May 14, 200718 yr This article is kind of interesting to me as one of the more important musicians in my introduction to chamber music was Ronald Crutcher, a black Cincinnati native who was a professor at Wittenberg University. He is now the president of Wheaton College. Lack of color at the classics Minorities rare at symphony, opera, May Festival by janelle gelfand | [email protected] Santino Ellis-Perez, a 17-year-old student at Cincinnati's School for Creative and Performing Arts, soars through the virtuosities of Tchaikovsky's difficult Violin Concerto. His dream is to be a member of a symphony orchestra. Ellis-Perez, whose father is Mexican, is one of a minuscule percentage of minority musicians striving to become professionals. He's up against tough odds. Click on link for more information.
May 15, 200718 yr • Audiences skew white because the younger generation of African-Americans, Asians and other minorities are not interested or are not being reached. Uh...when I took piano lessons as a kid at CCM there were tons of Koreans, other Asians, Jews, Indians. There are tons of Asians and Jews in America's orchestras. I just looked up the CSO's 2007 roster...looks like upwards of a dozen Asians unless Luo-Jia Wu and Ixi Chen are in fact traditional Welsh names. And this writer is ridiculous. Is she suggesting that the blind audition system be thrown out in favor of a quotas system? And this whole article runs up against the whole anti-white, anti-western bias of Cultural Studies programs and certain NPR/New York Times commentators. It's having and eating cake if someone can simultaneously say whites aren't welcoming blacks in the audience and on the stages of America's symphonies while spending tons of time studying and giving exposure to minority art forms. I'll never forget taking women's studies in college and having the lecturer say with complete sincerity that Shakespeare means nothing to today's youth and they should be studying the lyrics of 2Pac instead.
May 15, 200718 yr Another problem that they mentioned was the lag time on creating a excellent musician. You can't whistle one up, there is at least a decade of lag time.
May 18, 200718 yr I just looked up the CSO's 2007 roster...looks like upwards of a dozen Asians unless Luo-Jia Wu and Ixi Chen are in fact traditional Welsh names. This might be the funniest thing ever written on UO, outside of my posts.
July 25, 200717 yr Opera aims for first-timers with production of 'Aida Company spent $1M to stage elaborate performance BY LUCY MAY | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER July 20, 2007 CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati Opera is counting on its upcoming production of Giuseppe Verdi's "Aida" for much more than world-class performances. The opera company has spent nearly $1 million to stage the production - twice what some productions cost - and is doubling the number of performances it typically offers for each show. Click on link for more information.
July 25, 200717 yr To follow up rando's post . . . Levine to conduct opera here in 2010 Cincy native looking forward to 'Die Meistersinger' BY JANELLE GELFAND | [email protected] Tonight, as they mount a $1 million production of Verdi's "Aida," Cincinnati Opera will announce that Metropolitan Opera music director James Levine, a Cincinnati native, will conduct a monumental new production of Richard Wagner's "Die Meistersinger" in 2010 to honor the company's 90th season. For the first time ever, the planned new production of "Die Meistersinger" (The Master Singers of Nuremberg) will be set in Cincinnati, not Germany. It will feature scenes in Over-the-Rhine, such as Old St. Mary's Church, Vine Street and Music Hall. Click on link for more information. http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070725/ENT/707250410/
July 25, 200717 yr ^That's fantastic, and I especially love the German tradition ringing through in the production. For the first time ever, the planned new production of "Die Meistersinger" (The Master Singers of Nuremberg) will be set in Cincinnati, not Germany. It will feature scenes in Over-the-Rhine, such as Old St. Mary's Church, Vine Street and Music Hall.
July 30, 200717 yr I went to the Art Museum for a quick visit on Saturday to go to the gift shop (I needed a housewarming gift) and while there I wanted to check ot the Saul Steinberg's "Mural of Cincinnati". I must say I liked it even more in person. Very fun and whimsical (and big) and cool to see how many things you can recognize. A must thing to see this summer in my opinion! Here is Sara Pearce's short article on her blog about it: http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/art/2007/06/welcome-back-saul-steinbergs-mural-of.asp Here is the press release on the Mural and the Exhibit of Steinberg's work, currently on display through September 23 http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/absolutenm/templates/ArtTempNews.aspx?articleid=546&zoneid=90
August 30, 200717 yr State of the Arts: New Directors New Direction BY LAURA JAMES | CITY BEAT August 29, 2007 In their first shared interview, the city's newest arts leaders reflect on their impressions of Cincinnati, the local arts scene and the relative importance of parking During the past year, the three major Cincinnati arts institutions have appointed new directors: Eric Lee at the Taft Museum of Art, Aaron Betsky at the Cincinnati Art Museum and Raphaela Platow at the Contemporary Arts Center. Each comes from a different place and brings distinct interests and expertise. For this year's State of the Arts issue, CityBeat sat down with Betsky, Lee and Platow at the Taft to hear from the newly-minted Cincinnatians about the city's art world -- from the inside and the outside. Click on link for more information.
