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Mary Poppins star finds her new role fits her well By Gail Martineau
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eing practically perfect in every way is a difficult job, Camille Mancuso, 11, is one of two young actresses who alternate in the role of Jane Banks. Mancuso is from the but 23-year-old Steffanie Leigh is up to the task. Leigh, a native of Talent, Ore., will blow into Blacklick area. The production of Mary Poppins has something to offer Columbus April 20 for a three-week run of Mary Poppins at the Ohio Theatre. Leigh has taken on the role of the everyone, Leigh says. “It’s a little different story that we are telling,” Leigh stern but kindhearted nanny who rocketed into history with the 1964 musical film staring Julie Andrews and says, noting that Mary Poppins is based on a book series by P.L. Travers. “She wrote about (eight) Dick Van Dyke. books or so, so they are basically a bunch of Leigh has big shoes to fill playing the vignettes about Mary Poppins. The movie magical Poppins, she says, but is learning eventscene takes some of those, and we take some a great deal from her new role. of those that the movie took and also The 2009 Carnegie Mellon Universome new ones and combine the best sity graduate grew up near Ashland, CAPA presents Mary Poppins parts of the book and the best parts of Ore., which is the home to the Oregon April 20-May 8, 2011 the movie and put it on stage.” Shakespeare Festival, one of the largest Leigh says fans of the movie won’t be professional repertory theater compaOhio Theatre disappointed. nies in the United States. She always “A Spoonful of Sugar and all the wanted to be a performer, she says. Tickets at www.capa.com other wonderful songs are still there,” “Growing up, I did a lot of sports,” she says. “There is something very excitLeigh says. “One of my coaches said I ing about singing the songs that I heard was going to burn out and that I should do Julie Andrews singing. At the same time, there something different one day a week that wasn’t are amazing, really great songs that have been written swimming. My mom put me in dance class, and I fell in (for the musical).” love. I decided to try it and that was it.” One of Leigh’s favorite songs is Anything Can Happen, Disney’s traveling performance of Mary Poppins is which comes toward the end of the show. Leigh’s first large-scale show since graduating college. “Mary takes the children up in the sky into this adventure “I am learning a lot; it is what I have wanted to do for forever,” she says. “When it’s right in front of you, doing … and it’s an amazing, huge, beautiful spectacle,” Leigh says. it is very unbelievable. I’m still digesting it that I am get- “The sentiment of the number is absolutely beautiful.” Leigh has learned a lot as Mary Poppins and can see ting to do this.” Leigh joined the cast of Mary Poppins last June as a parts of the character in herself, she says. “She comes off as a little bit of a whippersnapper, and member of the ensemble and soon became an understudy for the part of Mary. A few months ago, she was asked to she has an amazing sense of humor. You never can quite put your finger on who Mary Poppins is,” Leigh says. “She audition to be Mary Poppins and landed the role. Her first show as the official Mary Poppins was on the is an interesting character to play because of the magical stage of the Boston Opera House. She then performed at elements to her. I get to fly and pull things out of my bag. Philadelphia’s Academy of Music and is on to Columbus It’s a lot of hard work, but I get to be practically perfect for three hours every night.” cs – for her first time – from April 20 to May 8. She is excited to visit the capital city, she says, especially because one of her fellow cast members is a native. Gail Martineau is assistant editor for CityScene Magazine.
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n a recent visit to spend time with family in San Francisco, my wife and I were asked by our daughter if we could shop for groceries while she was at work. Having free time, we decided to visit a nearby grocery store to stock up on the many organic items that are staples in my daughter’s home. Since I am not the one
who shops for groceries at home in Ohio, I was oblivious to the many different versions of the same products that were available. Almost instantly, it became apparent that for every grocery item, two different versions stood side-by-side. On one part of the shelf, boxes of gluten-free corn flakes stood adjacent to corn flakes that were not gluten-free. As my eyes traversed adjoining shelves of different products, I noticed a similar pattern. One product after another had gluten-free and non-gluten-free versions. I turned to my wife and asked if this glutenfree stuff is a “California thing,” upon which I was politely informed that the grocery stores in Ohio had similarly lined shelves and that my lack of willingness to spend time shopping for groceries was a contributing factor to my naiveté regarding the latest food trends.
