Spring Events for the Bicentennial
Columbus Bicentennial (The Arts February) This year is Columbus' Bicentennial! All year long there are special events and celebrations to mark the birth and growth of Columbus. No where is this more evident then in the art scene. Columbus often surprises visitors don't expect to find a vibrant art community right in the middle of Ohio. From our symphonies, to our renown art museum to our indie art scene and dance companies, there is a lot to be proud of in Columbus.
Finding Time: Columbus Public Art 2012 - Chimes January 1 - December 31, 2012 Trinity Episcopal Church Broad and Third Streets, Columbus Free findingtime@columbuspublicart.com www.ColumbusPublicArt.com The bells at Trinity Episcopal Church are played by hand by carillonneur Nick Tepe and - with the addition of new equipment a few years ago - can be programmed to ring mechanically. Twelve composers, ranging from contemporary masters to jazz musicians to writers of sacred and secular music, have been invited to create new pieces for the bells. Beginning with an inaugural performance of the first composition at 12:02 a.m. on January 1, 2012, and continuing with a new composition each month, these works will reinforce the overarching theme of time that weaves through all Finding Time projects. The use of the church bells recalls their history as a mode of communication, while the compositions themselves will be uniquely modern reflections of our time. The year, as well as the work of Finding Time, will conclude with the performance of the final composition in the series on December 31 at 11:59 p.m.
Composers: Sheena Phillips, Donald Harris, Sue Harshe, Vera Stanojevic, Bobby Floyd, Derek DiCenzo, Mark Flugge, Gerald Harvey, Jacob Reed, Mark Gunderson, Brian Harnetty, and Richard Smoot. Exhibit: Columbus Views Dates: September 30, 2011 - May 27, 2012 Location: Columbus Museum of Art Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursday until 8:30 p.m. Admission: Adults $10. Seniors and student 6 and older $8. Children 5 and under free. Admission is free every Sunday. Address: 480 E. Broad St., Columbus, 43215 Phone: 614-221-4848, 614-221-6801 Web: www.columbusmuseum.org Columbus Views celebrates the Bicentennial of the City of Columbus. The exhibition, drawn primarily from CMA's collection, gathers works by artists such as George Bellows, Emerson Burkhart, Edmund Kuehn, Robert Chadeayne, and others, who were compelled to translate the charms of the city's various locales and neighborhoods onto canvas. Columbus Views commemorates the Columbus Bicentennial by highlighting artistic depictions of the city. Exhibit: Columbus Cartoonists: A Bicentennial Celebration Dates: January 23 - April 27, 2012 Location: Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Hours: Monday-Sunday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Address: 27 W. 17th Ave., Columbus, 43210 Phone: 614-688-8676 Web: www.cartoons.osu.edu An extraordinary number of notable cartoonists have lived, worked or been educated in Columbus, Ohio. In honor of the two hundredth anniversary of the city's founding, this exhibition features original cartoon art and other artifacts created by many of them, including Billy Ireland, Milton Caniff, Harry J. Westerman, Eugene Craig, Doc Goodwin, Bill Crawford, Edwina Dumm, Dudley T. Fisher, James Thurber. Exhibit: 100 Years of Art: Celebrating Columbus' Legacy Dates: January 26 - April 15, 2012 Location: Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery Hours: Tuesday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday and Friday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursday 10 a.m.- 8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday noon-4 p.m. Address: 77 S. High St., Columbus, 43215 Phone: 614-644-9624 Web: www.riffegallery.org The Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery will present 100 Years of Art: Celebrating Columbus' Legacy from Jan. 26-April 15, 2012. Curated by Melissa Wolfe from the Columbus Museum of Art, 100 Years of Art serves as a tribute to Columbus' bicentennial celebration. This exhibition covers more than 100 years of artistic endeavors, including a variety of media and artistic styles, in order to present a sense of the city's arts community as it looked, changing over the years in response to both local and national artistic developments. Finding Time: Columbus Public Art 2012 - Stuart Williams: Breath of Life Dates: February 1 - March 17, 2012 Location: Exterior of COSI and Old Central High School Admission: Free Address: 333 W. Broad St., Columbus, 43215 Web: www.ColumbusPublicArt.com The facades of two historic buildings are temporarily transformed with light, making them appear