Original Monologues Highlighted at RezzyFest

Three colorful characters from Massillon1s past will come to life at RezzyFest when Eric Myers, Chris Craft, and John Kiste step onto soapboxes just outside the Massillon History Tent near the entrance to the RezzyFest event.  This year1s soapbox skits, 3Massillon1s Seafaring Forefathers,2 celebrate the town1s seafaring roots.
RezzyFest guests can enjoy the skits for free.  Skits will be repeated periodically between 6:30 and 7:45 each evening of the event:  Friday and Saturday, December 8 and 9.

Thomas Rotch, portrayed by Eric Myers, was part of his family1s shipping company when raiders dumped the cargo from two of their ships during the Boston Tea Party.  When he left New England, he built the beautiful Spring Hill home, which is now a historic house; and he founded the town of Kendal, which has become part of northeast Massillon.  Myers, an art teacher and drama director at Washington High School, has directed more than fifty community theater and high school productions.  Best known as Blepo the Clown, he has portrayed Thomas Rotch in the Spring Hill Underground Railroad Experience.  At the 2004 RezzyFest, he was a supporting actor in the skit, and last year he acted as aviator Reinhardt Ausmus.

Mayhew Folger, the sea captain who discovered the surviving mutineers from the 3Bounty,2 moved to Kendal to join his friends the Rotches, when he gave up his maritime life.  Folger is portrayed by Chris Craft, a retired Fairless art teacher, who is now an adjunct professor of art at Malone College.  He has appeared in films such as 3Glory2 and 3Gettysburg2 and has re-enacted Civil War life for two Presidential inaugurations.  He works as a consultant to the Massillon Museum.  Craft previously portrayed 3General2 Jacob Coxey and Ira 3Shorty2 Roan at RezzyFest.

James Duncan, portrayed by John Kiste, ran away to sea as a young man, but turned to adventures on land when the War of 1812 stagnated shipping.  He came to Stark County on horseback, visiting with Rotch and Folger and returning later to found Massillon and lead the effort to have the Ohio and Erie Canal bisect his town.  Kiste, executive director of the Canton/Stark County Convention and Visitors Bureau, was previously on stage with Myers as fellow Washington High School students.  He most recently had the lead in the Canton Players Guild1s production of 3Inherit the Wind.2

3Massillon1s Seafaring Forefathers2 has been produced with the support of Arts in Stark.  Margy Vogt, one of five co-chairs of RezzyFest and a local historian, wrote the scripts.
A Better Home Health Care sponsors the history tent, which this year carries a seafaring theme to celebrate the heritage of many of Massillon1s earliest residents.  The tent features old-time Massillon videos, an electronic history match game, and reproductions of local historic photographs.

The history tent also includes a scale model of the local landmark standpipe and pumphouse created by RezzyFest committee member Cullen Pfendler, who grew up near the reservoir.  In 1886, the dam was built just south of the site of the RezzyFest event, backing up a 30-million-gallon reservoir.  A 150-foot water tower stood nearby for a century, filled with 150,000 gallons of water pumped into it by a locally manufactured Russell steam engine housed in a building that still stands next to the dam.

RezzyFest, located in north Reservoir Park on Hankins Road (entrance on Phillips Circle, N.E.) in northeast Massillon, will be held on Friday and Saturday, December 8 and 9, 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.  Admission is free.  Free parking is available on adjacent streets.  A SARTA shuttle will run continuously from the northeast corner of the Massillon Recreation Center parking lot downtown.

For more information, call Margy Vogt at 330-844-1525.

Media Contact:  Margy Vogt - 330-844-1525
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RezzyFest Returns with Fun for All

We may not be able to skate on 3The Rezzy2 in Massillon anymore, but we will have a weekend of outdoor fun in Reservoir Park during RezzyFest, Massillon1s sixth annual birthday party.  James Duncan founded Massillon 180 years ago on December 7, 1826.  This year1s event will be held on Friday, December 8, and Saturday, December 9, from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.  The free party is located in Massillon1s Reservoir Park on Hankins Road, just east of the intersection of Wales Road (Ohio Route 241).  RezzyFest is presented by a volunteer committee in collaboration with Massillon Parks and Recreation Department.

Imagine the center of the event glowing with the flame from the Pancho1s hot air balloon!   As a new attaction this year, visitors can watch Maury and Lynn Sullivan inflate their balloon about 5:00 each evening...weather permitting.  They will tether it until about 6:30, when visitors can watch the process of taking down the balloon.

The 2004 Olympic gold medalist ice carver, Aaron Costic will carve a RezzyFest ice throne on Friday night; other carvers will demonstrate their craft on Saturday.  Costic has earned dozens of other national and international ice carving awards.  Chainsaw wood carvers Tim Hall and Matt Massey will be busy at work throughout both days and will provide two large sculptures to be auctioned at 7:45 p.m. each evening to help defray RezzyFest costs.  Blacksmith Jim Friedrichsen of the Iron Orchid Forge will also demonstrate his craft throughout RezzyFest.

Storytelling will entertain children...free...in the cozy RezzyFest Igloo, which has been completely refurbished by the Mutchler family.  The Affinity Medical Center Games Tent Midway will amuse children with 25-cent games...and a prize every play.  The Massillon Rotary 3Winter Olympic Ring2 outdoor games will include a hockey shoot, a 3slalom run,2 a 3snowball2 toss game, and other unique activities...again a prize for every try.  Youngsters can try a variety of crafts for just a quarter each, sponsored by Pat Catan1s Craft Centers.  The Tuslaw Lions Train, which will operate both days, can take adults as well as children for a ride beside the park.  

The Old Carolina Barbecue and Catering Company, 3People1s Choice2 winners of the 2004, 2005, and 2006 HOF Ribs Burn-Offs, will offer soup, hot sandwiches, and beverages with part of the proceeds to benefit RezzyFest.  Mayor Francis H. Cicchinelli has been chosen as Friday1s dignitary to serve free birthday cake and Massillon Municipal Court Judge Eddie Elum will be the dignitary doing the honors on Saturday evening.  The birthday cake, courtesy of Mel Herncane, will be served on both evenings at 6:15.

A Better Home Health Care will sponsor the Massillon History Tent, where visitors can see historic local videos and photographs, share stories, and try a Massillon history match game.  This year1s theme is Massillon1s seafaring roots.  At 8:00 each evening, local historian Rudy Turkal will present a fun and factual Massillon history slide show, 3Then and Now2 inside the heated tent.

Outside the tent on the soapbox stage, the seafaring theme will continue.  Periodic visits from Thomas Rotch (portrayed by Eric Myers), Mayhew Folger (Chris Craft), and James Duncan (John Kiste) will recount their maritime adventures and their part in pioneering the Massillon area.  Their seven-minute monologues, created by local historian and author Margy Vogt, will spontaneously occur between 6:30 and 7:45...whenever the characters spot a new crowd to amuse.  3Massillon1s Safaring Forefathers2 is supported by Arts in Stark.

Gene Boerner will emcee the slate of entertainment on the stage.  Friday evening1s stage show begins at 5:45 with the Washington High School show choir, the Washingtonians, and The Chromatic Gentlemen, an entertaining and talented a capella quartet from WHS.  The R&H All Stars, under the leadership of Dave Richards, will take the stage to entertain from 7:00 to 9:00.  On Saturday evening, from 6:00 to 6:45, the Average White Broads will bring back the 1950s with their doo-wop harmonies and favorite 3oldies.2  The R&H All-Stars will close the party with good-time rock music from 7:00 to 9:00.
As soon as it1s dark, the park will come alive with more than 60,000 lights.  A walk around the path will reveal the grand entrance arch (sponsored by The Health Plan/HomeTown Regional Office), ice skaters (sponsored by Bob Evans of Massillon), a fanciful bridge over Sippo Creek (sponsored by Aultman), the Ohio Edison sponsored animated horse and carriage, and a replica of the old standpipe and pumphouse (sponsored by Hendricks Vacuum Forming, Inc.), an animated train (sponsored by WES Sound and Systems), a canal boat and lock in Sippo Creek (sponsored by The Independent), the RezzyFest signature sign (supported by Northeast Business Interiors), and a Russell steam engine replica (sponsored by Family Health & Wellness Center).  Snowflake displays (sponsored by Massillon Cable TV and Legends Care Center) and oversized balloons 3stuck2 in the trees (sponsored by Kendall House‹KFC), Canton Chair Rental, and the Canton/Stark County Convention and Visitors Bureau) add 3aerial2 interest.  Brown & Percival LPA/Mercury Title Agency, A.A. Hammersmith Insurance, Downtown Massillon Association, Cameo Grill, and Massillon Automobile Club have provided old-fashioned lamp displays.

