.

 

Ha! Thanks for the kudos, but it's usually pretty easy going. The vast majority of local artists and local art enthusiasts I know are friendly, passionate, and unpretentious. Folks like "Mary" come around once in a blue moon and are hardly the norm. ;)

Such a great site! And even within that thread, the general tenor seemed to be pretty reasonable and very thoughtful. I am rather jealous b/c I can't think of a single equivalent in Cleveland (not anything at that depth anyway). And as someone who's heavily involved with our county's Creative Workforce Fellowship, it was really interesting to see what people were saying about it down there. Keep up the good work! Now we just need a forum that can galvanize the artist community statewide so we can address the OAC implosion! :)

Ha! Thanks for the kudos, but it's usually pretty easy going. The vast majority of local artists and local art enthusiasts I know are friendly, passionate, and unpretentious. Folks like "Mary" come around once in a blue moon and are hardly the norm. ;)

Walker's right about that.  That CU thread was pretty atypical.  But it was darned entertaining.  Over 300 posts over 5 days that started with a discussion on GCAC arts funding and morphed into the twilight zone!  Its pretty much done now, but if you have a few minutes and want to track the fun from the beginning to end, here's the link: http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/gcac-drops-individual-artist-fellowships-in-visual-arts 

 

I won't give away the ending.  But we learn the identity of "Mary" and it involves a 10TV news broadcast and time travel! 

 

No seriously it does!  Okay back on topic.  :-)

From http://www.wosu.org/blogs/arts/?p=491

 

Art Squatters 2009

An exhibition of the students of The Ohio State University Department of Art

September 5th - October 3rd, 2009

Downtown Columbus

 

This Saturday marks the first of three showings of a new Downtown art installation called “Art Squatters”.  Students at OSU’s Department of Art will have their work featured in various vacant retail spaces through the heart of Downtown.  The work will be on display from September 5th through October 3rd with official showing events on Sept. 5, Sept. 19, and Oct. 3.  The exhibit will not only provide new additions to the cityscape for Downtown workers, dwellers, and visitors, but also draw attention to underutilized storefronts, and showcase their value as functional spaces that can attract attention.

 

ART SQUATTERS 2009 LOCATIONS:  MAP LINK

- 84 N High St (Artwork by Micah Daw & Kyla Toomey)

- 80 N High St (Artwork by Matthew Cherubini)

- 74 N High St (Artwork by Sara Berens)

- 72 N High St (Artwork by Janet MacPherson & Julie Greenberg)

- 34 N High St (Artwork by Nicole Delabrabandere & Sara Gallo)

- 32 N High St (Artwork by Jenny Fine)

- 221 S High St (Artwork by Joshua Penrose)

- 37 N High St (Artwork by Paula Adi, Matthew Dietz, Dan Harvey, Christine Jackson, Paul Simmons, David Staniunas, Will Tucker, Laura Weiser, Elizabeth Wilson, and Doo Sung Yoo)

- 11 E Gay St (Artwork by Molly Burke, Julie Ward & JR Gualtieri)

- 23 N 4th St (Artwork by Dan Harvey & Matt Keida)

- 20 E Broad St (Artwork by Hannah Givler)

- S High St & W State St (Artwork by Zepher Potrafka)

From here: http://www.columbusunderground.com/ohio-art-league-moving-gallery-out-of-short-north

 

<b>Ohio Art League Moving to South Campus Gateway</b>

By Walker | September 2, 2009 10:45pm

 

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It was reported yesterday that the Ohio Art League gallery in the Short North had some suspicious “for lease” signs in their windows, and speculation quickly led some to believe that the organization as a whole would be closing. Thankfully, that is not the case.

 

A note was sent out tonight to OAL members from OAL Board President Haley Boehning stating that while the economic downturn has shrunk the organization’s budget, they were in no danger of dissolving. They are discontinuing their lease at their gallery space at 954 N. High Street, but are pursuing a new opportunity in a new venue.

