McConnell Arts Center

Summer Starts @ the MAC

Thursday Night Concert SeriesDeath by Banjo

Death By Banjo 

 

Back by popular demand...

 

Thursday

June 7, 2012  

8 -10 pm

        

Tickets $8 online, $ 10 at the door, $5 students, Kids under 12 free. 

 

As the name implies, "Death by Banjo" is bluegrass and beyond.  On fire with creativity, "Death by Banjo" is a conflagration of musical styles fueled by intense, driving 5-string banjo.

 

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Mornings at the MAC, with afternoons free for the pool...
 

ADULT ART

3 Week Classes: Ceramics, Garden Inspiration, Polymer Clay Jewelry, Ceramics Open Studio, Digital Imaging, Drawing Intensive, Paint in a Day, Plein Air Painting, Watercolors, Creating Video for Web or Business.  Starting in July and August.

 

Not too late for  YOUTH SUMMER CAMPS

Camp Creativity, Mon. - Fri.,  9am - 5pm - July 9 - July 13

ARTventure, Mon. - Fri., July 23 - July 27 (1/2 day sessions)

Play and Clay, Mon.- Fri.,  1 - 4 pm, July 23 - July 27

 

YOUTH DANCE CAMPS

Around the World in Dance, Mon.- Fri., 10- 12 pm, June 11 - June 15

American Girlfriend Adventure Mon.- Fri., 9:30 - 11:30 pm, July 30 - August 3

Powermovers, Moving ON! Mon.- Fri., 10 - 12 pm, August 6 - 10

Teens Singular Sensation Musical Theater Camp Mon.- Fri., 9 - 12 pm, July 6 - 20

 

Youth art and dance mini-sessions:

Creative Movement, Children's Ballet, Youth Discover Dance, Yoga, Jazz, Pop/Hip Hop, Zumba and Adult Ballet, Digital Photography, Chihuly Inspired Art, Mask Making, African Drum and Dance, Clay Faces, Paper and Book Making, Still Life Painting, Cartooning, Robots, Panoramic Photography, Public Art Sculptures and more!

Classes begin as early as June 19 and run through August 25.

 

All dance and movement classes taught by nationally recognized -  
BalletMet Columbus

 

Sign up NOW to get a jump on your summer. 

 

Hear & Now @ The MAC

Author and Comedian

Kevin Seccia

  

Thursday

June 14, 2012  

Reception 6:00 pm, Main Gallery

Talk/Reading 7:00 pm, Theatre

      

 Tickets  $10 MAC Members/Library Friends (includes reception), $15 for general public(reading only), $5 for meet the author reception.

 

Get ready to laugh! Kevin Seccia, author of Punching Tom Hanks, is a writer and stand-up comedian hailing from the great state of New Jersey. He has performed on Comedy Central's Premium Blend, The Late, Late Show and on HBO's US Comedy Arts Festival. He enjoys scotch, reading, western films and casually executing backflips while acting nonchalant.Worthington Libraries

 

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Thursday Night Concert SeriesClave Sonic

Clave Sonic 

  

Thursday

June 21, 2012  

8 -10 pm

        

Tickets $8 online, $ 10 at the door, $5 students, Kids under 12 free. 

 

At its core, Clave Sonic is a Latin-Jazz-Fusion trio from Columbus, Ohio. The group combines intelligent songwriting, with infectious Latin, Jazz and funk grooves to create an exciting, captivating, and entertaining experience for listeners.

 

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Get Reel @ The MAC

The Fahlgren Mortine Film Series

Movies every 3rd Sunday @ 3 pmFather of The Bride

 

Father of The Bride

  ..treat your dad to a film

 

Sunday, June 17,  3pm.

 

Tickets $3.

 

In this remake of the Spencer Tracy classic, George and Nina Banks are the parents of young soon-to-be-wed Annie. 

 

Family/Comedy, Directed by Charles Shyer, PG, 105 min, 1991

 

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Art Interprets Alzheimer's

 

Through July 1, 2012

 

Panel Discussion

Wednesday, June 27

7:00- 8:00 pm

Photo: Herbert Ascherman, Jr.

FREE

 

As the expert panel discussion on Alzheimer's, the caretaker and the disease.  Meet artist George Roby and activist wife Sue Roby, joined by the Alzheimer's Association,Central Ohio Chapter. 

 

Brought to the McConnell Arts Center by The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, the exhibition features the works of talented Archived Artists George Roby and Herbert Ascherman, Jr.  

  

 

  

 

Focus On Five 

 Through June 24, 2012

 

 FREE

 

 

Focus on Five is an annual exhibition featuring  seniors from the Worthington School District. 

 

Cassandra Barrett, Worthington Kilbourne

Yanglin Cai  Thomas Worthington

Emily Fang Thomas Worthington

Kira Keck  Worthington Kilbourne

Micayla Messana Worthington Christian

  

 

  

 

Seven Dance Company

 

Friday & Saturday June 8-9, 2012

8pm June 8, 2pm & 7pm June 9.

  

 

Seven was founded in 2010 with a vision of hope.  A hope to inspire, encourage, create, and instill a love of dance in audiences from all walks of life. A vision of combining the assets of 2 worlds, art and community.  It is Seven's goal to create a new way of thinking through movement exploration and to challenge its' audiences to come together as a community and support each other.

 

Tickets $15 Adults, $10 Students

 

Color The Hills

Saturday, June 30, 4 pm -  9 pm

FREE

 

Olentangy Valley Center (Hill's Market),

7860 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43235

 

An evening of Art, Music and Food, featuring the distinguished art instructors of the Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center, whose work will be displayed and available for sale. 

 

Live music by the Wonder Twin Powers will fill the air. This Columbus-based duo celebrates multiple genres of music, including hip hop, soul, gospel and blues. Dance will be represented by BalletMet's Dance Academy.

 

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