The Gallery Loop Art Galleries, Studios & Entertainment
Arts Commission of Greater Toledo Announces
The Gallery Loop
Art Galleries, Artists Studios & Entertainment Venues
in Downtown Toledo Open from 6-10pm
Free Gallery Bus Loops between Venues
Friday, October 15, 2010
Want a buffet of art and creativity? Get on the bus.
One of the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo’s (ACGT) most popular programs returns this month, and bigger than ever! The Gallery Loop (formerly the Meet & Greet series) offers local art lovers and entertainment seekers an evening of complimentary bus rides to 30 local venues – making this autumn’s event the largest to date!
The Gallery Loop will feature three free Bus Loops circling three separate parts of Downtown Toledo simultaneously, joined together at one convenient Transfer Location. Why? It’s simple: If you get to more venues faster, you get to absorb more art.?
How it Works
The Red Loop will explore the Arts Zone, Warehouse District, and lower Uptown, the Blue Loop ventures into Uptown proper and the Old West End, and new this season, the Yellow Loop takes visitors into the up-and-coming Historic Old South End neighborhood and the southern-most stop of the Arts Zone. Want to change Loops? It’s easy. Visitors can transfer to a different colored loop at the 333 Gallerie at Toledo School for the Arts.
The Gallery Loops are a biannual event, offered in the spring and fall each year as part of the ACGT’s Live Work Create Toledo program, which explores economic development and revitalization through the arts. The Gallery Loops are a free, fun way to help acclimate the citizens of Greater Toledo to the exciting creativity happening in the city’s core, and to become familiar with the arts and entertainment venues and studios concentrated in Downtown Toledo and its arts and entertainment districts and creative neighborhoods.
We invite you to come out and experience the wealth of artistic activity in our community. The event is free and open to the public. There is no designated starting point for the event; visitors may catch the bus at or near any participating venue. ?
Parking
Thanks to our generous program sponsors, there are a number of free, convenient parking options for Loop visitors. Additional parking options are included with each venue description below.
Sponsored parking areas include:
Collingwood Arts Center lot, 2413 Collingwood Blvd (Ashland at Collingwood)
Toledo School for the Arts lot, 333 14th St. (parking lot accessible from Madison Ave.)
Ottawa Tavern, 1815 Adams St. (corner of Adams and 20th)
Manos Greek Restaurant lot, 1701 Adams St. (Adams and 17th)
Toledo City Paper lot, 1120 Adams St. (corner of Adams and 12th)
Kangaroo’s Child Development Center, 102 Summit (corner of St. Clair and Lafayette)
Erie Street Market lot, 237 Erie St. (Huron at Market St.)
Maps
Maps and venue information will be available for download in advance of the event at www.acgt.org.
Loops and Venues
TRANSFER LOCATION
Gallerie 333 at Toledo School for the Arts
(Red, Blue, Yellow Loop buses stop here)
Blue Loop
Toledo Museum of Art – It’s Friday!?Grey Gallery at UT’s Center for
Sculptural Studies
ACGT’s Parkwood Gallery?Collingwood Arts Center
Ottawa Tavern [entertainment]
The Truth Art Gallery
Manhattans [entertainment]
Scrap 4 Art
Decisive Moment Studio & Gallery
Studio Eleven Eleven
Studio M Printmakers
Zyndorf Glass & Arts
Space 237
Madhouse Gallery
Red Loop
Jamil Lewis Multicultural Center
Gallery at the Erie St. Market
Bozarts Fine Art & Music Gallery
The Ford Gallery
Downtown Latte
Jack Wilson’s Studio
20 North Gallery
Shared Lives Studios Gallery
Prizm Creative Community
At Fort Industry Square
Secor Building
Players [entertainment]
Hot Glass at the Edison Building Lobby
Valentine Theatre
Yellow Loop?La Galeria de las Americas?Sofia Quintero Arts & Cultural Center?J&J Gallery
Suite Vibrations
PLEASE NOTE: The last Bus Loop back to the Transfer Hub and free parking areas will pick up at all bus stops between 10 and 10:30pm. Bus Loops will stop running PROMPTLY at 11 p.m.
