Honey Stop the Car!

Photo of the Week

Drivers and pedestrians on Front Street and the now-closed Town Street downtown are being confronted with a huge work of public art staring at them from the windows of the former Lazarus building and commanding them to QUICK HONEY STOP THE CAR! The 10.5 by 55 foot vinyl sign is an artwork by master of fine arts (MFA) student Herb Vincent Peterson (Art). The piece, which was installed April 11, will remain in the historic building’s windows indefinitely, and was developed for the exterior of the same building that houses the OSU Urban Arts Space. Peterson says QUICK HONEY STOP THE CAR! explores and combines the relationship between design and art. “I love the impact the words make on the side of the building," he says. "It really draws you in. Despite its scale, the idea to 'stop the car!' on a street that is unavailable to cars is quite humorous. It’s also interesting to see the multiple interpretations that have already begun – maybe we need to stop the car to look at art and what’s happening at the OSU Urban Arts Space.”

Notable News

The Department of Dance's Black Dance Alliance was invited to be a part of the performing arts assembly series at City Year's 2008 Spring Break Camp in Columbus. Camp City Year was held at Windsor Elementary School and focused on World Cultures, according to Melanye White Dixon (Dance). Student members of the Black Dance Alliance -- DeAngelo Blanchard, Erika Harris, Aureyl Pitts and Robyn Young -- performed a spiritual dance work and conducted a movement session with the campers in grades kindergarten to third grade. In the photo above, DeAngelo Blanchard (in back of room), who choreographed the dance, watches as Aureyl Pitts (dancer in back), Erika Harris and Robyn Young perform for the youngsters.

American mime Gregg Goldston will present a talk-back forum open to all at 3:30 pm April 24 in Roy Bowen Theatre, Drake Performance Center. During the event, Goldston will perform a selection of his solo works that show the unique elements that form the art of modern mime. He will talk about the history of mime, his years with Marcel Marceau and lessons learned from performing a wordless art for more than 30 years. Theatre and dance grad students from his residency classes will also present works they've developed. For info, call 292-5821.

The School of Music presents the third Zoe and Jack Johnstone Woodwind Master Series, featuring the clarinet, April 30-May 3. Special guest for the event is D. Stanley Hasty, celebrated artist and professor emeritus at the Eastman School of Music. The series includes an opening concert with Kenneth John Grant (right) and members of the Columbus Symphony at 8 pm April 30 along with master classes, discussions and workshops. Other highlights include the renowned Verdehr Trio performing the premiere of Rhapsody for clarinet, violin and piano, composed by alumnus Daniel Perttu and commissioned by the Johnstone Fund for New Music. For complete details, go to the web.

A video installation by Robert Ladislas Derr (Art) is being exhibited in Theory + Practice at Gallery Aferro in Newark, NJ, April 19-May 17.

Allyson Morgan, a 2004 BA alum from Theatre, has her debut today (April 21) on the soap opera As The World Turns at 2 pm on CBS. She has three scenes as the "sick babysitter".

Last month, nine dance students performed Anna Sokolow's 1968 choreographic work, Steps of Silence, in New York City in the "Sharing the Legacy Project: Works from 1960-1980". The work will be featured in the OSU Dance Downtown concert May 1-3 at the Riffe Center's Capitol Theatre, according to Valarie Mockabee (Dance). Pictured below is the student cast working with Lorry May, director of the Anna Sokolow Foundation.
A play running in Chicago in June involves three OSU Theatre alums and two students. North, which will be presented June 5-22 at the American Theater Company in Chicago, features MFA student Kal Pool, PhD student Chris Roche and alumna Christina Ritter as cast members; alumna Jennifer Schlueter as director and alum Brad Steinmetz as scenery and lighting designer. The play, which explores the charged meeting between Anne Morrow Lindbergh and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, was created by the for/word company.