Posted on November 1, 2007 by athenswomen
Kwanzaa Celebration Speaker: Synthia Saint James
Sunday, November 4, 2007, 6-8pm
Baker Center Ballroom
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
The featured Kwanzaa Karamu speaker is Synthia Saint James, international award-winning artist and designer of the first United States Postal Stamp for the Kwanzaa holiday.
A self-taught artist and author, Saint James has written or illustrated children’s picture books, poetry, and prose [...]
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Posted on October 18, 2007 by athenswomen
ART/Oberfest
Saturday, October 20, 5-9 pm & Sunday, October 21, 2007, 2-7 pm
ARTS/West
132 W State St, Athens, Ohio
A community celebration of the visual, performing, and culinary arts!
Both days: Visual Art from more than 20 local artists.
Saturday: On stage (Those that I know are female are in CAPS.)
5:00 LEAH MILLER – belly dancer
5:15 Rusty [...]
Filed under: Art Openings & Exhibits, Arts, Arts & Crafts, Benefit, Children, Dance, Fine Arts, Literature & Poetry, Musical Performance, Performance Art, Performing Arts, Southeastern Ohio, Spoken Word, Theater & Stage Plays, Women | Tagged: Art Festivals | No Comments »
Posted on October 13, 2007 by athenswomen
Janet Berry Hess “Spectacular Nation: Beauty, Battle, and Ghanaian Decolonization”
Part of the conference Perspectives on African Decolonization
Monday, October 15, 2007, 11 am-12:45 pm
Baker Center, Rm 240
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Free and open to the public
Perspectives on African Decolonization: 50 Years of Independence is sponsored by the African Studies Program and College of Arts and [...]
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Posted on October 6, 2007 by athenswomen
Art Opening: Women of Influence–Women Honoring Women
Saturday, October 6, 2007, 7-9 pm
Thru November 6, 10 am-4 pm (hours vary–call before coming)
The Piano Works (map)
48 W Main St, Logan, Ohio
Free
Women of Influence–Women Honoring Women is a mixed media exhibit by five area women artists. It includes art quilts, paintings, assemblages, paper dolls, altered books, and art.
Opening [...]
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Posted on October 4, 2007 by athenswomen
Art: Vivian Ripley: Light and Color
September 29 - November 4, 2007, T, W, F, Sat. 10-5, Th. 10-8:30, Sun. 1-5
Zanesville Art Center
620 Military Rd, Zanesville
adults $4; seniors $3; ages 10-18 $3; Free on Thurs
In 21 watercolors and pastel drawings, Vivian Ripley explores color in the landscape and how it is affected by light and [...]
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