Have fun, be safe, and Loop strong!
Details related to each participating art venue are as follows:
LOOP TRANSFER (RED, BLUE & YELLOW LOOPS stop here)
?Gallerie 333 at Toledo School for the Arts (TSA)?Red and Blue Loops Stops ?Free parking available in TSA lot ?333 14th Street
419.246.8732
www.ts4arts.org
Gallerie 333 is proud to present our first Parents' Exhibition, featuring 29 artists. In addition to paintings, drawings, and photographs, the exhibit also features many 3D pieces in ceramics, glass, wood, stone, fibers, and wire sculpture."
BLUE LOOP
Toledo Museum of Art – It’s Friday! ?Paid parking available in TMA lots
2445 Monroe St.
www.toledomuseum.org
In addition to the permanent TMA collection, special exhibitions include “Inspired Giving: The Apollo Society 25th Anniversary Exhibition (Canaday Gallery), “Life in Miniature: Ceramic Netsuke from the Silverman Collection (Gallery 18), and Travelers Through Ancient Lands (Works on Paper Galleries). At the Glass Pavilion, enjoy wines “Off the Beaten Path,” create a mini glass pumpkin (6, 7 & 8 p.m.), and enjoy live glassblowing demonstrations (7, 8 & 9 p.m.).
Gallery Loop participants may also enjoy 20% off the admission to the Toledo Symphony’s performance at TMA’s Peristyle Theatre this evening. The Symphony presents “Powerful Pairings,” featuring Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony and Mozart's Concerto for Two Pianos. Tickets start at $15 (20% off may be redeemed with promo code “Gallery Loop” at the box office, or by calling 419-246-8000). Program begins at 8 p.m.
Grey Gallery at UT’s Center for Sculptural Studies
Paid parking available in TMA lots
535 Oakwood
419.530.8344
www.utoledo.edu/as
The Grey Gallery celebrates the opening reception for two exhibitions, Hot, Hot Summer Nights, highlighting new student works, created during the UT Sculpture Program’s 2010 summer term; and Monuments, Works by Tom Lingeman, an on-going exhibition featuring a collection of large outdoor sculptures by UT Professor of Sculpture, Thomas Lingeman.
Parkwood Gallery
Free parking in Professional Building lot?1838 Parkwood Ave.
419.254.2787
www.acgt.org
The Burns, Donahue, Foote, Vanden Eynden Exhibition is the last (but never least) group show at ACGT’s Parkwood Gallery for the 2010 season. This all-photography exhibit features University of Toledo art instructor Seder Burns, Bowling Green State University pop culture professor and art car guru Matt Donahue, acclaimed local photographer Ruth Foote, and BGSU assistant professor Jane Vanden Eynden all working in interesting, innovative, and vivid photographic techniques.
Collingwood Arts Center
Free parking in CAC lot
2413 Collingwood
419.244.2787
www.collingwoodartscenter.org
The Collingwood Arts Center presents the CAC Resident Artists Fall Showcase, featuring a wonderful evening of art, music, conversation & food. The galleries are hung with the brilliant works of CAC resident member group OMNI Artists of Toledo and the Resident Artists of the CAC. The CAC performing artists will be entertaining throughout the facility!
Ottawa Tavern – [Entertainment]
Free parking in lot at the corner of Adams and 20th, courtesy of Ottawa Tavern.
1815 Adams St.
419.725.5483
www.otavern.com
Uptown’s nightly live music venue features live pop and experimental rock n roll.
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Truth Art Gallery
Free parking available on 17th St. behind Manos, ?courtesy of Manos Greek Restaurant
1811 Adams St.
419.243.0007
www.thetruthtoledo.com
This month, The Truth Art Gallery presents an exhibition of African art, featuring hundreds of wood carvings direct from Ghana. The work comes in all sizes and shapes, from large scale cuts to miniature carvings, and features masks, statues, village scenes, animals, and more.
