Crafting has moved way beyond the sewing circle. In fact, you might even call it cool.
That makes Amy Dalrymple happy. She learned to sew at the age of eight and opened her own clothing and accessories shop, AmyD, a month ago inside Java Central in Westerville, coinciding exactly with the recycling and buying-local trends.
"It's weird, isn't it?" Dalrymple said, adding that things have changed since she started sewing in the '90s. "I always loved embroidery, and I do embroidery all the time, but I had to hide it because it wasn't cool."
Symphony will shut down for summer with future in doubt
Thursday, May 8, 2008
BY JEFFREY SHEBAN
After 57 years of music making, including a triumphant concert in New York's Carnegie Hall, the Columbus Symphony says it will shut down June 1.
Out of money and having failed to reach a new labor agreement with the musicians, the orchestra's board of trustees said today that it is canceling the summer Picnic With the Pops and Popcorn Pops series and most likely its 2008-09 season, scheduled to begin in October.
Columbus would become one of the nation's largest cities without a full-time professional orchestra.
The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery Presents a Unique Fashion-Focused Retrospective
The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery presents Kleibacker: New York Designer to Ohio Curator from May 8 through July 6, 2008.
A retrospective of curatorial and design work by nationally recognized fashion icon Charles Kleibacker, this exhibition brings together original garments, photography, illustration and memorabilia to examine Kleibacker’s long career and his contribution to the worlds of clothing design and fine art.
Before there was Project Runway, Kleibacker was taking Ohioans behind the scenes for an up-close look at the intricate world of fashion design. Over the course of two decades, he produced 11 exhibitions that informed audiences about the expert craftsmanship that goes into engineering fine clothes. He also brought attention to the many ways in which other art forms—illustration, photography and film—are used to bring clothing design into the public consciousness.
Born in Cullman, Alabama, Kleibacker earned a degree in journalism and worked as a newspaper reporter before pursuing graduate studies in retailing at New York University. A job as an assistant to the entertainer Hildegarde took him to Paris for six months in the late 1940s and introduced him to the world of couture. Determined to become a designer himself, he employed an atelier head to teach him the basics of understanding fabrics, draping and design. By 1960, he opened his KLEIBACKER studio in New York City. In 1963, he moved from a one room studio into a seven-room suite on West 73rd Street, which the KLEIBACKER label occupied until 1983.
Kleibacker first came to Columbus in 1984 as a visiting professor in the Department of Textiles and Clothing at The Ohio State University, where a year later he became designer-in-residence. Kleibacker remained at Ohio State until 1995, where his primary responsibility was to build a collection of historical clothing for the university.
As the collection grew, Kleibacker sought opportunities to raise the collection’s profile in the Columbus community and soon discovered that the best way to do this was to create exhibitions. He became a curator, developing exhibition projects both on the Ohio State campus and at other Ohio institutions to showcase the collection’s resources along with works from private and public lenders.
Kleibacker: New York Designer to Ohio Curator will include designs and memorabilia from Kleibacker’s more than 20 years as a designer in New York, as well as a comprehensive overview of the 11 fashion-focused exhibitions he curated. In addition to original garments, fashion illustration and photography this exhibition features photo documentation of scenes from the original installations of Kleibacker’s exhibitions.
Kleibacker: New York Designer to Ohio Curator opens May 8 with an exhibition tour with Charles Kleibacker from 5 – 6 p.m. and a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Kleibacker will return to the gallery May 16 to lead another tour of the exhibition from noon to 1 p.m. All events are free and open to the public.
The gallery will host a family workshop, June 8, 2-4 p.m. in the Capitol Theatre lobby on the third floor of the Riffe Center. Riffe Gallery staff will help children ages 6 – 17 design and construct an original fashion accessory. Participants will explore pattern planning, execute the design in felt and embellish it with various materials. Registration is required as space is limited, and all children must be accompanied by a registered adult. Registration begins April 17 and ends May 19. Register online at www.riffegallery.org
The Ohio Arts Council’s Riffe Gallery is located in the Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts, 77 S. High St., Columbus, OH.
Admission is free. Gallery hours are Tuesday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Saturday 12-8 p.m. and Sunday 12-4 p.m. The gallery is closed on Monday and state holidays.
Fashion show crafts couture from paper, plastic
Sunday, April 27, 2008
BY MARK NIQUETTE
To borrow a phrase, one person's trash is another person's … fashion. Children and adults participated in the "Trash Fashion Show" yesterday as part of the Earth Day 2008 events at Goodale Park.
The Fuse Factory, a Columbus organization that seeks to combine art, science and technology, collected the discarded trash and a few art supplies that participants used to create and model the "fashion."
Founder Alison Colman said the idea was to combine hands-on creativity with a recycling theme, in keeping with Earth Day activities yesterday and last week organized by Green Columbus and a coalition of area environmental groups.
Preparing for takeoff
By Brittany Kress
April 24, 2008
The energy 21 students have expended during the last nine months will explode in a show of color, shimmer and poker-faced models on Saturday. Get ready to rock.
Metal chains and beading, bright colors and sheer fabrics will mix on the runway at this year's Columbus College of Art & Design student fashion show, the result of each senior fashion design major's interpretation of the rock 'n' roll theme.
Jazz Orchestra brings New Orleans flavor
April 22, 2008
The Columbus Jazz Orchestra is bringing a special series of performances celebrating music from New Orleans to Columbus’ Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St., Columbus.
“New Orleans on Parade,” fifth in their six-show “Swingin’ at the Southern” series, will feature guest artist Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews, 22, a jazz funk/rock performer from New Orleans, also specializing in the trumpet. The show opens 8 p.m. Wednesday and runs through Sunday.
Event to focus on creative careers
Sunday, April 20, 2008
BY JEFFREY SHEBAN
Attracting young arts professionals to Columbus and building the city's creative economy will be topics at a symposium sponsored by Ohio State University.
The 2008 Barnett Symposium, starting at 9 a.m. Friday and open to the public, also will explore career issues for arts professionals; arts enterprises being developed in central Ohio; and the creative work environment.
Those experienced in the arts -- as well as those just out of school -- will be front and center.
Speakers will include Susanne Jaffe, executive director of Thurber House; Mike Reed, a central Ohio artist and founder of the Couchfire Collective of emerging visual and musical artists; Thomas B. Schorgl, president and chief executive officer of the Community Partnership for Arts & Culture; Tom Hawk, director of Hawk Galleries; and Beverly Bethge, founder and chief creative officer of Ologie, an agency that works to boost brand recognition.
WaterFire to burn anew on river
Friday, April 18, 2008
BY NANCY GILSON
For the third year -- and with an expanded schedule -- the Scioto River will be fired up this summer for nighttime entertainment. WaterFire, a string of wood-fueled bonfires in the middle of the river, will return beginning May 3 with eight events -- the first year for a "full schedule," project director Mike Collins said.
Throughout summer, WaterFire will pair with entertainment, including a Rhythm on the River performance featuring BalletMet Columbus (Aug. 29); the German Village Oktoberfest (Sept. 7); and the Riverfront Arts Festival, formerly the Goodale Park Art Festival (Sept. 20).
Columbus Arts Community Springs To Life with AGORA 2008
The Couchfire Collective has announced Agora 2008 will take place on Friday, April 18 and Saturday, April 19, 2008. Agora is the brilliant showcase of Central Ohio's art, music and community - bringing artists and art patrons together to celebrate Columbus' diverse and talented creative community.
Agora guests have the opportunity to view and purchase hundreds of works of art, wander through over fifty working artists' studios, experience performance acts and enjoy a variety of musical guests.
An exclusive preview event featuring art, a silent auction, musical acts and live performances will be held on the evening of Friday, April 18, 2008 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets are $20 pre-sale and $25 at the door. The evening will feature special guest Maryellen O'Shaughnessy, member of Columbus City Council and strong supporter of the arts in Columbus. Maryellen will be presenting awards to artists during the Preview Party. Food from local restaurants and drinks are provided.
There is a suggested entrance fee of $3 for the main event on Saturday, April 19, 2008. Doors open at 3 PM. Additional information can be found on the website.
Agora 2008 is being hosted and orchestrated by the Couchfire Collective, an innovative group of individual artists committed to furthering civic development by increasing awareness of the artistic community. The event will be co-hosted by Junctionview Studios, a multi-function warehouse where more than 50 artists and performers work, display and perform. Agora is located at Junctionview Studios, 889 Williams Avenue in Grandview Heights, Ohio.
Over 250 visiting artists, 50 artists with studios, numerous musical acts, video and performance artists have been selected and over 3,000 art patrons are expected to attend. Agora will also showcase a sampling of Columbus's best local restaurants and eateries.
Preview night musicians will include acoustic guitar master John Morgan, experimental rock by Dayton band Paego Paego, electronic musician Count Funkula, and more. Main night musicians will include progressive rockers Six Gallery, indie folk band Russenorsk, Sinkane, Amanda Heironimus, and many more. Music runs from 3pm to midnight.
Performances by Kristina Isabelle Dance Company, HighJinks, Available Light Theatre, Queen Mae and the Bells, and many others will be scattered throughout both nights of the event.
Agora 2008 marks the first Agora and largest community arts event since Columbus, Ohio was self-proclaimed the "Independent Art Capital of The World." The Columbus Independent Art Capital movement is fueled by and exists to support the exchange of ideas, attraction of speakers and art makers from around the world, and celebration of the rich arts culture tradition of Columbus. Agora 2008 will kick off the first summer of The Independent Art Capital of the World.
As apt as the title might be, Available Light Theatre's newest production, Dead City, is not a lament for Columbus' Downtown shopping mall. The celebrated play by Sheila Callaghan is, however, what's been called a "riff" on James Joyce's Ulysses, transplanted from the Dublin of June 16, 1904, to the New York of June 16, 2004.
Internet consultant, betrayed wife and mother of a dead son and a living but unfathomable daughter, Samantha Blossom is a modern-day female variation on Joyce's Leopold Bloom. Jewel Jupiter, a punk poet who worships Patti Smith and is the age Samantha's dead son would have been, corresponds to Joyce's Stephen Dedalus.
None of that hurts to know, but as director Matt Slaybaugh noted, "Rest assured that no knowledge of Ulysses is at all necessary to enjoy Dead City, in the same way that no knowledge of The Hidden Fortress is necessary to enjoy Star Wars."
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