Ohio Citizens for the Arts

Ohio Citizens for the Arts has posted an Action Alert relating to arts funding in the state.

For more information and what you can do to help see the following link: http://capwiz.com/artsusa/oh/issues/alert/?alertid=13602136&queueid=%5Bcapwiz%3Aqueue_id%5D

One Great Idea

Hopefully many of you are already aware of The Athena Art Society. They've been promoting women and their artistic endeavors for over one hundred years. Their latest project called the "Mona Project" is one great idea. This fundraising project, finally something other than an art auction, consists of members personal interpretations of the Mona Lisa.

They have printed wonderful, unique cards, purchased in packs of 8 or one at a time and can be found in various places around town. I've included just these three images, there are many more great interpretations. We have them and I believe the American Gallery, also in Sylvania, has them as well. If you're looking for a truly hip card to send to a friend look for these, and, you'll be supporting a local group of women artists!

Tamara Monk Exhibit

We've decided to extend the Tamara Monk exhibit for another week. If you've not yet had time to see this work now's your chance. The reaction to the show has been amazing thus far. There have been so many personal connections such as "I know right where that is", or "that's where I launch my canoe".

The show will stay up through the end of the first week in May. The Toledo Blade's outdoor editor Steve Pollick wrote a very nice article about the show, as always it's a good read from him.

Labino on Loan

We're excited to announce our loan of a Dominick Labino glass panel to The National Glass Centre in Sunderland, England as part of an upcoming exhibit titled Space - Time. This wonderful exhibit will draw together works that reflect upon applications of astronomical observations and the role of time in our everyday lives, memory and future.


Included in the exhibit are:

Heike Brachlow - Bill Drummond - Steven Pippin

William S Burroughs - Tehching Hsieh - Ginny Reed

Vaclav Cigler - Dominick Labino - Kiki Smith

Keith Cummings - Liliane Lijn

April 6 - September 6, 2009

A Nice Little Break

Parkwood Gallery - Carol Imes-Luscombe, Jill Kelly, and Julie Madden

January 26 - March 6

I've been meaning to post something about the recent opening at Parkwood Gallery since the reception. Not so much an opinion of the work, which was mostly but not completely favorable, but the evening itself. Any of you who were there can attest to this. It was a very nice event. With so much economic doom and gloom day in and day out on the TV and radio news this artist reception was pure social bliss by comparison. The constant reminder of all our collective financial woes melted away as the evening progressed. It was a simple evening of art and conversation. It took nearly 45 minutes to move ten feet inside the door. Just because there were so many happy, smiling people to talk to. Some we've not seen in many cold months and others we see often. It was such a pleasure spending this time talking about the work in the show, recent travels, upcoming events, family, new completed work, new planned work, day to day life and studio stuff etc.

Thank you Carol, thank you Jill and thank you Julie for all your efforts. Your hard work and devotion to your craft pays dividends to us all. And, in so many ways.