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Gluten-Free and Celiac Disease It appears that the emphasis on gluten-free foods began in 2003 when a study at the University of Mary-
land found that one in 133 Americans was affected with celiac disease. Celiac disease is a condition in which the lining of the intestine can become inflamed or destroyed when a person consumes products that contain gluten. This leaves the small intestine unable to absorb nutrients. Gluten is a protein that is found in grains such as wheat, barley and rye. People with celiac disease cannot tolerate gluten, and consuming it causes them symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, weight loss and fatigue. Thus, the dietary therapy for these individuals is to eliminate gluten from their diets for a lifetime and focus on foods such as fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish and eggs. The Gluten-Free Trend So strong is the gluten-free trend that sales of gluten-free products have grown from $939 million in 2006 to $2.6 billion in 2010. What was once a miniscule number of gluten-free products on the market has grown significantly to the point where it is now mainstream. General Mills, for example, claims to offer 250 gluten-free products. Only about 1 percent of the population has celiac disease, but it has become clear that these individuals are not propelling the growth of gluten-free sales. For a large number of individuals, going gluten-free is perceived to bring with it a host of healthrelated benefits. Research is clear that people who have celiac disease and who lead a gluten-free lifestyle will experience significant health benefits. But what about the benefits of going gluten-free for those who do not have celiac disease? A Healthier You? There are those who believe that a glutenfree diet will successfully treat autism in children or rheumatoid arthritis in adults. www.cityscenecolumbus.com
Fact? However, there is no proof to substantiate this claim. There are many who have taken to a gluten-free lifestyle with the claim that it promotes weight loss. Celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey have been thought to lose weight due to the elimination of gluten from the diet. However, according to the American Dietetic Association, weight loss may be the result of reducing calories and fat intake from products that contain gluten. Thus, if a person decides to eliminate muffins because they contain gluten, the resulting weight loss is the result of the elimination of calories contained in muffins. There is no research that shows that weight loss will occur if a food containing gluten is replaced with a gluten-free version of that food but the calories remain the same. Another claim made by those on glutenfree diets is the development of a sense of having increased energy. This, too, is not necessarily due to the lack of gluten consumption, but rather to a reduction in the amount and type of food consumed. The bottom line: New diets come and go. Will a gluten-free diet become fad or fact? In time, the answer will be forthcoming. cs
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hree sisters went separate ways, only to end up together again enjoying what they love: ice cream. “Vanilla goes with everything,” says Luconda Dager, 41, the fourth-generation president of the Velvet Ice Cream Company. “It caters to multiple personalities.” Joseph Dager, a Lebanese immigrant, founded the family-owned ice cream company in the basement of a Utica confectionary in 1914 when he first concocted Olde Tyme Vanilla. The recipe is now almost 100 years old. Velvet still uses it to this day, and it remains a best-seller – an impressive feat, considering Velvet now has a recipe vault of more Employees are hard at work at Ye Olde Mill, Velvet Ice Cream’s base of operations in Utica.
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than 500 flavors of ice cream. These include Buckeye Classic, a peanut butter and chocolate mix; 38-year-old Joanne Dager’s all-time favorite, Mint Chocolate Chip; and 37-year-old A n d r e Dager’s favorite, Black Raspberry Fudge Cordial. Velvet is always looking for new flavors, Luconda says. After all, she says, testing the flavors is the “fun part of the job.” In April, a new flavor called Honey Caramel Ice Cream is being rolled into stores. The flavor comes courtesy of 13-year-old Alex Grooms from Williamsburg, Ohio, who won the 2010 Velvet Ice Cream Create-A-Flavor contest. Almost as good as finding Willy Wonka’s golden ticket, Alex will sit on Velvet Ice Cream’s tasting panel for a year, have his photograph on the cartons of Honey Caramel and get free ice cream for a year. Velvet is working with Ohio beekeepers to create the ice cream, staying true to its goal to keep production and suppliers local, Luconda says. The cream the factory uses comes from Superior Dairy in Canton. The Dager sisters sifted through more than 800 flavor entries – many from adults – ranging from the conservative to the
radical, such as ice cream with honeydew chunks. “We get some out-there ideas,” Luconda says. One of the strangest flavor requests, she says, came from the 2010 Ohio State Fair: a hot dog-flavored ice cream. Andre, vice president of guest relations, oversees the tourist aspect of Ye Olde Mill, which houses an old-fashioned ice cream parlor, restaurant, gift shop and Ohio’s only ice cream museum. She says the hot dog idea made the sisters cringe. “Luckily, we were able to work with them and create a kettle corn ice cream that www.cityscenecolumbus.com
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hese six central Ohio artists are doing outstanding work in a variety of media, including graphite, monotype, pastel and oil. Their work covers a diverse set of subjects, from “carscapes” to landscapes to figures to abstract images. I believe all of these artists are creating work that merits greater attention from private collectors and museums in this region and beyond.