Admission to Massillon1s birthday party is free.  A list of events will be available at the Canton Chair Welcome Tent near the Phillips Road entrance to the park.  RezzyFest hats and memorabilia, glow necklaces, and tickets for a woodcarving and other wintry basket prizes will be available in the welcome tent.

Free parking will be available on nearby streets, Smith School parking lot, and in the park lots south of the reservoir.  SARTA will run a continuous regular-fare shuttle from the Massillon Recreation Center parking lot, where free parking is available.  Visitors can warm their hands by a fire at the bus stop while they wait to return to their cars.

Dan Bates, Harold Leone, Jane Wickerham, Rudy Turkal, and Margy Vogt co-chair the event in collaboration with the Massillon Parks and Recreation Department.  Diana Parker, John Sukosd, Gary Totten, Cullen Pfendler, Jon Roseman, Henry Aegerter constructed the event and installed the displays with the assistance of Jim Smith, Dave Smith, Tom Goodrich, and Jim Jobe.  Dozens of volunteers assist during the event.  For more information, call Margy Vogt at 330-832-8469.

Media Contact:  Margy Vogt  (330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525)
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Massillon Museum Hosts Members Party for Children

The Massillon Museum will host a members1 holiday party for children on Tuesday, December 12, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.  In keeping with the Museum's circus-themed holiday, the party will include visits from Bubbles the Clown and Santa, carnival games, and circus refreshments.  The theme is derived from the handcarved miniature Immel Circus display on the Museum1s second floor.

Members, children of members, and grandchildren of members are invited.  New members are welcome at any time.  The party is free.  Space is limited and reservations are required.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East, in downtown Massillon.  Call the Museum at 330-833-4061 for more information and reservations.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Executive Director  -  330-833-4061
Dan Bates, 3Rhythms2 Chairman  -  330-833-5830 or 330-844-0750
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum PR Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
Andy Meyer, Breakfast Salad  -  330-501-0691
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Massillon Museum History Group To Meet

The Massillon Museum1s history discussion group, 3Massillon Remembers,2 will talk about old Massillon buildings at its monthly session at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 5, at the Museum.  

The history group meets on the first Tuesday of every month from 10:00 a.m. until noon to chat casually about a pre-announced topic, usually a narrow segment of Massillon history.  Chris Craft moderates the discussion.  

The 3Massillon Remembers2 group is free and open to everyone; new participants are welcome at any time.  Some people come to every session; others attend when the topic is of special interest to them.  No reservations are required.

Upcoming topics include:  bad weather, January 2; best memories, February 6; and personal vehicles on March 6.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio 172), in downtown Massillon.  For more information, call the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Executive Director  -  330-833-4061
Dan Bates, 3Rhythms2 Chairman  -  330-833-5830 or 330-844-0750
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum PR Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
Andy Meyer, Breakfast Salad  -  330-501-0691
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Olympic Ice Carving Champ Sculpts at RezzyFest

At RezzyFest, on Friday, December 8, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., Aaron Costic, who won the ice carving gold medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turino, Italy, will sculpt an ice throne from several 50-pound blocks of ice.  The sculpture will be embellished with the RezzyFest logo.  Visitors are invited to watch the craftsman at work, and when he1s finished, they1ll be encouraged to take photographs of friends and family seated on the throne.

A full-time ice sculptor based in Northeast Ohio, Costic has 17 years of experience.  He is currently on the board of directors of the National Ice Carving Association (NICA), which has certified him at the level of master ice carver and approved him as a lead judge for NICA-sanctioned ice carving competitions.

In addition to his gold medal at the most recent Winter Olympics, Costic earned the bronze medal in 1998 at Nagano, Japan, and fourth place honors at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games.  Since 1998, he has three times taken first place at the World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska.  He placed second three times and earned a third and fourth place within the past decade.

In national competition since 1998, Costic has tallied eight first place awards including single block and double block sculptures.  He took third place in both categories in 1996.  He was ineligible for prizes in 1997 and 2000, when he was selected to judge the national contest.

Costic visited RezzyFest last year and stepped in as a guest to sculpt a very popular intricately spiked orb.  This year, he is Friday1s main ice attraction.  Although he will be carving elsewhere on Saturday, three sculptors from his company, Elegant Ice Creations, will be on hand to create professional sculptures while RezzyFest visitors watch, again from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.
The ice sculptures created during the RezzyFest event will remain on display at the park until they melt.

The sixth annual RezzyFest, Massillon1s 180th birthday celebration, will also include chainsaw wood carvers, a hot air balloon glow, live music, Rudy Turkal1s Massillon history slide show, history skits‹2Massillon1s Seafaring Forefathers,2 children1s games and crafts, storytime in an igloo, award-winning Old Carolina Barbecue, continuous old Massillon movies, a train ride, blacksmithing demonstrations, bonfires, and lighting displays.

RezzyFest, located in north Reservoir Park on Hankins Road (entrance on Phillips Circle, N.E.) in northeast Massillon, will be held on Friday and Saturday, December 8 and 9, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.  Admission is free.  Free parking is available on adjacent streets.  A SARTA shuttle will run continuously from the northeast corner of the Massillon Recreation Center parking lot downtown for regular fare. This event is sponsored by Huntington Bank and Bates Printing.

For more RezzyFest information, call Margy Vogt at 330-844-1525.  To learn more about Aaron Costic, visit www.elegantice.com. Media Contact:  Margy Vogt - 330-844-1525 or 330-832-8469

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Executive Director  -  330-833-4061
Dan Bates, 3Rhythms2 Chairman  -  330-833-5830 or 330-844-0750
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum PR Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
Andy Meyer, Breakfast Salad  -  330-501-0691
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Massillon Museum Hosts "Breakfast Salad" Concert

Breakfast Salad, a duo composed of reedist Andy Meyer and percussionist Kyle Farrell, will perform experimental and improvisational music at the Massillon Museum on Thursday, November 16, in the second concert of this season's music series, "Rhythms". The trio, Up Up and Away, will open for Breakfast Salad.

The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for social time and refreshments.  Up Up and Away will perform at 7:00 p.m.; Breakfast Salad will play beginning at 8:15 p.m.

The $12.50 per-person admission ($10 for Massillon Museum members) may be paid at the door.  The concert is open to the public.  

Breakfast Salad is not strictly about improvisation; the duo regularly performs new compositions by both musicians, ranging from simple riff-type, vamp-based ideas to complex twelve-tone, multi-meter works.  "Salad" also revamps old classics of theater and popular songs.

Kyle Farrell, a native of Concord, Ohio, has played in indie rock bands  in Concord and the Cleveland area.  A student at Youngstown State University, Kyle has immersed himself in a spectrum of music  styles that now inform his playing.  

Andy Meyer, born in Massillon, graduated from Jackson High School.  He  is finishing a degree in classical saxophone at Youngstown State University.  From a young age, Andy immersed himself in music of many different origins.  A lover of avant garde jazz and classical music, he blends the music of his generation with developments in art music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries through his unique approach to the saxophone and clarinet.  In 2005, Andy performed unaccompanied works for solo saxophone in the Massillon Museum's "Rhythms" series.  He has been heard with the Guy Lombardo Orchestra and in television commercials for Farmer's National Bank.
 
Up Up and Away, a trio based in the Akron/Cuyahoga Falls area, is an experimental rhythmic group that features African drums, vocals, keyboards, and tap dancing.  They performed briefly at the Massillon Museum before the "Adaptations" auction in October.
The Massillon Museum hosts out-of-the-mainstream musicians in the intimate setting of its main gallery to broaden the realm of arts that it offers to the community.  Dan Bates chairs the five-part "Rhythms" series, which is in its third season.  The next concert, on Thursday, January 13, will open with Kev Rowe.  Carla Gover from Zoe Speaks, with special guest Diane Timmons, will perform contemporary Appalachian folk music.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East, in downtown Massillon. Call the Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org for Museum details; visit www.MySpace.com/Breakfast Salad for more information about this month1s musicians

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Executive Director  -  330-833-4061
Dan Bates, 3Rhythms2 Chairman  -  330-833-5830 or 330-844-0750
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum PR Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
Andy Meyer, Breakfast Salad  -  330-501-0691
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Massillon Museum Benefits from Online Shopping Site

Shopping online this holiday season?  The Massillon Museum can earn a percentage from your purchases when you start your shopping through the ShopforMuseums.com website.