October 17, 200717 yr Staying on Their Toes A roundtable discussion with the leaders of Greater Cincinnati's dance companies, who work to keep the art form thriving BY JULIE MULLINS | CITY BEAT October 17, 2007 CINCINNATI - "Dance is the loftiest, the most moving of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life, it is life itself." -- Havelock Ellis, pioneer of human sexuality studies, from Dance of Life (1923) Men in tights, budget cuts -- I expected to hear about these in a roundtable discussion about dance. But iPods, football and such classic pop culture relics as The Ed Sullivan Show and Pete Rose? Seven Cincinnati dance luminaries, plus a drop-in guest, sound off on their favorite topics here in the local scene: where dance performance is; where it's headed; and why the art form matters. Click on link for more information.
October 17, 200717 yr Is anybody else worried about the Art Museum expansion....the firm they hired from the Netherlands has a track record of "cool" buildings, but nothing I would EVER want to see on that site. Check out this forum if you don't know what I'm talking about: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=3432.30
November 15, 200717 yr Opera, CCM launch new venture Corbett Foundation funds Fusion program BY MARY ELLYN HUTTON | CINCINNATI POST November 15, 2007 CINCINNATI - Cincinnati Opera and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music have entered into a three-year venture that will bring the nation's second oldest opera company and CCM into an even closer relationship. Called the Corbett Foundation Opera Fusion Program, the agreement will be announced tonight at a 2008 season preview "Opera Rap" by Evans Mirageas, Cincinnati Opera's artistic director, at the downtown studios of WCET-TV (Channel 48). It calls for collaborative academic programming, enhanced young-artist and internship opportunities for CCM students during the opera's summer festival and an annual opera production at CCM. Click on link for more information.
November 16, 200717 yr After record year, arts fund has big Viking helmet to fill More fun, challenges in store for next campaign BY LUCY MAY | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER November 16, 2007 CINCINNATI - The 2008 Fine Arts Fund campaign aims to build on the successes of this year's fund-raising while having a little more fun. The 2007 campaign raised $11.7 million, a record amount for the organization, due in part to two challenge grants. Click on link for more information.
November 18, 200717 yr I read a couple months back in CityBeat, I think, of the growing theater district along 12th St. I thought that the term may catch on, but it seems there has been no traction. Given that the New Stage Collective, Ensemble Theater, Know Theater, Music Hall and the closed Emery Theater are all within a block of 12th: Is 12th St. worthy of being marketed as the "Theater district"?
November 21, 200717 yr ^Is "worthy" best used in that sentence? I think "in danger of" is more appropriate.
November 21, 200717 yr What is the danger? I don't follow. An entertainment district that brings in revenue and economic growth sounds like something that should be wanted.
November 21, 200717 yr ^Is "worthy" best used in that sentence? I think "in danger of" is more appropriate. I too don't understand the risk of being labeled a theatre district. I would find it to be a good thing...however I don't think that 12th is anywhere close to that; especially since the major streets are N/S not E/W. This would seemingly hurt any chances of this happening due to decreased visibility.
November 22, 200717 yr ahhh...the danger of the written word. it can be a poor communicator or sarcasm or facetiousness. anyway, I'll start calling it the theater district whether or not others jump on board.
November 22, 200717 yr ahhh...the danger of the written word. it can be a poor communicator or sarcasm or facetiousness. I think it depends on the audience.
November 24, 200717 yr On a separate note, tonight the line of cars waiting to enter the parking garage across Central Parkway from Music Hall once again backed up onto Ezzard Charles. Just a comment: it would be nice to have better flow control during event nights or alternate parking.
December 9, 200717 yr Taft Museum '99.9% sure' it's a Goya BY SARA PEARCE | CINCINNATI ENQUIRER December 9, 2007 DOWNTOWN - First they had a Goya. Then they didn't. Now, it looks like they have one again. It's "Portrait of Queen Maria Luisa of Spain" (1800) at the Taft Museum of Art. The painting's been moved to a prominent position at the end of the entrance hall and is sporting a new label saying it is by the great Spanish artist Franciso de Goya (1746-1828) and his workshop. Click on link for more information.
January 4, 200817 yr Museum receives $1.5M gift January 4, 2008 | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER CINCINNATI - The estate of a local philanthropist and inventor has given a $1.5 million gift to the Cincinnati Museum Center to boost its endowment. The gift, from the late George Rieveschl and his wife Ellen, will bring the museum's endowment to more than $20 million, said Douglass McDonald, president and CEO, in a news release. Click on link for more information.