to be slowly breathing as though they're in a relaxed state of Zen-like meditation. Bridging the Atlantic, this dual-city installation links Columbus and Dresden in a shared public art experience on the occasion of their 20th anniversary as sister cities, and on the Bicentennial of Columbus. Rhythmic waves of light create a visual suggestion of respiration, and make for a poetic metamorphosis of the inanimate to the animate. BalletMet, Jazz Arts Group and WOSU present Jazz Moves Columbus Dates: February 2-12, 2012 Location: Capitol Theatre, Riffe Center Hours: Feb. 2-5: Thursday 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday 8 p.m. Sunday 2 p.m. Feb. 8-12: Wednesday-Thursday 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday 8 p.m. Sunday 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Address: 77 S. High St., Columbus, 43215 Phone: 800-745-3000, 614-469-0939 Web: www.balletmet.org In conjunction with WOSU Public Media's "Columbus Neighborhoods" series, the CJO and BalletMet celebrate life in Columbus through a synthesis of music, movement and imagery. From gospel to Motown, jazz to classical ballet, Jazz Moves Columbus will commemorate the city's heritage with two of its artistic treasures. The original "Jazz Moves" won the Greater Columbus Arts Council's Artistic Excellence Award and was called "groundbreaking" by the Columbus Dispatch. Experience the multi-arts event 200 years in the making! New Albany Symphony: Portraits of a Columbus Bicentennial Dates: February 12, 2012 Location: Jeanne B. McCoy Center for the Arts Hours: Sunday 3 p.m. Admission: $12-$20 Address: 100 W. Dublin-Granville Rd., New Albany, 43054 Phone: 614-323-1237 Web: www.newalbanysymphony.com The New Albany Symphony celebrates the 200th birthday of our city in this multi-disciplinary effort featuring local photography and the quintessentially-American music of Aaron Copland. The stirring words of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address will celebrate Black History Month and President's Day, as well as celebrate the values of our city. Join us as we candidly capture Lincoln's ideals at work, set against the backdrop of everyday Columbus landmarks. C-BUS Rocks: A Bicentennial Exhibition Dates: February 18-28, 2012 Location: CS Gallery & Events Hours: Monday-Sunday 5 p.m.-midnight Address: 66 Parsons Ave., Columbus, 43215 Phone: 614-260-2021 Web: www.cobenickstudios.com This is going to be a show for every artist who is proud to live and create in Columbus! Let's help the city bring in the bicentennial with a showcase of C-bus pieces! We want to see any and all Columbus inspired pieces, please feel free to define that, anyway you want - how is Columbus an inspiration to you?! Take this as a chance to create something awesome above and beyond a skyline!! And it's not just Columbus's birthday, CLOUDHAUS is turning 2! It's going to be a 2 vs. 200 birthday bash full of shenanigans! Don't miss this show!! Get your submissions ready Columbus. Exhibit: OhioCentric Dates: February 18 - March 24, 2012 Location: OSU Urban Arts Space Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday to 8 p.m. Admission: Free Address: 50 W. Town St., Columbus, 43215 Phone: 614-292-8861 Web: www.uas.osu.edu In honor of the Columbus Bicentennial, City Center Gallery hosts its first juried exhibition: OhioCentric. City Center will transform into a showcase of artists from all over Ohio, past and present. While City Center typically focuses on the Columbus community, we are excited to include artists from all over Ohio in celebration of the capital city's 200th anniversary.
Finding Time: Columbus Public Art 2012 - Chimes January 1 - December 31, 2012 Trinity Episcopal Church Broad and Third Streets, Columbus Free findingtime@columbuspublicart.com www.ColumbusPublicArt.com The bells at Trinity Episcopal Church are played by hand by carillonneur Nick Tepe and - with the addition of new equipment a few years ago - can be programmed to ring mechanically. Twelve composers, ranging from contemporary masters to jazz musicians to writers of sacred and secular music, have been invited to create new pieces for the bells. Beginning with an inaugural performance of the first composition at 12:02 a.m. on January 1, 2012, and continuing with a new composition each month, these works will reinforce the overarching theme of time that weaves through all Finding Time projects. The use of the church bells recalls their history as a mode of communication, while the compositions themselves will be uniquely modern reflections of our time. The year, as well as the work of Finding Time, will conclude with the performance of the final composition in the series on December 31 at 11:59 p.m.