The simple procedure for registration takes just seconds.  Be sure to select the Massillon Museum, which is an approved beneficiary of the site, and click the link to the sites you wish to shop.  They are identified in categories and an alphabetical list complete with logos for easy access.

Among the online stores that are participating in this project are Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Office Max and Staples, Hallmark, Ace Hardware, Oriental Trading, Ebay, Best Buy and Circuit City, Bath & Body, Franklin Mint, Eddie Bauer Outfitters, A&E History Channel, The Museum Store Company, Sears, JoAnn, Sierra Club, and a long list of other familiar mail-order and internet shopping sites.

Travelers, who often make plans online, can send extra revenue to the Massillon Museum by making reservations through ShopforMuseums.com with Days Inn, Delta Airlines, Holiday Inn, Orbitz, Ramada, Wyndham, and many other travel services.

These stores and the dozens of other participating merchants offer as much as ten percent in donations to the Massillon Museum when you purchase through the ShopforMuseums.com website.  After your initial registration, it just takes a few extra keystrokes for any internet shopping trip to send extra dollars to support the Massillon Museum.

For additional information, contact Christine Shearer at the Massillon Museum, 330-833-4061.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director - 330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum PR Coordinator - 330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
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Massillon Museum Hosts Fine Arts Fair

The Massillon Museum will host its third annual Fine Arts Fair on Saturday, November 18, 2006, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., in the main lobby and first floor gallery.

Although the show will be small, the artwork will be varied and high-quality:  functional and decorative pottery, jewelry, watercolors, photography, textiles, prints, and other media.
"The show will be an intimate look at the work of area artists--an opportunity to get a head start on holiday shopping in a casual, relaxed atmosphere," said Museum Director Christine Shearer.  She will exhibit her own photography work and is pleased that others who are affiliated with the Museum's staff, Kristin Paquelet (textiles), Chris Craft (prints), and Margy Vogt (photography)‹will be included in the show.

Among the early registrants who will exhibit their work are:  Dave Crookston (silver and stone jewelry); Pat Ripple (watercolor paintings); Allison Theken (jewelry); Clarice Nelson, Deb Ferree, and Deb Tucker (ceramics); and Robert Baker (photography).

The Museum shop, Ohregionalities, in conjunction with the Fine Arts Fair, will feature handcrafted greeting cards, additional ceramics and jewelry, handblown glass, and an array of gift items.  The shop stocks stocking stuffers and local history books to accompany gifts of original art.

The lobby will be alive with arts; all Museum exhibitions will be open throughout the day, as well.

Admission to the Fine Arts Fair is free and free parking is available on adjacent streets and in nearby city lots.  The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172) in downtown Massillon.

For more information about the Fine Arts Fair, contact the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum Public Relations Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
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Massillon Museum Exhibit Features "Objects of Domesticity: 1800 to 1840"

A new installation in the Massillon Museum's second floor permanent collections gallery will recall life in Ohio near the time of Massillon1s founding (1826).  "Objects of Domesticity:  1800 to 1840" will feature objects, both functional and decorative, that would have been found in early nineteenth-century homes.  

"Objects of Domesticity" opens on Saturday, November 4, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., in conjunction with the opening of the Museum's annual "Stark County Artists Exhibition" and the Janet Snell Studio M opening.  The opening festivities are free and open to all.
Samplers, quilts, and sewing baskets, as well as an 1820s-era sewing machine, will be included in the "Objects of Domesticity" exhibition.  Irons, trivets, and cooking utensils will depict the laborious lifestyle of Stark County pioneers, while musical instruments and paintings will show the importance of the arts in their lives.  Figurines, teacups, and plates will be among the porcelain and china objects.  

The grandfather clock crafted by Massillon jeweler and clockmaker Joseph Coleman may bring back childhood memories for those who visited the Massillon Museum when it was located in the Duncan House, where the clock was nearly always on display.

Some pottery pieces crafted in Zoar, Ohio's Separatist settlement will be included as well as ceramic items owned by Charity Rotch of Spring Hill Farm in the early 1820s. (Charity Rotch's husband Thomas founded the town of Kendal in 1812; it is now part of northeast Massillon.  She founded one of the earliest vocational schools in Ohio.)

Clothing from the Museum's outstanding costume collection will be displayed.  Several items from that collection will be exhibited concurrently in the "Fashion on the Ohio Frontier: 1790 1840" exhibition at the Riffe Gallery in Columbus, curated by Anne Bissonnette of the Kent State University Museum.
 
Photographs of Massillon's historic Fourth Street will remain in the Photography Gallery; several of the mansions were constructed during the first part of the nineteenth century.
Massillon Museum curator Alex Nicholis has organized the "Objects of Domesticity" exhibition, which she says is tangential to a series of exhibitions around Ohio focusing on life in the early nineteenth century.  The Massillon Museum exhibition will continue through February 3, 2007.

The Massillon Museum, located at 121 Lincoln Way East in downtown Massillon, is open Tuesday through Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.  The Museum will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.  

A visit to the Massillon Museum is always free.  To learn more about the Massillon Museum, call 330-833-4061 or visit massillonmuseum.org.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum Public Relations Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525

Photo Identification (all from Massillon Museum Permanent Collection):
Sewing Basket--  early 1800s
Primitive Painting--  early 1800s, itinerant oil painter
Teacup and Saucer--  early 1800s, china marked 3Russell2 on bottom
Quilt--  c. 1840s, detail of autograph quilt made by Isabell Hurxthal, hand-painted French chintz
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Massillon Museum's Studio M Hosts Janet Snell Oil Painting Exhibition

The Massillon Museum's Studio M will feature oil portraits painted by Janet Snell from November 4 through December 17, 2006.  The public is invited to meet the artist, view her work, and enjoy refreshments at the exhibition opening on Saturday, November 4, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Fred F. Silk Community Room of the Massillon Museum.  The party is free and open to all.
Janet Snell of Akron, Ohio, has previously shown her work in the 2003 Summitartspace group show, Akron; the 2001 anniversary show at The Drawing Center in New York City; international juried shows at the Period Gallery in Omaha, Nebraska; Cuyahoga Valley Community Arts Center; solo shows between 1988 and 2003 at Bierce Library, University of Akron; Cleveland State University; Weathervane Theater, Akron; Vox Gallery in Akron; and several exhibitions in Baltimore, Maryland.

The artist says her paintings are "part expressionism, part realism.  They aren't purely expressionistic because I don't distort the features.  I use color that isn't naturalistic to express the personality of the sitter.  The realism part grounds the portrait in reality." She describes her work as "the marriage of the figurative and the abstract exemplified in the psychology of the human head and figure." Snell attended Kent State University and earned a B.F.A., magna cum laude, at Maryland Institute, College of Art.

The Studio M show may be seen during regular Museum hours, Tuesday through Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., except when the Silk Room has been reserved for private functions.  A call to the Museum office can confirm that the exhibit is available for viewing‹330-833-4061.  The Museum will be closed on Thanksgiving Day.  

Studio M enhances the collaboration between the Museum and the community by showcasing the artistic talents of local, regional, and national artists.  The series of three-week shows will continue throughout the year, selected by jurors from proposals submitted by artists.  Brochures containing guidelines and an application are available by contacting the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172) in the heart of downtown Massillon.  A visit to the Massillon Museum is always free.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum Public Relations Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
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Massillon Museum's Stark County Artists Exhibition Opens
The Massillon Museum will celebrate the opening of the annual Stark County Artists Exhibition on Saturday, November 4, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. with a reception for the artists in the main gallery.

Present and former Stark County residents and those currently working in Stark County were eligible to enter artwork for the Massillon Museum's juried Stark County Artists Exhibition.  All media were considered by the independent jurors: Ken Emerick, Director of Individual Creativity, Ohio Arts Council, and Mark Cole, Curator of American Art, Cleveland Museum of Art.  They selected work to be included in the show as well as the awards, which will be announced during the evening.

The party is free and open to everyone.  The exhibition will continue through December 31, 2006.