Manhattans – [Entertainment]
Free parking available on Adams St.
1516 Adams St.
419-243-6675
www.manhattanstoledo.com
Uptown’s favorite jazz and blues haunt features one of Toledo’s best-loved bands, indie jazz-pop quartet The Antivillains (Toledo/NYC), joined by opening act Mighthaveben, featuring Ben Langlois, mastermind of the Bluegrass Breakfast and Old West End Records.
Scrap 4 Art
1501 Adams St.
419.720.2978
www.scrap4arttoledo.org
?Scrap 4Art helps preserve the environment in NW Ohio and SE Michigan by re-using and selling donated scrap material for arts and craft projects, and making low cost materials and supplies available to educators and artists. Stop by to see what's new and view submissions of jewelry created by local artist from unexpected sources for Encore, Scrap 4 Art’s up-coming fundraiser (Nov. 4 at Davis Building).?
Decisive Moment Studio & Gallery
Free parking available across the street at 12th and Adams in Toledo City Paper lot, Courtesy of Adams St. Publishing / Toledo City Paper ?1113 Adams St.
419-243-2111
www.dmoment.com
Decisive Moment Studio and Gallery: The Art of Weddings.?New to Adams Street, Decisive Moment Photojournalists present The Art of Weddings, an exhibition of fun, funky photographs from weddings all over the world. Decisive Moment is a collective of Bridget Adams-Brewer, Joseph Adams-Brewer, and Brenna Adams-Boone, three photojournalists who travel internationally to document some of the biggest events in their clients' lives. Take a peek into some of these lives and enjoy snacks and hot, spiced cider at their new studio/gallery.
Studio Eleven Eleven ?Free parking available across the street at 12th and Adams in Toledo City Paper lot, Courtesy of Adams St. Publishing / Toledo City Paper
1111 Adams St.
419-460-3239
Studio Eleven Eleven is pleased to present the paintings / mixed media works of Julie VanHeyst, and the glass works of Leonard Marty.
VanHeyst – a newcomer to the Toledo art scene – works with acrylics and tissue on canvas trusting her intuitive vision to explore the possibilities of color and texture. “There is power in imagination … it’s about using the raw material inside you and being open to the opportunities”.
Leonard Marty a long time glassmaker from the area and the Toledo Museum of Art’s very own Master Instructor will present new works of blown and hot sculpted glass. “Form first … then color to accentuate”
Studio M Printmakers
Paid parking available in Quick Park lot next door, corner of Michigan and Adams
320 N Michigan
3rd Floor
Members of Studio M Printmakers exhibit their current work, hot of the press and in-progress, featuring monotypes made of clay and stitched silk screen prints, as well as etchings and woodcuts.
Zyndorf Glass & Arts
Paid parking available in Quick Park lot next door, corner of Michigan and Adams?320 N. Michigan
2nd Floor
?Featuring unique and creative art in fused glass, wood, pop art, hand painted kites, textiles, lamps, photography, drawings, jewelry, soaps, candles and calligraphy. An eclectic array of one-of-a-kinds.
Space 237
Paid parking available in Quick Park lot located between Madison and Jefferson
237 N Michigan
419.255.5117
www.space237.com
Space 237 celebrates the opening reception of Allegories, an exhibit that examines the artist's role as storyteller. Each with a unique and compelling vision, some of the artists tell their story through their whole body of work, and others let each piece tell it's own story. The artists are: Laura Barnhard, Julie Cikra, Mark Dancey, Chris Dean, Chelsey Hammersmith, Clifton Harvey, Lynda McClanahan, Erin Morlock, Robert Sennhauser, and Brian Spolans. Enjoy live entertainment by the Mesmeric Bellly Dance Fusion Co.
