• Adults

    Artmaking workshop for parents of children with autism

    April 6, 2014 | free  2 to 5pm Limit:10 parents of children with autism Registration required. Deadline for registration is April 2,  2014. “Autism is the fastest growing serious developmental disability in our country. More than 1,000,000 individuals in the US (50,000 in Ohio) and their families are affected.”  The Autism Society of Ohio What is it like to be a parent of a child with autism? On the afternoon of February 9th between 2-5pm, artist Craig Matis will work with parents of children with autism to explore this question .  The finished artwork will be displayed through the rest of April as part of AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH. Craig Matis will…

  • Children

    Funhouse

    Sundays March 16 & 30, 2013 1:00-4:00pm Grades 4-8 limit 6 students Instructor: Ryan Stingel Cost: $45 ($40 for friends) ask about our scholarships Oxford Dictionary definition of FUNHOUSE |ˈfənˌhous| noun (in an amusement park) a building equipped with trick mirrors, shifting floors, and other devices designed to scare or amuse people as they walk through. The Pomerene Center invites a group of 6 young animators to work with Ryan Stingel to create a very very very short stop motion animation. After developing a simple story as a team, everyone will create their own 3 dimensional character. Then in small groups…. the team will create a musical score, construct a model funhouse,  design the lighting,…

  • Rent Parties

    Wayfarers Perform New “Old Music” + some of their old favorites

    THE WAYFARERS Friday, March. 7, 7pm @ the Pomerene Center for the Arts Suggested donation $10 Reserve a table | 740.622.0326 or pomerenearts@gmail.com We had a request for Irish music for the March Rent Party–obviously made in honor of St Patty’s Day–and thought of THE WAYFARERS. Admittedly we made the mistake of over-emphasizing the effect of Irish Traditional Music on American Mountain Music which like so much of what is truly American is a total mashup, in this case of Anglo – African – German – Scotch-Irish and maybe a little Irish music.  (Read about the Scotch-Irish  here.) Though not Irish, the high energy mountain music as interpreted by the Wayfarer’s will draw a…