Eric Barth The Ohio State University, 1992 – B.F.A., Painting and Drawing Kent State University, 1986-87
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tion. ... I use a combination of soft pastels and oil pastels – generally starting with the soft pastels, and then working back and forth between the two – in addition to chalks and, as of late, a few colored pencils. Often, I will scrape the soft pastels into powder to work them into the oil easier. I work the colors mostly with my hands, often wrapping my fingers with masking tape. Lately, I’ve taken to using blending stumps for more detailed areas.
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Sophie Knee The Ohio State University, 1999 – B.F.A., Printmaking (summa cum laude) Texas Tech University, 1995 – M.F.A., Printmaking major, Drawing minor
So these are prints [mono“types], in that they are made
by applying ink to a surface, then transferring it to paper by using pressure. What they are not is reproductions. Each one exists as a unique object; none is reproducible. Double Koi Printing always begins with drawing. I draw whatever is on my mind, and that depends on where I have been and who I have been with. … I don’t see drawing as an exercise in imitating reality in two-dimensional space. I am interested in how the world is, but not in such a literal sense. Drawings always begin with ideas, and what I want in a drawing or print is to transmit an idea from my mind to the viewer’s – to evoke a feeling, to describe something that exists, to incite a spark of recognition.
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Eric Barth’s sensitive landscapes have a meditative, abstracted quality that belies his outstanding draftsmanship and command of pictorial design. He has the rare ability to capture the essence of a particular locale and yet transcend that specificity to make a broader, more spiritual statement about nature and life. His work has a palpable physicality and delight in rich gestural passages of soft pastel melded with oil pastel. His works are as much about the poetry of the artistic process itself as the subjects and the moods he evokes. Such works as Growing Back and A Silent Night Shattered capture his work in its most expressive form.
Sophie Knee’s deft fluid draftsmanship, exceptional command of the nuances of light and mastery of the “telling” gesture or line capture the tenor of her subjects. Her works are pictorially edited with finesse. She does not impart to the viewer more information than one needs to distill the essence of her subject. Her technical excellence and disciplined design ironically lend a spontaneous, snapshot-like immediacy and intimacy to her work that is unique. Such monotypes as Double Koi and Michael’s Heron are emblematic of her art.
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Tom Ward
Marc Lincewicz
Tyler School of Art, 1991 – M.F.A., Printmaking Dartmouth College, 1988 – B.A., Art History and Visual Studies
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My work is grounded in formal concepts: balance of composition, light/ dark, foreground/ background and gestural brushwork. The intention is to build a history of mark-making that represents a snapshot of a process in flux. I like to ’lock’ the composition by building up the tension between opBloom posing concepts: accidental/intentional, pattern/non-pattern, bright/dull, matte/shine, wet/dry, goopy/ watery, opaque/transparent, serious/humorous, etc. I use color to heighten the intensity of the layers and sometimes to jar the viewer. The urgency of the brushwork is intended to reveal an immediacy that is very personal and intimate, however detached the subject matter may seem – sort of like the state of the world right now.
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Tom Ward’s paintings are a synthesis of the formal structure and cadence of such elemental Abstract Expressionists as Ad Reinhardt and Hans Hofmann, who orchestrated geometric shapes within a rigorous grid that emphasizes spatial tensions with the exuberant energy of other Abstract Expressionists like Sam Francis and Joan Mitchell, who reveled in painterly, color-saturated organic forms that “dance” on the picture plane. There is a sensuous vitality in paintings such as Ebb, which evokes change, evolution and growth in juxtaposition with an underlying geometry, as in Bloom, which is perhaps a metaphor for the universal structure of nature. Ebb
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strongly influenced by two peo-ple: Lowell Tolstedt and Walter King. Tolstedt was particularly detail-oriented and King very expressive. You can find both of those styles informing my work. Out and Away Probably more importantly, both taught me to strive to find a unique, personal visual voice. Regarding the work, the images I enjoy creating tend to focus on small moments, personal memories, forgotten or not-often-thought-of places. … I have a love for texture, line and figure. … Texture and line are appealing on a purely visual level. A simple walk in the woods is a good example of experiencing or being in texture. Objects obscured at a distance slowly reveal themselves.