Madhouse
Free street parking available on Jackson and 13th Streets
1215 Jackson St.
419.873.0538
www.madmadmad.com
Madhouse gallery, in association with SFC present "Installment Seventeen (17)", featuring collaborative and solo works from Toledo-based Jemma and Dustin Hostetler. The two are practicing artists and graphic designers who have participated in shows across the US and Europe. Works from "Installment Seventeen (17)" are presented on innovative materials such as fabric and plastic, all provided by SFC Graphics.
RED LOOP
Jamil Lewis Multicultural Center Gallery
Free parking available in the Erie St. Market lot
Erie Street Market
237 S. Erie (enter on Farmer’s Market parking lot side of building)
419.936.3743
View the works of Toledo artisans at the Jamil Lewis Multicultural Center Gallery in the corridor of the Erie Street Market. The Erie Street Antique Mall located across the hall will also be open offering antiques, uniques and collectibles.
Bozarts Fine Art and Music Gallery
Free parking available in the Erie St. Market lot?151 S. St. Clair ?(corner of Superior and St. Clair, across from Farmers Market)
The last monthly exhibition of the year at Bozarts will include Skot Horn, Doug Kampfer and Carl Porreca. Kampfer and Porreca will be exhibiting a variety of primarily wood sculptures, while Horn unveils new abstract figurative renderings on paper.
The Ford Gallery (located inside Spaghetti Warehouse)
Free parking available in Spaghetti Warehouse lots
42 S. Superior St.
419.255.5038
Former First Lady of Toledo and Co-host of Coffee With The Fords on WTVG-13abc, Cynthia Ford welcomes you to THE FORD GALLERY... featuring affordable art located inside of Spaghetti Warehouse. Enjoy hot Italian appetizers or 4 course meals in the dining room, Las Vegas-style bar in the lower level lounge, and a sitting room filled with work by 10 Toledo favorites, including Marcie Sigrist's stunning use of found objects, Paul & Renee Brand's captivating and capricious watercolors, and 2 HUGE PAINTINGS hung at ceiling level by 2 of Jack and Cynthia's favorite collectible artists, Randy Bennett's "Roll of the Dice" and "Flight Plight" by Josh Byers' who recently sold 2 giant canvases to LeBron James, when he still played in Cleveland! Right next to the candy counter, choose gifts from the TFG display case featuring Sandra Schroeder's lamps radiating California sunset colors, and trendy beaded earrings and key chains by Melissa Anne Bare for under $12.
Downtown Latte?Free parking available in the Erie St. Market lot and, ?this night only, at Kangaroo Child Care (corner of Lafeyette and St. Clair)?44 S. St. Clair ?419.243.6032
www.downtownlatte.com
Downtown Latte’s Artist of the Month is David Lymanstall, who presents An Artist's Almanac: Pages with Drawings and Text. The exhibit focuses on selections from his illustrated journal. David has taken a variety of classes at the Toledo Museum of Art in pen and ink, color pencil, graphite, botanical illustration and Ekphrastik Writing (writing about art). He has also studied Scientific Illustration at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine. David especially enjoys botanical works and has included a few of them for viewing.
Jack Wilson’s Studio & Gallery?Free parking available in the Erie St. Market lot and, ?this night only, at Kangaroo Child Care (corner of Lafeyette and St. Clair)?19 S. St. Clair ?(gallery entrance is up the stairs in the rear of the building)
The gallery above metal-worker Jack Wilson’s first-floor work space displays his unique, and often droll metal art, along with pottery by Red Stanley, photography by Lois Anne Bowlus, and abstract, colorful works by Jim Kujawa.
20 North Gallery
Free parking available in the Erie St. Market lot and, ?this night only, at Kangaroo Child Care (corner of Lafeyette and St. Clair)?18 N. St. Clair
419.241.2400
www.20northgallery.net
20 North Gallery proudly presents Richard Reed: Proximity & Vantage Point, an exhibit of vibrant oils, sculpture and gouache paintings by native-Ohio artist Richard Reed. The exhibit is currently on display and will continue through Saturday, October 30.