 

“While final negotiations are still underway, I will tell you I am very excited about this new strategic partnership,” said Boehning in the release. “It is a unique opportunity to operate a larger gallery space in a synergistic environment with many new opportunities for additional, enhanced programming for our members and our community.”

 

Update (9/4/2009): The new 1,500 square foot gallery space will be located in the main alley of the South Campus Gateway near OSU. It was also noted that aside from the September MCE, all scheduled events through the remainder of 2009 will continue as planned in the new space.

 

More information can be found online at www.OAL.org.

<b>…but it’s not… Luc Tuymans at The Wexner Center</b>

By Jeff Regensburger | September 27, 2009 9:00am

 

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<i>September 17, 2009 – January 3, 2010 at Wexner Center for the Arts</i>

 

At a recent Wexner Center media event, Luc Tuymans lead a gaggle of donors, critics, reporters, and museum administrators on a tour of his current retrospective. About halfway through what was amounting to a painting-by-painting account of the artist’s career, the group paused in front of a piece titled The Nose. It’s a small painting, a portrait of sorts, but painted close-up so that the face fills the frame. Like a lot of Tuymans’s work, it appears deliberately cropped.

 

READ MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/luc-tuymans-at-the-wexner-center

Arts groups could get financial help

Thursday, September 24, 2009

By Jeffrey Sheban

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

 

Central Ohio's largest arts and cultural groups could share in $1.2 million being raised to help stabilize their budgets in trying economic times.  The money would come from Franklin County taxpayers, the Columbus Foundation and corporate and individual donors who are being canvassed for support.  The financial aid would go to the region's 15 largest arts and cultural groups in amounts ranging from $40,000 to $120,000, said Douglas F. Kridler, president and chief executive officer of the Columbus Foundation.

 

The funding recipients, all members of the Columbus Cultural Leadership Consortium, are: BalletMet Columbus, Columbus Association for the Performing Arts, Contemporary American Theatre Company, Columbus Children's Theatre, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus Symphony, COSI Columbus, Franklin Park Conservatory, Jazz Arts Group, King Arts Complex, Opera Columbus, Phoenix Theatre Circle, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Thurber House and Wexner Center for the Arts.

 

Full story at http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2009/09/24/arts-fundraising.html?sid=101

<b>Dreamsters Union Show Opens New OAL Gallery</b>

By Walker | October 6, 2009 9:00am

 

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Last month, the Ohio Art League announced that they were packing up their Short North gallery and moving northward to a new location at the South Campus Gateway. The OAL will be hosting their opening exhibition in the new space this Thursday as local Columbus artist Joey Monsoon takes center stage with his solo “Dreamsters Union” show. Joey is no stranger to Columbus Underground, as he was recognized as 2008’s artist of the year. We caught up with Joey recently to find out what to expect of his new work in this new venue.

 

READ MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/dreamsters-union-show-opens-new-oal-gallery

FROM HERE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/roy-g-biv-celebrates-20-years-in-short-north

 

<b>ROY G BIV Celebrates 20 Years in Short North</b>

By Walker | October 16, 2009 1:00pm

 

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This month, the ROY G BIV Gallery in the Short North celebrates their 20th anniversary. The local nonprofit gallery was founded in 1989 with a mission to showcase emerging artists and increase the cultural vibrancy of the city of Columbus. The gallery will be holding a special 20th Anniversary Fundraiser event on Saturday, October 24th from 7pm to 10pm in the Smith & High Building. For more information on the event, the gallery, and the anniversary, visit roygbivgallery.com.

 

<b>ROY G BIV Celebrates 20 Years in Short North</b>

 

 

It's great to see one of the original pioneers in the Short North still going strong after 20 years.

THEATER

CATCO, Phoenix to join forces

Friday,  October 30, 2009 

By Michael Grossberg, The Columbus Dispatch

 

The leading professional theater company in central Ohio and a troupe that produces family shows plan to merge next year -- a move that will also include a notable leadership change.  The 25-year-old Contemporary American Theatre Company and 16-year-old Phoenix Theatre for Children will pool artistic and financial resources beginning with the 2010-11 season.