February 10, 200817 yr Arts Sampler draws thousands BY SARA PEARCE | CINCINNATI ENQUIRER February 9, 2008 CINCINNATI - Josh and Ben Speers were proudly sporting gem-encrusted, feathered eye masks so fresh that the glue was still drying and Ben, 4½, was worried about gems slipping into his field of vision. His mother, Tricia, brought the boys to Hamilton’s Fitton Center Saturday morning as an alternative to sitting at home. “I heard about the Fine Arts Fund Sampler Weekend at work and thought it would be better for them than watching cartoons,” said the Procter & Gamble senior researcher from Ross Township. “The Fitton’s in our neighborhood. It’s great not to have to travel to take part – and there’s a lot here for the kids to do.” Click on link for more information.
February 27, 200817 yr Photographer Gregory Crewdson will be speaking at the Cincinnati Art Mesum on Thursday, Feb 28: http://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/ProgramsAndEvents/ProgramsAndEvents.aspx?ShowFeaturedOnly=false&BeginDate=2/28/2008&EndDate=2/28/2008&InfoLink=true&EventID=1354
March 7, 200817 yr Arts groups look to become downtown roomies BY DAN MONK | CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER March 7, 2008 DOWNTOWN - A coalition of performing arts groups has about nine months to work out a deal for a downtown venue where plays, ballets and operas would be staged more than 600 times a year. One of the project's leading backers said Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park will give up on downtown if no suitable site is found by year's end. "If we can't figure it out by then, we'll go back to our original plans and stay in Mount Adams," said Jack Rouse, chairman of the Playhouse board and founder of Jack Rouse & Associates. Click on link for more information.
March 7, 200817 yr >It's been more than a year since he proposed the idea of a four-theater complex to be jointly built and operated by the Playhouse, Cincinnati Children's Theatre and the Cincinnati Opera and Ballet. Let's see...this means Music Hall is losing 4 weekends per year of programing while there's talk of a new 600-800 space garage. The Emery Theater is still mothballed, a generation of Cincinnatians have now never stepped through its doors. The smaller two theaters at the Aronoff seem to see very little action, in fact I've never seen anything going on at the small theater at 7th & Main ever. SCPA used to have its productions at the Taft, but the Taft is apparently not good enough for them. Oh, and Memorial Hall sees almost no use.
May 18, 200817 yr This is a great article. Winged victory Cincinnati's art, history are on display in space for all things Cincinnati BY SARA PEARCE | CINCINNATI ENQUIRER May 18, 2008 MT. ADAMS - The entire third-grade class at Symmes Elementary has been there. So have German high school students visiting Cincinnati. Painter Lynn Carden always takes out-of-town visitors to it. Ditto ceramist Deborah Davidson. The place is the Cincinnati Art Museum's Cincinnati Wing, an 18,000-square-foot space with 15 galleries devoted to art made for Cincinnati, in Cincinnati and by Cincinnatians. Click on link for more information.
May 18, 200817 yr >It's been more than a year since he proposed the idea of a four-theater complex to be jointly built and operated by the Playhouse, Cincinnati Children's Theatre and the Cincinnati Opera and Ballet. Let's see...this means Music Hall is losing 4 weekends per year of programing while there's talk of a new 600-800 space garage. The Emery Theater is still mothballed, a generation of Cincinnatians have now never stepped through its doors. The smaller two theaters at the Aronoff seem to see very little action, in fact I've never seen anything going on at the small theater at 7th & Main ever. SCPA used to have its productions at the Taft, but the Taft is apparently not good enough for them. Oh, and Memorial Hall sees almost no use. Ovation uses the black box at the Arnonoff. That wasn't actually going to be a theatre, it was going to be a conference room, but they decided to make it a theatre at the last minute
May 18, 200817 yr ^To add on to that, I received an email a couple of days ago from Give Back Cincinnati (I believe) about organizing a bunch of people to work towards restoring the Emery Theatre. I don't think it has seen its last day quite yet...especially with the continued success of the nearby theatres (Know, Ensemble - which is expanding, and one other I can't think of right now) wishing to create more of a off-Broadway type district.
June 13, 200817 yr Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati: '08-'09 Season http://www.urbancincy.com/2008/06/ensemble-theatre-cincinnati-08-09.html
June 24, 200816 yr Contemporary Arts Center: ’08-’09 Exhibition Season http://www.urbancincy.com/2008/06/contemporary-arts-center-08-09.html
July 14, 200816 yr Know Theatre - What's the Point?! http://www.urbancincy.com/2008/07/know-theatre-whats-point.html
August 7, 200816 yr Cincinnati Art Museum considers Wyoming site http://communitypress.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080807/NEWS/808070365
August 7, 200816 yr I would love to see this at the Banks or at Broadway Commons. Something along the lines of Milwaukee's. I know its a pipe dream, but hey I can dream
August 7, 200816 yr Oh, my beloved art museum. I'm so glad we have it, but be careful what you wish for. Santiago Calatrava was a BITCH to work with and the final cost of the building was incredibly over budget. Oh, but it was worth it.