November 4 will also be the opening night (6:00 to 8:00 p.m.) for the Studio M exhibition of oil paintings by Janet Snell and the second-floor 3Objects of Domesticity, 1800 to 18402 permanent collection exhibition.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way, East (Ohio 172) in downtown Massillon.  A visit to the Massillon Museum is always free.  Call the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org for more information.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum Public Relations Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
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Earl Lindsay, DMV Book Signing at Massillon Museum
OhRegionalities, the Massillon Museum shop, will host a first look and book signing for When the Old Dog Barks, a collection of stories written by Earl E. Lindsay, D.V.M.  Dr. Lindsay served farms and families in the Massillon area from 1955 to 1995.

The reception for the author will be held in the main lobby of the Massillon Museum on Sunday, November 5, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.  Dr. Lindsay will be on hand to sign books, reminisce with former clients, and tell some of his homegrown stories...without giving away the treasures in his book.  Light refreshments will be served.  The event is free and open to everyone.

Earl Edwards Lindsay spent his boyhood years on small farms in the Massillon area, graduating from Washington High School in 1944.  After a two-year military stint, he studied veterinary medicine at The Ohio State University College of Agriculture.  In 1954, just one day after graduation, he married Nancy Lou Schick.  They returned to the Massillon area, where he opened his practice, Aquadale Veterinary Clinic.  Dr. Lindsay, Nancy, and their dearly-loved dog Molly now reside in Williamsburg, Virginia.

The pages of Dr. Lindsay's book are filled with short, heartfelt tales of the animals he treated and how he worked with their guardians.  His days were filled with farm visits; his evenings full of families bringing their pets to his Aquadale office.  He talks to the reader about the Stark County Fair, the county's last cattle drive, and runaway bulls.  He writes about the inevitable animal bites and kicks that he suffered, the intuition and intelligence of animals that amazed him, and the incredible sagas of injured animals that instinctively found their own way to his door.  The entire book is peppered with humor, philosophy, and happy memories.

Dr. Lindsay was involved from the beginning with the Massillon Tiger Booster Club's live tiger mascots; he shares stories about the cubs, their handlers, and their adventures.
When the Old Dog Barks is a 225-page soft-cover book, 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches.  There's a map tucked in the pages to help readers track Dr. Lindsay as he tours the region's farmlands in his narrative.  The book, edited and printed at Bates Printing in Massillon, sells for $22.95.  Massillon Museum members are eligible for a 10% discount.
Visitors to the Museum on November 5 can do holiday shopping in OhRegionalities.  They can view three new exhibitions; the "Stark County Artists Exhibition", the Janet Snell Studio M exhibition, and "Objects of Domesticity, 1800 to 1840", and they can visit The Immel Circus, the sports gallery, and the industry gallery.

For additional information about When the Old Dog Barks or the book signing event, contact Dan Bates at 330-833-5830.  For more information about the Massillon Museum, call 330-833-4061.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Executive Director  -  330-833-4061
Dan Bates, Bates Printing / Author1s Representative  -  330-833-5830
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum PR Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525

Images:
Book cover...designed and photographed by Dan Bates
Photograph...taken by Dan Bates
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Stark County Artists Exhibition Deadline Is Sunday
Sunday is the deadline for artists to submit their work to be considered for the Stark County Artists Exhibition at the Massillon Museum.  

Present and former Stark County residents and those currently working in Stark County are eligible to enter artwork for the Massillon Museum's annual juried Stark County Artists Exhibition.  Entrants must be at least 18 years of age.  All media will be considered by the independent jurors who will select work to be included in the show as well as the awards to be presented.

Each artist may submit three pieces of work which have been completed in the past two years.  Work must be completely ready to hang or display.  Each artist must complete an entry form and present it when delivering work for consideration.
 
Ken Emerick, Director of Individual Creativity for the Ohio Arts Council, and Mark Cole, Curator of American Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art, will jury the 2006 exhibition.
Artists may deliver their work during regular Museum hours (Tuesday through Saturday 9:30 to 5:00 and Sunday 2:00 to 5:00) through October 22.  A non-refundable $10-per-artist fee must accompany entries.  Work may be for sale; the Museum will take a 30% commission.

The Stark County Artists Exhibition will open on Saturday, November 4, with a reception for the artists from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.  The party is free and open to everyone.  Awards will be announced at 8:00 that evening.  The exhibition will continue through December 31, 2006.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way, East (Ohio 172) in downtown Massillon.  A visit to the Massillon Museum is always free.  Call the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org for more information or for application brochures.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum Public Relations  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
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Rudy Turkal to Speak at Massillon Museum Brown Bag Lunch
Local history enthusiast and collector Rudy Turkal will speak at the Massillon Museum1s next Brown Bag Lunch on Tuesday, October 24.  He has titled his topic, "Bookies, Babes and Booze:  A Compendium of Entertainment in Massillon;" he plans to talk about nightlife, gambling, and bootlegging during the town1s more lawless days.  Turkal will display items from his collection to illustrate the talk and will interject his trademark humor to add entertainment value.

Guests are invited to bring a sack lunch.  Santangelo's Restaurant will serve soup, sandwiches, and salad fare for those who wish to purchase lunch at the Museum.  Bates Printing will provide complimentary cookies, coffee, and tea.

The program will begin promptly at 12:10 p.m. and conclude about 12:50 p.m. to accommodate guests who attend during the lunch hour.   

Bates Printing sponsors the Brown Bag Lunch series, which completes its third year with this program.  The series resumes on January 23 with Judge Richard Kettler as speaker.   
The event, which is held in the Museum lobby, is free and open to the public; no reservations are required.  The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East in downtown Massillon.  For more information, call the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061.

Media Contacts:  
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Museum Public Relations & Lunch Series Chairman  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
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Massillon Museum Hosts Afro Cuban Classical Guitar Concert
James Kalal and Sylvia Gallo will perform Afro Cuban Salsa guitar music at the Massillon Museum on Thursday, October 19, in the first concert of this season1s music series, 3Rhythms.2  A Cuban salsa bar and beverages will enhance the evening1s atmosphere.
The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. with social time and refreshments; the performance will begin at 8:00.

The $12.50 per-person admission ($10 for Massillon Museum members) may be paid at the door.  The concert is open to the public.  Ticket prices will vary throughout the five-concert season; a subscription rate is available for $70 ($60 for members of the Museum).
Kalal has awed audiences throughout the United States and Europe with his mastery of the acoustic guitar.  He has published several classical guitar books and in addition to CDs, which will be available at the Rhythms concert.  Gallo, also a talented classical guitarist, has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, pop singer Lou Rawls, and legendary jazz guitarist Howard Alden.  Kalal, sometimes in collaboration with Gallo, has recorded twenty CDs including classical guitar disks, hispanic music, Broadway and film classics, and Christmas CDs.

The Massillon Museum hosts out-of-the-mainstream musicians in the intimate setting of its main gallery to broaden the arts that it offers to the community.  Dan Bates chairs the five-part 3Rhythms2 series, which is in its third season.  The next concert, on Thursday, November 16, will open with innovative a capella music by ZOOMVOODOO; Breakfast Salad (reedist Andy Meyer and percussionist Kyle Farrell) will perform jazz improv and experimental music.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East, in downtown Massillon.  Call the Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org for Museum details; visit www.kalal.com for more information about the artist.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Dan Bates, 3Rhythms2 Chairman  -  330-833-5830 or 330-844-0750
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum PR Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
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Stained Glass Window Classes at St. Timothy's
St. Timothy's Episcopal Church and the Massillon Museum will collaborate to offer a three-part series on the recently restored stained glass windows at St. Timothy's.  
The sessions will be held from 2:00 to 3:00 on Sunday afternoons, October 8, 15, and 22, in the church.  The programs are free and open to the public with no reservations required.
Local historian Margy Vogt will talk about the history of the National Register building and its windows.  She will discuss the benefactors who donated the windows and the people in whose honor they were given...including prominent Massillon history figures such as Moses Brown (founder of Massillon's oldest continuing family business, Brown Lumber), Kent Jarvis (early land developer), and Caroline McCullough Everhard (early women?s rights activist).  Artifacts and photographic images will be displayed to represent as many people as possible.

