Columbo Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 ‘User fee’ on ticket sales would benefit Columbus arts groups Hoping to provide long-term stability for arts organizations in Columbus, the Greater Columbus Arts Council will soon ask the city council to approve a “user fee” on certain ticket sales and also request funding from Franklin County. GCAC President Tom Katzenmeyer said the plan could generate between $15 million and $20 million a year, most of which would go back to the dozens of artists and organizations that GCAC supports. ( . . . ) Katzenmeyer said the GCAC will brief council members about the proposal in a meeting next week. If the council approves the plan, a charge of between 3 and 8 percent would be added to all tickets to arts, cultural, entertainment and professional sporting events within the city limits. That would include events at Nationwide Arena, Value City Arena and Ohio Stadium — except for collegiate and high-school sporting events. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20180126/user-fee-on-ticket-sales-would-benefit-columbus-arts-groups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Convention center’s ‘As We Are’ statue gaining attention, visitors By Marla Matzer Rose, The Columbus Dispatch Updated: February 9, 2018 at 7:22 AM It may not have the iconic status of Chicago’s “Bean,” but Matthew Mohr’s “As We Are” sculpture at the Greater Columbus Convention Center is getting plenty of recognition. Since it was unveiled six months ago, capping the center’s $140 million renovation, the interactive, three-dimensional LED sculpture of a human head has garnered national, and even international, attention in the media and from other cities seeking a similar work from Mohr, a professor at the Columbus College of Art & Design. The sculpture, within the center and visible from High Street near E. Goodale Street, includes a sort of high tech “selfie booth” that allows visitors to have their image taken and projected on the 14-foot sculpture. After displaying the new image, the photo is stored and becomes part of a rotation of images displayed. As of late January, more than 10,000 people had added their photos to the database. It’s been featured on CNN and the Huffington Post and in trade publications serving the convention and visitor industry. ... “I’m getting contacted literally on a daily basis,” Mohr said. “I’ve been offered to bring it to Barcelona for a TV show. I’ve been contacted from people in China, Japan ... I was asked to do a TED talk in Vancouver." Mohr has also been contacted about possibly doing a smaller-scale version of “As We Are” to be featured as part of a temporary “pop-up” installation in New York’s Times Square. One thing Mohr won’t do is make a literal copy of “As We Are.” He promised the Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority, which controls the convention center, an exclusive. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180209/convention-centers-as-we-are-statue-gaining-attention-visitors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 Lots more photos of ‘As We Are’ (aka 'The Big Head sculpture') from their instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/as__we__are/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180309/hamilton-spurs-sellout-of-season-passes-for-broadway-in-columbus The 16,000 season passes for Broadway in Columbus sold out for the first time ever Thursday, leaving only about half of the seats available for single-show sales for the Broadway hit’s three-week stop at the Ohio Theatre. Across 24 shows between Jan. 29 and Feb. 17, 2019, about 66,000 people will see “Hamilton” in Columbus. About 33,000 tickets will be released for single-show sales at a yet-to-be-announced date. Tickets to “Hamilton” in Columbus already have popped up on the secondary market under skyrocketing prices. The cheapest available on ticketnetwork.com as of Friday morning was $423 each to sit in the balcony. After that, tickets jump to more than $600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkandStormy Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 ^They won't be that expensive when they go on sale to the public. Very Stable Genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Story of Percy King - former football player who played safety at Ohio State in the late 90's and briefly in the NFL - who is now an artist in Columbus who creates large-scale 3-D wood portraits with something he calls the ‘Shaolin Wood Technique’: http://www.columbusalive.com/entertainment/20170726/arts-feature-former-osu-footballer-carving-out-spot-in-arts-community Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 After nationally-known artist Aminah Robinson died in 2015, her will named the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) as the beneficiary of her public works of art. This includes works that are displayed in the Hammond Harkins Gallery in Columbus and the American Contemporary Art in New York City. It also includes her longtime home on the city’s East Side. After she died, CMA brought specialists into the home to help with documenting all that she left behind - known for her prolific output, Robinson