August 8, 200816 yr I would love to see this at the Banks or at Broadway Commons. Something along the lines of Milwaukee's. I know its a pipe dream, but hey I can dream. With something like this I would think it would be best to attempt to expand the appeal of the museum to areas of the region who might currently not partake. Something in Butler or Warren county (along I-75) would do that by drawing on the middle of the ever emerging Cincinnati-Dayton metroplex. With that said, I don't think Wyoming is a bad choice at all.
August 8, 200816 yr I went to a lecture at the art museum recently, and besides outlining in detail the plans for the expansion (wow is about all I can say...), they are planning to have 4-5 off site community centers to hold some of the art so that the community can get to see more of the amazing art that the CAM has, but does not have space to display, and to try to branch out and form bonds in the community. I think Wyoming is a great choice to start out with because the residents of that community are so community driven and involved in the day to day workings of their schools, parks, and neighborhood as a whole. Also, the proposed building is very nice and would complement the art nicely, and the community is very pedestrian oriented, so many people could walk to see the art. Other places that I think would be good to place the art: Kennedy Heights art center, Clifton Cultural Arts center, somewhere in Covington (maybe the Carnegie or near it), Oxford, Hamilton, and maybe even Lawrenceburg, Indiana to try to draw some of the gamblers into checking out the arts scene in Cincy (though I think this may be a stretch...)
August 8, 200816 yr The other benefit of Wyoming is that they have money and will help fund these fantastic ideas.
August 8, 200816 yr Well if the current temporary show is any indication, the Cincinnati Art Museum in fact does not have a ton of good stuff sitting in the basement. Instead, it has a bunch of third-rate stuff by major artists in cheesy 1960's frames. Honestly instead of this building campaign I wish they would put the money instead into acquiring some good pieces so they could put a lot of the junk they have on permanent display in the basement! Good thing for the Miro mural and the Andy Warhol print of Pete Rose or else there's hardly be anything unique about the 20th century collection.
August 8, 200816 yr I'd like to ask the current curator of the CAM if he shares the same (J Meck's) sentiments regarding our collections. I for one (a lowely peasant hardly worthy of posting anywhere on this elitist site) remember visiting the Tate Moderne in London several years back and remarking that several of their permanent works had similar counterparts at the CAM. Can I recite them by name and remember the artists? Nope. But I can tell you we have a respectable collection. I have always wondered if maybe the popularity or notoriety of a work of art is also based upon where it is permanently displayed. " If it's in the MOMA it must be a masterpiece unlike that similar piece of shit over at the CAM". Just airing my opinion cause I'm getting a little peaved at the Cincy cintingency that proports to support our City and region but also rips it apart with the same breath. I'm afraid a neutral onlooker might take the bashing a little more serious. I'm certainly not saying that the CAM is the best on the Planet Earth, but it is a local treasure that deservse more respect. MY guess we have more than a few pieces worth looking at. I know I have always really enjoyed it and I took an art history class or two in college. Now.... Off with my head!!!!!!!!!
August 8, 200816 yr ^Nothing wrong with that, I think the CAM is a wonderful community asset and consider it to be one of the best art museums I've ever been to.
August 8, 200816 yr The CAM has pieces by Chagall, Van Gogh, Monet, Manet, Warhol, Miro, Picasso, Chiully, and many more very famous artists. It's a very high quality institution that has the largest collection in the state.
August 9, 200816 yr >Can I recite them by name and remember the artists? Nope Probably Mark Rothko would be the most obvious. >Just airing my opinion cause I'm getting a little peaved at the Cincy cintingency that proports to support our City and region but also rips it apart with the same breath. I like the art museum's building and its location and that it's free but nobody should think that it's a leading art museum. If the Tafts had donated their collection to the Cincinnati Art Museum it would have helped, but there's just no excuse for the weak 20th century collection and hardly any photography. I believe museums like this can draw a lot of strength out of having work commissioned by artists, that's why the Pete Rose piece and the curved Miro mural are great. Way better than just having token pieces, which is what everything else in the 20th century rooms are. Things come up for auction all the time that could help round out the collection. >similar piece of sh!t over at the CAM". Well the Museum of Modern Art is without question the dominant institution housing 20th century art in the world. They typically have 5-15 pieces by major 20th century artists, not just one, and have many of the most important individual pieces.
August 9, 200816 yr In Ohio, I'd say the Toledo Museum of Art is stronger on 20C than the CAM - and the building is probably nicer too. The strength of the CAM is from the late 19C wealth, while the TMA is from wealth in the first half of the 20C. I imagine the unseen stuff is focused on pre-20C - which I'm okay with especially if you're sending to Mason or wherever.
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