Governor DeWine Names Kari Gunter-Seymour Ohio Poet Laureate Governor Mike DeWine has named Kari Gunter-Seymour of Albany, Ohio, the state’s poet laureate. Gunter-Seymour, whose term began June 10, 2020, succeeds the state’s second poet laureate, Dave Lucas. A third-generation Athens Countian, Gunter-Seymour was named poet laureate for Athens, Ohio, in 2018-2020, and the Ohio Poet of the Year in 2020. She is the founder/executive director of the Women of Appalachia Project and a recently retired instructor in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. June 11, 2020 For the Public, News, Public Albany, Athens County, Dave Lucas, Governor Mike DeWine, Kari Gunter-Seymour, Ohio, Ohio University, Poet Laureate, Poetry, Women of Appalachia Project Read More »
37 Ohio Artists Featured in 12th Annual OOVAR Statewide Exhibition Featuring work by 37 Ohio artists, "My Treasures Are Within: 12th Annual OOVAR Juried Exhibition" is on view at the Columbus Metropolitan Main Library’s Carnegie Gallery through Jan. 12. November 30, 2018 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, News, Public Albany, Athens County, Canton, Carnegie Gallery, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Clinton County, Columbus, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Cuyahoga County, Dayton, Dublin, Franklin County, Friends of the Library, Glenford, Hamilton County, Juried, Kent, Kirtland, Lake County, Lakewood, Main Library, Marlene VonHandorf Steele, Montgomery County, My Treasures are Within, Newburgh Heights, OAC, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio Online Visual Artist Registry, OOVAR, Peninsula, Perry County, Portage County, Reynoldsburg, Shaker Heights, Solon, South Euclid, Stark County, Strongsville, Summit County, Westerville, Wilmington, Yellow Springs Read More »