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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:2.0pt;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>VIVA! & Gala Performing Arts Series Single Tickets On Sale Beginning Wednesday, August 17<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>CLEVELAND (August 12, 2011) – </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Single tickets for the Cleveland Museum of Art’s 2011-2012 VIVA! & Gala Performing Arts series will go on sale to the public on Wednesday, August 17.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Now in its seventh season and opening Friday, September 30, VIVA! & Gala is known for bringing performing artists to Cleveland that cannot be experienced anywhere else in the region.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br> This year’s lineup ranges from the movement poetry of Maureen Fleming in <i>Black Madonna</i>, her mystical response on the occasion of the 10<sup>th</sup> anniversary of 9/11; to the Grammy Award-winning Cuban jazz pianist Chucho Valdés, as well as the pure genius of Catalan viola da gamba player Jordi Savall. Also back by popular demand is Max Raabe and Palast Orchester, the Berlin-based ensemble that mixes the big band music of the 1920s and ‘30s with a distinctively modern sound.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Single tickets range in price from $28 to $55, depending on performance. Subscriptions to the entire season are also available.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>For a complete list of performances, visit </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/vivagala"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>www.clevelandart.org/vivagala</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>. </span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>WHAT: </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Cleveland Museum of Art’s VIVA! & Gala Performing Arts Series. Single tickets go on sale to the public on Wednesday, August 17.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>WHERE: </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>All performances will take place at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>HOW TO PURCHASE:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> VIVA! & Gala tickets may be purchased at </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/vivagala"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>www.clevelandart.org/vivagala</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> or by calling the museum box office at 888-CMA-0033.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'>MEDIA CONTACTS: </span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Caroline Guscott, 216-707-2261, cguscott@clevelandart.org</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br> Alison Bibb-Carson, 216-707-6898, abibbcarson@clevelandart.org <b><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'># # #<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The VIVA! & Gala season is made possible in part by the Ernest L. and Louise M. Gartner Fund, the P. J. McMyler Musical Endowment Fund and the Anton and Rose Zverina Music Fund. Season Sponsor: Glidden, an AkzoNobel brand. Additional support provided by the Musart Society. Gallery concerts are made possible in part by Erica Hartman-Horvitz, Joan Horvitz, and an anonymous donor.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>About The Cleveland Museum of Art<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The Cleveland Museum of Art is renowned for the quality and breadth of its collection, which includes more than 40,000 objects and spans 6,000 years of achievement in the arts. Currently undergoing a multi-phase renovation and expansion project, it is a significant international forum for exhibitions, scholarship, performing arts and art education. Admission to the museum has been free since its founding charter. <br> The Cleveland Museum of Art has a membership of nearly 25,000 households and is supported by a broad range of individuals, foundations and businesses in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. The museum is generously funded by Cuyahoga County residents through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture. Additional support comes from the Ohio Arts Council, which helps fund the museum with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans. For more information about the museum, its holdings, programs and events, call 888-CMA-0033 or visit </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://www.clevelandart.org/" title="blocked::http://www.clevelandart.org/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.ClevelandArt.org</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D'>Alison Bibb-Carson </span></b><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D'>Assistant Director of Communications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D'>The Cleveland Museum of Art</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D'>11150 East Boulevard</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D'>Cleveland, Ohio 44106-1791<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D'>216.707.6898 Office<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D'>216.926.3911 Mobile<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#17365D'><a href="http://www.clevelandart.org"><span style='color:#17365D'>www.clevelandart.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>