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Marc’s fusion of technical excellence in his rendering of forms in nature, such as trees and grasses, is exempla exemplary. Also, his nuanced command of tone to evoke atmosphere and space lends a meditative mood to his drawings, such as Out and Away, which move beyond draftsmanship to capture the poetry and mystery of nature, much like the fine British 19th century Romantic land landscape artist Samuel Palmer (1805-1881). The artist occasionally includes figures in his drawings, which have attenuated, abstracted qualities, lending a modern surreal sensibility to his works that have affinities with Alberto Giacometti and Henry Moore’s drawings and sculpture of the mid-20th century. His broad mark-making repertoire with graphite media is extraordinary. His utilization of graphite ranges from 19th century Ruskinian delight in nature’s delicate details to the enigmatic aura and spatial nuances akin to the painterly soot drawings of James Castle, the acclaimed mid-20th century Outsider artist. Marc’s work Columbiana County Barn has this quality. www.cityscenecolumbus.com
Jean Koeller Parsons School of Art and Design, 1997 – M.F.A., Painting Wright State University, 1982 – B.F.A., Painting (cum laude) Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 1981
My current body of work engages landscape. Working both “from life and memory, these ordinary, dense views redefine the boundaries of landscape and beauty. I move between experience and thought, representation and abstraction, distilling information by observation and recall. I explore, physically and psychologically, the essence of life of the interior – the “interior” of the landscape, and the interior self.
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Jean’s paintings yield a palpable sense of place with their subtle nuances of light and atmosphere. Concurrently, one admires the gestural fluidity of her vital paint handling, the emotionally resonant orchestration of colors, inventively unified compositions and, often, dynamic vantage points. Her paintings are as much about the creative and spiritual process of painting as they are the accurate representation of nature. Creek Trees is such a work. Jean’s landscapes are filtered by her experience. Nature’s seasonal changes and evolving essence as a metaphor for personal growth and regeneration are integral elements of her art. Tree Watching I epitomizes this statement.
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Joe Lombardo Bowling Green State University, 2008 – M.F.A., Painting and Drawing Columbus College of Art and Design, 2006 – B.F.A., Painting and Drawing
I thrive on the forced “immediacy of plein air
painting – working under pressure leads to unprecedented solutions. The act of painting is visible in the fresh, energetic and, at times, charmingly quick brushwork. Darby Creek … Parking lots have become emblematic of the contemporary American landscape. … A contemporary exploration of the American landscape suggests the termination of the artist as spiritual explorer. My paintings uphold tradition, yet negate it with gentle irony. The expedition has been reduced, beginning and ending within the scope of a parking lot.
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Joe Lombardo’s spontaneous orchestration of vibrant color harmonies, rich painterly brushwork and keen understanding of light lend an airy and animated, yet visceral, quality to his landscapes, such as Darby Creek. These paintings have affinities with the www.cityscenecolumbus.com
powerful painterly Impressionist landscapes of Edward Redfield (1869-1965) and George Bellows’ (1882-1925) vigorous early landscapes painted along the East and Hudson rivers in New York and Monhegan Island, Maine. His “carscapes” have the density of forms and the compact pictorial space with no horizon that captures the technology-driven “mass consumer” society in which we live. Yet the cars have quirky, almost playful, personalities that reflect their unique owners’ psyches. Some of these paintings, such as Hot Lot, have abstracted massed forms of cars, which meld into one another to create a cacophonous field of color, brushwork and light that is as much about the act of painting as the description of cars in a sun-baked parking lot.
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Timothy Keny is a contributing writer for CityScene Magazine and co-owner of Keny Galleries in German Village. cityscene • April 11 17
Above left: A reconstructed glass piece by Bill Meek sits atop the dining room table. Above: Peace, Hope and Prosperity, a bronze piece by Renate Burgyan Fackler, is in the sitting room.
I Will Not Bite My Sister by Kim Thanasiu hangs in the great room.
Left: A portrait of Hayley Savage’s dog, Rory, is at the top of the secondfloor staircase.
A Private M Art gallery owner makes her home a gallery in its own right By Garth Bishop Photography by Christa Smothers
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ver glance at the walls of an art gallery and wonder what the owner puts up on the walls of his or her home?