used almost every room in the house as a studio and filled journal after journal with her writings and illustrations - then they began moving items to the museum for storage. Meanwhile, a community advisory group was formed to come up with a plan for the house - CMA is leaning toward establishing it as an artists’ residency. CMA also hopes to hold a major exhibition of Robinson’s work in 2020 with the working title of "Aminah’s House": http://www.columbusmonthly.com/lifestyle/20170707/arts-story-behind-aminah-robinsons-gift-of-life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 Profile from WOSU Radio about public art in Columbus: http://radio.wosu.org/post/how-columbus-rethinking-its-approach-public-art#stream/0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 https://www.columbusunderground.com/sherri-geldin-stepping-down-from-wexner-center-after-25-years The Wexner Center for the Arts announced that Director Sherri Geldin will be stepping down from her role at the end of 2018, following 25 years of service in the position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Stev Guyer, founder of local theatrical group Shadowbox Live, passed away in March at the age of 63 after a battle with cancer. Earlier this year, Guyer stepped away from his duties as CEO and President of the group following surgery. Members of the Shadowbox troupe assumed Stev Guyer’s leadership roles at that time and will continue to operate this arts group that he founded in 1989: https://www.columbusunderground.com/shadowbox-live-founder-stev-guyer-has-died-we1 https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/03/30/shadowbox-live-continues-on-after-death-of-co.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Columbus ticket tax proposal cut to 5%, with Nationwide Arena funding its own improvements and Ohio State kicking in $1M a year Columbus City Council unveiled a revised proposal to fund arts organizations with a lower tax on tickets to many events held in the city. And as a bonus, Ohio State has pledged $1 million a year to help sustain the arts citywide. The new plan cuts the proposed levy from 7 percent – which would have been the second-highest in the state – to 5 percent. The old plan would have sent 30 percent of the tax revenue to Nationwide Arena, which was a sticking point for many. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/11/27/columbus-ticket-tax-proposal-cut-to-5-with.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Wexner Center for the Arts finds new director in New York The Wexner Center for the Arts has named Johanna Burton its new director. Burton is the Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Engagement at the New Museum in NYC. ... Burton will start in March. She replaces Sherri Geldin, who spent 25 years at the Wexner Center for the Arts. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/11/28/wexner-center-for-the-arts-finds-new-director-in.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Ticket tax passed by City Council; rate set at 5% with exemptions The controversial ticket tax saga is coming to an end, for now. Late Monday night, Columbus City Council voted to enact a 5 percent admissions fee on arts and cultural events in the city, with several exemptions: Events that charge less than $10. Events in venues with 400 seats or less. Events put on by 501(c) nonprofits that don't receive funding from the Greater Columbus Arts Council. Fundraising events by GCAC-backed entities. Events by public and private educational institutions, and sporting events sponsored by the NCAA, including at Ohio State University (OSU will contribute $1 million a year to the new arts fund) A separate 5 percent tax on events at Nationwide Arena also passed council, setting up a fund dedicated to repairs and maintenance at the publicly owned venue. ... The taxes weren't approved without a fight. Several opponents stayed until late in the long-running meeting to tell council members what they thought, while organizers of a group opposing the taxes promised a ballot initiative to overturn them. Some previous opponents of the taxes have come around to support it, however. The All American Quarter Horse Congress, one of the city's largest annual gatherings, dropped its opposition after council exempted the nonprofit. The Columbus Blue Jackets also reversed its opposition. And Jim Lorimer, co-founder of the Arnold Sports Festival, said he could support the tax once it was dropped to 5 percent. ... The taxes won’t go into effect until July 1. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/12/11/ticket-tax-passed-by-city-council-rate-set-at-5.