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| Detail from #15 |
“What we have here is a failure to communicate…” ah yes, a
famous line from a famous movie. Along that vein I want to bring to your
attention a missed opportunity in the promotion of our local arts scene.
Just to be sure, I read the whole insert several times.
Under the Art of Learning section,
the closest venue is Akron Glass Works (good for them as my friend Jack Baker
owns that studio!!) Beachwood has a listing for something too so that is sort
of close.
The Art of Design
section mentions a special show at Kent State but nothing else remotely close
by. Cleveland has a R and R Hall of Fame picture however as the feature image
on the page.
The Art of Beauty
does list the Rocky River Public Library Cowan Potter Museum. Now I lived that
way for 4 years and knew nothing about it so I guess that is good to know. Lots
of other listings, but nothing around here.
On to the Art of Discovery
(surely I will discover something about our area?) Nope. An aerial silks class as the Czech
Cultural Center in Cleveland is my best bet for a one hour drive. I define
close by as an hour drive. If I were willing to go 2 to 4 hours, I would have
tons to do in Toledo, Columbus and Cincy but evidently the glaciers wiped out
all relevant arts stuff in our part of the state. Did University Circle suddenly roll away when
no one was looking? Did the Akron area pile on the new blimp (correction, it is
officially a zeppelin) and float off someplace? Don’t even get me started on
Canton…..
The Art of Living
did mention the Wooster Food Tours, started by our own Barbara Abbott, but I think
it came after her original successful venture in …shhhhh…Canton. I will say
that the Shakespeare Festival at Stan Hywet did get top billing on that page.
Close but no Stark County are the “visit Amish country” ad and the Hollywood
tour of the Mansfield Reformatory ad.
Even Youngstown has several pages. What have they got that aint’
got? Evidently a lot.
Inside the magazine, which I shall recall from memory as it
was recycled, was a map like thingy of places to stop along I-90, I-80 and some
other road. Nobody stopped in Canton.
Nobody stopped at the Cleveland Museum of Art either. I suppose most of the
listings and mentions had to do with some type of kickback or purchase of space
or some such exchange of funds. I am finding it rare that any press comes by
the common sense of what is good for the locals to know. And how do I know
this? You can ask me in person. Common sense rules out that not all locals need
to know that information in my little corner of the print world. Thank goodness
for my blogger buddy at Artwach, the tenacity of Craig Joseph and the support
of social media or nobody would even know about…………
Oh, if you have read this far, please note that Hoard
Couture is only on view four more days! (Wed – Sat noon – 5). If you live in
Akron, well …we did try three press releases and emails and even a snail mail!
Whatever.
Hey magazine insert people, if anybody happens to connect
you to this, I made a list….
Massillon Museum of Art, Lincoln Theater, and Springhill….
Canton Museum of Art, Palace Theater, Journey Gallery, 2nd
April, Translations Gallery…
Akron Art Museum, Don Drumm Studios, Akron Glass Works,
Zeber-Martell…
Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance Hall, Botanical Gardens,
Playhouse Square….
Anybody else out there, you can just drop a few bucks in an
envelope and snail it my way, I’d be happy to add you to my list! I am pretty
good at drawing maps too so, a little extra and I may even doddle your logo on
it.