Reed’s work expresses themes of psychological intimacy while exploring the challenges of physical distance, using images of family nostalgia, dramatic vistas and symbolic iconography. The subject matter of Richard Reed: Proximity & Vantage Point — local and national landscape scenes, figure studies and narrative imagery — adroitly blends historic images of Americana with Mannerist color and bold, contemporary abstraction.
Shared Lives Studios Gallery
Free parking available in the Erie St. Market lot and, ?this night only, at Kangaroo Child Care (corner of Lafeyette and St. Clair)?20 N. St. Clair
www.lottindustries.com
Shared Lives Studios, a division of Lott Industries that provides a creative outlet for its employees with developmental disabilities, opens its new studio and gallery featuring colorful, creative works.
PRIZM Creative Community at Fort Industry Square
(enter on Summit Street)?Free street parking available on Water St.?136 Summit St.
419.931.8732
www.myprizm.com
PRIZM Creative Community member artists will add a diverse and eclectic (temporary- just for Gallery Loop night) gallery of sculpture, glass, jewelry and two dimensional art. Enjoy browsing a large selection from the creative work of local PRIZM artists, while enjoying local entertainment, and nibbling on complementary Hors D’oeuvres from Toledo’s newest restaurant Flame on the River, located at the beautiful Historic Ft. Industry Square Building.
A sampling of the offerings include the sculptures of up and coming artist Barry Wood, and the exciting blown glass by seasoned artist David Kolasky. Also shown will be the vibrant watercolors of Harry Daugherty, and the unique multi-media work of Darlene Krohn. Bob Krohn will add interesting photography and metal sculpture, while Dawn Wallen adds her poetry/digital print creations and small sculptures. Contemporary acrylics are offered by Jim Kujawa, and Michael Hall both past winners of the Kandinsky Award of the Salon des Refuses show. Cathy and Chris Wile will feature their innovative jewelry designs, while artist Lori Wells, will offer her glass mosaics and fused glass jewelry.
Fort Industry Square Residents join the fun, with Flame on the River, a new Mediterranean / Pakistani Restaurant, providing a Cash Bar and delicious Hors D’oeuvres from some of their signature dishes, Haas Photography will be showing owner Sandy Haas’s work, while INVU Portraits will feature the work of owners John and Gail Fenstemacher; Amiche Capelli Salon of Style will be featuring the work of Artist Wren Travis. That same evening, Murphy’s Place will feature jazz violinist Christian Howes with his trio.
Secor Building
Free parking available on Huron, Superior, St. Clair and Madison Streets, ?paid parking available in garage, corner of St. Clair and Jefferson?425 Jefferson
419.514.7496
The Secor Artists will host Open Studio Night at the Secor Building. They encourage you to roam through the studios of over 15 artists located on the 5th, 6th, and 7th floors. Bring along some folding money. The Secor Artists will have art works of various styles, media, and genre available for purchase.
Toledo Players – [Entertainment]
Free parking available on Huron, Superior, St. Clair and Madison Streets, ?paid parking available in garage, corner of St. Clair and Jefferson?513 Jefferson
419.241.8080
The Arena District’s newest addition features a menu of delicious authentic-Mexican style dishes, and smokin’ hot live music upstairs by folk blues outfit, The Staving Chain (featuring acclaimed slide blues player Dooley Wilson), and vintage rock/punk outfit, Joey & The Traitors.
Hot Glass at The Edison Building Lobby
Free parking available on St. Clair and Madison Streets, ?paid parking available in garage, corner of St. Clair and Jefferson?300 Madison Ave.
www.acgt.org
Hot Glass 2010 is one of the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo’s signature fundraisers. The work in this amazing exhibition will be auctioned off to benefit the programs of the ACGT in a Gala and Auction event on November 12.
In the meantime, this month-long exhibition celebrates Toledo’s heritage as the Glass City, and the launch pad for the international studio glass art movement (created in Toledo in the early 1960s). More than 100 original works of glass by many of the area’s leading artists, as well as prominent national and international artists are featured in the show.
