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Monday, November 15, 2010
Gallery project seeks to spark dialogue
Gallery 510 in Dayton and Involvement Advocacy have announced a public art initiative called the “510project” that will seek to encourage conversations of community interest between artists and audiences.
Each month, an artist will be invited to create an installation, performance or exhibition in the window of the gallery at 510 E. Fifth St. Goal is to create a conversation about the relevance of art in society, the roles of artist and audience, what it means to be a creator, viewer, participant and collaborator, and “what it means to be Dayton.”
The project grew out of a conversation between community catalyst and Blue Sky Project founder Peter Benkendorf and artist Loretta Puncer, who owns Gallery 510.
“We both felt that artists who live in Dayton have much to contribute in addressing the challenges we face as a community. They just need a viable venue to begin,” Benkendorf said.
The opening installation, Nov. 27-Dec. 3, will be “Seen/Unseen,” a media-driven performance art installation by choreographer and media artist Rodney Veal that will allow and encourage interaction. There will be a live performance from 5 to 8 p.m. Dec. 2, followed by an artist and community conversation. Video/sound collage and performance will be part of the work.
Upcoming artists will be Issa Randall of Dayton in December/January and Leigh Waltz of Miamisburg in January’February.
For more information, call Gallery 510 at (937) 672-6717 or Involvement Advocacy at (937) 732-5123
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Culture Works will have a $100,000 incentive to raise more money during its 2011 united arts fund campaign.
The local united arts fund has received a challenge grant in that amount from the Dayton Foundation.
The money comes from the foundation’s new Harry A. Toulmin Jr. and Virginia Toulmin Fund, which was established with a record $26.4 million bequest to the Dayton Foundation.
The Culture Works grant is the first of several “signature grants” from the fund to be announced by the recipient, Dayton Foundation president Michael Parks said.
“Virginia Toulmin absolutely loved the performing arts. It’s so appropriate that one of the first grants goes to help the performing arts groups of this community. She would have loved it,” he added.
“It’s exciting and an honor for us to be one of the first,” said Kathy Hollingsworth, interim president and CEO of Culture Works, which raised $1.48 million in the 2010 campaign and has struggled to reach goal in recent years. Its 36th annual drive will open Feb. 1, 2011.
The grant was awarded as part of the Dayton Foundation’s discretionary grants procedure, which takes place twice a year.
“We will have additional funds available for distribution beginning in January 2011. I would encourage area non-profit organizations to apply,” Parks said.
For more information about the fund and the grants process, go to www.daytonfoundation.org or call (937) 222-0410.
The Toulmin Fund is unrestricted, meaning the foundation can award money to any applicant its board views as worthy, Parks said
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Three area theaters are among almost 500 in the United States that will screen a special 25th anniversary concert tribute to “Les Miserables” on Wednesday, Nov. 17, marking the musical’s 25th anniversary.
Hollywood Stadium 20 at Fairfield Commons in Beavercreek, Dayton South 16 at 195 Mall Woods Drive near the Dayton Mall and Cinemark Miami Valley, 2020 Garbry Road in Piqua will all show “Les Miserables in Concert — The 25th Anniversary Event” at 7:30 p.m.
Recorded in performance at London’s O2 Theater on Oct. 3, the concert includes more than 500 actors and musicians. The longest-running musical of all time, “Les Miz” has been seen by almost 60 million people.
Tickets are $15 at theater box offices, or online at www.fathomevents.com.
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