Arts Section :: Page 93

• Studio art tour helps promote town’s renown

  By Megan BachmanNovember 22, 2012

  

  The Yellow Springs Artist Studio Tour was held this year on Oct. 20 and Oct. 21 and featured 27 artists spread across eight studios in and around the village.

• Art & Soul showcases local treasures

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Yellow Springs holiday shopping season begins in earnest this weekend at a new art fair, Art & Soul, where villagers and visitors can find unique handcrafted gifts made by local and out-of-town artists.

• A whimsical rebirth for trash

  By Jeff Simons

  

  Local artist Sondy Kai will display at the opening of her exhibit, “Reincarnated: The New Forever Life of Plastic.” Her show, which runs through Dec. 9, features an array of colorful and bizarre looking “creatures” composed of post-consumer plastic trash.

• Reed quintet delights students

  By Megan BachmanNovember 21, 2012

  Members of the Amsterdam-based reed quintet Calefax treated Mills Lawn students to a music workshop on Monday.

• Council moves on public art

  By Lauren HeatonNovember 15, 2012

  Village Council members discussed the first draft of its first ever public art policy at their meeting Monday, Nov. 5. The policy, drafted by Village Manager Laura Curliss, covers the principles and procedures the Village will use to accept both permanent and temporary installations of art in Village-owned spaces.

• Juried art fair debuts this weekend

  By Megan BachmanNovember 14, 2012

  

  The Yellow Springs holiday shopping season begins in earnest this weekend at a new art fair, Art & Soul, where villagers and visitors can find unique handcrafted gifts made by local and out-of-town artists.

• Reincarnated: The New Forever Life of Plastic

  By Jeff SimonsNovember 13, 2012

  

  Local artist Sondi Kai will host an opening reception for her exhibit, “Reincarnated: The New Forever Life of Plastic,” at the Yellow Springs Arts Council Gallery (YSAC) on Friday, November 16, from 6 – 9 pm. Ms. Kai will also lead an Artist Talk on December 8 (5-6:30pm) to close her show.

• Ohio premiere of ‘Sparkle’

  By Lauren HeatonNovember 8, 2012

  To be a dancer with an African-American dance company in the Midwest is not your everyday occupation. To also be 49 and still performing with that company is astonishing. To have suffered a critical injury and attempt to come back at that age, with that company, is the gripping story of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company’s Sheri “Sparkle” Williams. A short film, “Sparkle,” by local filmmakers Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar, will have its Ohio premiere in Dayton this week.

• Comedy, satire and the absurd in 10-min. bits

  By Jeff SimonsNovember 1, 2012

  Ann Boleyn, fleeting dreams, Russian gangsters, and a touch of Monty Python will be on stage this weekend at the First Presbyterian Church.

• Yellow Springs Artists Studio Tour — Art and the artist on display

  By Megan BachmanOctober 18, 2012

  

  The once-a-year chance to peek inside a local artist’s studio and discover their process draws some of the biggest art-loving crowds to Yellow Springs each October.