Composers: Sheena Phillips, Donald Harris, Sue Harshe, Vera Stanojevic, Bobby Floyd, Derek DiCenzo, Mark Flugge, Gerald Harvey, Jacob Reed, Mark Gunderson, Brian Harnetty, and Richard Smoot. Exhibit: Columbus Views Dates: September 30, 2011 - May 27, 2012 Location: Columbus Museum of Art Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursday until 8:30 p.m. Admission: Adults $10. Seniors and student 6 and older $8. Children 5 and under free. Admission is free every Sunday. Address: 480 E. Broad St., Columbus, 43215 Phone: 614-221-4848, 614-221-6801 Web: www.columbusmuseum.org Columbus Views celebrates the Bicentennial of the City of Columbus. The exhibition, drawn primarily from CMA's collection, gathers works by artists such as George Bellows, Emerson Burkhart, Edmund Kuehn, Robert Chadeayne, and others, who were compelled to translate the charms of the city's various locales and neighborhoods onto canvas. Columbus Views commemorates the Columbus Bicentennial by highlighting artistic depictions of the city. Exhibit: Columbus Cartoonists: A Bicentennial Celebration Dates: January 23 - April 27, 2012 Location: Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Hours: Monday-Sunday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Address: 27 W. 17th Ave., Columbus, 43210 Phone: 614-688-8676 Web: www.cartoons.osu.edu An extraordinary number of notable cartoonists have lived, worked or been educated in Columbus, Ohio. In honor of the two hundredth anniversary of the city's founding, this exhibition features original cartoon art and other artifacts created by many of them, including Billy Ireland, Milton Caniff, Harry J. Westerman, Eugene Craig, Doc Goodwin, Bill Crawford, Edwina Dumm, Dudley T. Fisher, James Thurber. Exhibit: 100 Years of Art: Celebrating Columbus' Legacy Dates: January 26 - April 15, 2012 Location: Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery Hours: Tuesday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday and Friday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursday 10 a.m.- 8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday noon-4 p.m. Address: 77 S. High St., Columbus, 43215 Phone: 614-644-9624 Web: www.riffegallery.org The Ohio Arts Council's Riffe Gallery will present 100 Years of Art: Celebrating Columbus' Legacy from Jan. 26-April 15, 2012. Curated by Melissa Wolfe from the Columbus Museum of Art, 100 Years of Art serves as a tribute to Columbus' bicentennial celebration. This exhibition covers more than 100 years of artistic endeavors, including a variety of media and artistic styles, in order to present a sense of the city's arts community as it looked, changing over the years in response to both local and national artistic developments. Finding Time: Columbus Public Art 2012 - Stuart Williams: Breath of Life Dates: February 1 - March 17, 2012 Location: Exterior of COSI and Old Central High School Admission: Free Address: 333 W. Broad St., Columbus, 43215 Web: www.ColumbusPublicArt.com The facades of two historic buildings are temporarily transformed with light, making them appear to be slowly breathing as though they're in a relaxed state of Zen-like meditation. Bridging the Atlantic, this dual-city installation links Columbus and Dresden in a shared public art experience on the occasion of their 20th anniversary as sister cities, and on the Bicentennial of Columbus. Rhythmic waves of light create a visual suggestion of respiration, and make for a poetic metamorphosis of the inanimate to the animate. BalletMet, Jazz Arts Group and WOSU present Jazz Moves Columbus Dates: February 2-12, 2012 Location: Capitol Theatre, Riffe Center Hours: Feb. 2-5: Thursday 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday 8 p.m. Sunday 2 p.m. Feb. 8-12: Wednesday-Thursday 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday 8 p.m. Sunday 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Address: 77 S. High St., Columbus, 43215 Phone: 800-745-3000, 614-469-0939 Web: www.balletmet.org In conjunction with WOSU Public Media's "Columbus Neighborhoods" series, the CJO and BalletMet celebrate life in Columbus through a synthesis of music, movement and imagery. From gospel to Motown, jazz to classical ballet, Jazz Moves Columbus will commemorate the city's heritage with two of its artistic treasures. The original "Jazz Moves" won the Greater Columbus Arts Council's Artistic Excellence Award and was called "groundbreaking" by the Columbus Dispatch. Experience the multi-arts event 200 years in the making! New Albany Symphony: Portraits of a Columbus Bicentennial Dates: February 12, 2012 Location: Jeanne B. McCoy Center for the Arts Hours: Sunday 3 p.m. Admission: $12-$20 Address: 100 W. Dublin-Granville Rd., New Albany, 43054 Phone: 614-323-1237 Web: www.newalbanysymphony.com The New Albany Symphony celebrates the 200th birthday of our city in this multi-disciplinary effort featuring local photography and the quintessentially-American music of Aaron Copland. The stirring words of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address will celebrate Black History Month and President's Day, as well as celebrate the values of our city. Join us as we candidly capture Lincoln's ideals at work, set against the backdrop of everyday Columbus landmarks. C-BUS Rocks: A Bicentennial Exhibition Dates: February 18-28, 2012 Location: CS Gallery & Events Hours: Monday-Sunday 5 p.m.-midnight Address: 66 Parsons Ave., Columbus, 43215 Phone: 614-260-2021 Web: www.cobenickstudios.com This is going to be a show for every artist who is proud to live and create in Columbus! Let's help the city bring in the bicentennial with a showcase of C-bus pieces! We want to see any and all Columbus inspired pieces, please feel free to define that, anyway you want - how is Columbus an inspiration to you?! Take this as a chance to create something awesome above and beyond a skyline!! And it's not just Columbus's birthday, CLOUDHAUS is turning 2! It's going to be a 2 vs. 200 birthday bash full of shenanigans! Don't miss this show!! Get your submissions ready Columbus. Exhibit: OhioCentric Dates: February 18 - March 24, 2012 Location: OSU Urban Arts Space Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday to 8 p.m. Admission: Free Address: 50 W. Town St., Columbus, 43215 Phone: 614-292-8861 Web: www.uas.osu.edu In honor of the Columbus Bicentennial, City Center Gallery hosts its first juried exhibition: OhioCentric. City Center will transform into a showcase of artists from all over Ohio, past and present. While City Center typically focuses on the Columbus community, we are excited to include artists from all over Ohio in celebration of the capital city's 200th anniversary.
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