Several of the windows were created by Louis C. Tiffany; Vogt will present a brief overview of Tiffany's work, the company, and other Tiffany connections to the community.
The Rev. Henry G. Harris, rector of St. Timothy's parish, will talk about the symbolism of the windows...information universal to Christian churches throughout the community.
The history of St. Timothy's Church is entwined with the history of Massillon.  The lot was set aside by the town's founder in his original plan, and many of the earliest civic leaders held responsible roles in the parish.  Throughout the church's 172-year history, it has been the victim of a devastating fire, the scene of a Spiritualism-related scandal, the rented venue for a gangster funeral, the traditional location for the Massillon Tigers' McKinley game day service, and the church where the nation offered its final salute to former member and football great Paul E. Brown.

For more information, contact the church office at 330-833-3183 or Margy Vogt at 330-832-8469.

Media Contacts:
Margy Vogt  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
Rev. Hank Harris  -  330-833-3183
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Massillon Museum Hosts Children's Halloween Party
The Massillon Museum will host a children's Halloween party for members on Wednesday, October 25, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.  Costumes are optional for the free event, which will include games, art activities, and refreshments.

Although the event is restricted to members, their children, and their grandchildren, new members are welcome at any time.  New members receive a welcome gift as well as discounts on classes, shop purchases, and Rhythms concerts; invitations to members-only events; and a subscription to the Museum newsletter.

For more information or required reservations, call the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061.
Media Contacts:  
Christine Shearer, Museum Executive Director  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Museum Public Relations Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
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Massillon Museum History Group To Meet
The Massillon Museum1s history discussion group, "Massillon Remembers", will talk about toys, tools, and games at its monthly session at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 3, at the Museum.  

The history group meets on the first Tuesday of every month from 10:00 a.m. until noon to chat casually about a pre-announced topic, usually a narrow segment of Massillon history.  Chris Craft moderates the discussion.  

The "Massillon Remembers" group is free and open to everyone; new participants are welcome at any time.  Some people come to every session; others attend when the topic is of special interest to them.  No reservations are required.

Uupcoming topics include:  records, concerts, and music on November 7; old Massillon buildings, December 5; bad weather, January 2; best memories, February 6; and personal vehicles on March 6.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio 172), in downtown Massillon.  For more information, call the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061.
Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Executive Director - 330-833-4061
Chris Craft, History Group Moderator  -  330-833-4061
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Massillon Museum Auctions Exhibition Artwork
On Friday, October 13, the Massillon Museum will auction the artwork created for the 3Adaptations2 exhibition.  The event is free, casual, and open to all.

Artists reinterpreted eleven objects from the Massillon Museum1s permanent collection, presenting twelve works of art in a variety of media for the current exhibition,

"Adaptations:  Artwork Inspired by the Massillon Museum1s Permanent Collection." 
The auction event will start with a social hour, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m, with refreshments, when guests can mingle with Adaptations artists.  They will be entertained with belly dancing by Visions of the Nile, a capella harmony by The Chromatic Gentlemen, graphic design and animation by Chris Singleton, and art and animation by Bili Kribbs.
At 8:00 p.m., Chris Smith, superintendent of Plain Local Schools, a Museum supporter and former board member, will take the gavel to auction the artwork.

Exhibition curator Alexandra Nicholis said, "The proceeds from the auction will benefit both the Museum and the artists.  We1d love for this artwork to find places in area homes and offices, but our main goal for the evening is to entertain."

The artists whose work will be auctioned are:  Clare Murray Adams, Deborah Melton Anderson, Matthew Kolodziej, Nancy Stewart Matin, M. Sean Mercer, P.R. Miller, Mark V. Pitocco, Sephen O. Schultz, Susan Skoczen, and Justin Zimmerman.  

The exhibition was sponsored by Arts in Stark, Community Health Care, Inc., Chris and Marcia Craft, Jeff and Kathy Day, Betty Angstadt-Edwards, Judge Edward Elum, Elum Music, Tom and Jayne Ferrero, Fidelity Tours, Robert and Nancy Gessner, Barbara and Richard Leffler Jr., Rhonda McMahan‹State Farm Insurance Agency, Massillon Eagles 190, Robert C. Meyer, Ohio Arts Council, and David and Jane Schultz.
The exhibition continues through October 22.  

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172) in downtown Massillon.  For more information, call the Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Executive Director - 330-833-4061
Alexandra Nicholis, Massillon Museum Curator - 330-833-4061
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Massillon Museum Invites Artists for Fine Arts Fair
The Massillon Museum will host its third Fine Arts Fair on Saturday, November 18, from 9:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. in the lobby of the Museum.  The pre-holiday shopping spree day will include special artist displays and a chance to shop at Ohregionalities.   
Members of the Museum may apply to set up a display to sell their original fine art paintings, ceramics, prints, textiles, jewelry,  photographs, any form or fine art.  New members are welcome at any time.

The $50 registration fee includes a table and two chairs.  Registrations will be accepted until November 1 or until the space is filled.  To register, send a check payable to the Massillon Museum; the artist1s name, address, phone number, and email address; and a brief description of the type of work to be exhibited to:  Fine Arts Fair, Massillon Museum, 121 Lincoln Way East, Massillon 44646.

There will be no admission fee for shoppers on the day of the event.  Visitors may visit the Stark County Artists Exhibition and the second floor permanent collection galleries on the day of the Fine Arts Fair.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East, in downtown Massillon.  Call the Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org for more information.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum PR Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
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Massillon Museum to Hold Annual Stark County Artists Exhibition
Present and former Stark County residents and those currently working in Stark County are eligible to enter artwork for the Massillon Museum's annual juried Stark County Artists Exhibition.  Entrants must be at least 18 years of age.  All media will be considered by the independent jurors who will select work to be included in the show as well as the awards to be presented.

Each artist may submit three pieces of work which have been completed in the past two years.  Work must be completely ready to hang or display.  Each artist must complete an entry form and present it when delivering work for consideration.  Entry forms and labels will be available beginning on October 1 by calling the Museum at 330-833-4061 or visiting www.massillonmuseum.org.

Ken Emerick, Director of Individual Creativity for the Ohio Arts Council, and Mark Cole, Curator of American Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art, will jury the 2006 exhibition.
Artists may deliver their work during regular Museum hours (Tuesday through Saturday 9:30 to 5:00 and Sunday 2:00 to 5:00) between October 13 and October 22.  A non-refundable $10-per-artist fee must accompany entries.  Work may be for sale; the Museum will take a 30% commission.

The Stark County Artists Exhibition will open on Saturday, November 4, with a reception for the artists from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.  The party is free and open to everyone.  Awards will be announced at 8:00 that evening.  The exhibition will continue through December 31, 2006.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way, East (Ohio 172) in downtown Massillon.  A visit to the Massillon Museum is always free.  Call the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org for more information or for application brochures.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum Public Relations  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
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Massillon Museum Brown Bag Lunch Features Famous Massillon Musicians
Bring a sack lunch or enjoy soup, salad, flatbread pizza, or a sandwich in the Lincoln Highway Café for the Massillon Museum's next Brown Bag Lunch on Tuesday, September 26.  

Mel Herncane will present a program about famous Massillon musicians:  opera star Rose Bampton, classical vocalist Jan diGaetini, Jeff Timmons of 98 Degrees, jazz tuba player Howard Johnson, singer/songwriter Jill Colucci, and drummer Shawn Fichter.  The audience will be treated to recorded music by each of the artists.

Herncane, the new director of development for the Boys and Girls Club of Massillon, was most recently known as president of  the Massillon Area Chamber of Commerce.  He taught social studies in the Jackson Local Schools for thirty years.  As a contemporary music enthusiast and a Massillon history buff, Herncane will blend the two interests to present a sound image of the town's musican heritage.

The program will begin promptly at 12:10 p.m. and conclude about 12:50 p.m. to accommodate guests who attend during the lunch hour.   

Bates Printing sponsors the Brown Bag Lunch series, which is in its third year.  It continues on the fourth Tuesday of each month through October.  Rudy Turkal, the October 24 speaker, back by popular demand, has chosen the historic topic, "Bookies, Babes, and Booze: A Compendium of Entertainment in Massillon".

The event, which is held in the Museum lobby, is free and open to the public; no reservations are required.  The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East in downtown Massillon.  For more information, call the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061.

Media Contacts:  
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Museum Public Relations & Lunch Series Chairman  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
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Massillon Museum Offers Darkroom Photography Class
The Massillon Museum, the repository of more than 60,000 of the community1s historic photographs, fosters an enthusiasm for the art form of photography by regularly offering photography classes.  The class this fall will be Basic Black and White Darkroom Photography.  Wendy Johnson will teach the eight-week Thursday evening session, which will begin on October 12.  Adults may register until October 7 for $89 ($80 for Museum members).  An additional $16 materials fee will be required.

