Lindsay & Sherrie galleries hold a cooperative opening reception

LINDSAY GALLERY
& SHERRIE GALLERIE

Two Short North Galleries join into a Cooperative Opening
Champagne reception: Sunday, May 20, 2006, 5 -8 pm

Morris Jackson, works on paper in ink and colored pencil
at Lindsay Gallery
960 N High Street, Columbus, OH
614 291 1973
www.lindsaygallery.com

Janis Mars Wunderlich, "Family Matters", ceramic sculptures
at Sherrie Gallerie
937 N High Street
614 298 8580
email: SherrieGallerie@sbcglobal.net

Altered States of Reality Photography Exhibit at Riffe Gallery

The Ohio Art Council's Riffe Gallery is exploring altered states of reality with its latest exhibition opening May 11 and on view through July 9. Altered States will feature more than 100 works of photographic art by 12 artists from Ohio and Kentucky.

Produced by the Weston Art Gallery in Cincinnati, Altered States is co-curated by Dennis Harrington, director of the Weston Art Gallery, and Dennis Kiel, associate curator of prints, drawings and photographs for the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Participating artists include: Barry Andersen and Diane Kruer (Ft. Thomas, KY); Barbara Houghton (Alexandria, KY); Kimberly Burleigh, Jymi Bolden, Diana Duncan Holmes, Cal Kowal, Guennadi Maslov, Nancy Rexroth and David Rosenthal (Cincinnati); Shawn Scully (Columbus); and Joel Whitaker (Dayton).

Altered States opens May 11 with a reception from 5- 7 p.m. Gallery admission and events are free and open to the public.
The Riffe Gallery is located on the first floor of the Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts, on the corner of State and High streets, downtown Columbus, Ohio.

For more information, visit www.riffegallery.org, e-mail riffegallery@oac.state.oh.us or phone 614/644-9624.

Schedule a group tour with Gallery Director Mary Gray at mary.gray@oac.state.oh.us or 614/728-2239.

Image seen here: Sheep and Standing Stone, Avebury England 2002, digital pigment print, 16" x 20" artist: Barry Andersen High resolution images are available upon request. Contact Lacey Luce at lacey.luce@oac.state.oh.us or 614/387-5670.

Circleville celebrates Ted Lewis Music Festival

2006 TED LEWIS MUSIC FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF CIRCLEVILLE’S FAVORITE SON

On Sunday, May 21, Ted Lewis Park will be filled with music fans to celebrate the music and the memory of Circleville’s "Favorite Son", Ted Lewis. The Ted Lewis Music Festival will honor the bandleader, musician, vaudeville icon and film star, whose trademark battered top hat and familiar, "Is everybody happy?" captivated audiences all over the world. Festivities will begin at 12:00 p.m. and will last until approximately 5:00 p.m. The musical entertainment will feature a number of outstanding professional jazz groups, including The West End Jazz Band from Chicago, Dwight Lenox, and Andre Keller and the Sounds of Dixie. The Everts Middle School 7th Grade Choir and The Westfall High School Jazz Band will also perform, providing a link between the veteran jazz players and the young student musicians who are just now learning of the wide-ranging influence of Ted Lewis.

The Ted Lewis Museum will be offering special souvenir items for sale, including a Ted Lewis Music Festival T-Shirt, as well as top hats. Food concessions will be handled by the Pickaway Shrine Club. “We Be Clowns” will also be on hand to entertain young and old between the hours of 12:30 and 2:30 pm.

The Ted Lewis Music Festival will be held at Ted Lewis Park on North Court Street in Circleville. Admission is free and the event will be held rain or shine in the middle of the park. Picnic tables will be provided for seating, but music fans can bring lawn chairs and blankets if they wish.

For more information, contact the Ted Lewis Museum at (740) 477-3630, Charlie Jackson at 1-740-412-5281, or visit www.pickaway.com on the internet.