is one of Savage’s favorites. It’s not easy to find a recently built house with so much wall space, and it took Savage some time to find one that would accommodate her, her two children and her 30-year collection of art. “(My broker) previewed probably 100 houses, and I looked If that owner is anything like at about 80 in many different Hayley Savage, owner of Hayley towns,” Savage says. Gallery in New Albany, the walls The Spring now hangs above the of the house look a lot like the mantle in Savage’s two-story great walls of the gallery. room, the centerpiece to a house Savage’s house in the New Alfilled with all manner of artistic bany neighborhood The Reserve styles and media. The room’s sizis stocked with enough original Hayley Savage able walls and massive windows artwork to make a museum jealous. In fact, when she bought the house also highlight a surrealist painting by South seven years ago, one of the biggest factors American artist Fernando de Jesus Oliveira, working in its favor was that it had enough a.k.a. Ferjo, that Savage bought from a New wall space to accommodate The Spring by York City warehouse in 2000. It depicts sevWilliam DeBilzan, a colossal painting that eral of Ferjo’s own favorite works of art laid 18 cityscene • April 11
out in a museum of his own creation – fitting, Savage says, because her house is something of a museum of her creation, filled with the work of her favorite artists. The great room also houses Three on a Slow Road by Karen Rumora, which shows what Savage describes as a symbolic road
Gahanna artist Samantha Bennett’s painting of the Columbus skyline overlooks the great room from the second floor. www.cityscenecolumbus.com
Museum leading into the rest of the house; a reconstructed, recolored glass piece by Bill Meek that was once a standard glass table; two signed lithographs of works by well-known Russian French artist Marc Chagall; and a super-sized piece of notebook paper by Kim Thanasiu, complete with oversized pencil, upon which the words “I Will Not Bite My Sister” have been written over and over as though in punishment. Even the fireplace is a work of art – Savage commissioned Carol Phillips Whitt of Granville for the piece. Like the exhibitions at the average museum, Savage’s displays are ever-changing – she will move pieces from room to room as inspiration strikes her, stopping only when she is confident a work has truly found its “home.” “It takes a long time for a painting to find its final resting place,” she says. Though The Spring anchors the house, the first thing most visitors see is Melinda www.cityscenecolumbus.com
The Spring by William DeBilzan, displayed prominently in the great room, anchors the house. A painting by Fernando de Jesus Oliveira that overlooks the great room shows how he envisions his own personal museum – just as Savage has worked to turn her home into a museum of her own.
A happy-looking painting by Carolyn Beavers hangs in Savage’s bedroom. Pink is a central theme of the paintings in Savage’s daughter’s bedroom.
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Hall’s Two Dogs Sharing the Loot, a large painting in the sitting room that is a favorite of many guests. “When you first walk into someone’s home, what you first see makes a big impact,” Savage says. Savage describes much of the artwork in the sitting room as “quirky” and “irreverent,” including Peace, Hope and Prosperity, a bronze piece depicting fish swimming among reeds. The artist, Renate Burgyan Two Dogs Sharing the Loot by Melinda Hall Fackler, has gained some greets guests as they enter. renown in Columbus for her life-size bronze statue of Brutus Buck- Romero Britto that depicts him dancing with eye in The Ohio State University student his wife at their wedding – a painting that union. Peace, Hope and Prosperity was a gift “gets more smiles than anything else in the from Fackler specifically for Savage, who is house,” Savage says. a scuba diving enthusiast. While much of the artwork in Savage’s DeBilzan’s work also appears in the up- house speaks to her on purely an artistic stairs hallway – a piece titled On the Fruited level, some pieces have significance beyond Plain is just to the left of the stairs. The area just their artistic merits – like a secondimmediately at the top of the stairs displays floor painting of the Columbus skyline by a variety of pieces with similar colors and Samantha Bennett, a local artist who does themes – a structure of multicolored, paint- not allow amputations and scarring she sufed metal enamel; a wrought-iron piece by fered from meningitis when she was young local artist Steven Bush; a work that Savage to impede her work. initially spotted as a floor cloth at a gallery in “This is kind of an homage to the place Puerto Rico; even a jeweled, brightly colored that she cares about most,” Savage says. lamp hanging over the stairs that is a replica But some of the most personal art in the of a Tiffany lamp. Also at the top of the stairs house is in the basement. That’s where Savis a piece by internationally collected painter age keeps most of her children’s creations. Some are inspired by other pieces in the house, and some are just the products of their imaginations. Though Savage’s son and daughter are both in high school, some of the pieces in the basement were made when they were young – one by her daughter was made when she was 5, and one by her son was made when he was 2. “I love that artistic inspiration,” Savage says. “I love that they have this to fall back on.” The basement is also where Savage keeps one of the paintings that reminds her why she continues to hold an interest in art: a huge painting by Liz Bulkley-Testa. Savage A painting in the basement by Liz Bulkleyspotted it at a diner in the Short North durTesta reminds Savage of the difference ing Gallery Hop and soon learned that it she can make in local artists’ lives. was painted by one of the waitresses there. Savage bought the painting, and when she opened her gallery, she made Bulkley-Testa one of the first artists she showed there – a move that helped renew Bulkley-Testa’s interest in art. The painting reminds Savage of how she can make a difference, she says. “When I first walk out of my exercise room, the first thing I see is this painting,” City Scene she says. cs Savage’s children’s artwork is on display Jan 2011 in the basement.