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 CATCO (aka Contemporary American Theatre Company) will be getting a new leader in 2020: CATCO Director Steven C. Anderson to Retire at End of 2019-20 Season Steven C. Anderson, one of Central Ohio’s longtime arts leaders and the producing director of CATCO, announced he will retire at the end of the 2019-20 theatre season on June 30, 2020. Since 1978, Anderson has been a leader in Columbus’ arts scene, working as the director of education and associate producing director at Players Theatre and later founding The Phoenix Theatre for Children in 1993. He was tapped to lead the merged theatre organization of CATCO and Phoenix — later renamed CATCO is Kids — in 2010. ( . . . ) CATCO board members and community arts leaders will begin a nationwide search for Anderson’s replacement. That announcement is expected in early 2020. MORE: https://www.columbusunderground.com/catco-director-steven-c-anderson-to-retire-at-end-of-2019-20-season-tm1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 Created to save the Ohio Theatre, a vibrant CAPA turns 50 Time was up for the Loew’s Ohio Theatre. On May 23, 1969, efforts to save the historic Downtown theater from the wrecking ball had failed. The group of four who had been negotiating to save it trudged dejectedly downstairs from a second-floor theater office. It was 6 p.m., time for the public “tag sale” that would strip the 1928 Spanish Baroque-style theater of its fixtures and furnishings — seats, chandeliers, everything. Outside, people were lined up and getting impatient. “The press was waiting in the lobby, and we came down the stairs with the intention of announcing there was no deal and the Ohio Theatre would be torn down,” said Scott Whitlock, one of the four negotiators. “We were one step from the bottom, and a voice called down from above, `We have another idea, come back up.’” Twenty minutes later, three men who controlled the fixtures in the building agreed to sell to the negotiators, who two days earlier had founded an organization called the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts after securing an option to buy the theater— something that would be worthless if it was stripped bare. The cranky crowd went home empty-handed. Nearly 50 years later, CAPA owns two historic Downtown theaters in addition to the Ohio — the Southern Theatre (opened in 1896) and the Palace Theatre (1926) — and it manages seven others. The group arguably saved several of the city’s premier arts organizations from bankruptcy and helped lead Downtown’s resurgence. “It’s hard to imagine what the arts scene would look like in Columbus without CAPA, and Downtown certainly would look very different,” said Chad Whittington, CAPA’s president and CEO. CAPA is marking its golden anniversary with a series of special events, beginning with a free organ concert and singalong in the Ohio Theatre, replicating the event that was to be part of the venue’s “final performance” in 1969. MORE: https://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20190315/created-to-save-ohio-theatre-vibrant-capa-turns-50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted April 10, 2019 Share Posted April 10, 2019 ^ I just love that story about the saving of the wonderful Ohio Theatre and the de facto creation of Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (aka CAPA). If you can't view it at the Dispatch link, the full article is also available at the Dispatch-owned ThisWeekNews site linked below. It's definitely worth a read - plus there is a 44-image slideshow of historical images of the Ohio Theatre (plus a couple images of the Old Columbus City Hall - which was on the Ohio Theatre site at 55 E. State Street until it burned down in 1921!) https://www.thisweeknews.com/entertainmentlife/20190315/created-to-save-ohio-theatre-vibrant-capa-turns-50 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted May 3, 2019 Share Posted May 3, 2019 https://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20190503/billboard-art-goes-to-dogs-as-artpop-street-gallery-returns-to-columbus-for-year-three The third annual ArtPop CBus Street Gallery begins with a billboard installation at Westerville Road and Oakland Park Avenue in north Columbus of the Instagram Dogs of Columbus. This is the first of five works commissioned and funded by the Greater Columbus Arts Council for 2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 The 30,000 square foot Otherworld installation in a former big box store located nine miles east of downtown, off I-70 at Brice Road, is now open. For the month of June, Otherworld will be open every weekend, Friday thru Sunday. https://otherworldohio.com/ https://www.columbusnavigator.com/otherworld-columbus-open/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES $2.1M IN ARTS SUPPORT — LARGEST AMOUNT IN 75-YEAR HISTORY 60 arts organizations received a total of $1,195,936 from the non-profit Columbus Foundation for 2019 (see full list at the link). In addition, seven organizations received a combined total of more than $800,000 as participants in the Columbus Foundation’s Big Explore, a community-wide celebration on December 29, 2018 that celebrated the Foundation's 75th anniversary by offering free admission to these locations. More than 55,000 people attended one or more of the attractions and attendance records were broken multiple venues. Additional arts grants include $100,000 to Harmony Project, to help build out its administrative infrastructure and community concerts and $50,000 to Experience Columbus, to support the hiring of local artists for the upcoming American Society of Association Executives