Celebrate Toledo's artistic instincts at Arts Gone Wild! This four-day summer festival is a safari exploring the diverse "species" of cultural offerings found right in our city. Prowl around the Toledo Zoo on August 8,9,10 and 11, and discover:
- Signature performances by the Toledo Ballet, the Toledo Opera, the Toledo Repertoire Theatre, and the Toledo Symphony
- Musical performances by Toledo School for the Arts students
- Hands-on art activities and artist demonstrations from the Toledo Museum of Art
- Audition workshops by the Valentine Theatre
- Nature talks led by the Metroparks- Toledo Area
- Storytelling and puppet shows by the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library
- A community art project by the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo
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Arts Gone Wild is a collaboration of the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Metroparks-Toledo Area, Toledo Ballet, Toledo Botanical Garden, Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Opera, Toledo Repertoire Theatre, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo Symphony, Toledo Zoo, Valentine Theatre, and WGTE Public Media.
2 comments:
Wildly interesting that the 25 year-old regional arts and arts education agency that pioneered entrepreneurial arts activities to increase public participation in the arts was not even invited to participate in this event! The 25 year-old arts agency pioneered hands-on family arts events at the parties in the park, ethnic and cultural festivals, nursing homes, etc. that the larger arts agencies copied and called their own. Was it oversight, a traditional belief that the arts exist in high brow arts agencies like museums, ballets, operas, or the new paradigm of zoos, recreation centers, pet groups and parks are testing to access arts funding to build their coffers and increase attendance? Maybe it is part of all of the above? Who knows? Sorry, I would probably say now anyway since we are too busy reaching out to new and different audiences that have ‘free admission’.
You never say the name of the 25 year-old regional arts and arts education agency. It can be argued that the TMA was providing hands-on arts education, family events and parties nearly a century ago. I don't work for the museum of any of those other places, but I was at the Arts Gone Wild with our kids on Friday and it was great. Hopefully instead of being upset, your 25 year-old arts and arts education agency should get in touch with the other ones who were there and join with them instead of creating more division.
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