 

The move, partly motivated by the recession, is expected to enhance efficiency.  Although both groups balanced their budgets during the season that ended June 30, CATCO struggled through deficits half a decade ago.  The merged troupe -- which will retain the CATCO name -- will broaden programming to all ages, tackle larger-cast productions and musicals, invest in additional community actors and beef up educational programs.

 

Full story at http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/arts/stories/2009/10/30/1A_CATCO_PHOENIX.ART_ART_10-30-09_D1_1AFH0B5.html?sid=101

Columbus Arts Festival gets new leader

Business First of Columbus

Monday, December 28, 2009, 12:40pm

 

The Greater Columbus Arts Council has hired a new director for the annual Columbus Arts Festival.  Leah Alters is expected to join the organization’s staff in January, replacing Katie Laux, who left to become a vice president at Prevent Blindness Ohio.  The 49th Columbus Arts Festival is scheduled for June 4-6 in the Discovery District.  As many as 500,000 people are expected to attend.  For information about the festival, go to www.gcac.org/fest.

 

Full story at http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/12/28/daily1.html?surround=lfn

Coleman pushing to fund public art

Part of city money for building projects might be set aside

Saturday,  January 2, 2010 - 3:13 AM

By Robert Vitale, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

 

A decade-old wish of Mayor Michael B. Coleman to make works of art a regular part of city-funded building projects might finally be realized this year.  Administration officials say they'll put together a proposal to create a public-art program similar to those in more than 350 U.S. cities, counties and states.  Most -- Ohio's state government included -- set aside 1 percent of the budget for each major construction project for artwork that enhances it.

 

Full story at http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/01/02/copy/publicart.ART_ART_01-02-10_B1_B0G644E.html?adsec=politics&sid=101

<b>Art Exhibitionist Finishes Her 30 Days on Display</b>

By Walker | December 24, 2009 10:30am | Filed under Art, Features

 

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A stroll along High Street through Downtown will normally reveal a depressing number of vacant retail storefronts, but if you’ve walked past the old Experience Columbus space at 90 North High during the past month, then a glimmer of something new and exciting may have caught your attention. Local artist Megan Burkholder has spent the past 30 days living and painting in this formerly unused space and has turned her painting process into a performance art display. Megan’s project is ending today, and we sat down with her for an “exit interview” to hear her thoughts on the whole experience.

 

READ MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/art-exhibitionist-finishes-her-30-days-on-display

Arts groups stress their impact on cultural development

BY GARTH BISHOP, COLUMBUS LOCAL NEWS

Published: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 8:52 AM EDT

 

If community arts leaders' comments at a city meeting are any indication, a key priority of theirs is educating artists of tomorrow.  The leaders of 14 Columbus arts organizations came to a committee meeting of Columbus City Council Thursday, March 18, to talk about their role in the city.  Almost all 14 brought up -- either of their own volition or upon being asked by Councilwomen Priscilla Tyson and Charleta Tavares -- their organizations' attempts to bring the arts to Central Ohio children.

 

Of course, efforts targeted at students are not the only endeavors arts leaders emphasized at the meeting.  Nonprofit arts organizations generate $330 million per year and employ some 11,000 people in Central Ohio, said Milton Baughman, interim executive director for the Greater Columbus Arts Council.  Surveys show residents agree it's important for the city to fund arts and that arts make the city more attractive, Baughman said.

 

Another council meeting with more representatives of the local arts community is slated for 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 25, at Columbus City Hall, 90 W. Broad St.

 

FULL ARTICLE: http://www.columbuslocalnews.com/articles/2010/03/24/multiple_papers/news/allcolarts_20100324_0702am_2.txt

CAPA revamps Web site

 

CAPA is making its Web page easier to navigate for Central Ohio theater fans.  The manager of several downtown theaters said all shows at its venues are now searchable by type, producer and day, and the checkout process has been improved. 

