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By Dorothy Shinn
Beacon Journal art & architecture writer
Published on Thursday, Aug 28, 2008
The late Clyde Singer captured Northeast Ohio as perhaps few artists have. He looked at its cities and its farmlands, its celebrations and its everyday life. Soon, two Northeast Ohio museums will open exhibits of his work, and to prime visitor interest, PBS Channels 45 and 49 will air Clyde Singer: An American Artist at 10:30 p.m. Sunday, in celebration of his centennial birth year.
The 30-minute broadcast will hit the highlights of shows at the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, where Clyde Singer: A Retrospective opens Sept. 7, and the Canton Museum of Art, where Clyde Singer's America opens Sept. 11.
The documentary includes interviews with Butler Director Louis A. Zona and Canton Museum Director M.J. Albacete, as well as with Canton's curator of exhibits, Lynnda Arrasmith.
While these three provide insights into the man and his works (Singer taught art classes at the Butler for many years), there are also interviews with community members who knew Singer when he wrote an art column for the Youngstown Vindicator.
Born in 1908 in Malvern, Singer settled in the Youngstown area in 1940 after studying painting in New York City under Thomas Hart Benton and John Steuart Curry.
His painting style can be compared to the American Scene School, also known as the American Regionalist Movement, which dominated American art from the 1920s through the 1940s and only ceased being the key American style after Jackson Pollock introduced Abstract Expressionism, or Action Painting, in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Singer's life and work should have an appreciative audience in Northeast Ohio, and the two museums are counting on that, going all-out to produce two separate, but linked shows, as well as a definitive catalog of his life and work, written by Albacete and published by Kent State University Press.
Channels 45 and 49 will repeat the broadcast at 2 p.m. Wednesday, at 8 p.m. Sept. 9 and at 2 p.m. Sept. 13.
Each of the museums is holding opening-day events. The Butler, 524 Wick Ave., Youngstown, is having an opening/brunch event from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 7, which is $15. Reservations are required. Call 330-743-1107, Ext. 210. The Canton Museum of Art, 1001 Market Ave. N., will hold a free opening celebration from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Sept. 11. Reservations are also required. Call 330-453-7666, Ext. 102.
Saturday
Meet the Artist — Allie Elia will be on hand at an exhibit of her paintings and ceramics from noon to 3 p.m. at Creekside Home Treasures, 25 Ghent Road, Fairlawn. 330-703-2385, http://www.creeksidehometreasures.com.
Tuesday
New hours — The William McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, 800 McKinley Monument Dr. N.W., Canton, will close at 4 p.m. daily beginning Tuesday. New hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. The museum is owned and operated by the Stark County Historical Society. 330-455-7043.
Reservation deadline — Tuesday is the last day to reserve a spot at the Massillon Museum's 75th anniversary dinner. The dinner will be held at 6 p.m. Sept. 4 at Amvets Post No. 6, 303 Weirich Blvd. N.W., Massillon. Dress is casual with a buffet dinner and a background slide show. Tickets are $10. There will also be a drawing ($5 per chance) for a Genesis E-310 Weber grill. Call 330-833-4061 or visit http://www.massillonmuseum.org.
Dorothy Shinn writes about art and architecture for the Akron Beacon Journal. Send information to her at the Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309-0640 or dtgshinn@neo.rr.com.
The late Clyde Singer captured Northeast Ohio as perhaps few artists have. He looked at its cities and its farmlands, its celebrations and its everyday life. Soon, two Northeast Ohio museums will open exhibits of his work, and to prime visitor interest, PBS Channels 45 and 49 will air Clyde Singer: An American Artist at 10:30 p.m. Sunday, in celebration of his centennial birth year.
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