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Katydids, Fireflies and other insects
SARAH GOSLEE REED Children’s Concert and artmaking activities @ Park space, Friday May 2, 5-8pm Folk singer and songwriter Sarah Goslee Reed comes to Coshocton to get us all dancing and playing. The Pomerene Center will have supplies and volunteers on hand to make Shekeres, Guiros and Kazoos to add to the fun. It’s all free and part of Dogwood Festival 2014 and May’s First Friday Celebration. WHAT is a SHEKERE? “The shekere is an instrument from Africa made out of a hollow gourd. Outside the gourd is a netting that holds seeds or bead so the instrument makes a wonderful rattling when played.” Daria World Music for Children WHAT is…
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Our Hills Are Alive
Our Hills Are Alive Opening May 3, 2-5pm as part of Dogwood Festival 2014 & the 5K Urban Art Walk runs through June 16, 2014 The theme of this yearâs Dogwood Festival, âOur Hills are Alive,â plays off the Triple Locks Theater production of âThe Sound of Musicâ but alludes to Coshocton Countyâs  lively cultural and artistic life.  The Festival exhibit, opening May 3 at the Pomerene Center for the Arts, celebrates 5 artists: Doug Andersonâglass, Ron Corlâfurniture design, Todd Malenkeâmetal sculpture, Joan Stauferâpainting and Erik Neffâwoodcuts. With the exception of Erik Neff who grew up in Coshocton and now resides east of Cleveland in Newbery Ohio, the exhibit artists live…
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Joan Staufer
Joan Staufer. Painting. Joan lives and works in northern Coshocton County.  Her work can be viewed at the Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry and has been exhibited most recently at the Pomerene Center for the Arts as part of the exhibit  OUR HILLS ARE ALIVE, May/June 2014. On a cold and blustery February morning, I received an invitation to participate in the âbugâ exhibit at the Pomerene Center for the Arts in conjunction with the annual Dogwood Festival.  I declined, explaining that since my right arm was broken, the studio was closed until spring. Besides, I thought, Iâm a symbolist whose work reflects my spirituality and reverence for the earth, not…