conference. https://columbusfoundation.org/news-reports/news/columbus-foundation-announces-21m-in-arts-support-largest-amount-in-75-year-history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 A pair of downtown's more humble buildings received murals to dress up some blank walls. Here's the first one at 225 E. Spring Street. The creation of this mural was documented at the instagram account - https://www.instagram.com/springstmural/ Here is the building before the mural was painted: Larger versions of these photos and additional photos of the Spring on Spring mural are available at https://www.instagram.com/springstmural/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 The other downtown mural was recently completed at the Faith Mission's shelter at 245 N. Grant Avenue. This mural's creation was documented by CU and NBC4: https://www.columbusunderground.com/community-project-gives-hope-at-faith-mission-tm1 https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/check-out-the-new-hope-mural-at-faith-mission/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 https://www.columbusalive.com/entertainmentlife/20190711/capa-reflects-on-50-years-in-performing-arts-scene Another article about the 50th anniversary of the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA). CAPA was originally formed as simply a vehicle to save the wonderful Ohio Theatre downtown in 1969. But over the next 50 years, CAPA has grown to own two other historic downtown theaters — the Southern (opened in 1896) and the Palace (1926) — and to also manage seven performing arts organizations in Columbus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 CAPA isn't the only major arts organization in Columbus that is celebrating a prominent anniversary. The Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) is celebrating its 140th anniversary this year: https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190204/ccad-celebrates-schools-140-years-at-center-of-columbus-culture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 On 1/30/2018 at 3:03 PM, Columbo said: ‘User fee’ on ticket sales would benefit Columbus arts groups Hoping to provide long-term stability for arts organizations in Columbus, the Greater Columbus Arts Council will soon ask the city council to approve a “user fee” on certain ticket sales and also request funding from Franklin County. GCAC President Tom Katzenmeyer said the plan could generate between $15 million and $20 million a year, most of which would go back to the dozens of artists and organizations that GCAC supports. ( . . . ) Katzenmeyer said the GCAC will brief council members about the proposal in a meeting next week. If the council approves the plan, a charge of between 3 and 8 percent would be added to all tickets to arts, cultural, entertainment and professional sporting events within the city limits. That would include events at Nationwide Arena, Value City Arena and Ohio Stadium — except for collegiate and high-school sporting events. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20180126/user-fee-on-ticket-sales-would-benefit-columbus-arts-groups Opponents of this user fee on certain tickets to support local arts organizations - which was passed by City Council in January 2019 and enacted on July 1, 2019 - fell short of the required number of valid signatures to get a charter amendment on the ballot: https://www.columbusunderground.com/ticket-tax-opposition-group-falls-short-on-signatures-for-ballot-measure-ls1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 Arts Council moves into new downtown building featuring community gallery Were it not for the ongoing pandemic, the first-floor gallery at Greater Columbus Arts Council's new office would likely be buzzing with patrons taking in its inaugural exhibit last summer. That's one of the reasons the Arts Council, led by CEO Tom Katzenmeyer, decided to move from its relatively unaccessible space on the 22nd floor of Chase Tower into its new office at 182 E. Long Street. The new space allowed GCAC to open a community gallery where people could walk in from off the street. The building near the intersection of North Fourth Street and East Long Street will show work year-round. GCAC has a long-term lease at the building, which is owned by Connect Realty. Connect founder Brad DeHays is also renovating a larger neighboring building at the corner of Fourth & Long. The 8,100-square-foot GCAC space is the former site of the Winders Motor Sales Co., built in 1916. The outside of the building was covered in murals erected during last summer's social unrest downtown. They were part of the Art Unites CBus program that the GCAC sponsored. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/07/15/arts-council-new-headquarters.