Garth Bishop is editor of CityScene Magazine. www.cityscenecolumbus.com
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iles and miles of white sand, tropical fauna and clear water tinged in shades of turquoise. Is this the spot for your next vacation? It’s enticing to some people, while others prefer vibrant cities, ancient marvels and cultural discoveries. Paradise is defined as a place of extreme beauty, delight or happiness, but everyone’s personal definition is unique. What will exhilarate you? What will inspire you? Start with the activities or subjects that you find appealing. Are you more into watersports or watching sports, a starry night sky or a wild night life? Consult professionals to share their knowledge and help with cost-effective travel arrangements and time management. Consider hiring guides who speak your language, yet know and love their country and are passionate about its study. Smart planning can make an ordinary journey extraordinary. Choosing how to travel Ask yourself how active you want to be on your vacation. Jodie Shriver, a travel agent for
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Dublin-based Creative Vacations, says she has a client who recently hiked for 15 days in the Himalayas. The woman was in great shape, but still struggled with the altitude for a few days, so this wouldn’t be a trip for everyone. Laura Damas and her husband, Jan Czekajewski, have experienced the transatlantic voyage on the Queen Mary seven times. They love meeting other interesting travelers from all over the world. Laura says the trip is awe-inspiring and a bit scary when you can’t see land or know how deep the ocean is. “It gets so foggy at night, and by 9 p.m., you can’t see your hand in front of your face,” she says. “It’s eerie because the ship sounds the foghorn every 15 minutes until they are in the clear.”
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Laura and Jan decided to try the cruise because of their trouble adjusting to time changes when traveling east. Aboard ship, the clock is pushed forward one hour every night, so by the time you get to Southampton, England, you are rested and ready to go. The Queen Mary is solidly made, built specifically for transatlantic crossings. There are three levels of accommodations cityscene • April 11 21
on board: Brittania, Princess Grille and Queen’s Grille Suites. Laura and Jan usually travel on the Queen’s level, but they were once upgraded to a 2,000-squarefoot, two-level suite with three bathrooms. “We even had our own butler,” says Laura. “Now that spoiled us!” Think about why you are traveling Are you celebrating a birthday or anniversary, enjoying a family reunion, looking for adventure or seeking an education? Jan is from Poland, so many of his trips involve going to Europe to visit friends and then fitting in new places they haven’t seen yet. Dublin residents Cap and Janet Whitney have traveled halfway around the world.
One of their most memorable journeys began when they were planning their 50th wedding anniversary trip. As a history buff, Cap knew he wanted to start in the Netherlands because his uncle, Lt. Robert Graef, was killed Summer Palace of Catherine the Great there during World War St. Petersburg, Russia II, and was buried in the World War II Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial borne Unit flag, American flag and Ohio along with 8,300 other soldiers. Each grave flag by Graef’s headstone, and leave flowers there is adopted by a local Dutch family, there on their visits. “It gives us a human and Frieda Van Laar and her relatives tend connection to the sacred space of my uncle Graef’s grave. They display the 101st Air- and the other fallen soldiers,” Cap says. Cap decided that he wanted to make a pilgrimage to the cemetery in southern Holland and combine it with the celebration of his and his wife’s anniversary milestone. He and Janet started in Amsterdam, took a two-and-a-half hour train ride to Maastricht and spent the day with Van Laar
Dining Room, Summer Palace of Catherine the Great, St. Petersburg, Russia Bicycle Parking Garage, Amsterdam
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Earth from Earth Sculptor uses clay to explore the wonders of nature By Ashley Brook
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eramicist Denise Romecki is drawn to the beauty and process of nature, and she lovingly translates that into her clay sculptures. “Watching things changing or growing” holds a unique fascination for her, Romecki says.“How the shapes and images change … open up, emerge. Also, you know the decline of things, when it goes to seed. It’s interesting.” Her work is always in demand, says Teda Theis, member artist and board member at Studios on High, where Romecki shows her work. Romecki’s work is unusual because the technical demands of ceramics rarely translate to successful sculpture, Theis says. The use of clay, the very earth, is important to Romecki. It’s a natural gift from the earth, and she aims to reflect the spirit of the earth into her various series – bucking horses, forests, the female figure and animals.