 

The organization said it will be adding behind-the-scenes video, interviews and other features.  In addition, several CAPA staffers have begun writing blogs on the site, www.capa.com.

 

CAPA manages the Ohio Theatre, Palace Theatre, Southern Theatre, Capitol Theatre in the Riffe Center and Lincoln Theatre in Columbus, the Valentine Theatre in Toledo and the Shubert Theater in New Haven, Conn.

We posted up an interview with Phoenix Theatre for Children on Saturday in advance of their TITANIC performance that night, but there's some great local arts related discussion in the conversation:

 

Artistic Director Steven C. Anderson: The 21st century offers all kinds of opportunities for people to create their own art. 30 years ago, if you wanted to be a filmmaker, you needed a large amount of backing, you need a studio to distribute… but now people have video capabilities, editing capabilities on the computers, and worldwide distribution through YouTube. Song writers can record music on the computer and find distribution online without a record label… so there’s been an insurgence of artistic activity and people claiming artistic expression for themselves that frankly short circuits the old notion of arts & culture institutions. The question now is how can we create arts institutions that supports that, refuels that, and provides a forum for that as well? Do I have the answers to those questions? No I don’t… but I feel really good about working to address those questions. Change is a natural part of who we are. If we don’t change we die. So how can we form a new institution that still serves certain people in a way that they have been served before, but also finds new ways to serve and connect with new folks.

 

MORE HERE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/phoenix-theatre-presents-titanic-one-night-only

[Cross-posted in Columbus Symphony Orchestra News & Info]

 

Symphony turns administrative functions over to CAPA

Business First of Columbus

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

 

In the face of lingering financial troubles, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra has struck a deal to turn over its administrative operations to CAPA under a new five-year agreement that officials say will bolster the nonprofit’s business model and keep it afloat.

 

CAPA, the nonprofit arts group that operates downtown’s historic theaters, said beginning Monday it will take on all finance, accounting, marketing, advertising, publicity, human resources and other back-office functions for the symphony.  CAPA already runs back-office operations for other arts organizations in town, including CATCO, the Phoenix Theatre for Children and the Franklin Park Conservatory.

 

With the new arrangement, the orchestra expects to save more than $750,000 in its 2010-11 season.  An additional $1 million in savings came from an earlier deal with musicians, who accepted a 23 percent pay cut for the upcoming season. 

 

Full article: http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2010/03/29/daily20.html

PROMUSICA

Chamber group's director to retire

Friday,  April 9, 2010 - 2:50 AM

By Nancy Gilson, The Columbus Dispatch

 

Timothy Russell, co-founder of the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus, plans to retire from his position as music director - the only one in the orchestra's 32-year history.  Russell, 54, who created the chamber orchestra in 1978 with Richard Early, will take a measured approach to his transition to conductor laureate.  He will serve as conductor and music director for the 2010-11 season, then gradually reduce conducting duties until a new music director is in place for the 2013-14 season.

 

The part-time orchestra, with a budget of $973,000 for the 2009-10 season, performs more than a dozen concerts a year.  From its inception, ProMusica has championed contemporary and new music.

 

Full article: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2010/04/09/chamber-groups-director-to-retire.html?sid=101

Davis Performing Arts Center: A Best Kept Secret

By Walker | April 25, 2010 11:15am

Columbus Underground

 

Tucked away on a quiet strip of Franklin Avenue, the Davis Performing Arts Center may be one of the most well hidden arts venues in the City of Columbus.  This quiet tree-lined street sits behind the Topiary Park and offers an almost strangely serene environment for an arts venue that is located within Downtown.

 

The Center itself is home to two theatre spaces: a 175-seat black box theatre and a 350-seat proscenium arch theatre.  These spaces are home to a variety of shows and special events as well as summer classes for children ages 4 through 18.