Massillon Museum classes are open to the public, but registration is required at least five days in advance.  Students may register in person, by mail, or by phone using cash, checks, or credit cards.  Museum members receive a tuition discount; new members are welcome at any time.     

For a detailed class schedule or for more information, call the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172) in downtown Massillon.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Mandy Altimus, Massillon Museum Archivist  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum Public Relations Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
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Massillon Museum Offers Adult Drawing and Painting Classes
The Massillon Museum will offer creative classes for adults to learn drawing and painting skills this fall.

J.D. Gross will teach Basic Drawing for Beginners on eight Tuesday evenings beginning on September 26.  Joshua Bruner will teach Intro to Drawing on eight Thursday afternoons beginning on September 28.  The fee for either course is $65 ($60 for Museum members).  An $8 materials fee will be required in each case.

Pat Ripple will instruct the eight-week afternoon Beginning Watercolor class, which starts on Tuesday, September 26.  She will teach the eight-week Intermediate Watercolor series on Tuesday mornings, also starting on September 26.  The fee for either course is $75 ($68 for Museum members).  A $15 materials fee will be required in each case.
Massillon Museum classes are open to the public, but registration is required at least five days in advance.  Students may register in person, by mail, or by phone using cash, checks, or credit cards.  Museum members receive a tuition discount; new members are welcome at any time.     

For a complete class schedule or for more information, call the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172) in downtown Massillon.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Mandy Altimus, Massillon Museum Archivist  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum Public Relations Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
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Massillon Museum Offers Children's Classes
Two children's class programs begin at the Massillon Museum on October 5.
The Massillon Museum will offer a "Fantastic Paper Crafts" program for children age nine and older.  Instructor Allison Begue will prove that paper isn't just for drawing!  Students will experiment with collage, mosaic, paper mache, paper weaving, and more.  The class will meet on four Thursdays from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.  Tuition is $35 ($31 for Museum members); there is a $10 materials fee.

Nicole Garlando Berens will teach an eight-week "Creative Movement" program for children ages four through nine on Thursdays from  1:00 to 2:00 p.m.  In this exploration of rhythm, improvisation, and self-expression, students will use music, games, yoga, and dance technique to enhance coordination, self-esteem, and social skills.  Children will be introduced to different forms of dance, music, and the arts while they exercise their bodies and imaginations.  Tuition is $40 ($36 for Museum members).

Massillon Museum classes are open to the public, but registration is required at least five days in advance.  Students may register in person, by mail, or by phone using cash, checks, or credit cards.  Museum members receive a tuition discount; new members are welcome at any time.     

For a detailed class schedule, which includes classes for teens and adults, or for more information, call the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172) in downtown Massillon.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Mandy Altimus, Massillon Museum Archivist  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum Public Relations Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
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Massillon Museum Offers Ceramics Classes for Teens and Adults
The Massillon Museum will offer four opportunities for teens and adults to hone their ceramics skills this fall.

Debbie Tucker will teach Ceramics: Throwing and Hand-Building on eight Thursday mornings.  She will also instruct the eight-week Ceramics: Beginner Throwing class on Thursday evenings.  Both will begin on September 28.  The fee for either session is $98 ($89 for Museum members).  

Clarice Nelson will teach Ceramics Hand-Building: Beginner and Intermediate for eight Tuesday mornings, beginning on October 17.  Tuition is $98 ($89 for Museum members).
The Museum will offer a General Ceramics Studio every Wednesday morning from September 27 through December 13.  The ceramics lab will be open to anyone with prior experience working with clay.  A staff member will be available to advise and monitor the lab, but no instruction will be offered.  The lab fee is $50.

For each program, a materials fee of $16 per 25-pound bag of clay will be charged.
Massillon Museum classes are open to the public, but registration is required at least five days in advance.  Students may register in person, by mail, or by phone using cash, checks, or credit cards.  Museum members receive a tuition discount; new members are welcome at any time.     

For a detailed class schedule‹including additional classes for teens and adults as well as children1s programs, or for more information, call the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172) in downtown Massillon.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Mandy Altimus, Massillon Museum Archivist  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum Public Relations Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525
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Massillon Museum offers Yoga Class:

Massillon Museum Offers Yoga Class The Massillon Museum will offer an eight-week Yoga series for anyone age fourteen and older beginning on September 26.  Bob Goerke will lead the Tuesday evening sessions.  Yoga calms the mind, relaxes the body, and improves flexibility.  This class will be appropriate for all levels, including beginners.  Participants will bring a mat or towel, pillow, and blanket. The class fee is $50 ($45 for Museum members).
Massillon Museum classes are open to the public, but registration is required by September 21.  Students may register in person, by mail, or by phone using cash, checks, or credit cards.  Museum members receive a tuition discount; new members are welcome at any time.     
For a detailed class schedule or for more information, call the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061 or visit www.massillonmuseum.org.
The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172) in downtown Massillon.Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Mandy Altimus, Massillon Museum Archivist  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum Public Relations Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525 
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“Margaret Mitchell” Visits Massillon Museum

The Massillon Museum will host Debra Conner as she portrays Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell on Friday, August 4, at 7:00 p.m.  The program is one of several events scheduled for the grand finale of the Massillon Museum’s summer Civil War exhibition, “1861–1865.”  

The event is free and open to everyone.  Reservations should be made by calling the Massillon Museum at 330-833-4061.

Debra Conner, writer-in-residence for the Ohio Arts Council and West Virginia Arts Commission, presents living history portrayals of several very different women: vivacious Margaret Blennerhassett, reclusive poet Emily Dickinson, and vibrant artist Zelda Fitzgerald— whom she portrayed at the Massillon Public Library in collaboration with the Museum’s “Zelda” exhibition this winter.  A member of the West Virginia Humanities Council’s “History Alive!” speakers program, Debra brings her characters to schools, conferences, cultural events, libraries, and colleges throughout her home state.
Conner’s poems have appeared in Fifty Years of West Virginia Poetry, and her prose was included in Teaching Writing from the Writer’s Point of View, published by the National Council of Teachers of English. She has received fellowships from both the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.  She has four times toured with Ohio Chautauqua.

The Margaret Mitchell program is part of an eleven-week focus on the Civil War as it affected Stark County.  Mitchell’s masterpiece, Gone With the Wind, published in 1936, has become one of the most popular depictions of the Civil War and Reconstruction.  The monumental epic of the South won a Pulitzer Prize, gave rise to the most popular motion picture of our time, and inspired a sequel that became the fastest selling novel of the century.  It is one of the most popular books ever written; more than 28 million copies of the book have been sold in more than 37 countries.

Other events scheduled for the grand finale week include:  
Civil War Gallery Discussion with Chris Craft (Wednesday, August 2), Gone with the Wind book discussion at Massillon Public Library with Richard Gercken (Thursday, August 3), and a free showing of “Gone with the Wind” at the Lions Lincoln Theatre followed by a free picnic on the Museum lawn (Sunday, August 6).

The “1861–1865” exhibition will be on display at the Massillon Museum, 121 Lincoln Way East in downtown Massillon, through August 6, 2006.  The Massillon Museum can be contacted by calling 330-833-4061 or visiting www.massillonmuseum.org.  

The exhibition, “1861–1865” and the collaborative events that augment the exhibition are supported by The Albert and Edith Flowers Foundation, The Canton/Stark County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Eagles Massillon Aerie 190, Wal-Mart, and private individuals.

Media Contacts:
Alex Nicholis, Massillon Museum Curator  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum PR Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525

Massillon Museum Offers Children’s Classes
CLICK HERE to view a complete list of classes

Registration is open for the Massillon Museum’s July and August children’s classes. Museum classes are open to all.

Up Close and Personal, a two-week program for six to eight-year-olds, will meet on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons beginning on July 18.  Angelina Oberlin will help students create portraits influenced by artists like Chuck Close, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh.  The class fee is $30 (Museum members $20).   
  
Even Da Vinci Used Math will be a four-week class on Saturday mornings beginning on July 29.  Students ages 11 through 14 will learn how geometry relates to visual arts using lessons in perspective drawing, origami, textile patterns, and more.  Tuition is $30 (members $25).

Allison Werstler will lead the Color My Walkway class on four Saturday mornings beginning on July 1.  Four to six-year-olds will use a different theme each week to chalk the walk outside the Museum.  The class fee is $15 (members $12).    