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“I would easily High or the Ohio call her work spiriCraft Museum. She tual,” says Theis. also enjoys teach“That’s a lot of the ing part-time at attraction – when the Cultural Arts people come in, Center. many are drawn Romecki has to the spiritual elebeen an artist ments that her cesince childhood, ramics reflect.” sculpting first in “Everything livPlay-Doh until ing on this planet finding her love is here for balance,” of clay when she says Romecki. began her studies Inspired by her at the Columbus own garden, natural College of Art and forms and a deep Design. Originally respect for animals, planning on being she also finds inspian illustrator or a ration from Native painter, she found Spotted Venus American cultures her true calling afthat have found ways to live in balance with ter taking a ceramics class. the natural world. “It’s still exciting to open a kiln, even “I think about after all of these years of doing it,” says shamans,” Romecki Romecki. “It’s just so earthy, the fact that says, “medicine you could take this material and build, women in the Na- create an actual existing thing that is threetive American cul- dimensional.” ture.” When she Working with clay has had its ups and sculpts, she tries downs, Romecki says. “You have to respect to represent that clay as a natural material. You can do evmystical power sha- erything right and still end up with cracks mans have “rather or something exploding, or … a glaze not than being a com- behaving the way that you expected it to,” plete realistic, hu- she says. man figure,” so that It is hard not to be drawn to the delicate the true essence of and sometimes intricate faculty she possesses their being shines in her work. through. Theis agrees. “When she brings in a new R o m e c k i h a s series, I just have to have one.” been exhibiting Many are drawn to Romecki’s waves, since 1978, and Theis says; they are hard to keep in stock. Tempest her work can be Though Romecki does not classify her found at Studios on work as political, some of her pieces respond www.cityscenecolumbus.com
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Columbus Museum of Art: Shared Intelligence: American Painting and the Photograph through April 24. Fur, Fins & Feathers through June 5. www.columbus museum.org
Hayley Gallery: Childhood as it was explained to me by Derrick Hickman through Rebecca Ibel Gallery
Art Access Gallery: New Decorative Arts CenWork by Joe Lombardo and ter: Equal in Goodness: Brandt-Roberts Galleries Michael Sherman through Ohio Decorative Arts April 7. www.artaccessgallery.com 1788-1860 through June 5. www.decarts ohio.org Brandt-Roberts Galleries: Scenes of Europe by Mark Gingerich from April 1- Dublin Arts Council Gallery: All about
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Schumacher Gallery: Capital University’s Student Art Exhibition from April 8-16. www.schumachergallery.org Studios on High: Face2Face: 25 Years of Art and Community at the Columbus Cultural Arts Center from April 15-May 11. www. studiosonhigh.com Wexner Center for the Arts: Works by Nathalie Djurberg, works by Pipilotti Rist and Double Sexus by Bellmer and Louise Bourgeois through July 31. FETCH, an outdoor light piece by Erwin Redl, through May 31. www.wexarts.org
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Friscoe Composition Competition Concert – 7 p.m.
April 4-10
17th Annual Jazz & World Music Festival Air Force Band of Flight Ensemble* featured on April 8 – 8 p.m.
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University Theatre’s “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”* – times vary
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Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana”* – 7:30 p.m. Chapel Choir, Choral Union, Women’s Chorus, soloist Mark Baker and the New World Singers from the Columbus Children’s Choir
April 28
University Bands – 7:30 p.m. Wind Symphony and Symphonic Winds
April 29
Alumni Weekend Choral Concert – 8 p.m. Chapel Choir
April 30
Celebrating 53 years: Nicholas J. Perrini – 3:30 p.m. Capital University/Bexley Community Orchestra concert with guest soloists and speakers
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University’s Bexley campus (with the exception of some Jazz & World Music Festival concerts). The performances marked with an asterisk are ticketed events. For information, or to receive a monthly calendar of arts events, call 614-236-6411.
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eventscene For a comprehensive list of all other happenings around Columbus, check out www.cityscenecolumbus.com.