 

MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/davis-performing-arts-center-a-best-kept-secret

Arts Council hands out operating support grants

Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 4:24pm EDT

Business First of Columbus

 

The Greater Columbus Arts Council on Wednesday handed out $2 million in operational support funding to 22 arts groups in the region.  The operating support grants are unrestricted gifts awarded through an application process that looks at each organization’s financial performance, achievement and economic impact. 

 

The awards are separate from quarterly grants for specific projects, the first $75,778 round of which was announced in March.  The second round of quarterly project support grant winners will be announced June 30.

 

The recipients of the largest chunks of GCAC operational funding this year were BalletMet, CAPA, the Columbus Museum of Art, COSI and the Wexner Center for the Arts, each of which was awarded $200,000. 

 

Full listing of grants: http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2010/05/24/daily25.html

<b>GCAC Presents: Volunteers Behind the Arts Festival</b>

By Jami Goldstein | June 3, 2010

 

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Volunteers are the power behind the Columbus Arts Festival. Literally. And the Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC) couldn’t do the Festival without them. More than 200 volunteers working nearly 300 shifts are the people who make the Columbus Arts Festival happen. They are the breath and life of the Festival. Sure, we have two staff members that work year round to deal with the paperwork and the artist jury and the food vendors, etc., etc. And they are great, and dedicated and work really hard. But we absolutely COULD NOT do this festival without our volunteers. Some of them work year round to make this event happen - yes, with no pay - only for the enjoyment of pulling off a well-executed event.

 

READ MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/gcac-presents-volunteers-behind-the-arts-festival

BalletMet refinances downtown HQ debt

Business First of Columbus

Monday, July 12, 2010, 2:54pm EDT

 

BalletMet Columbus has closed on a $3.45 million bond financing deal through the Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority that allows the organization to refinance existing debt at a lower borrowing cost.  The bond financing is tied to debt at BalletMet’s Mount Vernon Avenue facility, which debuted as its new home in 2007.

 

Full article: http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2010/07/12/daily7.html

Opera Columbus sings upbeat tune to end fiscal year

Business First of Columbus - by Adrian Burns

Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 8:00am EDT

 

The once troubled Opera Columbus has ended its year in the black while finally clearing away a host of long-term debts that have weighed on the troupe for years.  A two-month fundraising drive brought in $100,000 to close a budget gap before Opera Columbus’ fiscal 2010 ended June 30.  It also closed the curtain on a year without any outstanding debts.

 

Executive Director Press Southworth III said paying off debts will give it breathing room as it navigates the struggling economy.  While growing revenue and building cash reserves will be key long-term goals, Southworth said, as long as the economy remains sour, the organization must focus on staying afloat.  “Right now, with the economy, the main word is survival,” he said.

 

Full article: http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2010/07/12/story4.html?b=1278907200^3623011

<b>GCAC Presents: Independent Arts Groups Aid Artists</b>

By Craig Sonnenberg & Jennifer Sadler | July 29, 2010

 

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Even in the best economies, making a full-time living as an artist can be daunting. Where, then, can an artist turn for assistance? Fortunately there is a growing community of groups that share ideas, cooperative learning environments and spaces. According to Caitlin Strokosch, executive director for the Alliance of Artist Communities, an international association of artists’ communities and residencies, there is a nationwide increase in artist co-ops. “It’s no longer ideal for an artist to work in isolation,” says, Strokosch. “Co-ops and exposure to other artists foster balance and inspiration.”

 

Take a look at how these local collaboratives have excelled by doing just this.

 

READ MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/gcac-presents-independent-arts-groups-aid-artists

Drexel goes nonprofit, put under CAPA’s wing

Columbus Business First

Friday, March 18, 2011, 11:51am EDT.

 

The organization formed in 2009 to help Bexley’s struggling Drexel Theatre has purchased the three-screen cinema in a move that brings the operation nonprofit status and takes it under the wing of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts.

 

The Friends of the Drexel Inc. group didn’t disclose financial terms of the deal but said it signed CAPA to take over management of the theater and its adjacent Radio Cafe.  Its on-site manager will continue to be former owner Jeff Frank, who has run the theater with his wife, Kathy, for 30 years.