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 'Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit Columbus' venue announced "Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit Columbus" will be presented in a newly renovated venue at 940 Polaris Parkway. The location of the exhibit had been kept under wraps until the announcement on Thursday. The exhibit, which will begin October 28 and run through January 2, will feature 500,000-cubic-feet of projections animating Vincent van Gogh's post-impressionist work, and allow visitors to wander through various images. MORE: https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/2021/10/07/immersive-van-gogh-exhibit-columbus-lighthouse-artspace/6038581001/ The location for this Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit is at the newly formed Lighthouse ArtSpace Columbus. It is located at 940 Polaris Parkway in a renovated two-story former Frontroom Furnishings store located just northwest of the Polaris Mall. Seems like this Lighthouse ArtSpace venue is a far north version of the Otherworld venue located on the far east side. More about the exhibit and the venue at https://www.columbusvangogh.com/the-venue/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Vincent van Gogh featured in two major exhibits at Columbus Museum of Art and at Polaris' Lighthouse ArtSpace The creator of “The Starry Night,” “Sunflowers,” “Irises” and many more paintings will take center stage this fall in two very different art exhibits in Columbus. Vincent van Gogh, the brilliant but tortured post-impressionist painter, will be celebrated along with his contemporary artists in “Through Vincent’s Eyes: Van Gogh and His Sources,” an exhibit of more than 150 works opening Nov. 12 at the Columbus Museum of Art. Before that, on Oct. 28, “Immersive Van Gogh,” the popular touring exhibit of projected van Gogh images, will begin a two-month run at the Lighthouse ArtSpace on Polaris Parkway. MORE: https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/arts/2021/10/24/vincent-van-gogh-exhibits-columbus-museum-art-polaris-lighthouse/8449044002/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Photo gallery of the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit Columbus: https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/2021/11/04/immersive-van-gogh-exhibit-columbus-stunning-visual-experience/8549438002/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 On 6/3/2019 at 11:45 AM, Columbo said: The 30,000 square foot Otherworld installation in a former big box store located nine miles east of downtown, off I-70 at Brice Road, is now open. For the month of June, Otherworld will be open every weekend, Friday thru Sunday. https://otherworldohio.com/ https://www.columbusnavigator.com/otherworld-columbus-open/ Otherworld to expand, add 2,000-person music venue Otherworld, the immersive art and technology installation that opened on the East Side in 2019, has announced plans to expand. In a Facebook post, Otherworld said it would break ground on an additional 26,000 square feet next door to its facility at 5819 Chantry Drive, bringing the exhibit space to 58,000 square feet, slightly larger than the new wing at the Columbus Museum of Art. A 2,000-person, art and tech-infused music venue is part of the expansion plans. The music venue should make Otherworld an even bigger player in the Columbus concert scene as live shows return to indoor settings. MORE: https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2021/03/05/otherworld-expand-add-2-000-person-music-venue/4592731001/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrnyc Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 o geez -- the immersive van gogh video screening exhibits are really raking it in around the country. i am very surprized by this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columbo Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Another famous paintings tour is coming to Columbus. Reproductions of Michelangelo’s famous frescos from the Sistine Chapel will be displayed at the Convention Center starting December 22. “Michelangelo — A Different View” began touring in Cologne, Germany, in 2016 and has gone on display throughout Europe, Australia and the United States. The exhibit runs Dec. 22 to Jan. 23 in the Greater Columbus Convention Center, 400 N. High St. (Closed Christmas Eve, Christmas and New Year's days and Martin Luther King Jr. Day.) Tickets must be purchased in advance at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/michelangelo-a-different-view-columbus-tickets-168157972021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amped91 Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 Glad to see an update on this story. Wish its opening wasn’t still a year+ away… EXCLUSIVE: Schiff Capitol Group and Corso pick a Short North location for nonprofit art gallery “A Short North art gallery being developed by Schiff Capital Group and Corso Ventures will open in 2023. The project is in the final planning stages and will land in the Jackson building at 1137 N. High St., said Michael Schiff, principal of Schiff Capital Group. The nonprofit Local Art-Short North will include space for new artists, who will be able to display their art rent-free. The space, which currently is vacant, has floor-to-ceiling windows, which Schiff said will allow passersby on High Street to see the art. Schiff also is redeveloping the space next door at 1135 N. High Street., which used to house a fitness facility.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/01/07/short-north-arts.html 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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