Marissa L. Brown will teach a free Bookmaking class, a three-week session that will meet on Tuesday afternoons beginning on August 1.  Children 10 and older will make their own paper and incorporate it into a book.  The class is sponsored by Lighthouse Visions and funded through Arts in Stark.  

The Arts of China Summer Camp will be held from August 8 through 11.  Angelina Oberlin will help children ages five through eight make brush paintings, lanterns, fans, tigers, and more.  They will create and perform a Dragon Dance.  The $70 fee ($60 for members) includes snacks.

Massillon Museum classes are open to the public, but registration is required at least five days in advance.  Students may register in person, by mail, or by phone using cash, checks, or credit cards.  Museum members receive a tuition discount; new members are welcome at any time.  With the exception of the free classes and camp, a materials fee is required for each session.   
For a detailed class schedule CLICK HERE, which includes teen and adult art classes and programs for children.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172) in downtown Massillon.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Mandy Altimus, Massillon Museum Archivist  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum Public Relations Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525

Massillon Museum History Group To Meet

The Massillon Museum’s history discussion group, “Massillon Remembers,” will hold its monthly session at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 11, at the Museum.

Participants will discuss famous people they’ve seen or met, bringing photographs or newspaper clippings if available.  Did you ever see Elvis?  Shake the President’s hand?  Talk to “General Coxey?”  

The history group meets on the first Tuesday of every month from 10:00 a.m. until noon to chat casually about a pre-announced topic, usually a narrow segment of Massillon history.  Chris Craft moderates the discussion.  Pets and familiar sayings will be the topics for August and September.

The “Massillon Remembers” group is free and open to everyone; new participants are welcome at any time.  Some people come to every session; others attend when the topic is of special interest to them.  No reservations are required.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio 172), in downtown Massillon.  For a detailed class schedule CLICK HERE, which includes teen and adult art classes and programs for children.

Media Contacts:
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Chris Craft, History Group Moderator  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum PR Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525

Massillon Museum Offers Creative Movement Programs

Registration is now open for the Massillon Museum’s summer classes, which include two creative movement programs.

Bob Goerke will lead the eight-week Yoga class that will meet on Tuesday evenings, 7:15 to 8:30, beginning on July 11.  The class, which will calm the mind, relax the body, and improve flexibility, will be appropriate for anyone 14 and older of any skill level.  Tuition is $50 ($45 for Museum members).

The African Healing Dance Workshop on Wednesday afternoon, July 28, from 2:00 to 3:30, will be open to all ages (five and older).  Instructor Nicole Garlando Berens says participants will “experience the joy of dance with rhythmic and energetic movements that have been healing body, mind, and spirit for thousands of years.”  The workshop fee is $28 ($18 for members).

Massillon Museum classes are open to the public, but pre-registration is required five days in advance.  Students may register in person, by mail, or by phone using cash, checks, or credit cards.  Museum members receive a ten percent tuition discount, and new members are welcome at any time.  

For a detailed class schedule CLICK HERE, which includes teen and adult art classes and programs for children.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172) in downtown Massillon.

Media Contacts:
Alex Nicholis, Massillon Museum Curator  -  330-833-4061
Mandy Altimus, Massillon Museum Archivist  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum Public Relations Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525

Shearer to Attend Prestigious Museum Leadership Institute

When museum leaders from across the country and around the world gather in Los  Angeles for the 2006 Museum Leadership Institute (MLI), at the Getty Center, from July 9–28, Massillon Museum Director Christine Fowler Shearer will be among them.?

Shearer joined the Massillon Museum staff as arts director in July of 2001.  After a year as interim director, she became director in January of 2003.  Under her leadership, the Museum has mounted an impressive list of exhibitions:  two have received national attention; another became the Museum’s first traveling exhibition; all have increased attendance dramatically.  Permanent collection galleries change regularly to exhibit the Museum’s massive collection of local treasures.  The new Studio M provides an intimate opportunity for solo and group art exhibitions.  

Programming is thriving:  the monthly Brown Bag lunches are usually filled to capacity and the “Rhythms” series introduces an eclectic array of music in a gallery setting.  During her time at the helm, the cafe and the Museum shop in the lobby have been revived, and the Museum has become a center for community involvement.  Shearer has successfully written grants for local, state, and national funding and raised private support to augment the tax funding entrusted to the Museum by the voters of Massillon.
Shearer earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Kent State University with a major in art history and a minor in history.  She holds a Master of Arts degree in art history from The University of Notre Dame.  Before coming to the Massillon Museum, she was executive director and chief curator of  The Cleveland Artists Foundation.  As a student, Shearer interned at the Massillon Museum.

Shearer has for five years been an officer of the Ohio Museums Association board of trustees; she has held leadership positions in Leave a Legacy Stark County and the Cleveland/Lakefront District of the American Diabetes Association; and she is an active member of Rotary Club of Massillon.

Museum Leadership Institute, now in its 28th year, continues to be the leading professional development program for decision makers in the field. The intensive, highly competitive three-week course, which is held each July at the Getty Center, provides a strategic perspective to the problems and opportunities facing today's museums.? MLI’s outstanding body of alumni— more than 900 museum professionals from the United States and more than 20 countries —is responsible for setting directions at museums across the globe.

This year, 31 participants, selected based on their senior managerial responsibilities and ability to influence policy and effect change at their institutions, will attend MLI to enhance their leadership.? They include professionals from a wide range of museums, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museo de Arte in San Juan, Puerto Rico; the Calgary Police Service Interpretative Centre in Canada; the East London Museum in South Africa; the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in the Republic of Panama; and the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.? At the Getty Center, participants will have access to the Getty’s art and scholarly environment as well as other resources and facilities that encourage research and exchange.

MLI coursework covers strategic thinking, finance, marketing, and organizational behavior. In today’s fast-changing world, MLI enables museum directors and executives to respond to new challenges in the global economy, addressing topics such as building public understanding, achieving financial stability, leading organizational change, and enhancing staff and board effectiveness.? Faculty members are drawn from the top ranks of educational institutions offering executive education, including Dartmouth, the University of Southern California, and the University of Virginia. Case studies and exercises selected for MLI combine current events and trends with academic theory and best practices.
MLI was established in 1979 and has been operated by the Getty since 1984.? It is the primary executive development opportunity of the Getty Leadership Institute (GLI), a program of the Getty Foundation, one of the largest supporters of the visual arts in the world.? In addition to MLI, the GLI also offers a portfolio of other professional development programs designed for administrators, curators, board members, and a variety of other museum-related roles.

Media Contacts:
Christine Fowler Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum Public Relations Coordinator  -  330-832-8469   |   330-844-1525

Massillon Public Library Hosts Civil War Book Discussion

Massillon Public Library, in collaboration with the Massillon Museum’s exhibition, “1861–1865,” will host a book discussion on Wednesday, June 28, at 7:00 p.m.  The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, the topic of the discussion, offers insight into the Civil War from the viewpoint of characters on both sides of the bitter conflict.  
  
Richard Gercken, a retired public librarian, will spark discussion to help participants thoroughly enjoy and understand the book.  Known to patrons from his years at Massillon Public Library, Gercken has previously led highly successful book discussion groups at the Library, including the first Civil War series book discussion of Cold Mountain and a series of three books in conjunction with the Massillon Museum’s “Zelda by Herself: The Art of Zelda Fitzgerald” exhibition.  

There is no fee to attend.  Reservations are requested; call Massillon Public Library at 330-832-9831.  Discussions will be held in the Library’s auditorium just inside the Second Street ground-level entrance.

In addition to its free circulation copies, Massillon Public Library will purchase copies of The Killer Angels for the convenience of discussion participants.  They will be sold in advance at the Library’s cost.  The books are also available on the Internet and at bookstores.  Contact the Library for further information.

The final discussion in the Civil War series in collaboration with the Massillon Museum will be held on Wednesday, August 2.  Participants will discuss Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind.

The Library will offer a complimentary book list for those who would like to read more about the Civil War era.  

Massillon Public Library is located at 208 Lincoln Way East, at the corner of Second Street Northeast.  Ample free parking is available in the Library’s Second Street lot and on adjacent streets.  The Library can be contacted by calling 330-832-9831 or visiting www.massillonlibrary.org.
 
The “1861–1865” exhibition will be on display at the Massillon Museum, 121 Lincoln Way East in downtown Massillon, through August 6, 2006.  The Massillon Museum can be contacted by calling 330-833-4061.
 