 

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2011/03/18/drexel-goes-nonprofit-put-under.html

CAPA taking Opera Columbus under its wing

Business First

Friday, May 6, 2011, 8:02am EDT

 

CAPA on Friday (May 6) said it has a five-year deal to take over Opera Columbus, Business First reports.

 

The deal is effective May 20 and helps the opera cut administrative costs while also passing leadership from Executive Director Press Southworth III, who will retire after the 2010-11 season.

 

READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/morning_call/2011/05/capa-taking-opera-columbus-under-its.html

Columbus proposing public art project for North Bank Park

Business First - by Brian R. Ball

Date: Thursday, July 14, 2011, 2:54pm EDT

 

City arts backers hope to adorn the North Bank Park section of Columbus’ Scioto Mile park system in time for the city’s bicentennial in 2012.

 

Exactly what sort of project gets placed at the park along West Long Street will rest with the artist selected.  The project has a budget of $250,861.

 

North Bank Park is the northern leg of the Columbus Department of Recreation and Parks’ Scioto Mile project.  It opened in 2005.

 

READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2011/07/14/columbus-proposing-public-art-project.html

The above article about a proposed public art project for the city's North Bank Park also touched on something called Columbus Public Art 2012.  It is described as a temporary public art exhibition planned for downtown during the bicentennial.  In the article it says "The project would be funded through the city’s capital improvement budget, an unspent Ohio Arts Council allocation, and an account tied the city’s Miranova tax increment financing district."

 

More about Columbus Public Art 2012 in a press release from the Greater Columbus Arts Council:

 

"The Columbus Public Art 2012 initiative is a unique partnership between educational and cultural institutions, the City of Columbus, and businesses in Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District dedicated to the vibrant cultural and commercial heart of Columbus.  The project will involve local, national and international artists in a project that will engage community, promote tourism and economic development and help weave the arts into the fabric of downtown Columbus."

 

"Columbus Public Art 2012 will take place in public spaces, plazas, parks, streets and alleys in the 360 acre area of downtown surrounding the Statehouse and along the riverfront.  These public projects, will be mostly temporary, and represent a broad range of contemporary art in multiple forms and media.  Columbus Public Art 2012 will transform downtown Columbus into an open-air gallery, where innovative and surprising public art accessible to all will create memorable experiences for residents, downtown workers, and visitors."

 

READ MORE: http://www.gcac.org/about-gcac/press-room/columbus-receives-our-town-grant-from-nea.php

 

The chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts headed up a panel discussion last month at Ohio State entitled “A Way Forward: Arts and Economic Development.”  The NEA chairman had many good things to say about Columbus and the Short North Arts District.  Here's the Dispatch article on the event:

 

NEA head stops for pep rally

By Jeffrey Sheban, The Columbus Dispatch

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 6:10 AM

 

Columbus provides a model for other communities seeking to marshal the arts for economic development, the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts said yesterday.  'There’s hardly a speech I give nowadays that doesn’t mention the Short North,' said Rocco Landesman, who, during a swing through Ohio, took part in a panel discussion in Mershon Auditorium at the Wexner Center for the Arts.

 

About 800 people — many of them arts administrators, educators and practitioners — attended the event, “A Way Forward: Arts and Economic Development.”  The panel included Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman; Leslie H. Wexner, chairman and CEO of Limited Brands; and Douglas Kridler, chairman of the Columbus Foundation.  It was moderated by Julie Henahan, executive director of the Ohio Arts Council.

 

Landesman called the Short North, which in the past two decades has been transformed from a low-rent district to an arts-and-entertainment magnet for central Ohioans and out-of-town visitors, “a poster child for the arts, helping to give rise to a rebirth of place.”

 

READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/life_and_entertainment/2011/09/20/nea-head-stops-for-pep-rally.html

And here's a video of the event posted on YouTube by WOSU: