annual community campaign

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Posted by Margy Waller on 02/25/10


Dan Hurley of WKRC Channel 12 hosts us on Newsmakers as we talk about the annual community arts celebration and campaign in 2010!


 

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Great Weekend!

Posted by Lisa Maly on 02/21/10

Thanks to everyone who came out, volunteered, and worked on our annual celebration - Sampler Weekend!

Please post your photos on our Facebook fan page here or email them to info@fineartsfund.org.

This week was the kickoff for the annual celebration and community campaign for the arts --- our city's music, dance, galleries, museums, and festivals. For the first time ever, the Fine Arts Fund - which organizes the celebration - sponsored surprise art that popped up outside Macy's downtown and in the Carew Tower arcade, as well as on buses running from downtown to Northern Kentucky and out to Anderson. Hundreds of people were amazed to see mobile galleries and dancing on buses and in unexpected downtown spots on the lunch hour.

Over the weekend, our city was filled with thousands of people visiting over 50 venues like theaters, museums, community art centers, libraries, schools, and other places, for shows and hands-on activities throughout the entire Cincinnati region. Creative things -- music, dance, storytelling, theatre, painting, and much more -- happened all over the place, from the center of the city to the suburbs.

Sampler Weekend included past favorites - Gospel Brunches, Arte Latino, and Get Smart About Art - and many new creative things. You can find a complete listing of the 130 performances, exhibits, and vibrant activities here.

On Saturday night, hundreds of people came to the Art Alive party at the CAC to celebrate the beginning of the annual community campaign. They saw the Shepard Fairey and other exhibits and were treated to several performances, including a surprise dance, the famous Splash Dance of YouTube fame.

 

 

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RSVP Today for the ArtAlive Party!

Posted by Anonymous on 02/18/10

 

The Thing to DO on Saturday, February 20! Join us at the ArtAlive party to celebrate the creative things happening all across our community.
 
The ArtAlive Celebration at the Contemporary Art Center is an evening of creative food by eatwell, music by 513 DJ, live performances from Abiyah, Margaret Russo, and pones inc., AND access to the following galleries:
 
 


Shepard Fairey: Supply and Demand

Shilpa Gupta: A Bit Closer
Marilyn Minter: Chewing Color
 
...and much, much more.

 
You also get a tote bag featuring Tina Clyburn's artwork from our 'Sharing Art' Community Competition.
 
Buy your tickets here!
 
For all the details on ArtAlive, please click here. To see all the activities that are happening during Sampler Weekend, click here.
 
 
Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 (cash only) at the door.
 
 
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Surprise Art Kicks Off Annual Community Campaign!

Posted by Margy Waller on 02/17/10

The 2010 Annual Community Campaign for the arts launched today with something new: surprises—music, painting, dancing, and storytelling—that happened all across our region.


Late last year, the Fine Arts Fund quietly invited artists to join in the fun.


Artists Pam Kravetz, Carla Lamb, and Karen Saunders organized young people from Harrison, Cincinnati, and West Chester to turn buses into mobile galleries. Inspired by the Newport Aquarium and Krohn Conservatory, they created the art in secret at the bus terminals on each side of the river. Passengers who boarded certain buses on TANK and Metro routes today shared a magical experience of color, imagination, and creativity.

On other routes during the day, members of Pones Inc., took over buses with their form of guerilla art: storytelling, movement, and song.

Meanwhile, dancers from Anaya Gypsy Dance filled the public space at the Fountain Place Macy’s with tribal belly dancing throughout the lunch hour. And people in Carew Tower’s Arcade were surprised by Liz Vosmeier accompanied by Music Director Alan Patrick Kenny singing "I'd Rather Watch You", from Adding Machine: A Musical -- the current hit show at Know Theatre.

The annual community campaign—when people all across the region contribute to support the arts—runs for ten weeks starting today and wrapping up on April 29, 2010. Last year the community invested 11 million dollars from 38,500 contributors to the campaign. Through contributions made to the annual community campaign, the Fine Arts Fund supports nearly 100 large and small arts organizations.

“Greater Cincinnati is incredibly fortunate to have so many supporters of the creative things happening in large and small ways throughout our region. The arts connect people and make our neighborhoods vibrant, benefiting us all. Our hope is that the community will contribute at the same level as last year, despite an economy that remains very challenging for many. We should all be proud of what we've created here and make sure we keep the arts all around us!” said Julie Janson, President, Duke Energy Ohio and Kentucky and Fine Arts Fund Campaign Chair.

Campaign leaders are excited about seeking new supporters for the arts. “As broad as the support is now, we know that many more people are involved in the arts and will make a donation if we ask. This year, all of those new donations will be matched by a generous grant from the Carol Ann and Ralph V. Haile, Jr./US Bank Foundation. Every dollar from a new contributor will mean 2 dollars to benefit our community through the arts, " said Mary McCullough-Hudson, President of the Fine Arts Fund.

Arts and community organizations will host many other events this week. The 24th annual Fine Arts Fund Sampler Weekend, sponsored by Macy’s, will be on February 20 & 21. And for the second year, the Friends For the Arts are hosting a party: ArtAlive, on Saturday, February 20 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Contemporary Arts Center.

For more information about the Fine Arts Fund, Sampler Weekend, and the campaign, please click here or call 513.871.2787.


Note – We will post video and photos on our site shortly.

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Join Us For the ArtAlive Party!

Posted by Lisa Maly on 02/08/10

 

The Thing to DO on Saturday, February 20! Join us at the ArtAlive party to celebrate the creative things happening all across our community.
 
The ArtAlive Celebration at the Contemporary Art Center is an evening of creative food by eatwell, music by 513 DJ, live performances from Abiyah, Margaret Russo, and pones inc., AND access to the following galleries:
 
 


Shepard Fairey: Supply and Demand

Shilpa Gupta: A Bit Closer
Marilyn Minter: Chewing Color
 
...and much, much more.

 
You also get a tote bag featuring Tina Clyburn's artwork from our 'Sharing Art' Community Competition.
 
Buy your tickets here!
 
For all the details on ArtAlive, please click here. To see all the activities that are happening during Sampler Weekend, click here.
 
 
Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 (cash only) at the door.
 
 
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