In 2008, the Hot Glass auction helped ACGT raise $80,000 dollars to benefit its programs and services, including the Gallery Loop.
Valentine Theatre
Paid parking available in lot across the street on Superior
410 Adams St.
419.242.3490
www.valentinetheatre.com
The Valentine Theatre's Board of Directors commissioned local artist Paul Geiger to create a mural depicting many of the well-known performers who had appeared on the Valentine stage between the period of 1895 to 1920. Mr. Geiger spent 12 months researching the history of the stage artists and in 2003 he stretched 68' 6" of canvas 10' high in his studio. Given the creative liberty to select those artists that he felt would best be remembered for their work, he spent the following five years working on the mural. In June of 2008 it was presented to the community. This project is the largest public painting ever installed in Toledo. According to Paul Geiger, "What I find most satisfying about this project is that it was a private initiative by Toledo citizens, paid for with a wide variety of private donations from a large group of Toledoans and painted by a Toledo artist." To assist audience members in appreciating the rich history of performances at the Valentine, a booklet has been created that explains the characters and their significance to the field of performance.
YELLOW LOOP
Galeria de las Americas
1222-24 Broadway
Art of the Puerto Rican Experience La Galería de las Americas, 1222-24 Broadway, will be exhibiting the works of two Puerto Rican artists, in collaboration with Maria Gonzalez, of Azteca travel, and Richard Neller of La Prensa.
Olga Enid Reyes, of Utuado, Puerto Rico, is a self-taught artist who derives inspiration from Puerto Rico’s rich natural environment and its historical past. She paints on canvas and on found surfaces from nature, such as feathers, gourds, and other objects.
Miguel Ángel Gúzman, born in Utuado, Puerto Rico, captures the Puerto Rican native images of the indigenous peoples of times past plus those of the island’s present– their cultures and lives. His uses of earth tones symbolize the connection between the land, nature, and its people.
Sofia Quintero Art & Cultural Center
1225 Broadway
419.241.1655
www.sofiaquinteroculturalcenter.org
The Mission of the Sofia Quintero Art & Cultural Center (SQACC) is to advance the important roles that art and education play in everyday lives. SQACC supports and gives voice to artistic and educational expressions, which advance community development, cultural diversity, global awareness, responsibility and social equity, as well as the empowerment of the Latina and Latino identities.
J&J Studio and Gallery
Paid parking available in Quick Park lot located between Madison and Jefferson
909 Jefferson Ave.
419.819.0611
www.jandjgallery.net
J&J Studio & Gallery will be showcasing "The Feminine Form Show," featuring artwork dedicated to the beauty of the body by local, national and international artists. The exhibition is held in part to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Suite Vibrations
Paid parking available in Quick Park lot located between Madison and Jefferson
135 N. Michigan St.
419.724.4230
www.suitevibrations.com
“The place where shift happens” joins the Gallery Loop for the first time. The new boutique features a variety of items that can nurture your spirit and provide you with tools to enhance your life’s journey. The shop features music instruments, artwork, inspirational children’s books, transformative CDs and DVDs and much more!
Check our website often at HYPERLINK "http://www.acgt.org" www.acgt.org for further details on newly added participating galleries, creative activity and other event offerings.
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Meet and Greet Gallery Loops are presented by the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo as an extension of its Live Work Create Toledo (LWCT) program and made possible through the generous support of the F.S. Upton Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Recovery Act, the University of Toledo SFC Graphics, Sans Nom, The Andersons and the Toledo Blade.
For more information, contact the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, 419.254.ARTS.
The Arts Commission of Greater Toledo is the longest standing arts commission in the state of Ohio that develops and promotes the arts in the community, serving Fulton, Lucas and Wood counties since 1959.
Press Release Contact Name: Michelle Carlson
Press Release Contact Email: [email protected]
Organization Name: Arts Commission of Greater Toledo