Using technology to encourage new audiences.
see this article from our own Columbus Dispatch
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/arts/stories/2007/09/09/1_COVER_STORY.ART_ART_09-09-07_E1_BG7PSQ2.html?sid=101
Here's what several central Ohio organizations have cooking: THIS IS JUST A SMALL EXCEPT.....
• The Columbus Museum of Art offers cell-phone tours of displays, prepares video documentaries of artists and helps high-school students create podcasts that highlight exhibits in ways that reach other young people.
The museum plans interactive programs for children, adults and families.
Maciejunes already leads a book club focused on the art featured in novels. Up next: a Sept. 23 exploration of the Asian art in the Mary Kay Zuravleff work The Bowl Is Already Broken.
• The cutting-edge Wexner Center for the Arts has embraced technology, creating a robust Web site (www.wex arts.org) with blogs and podcasts, "mix tapes" (with musical clips from upcoming shows) and WexTV (with extended taped interviews).
• The Columbus Symphony Orchestra connects with patrons through a blog as well as social-networking tools such as MySpace and Facebook.
To familiarize patrons with the music in upcoming concerts, the symphony posts snippets from its previous recordings of pieces on MySpace.
• While it envisions incorporating digital technology by, say, quickly creating and changing backdrops, BalletMet Columbus acknowledges already using it in ways that include "the more mundane," said Cheri Mitchell, executive director.
"For a dance contest we did prior to the (production) '30x30,' people could upload images of themselves dancing onto our Web site as part of their entry."
• Technology has helped Opera Columbus promote its art in large and small ways, according to marketing director Lisa Minken.
The company will again participate in promoting the HD broadcasts of Metropolitan Opera performances from New York at commercial theaters, including the Georgesville Square 16.
• To attract audiences, the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus uses blogs, podcasts, MySpace, streaming and compact discs -- with its 11th album to be released soon.
• Contemporary American Theatre Company will soon upgrade its site (www.catco. org) to include video excerpts of performances.
• Among the smaller troupes, MadLab Theatre is known as a pioneer in multimedia efforts.
The annual Theatre Roulette, showcasing short new works, often blends live shows with video clips or video previews at intermission.
http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/arts/stories/2007/09/09/1_COVER_STORY.ART_ART_09-09-07_E1_BG7PSQ2.html?sid=101
Here's what several central Ohio organizations have cooking: THIS IS JUST A SMALL EXCEPT.....
• The Columbus Museum of Art offers cell-phone tours of displays, prepares video documentaries of artists and helps high-school students create podcasts that highlight exhibits in ways that reach other young people.
The museum plans interactive programs for children, adults and families.
Maciejunes already leads a book club focused on the art featured in novels. Up next: a Sept. 23 exploration of the Asian art in the Mary Kay Zuravleff work The Bowl Is Already Broken.
• The cutting-edge Wexner Center for the Arts has embraced technology, creating a robust Web site (www.wex arts.org) with blogs and podcasts, "mix tapes" (with musical clips from upcoming shows) and WexTV (with extended taped interviews).
• The Columbus Symphony Orchestra connects with patrons through a blog as well as social-networking tools such as MySpace and Facebook.
To familiarize patrons with the music in upcoming concerts, the symphony posts snippets from its previous recordings of pieces on MySpace.
• While it envisions incorporating digital technology by, say, quickly creating and changing backdrops, BalletMet Columbus acknowledges already using it in ways that include "the more mundane," said Cheri Mitchell, executive director.
"For a dance contest we did prior to the (production) '30x30,' people could upload images of themselves dancing onto our Web site as part of their entry."
• Technology has helped Opera Columbus promote its art in large and small ways, according to marketing director Lisa Minken.
The company will again participate in promoting the HD broadcasts of Metropolitan Opera performances from New York at commercial theaters, including the Georgesville Square 16.
• To attract audiences, the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra of Columbus uses blogs, podcasts, MySpace, streaming and compact discs -- with its 11th album to be released soon.
• Contemporary American Theatre Company will soon upgrade its site (www.catco. org) to include video excerpts of performances.
• Among the smaller troupes, MadLab Theatre is known as a pioneer in multimedia efforts.
The annual Theatre Roulette, showcasing short new works, often blends live shows with video clips or video previews at intermission.