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CityScene spotlights what to watch, what to watch for and what not to miss! Kid-friendly performers sing about the likes of messy rooms and healthy snacks during high-energy shows that include a trash can drum set. www. capa.com My Mother’s Italian, My Father’s Jewish and I’m in Therapy! Apr. 1-2 Lincoln Theatre, Cirque De La Symphonie 769 E. Long St. CAPA presents this one-man, award-winning, off-BroadCATCO presents What the Butler Saw way show that revolves around the hilariMar. 30-Apr. 17 ous family stories of Steve Solomon. www. Studio One Theatre, Riffe Center, capa.com 77 S. High St. In this classic farce, a psychiatric clinic erupts in chaos involving the likes of mis- Columbus Symphony Orchestra taken identities, attempted seduction and presents Cirque De La Symphonie political intrigue. www.catcoistheatre.org Apr. 2, 8 p.m. Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St. The Columbus Symphony Orchestra CAPA presents The Imagination partners with acrobats, jugglers and aeriMovers alists from Cirque du Soleil for a magical Apr. 1, 3 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. night. www.columbussymphony.com Palace Theatre, 34 W. Broad St. Celtic Women
Celtic Woman Apr. 3, 2 p.m. Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St. Global phenomenon Celtic Woman returns to Columbus with its most recent live show, Songs from the Heart. www. celticwoman.com Roger Guenveur Smith’s Juan and John Apr. 7-9 Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 N. High St. This one-man show portrays the most notorious on-field fight in baseball and the unlikely friendship that ensued thereafter between Juan Marichal and John Roseboro. www.wexarts.org Jerry Seinfeld Apr. 8, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St. Jerry Seinfeld brings his stand-up comedy to Columbus. www.capa.com Columbus Jazz Orchestra presents Night at the Apollo Apr. 13-17 Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St. Celebrate careers that were launched by the Apollo Theatre, including those of Dinah Washington, Gladys Knight, James Brown and Sam Cooke. Features guest artist Marva Hicks. www.jazzarts group.org Columbus Children’s Theatre presents Cinderella Apr. 14-24 Lincoln Theatre, 769 E. Long St. The children’s theater troupe performs the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. www.colschildrenstheatre.org
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revolutionary album by Miles Davis and his nonet, on stage. Features mid-century art, design and music. www.jazzarts group.org 2011 Decorators’ Show House Apr. 30-May 22 4125 Oxford Dr., Upper Arlington The show house, featuring a total of 22 design spaces transformed by designers and landscapers, will be available for tours. The biannual fundraiser benefits the Women’s Board of the Columbus Museum of Art. www.columbusmuseum.org Arthritis Walk May 1 Westerville Sports Complex, 350 N. Cleveland Ave. The Central Ohio Arthritis Walk benefits the Arthritis Foundation. A 5K course and a 1-mile course are available. www.letsmovetogethercentralohio. kintera.org
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The Painter’s Eye
Featuring George Villiers, First Duke of Buckingham by Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Zanesville Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. & Mrs. E. M. Ayers, 1940
By Michael McEwan
W
hen we speak of the “Old Masters,” Sir Peter Paul Rubens is often near the top of the list. Rubens was a man of enormous energy and was tremendously gifted. He was internationally known, well-traveled and fluent in several languages. Thus, it is not surprising that he was also a diplomat who moved with ease between the courts of Europe. Such was the demand for his work that he had a workshop with several dozen artists working on his many large-scale commissions. These artists had drawings and other studies to work from, as well as smaller-scale painted sketches. These smaller paintings are highly prized because we know that they are from the master’s hand alone. That brings us to this wonderful piece from the Zanesville Museum of Art: George Villiers, First Duke of Buckingham. It is approximately 24 inches by 24 inches, oil on wood, circa 1628. Over a streaky, grey-toned ground – which often served as a middle tone – Rubens used fairly thin paint to rapidly draw with the brush. Typically, the range of color is not great, as in a finished painting. This stage of the process was more or less devoted to working out forms in light and dark. Not that the painting is devoid of color. The star of the painting is not the Duke, but his mighty steed. Rubens is one of the great painters of the horse, and the rich chestnut tones and the deep knowledge of the horse’s structure and movement present a virtuoso performance. The vitality 32 cityscene • April 11
Rubens could imply in anything from a horse to a piece of drapery makes him a perfect symbol of the Baroque era. As wonderful as this piece is, Rubens would be rather puzzled by the idea of exhibiting such a work. To him, this was a working study, an idea in the making – and only for him and the workshop to see. I shudder to think how many of these studies might have lit the workshop stove! The Zanesville Museum of Art has a fine collection of paintings and sculpture,
regularly featuring regional artists. It also has an excellent glass and ceramic collection, in honor of Zanesville’s long history as a center for manufacture of both products. CS Artist Michael McEwan serves as Artist-inResidence at Capital University where he also teaches painting and drawing classes. www.cityscenecolumbus.com
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