The exhibition, “1861–1865” and the collaborative events that augment the exhibition are supported by The Albert and Edith Flowers Foundation, The Canton/Stark County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Eagles Massillon Aerie 190, Wal-Mart, and private individuals.

Media Contacts:
Camille Leslie, Massillon Public Library Director  -  330-832-9831
Christine Shearer, Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum PR Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525

Massillon Museum Presents Civil War Gallery Discussions

Registration is now open for the Massillon Museum’s gallery discussions about the American Civil War and the Museum’s summer exhibition, “1861-1865.”  Discussion leader Chris Craft, who is a Civil War enthusiast and co-curator of the Museum exhibition, will guide conversation about Massillon’s involvement in the war as well as issues concerning the conflict.

The gallery discussion will be held on Thursday, July 6, and Thursday, August 3.  Participants should choose just one session.  High school students and adults are welcome.

Massillon Museum classes are open to the public, but pre-registration is required five days in advance.  Students may register in person, by mail, or by phone using cash, checks, or credit cards.  The fee is $10.  

For a detailed class schedule CLICK HERE, which includes teen and adult art classes and programs for children.

The Massillon Museum is located at 121 Lincoln Way East (Ohio Route 172) in downtown Massillon.

Media Contacts:
Alex Nicholis, Massillon Museum Curator  -  330-833-4061
Chris Craft, Exhibition Co-Curator/Civil War Historian  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum Public Relations Coordinator  -  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525

Massillon Museum Exhibit Features Historic Fourth Street

A new installation in the Massillon Museum’s second floor permanent collections gallery will recall the grandeur of Massillon’s finest old neighborhood.  “Historic Fourth Street Revisited” (June 24 to September, 2006) will depict the families, the residences, and the belongings of the distinguished citizens who lived on Fourth Street in its halcyon days.

Fourth Street, a six-block-long neighborhood listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located just northeast of downtown Massillon.  Nearly all of the residences still stand, a reminder of the wealth of Massillon during the canal era and the town’s steam-engine manufacturing heyday.

Once more elegantly known as Prospect Street, the Fourth Street neighborhood has been home and host to many prominent people since its beginnings in the nineteenth century.  The prosperous homeowners – primarily industrialists and bankers – welcomed Presidents Garfield and McKinley.  Although local interest in Fourth Street centers on its history and the impact that its residents made on the community, the broader significance is that its homes represent an entire century of architectural design.  The first homes were constructed in the early 1830s and the last one was built in 1938.  The special mystique of Fourth Street is that even the smaller and the newer homes are fine examples of the architecture of their time.

Homes include stations on the Underground Railroad and a small 1840s residence once owned by actresses Lillian and Dorothy Gish.  Two are grand mansions built of stone quarried locally.  Several were designed or redesigned by the noted architect Charles F. Schweinfurth of Cleveland; several were planned by Herman L. Albrecht, a Massillonian who also maintained a Cleveland office.  

Massillon Museum curator Alex Nicholis has selected for the exhibition: nineteenth-century clothing, oil portraits of former residents, artwork collected by the homeowners, furniture and fixtures from the homes, and photographs of the residences and their owners.  Clifford Lackey has loaned color postcards of Fourth Street from his private collection.

Several related events will coincide with the Fourth Street exhibition.  The C.H.A.R.M. (Central Historical Area Residents of Massillon) neighborhood association will hold its annual festival, Summertime on Fourth Street, on Sunday, July 16.  Free and open to the public, Summertime on Fourth Street features re-enactors, food, antique automobiles, a steam engine display, antique dealers, several artists, history displays, music, and tours of historic homes.  The Massillon Museum will be represented by a booth at the event.  For additional event information:  330-833-5374 or www.massillonhasCHARM.org.

Local historian Margy Vogt will lead walking tours of historic Fourth Street on Tuesday, July 18; Wednesday, August 16; and Sunday, September 10.  Beginning in front of Five Oaks at the corner of Fourth and North, the tours take about an hour and a half.  The $4 per person fee may be paid at the start of the tour; no reservations are necessary.  For more tour information:  330-832-8469 (Vogt).
The Massillon Museum’s monthly Brown Bag Lunch program on Tuesday, July 25, will be “Fourth Street: A Century of History and Design,” presented by Margy Vogt, who chairs the lunch series.  The lunch, noon to 1:00 p.m., is free and open to all in the Museum lobby.  Guests may bring a brown bag or purchase lunch in the Lincoln Highway Cafe at the Massillon Museum.  Bates Printing provides complimentary coffee, tea, and cookies.  Brown Bag Lunch information:  massillonmuseum.org or 330-833-4061 (Museum) or 330-832-8469 (Vogt).

Vogt’s illustrated history, Fourth Street: A Century of History and Design, published in 1998, is available in the Museum shop ($13.95).  The 48-page softcover includes more than 100 photographs, maps, and drawings from the collection of the Massillon Museum and the author.  She will sign copies of the book following the July 25 Brown Bag Lunch.  More information about the book:  330-832-8469 or 330-844-1525 (Vogt).

The Massillon Museum, located at 121 Lincoln Way East in downtown Massillon, is open Tuesday through Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.  A visit to the Massillon Museum is always free.  To learn more about the Massillon Museum, call 330-833-4061 or visit massillonmuseum.org.

Media Contacts:  
Christine Shearer,  Massillon Museum Director  -  330-833-4061
Alex Nicholis, Massillon Museum Curator  -  330-833-4061
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum PR Coordinator  -  330-832-8469

Name the Massillon Museum Inchworm Contest

The new, colorful, far-larger-than-life inchworm that lives on the Museum’s front lawn needs a name!  Children ages five through 12 are invited to submit their ideas.

“This contest has very simple rules,” says Massillon Museum Curator  Alex Nicholis.  “Each child may submit just one name.  It must be accompanied by a brief explanation of why the child chose the name.  And the entry must be submitted by July 9.”

First prize will be $25 and one free children’s art class registration; second prize will be one free children’s art class registration.

The frame for the inchworm was fabricated and donated by Bill Kapper at King Machine, Inc.  Judy Paquelet and Barb Thomas added the moss and flowers that were donated by Moyer’s Nursery and Landscaping.

Entries should be delivered or mailed to:  “Name the Inchworm Contest,” Massillon Museum, 121 Lincoln Way East, Massillon, OH 44646.  On-line entries will be accepted at massillonmuseum.org.  Submissions must reach the Museum by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, July 9.  Questions about the contest should be directed to Mandy  Altimus, Museum archivist, at 330-833-4061 or aaltimus@massillonmuseum.org.

The Massillon Museum, located at the corner of First Street and Lincoln Way East in downtown Massillon, is open Tuesday through Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Media Contacts:  
Alex Nicholis, Massillon Museum Curator  -  330-833-4061
Mandy Altimus, Massillon Museum Archivist  -  330-833-8382
Margy Vogt, Massillon Museum PR Coordinator  -  330-832-8469

Massillon Museum Brown Bag Lunch Features the Civil War Era

Bring a sack lunch for the Massillon Museum’s Brown Bag Lunch on  Tuesday, June 27.  Chris Craft, a Civil War historian and re-enactor, will talk about the American Civil War era in conjunction with the Museum’s summer exhibition, “1861–1965.”  The program will begin at 12:10 p.m. and
conclude by 12:50 p.m. to accommodate guests who attend during the lunch hour.

Craft, who is co-curating the Civil War exhibition with Museum Director Christine Shearer, will talk about the most important and intriguing objects in the gallery as well as historical highlights of the 1860s.

In his second year of retirement from teaching art and history at Fairless High School, Craft continues as an art instructor at Malone College and at the Massillon Museum.  He volunteers regularly as a Museum assistant and researcher and works on occasion as an adjunct staff member.  Highlights of Craft’s role as a Civil War re-enactor include two presidential inaugural parades, leadership of two national Civil War military units, and appearances in the films “Gettysburg” and “Glory.”

Bates Printing sponsors the Brown Bag Lunch series, providing complimentary coffee, tea, and cookies.  Those who do not wish to eat lunch are welcome to sit in chairs surrounding the lunch table area.

The “1861–1865” exhibition will highlight the effects of the war on northeast Ohio’s soldiers and civilians through photographs and artifacts.  A catalog containing essays, historical information, and photographs will accompany the exhibition and pr